UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) November 4, 2014 (October 31, 2014)

 

HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC.

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

Delaware

 

001-33139

001-07541

 

20-3530539

13-1938568

(State of Incorporation)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S Employer Identification No.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

999 Vanderbilt Beach Road, 3 rd  Floor

 

 

 

 

Naples, Florida 34108

 

 

 

 

999 Vanderbilt Beach Road, 3 rd  Floor

 

 

 

 

Naples, Florida 34108

 

 

 

 

(Address of principal executive offices,
including zip code)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(239) 552-5800

 

 

 

 

(239) 552-5800

 

 

 

 

(Registrant’s telephone number,
including area code)

 

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o             Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

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o             Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 



 

ITEM 1.01 ENTRY INTO A MATERIAL DEFINITIVE AGREEMENT.

 

On October 31, 2014, The Hertz Corporation (collectively referred to herein with Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. as “Hertz” or the “Company”) refinanced and amended a number of its and its subsidiaries’ revolving credit facilities and financing arrangements, as described in more detail below.

 

CORPORATE DEBT

 

Senior ABL Facility

 

On October 31, 2014, Hertz entered into an amendment agreement pursuant to which certain terms of the Senior ABL Facility were amended.  The amendment, among other things (i) extends the commitment period of $1.668 billion of aggregate borrowing capacity under the Senior ABL Facility from March 2016 to March 2017, with the remaining $198 million of aggregate borrowing capacity under the Senior ABL Facility, expiring, as previously, in March 2016 and (ii) provides for an increase in aggregate borrowing capacity under the Senior ABL Facility of $235 million, such that (a) prior to March 2016, aggregate borrowing capacity will be $2.1 billion and (b) after March 2016, aggregate borrowing capacity will be $1.903 billion.

 

FLEET DEBT

 

HVF II U.S. Fleet Variable Funding Notes

 

On October 31, 2014, Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP (“HVF II”), a bankruptcy remote, indirect, wholly-owned, special purpose subsidiary of Hertz, entered into various amendment agreements pursuant to which certain terms of HVF II’s Series 2013-A Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Notes (the “HVF II Series 2013-A Notes”) and HVF II’s Series 2013-B Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Notes (the “HVF II Series 2013-B Notes”) were amended.  The amendments, among other things, amend the maturity of each facility from November 2015 to October 2016.  In connection with the amendments, DBRS affirmed its “A” rating on the HVF II Series 2013-A Notes and the HVF II Series 2013-B Notes.

 

On October 31, 2014, HVF II also amended the terms of its Series 2014-A Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Notes (the “HVF II Series 2014-A Notes”), originally issued in July 2014, to provide for, among other things, (i) an extension of the maturity of the HVF II Series 2014-A Notes from December 2014 to October 2016 and (ii) an increase in aggregate borrowing capacity under the HVF II Series 2014-A Notes from $1.0 billion to $3.25 billion.  As discussed in more detail in footnote 5 to the table entitled “Facilities Refinanced on 10/31/2014” below, the HVF II Series 2014-A Notes contain a commitment step-up feature that increases borrowing capacity from $1.0 billion to $3.25 billion by February 2015.  Additionally, the HVF II Series 2014-A Notes contain provisions requiring the commitments to be terminated based on the volume of specified debt issued by Hertz or certain of its subsidiaries.  These mandatory commitment termination provisions do not apply until at least $1.5 billion of such specified debt has been issued.  In connection with the amendments, DBRS affirmed its “A” rating on the HVF II Series 2014-A Notes.

 

European Revolving Credit Facility

 

On October 31, 2014, Hertz Holdings Netherlands B.V., an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Hertz, entered into an amendment agreement pursuant to which certain terms of the European Revolving Credit Facility were amended.  The amendment provides for, among other things, (i) an extension of the maturity of the European Revolving Credit Facility from June 2015 to October 2017 and (ii) an increase in aggregate maximum borrowings available under the European Revolving Credit Facility from €220 million to €250 million.

 

European Securitization

 

On October 31, 2014, certain of Hertz’s foreign subsidiaries entered into an amendment agreement pursuant to which certain terms of the European Securitization were amended.  The amendment provides for, among other things, an extension of the maturity of the European Securitization from July 2015 to October 2016.

 

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Hertz-Sponsored Canadian Securitization

 

On October 31, 2014, certain of Hertz’s foreign subsidiaries entered into an amendment agreement pursuant to which certain terms of the Hertz-Sponsored Canadian Securitization were amended.  The amendment provides for, among other things, an extension of the maturity of the Hertz-Sponsored Canadian Securitization from March 2015 to October 2016.

 

Dollar Thrifty-Sponsored Canadian Securitization

 

On October 31, 2014, certain of Dollar Thrifty’s foreign subsidiaries entered into an amendment agreement pursuant to which certain terms of the Dollar Thrifty-Sponsored Canadian Securitization were amended.  The amendment provides for, among other things, an extension of the maturity of the Dollar Thrifty-Sponsored Canadian Securitization from March 2015 to October 2016.

 

Australian Securitization

 

On October 31, 2014, certain of Hertz’s foreign subsidiaries entered into an amendment agreement pursuant to which certain terms of the Australian Securitization were amended.  The amendment provides for, among other things, an extension of the maturity of the Australian Securitization from December 2014 to December 2016.

 

Capitalized Leases — UK Leveraged Financing

 

On October 31, 2014, one of Hertz’s foreign subsidiaries entered into an amendment agreement pursuant to which certain terms of the U.K. Leveraged Financing were amended.  The amendment provides for, among other things, (i) an extension of the maturity of the U.K. Leveraged Financing from February 2015 to October 2017 and (ii) an increase in aggregate maximum leasing capacity under the U.K. Leveraged Financing from £195 million to £225 million.

 

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FACILITIES REFINANCED ON 10/31/2014

 

As of 10/31/14

 

Facility

 

Estimated
Average
Interest Rate(1)

 

Fixed or
Floating
Interest
Rate

 

Maturity

 

Maximum Facility
Size

 

Borrowings
Outstanding
(in local
currency,
except where
indicated)

 

Corporate Debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Senior ABL Facility(2)

 

3.09

%

Floating

 

3/2016-3/2017(3)

 

$2,100

 

$659

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fleet Debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HVF II Series 2013-A(4)

 

1.09

%

Floating

 

10/2016

 

$2,447

 

$1,689

 

HVF II Series 2013-B(4)

 

1.09

%

Floating

 

10/2016

 

$878

 

$596

 

HVF II Series 2014-A(4)(5)

 

1.39

%

Floating

 

10/2016

 

$3,250

 

$691

 

European Revolving Credit Facility(7)

 

2.76

%

Floating

 

10/2017

 

€250

 

€220

 

European Securitization(4)

 

1.98

%

Floating

 

10/2016

 

€400

 

€306

 

Hertz-Sponsored Canadian Securitization(4)

 

2.17

%

Floating

 

10/2016

 

C$200

 

C$147

 

Dollar Thrifty-Sponsored Canadian Securitization(4)

 

2.18

%

Floating

 

10/2016

 

C$150

 

C$63

 

Australian Securitization(4)

 

4.15

%

Floating

 

12/2016

 

A$250

 

A$131

 

U.K. Leveraged Financing(6)(7)(8)

 

2.75

%

Floating

 

10/2017

 

£225

 

£224

 

 


Note:         For further information on the definitions and terms of our debt, see Note 5—Debt of the Notes to our audited annual consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K/A under the caption “Item 8—Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

 

(1)                                  Reference is to the October 31, 2014 estimated weighted average interest rate (weighted by principal balance) based on rates applicable following the refinancing.  Where applicable, weighted average interest rate is based on commercial paper cost of funds estimated by the Company.

(2)                                  $138 million of outstanding amounts denominated in Canadian dollars were converted from Canadian dollars to U.S. dollars using the exchange rate as of October 28, 2014, which was 0.89566.

(3)                                  $198 million of aggregate borrowing capacity matures in March 2016.  $1.903 billion of aggregate borrowing capacity matures in March 2017 .

(4)                                  Maturity reference is to the “expected final maturity date” as opposed to the subsequent “legal maturity date.” The expected final maturity date is the date by which Hertz and investors in the relevant indebtedness expect the relevant indebtedness to be repaid.  The legal final maturity date is the date on which the relevant indebtedness is legally due and payable.

(5)                                  The HVF II Series 2014-A Notes contain a commitment step-up feature that makes (i) $1.0 billion of aggregate borrowing capacity available to HVF II from October 2014 to and including January 6, 2015, (ii) $2.0 billion of aggregate borrowing capacity available to HVF II from January 7, 2015 to and including February 3, 2015, and (iii) $3.25 billion of aggregate borrowing capacity available to HVF II from February 4, 2015.  Other than the passage of time, there are no additional conditions to the availability of these increased commitments other than conditions precedent to borrowing that apply under the facility at all times.  Additionally, the HVF II Series 2014-A Notes contain provisions requiring the commitments to be terminated based on the volume of specified debt issued by Hertz or certain of its subsidiaries.  These mandatory commitment termination provisions only apply after at least $1.5 billion of such specified debt has been issued.

(6)                                  Included in “Capitalized Leases” in Note 5—Debt of the Notes to our audited annual consolidated financial statements included in our Form 10-K/A under the caption “Item 8—Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.”

(7)                                  Does not include seasonal facilities.

(8)                                  UK Leveraged Financing average interest rate assumes existing leases are transitioned as of 10/31/14. Transition to the average rate above may take up to two weeks beyond 10/31/14.

 

Waiver s

 

The failure of Hertz to file certain quarterly reports and certain of Hertz’s subsidiaries to file statutory financial statements within certain time periods set forth in the documentation of various of Hertz’s (and/or its special purpose subsidiaries’) financing facilities resulted in the occurrence of various potential and/or actual defaults and

 

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amortization events under certain of such financing facilities.  In connection with the foregoing, Hertz and/or certain of its subsidiaries obtained waivers effective through November 14, 2014 from the requisite lenders in certain financing facilities to waive the aforementioned events, as well as similar events that could arise from any restatement of annual and quarterly financial statements previously delivered by Hertz and/or certain of its subsidiaries under such facilities, and provided the required notices to the various lenders.

 

Hertz’s special purpose subsidiaries Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC (“HVF”) and Rental Car Finance Corp (“RCFC”) also previously obtained similar waivers from the requisite noteholders of medium term asset backed notes issued by Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC and Rental Car Finance Corp., effective through December 31, 2014.

 

In connection with the refinancings consummated on October 31, 2014, Hertz and/or certain of its subsidiaries obtained waivers, or extensions of waivers, under the Senior ABL Facility, HVF II U.S. Fleet Variable Funding Notes, European Revolving Credit Facility, European Securitization, Hertz-Sponsored Canadian Securitization, Dollar Thrifty-Sponsored Canadian Securitization, Australian Securitization, U.K. Leveraged Financing, our U.S. Fleet Financing Facility, and various counterparties in respect of derivative transactions, in each case, through June 30, 2015.  Hertz intends to cause HVF and RCFC to seek waiver extensions from the noteholders of their respective medium term asset backed notes.

 

Each of the foregoing summary descriptions of the Senior ABL Facility and the HVF II U.S. Fleet Variable Funding Notes and the waivers are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the respective amendment or waiver, which are attached as Exhibits 10.1 through 10.23 hereto and incorporated by reference herein.

 

ITEM 2.03 CREATION OF A DIRECT FINANCIAL OBLIGATION OR AN OBLIGATION UNDER AN OFF-BALANCE SHEET ARRANGEMENT OF A REGISTRANT.

 

The information set forth in Item 1.01 is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

ITEM 9.01 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS.

 

(d) Exhibits. The following Exhibits are filed herewith as part of this report:

 

Exhibit

 

Description

 

 

 

10.1

 

Second Amendment, dated as of October 31, 2014, to the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2011, among Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, The Hertz Corporation, the Canadian Borrowers parties thereto, the several lenders from time to time parties thereto, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, Deutsche Bank AG Canada Branch, as Canadian Agent and Canadian Collateral Agent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Co-Collateral Agent, Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Syndication Agent, Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Co-Documentation Agents.

 

 

 

10.2

 

Increase Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014, by and among The Hertz Corporation and the lender parties signatory thereto.

 

 

 

10.3

 

Lender Joinder Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2014, by and among The Hertz Corporation, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, Bank of America N.A. and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, each an issuing lender, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as swing line lender, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, and SunTrust Bank, Royal Bank of Canada, and ING Capital LLC, each an additional commitment lender.

 

 

 

10.4

 

Waiver and Consent, dated as of May 16, 2014, among The Hertz Corporation, Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, the Canadian Borrowers, the several banks and financial institutions parties thereto as Lenders, and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent.

 

 

 

10.5

 

Extension of Waiver and Consent, dated as of June 12, 2014, among The Hertz Corporation, Hertz

 

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Equipment Rental Corporation, the Canadian Borrowers, the several banks and financial institutions parties thereto as Lenders, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, and Deutsche Bank AG Canada Branch, as Canadian Agent.

 

 

 

10.6

 

Amended and Restated Master Motor Vehicle Operating Lease and Servicing Agreement (Series 2013-G1), dated as of October 31, 2014, among The Hertz Corporation, as Lessee, Servicer, and Guarantor, DTG Operations, Inc., as a Lessee, Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, as Lessor, and those permitted lessees from time to time becoming lessees thereunder.

 

 

 

10.7

 

Waiver and Consent, dated as of May 16, 2014, among The Hertz Corporation, Puerto Ricancars, Inc., GELCO Corporation d/b/a GE Fleet Services, as Administrative Agent, Domestic Collateral Agent and PRUSVI Collateral Agent, and the other parties signatory thereto.

 

 

 

10.8

 

Extension of Waiver and Consent, dated as of June 12, 2014, among The Hertz Corporation, Puerto Ricancars, Inc., GELCO Corporation d/b/a GE Fleet Services, as Administrative Agent, Domestic Collateral Agent and PRUSVI Collateral Agent, and the other parties signatory thereto.

 

 

 

10.9

 

Amendment of Waiver and Consent, dated as of September 24, 2014, among The Hertz Corporation, Puerto Ricancars, Inc., GELCO Corporation d/b/a GE Fleet Services, as Administrative Agent, Domestic Collateral Agent and PRUSVI Collateral Agent, and the other parties signatory thereto.

 

 

 

10.10

 

Waiver and Consent, dated as of October 31, 2014, among The Hertz Corporation, Puerto Ricancars, Inc., GELCO Corporation d/b/a GE Fleet Services, as Administrative Agent, Domestic Collateral Agent and PRUSVI Collateral Agent, and the other parties signatory thereto.

 

 

 

10.11

 

Amended and Restated Series 2013-G1 Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014, among Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, as Issuer, Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, as Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee and Securities Intermediary, to the Fourth Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2013, between Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, as Issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.

 

 

 

10.12

 

Amended and Restated Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2014, among The Hertz Corporation, Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.

 

 

 

10.13

 

Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014, between Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, as Issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, relating to Rental Car Asset Backed Notes (Issuable in Series).

 

 

 

10.14

 

Amended and Restated Group I Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014, between Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, as Issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee and Securities Intermediary, to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014, between Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, as Issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.

 

 

 

10.15

 

Amended and Restated Series 2013-A Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014, among Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, as Issuer, The Hertz Corporation, as Group I Administrator, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, Certain Committed Note Purchasers, Certain Conduit Investors, Certain Funding Agents, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee and Securities Intermediary, to the Amended and Restated Group I Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014, between Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, as Issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee and Securities Intermediary, to the Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014, between Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, as Issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.

 

 

 

10.16

 

Amended and Restated Group I Administration Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2014, among The

 

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Hertz Corporation, Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.

 

 

 

10.17

 

Amended and Restated Series 2014-A Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014, among Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, as Issuer, The Hertz Corporation, as Group I Administrator, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, Certain Committed Note Purchasers, Certain Conduit Investors, Certain Funding Agents, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee and Securities Intermediary, to the Amended and Restated Group I Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014, between Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, as Issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee and Securities Intermediary, to the Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014, between Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, as Issuer, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.

 

 

 

10.18

 

Waiver and Consent, dated as of May 16, 2014, among The Hertz Corporation, Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, Rental Car Finance Corp., DTG Operations, Inc. and the Lenders party thereto.

 

 

 

10.19

 

Extension of Waiver and Consent, dated as of June 12, 2014, among The Hertz Corporation, Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, Rental Car Finance Corp., DTG Operations, Inc. and the Lenders party thereto.

 

 

 

10.20

 

Waiver, Amendment and Consent, dated as of October 31, 2014, among The Hertz Corporation, Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, Rental Car Finance Corp., DTG Operations, Inc., the Lenders party thereto, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.

 

 

 

10.21

 

Waiver Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2014, among Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, The Hertz Corporation and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee.

 

 

 

10.22

 

Waiver Agreement, dated as of July 18, 2014, among Rental Car Finance Corp., Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., DTG Operations, Inc., The Hertz Corporation and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee and Master Collateral Agent.

 

 

 

10.23

 

Designation Letter, dated as of November 3, 2014, among The Hertz Corporation, Mizuho Bank and Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent.

 

CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

Certain statements contained in this report, and in related comments by the Company’s management, include “forward-looking statements.” Forward-looking statements include information concerning the Company’s liquidity and its possible or assumed future results of operations, including descriptions of its business strategies. These statements often include words such as “believe,” “expect,” “project,” “potential,” “preliminary,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “plan,” “estimate,” “seek,” “will,” “may,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “forecasts” or similar expressions. These statements are based on certain assumptions that the Company has made in light of its experience in the industry as well as its perceptions of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors it believes are appropriate in these circumstances. The Company believes these judgments are reasonable, but you should understand that these statements are not guarantees of performance or results, and the Company’s actual results could differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements due to a variety of important factors, both positive and negative, that may be revised or supplemented in subsequent reports on SEC Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. Some important factors that could affect the Company’s actual results include, among others, the thorough review of the Company’s internal financial records that is being conducted, additional time that may be required to complete the review, the ability of the Company to remediate any material weakness in its internal control over financial reporting, the Company’s ability to obtain the waivers described in this report and the final terms and conditions of those waivers, the ability of the Company’s lenders to exercise any other remedies under the Company’s indebtedness, the final results of the SEC’s inquiry or any other governmental inquiries or investigations and those that may be disclosed from time to time in subsequent reports filed with the SEC and those described under “Risk Factors” set forth in Item 1A of the annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013

 

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of the Company.  You should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Company or persons acting on its behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. All such statements speak only as of the date made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

HERTZ GLOBAL HOLDINGS, INC.

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

(Registrant)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas C. Kennedy

 

Name:

Thomas C. Kennedy

 

Title:

Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Date: November 4, 2014

 

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Exhibit 10.1

 

Execution Version

 

SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

SECOND AMENDMENT to the Credit Agreement referred to below, dated as of October 31, 2014 (this “ Amendment ”), among THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “ Parent Borrower ”), HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATION (“ HERC ”), the Canadian Borrowers (as defined in the Credit Agreement) parties hereto, the several banks and financial institutions parties hereto as Lenders (including, for the avoidance of doubt, the Swing Line Lender and the Issuing Lenders), the Administrative Agent (as defined below) and the Canadian Agent (as defined below).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, each of the Parent Borrower, HERC and the Canadian Borrowers is party to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2011 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among the Parent Borrower, HERC, the Canadian Borrowers, the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto (the “ Lenders ”), DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”), DEUTSCHE BANK AG CANADA BRANCH, as Canadian agent and Canadian collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “ Canadian Agent ”), WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Co-Collateral Agent for the Lenders and the other parties thereto ;

 

WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower, HERC, the Canadian Borrowers and the Lenders party hereto desire to establish facilities of extended U.S. Facility Commitments and extended Canadian Facility Commitments in accordance with Sections 2.11 and 11.1 of the Credit Agreement, when taken together with the increase in the U.S. Facility Commitments referred to below, all non-extended U.S. Facility Commitments and all non-extended Canadian Facility Commitments, shall be in an aggregate principal amount of $2,100,000,000;

 

WHEREAS, Section 2.11 of the Credit Agreement permits the Lenders with respect to any Existing Tranche of Commitments and related Loans, upon request of the Parent Borrower, to extend the scheduled maturity date with respect to such Commitments and Loans pursuant to the procedures described therein;

 

WHEREAS, in accordance with such procedures, the Parent Borrower has requested and certain Lenders have agreed to extend the maturity of their Commitments and Loans by converting their Commitments into Tranche B Commitments and their Loans into Tranche B Loans;

 

WHEREAS , substantially concurrently with the effectiveness of this Amendment, on the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Parent Borrower has requested an increase in the Tranche B U.S. Facility Commitments, and one or more Tranche B Lenders have agreed to such increase, pursuant to one or more Increase Supplements with such Tranche B Lenders, and one or more Additional Commitment Lenders have agreed to provide Tranche B U.S. Facility Commitments pursuant to one or more Lender Joinder Agreements and Increase Supplements with such Additional Commitment Lenders;

 

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WHEREAS, effective as of the Effective Date (as defined below) each Lender consenting to this Amendment has agreed to the amendment of the Credit Agreement as set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1.                                            Defined Terms .  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

 

Section 2.                                            Establishment of Tranche B Commitments and Tranche B Loans .

 

(a)                                  In accordance with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, including Sections 2.11 and 11.1 thereof, effective as of the Effective Date (as defined below), (i) there is hereby established under the Credit Agreement two new tranches of Commitments; (ii) such Commitments shall be referred to as the “ Tranche B U.S. Facility Commitments ” and the “ Tranche B Canadian Facility Commitments , respectively, and collectively as the “ Tranche B Commitments ,” and the Loans made thereunder shall be referred to as the “ Tranche B U.S. Facility Loans ” and the “ Tranche B Canadian Facility Loans ,” respectively, and collectively as the “ Tranche B Loans ”; and (iii) such Tranche B Facility Commitments and Tranche B Loans shall have the terms and provisions provided for in the Credit Agreement as amended by this Amendment.

 

(b)                                  Upon execution of this Amendment by a U.S. Facility Lender and the indication on such signature page that such U.S. Facility Lender elects to extend the maturity of such Lender’s Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans to March 31, 2017 (the “ Tranche B Termination Date ”) (each such Lender, an “ U.S. Facility Extending Lender ”), the U.S. Facility Commitments and U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans held by such U.S. Facility Extending Lender shall be converted to Tranche B U.S. Facility Commitments and Tranche B U.S. Facility Loans as of the Effective Date.

 

(c)                                   Upon execution of this Amendment by a Canadian Facility Lender and the indication on such signature page that such Canadian Facility Lender elects to extend the maturity of such Lender’s Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans to the Tranche B Termination Date (each such Lender, a “ Canadian Facility Extending Lender ” and the Canadian Facility Extending Lenders together with the U.S Facility Extending Lenders, the “ Extending Lenders ”), the Canadian Facility Commitments and Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans held by such Canadian Facility Extending Lender shall be converted to Tranche B Canadian Facility Commitments and Tranche B Canadian Facility Loans as of the Effective Date.

 

(d)                                  Each Lender electing to extend the maturity date of any of its Revolving Credit Loans hereby waives any right to receive any payments under Section 4.12 of the Credit Agreement as a result of the transactions contemplated by this Amendment.  It is understood and agreed that the Borrowers, in coordination with the Administrative Agent, shall elect on the Effective Date that the Tranche B Loans continue in the then current Interest Period for the corresponding extended Tranche A Loans.

 

(e)                                   From and after the Effective Date, the U.S. Facility Commitments and U.S.

 

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Facility Revolving Credit Loans of Lenders that are not U.S. Extending Lenders shall be referred to as “Tranche A U.S. Facility Commitments” and “Tranche A U.S. Facility Loans,” respectively, and shall continue to be in effect and outstanding under the Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth therein.   From and after the Effective Date, the Canadian Facility Commitments and Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans of Lenders that are not Canadian Extending Lenders shall be referred to as “Tranche A Canadian Facility Commitments” and “Tranche A Canadian Facility Loans,” respectively, and shall continue to be in effect and outstanding under the Credit Agreement on the terms and conditions set forth therein.

 

(f)                                    The requirement to deliver a notice pursuant to Section 2.11(a) of the Credit Agreement is hereby waived by the Lenders in connection with the establishment or conversion to Tranche B Commitments or Tranche B Loans on the Effective Date.

 

Section 3.                                            Amendment to Credit Agreement .

 

(a)                                  The Credit Agreement is hereby amended, including pursuant to the Increase Supplements entered into concurrently herewith, to delete the stricken text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example: Stricken text ) and to add the bold and double-underlined text (indicated textually in the same manner as the following example:  double underlined text ) as set forth on the pages of the Credit Agreement attached as Annex I hereto.

 

(b)                                  Exhibit A-1 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the term “Termination Date” in such exhibit and inserting the phrase “[Tranche A Termination Date][Tranche B Termination Date]” in lieu thereof.

 

(c)                                   Exhibit A-2 to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the term “Termination Date” in such exhibit and inserting the phrase “Tranche B Termination Date” in lieu thereof.

 

(d)                                  Exhibit K to the Credit Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the term “Termination Date” in such exhibit and inserting the phrase “Tranche B Termination Date” in lieu thereof in both places such term appears.

 

Section 4.                                            Waiver and Consent .

 

(a)                                  The Lenders hereby agree that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Loan Documents, ( i ) the quarterly financial statements required to be delivered under Section 7.1(b) for the Parent Borrower’s fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2014, June 30, 2014, September 30, 2014 and March 31, 2015 (collectively, the “ Quarterly Financial Statements ”) and ( ii ) the annual financial statements required to be delivered under Section 7.1(a) for the Parent Borrower’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 (together with the Quarterly Financial Statements, collectively, the “ Financial Statements ”), and in each case the certificates and other information required by Sections 7.1 and 7.2 to be delivered concurrently therewith, need not be delivered on or prior to June 30, 2015 (such date, the “ Extended Delivery Date ”).

 

(b)                                  So long as the Financial Statements and the certificates and other information required to be delivered in connection therewith to the Lenders under the Credit Agreement are delivered on or prior to the Extended Delivery Date, the Lenders hereby waive any existing or

 

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future Default, Specified Default or Event of Default that may arise directly or indirectly ( i ) as a result of or in connection with the failure to deliver any of the Financial Statements, such certificates or other information, or ( ii ) under Section 9(e) of the Credit Agreement in connection with any failure to file or deliver annual or quarterly reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Financial Statements, or any financial statements or other financial information of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2014, June 30, 2014, September 30, 2014 and March 31, 2015 and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2014 (and any certificates and other information concurrently therewith) in accordance with any agreement or condition relating to any other Indebtedness, provided that this subclause (ii) shall not be applicable with respect to Indebtedness ( x ) in respect of which a Default Notice has been given to commence a grace period that will lapse prior to the Extended Delivery Date or to declare an occurrence of an event of default before notice of Acceleration may be delivered or ( y ) that has become due prior to its stated maturity.

 

(c)                                   The Lenders hereby waive, from the Effective Date until the earlier of the Extended Delivery Date and the 15th day following the first date on which all Financial Statements have been delivered (such earlier date, the “ Extension Date ”), any Default, Specified Default or Event of Default that may arise, directly or indirectly, as a result of or in connection with the Restatement, if any, or any action taken or any failure to take action while any such Default, Specified Default or Event of Default was continuing to the extent such action or failure to take action would have been permitted but for the existence of such Default, Specified Default or Event of Default, including without limitation any Default, Specified Default or Event of Default that may arise directly or indirectly ( i ) from any breach of the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.7 of the Credit Agreement or of any other representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents, ( ii ) from any request for any Extension of Credit under the Credit Agreement after the occurrence and during the continuance of any such Default, Specified Default or Event of Default, ( iii ) from any failure to comply with any covenant or other obligation under Sections 7.1 and 7.2 of the Credit Agreement or with any other covenants and conditions in the Loan Documents and ( iv ) under Section 9(e) of the Credit Agreement (provided that this subclause (iv) shall not be applicable with respect to Indebtedness ( x ) in respect of which a Default Notice has been given to commence a grace period that will lapse prior to the Extension Date or to declare an occurrence of an event of default before notice of Acceleration may be delivered or ( y ) that has become due prior to its stated maturity) or otherwise under Section 9 of the Credit Agreement, in each case as a result of or in connection with the Restatement, if any.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, ( x ) for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 4(c)  shall not constitute a waiver of, and the Lenders do not hereby waive, any prepayment required under Section 4.4(c) of the Credit Agreement or any Event of Default under Section 9(a) or 9(f) of the Credit Agreement , in each case, whether or not any of the events or circumstances specified in this sub-paragraph (x) arose, directly or indirectly, as a result of or in connection with the Restatement, if any and ( y ) the waiver in this Section 4(c) is a limited waiver for the period ending on the Extension Date and for the avoidance of doubt, after the Extension Date, unless otherwise waived, no such Default, Specified Default or Event of Default that arises directly or indirectly from the Restatement shall be deemed waived pursuant to this Section 4(c).  For purposes of this Amendment, “ Restatement ” shall mean any restatement of o ne or more of

 

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the annual and quarterly financial statements (including the annual financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011) of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries delivered under the Credit Agreement or otherwise issued by the Parent Borrower from time to time prior to the date hereof and one or more financial statements or other financial information relating to any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower.

 

(d)                                  Until the Extension Date, each Lender shall continue to honor notices for Borrowing and L/C Requests delivered in compliance with the Credit Agreement notwithstanding the occurrence or continuation of the events described in this Section 4, except that until the earlier of the Extended Delivery Date and the 15th day following the first date on which all Financial Statements shall have been delivered, no Borrower shall knowingly request, and no Lender shall be required to make, any Extension of Credit if, on the date such Extension of Credit is required to be made, a Liquidity Event has occurred and is continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect to the making of such Extension of Credit.  No Loan Party shall be required to deliver any notice pursuant to Section 7.7 of the Credit Agreement or otherwise in connection with the occurrence or continuation of the events described in this Section 4.  For purposes of this Section 4(d), a Liquidity Event shall be deemed to have occurred on the first such day that Specified Availability is less than $200,000,000 (and without giving effect to any three consecutive Business Day period specified in the definition of Liquidity Event, but after giving effect to the use of the proceeds of Extension of Credit on the date of the incurrence thereof to repay any amounts theretofore outstanding pursuant to the Credit Agreement).

 

Section 5.                                            Representations and Warranties .  To induce the other parties hereto to enter into this Amendment, each Borrower hereby represents and warrants, on the Effective Date, to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that:

 

(a)                                  the execution, delivery and performance by such Borrower of this Amendment has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of such Borrower, and will not ( i ) violate any Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation of such Borrower in any respect that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and ( ii ) result in, or require, the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on any of such Borrower’s properties or revenues pursuant to any such Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation;

 

(b)                                  this Amendment constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Borrower, enforceable against such Borrower in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable domestic or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law); and

 

(c)                                   all representations and warranties contained in the Credit Agreement are, except to the extent that they relate to a particular date or except to the extent they relate to the matters waived in Section 4 of this Amendment, true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Effective Date.

 

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Section 6.                                            Conditions to Effectiveness of Amendment .

 

(a)                                  This Amendment shall become effective on the date (such date, if any, the “ Effective Date ”) that the following conditions have been satisfied:

 

(i)                                      Amendment .  The Administrative Agent shall have received this Amendment executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Loan Parties, the Required Lenders, the Extending Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent (if applicable), the Issuing Lender and the Swing Line Lender;

 

(ii)                                   Legal Opinions .  The Administrative Agent shall have received the following executed legal opinions addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agents and each Lender party hereto, dated as of the Effective Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent:

 

A.                                     the executed legal opinion of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, special New York counsel to each of the Parent Borrower and the other Loan Parties (as to enforceability of the Credit Agreement (as amended by this Amendment) and this Amendment; and

 

B.                                     the executed legal opinion of Brian Waldbaum, Assistant General Counsel to the Parent Borrower ;

 

(iii)                                Fees .  The Agents (on behalf of themselves and the Lenders, as applicable), and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., as joint lead arrangers for the Amendment, shall have each received all fees and expenses, as applicable, required to be paid or delivered by the Parent Borrower to each respective party on or prior to the Effective Date; and

 

(iv)                               Excess Availability .  As of the Effective Date, the Available Loan Commitments shall be equal to an amount not less than $400,000,000 .

 

(b)                                  The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice in writing to the Parent Borrower of the occurrence of the Effective Date.  Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to provide such notices and agrees that such notices shall be irrevocably conclusive and binding upon such Lender.

 

Section 7.                                            Post-Effective Provisions .  The Parent Borrower covenants that it shall deliver to the Administrative Agent or Co-Collateral Agent, as applicable, within 180 days after the Effective Date, or such extended date as agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion, with respect to each of the Mortgages recorded in such states in which such amendments may be necessary or appropriate under applicable state law as recommended by local counsel to the Parent Borrower or the applicable Loan Party party to such Mortgage(s), an amendment thereof (each a “ Mortgage Amendment ”) providing notice to third parties of this Amendment and setting forth such changes as are required under applicable law; which Mortgage Amendment shall be duly executed and acknowledged by the applicable Loan Party, and in form for recording in the recording office where each such Mortgage was recorded, together with such certificates, affidavits, questionnaires or returns as shall be required in connection with the recording or filing thereof under applicable law, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Co-Collateral Agent.  For the avoidance of doubt,

 

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neither the Parent Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall be required to deliver to the Administrative Agent or either Collateral Agent or any Lender any opinions of local counsel or any endorsement to the existing mortgagee title insurance policy issued with respect to each such Mortgage, in each case in connection with the execution of the Mortgage Amendments referred to above.

 

Section 8.                                            Effects on Loan Documents; Acknowledgement .  Except as expressly modified hereby, the Credit Agreement shall continue in effect in accordance with its terms.  Except as expressly set forth herein, this Amendment ( i ) shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Loan Parties under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and ( ii ) shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.  Each and every term, condition, obligation, covenant and agreement contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document is hereby ratified and re-affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect as modified by this Amendment and nothing herein can or may be construed as a novation thereof.  Each Loan Party reaffirms on the Effective Date its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is party and the validity, enforceability and perfection of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Security Documents.  This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for purposes of the Credit Agreement and from and after the Effective Date, all references to the Credit Agreement in any Loan Document and all references in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, refer to the Credit Agreement as modified by this Amendment.

 

Section 9.                                            Counterparts .  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or any other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

Section 10.                                     Applicable Law .  THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THEREOF, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SAME ARE NOT MANDATORILY APPLICABLE BY STATUTE AND WOULD REQUIRE OR PERMIT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

 

Section 11.                                     Headings .  The headings of this Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MATTHEWS EQUIPMENT LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WESTERN SHUT-DOWN (1995) LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ CANADA EQUIPMENT RENTAL PARTNERSHIP, BY ITS MANAGING PARTNER, MATTHEWS EQUIPMENT LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

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Acknowledged and Agreed:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ INVESTORS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kelly Shryoc

 

Name:

Kelly Shryoc

 

Title:

Assistant Treasurer

 

 

 

 

HERTZ CAR SALES LLC

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ CLAIM MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HCM MARKETING CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ LOCAL EDITION CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

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HERTZ LOCAL EDITION TRANSPORTING, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ GLOBAL SERVICES CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ SYSTEM, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

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HERTZ TRANSPORTING, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SMARTZ VEHICLE RENTAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CINELEASE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CINELEASE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CINELEASE, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

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DONLEN CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Vice President and Assistant Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOLLAR THRIFTY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOLLAR RENT A CAR, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTG OPERATIONS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTG SUPPLY, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THRIFTY, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

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THRIFTY CAR SALES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THRIFTY INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TRAC ASIA PACIFIC, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THRIFTY RENT-A-CAR SYSTEM, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FIREFLY RENT A CAR LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3222434 NOVA SCOTIA COMPANY

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,

 

as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and U.S. Facility Issuing Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Shannon

 

 

Name: Michael Shannon

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Winters

 

 

Name: Michael Winters

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH,

 

as Canadian Agent and Canadian Facility Issuing Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Shannon

 

 

Name: Michael Shannon

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Winters

 

 

Name: Michael Winters

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

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LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Melissa Provost

 

 

Name: Melissa Provost

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature line

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jason Shanahan

 

 

Name: Jason Shanahan

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

U.S. Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

$229,194,445

 

 

 

Canadian Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

$0

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE CORPORATION CANADA:

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David G. Phillips

 

 

Name:

David G. Phillips

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President

 

 

 

Credit Officer, Canada

 

 

 

Wells Fargo Capital Finance

 

 

 

Corporation Canada

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature line

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

U.S. Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

$0

 

 

 

Canadian Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

$57,805,555

 



 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG CANADA BRANCH, as Canadian Agent and Canadian Facility Issuing Bank

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul Uffelmann

 

Name:

Paul Uffelmann

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott Lampard

 

 

Name: Scott Lampard

 

 

Title: Chief Country Officer

 

 

 

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG CANADA BRANCH,
as a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul Uffelmann

 

Name:

Paul Uffelmann

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Scott Lampard

 

 

Name: Scott Lampard

 

 

Title: Chief Country Officer

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. ,

 

as a Lender and U.S. Facility Issuing Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Matthew T. O’Keefe

 

 

Name: Matthew T. O’Keefe

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President

 

 

 

U.S. Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

$76,500,000.00

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. , acting

 

through its Canada branch, as a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Sylwia Durkiewicz

 

 

Name: Sylwia Durkiewicz

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

Canadian Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

$33,500,000.00

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

Citibank, N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Matthew Paquin

 

 

Name: Matthew Paquin

 

 

Title: Vice President and Director

 

 

 

 

 

Citibank, N.A., Canadian Branch

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Niyousha Zarinpour

 

 

Name: Niyousha Zarinpour

 

 

Title: Authorized Signer

 

 

 

U.S. Facility Commitment

 

 

 

$76,500,000

 

 

 

Canadian Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

Cdn$33,500,000

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

Credit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Juliette Cohen

 

 

Name: Juliette Cohen

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature line

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kaye Ea

 

 

Name: Kaye Ea

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

U.S. Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

$76,500,000

 

 

 

Canadian Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

$33,500,000

 


 


 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert P. Kellas

 

 

Name: Robert P. Kellas

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature line

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

U.S. Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

$76,500,000

 

 

 

Canadian Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

$33,500,000

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Marguerite Sutton

 

 

Name: Marguerite Sutton

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

U.S. Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

$92,500,000

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

BNP PARIBAS

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Guelay Mese

 

 

Name: Guelay Mese

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature line

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Govind Gupta

 

 

Name: Govind Gupta

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

U.S. Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

$85,000,000

 

 

 

Canadian Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

Cdn$ n/a

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Spaight

 

 

Name: Michael Spaight

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lingzi Huang

 

 

Name: Lingzi Huang

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

U.S. Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

$60,000,000.00

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

CREDIT SUISSE AG, TORONTO BRANCH

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Alain Daoust

 

 

Name: Alain Daoust

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Christopher Gage

 

 

Name: Christopher Gage

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

Canadian Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

USD $25,000,000.00

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Rebecca Kratz

 

 

Name: Rebecca Kratz

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

U.S. Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

$85,000,000

 

 

 

Canadian Facility Commitment

 

 

 

Cdn$ 0

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

LLOYDS BANK PLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Daven Popat

 

 

Name: Daven Popat

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President — P003

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature line

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Dennis McClellan

 

 

Name: Dennis McClellan

 

 

Title: Assistant Vice President — M040

 

 

 

U.S. Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

$80,000,000.00

 

 

 

Canadian Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

Cdn$0.00

 


 


 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

Bank of Montreal, as US Facility Lender and Canadian Facility Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jason Hoefler

 

 

Name: Jason Hoefler

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature line

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Sean Gallaway

 

 

Name: Sean Gallaway

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

U.S. Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

$40,000,000

 

 

 

Canadian Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

USD$25,000,000

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Geoff Golding

 

 

Name: Geoff Golding

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature line

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Nicole Shinya

 

 

Name: Nicole Shinya

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

U.S. Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

US$ 0

 

 

 

Canadian Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

US$75,000,000

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

SunTrust Bank

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Seth Meier

 

 

Name: Seth Meier

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature line

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

ING CAPITAL LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jerry L. McDonald

 

 

Name: Jerry L. McDonald

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature line

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ William C. Beddingfield

 

 

Name: William C. Beddingfield

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

PNC N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Joanne Fu

 

 

Name: Joanne Fu

 

 

Title: AVP

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature line

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

U.S. Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

$50,000,000

 

 

 

Canadian Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

Cdn$ 0

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution: The Bank of Nova Scotia

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kim Snyder

 

 

Name: Kim Snyder

 

 

Title: Director & Execution Head

 

 

 

U.S. Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

US$ 36,805,555

 

 

 

Canadian Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

US$ 13,194,445

 


 


 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

UniCredit Bank AG, New York Branch

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Douglas Riahl

 

 

Name: Douglas Riahl

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeffrey B. Ferris

 

 

Name: Jeffrey B. Ferris

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

U.S. Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

$50,000,000.00

 

 

 

Canadian Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

Cdn$ 0.00

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

 

as U.S. Facility Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Philippe Pepin

 

 

Name: Philippe Pepin

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

CIT FINANCE LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles F. Soutor

 

 

Name: Charles F. Soutor

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature line

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

U.S. Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

$25,000,000.00

 

 

 

Canadian Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

Cdn$0.00

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

THE TORONTO DOMINION BANK

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Alexander Lee

 

 

Name: Alexander Lee

 

 

Title: Acct. Manager

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature line

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Darcy Mach

 

 

Name: Darcy Mach

 

 

Title: AVP

 

 

 

U.S. Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

$                                   

 

 

 

Canadian Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

USD$25,000,000

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

The Bank of New York Mellon

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jeffrey Dears

 

 

Name: Jeffrey Dears

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

For any Lender requiring a second signature line

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

U.S. Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

$15,000,000

 

 

 

Canadian Facility Commitment:

 

 

 

Cdn$ 0

 



 

Execution Version Annex I to Second Amendment

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT

 

Among
HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATION,
THE HERTZ CORPORATION,
THE CANADIAN BORROWERS
PARTIES HERETO,

 

THE SEVERAL LENDERS
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES HERETO,

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent,

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG CANADA BRANCH,
as Canadian Agent and as Canadian Collateral Agent,

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Co-Collateral Agent

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Syndication Agent
and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., BARCLAYS BANK PLC, CITIBANK, N.A., CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK and
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as Co-Documentation Agents

 

Dated as of March 11, 2011

 

 

WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC and

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.,

as Joint Lead Arrangers,

and

WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC., BARCLAYS CAPITAL, CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC AND MERRILL LYNCH, PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED
as Joint Bookrunning Managers

 

 



 

Table of Contents

 

 

 

Page

SECTION 1.

DEFINITIONS

2

1.1

Defined Terms

2

1.2

Other Definitional Provisions .

14 94

 

 

 

SECTION 2.

AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS

14 95

2.1

Commitments .

14 95

2.2

Procedure for Revolving Credit Borrowing

14 102

2.3

Termination or Reduction of Commitments

14 103

2.4

Swing Line Commitments .

14 104

2.5

Reserved .

14 108

2.6

Reserved .

14 108

2.7

Reserved .

14 108

2.8

Repayment of Loans .

14 108

2.9

Commitment Increases .

14 109

2.10

Incremental Facility .

14 110

2.11

Extension Amendments .

14 113

 

 

 

SECTION 3.

LETTERS OF CREDIT

14 117

3.1

L/C Commitment .

14 117

3.2

Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit .

14 118

3.3

Fees, Commissions and Other Charges .

14 120

3.4

L/C Participations .

14 121

3.5

Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrowers .

14 123

3.6

Obligations Absolute .

14 124

3.7

L/C Payments

14 125

3.8

Credit Agreement Controls

14 125

3.9

Additional Issuing Lenders

14 126

 

 

 

SECTION 4.

GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT

14 126

4.1

Interest Rates and Payment Dates .

14 126

4.2

Conversion and Continuation Options .

14 128

4.3

Minimum Amounts of Sets

14 130

4.4

Optional and Mandatory Prepayments .

14 130

4.5

Commitment Fees; Administrative Agent’s Fee; Other Fees .

14 134

4.6

Computation of Interest and Fees .

14 135

4.7

Inability to Determine Interest Rate

14 139

4.8

Pro Rata Treatment and Payments .

14 140

4.9

Illegality

14 144

 

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4.10

Requirements of Law .

14 144

4.11

Taxes .

14 147

4.12

Indemnity

14 152

4.13

Certain Rules Relating to the Payment of Additional Amounts .

14 153

4.14

Controls on Prepayment if Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exceeds Aggregate Revolving Credit Loan Commitments .

14 156

4.15

Canadian Facility Lenders .

14 156

4.16

Cash Receipts .

14 157

 

 

 

SECTION 5.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

14 163

5.1

Financial Condition

14 163

5.2

No Change; Solvent

14 164

5.3

Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law

14 164

5.4

Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations

14 164

5.5

No Legal Bar

14 165

5.6

No Material Litigation

14 165

5.7

No Default

14 166

5.8

Ownership of Property; Liens

14 166

5.9

Intellectual Property

14 166

5.10

No Burdensome Restrictions

14 166

5.11

Taxes

14 166

5.12

Federal Regulations

14 167

5.13

ERISA .

14 167

5.14

Collateral .

14 168

5.15

Investment Company Act; Other Regulations

14 169

5.16

Subsidiaries

14 169

5.17

Purpose of Loans

14 169

5.18

Environmental Matters

14 169

5.19

No Material Misstatements

14 171

5.20

Labor Matters

14 171

5.21

Insurance

14 171

5.22

Eligible Accounts

14 171

5.23

Eligible Rental Equipment; Eligible Spare Parts and Merchandise; Eligible Service Vehicles

14 172

5.24

Anti-Terrorism 14 ; Foreign Corrupt Practices

172

 

 

 

SECTION 6.

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

14 173

6.1

Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit

14 173

6.2

Conditions to Each Other Extension of Credit

14 179

 

 

 

SECTION 7.

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

14 179

7.1

Financial Statements

14 180

7.2

Certificates; Other Information

14 181

 

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7.3

Payment of Obligations

14 183

7.4

Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence

14 183

7.5

Maintenance of Property; Insurance .

14 184

7.6

Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions .

14 185

7.7

Notices

14 187

7.8

Environmental Laws .

14 189

7.9

After-Acquired Real Property and Fixtures .

14 190

7.10

Surveys

14 193

7.11

Maintenance of New York Process Agent

14 193

7.12

Post-Closing Matters .

14 193

 

 

 

SECTION 8.

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

14 194

8.1

Consolidated Fixed Charge Ratio

14 194

8.2

Limitation on Indebtedness

14 194

8.3

Limitation on Liens

14 200

8.4

Limitation on Guarantee Obligations

14 205

8.5

Limitation on Fundamental Changes

14 207

8.6

Limitation on Sale of Assets .

14 209

8.7

Limitation on Dividends

14 211

8.8

[Reserved]

14 214

8.9

Limitation on Investments, Loans and Advances

14 214

8.10

Limitations on Certain Acquisitions

14 219

8.11

Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates

14 220

8.12

[Reserved]

14 222

8.13

Limitation on Dispositions of Collateral

14 222

8.14

Limitation on Optional Payments and Modifications of Debt Instruments and Other Documents .

14 223

8.15

Limitation on Changes in Fiscal Year

14 225

8.16

Limitation on Restrictive Agreements

14 225

8.17

Limitation on Lines of Business

14 228

8.18

Limitations on Currency, Commodity and Other Hedging Transactions

14 228

 

 

 

SECTION 9.

EVENTS OF DEFAULT.

228

 

 

 

SECTION 10.

THE AGENTS AND THE OTHER REPRESENTATIVES

14 234

10.1

Appointment .

14 234

10.2

Delegation of Duties

14 235

10.3

Exculpatory Provisions

14 236

10.4

Reliance by Agents

14 236

10.5

Notice of Default

14 237

10.6

Acknowledgements and Representations by Lenders

14 237

 

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10.7

Indemnification .

14 238

10.8

Agents and Other Representatives in Their Individual Capacity

14 239

10.9

Collateral Matters .

14 239

10.10

Successor Agent

14 242

10.11

Other Representatives

14 243

10.12

Swing Line Lender

14 243

10.13

Withholding Tax

14 244

10.14

Application of Proceeds .

14 244

 

 

 

SECTION 11.

MISCELLANEOUS

14 246

11.1

Amendments and Waivers .

14 246

11.2

Notices .

14 250

11.3

No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

14 253

11.4

Survival of Representations and Warranties

14 253

11.5

Payment of Expenses and Taxes

14 254

11.6

Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments .

14 255

11.7

Adjustments; Set-off; Calculations; Computations .

14 261

11.8

Judgment .

14 262

11.9

Counterparts

14 263

11.10

Severability

14 263

11.11

Integration

14 263

11.12

Governing Law

14 263

11.13

Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers .

14 263

11.14

Acknowledgements

14 265

11.15

Waiver Of Jury Trial

14 265

11.16

Confidentiality

14 265

11.17

USA Patriot Act Notice

14 267

11.18

Special Provisions Regarding Pledges of Capital Stock in, and Promissory Notes Owed by, Persons Not Organized in the U.S. or Canada .

14 267

11.19

Joint and Several Liability; Postponement of Subrogation .

14 267

11.20

Reinstatement

14 269

11.21

Language

14 269

11.22

Incremental Indebtedness; Additional Indebtedness

14 269

11.23

Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents

14 270

 

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SCHEDULES

 

A

Commitments and Addresses

B

Designated Foreign Currencies

C

Unrestricted Subsidiary

D-1

Canadian Facility Issuing Lenders and Canadian Facility L/C Sublimit

D-2

U.S. Facility Issuing Lenders and U.S. Facility L/C Sublimit

E

Fiscal Periods

F

Existing Letters of Credit

G

Rollover Indebtedness

4.16(a)

DDAs

4.16(b)

Credit Card Arrangements

4.16(c)

Blocked Accounts

5.2

Material Adverse Effect Disclosure

5.4

Consents Required

5.6

Litigation

5.8

Real Property

5.9

Intellectual Property Claims

5.16

Subsidiaries

5.18

Environmental Matters

5.21

Insurance

6.1(e)

Lien Searches

6.1(f)

Local Counsel

6.1(j)

Title Insurance Policies

7.2

Website Address for Electronic Financial Reporting

7.10

Surveys

8.2(j)

Permitted Indebtedness

8.3(j)

Permitted Liens

8.4(a)

Permitted Guarantee Obligations

8.9(c)

Permitted Investments

8.11(v)

Permitted Transactions with Affiliates

 

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EXHIBITS

 

A-1

Form of Revolving Credit Note

A-2

Form of Swing Line Note

B-1

U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

B-2

Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

C

Form of Mortgage

D-1

Opinion of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, Special New York Counsel to the Loan Parties

D-2

Opinion of Richards, Layton and Finger PA, Special Delaware Counsel to Certain of the Loan Parties

D-3

Opinion of Richard J. Frecker, Assistant General Counsel to the Parent Borrower

D-4

Opinion of Torys LLP, special Canadian counsel to the Canadian Borrowers

E

Form of U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate

F

Form of Assignment and Acceptance

G

Form of Swing Line Loan Participation Certificate

H

Form of Borrowing Certificate

I

Reserved

J

Form of Closing Certificate

K

Form of L/C Request

L

Form of Borrowing Base Certificate

M-1

Form of Increase Supplement

M-2

Form of Lender Joinder Agreement

N-1

Form of Intercreditor Agreement

N-2

Form of ABL Collateral Intercreditor Agreement

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of March 11, 2011, among HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, “ HERC ”), THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “ Parent Borrower ”), the Canadian Borrowers (as hereinafter defined) (the Canadian Borrowers together with HERC and the Parent Borrower, being collectively referred to herein as the “ Borrowers ” and each being individually referred to as a “ Borrower ”), the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties to this Agreement (as further defined in Section 1.1, the “ Lenders ”), DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH (“ DBNY ”), as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders hereunder (in such respective capacities, the “ Administrative Agent ” and the “ Collateral Agent ”), DEUTSCHE BANK AG CANADA BRANCH (“ DBCB ”), as Canadian agent and as Canadian collateral agent for the Lenders hereunder (in such respective capacities, the “ Canadian Agent ” and the “ Canadian Collateral Agent ”), WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Co-Collateral Agent (in such capacity, the “ Co-Collateral Agent ”), WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC, as syndication agent (in such capacity, the “ Syndication Agent ”), and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., BARCLAYS BANK PLC, CITIBANK, N.A., CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., each as a co-documentation agent (in such capacity, the “ Co-Documentation Agents ”).  Capitalized terms are used herein as defined in Section 1.1 below.

 

The parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower is party to the Predecessor ABL Credit Agreement, under which the Parent Borrower obtained revolving loans and letters of credit;

 

WHEREAS, in order to ( i ) repay certain existing indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including amounts outstanding under the Predecessor ABL Credit Agreement, and ( ii ) finance the working capital and other business requirements and other general corporate purposes of HERC and the Parent Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries, including without limitation the refinancing of other indebtedness and the financing or refinancing of acquisitions, HERC, the Parent Borrower and the Canadian Borrowers have requested that the Lenders make the Loans and issue and participate in the Letters of Credit provided for herein;

 

WHEREAS, concurrently herewith, the Parent Borrower is entering into the Senior Term Facility to refinance and replace its existing senior secured term loan facility and synthetic letter of credit facility under the Predecessor Term Loan Credit

 



 

Agreement, and under which the Parent Borrower will obtain the Senior Term Loans and a synthetic letter of credit facility;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.         DEFINITIONS .

 

1.1          Defined Terms .  As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

30-Day Excess Availability ”: the quotient obtained by dividing ( a ) the sum of each day’s aggregate Available Loan Commitments of all Lenders during the thirty (30) consecutive day period immediately preceding any Specified Payment (calculated on a pro forma basis to include the borrowing or repayment of any Loans or issuance or cancellation of any Letters of Credit in connection with such Specified Payment) by ( b ) thirty (30) days.

 

30-Day Specified Excess Availability ”: as at any date the sum of ( x ) the quotient obtained by dividing ( a ) the sum of each day’s aggregate Available Loan Commitments of all Lenders during the thirty (30) consecutive day period immediately preceding any Specified Payment plus the sum of each day’s Specified Suppressed Availability during the thirty (30) consecutive day period immediately preceding such Specified Payment (in each case calculated on a pro forma basis to include the borrowing or repayment of any Loans or issuance or cancellation of any Letters of Credit in connection with such Specified Payment) by ( b ) thirty (30) days plus ( y ) Specified Unrestricted Cash as at such date.

 

ABL Collateral Intercreditor Agreement ”:  an intercreditor agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit N-2 or otherwise in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

ABL Priority Collateral ”:  as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

ABR ”:  for any day, a rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/16 of 1%) 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 1/2 of 1% and ( c ) the Eurocurrency Rate for an Interest Period of one-month commencing on such date plus 1%.  For purposes hereof:  “ Prime Rate ” shall mean the rate of interest per annum publicly announced from time to time by the Administrative Agent (or another bank of recognized standing reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent and reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Borrower) as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in

 

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New York City (the Prime Rate not being intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by the Administrative Agent in connection with extensions of credit to debtors).  “ Federal Funds Effective Rate ” shall mean, for any day, the weighted average 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 of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.  Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Effective Rate, respectively.

 

ABR Loans ”:  Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the ABR or, with respect to Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans, the Canadian Prime Rate.

 

Acceleration ”:  as defined in Section 9(e).

 

Account Debtor ”:  each Person who is obligated on an Account, chattel paper or a General Intangible.

 

Accounts ”:  ( x ) as defined in the UCC or (to the extent governed thereby) the PPSA as in effect from time to time or ( y ) (to the extent governed by the Civil Code of Québec ) all “claims” for the purposes of the Civil Code of Québec as in effect from time to time; and, with respect to any Person, all such Accounts of such Person, whether now existing or existing in the future, including ( a ) all accounts receivable of such Person (whether or not specifically listed on schedules furnished to the Administrative Agent), including all accounts created by or arising from all of such Person’s sales of goods or rendition of services made under any of its trade names, or through any of its divisions, ( b ) all unpaid rights of such Person (including rescission, replevin, reclamation and stopping in transit) relating to the foregoing or arising therefrom, ( c ) all rights to any goods represented by any of the foregoing, including returned or repossessed goods, ( d ) all reserves and credit balances held by such Person with respect to any such accounts receivable of any Obligors, ( e ) all guarantees or collateral for any of the foregoing and ( f ) all rights relating to any of the foregoing.

 

Additional ABL Credit Facility ”:  as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Additional ABL Document ”:  as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Additional ABL Indebtedness ”:  as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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Additional Assets ”:  ( i ) any property or assets that replace the property or assets that are the subject of an Asset Disposition; ( ii ) any property or assets (other than Indebtedness and Capital Stock) used or to be used by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise useful in a Related Business (including any capital expenditures on any property or assets already so used); ( iii ) the Capital Stock of a Person that is engaged in a Related Business and becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of the acquisition of such Capital Stock by the Parent Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary; or ( iv ) Capital Stock of any Person that at such time is a Restricted Subsidiary acquired from a third party.

 

Additional Commitment Lender ”:  as defined in Section 2.9(a).

 

Additional Commitments ”:  as defined in Section 2.9(a).

 

Additional Credit Facility ”:  as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Additional Documents ”:  as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Additional Indebtedness ”:  as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Additional Lender ”:  as defined in Section 2.10(b).

 

Adjustment Date ”:  the last day of each March, June, September and December ended after the Closing Date.

 

Administrative Agent ”:  as defined in the Preamble hereto and shall include any successor to the Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Section 10.10.

 

Administrative Agent Account ”:  as defined in Section 4.16(d).

 

Affected BA Rate ”:  as defined in Section 4.7.

 

Affected Eurocurrency Rate ”:  as defined in Section 4.7.

 

Affected Loans ”:  as defined in Section 4.9.

 

Affiliate ”:  as to any Person, any other Person (other than a Subsidiary) which, directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such Person.  For purposes of this definition, “control” of a Person means the power, directly or indirectly, either to ( a ) vote 20% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors of such Person or ( b ) direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether by contract or otherwise.

 

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Agent Advance ”:  as defined in Section 2.1(d).

 

Agent Advance Period ”:  as defined in Section 2.1(d).

 

Agents ”:  the collective reference to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Canadian Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent, the Co-Collateral Agent, the Syndication Agent and the Co-Documentation Agents.

 

Aggregate Canadian Facility Lender Exposure ”:  the Dollar Equivalent of the sum of ( a ) the aggregate principal amount of all Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding and ( b ) the aggregate amount of all Canadian Facility L/C Obligations at such time.

 

Aggregate Outstanding Credit ”:  as to any Revolving Credit Lender at any time, an amount equal to the sum of ( a ) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender then outstanding, ( b ) the aggregate amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s U.S. Facility Commitment Percentage or Canadian Facility Commitment Percentage, as applicable, of the U.S. Facility L/C Obligations or the Canadian Facility L/C Obligations, respectively, then outstanding and ( c ) the aggregate amount equal to such Revolving Credit Lender’s U.S. Facility Commitment Percentage, if any, of the Swing Line Loans then outstanding.

 

Aggregate U.S. Facility Lender Exposure ”:  the sum of ( a ) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding, ( b ) the aggregate amount of all U.S. Facility L/C Obligations at such time and ( c ) the aggregate principal amount of the Swing Line Loans then outstanding.

 

Agreement ”:  this Credit Agreement, as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Amendment ”:  as defined in Section 8.16(c).

 

Applicable Margin ”:  the rate per annum determined as follows:  during the period from the Closing Date until the first Adjustment Date, the Applicable Margin shall equal ( a ) with respect to ABR Loans, 1.00% per annum, ( b ) with respect to Eurocurrency Loans, 2.00% per annum and ( c ) with respect to BA Equivalent Loans, 2.00% per annum.  The Applicable Margins will be adjusted on each Adjustment Date to the applicable rate per annum set forth under the heading “Applicable Margin for ABR Rate Loans”, “Applicable Margin for Canadian Prime Rate ABR Loans”, “Applicable Margin for Eurocurrency Loans” or “Applicable Margin for BA Equivalent Loans and BA Fees” on the applicable Pricing Grid which corresponds to the Average Available Loan Commitments for the fiscal quarter ending on such Adjustment Date provided, that, at all times while an Event of Default known to the Parent Borrower shall have occurred

 

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and be continuing, the Applicable Margin shall not decrease from that previously in effect.

 

Approved Fund ”:  as defined in Section 11.6(b).

 

Arrangers ”:  Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC and Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., each in their capacity as joint lead arrangers of the Commitments hereunder.

 

Asset Disposition ”:  any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares, or (in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary) to the extent required by applicable law), property or other assets, including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction (each referred to for purposes of this definition as a “ disposition ”) by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction), other than ( i ) a disposition to the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, ( ii ) a disposition in the ordinary course of business, ( iii ) a disposition of Cash Equivalents or Temporary Cash Investments, ( iv ) the sale or discount (with or without recourse, and on customary or commercially reasonable terms) of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising in the ordinary course of business, or the conversion or exchange of accounts receivable for notes receivable, ( v ) (a) any merger, consolidation or amalgamation permitted pursuant to Section 8.5 or Section 8.10, ( b ) any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of any or all of the assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower permitted pursuant to Section 8.5 or Section 8.10, ( c ) any dividend payment permitted pursuant to (or expressly not prohibited by) Section 8.7, ( d ) any Investment pursuant to Section 8.9 and ( e ) any payment, repurchase or redemption pursuant to Section 8.14, ( vi ) any Financing Disposition, ( vii ) any “fee in lieu” or other disposition of assets to any governmental authority or agency that continue in use by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, so long as the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may obtain title to such assets upon reasonable notice by paying a nominal fee, ( viii ) any exchange of property pursuant to or intended to qualify under Section 1031 (or any successor section) of the Code, or any exchange of equipment to be leased, rented or otherwise used in a Related Business, including pursuant to the HERC LKE Program or the Rental Car LKE Program, ( ix ) any financing transaction with respect to property built or acquired by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date, including without limitation any sale/leaseback transaction or asset securitization, ( x ) any disposition arising from foreclosure, condemnation or similar action with respect to any property or other assets, or exercise of termination rights under any lease, license, concession or other agreement or pursuant to buy/sell arrangements under any joint venture or similar agreement or arrangement, ( xi ) any disposition of Capital Stock, Indebtedness or other securities of an Unrestricted Subsidiary, ( xii ) a disposition of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to an agreement or other obligation with or to a Person

 

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(other than the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) from whom such Restricted Subsidiary was acquired, or from whom such Restricted Subsidiary acquired its business and assets (having been newly formed in connection with such acquisition), entered into in connection with such acquisition, ( xiii ) a disposition of not more than 5% of the outstanding Capital Stock of a Foreign Subsidiary that has been approved by the Board of Directors, ( xiv ) any disposition or series of related dispositions for aggregate consideration not to exceed $50.0 million, ( xv ) any disposition of all or any part of the Capital Stock or business or assets of ( a ) Car Rental System do Brasil Locacão de Veículos Ltda or any successor in interest thereto or ( b ) any other Subsidiary engaged in, or Special Purpose Entity otherwise supporting or relating to, the business of leasing or renting Vehicles in Brazil, ( xv i) any Divestiture Action, ( xvi i) the abandonment or other disposition of patents, trademarks or other intellectual property that are, in the reasonable judgment of the Parent Borrower, no longer economically practicable to maintain or useful in the conduct of the business of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or ( xviii ) any license, sublicense or other grant of right-of-use of any trademark, copyright, patent or other intellectual property, any lease or sublease of real or other property, or any disposition for Fair Market Value, to any Franchisee or any Franchise Special Purpose Entity.

 

Assignee ”:  as defined in Section 11.6(b).

 

Assignment and Acceptance ”:  an Assignment and Acceptance, substantially in the form of Exhibit F.

 

Availability Reserves ”:  without duplication of any other reserves or items that are otherwise addressed or excluded through eligibility criteria, ( v ) any Damaged Equipment Reserves, ( w ) any Designated Hedging Reserve, ( x ) the Dilution Reserve, ( y ) any Cash Management Reserve and ( z ) such other reserves, subject to Section 2.1(c), as the Co-Collateral Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, determines as being appropriate to reflect any impairment to the value of, or the enforceability or priority of the Lien on, the Collateral consisting of Eligible Accounts, Eligible Rental Equipment, Eligible Spare Parts and Merchandise, Eligible Service Vehicles, or Eligible Unbilled Accounts included in the U.S. Borrowing Base or Canadian Borrowing Base (including claims that such Agent determines will need to be satisfied in connection with the realization upon such Collateral).

 

Available Amount ”:  the sum, without duplication, of

 

(a)           50% of the Available CNI Amount accrued during the period (treated as one accounting period) beginning on January 1, 2011 to the end of the most recent fiscal quarter for which consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available (or, in case such Available CNI Amount shall be a negative number, 100% of such negative number); plus

 

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(b)           ( 1 )  the aggregate Net Proceeds and the fair value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Parent Borrower) of property or assets received ( x ) by the Parent Borrower as capital contributions to the Parent Borrower after the Closing Date or from the issuance or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of its Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) after the Closing Date (other than Excluded Contributions and any Specified Equity Contribution) or ( y ) by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from the incurrence by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after the Closing Date of Indebtedness that shall have been converted into or exchanged for Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) of the Parent Borrower or Capital Stock of any Parent Entity, plus the amount of any cash and the fair value (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Parent Borrower) of any property or assets, received by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary upon such conversion or exchange plus ( 2 ) in the case of any disposition or repayment of any Investment made pursuant to Section 8.9(o), an amount in the aggregate equal to the lesser of the return of capital, repayment or other proceeds with respect to all such Investments received by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary and the initial amount of all such Investments; minus

 

(c)           the aggregate amount of ( i ) Restricted Payments made after the Closing Date pursuant to clause (y)(ii)(x) of the proviso to Section 8.7(f), ( ii ) outstanding Investments made after the Closing Date pursuant to clause (y)(ii)(x) of the proviso to Section 8.9(o), ( iii ) cash consideration for acquisitions made after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 8.10(c)(y)(ii)(x) and ( iv ) optional payments made after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 8.14(a)(iv)(y)(ii)(x); plus

 

(d)           an amount equal to the amount available as of the Closing Date for making “Restricted Payments” (as defined in the Senior 2005 Indenture) pursuant to Section 409(a)(3) of the Senior 2005 Indenture.

 

Available Amount Payment Conditions ”:  at any time of determination, means that ( a ) no Specified Default then exists or would arise as a result of making the subject Specified Payment, and ( b ) Available Loan Commitments and 30-Day Excess Availability in each case are greater than $200,000,000 immediately after giving effect to the making of such Specified Payment.

 

Available Canadian Facility Loan Commitment ”:  as to any Canadian Facility Lender at any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of ( a ) the lesser of ( i ) the amount of such Canadian Facility Lender’s Canadian Facility Commitment at such time and ( ii ) the sum of ( A ) the amount equal to such Canadian Facility Lender’s Canadian Facility Commitment Percentage of the Canadian Borrowing Base and ( B ) the

 

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amount equal to such Canadian Facility Lender’s Canadian Facility Commitment Percentage of the U.S. Borrowing Base over ( b ) the sum of ( i ) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate unpaid principal amount at such time of all Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans made by such Canadian Facility Lender (or any Non-Canadian Affiliate of such Canadian Facility Lender), ( ii ) an amount equal to such Canadian Facility Lender’s Canadian Facility Commitment Percentage of the outstanding Canadian Facility L/C Obligations at such time, ( iii ) such Canadian Facility Lender’s Canadian Facility Commitment Percentage of the sum of ( A ) the aggregate unpaid principal amount at such time of all U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans (including in the case of U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans made in any Designated Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate unpaid principal amount thereof) and ( B ) an amount equal to the aggregate unpaid principal amount at such time of all Swing Line Loans, provided that for purposes of calculating Available Loan Commitments pursuant to Section 4.5(a) such amount under this clause (iii)(B) shall be zero, and ( iv ) such Canadian Facility Lender’s Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Commitment Percentage of the amount equal to the outstanding U.S. Facility L/C Obligations at such time; collectively, as to all the Canadian Facility Lenders, the “ Available Canadian Facility Loan Commitments ”.

 

Available CNI Amount ”:  for any period, the net income (loss) of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends; provided that there shall not be included in such Available CNI Amount:

 

(a)           any net income (loss) of any Person that is not a Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower, except that ( i ) the Parent Borrower’s equity in the net income of any such Person for such period shall be included in such Available CNI Amount up to the aggregate amount actually distributed by such Person during such period to the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary as a dividend or other distribution (subject, in the case of a dividend or other distribution to a Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitations contained in clause (b) below) and ( ii ) the Parent Borrower’s equity in the net loss of such Person shall be included to the extent of the aggregate Investment of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in such Person;

 

(b)           solely for purposes of determining the amount available for payments under clause (a) of the definition of “Available Amount”, any net income (loss) of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor if such Restricted Subsidiary is subject to restrictions, directly or indirectly, on the payment of dividends or the making of similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, to the Parent Borrower by operation of the terms of such Restricted Subsidiary’s charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute or governmental rule or regulation applicable to such Restricted Subsidiary or its stockholders (other than ( i ) restrictions that have been

 

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waived or otherwise released, ( ii ) restrictions pursuant to any of the Senior Notes or the Indentures and ( iii ) restrictions in effect on the Closing Date with respect to a Restricted Subsidiary and other restrictions with respect to such Restricted Subsidiary that taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Lenders than such restrictions in effect on the Closing Date), except that ( A ) the Parent Borrower’s equity in the net income of any such Restricted Subsidiary for such period shall be included in such Available CNI Amount up to the aggregate amount of any dividend or distribution that was or that could have been made by such Restricted Subsidiary during such period to the Parent Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary (subject, in the case of a dividend that could have been made to another Restricted Subsidiary, to the limitation contained in this clause) and ( B ) the net loss of such Restricted Subsidiary shall be included to the extent of the aggregate Investment of the Parent Borrower or any of its other Restricted Subsidiaries in such Restricted Subsidiary;

 

(c)           any gain or loss realized upon the sale or other disposition of any asset of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (including pursuant to any sale/leaseback transaction) that is not sold or otherwise disposed of in the ordinary course of business (as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Parent Borrower);

 

(d)           any item classified as an extraordinary, unusual or nonrecurring gain, loss or charge (including fees, expenses and charges associated with the Transactions and any related transactions, and any acquisition, merger or consolidation after the Closing Date);

 

(e)           the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles;

 

(f)            all deferred financing costs written off and premiums paid in connection with any early extinguishment of Indebtedness;

 

(g)           any unrealized gains or losses in respect of any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement or other similar agreement or arrangements (including derivative agreements or arrangements);

 

(h)           any unrealized foreign currency transaction gains or losses in respect of Indebtedness of any Person denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of such Person;

 

(i)            any non-cash compensation charge arising from any grant of stock, stock options or other equity based awards;

 

(j)            to the extent otherwise included in such Available CNI Amount, any unrealized foreign currency translation or transaction gains or losses

 

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in respect of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; and

 

(k)           any non-cash charge, expense or other impact attributable to application of the purchase method of accounting (including the total amount of depreciation and amortization, cost of sales or other non-cash expense resulting from the write-up of assets to the extent resulting from such purchase accounting adjustments).

 

In the case of any unusual or nonrecurring gain, loss or charge not included in such Available CNI Amount pursuant to clause (d) above in any determination thereof, the Parent Borrower will deliver an officer’s certificate to the Administrative Agent promptly after the date on which such Available CNI Amount is so determined, setting forth the nature and amount of such unusual or nonrecurring gain, loss or charge.

 

Available Excluded Contribution Amount ”:  the aggregate amount of Excluded Contributions, minus the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made after the Closing Date pursuant to clause (y)(ii)(z) of the proviso to Section 8.7(f), ( ii ) outstanding Investments made after the Closing Date pursuant to clause (y)(ii)(z) of the proviso to Section 8.9(o), ( iii ) cash consideration for acquisitions made after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 8.10(c)(y)(ii)(z) and ( iv ) optional payments made after the Closing Date pursuant to Section 8.14(a)(iv)(y)(ii)(z).

 

Available Loan Commitments ”:  without duplication of amounts calculated thereunder, the Available Canadian Facility Loan Commitments and the Available U.S. Facility Loan Commitments.

 

Available U.S. Facility Loan Commitment ”:  as to any U.S. Facility Lender at any time, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of ( a ) the lesser of ( i ) the amount of such U.S. Facility Lender’s U.S. Facility Commitment at such time and ( ii ) the amount equal to such U.S. Facility Lender’s U.S. Facility Commitment Percentage of the U.S. Borrowing Base over ( b ) the sum of ( i ) the aggregate unpaid principal amount at such time of all U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans made by such U.S. Facility Lender (including in the case of U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans made by such U.S. Facility Lender in any Designated Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate unpaid principal amount thereof), ( ii ) the amount equal to such U.S. Facility Lender’s U.S. Facility Commitment Percentage of the aggregate unpaid principal amount at such time of all Swing Line Loans, provided that for purposes of calculating Available Loan Commitments pursuant to Section 4.5(a) such amount under this clause (ii) shall be zero, ( iii ) the amount equal to such U.S. Facility Lender’s U.S. Facility Commitment Percentage of the outstanding U.S. Facility L/C Obligations at such time and ( iv ) the

 

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amount equal to such U.S. Facility Lender’s U.S. Facility Commitment Percentage of the amount by the which the Dollar Equivalent of all Extensions of Credit to the Canadian Borrowers exceed the Canadian Borrowing Base; collectively, as to all the U.S. Facility Lenders, the “Available U.S. Facility Loan Commitments”.

 

Average Available Loan Commitments ” for any fiscal quarter, an amount (expressed as a percentage) equal to the quotient of (A) the daily average Available Loan Commitments for such fiscal quarter divided by (B) the daily average Total Commitments for such fiscal quarter.  The Administrative Agent shall provide its calculation of Average Available Loan Commitments to the Parent Borrower upon request, and in any event no later than 1 Business Day after the applicable Adjustment Date.

 

Average Book Value ”:  for any period, the amount equal to ( a ) the sum of the respective book values of Rental Car Vehicles of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose Subsidiaries) as of the end of each of the most recent thirteen fiscal months of the Parent Borrower that have ended at or prior to the end of such period, divided by ( b ) 13.

 

Average Interest Rate ”:  for any period, the amount equal to ( a ) the total interest expense of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (excluding any interest expense on any Indebtedness of any Special Purpose Subsidiary) divided by ( b ) the Average Principal Amount of Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period (excluding any Indebtedness of any Special Purpose Subsidiary).

 

Average Life ”:  at the date of determination thereof, with respect to any Indebtedness, the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the sum of the products of the number of years from such date of determination to the dates of each successive scheduled principal payment of such Indebtedness multiplied by the amount of such principal payment by (b) the sum of all such principal payments.

 

Average Principal Amount ”:  for any period, the amount equal to ( a ) the sum of the respective aggregate outstanding principal amounts of the Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose Subsidiaries) as of the end of each of the most recent thirteen fiscal months of the Parent Borrower that have ended at or prior to the end of such period divided by ( b ) 13.

 

BA Equivalent Loan ”:  any Loan in Canadian Dollars bearing interest at a rate determined by reference to the BA Rate in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.

 

BA Equivalent Loan Borrowing ”:  any Borrowing comprised of BA Equivalent Loans.

 

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BA Fee ”:  the amount calculated by multiplying the face amount of each Bankers’ Acceptance by the rate for the BA Fee specified in the Pricing Grid, and then multiplying the result by a fraction, the numerator of which is the duration of its term on the basis of the actual number of days to elapse from and including the date of acceptance of a Bankers’ Acceptance by the Lender up to but excluding the maturity date of the Bankers’ Acceptance and the denominator of which is the number of days in the calendar year in question.

 

Bankers’ Acceptance ” and “ B/A ”:  a bill of exchange within the meaning of the Bills of Exchange Act (Canada), including a depository bill issued in accordance with the Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada), denominated in Canadian Dollars, drawn by the Canadian Borrowers and accepted by a Canadian Facility Lender in accordance herewith and includes a Discount Note.

 

BA Proceeds ”:  in respect of any Bankers’ Acceptance, an amount calculated on the applicable Borrowing Date which is (rounded to the nearest full cent, with one half of one cent being rounded up) equal to the face amount of such Bankers’ Acceptance multiplied by the price, where the price is calculated by dividing one by the sum of one plus the product of ( i ) the BA Rate applicable thereto expressed as a decimal fraction multiplied by ( ii ) a fraction, the numerator of which is the term of such Bankers’ Acceptance and the denominator of which is 365, which calculated price will be rounded to the nearest multiple of 0.001%.

 

BA Rate ”:  with respect to an issue of Bankers’ Acceptances in Canadian Dollars with the same maturity date, ( a ) for a Schedule I Lender, ( i ) the rate of interest per annum equal to the rates applicable to Bankers’ Acceptances having an identical or comparable term as the proposed BA Equivalent Loan or Bankers’ Acceptance displayed and identified as such on the display referred to as the “CDOR Page” (or any display substituted therefor) of Reuter Monitor Money Rates Service as at or about 10:00 A.M. of such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, as of 10:00 A.M. on the immediately preceding Business Day), or, ( ii ) if such rates do not appear on the CDOR Page at such time and on such date, the rate for such date will be the annual discount rate (rounded upward to the nearest whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) as of 10:00 A.M. on such day at which such Lender is then offering to purchase Bankers’ Acceptances accepted by it having such specified term (or a term as closely as possible comparable to such specified term), and ( b ) for a Lender which is not a Schedule I Lender, the lesser of ( i ) the arithmetic average of the annual discount rates for Bankers’ Acceptances for such term quoted by such Lender at or about 10:00 A.M. and ( ii ) the annual discount rate applicable to Bankers’ Acceptances as determined for the Schedule I Lender in ( a ) above for the same Bankers’ Acceptances issue plus 10 basis points.

 

Bank Products Agreement ”:  as defined in the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

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Benefited Lender ”:  as defined in Section 11.7(a).

 

Blocked Account Agreement ”:  as defined in Section 4.16(c).

 

Blocked Accounts ”:  as defined in Section 4.16(c).

 

Board ”:  the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

 

Board of Directors ”:  for any Person, the board of directors or other governing body of such Person or, if such Person is owned or managed by a single entity, the board of directors or other governing body of such entity, or, in either case, any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board or governing body. Unless otherwise provided, “Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of the Parent Borrower.

 

Borrowers ”:  as defined in the Preamble hereto.

 

Borrowing ”:  the borrowing of one Type of Loan of a single Tranche by either the U.S. Borrowers (on a joint and several basis) or the Canadian Borrowers (on a joint and several basis), from all the Lenders having Commitments of the respective Tranche on a given date (or resulting from a conversion or conversions on such date) having in the case of Eurocurrency Loans and BA Equivalent Loans the same Interest Period.

 

Borrowing Base Certificate ”:  a certificate setting forth the U.S. Borrowing Base and the Canadian Borrowing Base (in each case with supporting calculations) substantially in the form of Exhibit L or otherwise in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Borrower and the Co-Collateral Agent.

 

Borrowing Date ”:  any Business Day specified in a notice pursuant to Section 2.2, Section 2.4 or Section 3.2 as a date on which HERC, the Parent Borrower or any other Borrower requests the Lenders to make Loans hereunder or an Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit hereunder.

 

Brazilian Indebtedness ”:  Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.2(v) of ( a ) Car Rental System do Brasil Locacão de Veículos Ltda or any successor in interest thereto and/or ( b ) any other Subsidiary engaged in, or Special Purpose Entity otherwise supporting or relating to, the business of leasing or renting Vehicles in Brazil.

 

Business Day ”:  a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York (or, with respect only to Loans made by a Canadian Lender and Letters of Credit issued by an Issuing Lender not located in the City of New York, the location of such Canadian Lender or such Issuing Lender) are authorized or required by law to close, except that, when used in connection with a

 

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Eurocurrency Loan, “Business Day” shall mean, in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan in Dollars, any Business Day on which dealings in Dollars between banks may be carried on in London, England and New York, New York and, in the case of any Eurocurrency Loan in any Designated Foreign Currency, a day on which dealings in such Designated Foreign Currency between banks may be carried on in London, England, New York, New York and the principal financial center of such Designated Foreign Currency as set forth on Schedule B; provided, however, that, with respect to notices and determinations in connection with, and payments of principal and interest on, Loans denominated in Euros, such day is also a day on which the Trans-European Automated Real-Time Gross Settlement Express Transfer System (TARGET) (or, if such clearing system ceases to be operative, such other clearing system (if any) determined by the Administrative Agent to be a suitable replacement) is open for settlement of payment in Euros.

 

Canadian Agent ”:  as defined in the Preamble hereto.

 

Canadian Agent Account ”:  as defined in Section 4.16(d).

 

Canadian Blocked Account ”:  as defined in Section 4.16(c).

 

Canadian Borrower Unpaid Drawing ”:  drawings on Canadian Facility Letters of Credit that have not been reimbursed by the applicable Canadian Borrower.

 

Canadian Borrowers ”:  Matthews Equipment Limited, Western Shut-Down (1995) Limited and Hertz Canada Equipment Rental Partnership, together with their respective successors and assigns.

 

Canadian Borrowing Base ”:  as of any date of determination, the result of, in each case using the Dollar Equivalent of all amounts in Canadian Dollars:

 

(a)           85% of the amount of Eligible Canadian Accounts, plus

 

(b)           50% of the amount of Eligible Unbilled Canadian Accounts (not to exceed 50% of the amount calculated under clause (a) above), plus

 

(c)           the lesser of:

 

(i)            85% times the then Net Book Value of Eligible Canadian Rental Equipment and Eligible Canadian Service Vehicles, and

 

(ii)           85% times the then extant Net Orderly Liquidation Value of Eligible Canadian Rental Equipment and Eligible Canadian Service Vehicles, plus

 

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(d)           55% times the then Net Book Value of Eligible Canadian Spare Parts and Merchandise, minus

 

(e)           the amount of all Availability Reserves related to the Canadian Facility, minus

 

(f)            the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness incurred by any Canadian Loan Party (x) to refinance or replace the Canadian Facility in part pursuant to Section 8.2(a)(2) or pursuant to Section 8.2(x), or (y) otherwise constituting Additional ABL Indebtedness, in either case to the extent secured by any ABL Priority Collateral on a basis pari passu in priority with the Liens securing the amounts due under the Canadian Facility, pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement or another intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent and consented to by the Parent Borrower (and for the avoidance of doubt, not including Indebtedness under this Agreement), minus

 

(g)           the amount by which ( i ) the then Net Book Value of all Eligible Canadian Rental Equipment that is damaged or defective to the extent included in the Canadian Borrowing Base pursuant to the above exceeds ( ii ) 10% of the Canadian Borrowing Base ; , minus

 

(h)           to the extent not otherwise deducted from Available Canadian Facility Loan Commitments or Available Loan Commitments or otherwise from any calculation of amounts available to be borrowed under the Canadian Facility, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of any outstanding Incremental Loans (other than Incremental Loans pursuant to any FILO Tranche) incurred by any Canadian Loan Party, to the extent secured on a basis pari passu in priority with the Liens securing the Loans . , minus

 

(i)             the FILO Canadian Overadvance.

 

Canadian Collateral Agent ”:  as defined in the Preamble hereto.

 

Canadian Dollars ”:  the lawful currency of Canada, as in effect from time to time.

 

Canadian Extender of Credit ”:  as defined in Section 4.15.

 

Canadian Facility ”:  the credit facility available to the Canadian Borrowers hereunder.

 

Canadian Facility Commitment ”:  with respect to each Canadian Facility Lender, the commitment of such Canadian Facility Lender hereunder to make Extensions

 

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of Credit to the Borrowers in the amount set forth opposite its name on Schedule A hereto or as may subsequently be set forth in the Register from time to time. ’s Tranche A Canadian Facility Commitment and Tranche B Canadian Facility Commitment.

 

Canadian Facility Commitment Percentage ”:  of any Canadian Facility Lender at any time shall be that percentage which is equal to a fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the Canadian Facility Commitment of such Canadian Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the Total Canadian Facility Commitment at such time, provided that if any such determination is to be made after the Total Canadian Facility Commitment (and the related Canadian Facility Commitments of the Lenders) has (or have) terminated, the determination of such percentages shall be made immediately before giving effect to such termination.

 

Canadian Facility Issuing Lender ”:  as the context may require, ( i ) each Lender designated as a Canadian Facility Issuing Lender on Schedule D-1 as of the Closing Date or ( ii ) any Canadian Facility Lender (and/or any Affiliate of such Canadian Facility Lender designated by it that is a Canadian Facility Lender) which, at the request of a Canadian Borrower and with the consent of the Canadian Agent, agrees, in such Canadian Lender’s (or Affiliate’s) sole discretion, to also become a Canadian Facility Issuing Lender for the purpose of issuing Canadian Facility Letters of Credit (including Existing Letters of Credit), in each case subject to each such financial institution’s Canadian Facility L/C Sublimit.

 

Canadian Facility L/C Obligations ”:  at any time, an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the sum of ( a ) the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding Canadian Facility Letters of Credit and ( b ) the aggregate amount of drawings under Canadian Facility Letters of Credit which have not then been reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.5(a).

 

Canadian Facility L/C Participants ”:  the Canadian Facility Lenders (including any Non-Canadian Affiliate, as applicable).

 

Canadian Facility L/C Sublimit ”:  ( i ) with respect to each Canadian Facility Issuing Lender as of the Closing Date, the amount specified with respect to each such Canadian Facility Issuing Lender on Schedule D-1 hereto and ( ii ) with respect to any other Canadian Facility Issuing Lender, any amount as agreed in writing between such Canadian Facility Issuing Lender and the Canadian Borrowers, with the consent of the Canadian Agent.

 

Canadian Facility Lender ”:  each Lender which has a Canadian Facility Commitment (without giving effect to any termination of the Total Canadian Facility Commitment if there are any outstanding Canadian Facility L/C Obligations) or which has (or has any Non-Canadian Affiliate which has) any outstanding Canadian Facility

 

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Revolving Credit Loans (or a Canadian Facility Commitment Percentage in any then outstanding Canadian Facility L/C Obligations).  Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference in this Agreement to a Canadian Facility Lender includes each Canadian Facility Lender and shall include references to any Affiliate of any such Lender (including any Non-Canadian Affiliate, as applicable) which is acting as a Canadian Facility Lender.

 

Canadian Facility Letters of Credit ”:  Letters of Credit (including Existing Letters of Credit) issued by the Canadian Facility Issuing Lender to, or for the account of, the Borrowers, pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loan ”:  as defined in Section 2.1(b).

 

Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ”:  the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement delivered to the Canadian Collateral Agent as of the date hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Canadian Lender ”:  ( i ) each Canadian Facility Lender listed on Schedule A or the Subsidiary or Affiliate of such Canadian Facility Lender that is a Lender listed on Schedule A, and ( ii ) each additional Person that becomes a Canadian Facility Lender party hereto in accordance with the provisions hereof.  A Canadian Lender shall cease to be a “Canadian Lender” when it has assigned all of its Canadian Facility Commitment in accordance with Section 11.6 (or its related Canadian Facility Lender has assigned all of its Canadian Facility Commitment pursuant to Section 11.6).  For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Lender” includes each Canadian Lender unless the context otherwise requires.

 

Canadian Loan Parties ”:  the Canadian Borrowers and each Canadian Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Canadian Prime Rate ”:  the greater of ( a ) rate of interest publicly announced from time to time by the Canadian Agent (or another bank of recognized standing reasonably selected by the Canadian Agent and reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Borrower) as its reference rate of interest for loans made in Canadian Dollars to Canadian customers and designed as its “prime” rate and ( b ) the rate of interest per annum equal to the average annual yield rate for one-month Canadian Dollar bankers’ acceptances (expressed for such purposes as a yearly rate per annum) which is shown on the “CDOR Page” (or any substitute) at 10:00 A.M. (Toronto time) on such day (or if not a Business Day, the preceding Business Day), plus 0.75% per annum.  Any change in the Canadian Prime Rate, due to a change in the Canadian Agent’s (or another bank of recognized standing reasonably selected by the Canadian Agent and reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Borrower) prime rate or base rate, as applicable, shall be

 

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effective on the effective date of such change in the Canadian Agent’s (or another bank of recognized standing reasonably selected by the Canadian Agent and reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Borrower) prime rate or base rate, as applicable.

 

Canadian Priority Payables ”:  at any time, with respect to the Canadian Borrowers and Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors:

 

(a)           the amount past due and owing by such Person, or the accrued amount for which such Person has an obligation to remit to a Governmental Authority or other Person pursuant to any applicable law, rule or regulation, in respect of ( i ) pension fund obligations; ( ii ) unemployment insurance; ( iii ) goods and services taxes, sales taxes, employee income taxes and other taxes payable or to be remitted or withheld; ( iv ) workers’ compensation; ( v ) vacation pay; and ( vi ) other like charges and demands; in each case, in respect of which any Governmental Authority or other Person may claim a security interest, lien, trust or other claim ranking or capable of ranking in priority to or pari passu with one or more of the Liens granted in the Security Documents; and

 

(b)           the aggregate amount of any other liabilities of such Person ( i ) in respect of which a trust has been or may be imposed on any Collateral to provide for payment or ( ii ) which are secured by a security interest, pledge, lien, charge, right or claim on any Collateral, in each case, pursuant to any applicable law, rule or regulation and which trust, security interest, pledge, lien, charge, right or claim ranks or is capable of ranking in priority to or pari passu with one or more of the Liens granted in the Security Documents.

 

Canadian Resident ”:  ( a ) a person resident in Canada for purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada), ( b ) an authorized foreign bank which at all times holds all of its interest in any obligations owed by the Canadian Borrowers hereunder in the course of its Canadian banking business for purposes of subsection 212(13.3) of the Income Tax Act (Canada) or ( c ) any Lender with respect to which payments to such Lender of interest, fees, commission or any other amount payable by any Canadian Borrower under the Loan Documents are not subject to any Non-Excluded Taxes imposed by Canada or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein and that is able to establish to the satisfaction of the Canadian Agent and the Canadian Borrowers that, based on applicable law in effect on the date such Lender becomes a Lender, any such payments to or for the benefit of such Lender are not subject to the withholding or deduction of any such Non-Excluded Taxes.

 

Canadian Secured Parties ”:  the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

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Canadian Security Documents ”:  the collective reference to the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Hypothecs and all other similar security documents hereafter delivered to the Canadian Collateral Agent granting or perfecting a Lien on any asset or assets of any Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of the Canadian Loan Parties hereunder and/or under any of the other Loan Documents or to secure any guarantee of any such obligations and liabilities, including any security documents executed and delivered or caused to be delivered to the Canadian Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 7.9(b) or Section 7.9(c), in each case, as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Canadian Subsidiary ”:  each Subsidiary of Parent Borrower that is incorporated or organized under the laws of Canada or any province thereof (other than any Excluded Subsidiary).

 

Canadian Subsidiary Guarantor ”:  each Canadian Subsidiary of any Canadian Borrower which executes and delivers the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, in each case, unless and until such time as the respective Canadian Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to constitute a Canadian Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower or is released from all of its obligations under the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in accordance with the terms and provisions thereof.

 

Capital Expenditures ”:  for any period, ( a ) the aggregate of all expenditures by the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such period (to the extent otherwise included in such expenditures, exclusive of ( i ) expenditures made for Investments permitted by Section 8.9 or acquisitions permitted by Section 8.10, ( ii ) interest capitalized during such period, ( iii ) expenditures that are paid for by a third party (excluding the Parent Borrower and any of its consolidated Subsidiaries) and for which neither the Parent Borrower nor any of its consolidated Subsidiaries has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such third party or any other Person or ( iv ) expenditures made with the proceeds of any equity securities issued or capital contributions received, or Indebtedness incurred, by the Parent Borrower or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries) which, in accordance with GAAP, are included in “capital expenditures,” including, any such expenditures made for purchases of Rental Equipment, net of ( b ) Dispositions of ( x ) property, plant and equipment, ( y ) Rental Equipment and ( z ) Rental Car Vehicles during such period.

 

Capital Stock ”:  any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

 

Captive Insurance Subsidiary ”:  any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is subject to regulation as an insurance company (and any Subsidiary thereof).

 

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Carlyle ”:  TC Group LLC (which operates under the trade name The Carlyle Group) or any successor thereto.

 

Carlyle Investors ”:  the collective reference to ( a ) Carlyle Partners IV, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, or any successor thereto, ( b ) CEP II Participations S.àr.l., a Luxembourg limited liability company, or any successor thereto, ( c ) CP IV Co-investment L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, or any successor thereto, ( d ) CEP II U.S. Investments, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, or any successor thereto, ( e ) CMC-Hertz Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, or any successor thereto, ( f ) any Affiliate of any thereof, and ( g ) any successor in interest to any thereof.

 

Cash Equivalents ”:  (1) money and (2)( a ) securities issued or fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or Canadian government or any agency or instrumentality thereof, ( b ) time deposits, certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of ( i ) any Lender or Affiliate thereof or ( ii ) any commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof as of the date of such investment) and the commercial paper of the holding company of which is rated at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Group (a division of The McGraw Hill Companies Inc.) or any successor rating agency (“ S&P ”) or at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. or any successor rating agency (“ Moody’s ”) (or if at such time neither is issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of such other nationally recognized rating agency as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment), ( c ) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (a) and (b) above entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (b) above, ( d ) commercial paper rated at least A-2 or the equivalent thereof by S&P or at least P-2 or the equivalent thereof by Moody’s (or if at such time neither is issuing ratings, then a comparable rating of such other nationally recognized rating agency as shall be approved by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment), ( e ) investments in money market funds complying with the risk limiting conditions of Rule 2a-7 or any successor rule of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act, and ( f ) investments similar to any of the foregoing denominated in foreign currencies approved by the Board of Directors of the Parent Borrower, in each case provided in clauses (a), (b) and (d) and (to the extent relating to any such clause) (f) above only, maturing within twelve months after the date of acquisition.

 

Cash Management Reserves ”:  such reserves as the Co-Collateral Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion as being appropriate to reflect the reasonably anticipated monetary obligations of the Loan Parties with respect to any Bank Products Agreement then in effect that is secured by a Lien on ABL Priority Collateral that is pari passu in priority with the Liens on such Collateral securing the amounts due under this Agreement, pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement or another intercreditor agreement in

 

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form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Bank Products Agreement that is secured under any of the Security Documents).

 

CD&R ”:  Clayton, Dubilier & Rice, LLC and any successor in interest thereto, and any successor to its investment management business.

 

CD&R Investors ”:  the collective reference to ( i ) Clayton, Dubilier & Rice Fund VII, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, or any successor thereto, ( ii ) CD&R CCMG Co-Investor L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, or any successor thereto, ( iii ) CD&R Parallel Fund VII, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, or any successor thereto, ( iv ) any Affiliate of any thereof, and ( v ) any successor in interest to any thereof.

 

Change of Control ”:  the occurrence of any of the following events:  ( a ) (x) the Permitted Holders shall in the aggregate be the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of shares of Voting Stock having less than 35% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of the Relevant Parent Entity and ( y ) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than one or more Permitted Holders or a Parent Entity, shall be the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of shares of Voting Stock having more than 35% of the total voting power of all outstanding shares of the Relevant Parent Entity, ( b ) the Continuing Directors shall cease to constitute a majority of the members of the board of directors of the Parent Borrower, ( c ) Holdings shall cease to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower (or any successor to the Parent Borrower permitted pursuant to Section 8.5), ( d ) the Parent Borrower shall cease to own shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of HERC or ( e ) a “Change of Control” as defined in the Senior Term Credit Agreement or any Indenture shall have occurred.

 

Chief Executive Office ”:  with respect to any Person, the location from which such Person manages the main part of its business operations or other affairs.

 

Closing Date ”:  the date on which all the conditions precedent set forth in  Section 6.1 shall be satisfied or waived.

 

Co-Collateral Agent ”: as defined in the Preamble hereto.

 

Co-Documentation Agents ”: as defined in the Preamble hereto.

 

Code ”:  the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

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Collateral ”:  all assets of the Loan Parties, now owned or hereafter acquired, upon which a Lien is purported to be created by any Security Document.

 

Collateral Agent ”:  as defined in the Preamble hereto.

 

Collection Bank ”:  as defined in Section 4.16(c).

 

Commercial L/C ”:  as defined in Section 3.1(a).

 

Commitment ”:  as to any Lender, its U.S. Facility Commitment and its Canadian Facility Commitment.  The original amount of the aggregate Commitments of the Revolving Credit Lenders is $1,800,000,000.

 

Commitment Fee Rate ”:  during the period from the Closing Date until the first Adjustment Date, 0.50% per annum.  Thereafter, the “Commitment Fee Rate” will be as set forth on the applicable Pricing Grid which corresponds to the Unutilized Commitments set forth therein.

 

Commitment Percentage ”:  of any Lender at any time shall be that percentage which is equal to a fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the Commitment of such Revolving Credit Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the Total Commitment at such time, provided that if any such determination is to be made after the Total Commitment (and the related Commitments of the Revolving Credit Lenders) has terminated, the determination of such percentages shall be made immediately before giving effect to such termination.

 

Commitment Period ”:  as to any Tranche of Commitments, the period from and including the Closing Date to but not including the applicable Termination Date therefor , or such earlier date as the such Commitments shall terminate as provided herein.

 

Commonly Controlled Entity ”:  an entity, whether or not incorporated, which (a) is under “common control” (within the meaning of Section 4001 of ERISA) with the Parent Borrower or (b) is part of a group of entities (whether or not incorporated), which includes the Parent Borrower, which (i) is treated as a “single employer” under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or (ii) solely for the purpose of Section 302 or 303 of ERISA or Section 412 or 430 of the Code, is treated as a “single employer” under Sections 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.

 

Conduit Lender ”:  any special purpose corporation organized and administered by any Lender for the purpose of making Loans otherwise required to be made by such Lender and designated by such Lender in a written instrument delivered to the Administrative Agent (a copy of which shall be provided by the Administrative Agent to the Parent Borrower on request); provided that the designation by any Lender of a Conduit Lender shall not relieve the designating Lender of any of its obligations under

 

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this Agreement, including its obligation to fund a Loan if, for any reason, its Conduit Lender fails to fund any such Loan, and the designating Lender (and not the Conduit Lender) shall have the sole right and responsibility to deliver all consents and waivers required or requested under this Agreement with respect to its Conduit Lender, and provided, further, that no Conduit Lender shall ( a ) be entitled to receive any greater amount pursuant to any provision of this Agreement, including without limitation Section 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, or 11.5, than the designating Lender would have been entitled to receive in respect of the extensions of credit made by such Conduit Lender if such designating Lender had not designated such Conduit Lender hereunder, ( b ) be deemed to have any Commitment or ( c ) be designated if such designation would otherwise increase the costs of any Facility to any Borrower.

 

Confidential Information Memorandum ”:  that certain Confidential Information Memorandum (Public Version) dated February 17, 2011, and furnished to the Lenders.

 

Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio ”:  as of the last day of the Most Recent Four Quarter Period, the ratio of ( a ) (i) EBITDA for such period minus ( ii ) the sum of ( A ) the unfinanced portion of all Capital Expenditures other than Capital Expenditures made for purchases of Rental Car Vehicles and ( B ) all Capital Expenditures made for purchases of Unfinanced Vehicles (excluding any Capital Expenditure made in an amount equal to all or part of the proceeds, applied within twelve months of receipt thereof, of ( x ) any casualty insurance, condemnation or eminent domain or ( y ) any sale of assets (other than Rental Equipment)) of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Special Purpose Subsidiaries) during such period, to ( b ) the sum, without duplication, of ( i ) Debt Service Charges payable in cash by the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Special Purpose Subsidiary) during such period plus ( ii ) federal, state and foreign income taxes paid in cash by the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose Subsidiaries) (net of refunds received) for the period of four full fiscal quarters ending on such date.

 

Consolidated Indebtedness ”:  at the date of determination thereof, an amount equal to ( a ) the sum (without duplication) of ( i ) Consolidated Long Term Debt plus ( ii ) Consolidated Short Term Debt, minus ( b ) to the extent included in clause (a) any amounts incurred to fund or cash collateralize or otherwise backstop or support any letter of credit facility or arrangement, minus ( c ) Consolidated Vehicle Indebtedness, minus ( d ) Unrestricted Cash as at such date.

 

Consolidated Interest Expense ”:  for any period, an amount equal to ( a ) interest expense (accrued and paid or payable in cash for such period, and in any event excluding any amortization or write off of financing costs) on Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period minus ( b ) interest income (accrued and received or receivable in cash for such period) of the Parent Borrower and

 

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its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Leverage Ratio ”:  as of the last day of the Most Recent Four Quarter Period, the ratio of ( a ) Consolidated Indebtedness on such day to ( b ) EBITDA for such period.

 

Consolidated Long Term Debt ”:  at the date of determination thereof, all long term debt of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and as disclosed on the Parent Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet most recently delivered under Section 7.1(a) or 7.1(b).

 

Consolidated Net Income ”:  for any period, net income of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

Consolidated Quarterly Tangible Assets ”:  as of any date of determination, the total assets less the sum of the goodwill, net, and other intangible assets, net, in each case reflected on the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as at the end of any fiscal quarter of the Parent Borrower for which such a balance sheet is available, determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (and, in the case of any determination relating to any Incurrence of Indebtedness or any Investment, on a pro forma basis including any property or assets being acquired in connection therewith).

 

Consolidated Short Term Debt ”:  at the date of determination thereof, all short term debt of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as determined on a Consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP and as disclosed on the Parent Borrower’s consolidated balance sheet most recently delivered under Section 7.1(a) or 7.1(b).

 

Consolidated Tangible Assets ”:  as of any date of determination, the amount equal to ( x ) the sum of Consolidated Quarterly Tangible Assets as at the end of each of the most recently ended four fiscal quarters of the Parent Borrower for which a calculation thereof is available, divided by ( y ) four; provided, that Consolidated Tangible Assets shall not be less than $14,426,000,000.

 

Consolidated Vehicle Depreciation ”:  for any period, depreciation on all Rental Car Vehicles (after adjustments thereto), to the extent deducted in calculating Consolidated Net Income for such period.

 

Consolidated Vehicle Indebtedness ”:  as of any date of determination, the amount equal to the sum, without duplication, of ( a ) the aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Indebtedness of any Special Purpose Subsidiary plus ( b ) the aggregate principal amount of then outstanding Foreign Fleet Financing plus ( c ) the aggregate

 

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principal amount of all other then outstanding Indebtedness (including any Loans designated by the Parent Borrower for purposes of this clause (c)) of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries directly or indirectly incurred solely to finance or refinance the acquisition of, or solely secured by, Rental Car Vehicles and/or related rights and/or assets plus ( d ) 90% of the book value of Rental Car Vehicles (other than ( x ) Rental Car Vehicles described in clause (c) above or ( y ) Rental Car Vehicles securing, or the acquisition of which is financed or refinanced by, the Foreign Fleet Financing) of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose Subsidiaries) (such book value being determined as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal month of the Parent Borrower for which internal consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available, on a pro forma basis including any Rental Car Vehicles (other than ( x ) Rental Car Vehicles described in clause (c) above or ( y ) Rental Car Vehicles securing, or the acquisition of which is financed or refinanced by, the Foreign Fleet Financing) acquired by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Special Purpose Subsidiary) since the end of such fiscal month).

 

Consolidated Vehicle Interest Expense ”:  for any period, to the extent included in calculating Consolidated Interest Expense for such period, the sum, without duplication, of ( a ) the aggregate interest expense for such period on Indebtedness of any Special Purpose Subsidiary plus ( b ) the aggregate interest expense for such period on Foreign Fleet Financing, plus ( c ) the aggregate interest expense for such period on all other Indebtedness (including any Loans designated by the Parent Borrower for purposes of this clause (c)) of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose Subsidiaries) directly or indirectly incurred solely to finance or refinance the acquisition of, or secured solely by, Rental Car Vehicles and/or related rights and/or assets plus ( d ) an amount of the total interest expense of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose Subsidiaries) for such period equal to ( i ) the Average Interest Rate for such period multiplied by ( ii ) the amount equal to 90% of the Average Book Value for such period of Rental Car Vehicles (other than ( x ) Rental Car Vehicles described in clause (c), above or ( y ) Rental Car Vehicles securing, or the acquisition of which is financed or refinanced by, the Foreign Fleet Financing) of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than Special Purpose Subsidiaries).

 

Consolidation ”:  the consolidation of the accounts of each of the Restricted Subsidiaries with those of the Parent Borrower in accordance with GAAP; provided that “Consolidation” will not include consolidation of the accounts of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, but the interest of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any Unrestricted Subsidiary will be accounted for as an investment.  The term “Consolidated” has a correlative meaning.

 

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board of directors of Parent Borrower is recommended by at least a majority of the then Continuing Directors or is approved by one or more Permitted Holders.

 

Contractual Obligation ”:  as to any Person, any provision of any material security issued by such Person or of any material agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

 

Credit Card Notification ”:  as defined in Section 4.16(c).

 

Credit Facility ”:  as defined in the Senior Term Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.

 

Custodian ”:  as defined in Section 10.1(b).

 

Damaged Equipment Reserves ”:  reserves determined by the Co-Collateral Agent in its Permitted Discretion with respect to damaged Eligible Rental Equipment from time to time in an amount at any time equal to (x) the sum of (1) the aggregate Net Book Value of each such item of Eligible Rental Equipment with a repair cost estimated by the Parent Borrower to be less than $250.00 individually, plus (2) the aggregate Net Book Value of each such item of Eligible Rental Equipment with a repair cost estimated by the Parent Borrower to equal or exceed the Net Book Value thereof, plus (3) the aggregate estimated repair cost of all such other damaged Eligible Rental Equipment or (y) such other amount determined as may be otherwise agreed by the Parent Borrower and the Co-Collateral Agent at any time or from time to time.

 

DBCB ”:  Deutsche Bank AG Canada Branch.

 

DBNY ”:  as defined in the Preamble hereto, in its individual capacity, and any successor corporation thereto by merger, consolidation or otherwise.

 

DDA Notification ”:  as defined in Section 4.16(c).

 

DDAs ”:  any checking or other demand deposit account maintained by the Loan Parties (other than any such account ( i ) all of the proceeds of which are swept into any HERC LKE Account or any Rental Car LKE Account, ( ii ) if such account is, or all of the funds and other assets owned by a Loan Party held in such account are, excluded from the Collateral pursuant to any Security Document, including Excluded Assets, or ( iii ) that is an Excluded Account) in which proceeds of ABL Priority Collateral are located or are expected to be located.  The Agents and the Lenders shall have no duty to inquire as to the source of the amounts on deposit in the DDAs, subject to the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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any petition in bankruptcy or for reorganization whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such proceedings), fees, charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations, other monetary obligations of any nature and all other amounts payable thereunder or in respect thereof.

 

Debt Service Charges ”:  for any period, the sum of ( a ) Consolidated Interest Expense (less Consolidated Vehicle Interest Expense), plus ( b ) scheduled principal payments required to be made (after giving effect to any prepayments paid in cash that reduce the amount of such required payments) on account of Restricted Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness directly or indirectly incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition of, or secured by, Rental Car Vehicles and/or related rights and/or assets) of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, including the full amount of any non-recourse Indebtedness (excluding the obligations hereunder, payments to reimburse any drawings under any commercial letters of credit, any payments with the proceeds of issuances of Capital Stock of (or capital contributions to) the Parent Borrower or Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.2, and any payments on Indebtedness required to be made on the final maturity date thereof, but including any other obligations in respect of Financing Leases) for such period, plus ( c ) scheduled mandatory payments on account of Disqualified Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Special Purpose Subsidiary) (whether in the nature of dividends, redemption, repurchase or otherwise) required to be made during such period, in each case determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

Default ”:  any of the events specified in Section 9, whether or not any requirement for the giving of notice (other than, in the case of Section 9(e), a Default Notice), the lapse of time, or both, or any other condition specified in Section 9, has been satisfied.

 

Default Notice ”:  as defined in Section 9(e).

 

Defaulting Lender ”:  any Lender whose acts or failure to act, whether directly or indirectly, cause it to meet any part of the definition of “Lender Default.”

 

Deposit Account ”:  any deposit account (as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC or (to the extent governed thereby) any similar provision of the PPSA).

 

Designated Foreign Currencies ”:  ( x ) in the case of U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans or Letters of Credit, (1) Euro and Pounds Sterling and, solely with respect to U.S. Facility Letters of Credit, Australian dollars and New Zealand dollars and ( 2 ) each other currency designated by any U.S. Borrower, in each case in this clause (2), to the extent such currency is available to all U.S. Facility Lenders or agreed to by each U.S. Facility Issuing Lender and ( y ) in the case of Canadian Facility Revolving

 

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Credit Loans or Letters of Credit, each currency designated by any Borrower, in each case in this clause (y), to the extent such currency is available to all Canadian Facility Lenders or agreed to by each Canadian Facility Issuing Lender.

 

Designated Hedging Agreements ”:  Hedging Agreements that are ( i ) secured by a Lien on ABL Priority Collateral that are pari passu in priority with the Liens on such Collateral securing the amounts due under this Agreement, pursuant to the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement or another intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Borrower, the Co-Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent and ( ii ) designated by the Parent Borrower as a “Designated Hedging Agreement” to the Administrative Agent and the Co-Collateral Agent as contemplated by Section 8.3(w) or pursuant to any applicable Security Document and (except with respect to any determination of the MTM value on the Closing Date, which shall be as previously provided by the Hedging Party to the Parent Borrower and by the Parent Borrower to the Co-Collateral Agent on or prior to the Closing Date) the Hedging Party shall have provided the MTM value on the date of such designation.

 

Designated Hedging Reserves ”:  such reserves as the Co-Collateral Agent determines in its Permitted Discretion to reflect (and in no event to exceed) the then aggregate outstanding mark-to-market (“ MTM ”) exposure of all Hedging Parties to the relevant Loan Parties under all Designated Hedging Agreements.  Such exposure shall be the sum of the positive aggregate MTM values to each Hedging Party of all Designated Hedging Agreements with such Hedging Party outstanding at the time of the relevant calculation.  The aggregate MTM value to a Hedging Party of all Designated Hedging Agreements with such Hedging Party shall be calculated (i) on a net basis by taking into account the netting provision contained in the ISDA Master Agreement (or other similar agreement with netting provisions substantially similar to an ISDA Master Agreement) with such Hedging Party and (ii) if applicable, by taking into account any master netting agreement or arrangement in place among such Hedging Party, any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof that is also party to a Designated Hedging Agreement and the relevant Loan Party, in which case the positive aggregate MTM value of all relevant Designated Hedging Agreements to such Hedging Party and such Subsidiaries or Affiliates who are parties to such master netting agreements shall be calculated in respect of all of the relevant Designated Hedging Agreements on a net basis across all such Designated Hedging Agreements, provided that the Parent Borrower (i) certifies to the Co-Collateral Agent that such master netting agreement shall apply to all such Designated Hedging Agreements in all cases including upon the occurrence of an event of default by the relevant Loan Party in respect of any such Designated Hedging Agreement and (ii) upon request, provides to the Co-Collateral Agent a copy of the master netting agreement.  In calculating the positive aggregate MTM value to a Hedging Party, the value of collateral posted to such Hedging Party in respect of such Designated Hedging Agreements shall be taken into account, such that the value of such collateral

 

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shall reduce the MTM value of such Designated Hedging Agreements that is out-of-the-money to the relevant Loan Party by an amount equal to (x) the amount of cash collateral or (y) the value of non-cash collateral with such value as determined by the relevant Hedging Party or the relevant valuation agent in accordance with the relevant credit support annex or other collateral agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, taking into account any haircut provision applicable to such non-cash collateral), provided that the Parent Borrower shall provide any supporting documentation for such value as may be reasonably requested by the Co-Collateral Agent.  For the avoidance of doubt, if the MTM value of all Designated Hedging Agreements with a Hedging Party is a negative amount to such Hedging Party (i.e., if all such Designated Hedging Agreements with such Hedging Party are in-the-money to the relevant Loan Party on a net basis), such MTM value shall be treated as zero in calculating the amount of the Designated Hedging Reserves.  The MTM value of a Designated Hedging Agreement for this purpose shall be calculated and provided to the Co-Collateral Agent, the relevant Loan Party and the Parent Borrower together with the supporting calculations therefor promptly (but in any case not later than three Business Days) following (x) the last calendar day of each calendar month and (y) such other date on which a request was made by the Co-Collateral Agent, the relevant Loan party or the Parent Borrower, as applicable, for such MTM value.  Upon receipt of such MTM value of a Designated Hedging Agreement from the relevant Hedging Party, the Parent Borrower may, within three Business Days of such receipt, notify the Co-Collateral Agent that the Parent Borrower does not agree with such MTM value provided by such Hedging Party and seek a Dealer Polling (as defined below) with respect to the relevant Designated Hedging Agreement as set forth below.  In the event the Parent Borrower does not provide such notice to the Co-Collateral Agent, the Co-Collateral Agent shall use such MTM value in calculating the relevant portion of the Designated Hedging Reserves.  If a Hedging Party fails to provide the MTM value of a Designated Hedging Agreement within the relevant timeframe specified above, then the Co-Collateral Agent (x) shall give the Parent Borrower notice thereof within three Business Days from the date such Hedging Party was required to provide such MTM value and (y) may (but is not obligated to) provide, upon receiving from the Parent Borrower or the relevant Loan Party all of the information reasonably determined by the Co-Collateral Agent as being necessary to determine the MTM value of the relevant Designated Hedging Agreement, a proposed MTM value of the relevant Designated Hedging Agreement within such three  Business Day period.  If the Co-Collateral Agent agrees to provide such a proposed MTM value and the Parent Borrower does not notify the Co-Collateral Agent within three Business Days from receipt thereof that it does not agree with such MTM value, then the Co-Collateral Agent shall use such MTM value in calculating the relevant portion of the Designated Hedging Reserves.  If either (i) the Co-Collateral Agent provides such a proposed MTM value within the timeframe contemplated by this paragraph and the Parent Borrower notifies the Co-Collateral Agent within three Business Days of receipt thereof that it does not agree with such MTM value or (ii) the Co-Collateral Agent has not provided a proposed MTM value within the timeframe contemplated by this paragraph, then the Parent Borrower shall

 

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commence a Dealer Polling within three Business Days of the occurrence of the latest event described in sub-clause (i) or (ii), as applicable.  Until Dealer Polling results in an alternative MTM value, the MTM value provided by the Hedging Party or the Co-Collateral Agent (if it has agreed to provide such MTM value) shall be used for purposes of calculating the Designated Hedging Reserves.  If a Hedging Party provides an MTM value in respect of the relevant Designated Hedging Agreement subsequent to the determination of an MTM value in accordance with a Dealer Polling or a calculation provided by the Co-Collateral Agent, such MTM value so provided by the Hedging Party shall be used in calculating the relevant portion of the Designated Hedging Reserves provided that  the Parent Borrower may disagree with such new MTM value and commence a new Dealer Polling in accordance with the above provisions.  A “Dealer Polling” for purposes hereof is a procedure by which the Parent Borrower seeks mid-market quotations (which may be firm or indicative) from at least two (and not more than three) recognized dealers in Hedging Agreements of the same or similar type of the MTM value of a Designated Hedging Agreement.  In seeking such quotations, the Parent Borrower shall (x) instruct each such dealer to calculate its mid-market valuation in a manner consistent with the manner in which such dealer would calculate such valuation for products of its own that are of the same or substantially similar type as the relevant Designated Hedging Agreement and (y) provide each such dealer with the transaction details and other information necessary for such dealer to provide such mid-market quotation.  The Parent Borrower shall provide a copy of all written communications with each such dealer and all information provided pursuant to clause (y) of the preceding sentence to the dealers participating in the Dealer Polling to the Co-Collateral Agent and the relevant Hedging Party.  Upon notification to the Co-Collateral Agent of the details and results of any such mid-market quotations from such other dealers, the Designated Hedging Reserves attributable to the Designated Hedging Agreement for which such additional dealer mid-market quotations have been obtained shall be adjusted to be equal to (i) the arithmetic average of the valuation provided by the relevant Hedging Party (or, if the Co-Collateral Agent has agreed to provide such valuation, the valuation provided by the Co-Collateral Agent) and the valuations provided by each of such other dealers in the event the Parent Borrower did not agree with the valuation provided by such Hedging Party (or, if the Co-Collateral Agent has agreed to provide such valuation, the Co-Collateral Agent) or (ii) the arithmetic average of the valuations provided by each of such other dealers in the event the relevant Hedging Party (and, if the Co-Collateral Agent has agreed to provide such valuation, the Co-Collateral Agent) has not provided its valuation.  In the event that (x) the Parent Borrower commenced the Dealer Polling but no third party dealer has provided any quotation within seven Business Days from the date on which the Parent Borrower notified the Co-Collateral Agent of the commencement of the Dealer Polling, or (y) the Parent Borrower has failed to commence the Dealer Polling in a situation described above, then the MTM value of the relevant Designated Hedging Agreement for purposes of the determination of the relevant portion of the Designated Hedging Reserves shall be determined by the Co-Collateral Agent in any manner acceptable to the Parent Borrower, provided that the use by the Co-Collateral Agent of

 

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the MTM value provided by the relevant Hedging Party or, in absence of an MTM value provided by the relevant Hedging Party and if the Co-Collateral Agent has agreed to provide such valuation, the MTM value calculated by the Co-Collateral Agent for such purpose shall be deemed such determination by the Co-Collateral Agent in such manner.

 

Designated Noncash Consideration ”:  the Fair Market Value of non-cash consideration received by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with an Asset Disposition that is so designated as Designated Noncash Consideration pursuant to a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower and delivered to the Administrative Agent, setting forth the basis of such valuation.

 

Dilution ” : as of any date of determination, a percentage concerning dilution of Accounts of the Loan Parties as set forth in the most recent field examination with respect to Eligible Accounts included in the U.S. Borrowing Base or the Canadian Borrowing Base, in each case without duplication of any exclusion from the definition of “Eligible Accounts,” during the 12 month period covered by such report.

 

Dilution Reserve ”: as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) if Dilution is less than or equal to five percent (5%), $0, and (b) if Dilution is greater than five percent (5%), an amount sufficient to reduce the advance rate against Eligible Accounts set forth in the definition of U.S. Borrowing Base or Canadian Borrowing Base, as applicable, by 1 percentage point for each percentage point by which Dilution is in excess of five percent (5%).

 

Discharge ”:  repayment, repurchase, redeem, defease or otherwise acquire, retire or discharge.  Without limiting the foregoing, the issuance of an irrevocable notice of repayment, repurchase or redemption and deposit of related funds with a trustee, agent or other representative of the applicable creditor shall be deemed a Discharge.

 

Discount Note ”:  a promissory note denominated in Canadian Dollars, issued by the applicable Canadian Borrower to a Lender issuing BA Equivalent Loans to evidence a BA Equivalent Loan.

 

Disinterested Director ”:  as defined in Section 8.11.

 

Disposition ”:  any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of shares of Capital Stock, property or other assets of a Person, including any disposition by means of a merger, consolidation or similar transaction.

 

Disqualified Capital Stock ”:  any Capital Stock (other than Management Stock) that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable) or upon the happening of any event (other than a Change of

 

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Control or other similar event described under such terms as a “change of control,” or an asset sale or other disposition) ( a ) matures or is mandatorily redeemable pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, ( b ) is convertible or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Capital Stock or ( c ) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than following the occurrence of a Change of Control or other similar event described under such terms as a “change of control,” or an asset sale or other disposition), in whole or in part, in each case on or prior to the Latest Termination Date; provided that Capital Stock issued to any employee benefit plan, or by any such plan to any employees of any Parent Entity, Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary, shall not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock solely because it may be required to be repurchased or otherwise acquired or retired in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations.

 

Disqualified Lender ”:  any competitor of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that is in the same or a similar line of business as the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or any controlled affiliate of such competitor designated in writing by the Parent Borrower to the Administrative Agent from time to time.  The Administrative Agent shall provide a current list of Disqualified Lenders to any Lender (other than a Disqualified Lender) upon written request for such list from such Lender.

 

Divestiture Action ”:  any Disposition (other than any Disposition of all or substantially all of the outstanding capital stock of, or all or substantially all of the assets of, HERC) necessary or advisable in the good faith determination of the Parent Borrower in order to consummate any Rental Car Company Acquisition.

 

Documentation Agent ”:  as defined in the Preamble hereto.

 

Dollar Equivalent ”:  with respect to any amount denominated in Dollars, the amount thereof and, with respect to the principal amount of any Eurocurrency Loan made or outstanding in any Designated Foreign Currency or any amount in respect of any Letter of Credit denominated in any Designated Foreign Currency, the principal amount of any Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loan or the amount of any Canadian Facility Letters of Credit at any date of determination thereof, an amount in Dollars equivalent to such principal amount or such other amount calculated on the basis of the Spot Rate of Exchange.

 

Dollars ” and “ $ ”:  dollars in lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

Domestic Subsidiary ”:  any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower which is not a Foreign Subsidiary.

 

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Dominion Event ”:  the determination by the either the Administrative Agent or the Co-Collateral Agent that Specified Availability on any three consecutive Business Days is less than $200,000,000; provided that the Administrative Agent or the Co-Collateral Agent has on the first such day that the Specified Availability is less than $200,000,000 notified the Parent Borrower, and provided further that if after such notice while Specified Availability remains below $200,000,000 any Borrower borrows any Loans, or has a Letter of Credit issued for its account, a Dominion Event shall begin immediately upon such Extension of Credit notwithstanding that three consecutive Business Days have not elapsed.  The occurrence of a Dominion Event shall be deemed continuing notwithstanding that Specified Availability may thereafter exceed the amount set forth in the preceding sentence unless and until the Specified Availability exceeds $200,000,000 for 30 consecutive days, in which event a Dominion Event shall no longer be deemed to be continuing; provided that a Dominion Event may not be cured as contemplated by this sentence more than three times in any four fiscal quarter period.

 

EBITDA ”:  for any period, the sum of ( a ) Consolidated Net Income for such period adjusted ( i ) to exclude the following items (without duplication) of income or expense to the extent that such items are included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income:  ( A ) Consolidated Interest Expense (less Consolidated Vehicle Interest Expense), ( B ) any non-cash expenses and charges, ( C ) total income tax expense, ( D ) depreciation expense (other than Consolidated Vehicle Depreciation), ( E ) the expense associated with amortization of intangible and other assets (including amortization or other expense recognition of any costs associated with asset write-ups in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Nos. 805 and 350), ( F ) non-cash provisions for reserves for discontinued operations, ( G ) any extraordinary, unusual or non-recurring gains or losses or charges or credits, including but not limited to any expenses relating to the Transactions and any non-recurring or extraordinary items paid or accrued during such period relating to deferred compensation owed to any Management Investor that was cancelled, waived or exchanged in connection with the grant to such Management Investor of the right to receive or acquire shares of common stock of Holdings or any Parent Entity, ( H ) any gain or loss associated with the sale or write-down of assets (other than Rental Equipment) not in the ordinary course of business, ( I ) any income or loss accounted for by the equity method of accounting (except in the case of income to the extent of the amount of cash dividends or cash distributions actually paid to the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary by the entity accounted for by the equity method of accounting), ( J ) any unrealized foreign currency transaction gains or losses in respect of Indebtedness of any Person denominated in a currency other than the functional currency of such Person, ( K ) any unrealized foreign currency translation or transaction gains or losses in respect of Indebtedness or other obligations of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and ( L ) fees paid to any of CD&R, Carlyle or ML or any Affiliate of any of CD&R, Carlyle or ML for the rendering of management consulting or financial advisory services for compensation not to exceed

 

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in the aggregate $7,500,000 in any fiscal year and ( ii ) by reducing EBITDA (as otherwise determined above) by the amount of all dividends paid by the Parent Borrower during the relevant period pursuant to any of clauses (a) and (b) of Section 8.7 (in each case, unless and to the extent ( x ) the amount paid with such dividends by Holdings or any Parent Entity would not, if the respective expense or other item had been incurred directly by the Parent Borrower, have reduced EBITDA determined in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this definition or ( y ) such dividend is paid by the Parent Borrower in respect of an expense or other item that has resulted in, or will result in, a reduction of EBITDA, as calculated pursuant to clause (a) above) plus ( b ) only with respect to determining compliance with Section 8.1 hereof, any Specified Equity Contribution.  For the purposes of calculating EBITDA for any period of four consecutive fiscal quarters (each, a “ Reference Period ”), ( i ) if at any time during such Reference Period the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Special Purpose Subsidiary) shall have made any Material Disposition, the EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if positive) attributable to the property that is the subject of such Material Disposition for such Reference Period or increased by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such Reference Period and ( ii ) if during such Reference Period the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Special Purpose Subsidiary) shall have made a Material Acquisition, EBITDA for such Reference Period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto in accordance with Regulation S-X or in such other manner acceptable to the Administrative Agent as if such Material Acquisition occurred on the first day of such Reference Period.  As used in this definition, “ Material Acquisition ” means any acquisition of property or series of related acquisitions of property that ( x ) constitutes assets comprising all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business or constitutes all or substantially all of the common stock of a Person and ( y ) involves the payment of consideration by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in excess of $5,000,000; and “Material Disposition” means any Disposition of property or series of related Dispositions of property that ( x ) constitutes assets comprising all or substantially all of an operating unit of a business or constitutes all or substantially all of the common stock of a Person and ( y ) yields gross proceeds to the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in excess of $5,000,000 (but excluding for the avoidance of doubt any Disposition to any Franchisee or any Franchise Special Purpose Entity).

 

Eligible Accounts ”:  those Accounts created by a Loan Party arising out of its sale, lease or rental of goods or rendition of services, that comply in all material respects with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Accounts made in the Loan Documents, and that are not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below.  In determining the amount to be included, Eligible Accounts shall be calculated net of related customer deposits (or any other customer deposit that such customer may set-off or apply against such Account) and related unapplied cash.  Eligible Accounts shall not include the following:

 

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(a)           Accounts that the Account Debtor has failed to pay within 90 days of original invoice date, provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, up to $20,000,000 of Accounts on extended terms shall not be deemed ineligible under this clause so long as the Account Debtor has not failed to pay within 120 days of the original invoice date,

 

(b)           Accounts owed by an Account Debtor (or its Affiliates) where 50% or more of the total amount of all Accounts owed by that Account Debtor (or its Affiliates) are deemed ineligible under clause (a) above,

 

(c)           Without duplication, the amount of any credit balances greater than 90 days past their invoice date with respect to any Account,

 

(d)           Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is ( i ) an Affiliate of any Loan Party (other than a portfolio company of any of the Equity Investors or their respective Affiliates) or ( ii ) an employee or agent of any Loan Party or any Affiliate of such Loan Party (other than a portfolio company of the Equity Investors or their respective Affiliates),

 

(e)           Accounts arising in a transaction wherein goods are placed on consignment or are sold pursuant to a guaranteed sale, a sale or return, a sale on approval, a bill and hold, or any other terms by reason of which the payment by the Account Debtor may be conditional (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, a rental or lease basis),

 

(f)            Accounts that are not payable in Dollars; provided that Eligible Canadian Accounts may be payable in Canadian Dollars,

 

(g)           Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a Person other than a Governmental Authority unless:  ( i ) the Account Debtor ( A ) is a natural person with a billing address in the United States or Canada, ( B ) maintains its Chief Executive Office in the United States or Canada, or ( C ) is organized under the laws of the United States, Canada or any state, territory, province or subdivision thereof; or ( ii ) (A) the Account is supported by an irrevocable letter of credit satisfactory to the Co-Collateral Agent, in its Permitted Discretion (as to form, substance, and issuer or domestic confirming bank), that has been delivered to the Administrative Agent and is directly drawable by the Administrative Agent, or ( B ) the Account is covered by credit insurance in form, substance, and amount, and by an insurer, satisfactory to the Co-Collateral Agent, in its Permitted Discretion,

 

(h)           Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is the government of any country or sovereign state (other than the United States and Canada), or of any state, province, municipality, or other political subdivision

 

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thereof, or of any department, agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality thereof, unless ( i ) the Account is supported by an irrevocable letter of credit satisfactory to the Co-Collateral Agent in its Permitted Discretion (as to form, substance, and issuer or domestic confirming bank) that has been delivered to the Administrative Agent and is directly drawable by the Administrative Agent, or ( ii ) the Account is covered by credit insurance in form, substance, and amount, and by an insurer, satisfactory to the Co-Collateral Agent in its Permitted Discretion,

 

(i)            Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is ( i ) the federal government of Canada or any department, agency or instrumentality of Canada or ( ii ) the federal government of the United States or any department, agency or instrumentality of the United States or any department, agency, or instrumentality of the United States (exclusive, however, of Accounts with respect to which the applicable Loan Party has complied, to the reasonable satisfaction of the Co-Collateral Agent, in the case of clause (i) with the Financial Administration Act (Canada), and, in the case of clause (ii), the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940 (31 USC Section 3727)),

 

(j)            ( i ) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a creditor of any Loan Party or any Subsidiary of a Loan Party, has or has asserted a right of setoff, or has disputed its obligation to pay all or any portion of the Account, to the extent of such claim, right of setoff, or dispute, ( ii ) Accounts which are subject to a rebate that has been earned but not taken or a chargeback, to the extent of such rebate or chargeback, and ( iii ) Accounts that comprise service charges or finance charges,

 

(k)           Accounts with respect to an Account Debtor whose total obligations owing to Borrowers exceed 10% of all Eligible Accounts, to the extent of the obligations owing by such Account Debtor in excess of such percentage; provided , however , that, in each case, the amount of Eligible Accounts that are excluded because they exceed the foregoing percentage shall be determined by the Co-Collateral Agent based on all of the otherwise Eligible Accounts prior to giving effect to any eliminations based upon the foregoing concentration limit,

 

(l)            Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is Insolvent, is subject to a proceeding related thereto, has gone out of business, or as to which a Loan Party has received notice of an imminent proceeding related to such Account Debtor being or alleged to be Insolvent or which proceeding is reasonably likely to result in a material impairment of the financial condition of such Account Debtor,

 

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(m)          Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is located in a state, province or jurisdiction that requires, as a condition to access to the courts of such jurisdiction, that a creditor qualify to transact business, file a business activities report or other report or form, or take one or more other actions, unless the applicable Loan Party has so qualified, filed such reports or forms, or taken such actions (and, in each case, paid any required fees or other charges).  The foregoing shall not apply to the extent that the applicable Loan Party may qualify subsequently as a foreign entity authorized to transact business in such state, province or jurisdiction and gain access to such courts, without incurring any cost or penalty viewed by the Co-Collateral Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, to be material in amount, and such later qualification cures any access to such courts to enforce payment of such Account (including, for greater certainty, the requirement for a creditor to extra-provincially register in a province or territory of Canada for such purposes),

 

(n)           Accounts, the collection of which the Co-Collateral Agent, in its Permitted Discretion, believes to be doubtful by reason of the Account Debtor’s financial condition, upon notice thereof to the Parent Borrower,

 

(o)           Accounts that are not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent or the Canadian Collateral Agent, as applicable, pursuant to a Security Document (as and to the extent provided therein (it being agreed that in no event shall any Excluded Assets be deemed to be Eligible Accounts hereunder)),

 

(p)           Accounts with respect to which ( i ) the goods giving rise to such Account have not been shipped and billed to the Account Debtor, or ( ii ) the services giving rise to such Account have not been performed and billed to the Account Debtor, or

 

(q)           Accounts that represent the right to receive progress payments or other advance billings that are due prior to the completion of performance by the applicable Loan Party of the subject contract for goods or services.

 

Eligible Canadian Accounts ”:  the Eligible Accounts owned by the Canadian Borrowers and the Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

Eligible Canadian Rental Equipment ”:  the Eligible Rental Equipment owned by the Canadian Borrowers and the Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

Eligible Canadian Service Vehicles ”:  Eligible Service Vehicles owned by the Canadian Borrowers and the Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

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Eligible Canadian Spare Parts and Merchandise ”:  the Eligible Spare Parts and Merchandise owned by the Canadian Borrowers and the Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

Eligible Rental Equipment ”:  (x) Rental Equipment of the Loan Parties or (y) equipment of the Loan Parties available for sale, in each case that complies in all material respects with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Rental Equipment made in the Loan Documents, and that is not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below. An item of Rental Equipment shall not be included in Eligible Rental Equipment if:

 

(a)           a Loan Party does not have good and valid title thereto,

 

(b)           it is not located in the United States or Canada,

 

(c)           it is not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent or the Canadian Collateral Agent, as applicable, pursuant to a Security Document (as and to the extent provided therein (it being agreed that in no event shall any Excluded Assets be deemed to be Eligible Rental Equipment hereunder)); provided that this clause (c) will not apply to Rental Equipment represented by a certificate of title or subject to the parenthetical at the end of clause (f) (such Rental Equipment being subject to clause (f) below),

 

(d)           it consists of Spare Parts and Merchandise or Service Vehicles,

 

(e)           it is reflected on the books and records of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries maintained in accordance with GAAP and consistently with the Parent Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ then current practices as, or has been written off as, or is determined in the most recent appraisal to be, damaged or defective and not repairable; or

 

(f)            it is U.S. Rental Equipment represented by a certificate of title unless ( i ) prior to, on or during the 120-day period following the Closing Date, a Loan Party has delivered the certificate of title for such Rental Equipment to the Collateral Agent (or its agents) and ( ii ) for all periods thereafter, a Loan Party has caused the certificate of title for such Rental Equipment to be registered with the applicable Governmental Authority showing “Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent” or “Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch, as Canadian Collateral Agent”, as applicable, (or a successor Collateral Agent or Canadian Collateral Agent in such capacity, or a trustee or agent reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent or Canadian Collateral Agent, as applicable) as the lienholder thereon, such that such Rental Equipment is subject to a valid and perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent or the Canadian

 

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Collateral Agent, as applicable (or such certificate of title or the requisite application therefor has been submitted to the applicable Governmental Authority for such registration or for issuance of such certificate of title as so registered).

 

Eligible Service Vehicles ”:  Service Vehicles of the Loan Parties that comply in all material respects with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Service Vehicles made in the Loan Documents, and that are not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria set forth below.  A Service Vehicle shall not be included in Eligible Service Vehicles if:

 

(a)           a Loan Party does not have good and valid title thereto,

 

(b)           it is not located in the United States or Canada,

 

(c)           it is not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent or the Canadian Collateral Agent, as applicable, pursuant to a Security Document (as and to the extent provided therein (it being agreed that in no event shall any Excluded Assets be deemed to be Eligible Service Vehicles hereunder)); provided that this clause (c) will not apply to Service Vehicles represented by a certificate of title or subject to the parenthetical at the end of clause (f) (such Service Vehicle being subject to clause (f) below); provided further that with respect to Service Vehicles of any Canadian Loan Party, in order to perfect such valid and perfected first priority Lien it will not be necessary to perfect it by describing the vehicle identification number so long as there is no competing PPSA registration that does so,

 

(d)           it is reflected on the books and records of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries maintained in accordance with GAAP and consistently with the Parent Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ then current practices as, or has been written off as, or is determined in the most recent appraisal to be, damaged or defective and not repairable; or

 

(e)           it is not reflected in the records of a Loan Party regularly maintained for recording the existence of Service Vehicles;  or

 

(f)            it is a Service Vehicle owned by U.S. Borrower or a U.S. Subsidiary Guarantor represented by a certificate of title unless (i) prior to, on or during the 120-day period following the Closing Date, a Loan Party has delivered the certificate of title for such Service Vehicle to the Collateral Agent (or its agents) and (ii) for all periods thereafter, a Loan Party has caused the certificate of title for such Service Vehicle to be registered with the applicable Governmental Authority showing “Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Collateral Agent” or “Deutsche Bank AG Canada Branch, as Canadian Collateral Agent”, as applicable, (or a successor Collateral Agent or Canadian Collateral Agent in such

 

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capacity, or a trustee or agent reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent or Canadian Collateral Agent, as applicable) as the lienholder thereon, such that such Service Vehicle is subject to a valid and perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent or the Canadian Collateral Agent, as applicable (or such certificate of title or the requisite application therefor has been submitted to the applicable Governmental Authority for such registration or for issuance of such certificate of title as so registered).

 

Eligible Spare Parts and Merchandise ”:  Spare Parts and Merchandise of the Loan Parties that comply in all material respects with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Spare Parts and Merchandise made in the Loan Documents and that are not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the excluding criteria below. Any piece of Spare Parts and Merchandise shall not be included in Eligible Spare Parts and Merchandise if:

 

(a)           a Loan Party does not have good and valid title thereto;

 

(b)           it is a “fixture” (within the meaning of the UCC) that constitutes Term Priority Collateral;

 

(c)           it is not located within the United States or Canada;

 

(d)           it is reflected on the books and records of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries maintained in accordance with GAAP and consistently with the Parent Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ then current practices as, or has been written off as, damaged or defective and not repairable; or

 

(e)           it is not reflected in the records of a Loan Party regularly maintained for recording the existence of Spare Parts and Merchandise; or

 

(f)            it is not subject to a valid and perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent or the Canadian Collateral Agent, as applicable, pursuant to a Security Document (as and to the extent provided therein (it being agreed that in no event shall any Excluded Assets be deemed to be Eligible Spare Parts and Merchandise hereunder)).

 

Eligible Unbilled Accounts ”:  Accounts (which are Eligible Accounts except for their failure to comply with clause (p) of the definition of “ Eligible Accounts ”) ( a ) which have not been billed but for which services have been rendered, ( b ) which have not been billed solely because either ( i ) the services were rendered pursuant to a customer agreement which provides for monthly billing at a date other than month-end, or ( ii ) the services were rendered pursuant to a customer agreement which provides for billing at the completion of the rental term, and such rental term has not yet ended, and ( c ) which shall be billed not more than 30 days after such Account is first included on the

 

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Borrowing Base Certificate or otherwise reported to the Co-Collateral Agent as Collateral.

 

Eligible Unbilled Canadian Accounts ”:  the Eligible Unbilled Accounts owned by the Canadian Borrowers and the Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

Eligible Unbilled U.S. Accounts ”:  the Eligible Unbilled Accounts owned by the U.S. Borrowers and the U.S. Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

Eligible U.S. Accounts ”:  the Eligible Accounts owned by the U.S. Borrowers and the U.S. Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

Eligible U.S. Rental Equipment ”:  the Eligible Rental Equipment owned by the U.S. Borrowers and the U.S. Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

Eligible U.S. Service Vehicles ”:  the Eligible Service Vehicles owned by the U.S. Borrowers and the U.S. Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

Eligible U.S. Spare Parts and Merchandise ”:  the Eligible Spare Parts and Merchandise owned by the U.S. Borrowers and the U.S. Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

Environmental Costs ”:  any and all costs or expenses (including attorney’s and consultant’s fees, investigation and laboratory fees, response costs, court costs and litigation expenses, fines, penalties, damages, settlement payments, judgments and awards), of whatever kind or nature, known or unknown, contingent or otherwise, arising out of, or in any way relating to, any actual or alleged violation of, noncompliance with or liability under any Environmental Laws.  Environmental Costs include any and all of the foregoing, without regard to whether they arise out of or are related to any past, pending or threatened proceeding of any kind.

 

Environmental Laws ”:  any and all U.S., Canadian or foreign federal, state, provincial, territorial, foreign, local or municipal laws, rules, orders, enforceable guidelines, orders-in-council, regulations, statutes, ordinances, codes, decrees, and such requirements of any Governmental Authority properly promulgated and having the force and effect of law or other Requirements of Law (including common law) regulating, relating to or imposing liability or standards of conduct concerning protection of human health (as it relates to exposure to Materials of Environmental Concern) or the environment, as have been, or now or at any relevant time hereafter are, in effect.

 

Environmental Permits ”:  any and all permits, licenses, registrations, notifications, exemptions and any other authorization required under any Environmental Law.

 

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Equipment ”:  ( a ) any Vehicles and ( b ) any equipment owned by or leased to the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is revenue earning equipment, or is classified as “revenue earning equipment” in the consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower, including any such equipment consisting of ( i ) construction, industrial, commercial and office equipment, ( ii ) earthmoving, material handling, compaction, aerial and electrical equipment, ( iii ) air compressors, pumps and small tools, and ( iv ) other personal property.

 

Equity Investors ”:  the collective reference to ( a ) the CD&R Investors, the Carlyle Investors and the Merrill Lynch Investors, ( b ) any Person that acquired Voting Stock of HGH on or prior to December 21, 2005, and any Affiliate of such Person and ( c ) any entity that succeeds to all of the rights and obligations of any of the foregoing by operation of law.

 

ERISA ”:  the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Eurocurrency Base Rate ”:  with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurocurrency Loan, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the arithmetic mean (rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) of the offered rates for deposits in Dollars or (in the case of Loans made in a Designated Foreign Currency) in the applicable Designated Foreign Currency with a term comparable to such Interest Period that appears on the BBA Reuters LIBOR Rates Page (as defined below) at approximately 11:00 A.M., London time, on the second full Business Day preceding the first day of such Interest Period; provided , however , that if there shall at any time no longer exist a BBA Reuters LIBOR Rates Page, “Eurocurrency Base Rate” shall mean, with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurocurrency Loan, the rate per annum equal to the rate at which the Administrative Agent (or, in the event there is a successor Administrative Agent at the time, any other commercial bank of recognized standing reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent and reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Borrower) is offered deposits in Dollars or in the applicable Designated Foreign Currency at or about 10:00 A.M., New York City time, two Business Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period in the interbank eurocurrency market where the eurocurrency and foreign currency and exchange operations in respect of Dollars or such Designated Foreign Currency, as the case may be, are then being conducted for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period for the number of days comprised therein and in an amount comparable to the amount of its Eurocurrency Loan to be outstanding during such Interest Period.  “ BBA Reuters LIBOR Rates Page ” shall mean the display , with respect to Dollars, the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service page  designated as Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page ”LIBO” or, with respect to any Designated Foreign Currency, the display page applicable to such Designated Foreign Currency on the Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or, in each case, on any successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor to or substitute for such

 

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service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as determined by Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to Dollar deposits or deposits in any Designated Foreign Currency are offered by leading banks in the London interbank market).

 

Eurocurrency Loans ”:  Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Eurocurrency Rate.

 

Eurocurrency Rate ”:  with respect to each day during each Interest Period pertaining to a Eurocurrency Loan, a rate per annum determined for such day in accordance with the following formula (rounded upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%):

 

 

Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements ”:  for any day as applied to a Eurocurrency Loan, the aggregate (without duplication) of the rates (expressed as a decimal fraction) of reserve requirements in effect on such day (including basic, supplemental, marginal and emergency reserves under any regulations of the Board or other Governmental Authority having jurisdiction with respect thereto) dealing with reserve requirements prescribed for eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities” in Regulation D of the Board) maintained by a member bank of the Federal Reserve System.

 

Euros ” and the designation “ ”:  the currency introduced on January 1, 1999 at the start of the third stage of European economic and monetary union pursuant to the Treaty.

 

Event of Default ”:  any of the events specified in Section 9, provided that any requirement for the giving of notice, the lapse of time, or both, or any other condition, has been satisfied.

 

Exchange Act ”:  the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended from time to time.

 

Excluded Accounts ”:  ( a ) deposit accounts the balance of which consists exclusively of and used exclusively for ( i ) withheld income taxes and federal, provincial, territorial, state or local employment taxes in such amounts as are required in the reasonable judgment of the Parent Borrower to be paid to the Internal Revenue Service or state or local government agencies or the Canada Revenue Agency or provincial, territorial or local government agencies within the following two months with respect to employees of any of the Loan Parties and ( ii ) amounts required to be paid over to a Plan

 

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pursuant to Department of Labor Regulation Section 2510.3-102 on behalf of or for the benefit of employees of one or more Loan Parties and ( b ) deposit accounts constituting (and the balance of which consists solely of funds set aside to be used in connection with) taxes accounts and payroll accounts.

 

Excluded Assets ”:  as defined in the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

Excluded Contribution ”:  Net Proceeds, or the Fair Market Value of property or assets, received by the Parent Borrower as capital contributions to the Parent Borrower after December 21, 2005, or from the issuance or sale (other than to a Restricted Subsidiary) of Capital Stock (other than Disqualified Stock (as defined in the Senior September 2010 Indenture as in effect on the Closing Date)) of the Parent Borrower, in each case (x) to the extent designated as an Excluded Contribution by the Parent Borrower and not previously included in the calculation of Available Amount for purposes of determining whether a dividend, payment or distribution may be made pursuant to clause (y)(ii)(x) of the proviso to Section 8.7(f) and (y) not including any Specified Equity Contribution.

 

Excluded Properties ”:  the collective reference to the fee or leasehold interest in real properties owned by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries not described in Schedule 5.8.

 

Excluded Subsidiary ”:  ( a ) any Special Purpose Subsidiary or any Subsidiary thereof, ( b ) any Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary, ( c ) any Immaterial Subsidiary, ( d ) any Captive Insurance Subsidiary, ( e ) any Unrestricted Subsidiary, ( f ) any Domestic Subsidiary or Canadian Subsidiary that is not permitted by law or regulation to guarantee or grant Liens to secure the Obligations or would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization to guarantee or grant Liens to secure the Obligations (unless such consent, approval, license or authorization has been received), or for which the provision of a guarantee of or the granting of Liens to secure the Obligations would result in a material adverse tax consequence to the Parent Borrower or one of its Subsidiaries (as reasonably determined by the Parent Borrower), ( g ) joint ventures or any non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, but only to the extent that the organizational documents or other agreements with equity or debt holders of such joint ventures or non-Wholly Owned Subsidiaries do not permit such entity to guarantee or grant Liens to secure the Obligations, ( h ) Navigations Solutions and ( i ) Hertz Vehicle Sales Corporation; provided, however, that no Borrower hereunder shall be an Excluded Subsidiary.

 

Existing Commitment ”:  as defined in Section 2.11(a).

 

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Existing Letter of Credit ”:  each letter of credit issued prior to, and outstanding, on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule F.

 

Existing Loans ”: as defined in Section 2.11(a).

 

Existing Tranche ”:  as defined in Section 2.11(a).

 

Extended Commitments ”:  as defined in Section 2.11(a).

 

Extended Loans ”:  as defined in Section 2.11(a).

 

Extended Maturity Date ”:  as defined in Section 2.11(a).

 

Extending Lender ”:  as defined in Section 2.11(b).

 

Extension Amendment ”:  as defined in Section 2.11(c).

 

Extension Date ”:  as defined in Section 2.11(d).

 

Extension Election ”:  as defined in Section 2.11(b).

 

Extension of Credit ”:  as to any Lender, the making of, or, in the case of Section 2.4(d)(ii), participation in, a Loan by such Lender or the issuance of, or participation in, a Letter of Credit by such Lender.

 

Extension Request ”:    as defined in Section 2.11(a).

 

Facility ”:  each of ( a ) the Commitments and the Extensions of Credit made thereunder and ( b ) any other committed facility hereunder and the Extensions of Credit made thereunder.

 

Fair Market Value ”:  with respect to any asset or property, the fair market value of such asset or property as determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Parent Borrower, whose determination will be conclusive.

 

FATCA ”:  as defined in Section 4.11(a).

 

Federal Funds Effective Rate ”:  as defined in the definition of the term “ABR” in this Section 1.1.

 

Fee Letters ”:  collectively, (a) the arranger fee letter entered into by the Parent Borrower, the Arrangers and the Other Representatives dated February 15, 2011 and (b) the agency fee letter entered into by the Parent Borrower and the Agents dated March 11, 2011, in each case in respect of fees to be paid to such Arrangers and Agents in connection with the Facility.

 

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“FILO Canadian Borrowing Base”: as defined in Section 2.10(c).

 

“FILO Borrowing Base”: as defined in Section 2.10(c).

 

“FILO Canadian Overadvance”:  as of any date of determination, the amount by which the unpaid principal amount of loans and letters of credit obligations of the Loan Parties with respect to any FILO Tranche incurred by the Canadian Borrowers is in excess of the then applicable FILO Canadian Borrowing Base established pursuant to Section 2.10(c).

 

“FILO Tranche”:  as defined in Section 2.10(c).

 

“FILO US Borrowing Base”: as defined in Section 2.10(c).

 

“FILO US Overadvance”: as of any date of determination, the amount by which the unpaid principal amount of loans and letters of credit obligations of the Loan Parties with respect to any FILO Tranche incurred by the U.S. Borrowers is in excess of the then applicable FILO US Borrowing Base established pursuant to Section 2.10(c).

 

Financing Disposition ”:  any sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of, or creation or incurrence of any Lien on, property or assets by the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof to or in favor of any Special Purpose Entity, or by any Special Purpose Subsidiary, in each case in connection with the incurrence by a Special Purpose Entity of Indebtedness, or obligations to make payments to the obligor on Indebtedness, which may be secured by a Lien in respect of such property or assets provided , that , after any Financing Disposition with respect to Eligible Accounts of any Loan Party in excess of $100,000,000, if the Parent Borrower wishes to include the remaining Eligible Accounts of such Loan Party in the Borrowing Base Certificate, then the Co-Collateral Agent shall be entitled to an update to the most recent field exam with respect to such Eligible Accounts (which update shall be disregarded for purposes of calculating the number of field exams conducted under Section 7.6(b) unless such update is, or is conducted as part of, a field exam).

 

Financing Lease ”:  any lease by a Person of property, real or personal, for which the obligations of such lessee are required in accordance with GAAP to be capitalized on a balance sheet of such lessee.

 

FIRREA ”:  the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended from time to time.

 

first priority ”:  with respect to any Lien purported to be created in any Collateral pursuant to any Security Document, that such Lien is the most senior Lien to which such Collateral is subject (subject to Permitted Liens).

 

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Fiscal Period ”:  each fiscal month of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries as described on Schedule E.

 

Fiscal Year ”:  any period of twelve consecutive months ending on December 31 of any calendar year.

 

Fixed GAAP Date ”:  December 21, 2005, provided that at any time after the Closing Date, the Parent Borrower may by written notice to the Administrative Agent elect to change the Fixed GAAP Date to be the date specified in such notice, and upon such notice, the Fixed GAAP Date shall be such date for all periods beginning on and after the date specified in such notice.

 

Fixed GAAP Terms ”:  the covenants contained in Sections 8.1 and Section 8.2 and the defined term “Pro Forma Compliance” and in each case all defined terms relating thereto, the defined terms “Available CNI Amount,” “Consolidated Quarterly Tangible Assets” and “Consolidated Tangible Assets,” and any other term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document that, at the Parent Borrower’s election, may be specified by the Parent Borrower by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time.

 

Flood Certificate ”:  shall mean a “Standard Flood Hazard Determination Form” of the Federal Emergency Management Agency and any successor Governmental Authority performing a similar function.

 

Flood Program ”:  shall mean the National Flood Insurance Program created by the U.S. Congress pursuant to the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973, the National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 and the Flood Insurance Reform Act of 2004, in each case as amended from time to time, and any successor statutes.

 

Flood Zone ”:  shall mean areas having special flood hazards as described in the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

 

Foreign Backstop Letters of Credit ”:  any Standby Letter of Credit issued to any Person for the account of the Parent Borrower to provide credit support for Indebtedness of any Foreign Subsidiary to such Person which is permitted under Section 8.2(p).

 

Foreign Borrowing Base ”:  the sum of ( 1 ) 60% of the book value of goods (excluding Equipment) held for sale, lease or use by a Person in the ordinary course of business, net of any reserve for goods that have been segregated by such Person to be returned to the applicable vendor for credit, as determined in accordance with GAAP, of Foreign Subsidiaries, ( 2 ) 85% of the book value of receivables of Foreign

 

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Subsidiaries, ( 3 ) 90% of the book value of Equipment of Foreign Subsidiaries and ( 4 ) cash, Cash Equivalents and Temporary Cash Investments of Foreign Subsidiaries (in each case, determined as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal month of the Parent Borrower for which internal consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available, and, on a pro forma basis including ( x ) any property or assets of a type described above acquired since the end of such fiscal month and ( y ) any property or assets of a type described above being acquired in connection therewith).

 

Foreign Fleet Financing ”:  as defined in Section 8.2(v).

 

Foreign Pension Plan ”:  a registered pension plan which is subject to applicable pension legislation other than ERISA or the Code, which a Subsidiary sponsors or maintains, or to which it makes or is obligated to make contributions.

 

Foreign Plan ”:  each Foreign Pension Plan, deferred compensation or other retirement or superannuation plan, fund, program, agreement, commitment or arrangement whether oral or written, funded or unfunded, sponsored, established, maintained or contributed to, or required to be contributed to, or with respect to which any liability is borne, outside the United States of America, by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, other than any such plan, fund, program, agreement or arrangement sponsored by a Governmental Authority.

 

Foreign Subsidiary ”:  any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is organized and existing under the laws of any jurisdiction outside of the United States of America or that is a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco.  For the avoidance of doubt, any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower which is organized and existing under the laws of Puerto Rico or any other territory of the United States of America shall be a Foreign Subsidiary.

 

Foreign Subsidiary Holdco ”:  any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower designated a Foreign Subsidiary Holdco by the Parent Borrower, so long as such Subsidiary has no material assets other than securities or Indebtedness of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries (or Subsidiaries thereof), and intellectual property relating solely to such Foreign Subsidiaries (or Subsidiaries thereof) and other assets (including cash, Cash Equivalents or Temporary Cash Investments) relating to an ownership interest in any such securities, Indebtedness, intellectual property or Subsidiaries.  As of the Closing Date, each of Hertz International Ltd. and CCMG HERC Sub, Inc. are Foreign Subsidiary Holdcos.

 

Franchise Equipment ”: ( a ) any Franchise Vehicles and ( b ) any equipment owned by or leased to any Franchisee that is revenue earning equipment, or is of a type that would be classified as “revenue earning equipment” in the consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower, including any such equipment consisting of ( i )

 

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construction, industrial, commercial and office equipment, ( ii ) earthmoving, material handling, compaction, aerial and electrical equipment, ( iii ) air compressors, pumps and small tools and (iv) other personal property.

 

Franchise Financing Disposition ”: any sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition of, or creation or incurrence of any Lien on, property or assets by the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof to or in favor of any Franchise Special Purpose Entity, in connection with the Incurrence by a Franchise Special Purpose Entity of Indebtedness, or obligations to make payments to the obligor on Indebtedness, which may be secured by a Lien in respect of such property or assets.

 

Franchise Lease Obligation ”: any Financing Lease, and any other lease, of any Franchisee relating to any property used, occupied or held for use or occupation by any Franchisee in connection with any of its Franchise Equipment operations.

 

Franchise Rental Car Vehicles ”: all passenger Franchise Vehicles owned by or leased to any Franchisee or any Franchise Special Purpose Entity that are or have been offered for lease or rental by any Franchisee in its car rental operations, including any such Franchise Vehicles being held for sale.

 

Franchise SPE Fleet Amount ” as of any date of determination means, with respect to any Indebtedness or Investment, an amount equal to 90% of the aggregate book value of Franchise Rental Car Vehicles and/or other Franchise Equipment of any Franchise Special Purpose Entity (such book value being determined as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal month of such Franchise Special Purpose Entity for which internal financial statements (or other requisite borrowing base or financial information) are available to the Parent Borrower, and (at the Parent Borrower’s option) on a pro forma basis including any Franchise Rental Car Vehicles and/or other Franchise Equipment acquired by such Franchise Special Purpose Entity since the end of such fiscal month or being acquired by such Franchise Special Purpose Entity in connection with its Incurrence of such Indebtedness or the making of such Investment).

 

Franchise Special Purpose Entity ”: any Person ( a ) that is engaged in the business of ( i ) acquiring, selling, collecting, financing or refinancing Receivables, accounts (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, PPSA, or similar law, as in effect in any jurisdiction from time to time), other accounts and/or other receivables, and/or related assets, and/or ( ii ) acquiring, selling, leasing, financing or refinancing Franchise Rental Car Vehicles and/or other Franchise Equipment, and/or related rights (including under leases, manufacturer warranties and buy-back programs, and insurance policies) and/or assets (including managing, exercising and disposing of any such rights and/or assets) and ( b ) is designated as a “Franchise Special Purpose Entity” by the Parent Borrower.

 

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Franchise Vehicle Indebtedness ”: as of any date of determination ( a ) Indebtedness of any Franchise Special Purpose Entity directly or indirectly Incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition of, or secured by, Franchise Rental Car Vehicles and/or other Franchise Equipment and/or related rights and/or assets, in an aggregate principal amount (as to such Franchise Special Purpose Entity, and taken together with the aggregate amount of Investments then outstanding pursuant to Section 8.9(s)(1)) not exceeding the Franchise SPE Fleet Amount, ( b ) Indebtedness of any Franchisee or any Affiliate thereof that is attributable to the financing or refinancing of Franchise Rental Car Vehicles and/or other Franchise Equipment and/or related rights and/or assets, as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower (which determination shall be conclusive), in an aggregate principal amount (as to such Franchisee and all Affiliates thereof, and taken together with the aggregate amount of Investments then outstanding pursuant to Section 8.9(s)(2) not exceeding the Franchisee Asset Value Amount and ( c ) Indebtedness of any Franchisee in an aggregate principal amount (as to all such Franchisees, and taken together with the aggregate amount of Investments then outstanding pursuant to Section 8.9(s)(3)) not exceeding the Franchisee Revenue Amount.

 

Franchise Vehicles ”: vehicles owned or operated by, or leased or rented to or by, any Franchisee, including automobiles, trucks, tractors, trailers, vans, sport utility vehicles, buses, campers, motor homes, motorcycles and other motor vehicles.

 

Franchisee ”: any Person that is a franchisee of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or of any other Franchisee), or any Affiliate of such Person.

 

Franchisee Asset Value Amount ”: as of any date of determination, with respect to any Indebtedness or Investment, an amount equal to 80% of the aggregate fair market value of Franchise Rental Car Vehicles and/or other Franchise Equipment of any Franchisee or any Affiliate  (such fair market value being as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower (which determination shall be conclusive) as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal month of the Parent Borrower for which internal consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower are available, and (at the Parent Borrower’s option) on a pro forma basis including any Franchise Rental Car Vehicles and/or other Franchise Equipment acquired by such Franchisee or any Affiliate thereof since the end of such fiscal month or being acquired by such Franchisee or any Affiliate thereof in connection with its Incurrence of such Indebtedness or the making of such Investment).

 

Franchisee Revenue Amount ”: as of any date of determination, with respect to any Indebtedness or Investment, an amount equal to 10% of the aggregate revenues of all Franchisees for the period of the most recent four consecutive fiscal quarters ending prior to such date for which consolidated financial statements of the

 

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Parent Borrower are available (such amount being as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower, which determination shall be conclusive).

 

GAAP ”: generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect on the Fixed GAAP Date (for purposes of the Fixed GAAP Terms) and as in effect from time to time (for all other purposes of this Agreement), as set forth in the Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification and subject to the following:  If at any time the Securities and Exchange Commission permits or requires U.S.-domiciled companies subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act to use IFRS in lieu of GAAP for financial reporting purposes, the Parent Borrower may elect by written notice to the Administrative Agent to so use IFRS in lieu of GAAP and, upon any such notice, references herein to GAAP shall thereafter be construed to mean ( a ) for periods beginning on and after the date specified in such notice, IFRS as in effect on the date specified in such notice (for purposes of the Fixed GAAP Terms) and as in effect from time to time (for all other purposes of this Agreement) and ( b ) for prior periods, GAAP as defined in the first sentence of this definition.

 

Governmental Authority ”:  any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government, including the European Union.

 

Guarantee Obligation ”:  as to any Person (the “ guaranteeing person ”), any obligation of ( a ) the guaranteeing person or ( b ) another Person (including any bank under any letter of credit) to induce the creation of which the guaranteeing person has issued a reimbursement, counterindemnity or similar obligation, in either case guaranteeing or in effect guaranteeing any Indebtedness, leases, dividends or other obligations (the “ primary obligations ”) of any other third Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any such obligation of the guaranteeing person, whether or not contingent, ( i ) to purchase any such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or indirect security therefor, ( ii ) to advance or supply funds ( A ) for the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation or ( B ) to maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary obligor, ( iii ) to purchase property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation or ( iv ) otherwise to assure or hold harmless the owner of any such primary obligation against loss in respect thereof; provided, however, that the term Guarantee Obligation shall not include endorsements of instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business.  The amount of any Guarantee Obligation of any guaranteeing person shall be deemed to be the lower of ( a ) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the primary obligation in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made and ( b ) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable pursuant

 

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to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee Obligation, unless such primary obligation and the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing person may be liable are not stated or determinable, in which case the amount of such Guarantee Obligation shall be such guaranteeing person’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the Parent Borrower in good faith.

 

Guarantors ”:  the collective reference to Holdings, the U.S. Borrowers (solely with respect to the obligations of the Canadian Borrowers hereunder and under each other Loan Document) and each Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower (other than any Canadian Borrower and any Excluded Subsidiary) which is from time to time party to the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as applicable; individually, a “ Guarantor ”.  As of the Closing Date, the Guarantors consist of Hertz Investors, Inc., Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, Brae Holding Corp., Hertz Claim Management Corporation, HCM Marketing Corporation, Hertz Local Edition Corp., Hertz Local Edition Transporting, Inc., Hertz Global Services Corporation, Hertz System, Inc., Hertz Technologies, Inc., Hertz Transporting, Inc., Hertz Entertainment Services Corporation, Simply Wheelz LLC, Smartz Vehicle Rental Corporation, Matthews Equipment Limited, Western Shut-Down (1995) Limited, Hertz Canada Equipment Rental Partnership and 3222434 Nova Scotia Company.

 

Hawaiian Vehicles ”:  Rental Car Vehicles the title to which is evidenced by a certificate of title issued by the State of Hawaii or any department or agency thereof.

 

Hedging Affiliate ”:  as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Hedging Agreement ”:  as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Hedging Party ”:  any Hedging Affiliate or Hedging Provider.

 

Hedging Provider ”:  any Additional ABL Hedging Provider (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement).

 

HERC ”:  Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, together with its successors and assigns.

 

HERC LKE Account ”:  any deposit, trust, investment or similar account maintained by, for the benefit of, or under the control of the “qualified intermediary” in connection with the HERC LKE Program.

 

HERC LKE Program ”:  a “like-kind-exchange program” with respect to certain of the Equipment and/or Vehicles of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries used in the equipment rental business, under which such Equipment and/or Vehicles will be Disposed from time to time and proceeds of such Dispositions will be held in a HERC LKE Account and used to acquire replacement Equipment and/or Vehicles and/or repay

 

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indebtedness secured by such Equipment and/or Vehicles, in a series of transactions intended to qualify as a “like-kind-exchange” within the meaning of the Code.

 

HGH ”:  Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor in interest thereto.

 

Holdings ”:  Hertz Investors, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and any successor in interest thereto.

 

Hypothecs ”:  as defined in Section 10.1(b).

 

IFRS ”:  International Financial Reporting Standards and applicable accounting requirements set by the International Accounting Standards Board or any successor thereto (or the Financial Accounting Standards Board, the Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, or any successor to either such Board, or the Securities and Exchange Commission, as the case may be), as in effect from time to time.

 

Immaterial Subsidiary ”:  any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower designated by the Parent Borrower to the Administrative Agent in writing that had ( a ) total consolidated revenues of less than 2.5% of the total consolidated revenues of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries during the Most Recent Four Quarter Period and ( b ) total consolidated assets of less than 2.5% of the total consolidated assets of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of such period; provided, that at the time of such designation (x) the aggregate total consolidated revenues of all Immaterial Subsidiaries shall not exceed 5.0% of the total consolidated revenue of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries during the Most Recent Four Quarter Period and (y) the aggregate total consolidated assets of all Immaterial Subsidiaries shall not exceed 5.0% of the total consolidated assets of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the last day of such period.  Any Subsidiary so designated as an Immaterial Subsidiary that fails to meet the foregoing as of the last day of the Most Recent Four Quarter Period shall continue to be deemed an “Immaterial Subsidiary” hereunder until the date that is 60 days following the delivery of annual or quarterly financial statements pursuant to Section 7.1 with respect to such Most Recent Four Quarter Period (or the last quarter thereof, as applicable).

 

Increase Supplement ”:  as defined in Section 2.9(b).

 

Incremental Canadian Revolving Commitments ”:  as defined in Section 2.10(a).

 

Incremental Commitment Amendment ”:  as defined in Section 2.10(c).

 

Incremental Commitments ”:  as defined in Section 2.10(a).

 

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Incremental Indebtedness ”:  Indebtedness incurred under any Incremental Commitments.

 

Incremental Loan ”:  as defined in Section 2.10(c).

 

Incremental Revolving Commitments ”:  as defined in Section 2.10(a).

 

Incremental Term Loan Commitments ”:  as defined in Section 2.10(a).

 

Incremental U.S. Revolving Commitments ”:  as defined in Section 2.10(a).

 

Incurrence ”:  creation, assumption or incurrence.

 

Indebtedness ”:  of any Person at any date, ( a ) all indebtedness of such Person for borrowed money or for the deferred purchase price of property (other than trade liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business and payable in accordance with customary practices), which purchase price is due more than one year after the date of placing such property in final service or taking final delivery and title thereto, ( b ) any other indebtedness of such Person which is evidenced by a note, bond, debenture or similar instrument, ( c ) all obligations of such Person under Financing Leases, ( d ) all obligations of such Person in respect of acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person, ( e ) for purposes of Sections 8.2 and 9(e) only, all obligations of such Person in respect of interest rate protection agreements, interest rate futures, interest rate options, interest rate caps and any other interest rate hedge arrangements, and ( f ) all indebtedness or obligations of the types referred to in the preceding clauses (a) through (e) to the extent secured by any Lien on any property owned by such Person even though such Person has not assumed or otherwise become liable for the payment thereof.

 

Indentures ”:  the Senior 2005 Indenture, the Senior September 2010 Indenture, the Senior December 2010 Indenture and the Senior 2011 Indenture.

 

Individual Canadian Facility L/C Exposure ”:  of any Canadian Facility Lender, at any time, the sum of such Canadian Facility Lender’s Canadian Facility Commitment Percentage in each then outstanding Canadian Facility Letter of Credit multiplied by the Dollar Equivalent of the sum of the Stated Amount of the respective Canadian Facility Letters of Credit and any Unpaid Drawings relating thereto.

 

Individual Canadian Facility Lender Exposure ”:  of any Canadian Facility Lender, at any time, the sum of ( a ) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans made by such Canadian Facility Lender and then outstanding and ( b ) such Canadian Facility Lender’s Individual Canadian Facility L/C Exposure.

 

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Individual L/C Exposure ”:  of any Revolving Credit Lender, at any time, the sum of such Lender’s ( a ) Individual U.S. Facility L/C Exposure and ( b ) Individual Canadian Facility L/C Exposure.

 

Individual Lender Exposure ”:  of any Revolving Credit Lender, at any time, the sum of such Lender’s ( a ) Individual U.S. Facility Lender Exposure and ( b ) Individual Canadian Facility Lender Exposure.

 

Individual Swingline Exposure ”:  of any Revolving Credit Lender, at any time, such Revolving Credit Lender’s U.S. Facility Commitment Percentage of the Swing Line Loans then outstanding.

 

Individual U.S. Facility L/C Exposure ”:  of any U.S. Facility Lender, at any time, the sum of such U.S. Facility Lender’s U.S. Facility Commitment Percentage in each then outstanding U.S. Facility Letter of Credit multiplied by the sum of the Stated Amount of the respective U.S. Facility Letters of Credit and the Dollar Equivalent of any Unpaid Drawings relating thereto.

 

Individual U.S. Facility Lender Exposure ”:  of any U.S. Facility Lender, at any time, the sum of ( a ) the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of all U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans made by such U.S. Facility Lender and then outstanding, ( b ) such U.S. Facility Lender’s Individual U.S. Facility L/C Exposure and ( c ) such U.S. Facility Lender’s Individual Swingline Exposure.

 

Initial Agreement ”:  as defined in Section 8.16(c).

 

Insolvency ”:  with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such Plan is insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA.

 

Insolvent ”:  pertaining to a condition of Insolvency.

 

Intellectual Property ”:  as defined in Section 5.9.

 

Intercreditor Agreement ”:  the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the administrative agent and the collateral agent under the Senior Term Facility, and acknowledged by certain of the Loan Parties, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

Intercreditor Agreement Supplement ”:  as defined in Section 10.9(a).

 

Interest Payment Date ”:  ( a ) as to any ABR Loan, the last day of each March, June, September and December to occur on or after June 30, 2011, while such Loan is outstanding, and the final maturity date of such Loan, ( b ) as to any Eurocurrency

 

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Loan, Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Loan having an Interest Period of three months or less, the last day of such Interest Period, and ( c ) as to any Eurocurrency Loan, Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Loan having an Interest Period longer than three months, ( i ) each day that is three months, or a whole multiple thereof, after the first day of such Interest Period and ( ii ) the last day of such Interest Period.

 

Interest Period ”:  with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan or BA Equivalent Loan:

 

(a)           initially, the period commencing on the borrowing or conversion date, as the case may be, with respect to such Eurocurrency Loan, Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Loan and ending one, two, three or six months (or, if agreed by each affected Lender, one week, two weeks, nine twelve months or twelve months a shorter period ) thereafter, as selected by the applicable Borrower in its notice of borrowing or notice of conversion, as the case may be, given with respect thereto; and

 

(b)           thereafter, each period commencing on the last day of the next preceding Interest Period applicable to such Eurocurrency Loan, Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Loan and ending one, two, three or six months (or if agreed to by each affected Lender, one week, two weeks, nine twelve months or twelve months a shorter period ) thereafter, as selected by the applicable Borrower by irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, not less than three Business Days prior to the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto;

 

provided that all of the foregoing provisions relating to Interest Periods are subject to the following:

 

(i)            if any Interest Period would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless the result of such extension would be to carry such Interest Period into another calendar month in which event such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day;

 

(ii)           any Interest Period that would otherwise extend (A) in the case of Tranche A Loans, beyond the Tranche A Termination Date shall (for all purposes other than Section 4.12 ) end on the Tranche A Termination Date and (B) in the case of Tranche B Loans, beyond the Tranche B Termination Date shall (for all purposes other than Section 4.12) end on the Tranche B Termination Date;

 

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(iii)          any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of a calendar month; and

 

(iv)          the applicable Borrower shall select Interest Periods so as not to require a scheduled payment of any Eurocurrency Loan, Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Loan during an Interest Period for such Loan.

 

Interest Rate Protection Agreement ”:  any interest rate protection agreement, interest rate future, interest rate option, interest rate cap or collar or other interest rate hedge arrangement in form and substance, and for a term, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, to or under which the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is or becomes a party or a beneficiary.

 

Investment ”:  any advance, loan, extension of credit (other than to customers, dealers, licensees, franchisees, suppliers, directors, officers or employees of any Person in the ordinary course of business) or capital contribution to, or purchase any stock, bonds, notes, debentures or other securities of or any assets constituting a business unit of, or make any other investment, in cash or by transfer of assets or property, in any Person.  For purposes of the definition of “Unrestricted Subsidiary” and Section 8.9 only (i) “Investment” shall include the portion (proportionate to the Parent Borrower’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower at the time that such Subsidiary is designated an Unrestricted Subsidiary, provided that upon a redesignation of such Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, the Parent Borrower shall be deemed to continue to have a permanent “Investment” in an Unrestricted Subsidiary in an amount (if positive) equal to (x) the Parent Borrower’s “Investment” in such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation less (y) the portion (proportionate to the Parent Borrower’s equity interest in such Subsidiary) of the Fair Market Value of the net assets of such Subsidiary at the time of such redesignation and (ii) any property transferred to or from an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall be valued at its Fair Market Value at the time of such transfer. Guarantee Obligations shall not be deemed to be Investments.  The amount of any Investment outstanding at any time shall be the original cost of such Investment, reduced (at the Parent Borrower’s option) by any dividend, distribution, interest payment, return of capital, repayment or other amount or value received in respect of such Investment.

 

Investment Company Act ”:  the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended from time to time.

 

ISP ”:  the International Standby Practices (1998), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 590.

 

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Issuing Lender ”:  any Canadian Facility Issuing Lender and any U.S. Facility Issuing Lender. Each Issuing Lender may, with the consent of the Parent Borrower, and subject to Section 4.15(b), arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued by Affiliates or branches of such Issuing Lender, in which case the term “Issuing Lender” shall include any such Affiliate or branch with respect to Letters of Credit issued by such Affiliate or branch.

 

“Latest Termination Date”:  (i) from the Closing Date until the Second Amendment Effective Date, the Tranche A Termination Date, and (ii) from and after the Second Amendment Effective Date, the Tranche B Termination Date, provided that in the case of this clause (ii) if the Tranche B Commitments have been terminated prior to the Tranche A Termination Date, the “Latest Termination Date” shall be the Tranche A Termination Date.

 

L/C Fee Payment Date ”:  with respect to any Letter of Credit, the last day of each March, June, September and December to occur after the date of issuance thereof to and including the first such day to occur on or after the date of expiry thereof; provided that if any L/C Fee Payment Date would otherwise occur on a day that is not a Business Day, such L/C Fee Payment Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.

 

L/C Fees ”:  the fees and commissions defined in Section 3.3.

 

L/C Obligations ”:  the U.S. Facility L/C Obligations and the Canadian Facility L/C Obligations.

 

L/C Participants ”:  the U.S. Facility L/C Participants and the Canadian Facility L/C Participants.

 

L/C Request ”:  a letter of credit request in the form of Exhibit K attached hereto or, in such form as the applicable Issuing Lender may specify from time to time, requesting an Issuing Lender to issue a Letter of Credit.

 

Lender Default ”:  ( a ) the refusal (which may be given verbally or in writing and has not been retracted) or failure of any Lender to fund any portion of the Loans or participations in Letters of Credit or Swing Line Loans required to be funded by it hereunder within one business day of the date required to be funded by it hereunder, unless such refusal or failure has been cured, ( b ) the failure of any Lender to pay over to the Administrative Agent or any other Lender any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder within one business day of the date when due, unless the subject of a good faith dispute or unless such failure has been cured, or ( c ) a Lender has admitted in writing that it is insolvent or such Lender becomes subject to a Lender-Related Distress Event.

 

Lender Joinder Agreement ”:  as defined in Section 2.9(b).

 

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Lender-Related Distress Event ”:  with respect to any Lender or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender (each, a “ Distressed Person ”), as the case may be, a voluntary or involuntary case with respect to such Distressed Person under any debtor relief law, or a custodian, conservator, receiver or similar official is appointed for such Distressed Person or any substantial part of such Distressed Person’s assets, or such Distressed Person or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Distressed Person is subject to a forced liquidation, or such Distressed Person makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or is otherwise adjudicated as, or determined by any Governmental Authority having regulatory authority over such Distressed Person or its assets to be, insolvent or bankrupt; provided that a Lender-Related Distress Event shall not be deemed to have occurred solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in any Lender or any person that directly or indirectly controls such Lender by a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality thereof . or the existence of an Undisclosed Administration in respect of that Lender (or, in such case, any direct or indirect parent company thereof) by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest or Undisclosed Administration would not be expected to impair or delay a Lender’s ability to satisfy its funding obligations hereunder and does not result in or provide such Lender with immunity from the jurisdiction of courts within the United States or from the enforcement of judgments or writs of attachment on its assets or permit such Lender (or such Governmental Authority or instrumentality) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Lender.

 

Lenders ”:  the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties to this Agreement together with, in each case, any affiliate of any such bank or financial institution through which such bank or financial institution elects, by notice to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, and the Borrowers, to make any Revolving Credit Loans, Swing Line Loans or Letters of Credit available to any Borrower (including for the avoidance of doubt, any Issuing Lender), provided that for all purposes of voting or consenting with respect to ( a ) any amendment, supplementation or modification of any Loan Document, ( b ) any waiver of any of the requirements of any Loan Document or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences or ( c ) any other matter as to which a Lender may vote or consent pursuant to Section 11.1 hereof, the bank or financial institution making such election shall be deemed the “Lender” rather than such affiliate, which shall not be entitled to so vote or consent.

 

Letters of Credit ” or “ L/Cs ”:  the U.S. Facility Letters of Credit and the Canadian Facility Letters of Credit.

 

Lien ”:  any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, security deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any preference, priority or other security agreement of any kind or nature whatsoever

 

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(including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any Financing Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

 

Liquidity Event ”:  the determination by either the Administrative Agent or the Co-Collateral Agent that Specified Availability on three consecutive Business Days is less than $200,000,000; provided that the Administrative Agent or the Co-Collateral Agent has on the first such day that the Specified Availability is less than $200,000,000 notified the Parent Borrower, and provided further that if after such notice while Specified Availability remains below $200,000,000, any Borrower borrows any Loans, or has a Letter of Credit issued for its account, a Liquidity Event shall begin immediately upon such Extension of Credit notwithstanding that three consecutive Business Days have not elapsed.  The occurrence of a Liquidity Event shall be deemed continuing notwithstanding that Specified Availability may thereafter exceed the amount set forth in the preceding sentence unless and until the Specified Availability exceeds $200,000,000 for 30 consecutive days, in which event a Liquidity Event shall no longer be deemed to be continuing.

 

Loan ”:  a Revolving Credit Loan or a Swing Line Loan, as the context shall require; collectively, the “ Loans ”.

 

Loan Documents ”:  this Agreement, any Notes, the L/C Requests, the Intercreditor Agreement, the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and any other Security Documents, each as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Loan Parties ”:  Holdings, the Parent Borrower, each Canadian Borrower and each other Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is a party to a Loan Document; individually, a “ Loan Party ”.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Excluded Subsidiary shall be a Loan Party.

 

Management Investors ”:  the collective reference to the officers, directors, employees and other members of the management of any Parent Entity, Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any of their Subsidiaries, or family members or relatives thereof or trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing, or any of their heirs, executors, successors and legal representatives who at any particular date shall beneficially own or have the right to acquire, directly or indirectly, common stock of the Parent Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity.

 

Management Stock ”: Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity (including any options, warrants or other rights in respect thereof) held by any of the Management Investors.

 

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Management Subscription Agreements ”:  one or more stock subscription, stock option, grant or other agreements which have been or may be entered into between Holdings or any Parent Entity and one or more Management Investors (or any of their heirs, successors, assigns, legal representatives or estates), with respect to the issuance to and/or acquisition, ownership and/or disposition by any of such parties of common stock of Holdings or any Parent Entity, or options, warrants, units or other rights in respect of common stock of Holdings or any Parent Entity, any agreements entered into from time to time by transferees of any such stock, options, warrants or other rights in connection with the sale, transfer or reissuance thereof, and any assumptions of any of the foregoing by third parties, as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Mandatory Revolving Credit Loan Borrowing ”:  as defined in Section 2.4(c).

 

Material Adverse Effect ”:  a material adverse effect on ( a ) the business, operations, property or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole or ( b ) the validity or enforceability as to any Loan Party thereto of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or the rights or remedies of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or with respect to the Collateral comprising the Borrowing Base, in each case taken as a whole.

 

Material Subsidiaries ”:  Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower constituting, individually or in the aggregate (as if such Subsidiaries constituted a single Subsidiary), a “significant subsidiary” in accordance with Rule 1-02 under Regulation S-X.

 

Material Vehicle Lease Obligation ”:  any lease by any Special Purpose Subsidiary to the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Special Purpose Subsidiary) of Rental Car Vehicles the aggregate net book value of which exceeds $150,000,000, entered into in connection with any Special Purpose Financing.

 

Materials of Environmental Concern ”:  any hazardous or toxic substances or materials or wastes defined, listed, or regulated as such in or under, or which may give rise to liability under, any applicable Environmental Law, including gasoline, petroleum (including crude oil or any fraction thereof), petroleum products or by-products, asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls and urea-formaldehyde insulation.

 

Merrill Lynch Investors ”:  the collective reference to ( i ) ML Global Private Equity Fund, L.P., a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership, or any successor thereto, ( ii ) Merrill Lynch Ventures L.P. 2001, a Delaware limited partnership, or any successor thereto, ( iii ) CMC-Hertz Partners, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, or any successor thereto, ( iv ) ML Hertz Co-Investor, L.P., a Delaware limited

 

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partnership, or any successor thereto, ( v ) any Affiliate of any thereof and ( vi ) any successor in interest to any thereof.

 

ML ”:  Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity, Inc. (formerly known as Merrill Lynch Global Partners, Inc.), or any successor thereto.

 

Moody’s ”:  as defined in the definition of “Cash Equivalents” in this Section 1.1.

 

Mortgaged Properties ”:  the collective reference to the real properties owned in fee by the Loan Parties described on Schedule 5.8, including all buildings, improvements, structures and fixtures now or subsequently located thereon and owned by any such Loan Party.

 

Mortgages ”:  each of the mortgages and deeds of trust, if any, executed and delivered by any Loan Party to the Administrative Agent, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Most Recent Four Quarter Period ”:  the four fiscal quarter period of the Parent Borrower ending on the last date of the most recently completed fiscal year or quarter for which financial statements of the Parent Borrower have been (or have been required to be) delivered under Section 7.1(a) or 7.1(b).

 

MTM ”:  as defined in the definition of “Designated Hedging Reserves.”

 

Multiemployer Plan ”:  a Plan which is a multiemployer plan as defined in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

 

Navigations Solutions ”:  Navigation Solutions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

Net Available Cash ”:  with respect to any Asset Disposition (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction) or Recovery Event, cash payments received (including any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but excluding any other consideration received in the form of assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness or other obligations relating to the properties or assets that are the subject of such Asset Disposition or Recovery Event or received in any other non-cash form) therefrom, in each case net of ( i ) all legal, title and recording tax expenses, commissions and other fees and expenses incurred, and all Federal, state, provincial, territorial, foreign and local taxes required to be paid or to be accrued as a liability under GAAP, as a consequence of such Asset Disposition or Recovery Event (including as a consequence of any transfer of funds in connection with the application thereof in

 

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accordance with Section 8.6), ( ii ) all payments made, and all installment payments required to be made, on any Indebtedness that is secured by any assets subject to such Asset Disposition or involved in such Recovery Event, in accordance with the terms of any Lien upon such assets, or that must by its terms, or, in the case of any Asset Disposition, in order to obtain a necessary consent to such Asset Disposition, or by applicable law, be repaid out of the proceeds from such Asset Disposition or Recovery Event, including but not limited to any payments required to be made to increase borrowing availability under any revolving credit facility, ( iii ) all distributions and other payments required to be made to minority interest holders in Subsidiaries or joint ventures as a result of such Asset Disposition or Recovery Event, or to any other Person (other than the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary) owning a beneficial interest in the assets disposed of in such Asset Disposition or Recovery Event, ( iv ) any liabilities or obligations associated with the assets disposed of in such Asset Disposition or involved in such Recovery Event and retained, indemnified or insured by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after such Asset Disposition or Recovery Event, including without limitation pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities, liabilities related to environmental matters, and liabilities relating to any indemnification obligations associated with such Asset Disposition or Recovery Event, ( v ) in the case of an Asset Disposition, the amount of any purchase price or similar adjustment ( x ) claimed by any Person to be owed by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, until such time as such claim shall have been settled or otherwise finally resolved, or ( y ) paid or payable by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in either case in respect of such Asset Disposition and (vi) in the case of any Recovery Event, any amount thereof that constitutes or represents reimbursement or compensation for any amount previously paid or to be paid by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Net Book Value ”:  with respect to any item of Rental Equipment or equipment, any Service Vehicles or any item of Spare Parts, the net book value thereof as reflected in the books and records of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP.

 

Net Orderly Liquidation Value ”:  the orderly liquidation value (net of costs and expenses estimated to be incurred in connection with such liquidation) of the Loan Parties’ Rental Equipment or Service Vehicles that is estimated to be recoverable in an orderly liquidation of such Rental Equipment expressed as a percentage of the net book value thereof, such percentage to be as determined from time to time by reference to the most recent Rental Equipment or Service Vehicles appraisal completed by a Qualified Appraisal Company delivered to the Collateral Agent and the Co-Collateral Agent.

 

Net Proceeds ”:  with respect to any issuance or sale of any securities of the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary by the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary, or any capital contribution, means the cash proceeds of such issuance, sale or contribution net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, underwriters’ or placement agents’ fees, discounts or

 

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commissions and brokerage, consultant and other fees actually incurred in connection with such issuance, sale or contribution and net of taxes paid or payable as a result thereof.

 

New York Process Agent ”:  as defined in Section 11.13(b).

 

Non BA Lender ”:  a Lender that cannot or does not as a matter of policy issue Bankers’ Acceptances.

 

Non-Canadian Affiliate ”:  an Affiliate or office of a Canadian Facility Lender or Canadian Facility Issuing Lender that is an entity (or office thereof) that shall allow payments by any U.S. Borrower made under this Agreement and any Notes with respect to any Extensions of Credit made to such U.S. Borrower by such entity or office to be made without withholding of any Non-Excluded Taxes.

 

Non-Defaulting Lender ”:  any Lender other than a Defaulting Lender.

 

Non-Excluded Taxes ”:  as defined in Section 4.11.

 

North American Subsidiaries ”:  the collective reference to the Canadian Borrowers, the Canadian Subsidiary Guarantors and the Domestic Subsidiaries.

 

Notes ”:  the collective reference to the Revolving Credit Notes and the Swing Line Note.

 

Obligations ”:  as defined in the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

Obligor ”:  any purchaser of goods or services or other Person obligated to make payment to the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party) in respect of a purchase of such goods or services.

 

“OFAC”: as defined in Section 5.24(b).

 

Optional Payment ”:  as defined in Section 8.14(a).

 

Other Representatives ”:  (a) the Arrangers and (b) Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Barclays Capital, the investment banking division of Barclays Bank PLC, Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, J.P. Morgan Securities LLC and Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, in each case in this clause (b) in its capacity as joint bookrunning manager in connection with the Commitments hereunder.

 

Parent Borrower ”:  as defined in the Preamble hereto.

 

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Parent Entity ”:  any of HGH, any Other Parent Entity, and any other Person that becomes a direct or indirect Subsidiary of HGH or any Other Parent Entity after the Closing Date and of which Holdings is a direct or indirect Subsidiary that is designated by Holdings as a “Parent Entity”.  As used herein, “Other Parent Entity” means a Person of which the then Relevant Parent Entity becomes a direct or indirect Subsidiary after the Closing Date (it being understood that, without limiting the application of the definition of Change of Control to the new Relevant Parent Entity, such existing Relevant Parent Entity so becoming such a Subsidiary shall not constitute a Change of Control).

 

Parent Entity Expenses ”:  expenses, taxes and other amounts incurred or payable by any Parent Entity in respect of which the Parent Borrower is permitted to make payments pursuant to Section 8.7.

 

Participant Register ”:  as defined in Section 11.6(c).

 

Participants ”:  as defined in Section 11.6(c).

 

Patriot Act ”:  as defined in Section 11.17.

 

Payment Conditions ”:  at any time of determination, means that ( a ) no Specified Default then exists or would arise as a result of making the subject Specified Payment, ( b )  Specified Availability and 30-Day Specified Excess Availability in each case are no less than $200,000,000 immediately after giving effect to the making of such Specified Payment and ( c ) if Specified Availability immediately after giving effect to the making of such Specified Payment is greater than $200,000,000 but less than $400,000,000, immediately after giving effect to the making of such Specified Payment, the Parent Borrower is in compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 8.1 as of the Most Recent Four Quarter Period after giving pro forma effect to such Specified Payment as if such Specified Payment (if applicable to such calculation) had been made as of the first day of such period, whether or not such covenant is otherwise then applicable to the Parent Borrower under such Sections at such time.

 

PBGC ”:  the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation established pursuant to Subtitle A of Title IV of ERISA (or any successor thereto).

 

Permitted Cure Securities ”:  common equity securities of Holdings or any Parent Entity, or other equity securities of Holdings or any Parent Entity that do not constitute Disqualified Capital Stock.

 

Permitted Discretion ”: the commercially reasonable judgment of the Co-Collateral Agent, exercised in good faith in accordance with customary business practices for comparable asset-based lending transactions as to any factor which the Co-Collateral Agent reasonably determines (giving due regard, if applicable in the reasonable opinion

 

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of the Co-Collateral Agent, to the creditworthiness of the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries):  ( a ) will or reasonably could be expected to adversely affect in any material respect the value of any Eligible Rental Equipment, Eligible Spare Parts and Merchandise, Eligible Service Vehicles, Eligible Accounts or Eligible Unbilled Accounts, the enforceability or priority of the applicable Agent’s Liens thereon or the amount which any Agent, the Lenders or any Issuing Lender would be likely to receive (after giving consideration to delays in payment and costs of enforcement) in the liquidation of such Eligible Rental Equipment, Eligible Spare Parts and Merchandise, Eligible Service Vehicles, Eligible Accounts or Eligible Unbilled Accounts or ( b ) is evidence that any collateral report or financial information delivered to such Agent by any Person on behalf of the applicable Borrower is incomplete, inaccurate or misleading in any material respect.  In exercising such judgment, the Co-Collateral Agent may consider, without duplication, such factors already included in or tested by the definition of Eligible Rental Equipment, Eligible Spare Parts and Merchandise, Eligible Service Vehicles, Eligible Accounts or Eligible Unbilled Accounts, as well as any of the following:  ( i ) changes after the Closing Date in any material respect in demand for, pricing of, or product mix of Rental Equipment, Spare Parts and Merchandise or Service Vehicles; ( ii ) changes after the Closing Date in any material respect in any concentration of risk with respect to Accounts; and ( iii ) any other factors arising after the Closing Date that change in any material respect the credit risk of lending to the Borrower on the security of the Eligible Rental Equipment, Eligible Spare Parts and Merchandise, Eligible Service Vehicles, Eligible Accounts or Eligible Unbilled Accounts.

 

Permitted Hedging Arrangement ”:  as defined in Section 8.18.

 

Permitted Holders ”:  (a) any of the Equity Investors, Management Investors, CD&R, Carlyle, ML and any of their respective Affiliates; (b) any investment fund or vehicle managed, sponsored or advised by CD&R, Carlyle, ML or any Affiliate thereof, and any Affiliate of or successor to any such investment fund or vehicle; (c) any limited or general partners of, or other investors in, any CD&R Investor, Carlyle Investor or Merrill Lynch Investor or any Affiliate thereof, or any such investment fund or vehicle; (d) any “group” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) of which any of the Persons specified in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above is a member (provided that (without giving effect to the existence of such “group” or any other “group”) one or more of such Persons collectively have beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Relevant Parent Entity held by such “group”), and any other Person that is a member of such “group”; and (e) any Person acting in the capacity of an underwriter in connection with a public or private offering of Capital Stock of Holdings or any Subsidiary thereof or any Parent Entity.

 

Permitted Liens ”:  as defined in Section 8.3.

 

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Person ”:  an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.

 

Plan ”:  at a particular time, any employee benefit plan which is covered by ERISA and in respect of which the Parent Borrower or a Commonly Controlled Entity is an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

 

PPSA ”:  the Personal Property Security Act (Ontario) (or any successor statute) or similar legislation of any other Canadian jurisdiction, including the Civil Code of Québec , the laws of which are required by such legislation to be applied in connection with the issue, perfection, enforcement, opposability, validity or effect of security interests.

 

Predecessor ABL Credit Agreement ”:  the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2005, among the Borrowers party thereto, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch as administrative agent and collateral agent, Deutsche Bank AG Canada Branch as Canadian agent and Canadian collateral agent and the other banks and financial institutions from time to time party thereto, as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, and in effect on the Closing Date.

 

Predecessor Term Loan Credit Agreement ”:  the Credit Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2005, among the Parent Borrower, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the other banks and financial institutions from time to time party thereto, as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, and in effect on the Closing Date.

 

Pricing Grid ”:  with respect to Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans:

 

Average Available Loan
Commitments 

 

Applicable
Margin for
ABR Loans
at ABR

 

Applicable
Margin for
Canadian
Prime Rate
ABR Loans

 

Applicable
Margin for
Eurocurrency
Loans
(Subject to
any
applicable
reduction
pursuant to
Section 3.3(a))

 

Applicable
Margin for
BA
Equivalent
Loans and
BA Fees

 

Less than 33.33%

 

1.50

%

1.50

%

2.50

%

2.50

%

 

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Average Available Loan
Commitments 

 

Applicable
Margin for
ABR Loans
at ABR

 

Applicable
Margin for
Canadian
Prime Rate
ABR Loans

 

Applicable
Margin for
Eurocurrency
Loans
(Subject to
any
applicable
reduction
pursuant to
Section 3.3(a))

 

Applicable
Margin for
BA
Equivalent
Loans and
BA Fees

 

Equal to or greater than 33.33%, but less than 66.67%

 

1.25

%

1.25

%

2.25

%

2.25

%

Equal to or greater than 66.67%

 

1.00

%

1.00

%

2.00

%

2.00

%

 

Unutilized Commitments (as defined below) as a
percentage of Total Commitments

 

Commitment Fee
Rate

 

 

 

 

 

Less than 33.33%

 

0.25

%

 

 

 

 

Equal to or greater than 33.33%, but less than 66.67%

 

0.375

%

 

 

 

 

Equal to or greater than 66.67%

 

0.50

%

 

Prime Rate ”:  as defined in the definition of the term “ABR” in this Section 1.1.

 

Pro Forma Compliance” :  the Parent Borrower shall be in Pro Forma Compliance if at the date of determination, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Indebtedness as at such date (after giving effect to any Incurrence or Discharge of Indebtedness on such date, including the application of proceeds of such Incurrence) to (b) the aggregate amount of EBITDA for the Most Recent Four Quarter Period shall be less than or equal to the ratio set forth below with respect to such period; provided that:

 

(i)            if since the beginning of such period the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have made a Sale, the EBITDA for such period shall be reduced by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if positive) attributable to

 

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the assets that are the subject of such Sale for such period or increased by an amount equal to the EBITDA (if negative) attributable thereto for such period (in each case, without duplication of any adjustment to EBITDA pursuant to the definition thereof);

 

(ii)           if since the beginning of such period the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary (by merger, consolidation or otherwise) shall have made a Purchase (including any Purchase occurring in connection with a transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder), EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Purchase occurred on the first day of such period (without duplication of any adjustment to EBITDA pursuant to the definition thereof);

 

(iii)          if since the beginning of such period any Person became a Subsidiary or was merged or consolidated with or into the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and since the beginning of such period such Person shall have made any Sale or Purchase that would have required an adjustment pursuant to clause (i) or (ii) above if made by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary since the beginning of such period, EBITDA for such period shall be calculated after giving pro forma effect thereto as if such Sale or Purchase occurred on the first day of such period (in each case, without duplication of any adjustment to EBITDA pursuant to the definition thereof); and

 

(iv)          without limiting clause (a) above, if the transaction causing a calculation to be made hereunder is or involves an Incurrence or Discharge of Indebtedness, Consolidated Indebtedness as at the date of determination shall be calculated as if such Indebtedness had been Incurred, and any Indebtedness Discharged in connection therewith had been Discharged, on such date.

 

Period

 

Ratio

 

1 st  Quarter of Fiscal Year

 

4.50

 

2 nd  Quarter of Fiscal Year

 

5.00

 

3 rd  Quarter of Fiscal Year

 

5.00

 

4 th  Quarter of Fiscal Year

 

4.50

 

 

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For purposes of calculating Pro Forma Compliance, whenever pro forma effect is to be given to any Sale, Purchase or other transaction, or the amount of income or earnings relating thereto, the pro forma calculations in respect thereof (including without limitation in respect of anticipated cost savings or synergies relating to any such Sale, Purchase or other transaction) shall be as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower.

 

Public Facility ”:  ( i ) any airport; marine port; rail, subway, bus or other transit stop, station or terminal; stadium; convention center; or military camp, fort, post or base or ( ii ) any other facility owned or operated by any nation or government or political subdivision thereof, or agency, authority or other instrumentality of any thereof, or other entity exercising regulatory, administrative or other functions of or pertaining to government, or any organization of nations (including the United Nations, the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization).

 

Public Facility Operator ”:  a Person that grants or has the power to grant a Vehicle Rental Concession.

 

Purchase ”:  any Investment in any Person that thereby becomes a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower, or other acquisition of any company, any business or any group of assets constituting an operating unit of a business.

 

Purchase Money Obligations ”:  any Indebtedness Incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition, leasing, construction or improvement of property (real or personal) or assets, and whether acquired through the direct acquisition of such property or assets or the acquisition of the Capital Stock of any Person owning such property or assets, or otherwise.

 

Qualified Appraisal Company ”:  (a) (i) Rouse Asset Services, Inc., (ii) Great American Advisory & Valuation Services, LLC and, (iii) in each case, any successor thereto and (b) any other qualified third-party appraisal company (reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent and the Parent Borrower).

 

Receivable ”: a right to receive payment pursuant to an arrangement with another Person pursuant to which such other Person is obligated to pay, as determined in accordance with GAAP.

 

Recovery Event ”:  any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding relating to any asset of a Loan Party giving rise to Net Available Cash to such Loan Party, as the case may be, in excess of $25,000,000, to the extent that such settlement or payment does not constitute reimbursement or compensation for amounts previously paid by the Parent Borrower or any other Loan Party in respect of such casualty or condemnation.

 

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refinancing ”:  any extension, refinancing, refunding, replacement or renewal; the terms “refinance,” “refinanced” and “refinancing” as used for any purpose in this Agreement shall have a correlative meaning.

 

Refinancing Agreement ”:  as defined in Section 8.16(c).

 

Refinancing Indebtedness ”:  any Indebtedness which represents a refinancing, in whole or in part, of any Indebtedness existing on the date hereof or incurred in compliance with Section 8.2 (including Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower that refinances Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary and Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that refinances Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or another Restricted Subsidiary) including Indebtedness that refinances Refinancing Indebtedness; provided , that ( 1 ) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof (less any original issue discount, if applicable) does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so refinanced except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium (including applicable prepayment penalties) thereon plus discounts, commissions, fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith, ( 2 ) Refinancing Indebtedness shall not include Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party that refinances Indebtedness of a Loan Party that could not have been initially Incurred by such Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 8.2, and (3) in the case of any refinancing of the Senior 2018 Notes, the Senior 2019 Notes or the Senior 2021 Notes, the Senior Term Facility or the Loans and Commitments hereunder, it has a final maturity no sooner than the Latest Termination Date and, if applicable, an Average Life equal to or greater than the Average Life of the Indebtedness being refinanced (or, if the Average Life of such refinancing Indebtedness is less than the Average Life of the Indebtedness being refinanced, then such refinancing Indebtedness shall have a maturity date that is no earlier than the Latest Termination Date).

 

Refunded Swing Line Loans ”:  as defined in Section 2.4(c).

 

Register ”:  as defined in Section 11.6(b).

 

Regulation S-X ”:  Regulation S-X promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission, as in effect on the Closing Date.

 

Regulation T ”:  Regulation T of the Board as in effect from time to time.

 

Regulation U ”:  Regulation U of the Board as in effect from time to time.

 

Regulation X ”:  Regulation X of the Board as in effect from time to time.

 

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Reimbursement Obligations ”:  the obligation of the applicable Borrower to reimburse the applicable Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 3.5(a) for amounts drawn under the applicable Letters of Credit.

 

Related Business ”:  those businesses in which the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is engaged on the Closing Date, or that are related, complementary, incidental or ancillary thereto or extensions, developments or expansions thereof.

 

Related Taxes ”:  ( x ) any taxes, charges or assessments, including but not limited to sales, use, transfer, rental, ad valorem, value-added, stamp, property, consumption, franchise, license, capital, net worth, gross receipts, excise, occupancy, intangibles or similar taxes, charges or assessments (other than federal, state or local taxes measured by income and federal, state or local withholding imposed by any government or other taxing authority on payments made by Holdings or any Parent Entity other than to Holdings or another Parent Entity), required to be paid by Holdings or any Parent Entity by virtue of its being incorporated or having Capital Stock outstanding (but not by virtue of owning stock or other equity interests of any corporation or other entity other than the Parent Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, Holdings or any Parent Entity), or being a holding company parent of the Parent Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, Holdings or any Parent Entity or receiving dividends from or other distributions in respect of the Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries, Holdings or any Parent Entity, or having guaranteed any obligations of the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, or having made any payment in respect of any of the items for which the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is permitted to make payments to Holdings or any Parent Entity pursuant to Section 8.7, or acquiring, developing, maintaining, owning, prosecuting, protecting or defending its intellectual property and associated rights (including but not limited to receiving or paying royalties for the use thereof) relating to the business or businesses of the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, or ( y ) any other federal, state, foreign, provincial, territorial or local taxes measured by income for which Holdings or any Parent Entity is liable up to an amount not to exceed, with respect to federal, provincial, territorial and foreign taxes, the amount of any such taxes that the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay on a separate company basis, or on a consolidated basis as if the Parent Borrower had filed a consolidated return on behalf of an affiliated group (as defined in Section 1504 of the Code or an analogous provision of federal, provincial, territorial or foreign law) of which it were the common parent, or with respect to state and local taxes, the amount of any such taxes that the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries would have been required to pay on a separate company basis, or on a consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated basis as if the Parent Borrower had filed a consolidated, combined, unitary or affiliated return on behalf of an affiliated group (as defined in the applicable federal, state, provincial, territorial or local tax laws for filing such return) consisting only of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries.  Taxes include all interest, penalties and additions relating thereto.

 

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Relevant Parent Entity ”:  (i) Holdings, so long as Holdings is not a Subsidiary of a Parent Entity, and (ii) any Parent Entity, so long as Holdings is a Subsidiary thereof and such Parent Entity is not a Subsidiary of any other Parent Entity.

 

Rental Car Company Acquisition ”: the acquisition by the Parent Borrower, directly and/or indirectly through one or more of its Affiliates, of any or all of the business locations and business lines operating under or associated with one or more of the brand names “Budget,” “Dollar,” “Dollar Thrifty” or “Thrifty” (including any variations or combinations thereof, such as “Dollar Rent a Car,” “Thrifty Rent-a-Car System,” “Thrifty Car Sales,” or “DTG Operations”) and any or all trademarks or other property or assets related or incidental thereto, whether acquired through the direct acquisition of any such business locations, business lines, property or assets, or the acquisition of the Capital Stock of any Person owning any such business locations, business lines, property or assets, or a combination thereof.

 

Rental Car LKE Account ”:  any deposit, trust, investment or similar account maintained by, for the benefit of, or under the control of, the “qualified intermediary” in connection with the Rental Car LKE Program.

 

Rental Car LKE Program ”:  a “like-kind-exchange program” with respect to certain of the Rental Car Vehicles of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries, under which such Equipment and/or Vehicles will be Disposed from time to time and proceeds of such Dispositions will be held in a Rental Car LKE Account and used to acquire replacement Rental Car Vehicles and/or repay indebtedness secured by such Rental Car Vehicles, in a series of transactions intended to qualify as a “like-kind-exchange” within the meaning of the Code.

 

Rental Car Revenue Earning Vehicles ”:  all passenger Vehicles owned by or leased to the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary that are classified as “revenue earning equipment” in the consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower and are or have been offered for lease or rental by any of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in their car rental operations (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with any business or operations involving the leasing or renting of other types of Equipment), including any such Vehicles being held for sale.

 

Rental Car Service Vehicles ”:  all passenger Vehicles, other than Vehicles that may lawfully be used to transport more than 15 passengers, owned by or leased to the Parent Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that are classified as “plant, property and equipment” in the consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower and are or have been utilized by any of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries in their car rental operations (and not, for the avoidance of doubt, in connection with any business or operations involving the leasing or renting of other types of Equipment), including any such Vehicles being held for sale.

 

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Rental Car Vehicles ”:  all Rental Car Revenue Earning Vehicles and all Rental Car Service Vehicles.

 

Rental Equipment ”:  all equipment, excluding all Rental Car Revenue Earning Vehicles, owned by or leased to the Parent Borrower or a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is classified as “revenue earning equipment” in the consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower.

 

Reorganization ”:  with respect to any Multiemployer Plan, the condition that such plan is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA.

 

Reportable Event ”:  any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than those events as to which the thirty (30) day notice period is waived under subsections .21, .22, .23, .24, .25, .27, .28 or .33 of PBGC Regulation Section 4043 or any successor regulation thereto.

 

Required Lenders ”:  Lenders the sum of whose outstanding Commitments (or after the termination thereof, outstanding Individual Lender Exposures) represent at least a majority of Total Commitment less the Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders (or after the termination thereof, the sum of the Individual Lender Exposures of Non-Defaulting Lenders) at such time.

 

Requirement of Law ”:  as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law, statute, ordinance, code, decree, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its material property or to which such Person or any of its material property is subject, including (a) laws, ordinances and regulations pertaining to zoning, occupancy and subdivision of real properties and (b) guidelines, laws, ordinances, regulations, requests and requirements issued, promulgated or otherwise applicable pursuant to the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to any non-binding recommendation of any Governmental Authority.

 

Responsible Officer ”:  as to any Person, any of the following officers of such Person:  ( a ) the chief executive officer or the president of such Person and, with respect to financial matters, the chief financial officer, the treasurer or the controller of such Person, ( b ) any vice president of such Person or, with respect to financial matters, any assistant treasurer or assistant controller of such Person, who has been designated in writing to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent as a Responsible Officer by such chief executive officer or president of such Person or, with respect to financial matters, such chief financial officer of such Person, ( c ) with respect to Section 7.7 and without limiting the foregoing, the general counsel of such Person and ( d ) with respect to

 

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ERISA matters, the senior vice president — human resources (or substantial equivalent) of such Person.

 

Restricted Indebtedness ”:  as defined in Section 8.14.

 

Restricted Payment ”:  as defined in Section 8.7.

 

Restricted Subsidiary ”:  any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

 

Revolving Credit Lender ”:  any Lender having a Commitment hereunder and/or a Revolving Credit Loan outstanding hereunder.

 

Revolving Credit Loan ”:  each U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loan and each Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loan.

 

Revolving Credit Note ”:  as defined in Section 2.1(e).

 

Rollover Indebtedness ”:  the Indebtedness listed on Schedule G.

 

S&P ”:  as defined in the definition of the term “Cash Equivalents” in this Section 1.1.

 

Sale ”:  any disposition of any company, any business or any group of assets constituting an operating unit of a business.

 

Sale and Leaseback Transaction ”:  any arrangement with any Person providing for the leasing by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of real or personal property that has been or is to be sold or transferred by the Parent Borrower or any such Subsidiary to such Person or to any other Person to whom funds have been or are to be advanced by such Person on the security of such property or rental obligations of the Parent Borrower or such Subsidiary.

 

“Sanctioned Party”: as defined in Section 5.24(b).

 

Schedule I Lender ”:  a Lender which is a Canadian chartered bank listed on Schedule I of the Bank Act (Canada).

 

“Second Amendment”:  the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2014, among the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the other parties thereto.

 

“Second Amendment Effective Date”:  October 31, 2014.

 

Section 2.11 Additional Amendment ”:  as defined in Section 9(e).

 

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Secured Parties ”:  the reference to the Canadian Secured Parties, the U.S. Secured Parties, or the collective reference thereto, as applicable.

 

Securities Act ”:  the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

 

Security Documents ”:  the collective reference to the Canadian Security Documents and the U.S. Security Documents.

 

Senior 2005 Indenture ”:  the Indenture governing the Senior Dollar 2014 Notes and the Senior Euro 2014 Notes, dated as of December 21, 2005, among CCMG Acquisition Corporation (as predecessor of the Parent Borrower), as Issuer, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with Section 8.14 to the extent applicable.

 

Senior 2011 Indenture ”:  the Indenture governing the Senior 2021 Notes, dated as of February 8, 2011, among the Parent Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with Section 8.14 to the extent applicable.

 

Senior 2018 Notes ”:  the 7.50% Senior Notes due 2018 of the Parent Borrower, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with Section 8.14 to the extent applicable.

 

Senior 2019 Notes ”:  the 6.75% Senior Notes due 2019 of the Parent Borrower, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with Section 8.14 to the extent applicable.

 

Senior 2021 Notes ”:  the 7.375% Senior Notes due 2021 of the Parent Borrower, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with Section 8.14 to the extent applicable.

 

Senior December 2010 Indenture ”:  the Indenture governing the Senior 2021 Notes, dated as of December 20, 2010, among the Parent Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with Section 8.14 to the extent applicable.

 

Senior Dollar 2014 Notes ”:  the U.S. Dollar 8.875% Senior Notes due 2014 of the Parent Borrower, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or

 

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otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with Section 8.14 to the extent applicable.

 

Senior Euro 2014 Notes ”:  the Euro 7.875% Senior Notes due 2014 of the Parent Borrower, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with Section 8.14 to the extent applicable.

 

Senior Notes ”:  the Senior Dollar 2014 Notes, the Senior Euro 2014 Notes, the Senior 2018 Notes, the Senior 2019 Notes and the Senior 2021 Notes.

 

Senior September 2010 Indenture ”:  the Indenture governing the Senior 2018 Notes, dated as of September 30, 2010, among the Parent Borrower, the Subsidiary Guarantors from time to time party thereto and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Trustee, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with Section 8.14 to the extent applicable.

 

Senior Term Credit Agreement ”:  the Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Parent Borrower, Deutsche Bank AG New York Brach as administrative agent and collateral agent, and the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with Section 8.14 to the extent applicable, or extended, refinanced, refunded, replaced or renewed, in whole or in part, from time to time in accordance with Section 8.2 to the extent applicable (other than any agreement, document or instrument that expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not a Senior Term Credit Agreement).

 

Senior Term Facility ”:  the facilities provided under the Senior Term Credit Agreement.

 

Senior Term Loan Documents ”:  the “Loan Documents” as defined in the Senior Term Credit Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with Section 8.14 to the extent applicable, or extended, refinanced, refunded, replaced or renewed, in whole or in part, from time to time in accordance with Section 8.2 to the extent applicable (other than any agreement, document or instrument that expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not a Senior Term Loan Document).

 

Senior Term Loans ”:  loans made pursuant to the Senior Term Credit Agreement.

 

Service Vehicles ”: all Vehicles, owned by the Parent Borrower or a Subsidiary of Parent Borrower that are classified as “plant, property and equipment” in the consolidated financial statements of the Parent Borrower that are not rented or offered

 

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for rental by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including any such Vehicles being held for sale.

 

Set ”:  the collective reference to Eurocurrency Loans of a single Tranche, the then current Interest Periods with respect to all of which begin on the same date and end on the same later date (whether or not such Loans shall originally have been made on the same day).

 

Single Employer Plan ”:  any Plan which is covered by Title IV of ERISA, but which is not a Multiemployer Plan.

 

Solvent ” and “ Solvency ”:  with respect to any Person on a particular date, the condition that, on such date, ( a ) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, ( b ) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, ( c ) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature, and ( d ) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small amount of capital.

 

Spare Parts and Merchandise ”:  (x) any and all spare parts, instruments, appurtenances, accessories, modules, components, apparatus and assemblies and any and all expendable or repairable parts and equipment of whatever nature that are now or hereafter maintained for installation or use or usable by or on behalf of a Loan Party in connection with Equipment or other equipment or any appliance useable thereon or related thereto, and any and all substitutions for any of the foregoing and replacement thereto and (y) goods held for sale, lease or use by any Loan Party (in each case including any property noted on any Loan Party’s books and records as tires, small equipment, power tools, spare parts or supplies and merchandise).

 

Special Purpose Entity ”:  ( x ) any Special Purpose Subsidiary or ( y ) any other Person that is engaged in the business of ( i ) acquiring, selling, collecting, financing or refinancing Receivables, accounts (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, PPSA or similar law, as in effect in any jurisdiction from time to time), other accounts and/or other receivables, and/or related assets and/or ( ii ) acquiring, selling, leasing, financing or refinancing Vehicles and/or other Equipment, and/or related rights (including under leases, manufacturer warranties and buy-back programs, and insurance policies) and/or assets (including managing, exercising and disposing of any such rights and/or assets).

 

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Special Purpose Financing ”:  any financing or refinancing of assets consisting of or including Receivables, Vehicles and/or other Equipment of the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary that have been transferred to a Special Purpose Entity or made subject to a Lien in a Financing Disposition.

 

Special Purpose Financing Undertakings ”:  representations, warranties, covenants, indemnities, guarantees of performance and (subject to clause (y) of the proviso below) other agreements and undertakings entered into or provided by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that the Parent Borrower determines in good faith (which determination shall be conclusive) are customary or otherwise necessary or advisable in connection with a Special Purpose Financing or a Financing Disposition; provided that ( x ) it is understood that Special Purpose Financing Undertakings may consist of or include ( i ) reimbursement and other obligations in respect of notes, letters of credit, surety bonds and similar instruments provided for credit enhancement purposes or ( ii ) hedging obligations, or other obligations relating to Interest Rate Protection Agreements or Permitted Hedging Arrangements entered into by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, in respect of any Special Purpose Financing or Financing Disposition, and ( y ) subject to the preceding clause (x), any such other agreements and undertakings shall not include any Guarantee Obligations in respect of Indebtedness of a Special Purpose Subsidiary by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Special Purpose Subsidiary.

 

Special Purpose Subsidiary ”:  a Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that ( a ) is engaged solely in ( x ) the business of ( i ) acquiring, selling, collecting, financing or refinancing Receivables, accounts (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, PPSA or similar law, as in effect in any jurisdiction from time to time) and other accounts and receivables (including any thereof constituting or evidenced by chattel paper, instruments or general intangibles), all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual and other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and/or ( ii ) acquiring, selling, leasing, financing or refinancing Vehicles and/or other Equipment, and/or related rights (including under leases, manufacturer warranties, and buy-back programs, and insurance policies) and /or assets (including managing, exercising and disposing of any such rights and/or assets), all proceeds thereof and all rights (contractual and other), collateral and other assets relating thereto and ( y ) any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and ( b ) is designated as a “Special Purpose Subsidiary” by the Parent Borrower.

 

Specified Availability ”:  as of any date of determination, without duplication of amounts calculated thereunder, the sum of Available Loan Commitments plus Specified Unrestricted Cash plus Specified Suppressed Availability as at such Date.

 

Specified Default ”:  the failure of the Parent Borrower to comply with the terms of Sections 4.16(c), 4.16(d), 4.16(f), 4.16(g), 4.16(h), or Section 7.2(f), the failure

 

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of the Parent Borrower to deliver financial statements when required pursuant to Section 7.1, or the occurrence of any Event of Default specified in Sections 9.1(a) or 9.1(f) .

 

Specified Equity Contribution ”:  any cash equity contribution made to Holdings or any Parent Entity in exchange for Permitted Cure Securities; provided ( a ) (i) such cash equity contribution to Holdings or any Parent Entity and ( ii ) the contribution of any proceeds therefrom to the Parent Borrower, occur ( i ) after the Closing Date and ( ii ) on or prior to the date that is 10 Business Days after the date on which financial statements are required to be delivered for a fiscal quarter (or year); ( b ) the Parent Borrower identifies such equity contribution as a “Specified Equity Contribution”; ( c ) in each four fiscal quarter period, there shall be at least two fiscal quarters in respect of which no Specified Equity Contribution shall have been made, and ( d ) the amount of any Specified Equity Contribution included in the calculation of EBITDA hereunder shall be limited to the amount required to effect compliance with Section 8.1 hereof.

 

Specified Existing Commitment ”:  as defined in Section 2.11(a)

 

Specified Payment ”:  ( i ) any merger, consolidation or amalgamation permitted pursuant to Section 8.5(a), ( ii ) any sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of any or all of the assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) of any Restricted Subsidiary permitted pursuant to Section 8.5(b), ( iii ) any Restricted Payment pursuant to Section 8.7(f), ( iv ) any Investment pursuant to Section 8.9(o), ( v ) any acquisition pursuant to Section 8.10(c) and ( vi ) any Optional Payment pursuant to Section 8.14(a)(iv).

 

Specified Proprietary & Confidential Information ”:  (a) all data and information used to calculate any “measurement month average” or any “market value average” or (b) any similar amount, however designated, under or in connection with any financing of Vehicles and/or Rental Equipment and/or other property, in each case that does not constitute part of the ABL Priority Collateral or any component of the Canadian Borrowing Base or the U.S. Borrowing Base.

 

Specified Suppressed Availability ”: as of any date of determination, an amount, if positive, by which (i) the sum of (x) the Canadian Borrowing Base and (y) the U.S. Borrowing Base exceeds (ii) the Commitments hereunder; provided , that, if the Borrowing Base is equal to or less than the aggregate amount of the Commitments hereunder, or if, as of such date, the Available Loan Commitments are less than the lesser of ( x ) 10% of the lesser of ( 1 ) the Total Commitments hereunder and ( 2 ) the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base and U.S. Borrowing Base and ( y ) $200,000,000, the Specified Suppressed Availability shall be zero.

 

Specified Unrestricted Cash ”: as of any date of determination, an amount equal to all Unrestricted Cash of the Parent Borrower, the Canadian Loan Parties and the

 

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U.S. Loan Parties that (in the case of cash) is deposited in the DDAs or other deposit accounts in the United States or Canada with respect to which a control agreement is in place between the applicable Loan Party, the applicable depositary institution and the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Canadian Collateral Agent (or over which any such Agent has “control” whether or not pursuant to a control agreement) or that (in the case of Cash Equivalents) (a) are not in a securities account in respect of which the applicable Loan Party has entered into a “control agreement” with the applicable broker or securities intermediary for purposes of perfecting a security interest in favor of a third party and (b) are subject to the laws of any state, commonwealth, province or territory of the United States of America or Canada; provided that if, as of such date, the Available Loan Commitments are less than the lesser of ( x ) 10% of the lesser of ( 1 ) the Total Commitments hereunder and ( 2 ) the sum of the Canadian Borrowing Base and U.S. Borrowing Base and ( y ) $200,000,000, the amount of Specified Unrestricted Cash shall equal zero and provided, further, that for purposes of calculating Specified Unrestricted Cash, (i) the term “Cash Equivalents” shall be deemed not to include any money, and (ii) the term “Unrestricted Cash” shall be deemed not to include any Temporary Cash Investments.

 

Spot Rate of Exchange ”:  ( i ) with respect to Canadian Dollars and any Designated Foreign Currency (except as provided in clause (ii) below), at any date of determination thereof, the spot rate of exchange in London that appears on the display page applicable to Canadian Dollars or such Designated Foreign Currency on the Reuters System (or such other page as may replace such page for the purpose of displaying the spot rate of exchange in London), provided that if there shall at any time no longer exist such a page, the spot rate of exchange shall be determined by reference to another similar rate publishing service selected by the Administrative Agent and, if no such similar rate publishing service is available, by reference to the published rate of the Administrative Agent in effect at such date for similar commercial transactions or ( ii ) with respect to any Letters of Credit denominated in any Designated Foreign Currency or Canadian Dollars ( x ) for the purposes of determining the Dollar Equivalent of L/C Obligations and for the calculation of L/C Fees and related commissions, the spot rate of exchange quoted in the Wall Street Journal on the first Business Day of each month (or, if same does not provide rates, by such other means reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower) and ( y ) for the purpose of determining the Dollar Equivalent of any Letter of Credit with respect to ( A ) a demand for payment of any drawing under such Letter of Credit (or any portion thereof) to any L/C Participants pursuant to Section 3.4(a) or ( B ) a notice from any Issuing Lender for reimbursement of the Dollar Equivalent of any drawing (or any portion thereof) under such Letter of Credit by the Parent Borrower pursuant to Section 3.5(a), the market spot rate of exchange quoted by the Administrative Agent on the date of such drawing or notice, as applicable.

 

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Springing Maturity Date ”: the date that is 45 days prior to the earlier to occur of the stated final maturity date of the Senior Dollar 2014 Notes and the Senior Euro 2014 Notes respectively.

 

Standby Letter of Credit ”:  as defined in Section 3.1(a).

 

Stated Amount ”:  at any time, as to any Letter of Credit, ( i ) if the Letter of Credit is denominated in Dollars, the maximum amount available to be drawn thereunder (regardless of whether any conditions for drawing could then be met) and ( ii ) if the Letter of Credit is denominated in a Designated Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the maximum amount available to be drawn under the Letter of Credit (regardless of whether any conditions for drawing could then be met).

 

Subsidiary ”:  as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity ( a ) of which shares of stock or other ownership interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or such other ownership interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) to elect a majority of the board of directors or other managers of such corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity are at the time owned by such Person, or ( b ) the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person and, in the case of this clause (b), which is treated as a consolidated subsidiary for accounting purposes.  Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower.

 

Subsidiary Guarantor ”:  each U.S. Subsidiary Guarantor and each Canadian Subsidiary Guarantor.

 

Supermajority Lenders ”:  Lenders the sum of whose outstanding Commitments (or after the termination thereof, outstanding Individual Lender Exposures) represent at least 66 2/3% of the sum of the aggregate amount of the Total Commitment less the Commitments of all Defaulting Lenders (or after the termination thereof, the sum of the Individual Lender Exposures of Non-Defaulting Lenders) at such time.

 

Swing Line Commitment ”:  the Swing Line Lender’s obligation to make Swing Line Loans pursuant to Section 2.4.

 

Swing Line Lender ”:  the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as provider of the Swing Line Loans and its successors and assigns.

 

Swing Line Loan Participation Certificate ”:  a certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit G.

 

Swing Line Loans ”:  as defined in Section 2.4(a).

 

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Swing Line Note ”:  as defined in Section 2.4(b).

 

Syndication Agent ”:  as defined in the Preamble hereto.

 

Synthetic Purchase Agreement ”:  any agreement pursuant to which the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries is or may become obligated to make any payment (except as otherwise permitted by this Agreement) to any third party (other than Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries) in connection with the purchase or the notional purchase by such third party or any Affiliate thereof from a Person other than HGH or any of its Subsidiaries of any Capital Stock of Holdings or any Parent Entity or any Senior Notes; provided that the term “Synthetic Purchase Agreement” shall not be deemed to include ( a ) any phantom stock, stock appreciation rights, equity purchase or similar plan or arrangement providing for payments only to current or former officers, directors, employees and other members of the management of Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or family members or relatives thereof or trusts for the benefit of any of the foregoing (or to their heirs, successors, assigns, legal representatives or estates) or ( b ) any agreement evidencing or relating to ( i ) one or more Guarantee Obligations in connection with Indebtedness incurred by any Management Investors in connection with any Management Subscription Agreements or other purchases by them of Capital Stock of any Parent Entity (so long as such Parent Entity applies the net cash proceeds of such purchases, directly or indirectly, to make capital contributions to, or purchase Capital Stock of, Holdings, or applies such proceeds to pay Parent Entity Expenses) or Holdings, or any refinancing, refunding, replacement, extension or renewal thereof, in whole or in part or ( ii ) one or more loans or advances to one or more Management Investors in connection with the purchase by such Management Investors of Capital Stock of any Parent Entity (so long as such Parent Entity applies the net cash proceeds of such purchases, directly or indirectly, to make capital contributions to, or purchase Capital Stock of, Holdings, or applies such proceeds to pay Parent Entity Expenses) or Holdings (including in each case under this clause (b), without limitation, any agreement evidencing any right or option to acquire any such stock in connection with payment under any such Guarantee Obligation or in partial or full satisfaction of any such loan or advance).

 

Tax Sharing Agreement ”:  the Tax Sharing Agreement, dated as of December 21, 2005, among HGH, Holdings and the Parent Borrower, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with Section 8.14(d).

 

Taxes ”:  as defined in Section 4.11(a).

 

Temporary Cash Investments ”:  any of the following: ( i ) any investment in ( x ) direct obligations of the United States of America, a member state of the European Union or any country in whose currency funds are being held pending their application in

 

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the making of an investment or capital expenditure by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in that country or with such funds, or any agency or instrumentality of any thereof or obligations Guaranteed by the United States of America or a member state of the European Union or any country in whose currency funds are being held pending their application in the making of an investment or capital expenditure by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in that country or with such funds, or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing, or obligations guaranteed by any of the foregoing or ( y ) direct obligations of any foreign country recognized by the United States of America rated at least “A” by S&P or “A-1” by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), ( ii ) overnight bank deposits, and investments in time deposit accounts, certificates of deposit, bankers’ acceptances and money market deposits (or, with respect to foreign banks, similar instruments) maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition thereof issued by ( x ) any bank or other institutional lender under a Credit Facility or any affiliate thereof or ( y ) a bank or trust company that is organized under the laws of the United States of America, any state thereof or any foreign country recognized by the United States of America having capital and surplus aggregating in excess of $250.0 million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof) and whose long term debt is rated at least “A” by S&P or “A-1” by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization) at the time such Investment is made, ( iii ) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than 30 days for underlying securities or instruments of the types described in clause (i) or (ii) above entered into with a bank meeting the qualifications described in clause (ii) above, ( iv ) Investments in commercial paper, maturing not more than 270 days after the date of acquisition, issued by a Person (other than that of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries), with a rating at the time as of which any Investment therein is made of “P-2” (or higher) according to Moody’s or “A-2” (or higher) according to S&P (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), ( v ) Investments in securities maturing not more than one year after the date of acquisition issued or fully guaranteed by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States of America, or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof, and rated at least “A” by S&P or “A” by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), ( vi ) Preferred Stock (other than of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) having a rating of “A” or higher by S&P or “A2” or higher by Moody’s (or, in either case, the equivalent of such rating by such organization or, if no rating of S&P or Moody’s then exists, the equivalent of such rating by any nationally recognized rating organization), ( vii ) investment funds investing 95% of their assets in securities of the type described in clauses (i)-(vi) above (which funds may also hold reasonable amounts of cash pending investment and/or distribution), ( viii ) any

 

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money market deposit accounts issued or offered by a domestic commercial bank or a commercial bank organized and located in a country recognized by the United States of America, in each case, having capital and surplus in excess of $250.0 million (or the foreign currency equivalent thereof), or investments in money market funds subject to the risk limiting conditions of Rule 2a-7 (or any successor rule) of the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and ( ix ) similar investments approved by the Board of Directors in the ordinary course of business.

 

Term Priority Collateral ”:  as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement.

 

Termination Date ”:  [      ], 2016 with respect to the Tranche A Loans and the Tranche A Commitments, the Tranche A Termination Date, and with respect to the Tranche B Loans and the Tranche B Commitments, the Tranche B Termination Date .

 

Total Canadian Facility Commitment ”:  at any time, the sum of the Canadian Facility Commitments of all of the Canadian Lenders at such time.  The original Total Canadian Facility Commitment is $475,000,000.

 

Total Commitment ”:  at any time, the sum of the Commitments of each of the Lenders at such time.

 

Total U.S. Facility Commitment ”:  at any time, the sum of the U.S. Facility Commitments of all of the Lenders at such time.  The original Total U.S. Facility Commitment is $1,325,000,000.

 

“Tranche”:  as applicable, each Tranche of Loans available hereunder, namely Tranche A U.S. Facility Loans, Tranche A Canadian Facility Loans, Tranche B U.S. Facility Loans, Tranche B Canadian Facility Loans, and Swing Line Loans or each Tranche of Commitments made hereunder, namely Tranche A U.S. Facility Commitments, Tranche A Canadian Facility Commitments, Tranche B U.S. Facility Commitments and Tranche B Canadian Facility Commitments.

 

“Tranche A Canadian Facility Commitment”:  with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Extensions of Credit to the Borrowers in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any one time outstanding the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name in Schedule A under the heading “Tranche A Canadian Facility Commitment” or as may be subsequently set forth in the Register from time to time.

 

“Tranche A Canadian Facility Lender”:  each Lender which has a Tranche A Canadian Facility Commitment.

 

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“Tranche A Canadian Facility Loan”: a Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loan made by a Lender pursuant to such Lender’s Tranche A Canadian Facility Commitment.

 

“Tranche A Commitments”:  the Tranche A Canadian Facility Commitments and the Tranche A U.S. Facility Commitments. The amount of the aggregate Tranche A Commitments of the Lenders as of the Second Amendment Effective Date is $247,500,000.

 

Tranche ”:  each A Loans”:  the Tranche of Loans available hereunder, with there being two tranches on the Closing Date; namely, Revolving Credit A Canadian Facility Loans and Swing Line the Tranche A U.S. Facility Loans.

 

“Tranche A Termination Date”:  March 11, 2016.

 

“Tranche A U.S. Facility Commitment”:  with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Extensions of Credit to the U.S. Borrowers in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any one time outstanding the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name in Schedule A under the heading “Tranche A U.S. Facility Commitment” or as may be subsequently set forth in the Register from time to time.

 

“Tranche A U.S. Facility Lender”:  each Lender that has a Tranche A U.S.  Facility Commitment.

 

“Tranche A U.S. Facility Loan”: a U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loan made by a Lender pursuant to such Lender’s Tranche A U.S. Facility Commitment.

 

“Tranche B Canadian Facility Commitment”:  with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Extensions of Credit to the Borrowers in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any one time outstanding the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name in Schedule A under the heading “Tranche B Canadian Facility Commitment” or as may be subsequently set forth in the Register from time to time.

 

“Tranche B Canadian Facility Lender”:  each Lender that has a Tranche B Canadian Facility Commitment.

 

“Tranche B Canadian Facility Loan”:  a Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loan made by a Lender pursuant to such Lender’s Tranche B Canadian Facility Commitment.

 

“Tranche B Commitment Period”:  the period from and including the Closing Date to but not including the Tranche B Termination Date, or such earlier date as the Tranche B Commitments shall terminate as provided herein

 

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“Tranche B Commitments”:  the Tranche B Canadian Facility Commitments and the Tranche B U.S. Facility Commitments. The amount of the aggregate Tranche B Commitments of the Lenders as of the Second Amendment Effective Date is $1,852,500,000.

 

“Tranche B Loans”:  the Tranche B Canadian Facility Loans and the Tranche B U.S. Facility Loans.

 

“Tranche B Termination Date”:  March 31, 2017.

 

“Tranche B U.S. Facility Commitment”:  with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Extensions of Credit to the U.S. Borrowers in an aggregate amount not to exceed at any one time outstanding the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name in Schedule A under the heading “Tranche B U.S. Facility Commitment” or as may be subsequently set forth in the Register from time to time.

 

“Tranche B U.S. Facility Lender”:  each Lender which has a Tranche B U.S. Facility Commitment.

 

“Tranche B U.S. Facility Loan”: a U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loan made by a Lender pursuant to such Lender’s Tranche B U.S. Facility Commitment.

 

Transactions ”:  collectively, any and all of the following (whether or not consummated):  ( i ) the entry into this Agreement, and the initial incurrence of Indebtedness hereunder, ( ii ) the entry into the Senior Term Facility, and the incurrence of Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount of up to $1,600,000,000 thereunder, (iii) the refinancing of the outstanding principal amount of all Indebtedness under the Predecessor ABL Credit Agreement and the Predecessor Term Loan Credit Agreement, and ( iv ) all other transactions relating to any of the foregoing (including payment of fees and expenses related to any of the foregoing).

 

Transferee ”:  any Participant or Assignee.

 

Treaty ”:  the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, being the Treaty of Rome of March 25, 1957 as amended by the Single European Act 1986 and the Maastricht Treaty (which was signed on February 7, 1992 and came into force on November 1, 1993) and as may, from time to time, be further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified.

 

Type ”:  the type of Loan determined based on the currency in which the same is denominated, and the interest option applicable thereto, with there being multiple Types of Loans hereunder, namely ABR Loans, Eurocurrency Loans in each of the Designated Currencies and BA Equivalent Loans.

 

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UCC ”:  the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York from time to time.

 

Underfunding ”:  the excess of the present value of all accrued benefits under a Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plan), determined as of the most recent annual valuation date, over the value of the assets of such Plan, determined as of such valuation date, allocable to such accrued benefits.

 

Unfinanced Vehicles ”:  as of any date of determination, Rental Car Vehicles that are not pledged as security in respect of, and the acquisition of which is not financed or refinanced by, any Indebtedness or obligations of the Parent Borrower or any of Restricted Subsidiary.

 

Uniform Customs ”:  the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (2007 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600, as the same may be amended from time to time.

 

Unpaid Drawing ”:  any Canadian Borrower Unpaid Drawing and any U.S. Borrower Unpaid Drawing.

 

Unrestricted Cash ”:  as at any date of determination, the aggregate amount of cash, Cash Equivalents and Temporary Cash Investments included in the cash accounts listed on the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at such date to the extent such cash is not classified as “restricted” for financial statement purposes.

 

Unrestricted Subsidiary ”:  (i) any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that at the time of determination is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, as designated by the Board of Directors in the manner provided below, and (ii) any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary provided, that, (x) HERC may not be an Unrestricted Subsidiary hereunder and (y) if the Board of Directors designates any Loan Party as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, and the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate delivered pursuant to Section 7.2(f) included any assets of such Loan Party, then such Loan Party shall not cease to be a Loan Party and shall not become an Unrestricted Subsidiary until the Parent Borrower delivers a Borrowing Base Certificate giving pro forma effect to the designation of such entity as a Unrestricted Subsidiary.  The Board of Directors may designate any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower (including any newly acquired or newly formed Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower) to be an Unrestricted Subsidiary unless such Subsidiary or any of its Subsidiaries owns any Capital Stock or Indebtedness of, or owns or holds any Lien on any property of, the Parent Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is not a Subsidiary of the Subsidiary to be so designated; provided, that (A) such designation was made at or prior to the Closing Date (and any such Subsidiary so designated is set forth on Schedule C hereto), or (B) the Subsidiary to be so designated

 

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has total consolidated assets of $1,000 or less or (C) if such Subsidiary has consolidated assets greater than $1,000, then such designation would be permitted under Section 8.9.  The Board of Directors may designate any Unrestricted Subsidiary to be a Restricted Subsidiary; provided , that immediately after giving effect to such designation (x) the Parent Borrower could Incur at least $1.00 of additional Indebtedness under Section 8.2(x) or (y) the Consolidated Leverage Ratio would be no greater than it was immediately prior to giving effect to such designation or (z) such Subsidiary shall be a Special Purpose Subsidiary with no Indebtedness outstanding other than Indebtedness that can be Incurred (and upon such designation shall be deemed to be Incurred and outstanding) pursuant to Section 8.2.  Any such designation by the Board of Directors shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by promptly delivering to the Administrative Agent a copy of the resolution of the Parent Borrower’s Board of Directors giving effect to such designation and a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing provisions.

 

Unutilized Commitments ”: an amount equal to (x) the Total Commitments, less (y) the aggregate of all Lenders’ Individual Lender Exposures (excluding any amounts attributable to Swing Line Loans).

 

U.S. Blocked Account ”:  as defined in Section 4.16(c).

 

U.S. Borrower Unpaid Drawing ”:  drawings on U.S. Facility Letters of Credit that have not been reimbursed by the applicable U.S. Borrower.

 

U.S. Borrowers ”:  HERC and the Parent Borrower.

 

U.S. Borrowing Base ”:  as of any date of determination, the result of:

 

(a)           85% of the amount of Eligible U.S. Accounts, plus

 

(b)           50% of the amount of Eligible Unbilled U.S. Accounts (not to exceed 50% of the amount calculated under clause (a) above), plus

 

(c)           the lesser of:

 

(i)            85% times the then Net Book Value of Eligible U.S. Rental Equipment and Eligible U.S. Service Vehicles, and

 

(ii)           85% times the then extant Net Orderly Liquidation Value of Eligible U.S. Rental Equipment and Eligible U.S. Service Vehicles, plus

 

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(d)           55% times the then Net Book Value of Eligible U.S. Spare Parts and Merchandise, minus

 

(e)           the amount of all Availability Reserves related to the U.S. Facility, minus

 

(f)            the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Indebtedness incurred by any U.S. Loan Party (x) to refinance or replace the U.S. Facility in part pursuant to Section 8.2(a)(2) or pursuant to Section 8.2(x), or (y) otherwise constituting Additional ABL Indebtedness, in either case to the extent secured by any ABL Priority Collateral on a basis pari passu in priority with the Liens securing the amounts due under the U.S. Facility, pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement or another intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent and consented to by the Parent Borrower (and for the avoidance of doubt, not including Indebtedness under this Agreement), minus,

 

(g)           the amount by which (i) the then Net Book Value of all Eligible U.S. Rental Equipment that is damaged or defective to the extent included in the U.S. Borrowing Base pursuant to the above exceeds (ii) 10% of the U.S. Borrowing Base, minus

 

(h) to the extent not otherwise deducted from Available U.S. Facility Loan Commitments or Available Loan Commitments or otherwise from any calculation of amounts available to be borrowed under the U.S. Facility, the aggregate outstanding principal amount of any outstanding Incremental Loans (other than Incremental Loans pursuant to any FILO Tranche) incurred by any U.S. Loan Party, to the extent secured on a basis pari passu in priority with the Liens securing the Loans . , minus

 

(i)             the FILO US Overadvance.

 

U.S. Extender of Credit ”:  as defined in Section 4.11(b).

 

U.S. Facility ”:  the credit facility available to the U.S. Borrowers hereunder.

 

U.S. Facility Commitment ”:  with respect to each U.S. Facility Lender, the commitment of such U.S. Facility Lender hereunder to make Extensions of Credit to the s Tranche A U.S. Borrowers in the amount set forth opposite its name on Schedule A hereto or as may subsequently be set forth in the Register from time to time Facility Commitment and Tranche B U.S. Facility Commitment .

 

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U.S. Facility Commitment Percentage ”:  of any U.S. Facility Lender at any time shall be that percentage which is equal to a fraction (expressed as a percentage) the numerator of which is the U.S. Facility Commitment of such U.S. Facility Credit Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the Total U.S. Facility Commitment at such time, provided that if any such determination is to be made after the Total U.S. Facility Commitment (and the related U.S. Facility Commitments of the Lenders) has (or have) terminated, the determination of such percentages shall be made immediately before giving effect to such termination.

 

U.S. Facility Issuing Lender ”:  as the context may require, ( i ) each Lender designated as a U.S. Facility Issuing Lender on Schedule D-2 as of the Closing Date or ( ii ) any U.S. Facility Lender, which at the request of HERC or the Parent Borrower and with the consent of the Administrative Agent, agrees, in such U.S. Facility Lender’s sole discretion, to also become a U.S. Facility Issuing Lender for the purpose of issuing U.S. Facility Letters of Credit (including Existing Letters of Credit), in each case subject to each such financial institution’s U.S. Facility L/C Sublimit.

 

U.S. Facility L/C Obligations ”:  at any time, an amount equal to the sum of ( a ) the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of the then outstanding U.S. Facility Letters of Credit (including in the case of outstanding U.S. Facility Letters of Credit in any Designated Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount thereof) and ( b ) the aggregate amount of drawings under U.S. Facility Letters of Credit which have not then been reimbursed pursuant to Section 3.5(a) (including in the case of U.S. Facility Letters of Credit in any Designated Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the unreimbursed aggregate amount of drawings thereunder, to the extent that such amount has not been converted into Dollars in accordance with Section 3.5(a)).

 

U.S. Facility L/C Participants ”:  the U.S. Facility Lenders.

 

U.S. Facility L/C Sublimit ”:  ( i ) with respect to each U.S. Facility Issuing Lender as of the Closing Date, the amount specified with respect to each such U.S. Facility Issuing Lender on Schedule D-2 hereto and ( ii ) with respect to any other U.S. Facility Issuing Lender any amount as agreed in writing between such U.S. Facility Issuing Lender and HERC or the Parent Borrower, as the case may be, with the consent of the Administrative Agent.

 

U.S. Facility Lender ”:  each Lender which has a U.S. Facility Commitment (without giving effect to any termination of the Total U.S. Facility Commitment if there are any U.S. Facility L/C Obligations) or which has any outstanding U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans (or a U.S. Facility Commitment Percentage in any then outstanding U.S. Facility L/C Obligations).  Unless the context otherwise requires, each reference in this Agreement to a U.S. Facility Lender includes each U.S. Facility

 

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Lender and shall include references to any Affiliate of any such Lender which is acting as a U.S. Facility Lender.

 

U.S. Facility Letters of Credit ”:  Letters of Credit (including Existing Letters of Credit) issued by the U.S. Facility Issuing Lender to, or for the account of, the U.S. Borrowers, pursuant to Section 3.1.

 

U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loan ”:  as defined in Section 2.1(a).

 

U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ”:  the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement delivered to the Collateral Agent as of the date hereof, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1, as the same may be amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

U.S. Mortgaged Property ”:  each Real Property located in the United States or any State or territory thereof with respect to which a Mortgage is required to be delivered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement.

 

U.S. Secured Parties ”:  the “Secured Parties” as defined in the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

U.S. Security Documents ”:  the collective reference to each Mortgage related to any U.S. Mortgaged Property, the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and all other similar security documents hereafter delivered to the Collateral Agent granting or perfecting a Lien on any asset or assets of any Person to secure the obligations and liabilities of the U.S. Loan Parties hereunder and/or under any of the other Loan Documents or to secure any guarantee of any such obligations and liabilities, including any security documents executed and delivered or caused to be delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 7.9(a), Section 7.9(b) or Section 7.9(c), in each case, as amended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

U.S. Subsidiaries Guaranty ”:  the guaranty of the obligations of the Borrowers under the Loan Documents provided pursuant to the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.

 

U.S. Subsidiary Guarantor ”:  each Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) of the Parent Borrower which executes and delivers a U.S. Subsidiaries Guaranty, in each case, unless and until such time as the respective U.S. Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to constitute a Domestic Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower or is released from all of its obligations under the U.S. Subsidiaries Guaranty in accordance with terms and provisions thereof.

 

U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ”:  as defined in Section 4.11(b).

 

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“Undisclosed Administration”: in relation to a Lender or its direct or indirect parent company, the appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official by a supervisory authority or regulator under or based on the law in the country where such Lender or such parent company is subject to home jurisdiction supervision if applicable law requires that such appointment is not to be publicly disclosed.

 

Utilized Commitment ”:  with respect to ( i ) any Lender at any time, ( x ) such Lender’s Individual Lender Exposure (excluding any amounts attributable to Swing Line Loans) divided by ( y ) such Lender’s Commitment and ( ii ) all Lenders at any time, the sum of each Lender’s Utilized Commitment as determined for each fiscal quarter (and the interim period ending on the Termination Date) by the Administrative Agent.

 

Vehicle Rental Concession ”:  any right, whether or not exclusive, to conduct a Vehicle rental business at a Public Facility, or to pick up or discharge persons or otherwise to possess or use all or part of a Public Facility in connection with such a business, and any related rights or interests.

 

Vehicle Rental Concession Rights ”:  all of the following:  ( a ) any Vehicle Rental Concession, ( b ) any rights of the Parent Borrower, any Subsidiary thereof or any Franchisee under or relating to ( i ) any law, regulation, license, permit, request for proposals, invitation to bid, lease, agreement or understanding with a Public Facility Operator in connection with which a Vehicle Rental Concession has been or may be granted to the Parent Borrower, any Subsidiary or any Franchisee and ( ii ) any agreement with, or Investment or other interest or participation in, any Person, property or asset required ( x ) by any such law, ordinance, regulation, license, permit, request for proposals, invitation to bid, lease, agreement or understanding or ( y ) by any Public Facility Operator as a condition to obtaining or maintaining a Vehicle Rental Concession and ( c ) any liabilities or obligations relating to or arising in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

Vehicles ”:  vehicles owned or operated by, or leased or rented to or by, the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including automobiles, trucks, tractors, trailers, vans, sport utility vehicles, buses, campers, motor homes, motorcycles and other motor vehicles.

 

Voting Stock ”:  in relation to a Person, shares of Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors to the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such Person.

 

Wholly Owned Subsidiary ”:  as to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person of which such Person owns, directly or indirectly through one or more Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, all of the Capital Stock of such Subsidiary (other than director’s

 

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qualifying shares, shares held by nominees or such other de minimis portion thereof to the extent required by law).

 

1.2          Other Definitional Provisions .

 

(a)           Unless otherwise specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any Notes, any other Loan Document or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto.

 

(b)           As used herein and in any Notes and any other Loan Document, and any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms relating to Holdings and its Subsidiaries not defined in Section 1.1 and accounting terms partly defined in Section 1.1, to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP.

 

(c)           The words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified.  The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”.

 

(d)           The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such terms.

 

(e)           Any financial ratios required to be maintained pursuant to this Agreement (or required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement) shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

 

(f)            Any references in this Agreement to “cash and/or Cash Equivalents”, “cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Temporary Cash Investments” or any similar combination of the foregoing shall be construed as not double counting cash or any other applicable amount which would otherwise be duplicated therein.

 

SECTION 2.         AMOUNT AND TERMS OF COMMITMENTS .

 

2.1          Commitments .

 

(a)           (1) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender with a U.S. Facility Commitment severally agrees to make, at any time and from time to time on or after the Closing Date and prior to the Tranche A Termination

 

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Date (in the case of Tranche A Loans) or the Tranche B Termination Date (in the case of Tranche B Loans) , a Revolving Credit Loan or Revolving Credit Loans to the U.S. Borrowers (on a joint and several basis as between the U.S. Borrowers) (each a “ U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loan ” and, collectively, the “ U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans ”), which U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans:

 

(i)            shall be denominated in Dollars or in a Designated Foreign Currency;

 

(ii)           shall, at the option of the U.S. Borrowers, be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, provided that except as otherwise specifically provided in Section 4.9 and Section 4.10, all U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans comprising the same Borrowing shall at all times be of the same Type;

 

(iii)          may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof;

 

(iv)          shall not be made (and shall not be required to be made) by any U.S. Facility Lender to the extent the incurrence thereof (after giving effect to the use of the proceeds thereof on the date of the incurrence thereof to repay any amounts theretofore outstanding pursuant to this Agreement) would cause the Individual U.S. Facility Lender Exposure of such U.S. Facility Lender to exceed the amount of its U.S. Facility Commitment at such time;

 

(v)           shall not be made (and shall not be required to be made) by any U.S. Facility Lender to the extent the incurrence thereof (after giving effect to the use of the proceeds thereof on the date of the incurrence thereof to repay any amounts theretofore outstanding pursuant to this Agreement) would cause ( x ) the Aggregate U.S. Facility Lender Exposure to exceed the Total U.S. Facility Commitment as then in effect or ( y ) the Aggregate U.S. Facility Lender Exposure to exceed the difference of ( I ) the U.S. Borrowing Base at such time (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered) minus ( II ) the excess of the unpaid balance of Extensions of Credit to, or for the account of, the Canadian Borrowers over the Canadian Borrowing Base; and

 

(vi)          shall not be made (and shall not be required to be made) by any U.S. Facility Lender to the extent any such U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans to be made on any date, individually or in the aggregate, exceed the then Available U.S. Facility Loan Commitments.

 

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(2)            For the avoidance of doubt, (i) all Borrowings of U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans prior to the Tranche A Termination Date shall be made, and deemed to be made, ratably among the Tranche A U.S. Facility Lenders and the Tranche B U.S. Facility Lenders, and (ii) all Borrowings of U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans prior to the Tranche B Termination Date but on or after the Tranche A Termination Date shall be made, and deemed to be made, ratably among the Tranche B U.S. Facility Lenders.

 

(b)           (1)   Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Canadian Facility Lender severally agrees to make (including through a Non-Canadian Affiliate in the case of Revolving Credit Loans to the U.S. Borrowers), at any time and from time to time on or after the Closing Date and prior to the Tranche A Termination Date (in the case of Tranche A Loans) or the Tranche B Termination Date (in the case of Tranche B Loans) , a Revolving Credit Loan or Revolving Credit Loans to ( i ) the Canadian Borrowers (on a joint and several basis as between the Canadian Borrowers with respect to such Revolving Credit Loans made to the Canadian Borrowers) and ( ii ) the U.S. Borrowers (on a joint and several basis as between the U.S. Borrowers with respect to such Revolving Credit Loans made to the U.S. Borrowers) (each of the foregoing, a “ Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loan ” and, collectively, the “ Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans ”); which Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans:

 

(i)            in the case of Loans made to the Canadian Borrowers, shall be denominated in Canadian Dollars and in the case of Loans made to the U.S. Borrowers, shall be denominated in U.S. Dollars;

 

(ii)           shall, in the case of Loans made to the Canadian Borrowers, at the option of the Canadian Borrowers, be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans and, in the case of Loans made to the U.S. Borrowers, at the option of the U.S. Borrowers, be incurred and maintained as, and/or converted into, ABR Loans or Eurocurrency Loans, provided in each case that except as otherwise specifically provided in Section 4.9 and Section 4.10, all Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans comprising the same Borrowing shall at all times be of the same Type;

 

(iii)          may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof;

 

(iv)          shall not be made (and shall not be required to be made) by any Canadian Facility Lender to the extent the incurrence thereof (after giving effect to the use of the proceeds thereof on the date of the incurrence thereof to repay any amounts theretofore outstanding pursuant

 

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to this Agreement) would cause ( x ) the Individual Canadian Facility Lender Exposure of such Canadian Facility Lender to exceed the amount of its Canadian Facility Commitment at such time or ( y ) the Dollar Equivalent of the Aggregate Canadian Facility Lender Exposure to exceed the lesser of ( I ) the Total Canadian Facility Commitments as then in effect and ( II ) (A) the difference of ( 1 ) the Dollar Equivalent of the sum of ( a ) the Canadian Borrowing Base at such time plus ( b ) the U.S. Borrowing Base (in each case, based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered) minus ( 2 ) the aggregate unpaid balance of Extensions of Credit to, or for the account of, the U.S. Borrowers;

 

(v)           shall not be made (and shall not be required to be made) by any Canadian Facility Lender (including through any Non-Canadian Affiliate of any Canadian Facility Lender) to the extent any such Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans to be made on any date, individually or in the aggregate, exceed the then Available Canadian Facility Loan Commitments; and

 

(vi)          shall not be made (and shall not be required to be made) to any U.S. Borrower to the extent the incurrence thereof (after giving effect to the use of the proceeds thereof on the date of the incurrence thereof to repay any amounts theretofore outstanding pursuant to this Agreement) would cause the aggregate unpaid balance of Extensions of Credit to, or for the account of, the U.S. Borrowers to exceed the difference of ( x ) the U.S. Borrowing Base at such time (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered) minus ( y ) if greater than zero, the excess of the unpaid balance of Extensions of Credit to, or for the account of, the Canadian Borrowers over the Canadian Borrowing Base at such time (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered).

 

(2) For the avoidance of doubt, (i) all Borrowings of Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans prior to the Tranche A Termination Date shall be made, and deemed to be made, ratably among the Tranche A Canadian Facility Lenders and the Tranche B Canadian Facility Lenders and (ii) all Borrowings of Canadian Facility Revolving Loans prior to the Tranche B Termination Date but on or after the Tranche A Termination Date shall be made, and deemed to be made, ratably among the Tranche B Canadian Facility Lenders.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Sections 2.1(a) or (b) or elsewhere in this Agreement, the Co-Collateral Agent shall have the right to establish Availability Reserves in such amounts, and with respect to such matters, as the Co-Collateral Agent in its Permitted Discretion shall deem necessary or appropriate, against the U.S. Borrowing Base and/or the Canadian Borrowing Base, as applicable, including

 

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reserves with respect to ( i ) sums that the respective Borrowers are or will be required to pay (such as taxes (including payroll and sales taxes), assessments, insurance premiums, or, in the case of leased assets, rents or other amounts payable under such leases) and have not yet paid and ( ii ) amounts owing by the respective Borrowers or, without duplication, their respective Subsidiaries to any Person to the extent secured by a Lien on, or trust over, any of the Collateral, which Lien or trust, in the Permitted Discretion of the Co-Collateral Agent, is capable of ranking senior in priority to or pari passu with one or more of the Liens granted in the Security Documents (such as Canadian Priority Payables, Liens or trusts in favor of landlords, warehousemen, carriers, mechanics, materialmen, laborers, or suppliers, or Liens or trusts for ad valorem, excise, sales, or other taxes where given priority under applicable law) in and to such item of the Collateral; provided that ( x ) with respect to any Availability Reserve (other than any Designated Hedging Reserves or Cash Management Reserves), the Co-Collateral Agent shall have provided the applicable Borrower at least ten Business Days’ prior written notice of any such establishment, ( y ) ( i ) the imposition of any Designated Hedging Reserve or Cash Management Reserve shall be immediately effective upon written notice thereof being delivered to the Borrowers by the Co-Collateral Agent (and the Co-Collateral Agent agrees to notify the Borrowers of any such Designated Hedging Reserve within one Business Day after any applicable Hedging Party has provided written notice of the applicable MTM value or, as the case may be, after the Co-Collateral Agent has provided a proposed MTM value, in either case that will form the basis for such Designated Hedging Reserve, as provided in the definition of “Designated Hedging Reserve”) and ( ii ) any adjustment in any Designated Hedging Reserve contemplated by the definition thereof shall be immediately effective upon the notification to the Co-Collateral Agent of the details and results of the applicable mid-market quotations as provided in the penultimate sentence of the definition of “Designated Hedging Reserve” and (z) Co-Collateral Agent may only establish an Availability Reserve after the Second Amendment Effective Date hereof (i)  based on an event, condition or other circumstance arising after the Closing (or changing), including for the avoidance of doubt as a result of the Restatement (as defined in the Second Amendment), after the Second Amendment Effective Date or (ii)  based on facts not known to (including for the avoidance of doubt relating to the Restatement or the materiality and/or scope thereof) by the Co-Collateral Agent as of the Closing Second Amendment Effective Date.  The amount of any Availability Reserve established by the Co-Collateral Agent shall have a reasonable relationship to the event, condition or other matter that is the basis for the Availability Reserve.  Upon delivery of such notice, the Co-Collateral Agent shall be available to discuss the proposed Availability Reserve, and the applicable Borrower may take such action as may be required so that the event, condition or matter that is the basis for such Availability Reserve or increase no longer exists, in a manner and to the extent reasonably satisfactory to the Co-Collateral Agent in the exercise of its Permitted Discretion.  In no event shall such notice and opportunity limit the right of the Co-Collateral Agent to establish such Availability Reserve, unless the Co-Collateral Agent shall have determined in its Permitted Discretion that the event, condition or other matter

 

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that is the basis for such new Availability Reserve no longer exists or has otherwise been adequately addressed by the applicable Borrower.  In the event that the event, condition or other matter giving rise to the establishment of any Availability Reserve shall cease to exist (unless there is a reasonable prospect that such event, condition or other matter will occur again within a reasonable period of time thereafter), the Availability Reserve established pursuant to such event, condition or other matter, shall be discontinued.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, Availability Reserves shall not duplicate eligibility criteria contained in the definition of “Eligible Accounts”, “Eligible Rental Equipment”, “Eligible Spare Parts and Merchandise”, “Eligible Service Vehicles”, or “Eligible Unbilled Accounts” and vice versa, or reserves or criteria deducted in computing the Net Book Value of Eligible Rental Equipment, Eligible Spare Parts and Merchandise or Eligible Service Vehicles or the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of Eligible Rental Equipment, Eligible Spare Parts and Merchandise or Eligible Service Vehicles and vice versa.  In addition to the foregoing, the Co-Collateral Agent shall have the right, subject to Section 7.6, to have the Loan Parties’ Rental Equipment reappraised by a Qualified Appraisal Company for the purpose of re-determining the Net Orderly Liquidation Value of the Eligible Rental Equipment, Eligible Spare Parts and Merchandise or Eligible Service Vehicles, and, as a result, re-determining the U.S. Borrowing Base or the Canadian Borrowing Base.

 

(d)           In the event the U.S. Borrowers are, or the Canadian Borrowers are, as applicable, unable to comply with ( i ) the U.S. Borrowing Base limitations or Canadian Borrowing Base limitations, as applicable, set forth in Sections 2.1(a) and/or (b), as the case may be, or ( ii ) the conditions precedent to the making of Revolving Credit Loans or the issuance of Letters of Credit set forth in Section 6, ( x ) the U.S. Facility Lenders authorize the Administrative Agent, for the account of the U.S. Facility Lenders, to make U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans to the U.S. Borrowers and ( y ) the Canadian Facility Lenders authorize the Canadian Agent, for the account of the Canadian Facility Lenders, to make Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans to the Borrowers, which, in each case, may only be made as ABR Loans (each, an “ Agent Advance ”) for a period commencing on the date the Administrative Agent first receives a notice of Borrowing requesting an Agent Advance until the earliest of ( i ) the 30th Business Day after such date, ( ii ) the date the respective Borrowers or Borrower are again able to comply with the Borrowing Base limitations and the conditions precedent to the making of Revolving Credit Loans and issuance of Letters of Credit, or obtains an amendment or waiver with respect thereto and ( iii ) the date the Required Lenders instruct the Administrative Agent and the Canadian Agent to cease making Agent Advances (in each case, the “ Agent Advance Period ”).  Neither the Administrative Agent nor the Canadian Agent shall make any Agent Advance to the extent that at such time the amount of such Agent Advance ( A ) in the case of Agent Advances made to the Canadian Borrowers, ( I ) when added to the aggregate outstanding amount of all other Agent Advances made to the Canadian Borrowers at such time, would exceed the lesser of ( i ) 5% of the Total Canadian Facility Commitments as then in effect and ( ii ) the difference of ( 1 ) the sum of ( a ) the Canadian

 

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Borrowing Base at such time plus ( b ) the U.S. Borrowing Base at such time (in each case, based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered) minus ( 2 ) the sum of ( a ) the aggregate unpaid balance of Extensions of Credit to, or for the account of, the Canadian Borrowers and ( b ) the aggregate unpaid balance of Extensions of Credit to, or for the account of, the U.S. Borrowers or ( II ) when added to the Aggregate Canadian Facility Lender Exposure as then in effect (immediately prior to the incurrence of such Agent Advance), would exceed the Total Canadian Revolving Credit Loan Commitment at such time, or ( B ) in the case of Agent Advances made to the U.S. Borrowers, ( I ) when added to the aggregate outstanding amount of all other Agent Advances made to the U.S. Borrowers at such time, would exceed 5% of the U.S. Borrowing Base at such time (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered) or ( II ) when added to the Aggregate U.S. Facility Lender Exposure as then in effect (immediately prior to the incurrence of such Agent Advance), ( 1 ) would exceed the Total U.S. Facility Commitment at such time or ( 2 ) when added to the Aggregate Canadian Facility Lender Exposure as then in effect (immediately prior to such Agent Advance) would exceed the sum of ( a ) the Canadian Borrowing Base at such time plus ( b ) the U.S. Borrowing Base at such time (in each case, based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered).  It is understood and agreed that, subject to the requirements set forth above, Agent Advances may be made by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent in their respective discretion to the extent the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent deems such Agent Advances necessary or desirable ( x ) to preserve and protect the applicable Collateral, or any portion thereof, ( y ) to enhance the likelihood of, or maximize the amount of, repayment of the Loans and other obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents or ( z ) to pay any other amount chargeable to or required to be paid by the Borrowers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including payments of reimbursable expenses and other sums payable under the Loan Documents, and that the Borrowers shall have no right to require that any Agent Advances be made.  Without limiting the foregoing, the Co-Collateral Agent may request that the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent make any Agent Advances that the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent is authorized to make during an Agent Advance Period, and each of the Administrative Agent and the Canadian Agent agree to make such Agent Advances requested by the Co-Collateral Agent during such Agent Advance Period, in each case to the extent the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent is permitted to do so under, and subject to the limitations of, this Section 2.1(d).

 

(e)           Each Borrower agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative Agent by any Revolving Credit Lender made on or prior to the Closing Date , or in connection with the Second Amendment on or prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date or in connection with any assignment pursuant to Section 11.6(b), in order to evidence such Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans, such Borrower will execute and deliver to such Lender a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1, with appropriate insertions as to payee, date and principal amount (each, as amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, a “ Revolving Credit

 

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Note ”), payable to such Lender and in a principal amount equal to the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all Revolving Credit Loans made by such Revolving Credit Lender to such Borrower ; provided that in the case of any such request made in connection with the Second Amendment, such request may only be made by a Tranche B Lender and such Tranche B Lender shall return to the Parent Borrower any Revolving Credit Note previously delivered to such Tranche B Lender pursuant to this Section 2.1(e) .  Each Revolving Credit Note shall (i) be dated the Closing Date, (ii) be stated to mature on the Tranche A Termination Date (in the case of the Tranche A Loans) or the Tranche B Termination Date (in the case of the Tranche B Loans) and ( iii ) provide for the payment of interest in accordance with Section 4.1.

 

(f) [Reserved].

 

(f)             Any “Revolving Credit Loans” outstanding on the Second Amendment Effective Date shall be continued as Revolving Credit Loans hereunder; provided that after giving effect to the Second Amendment, (x) each Tranche A Lender will be deemed to be holding such Revolving Loans as “Tranche A Loans” and “Tranche A U.S. Facility Loans” or Tranche A Canadian Facility Loans,” as applicable and (y) each Tranche B Lender will be deemed to be holding such Revolving Loans as “Tranche B Loans” and “Tranche B U.S. Facility Loans” or “Tranche B Canadian Facility Loans,” as applicable.

 

(g)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties acknowledge and agree that ( i ) the Canadian Borrowers shall not be jointly or jointly and severally liable with the U.S. Borrowers for any liabilities or obligations of the U.S. Borrowers hereunder and ( ii ) the U.S. Borrowers shall not be jointly or jointly and severally liable with the Canadian Borrowers for any liabilities or obligations of the Canadian Borrowers hereunder.

 

2.2          Procedure for Revolving Credit Borrowing .  Each of the Borrowers may borrow under the Commitments during the Commitment Period applicable to such Commitments on any Business Day, provided that the applicable Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to (a) 12:30 P.M., New York City time, at least three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, if all or any part of the requested Revolving Credit Loans are to be initially Eurocurrency Loans made in Dollars, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans, (b) 9:00 AM, London time, at least three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, if all or any part of the requested Revolving Credit Loans are to be initially Eurocurrency Loans made in any Designated Foreign Currency, (c) 12:30 p.m., New York City time, at least three Business Days prior to the requested Borrowing Date, if all or any part of the requested Revolving Credit Loans are to be initially ABR Loans made in any Designated Foreign Currency or (d) 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the requested Borrowing Date, for

 

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ABR Loans made in a currency other than a Designated Foreign Currency) specifying ( i ) the identity of the Borrower, ( ii ) the amount to be borrowed, ( iii ) the requested Borrowing Date, ( iv ) whether the borrowing is to be of Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans, ABR Loans or a combination thereof and ( v ) if the borrowing is to be entirely or partly of Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans, the respective amounts of each such Type of Loan, the respective lengths of the initial Interest Periods therefor and, if the Eurocurrency Loans in respect of such borrowing are to be made entirely or partly in any Designated Foreign Currency, the Designated Foreign Currency thereof.  Each borrowing shall be in an amount equal to (x) in the case of ABR Loans, except any ABR Loan to be used solely to pay a like amount of outstanding Reimbursement Obligations or Swing Line Loans, in multiples of $1,000,000 (or, if the Commitments then available (as calculated in accordance with Sections 2.1(a) and (b)) are less than $1,000,000, such lesser amount) and ( y ) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans (or, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans to be made in any Designated Foreign Currency, Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Loans, the Dollar Equivalent of the principal amount thereof) shall be in an amount equal to $5,000,000 (or, in the case of Loans made to the Canadian Borrowers, Cdn$5,000,000) or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 (or, in the case of Loans made to the Canadian Borrowers, Cdn$1,000,000) in excess thereof.  Upon receipt of any such notice from a Borrower, the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall promptly notify each applicable Revolving Credit Lender thereof.  Subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent specified in Section 6.2, each applicable Revolving Credit Lender will make the amount of its pro rata share of each borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans available to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, for the account of the Borrower identified in such notice at the office of the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, specified in Section 11.2 prior to 12:30 P.M. (or 10:00 A.M., in the case of the initial borrowing hereunder), New York City time, or at such other office of the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, or at such other time as to which the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall notify such Borrower reasonably in advance of the Borrowing Date with respect thereto, on the Borrowing Date requested by such Borrower in Dollars, Canadian Dollars or the applicable Designated Foreign Currency and in funds immediately available to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable.  In relation to Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Loans, the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall credit to the applicable Canadian Borrower’s account on the applicable Borrowing Date the BA Proceeds less the applicable BA Fee with respect to each Bankers’ Acceptance purchased and each BA Equivalent Loan advanced by a Lender on that Borrowing Date.  Such borrowing will then be made available to the Borrower identified in such notice by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, crediting the account of such Borrower on the books of such office with the aggregate of the amounts made available to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, by the Revolving

 

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Lenders and in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable.

 

2.3          Termination or Reduction of Commitments .  The Parent Borrower (on behalf of itself and each other Borrower) shall have the right, upon not less than three Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent (which will promptly notify the Lenders thereof), to terminate the Tranche A U.S. Facility or Commitments, the Tranche B U.S. Facility Commitments, the Tranche A Canadian Facility Commitments or the Tranche B Canadian Facility Commitments or, from time to time, to reduce the amount of the Tranche A U.S. Facility or Commitments, the Tranche B U.S. Facility Commitments, the Tranche A Canadian Facility Commitments or the Tranche B Canadian Facility Commitments, in each case pro rata among the Lenders of the applicable Tranche and otherwise subject to Section 4.8(a) ; provided that no such termination or reduction shall be permitted if, after giving effect thereto and to any prepayments of the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans made on the effective date thereof, the aggregate principal amount of the Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans then outstanding (including in the case of Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding in any Canadian Dollars or Designated Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount thereof), when added to the sum of the then outstanding L/C Obligations, would exceed the Commitments then in effect and provided further that any such notice of termination delivered by the Parent Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of any event specified therein (including the effectiveness of other credit facilities), in which case such notice may be revoked by the Parent Borrower (by written notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.  Any such reduction shall be in an amount equal to $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and shall reduce permanently the applicable Commitments then in effect.

 

2.4          Swing Line Commitments.

 

(a)           Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the Swing Line Lender agrees to make swing line loans (individually, a “ Swing Line Loan ”; collectively, the “ Swing Line Loans ”) to any of the U.S. Borrowers from time to time during the Tranche B Commitment Period in an aggregate principal amount at any one time outstanding not to exceed $75,000,000, provided that at no time may the sum of the then outstanding Swing Line Loans, U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans (including in the case of U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding in any Designated Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount thereof) and L/C Obligations exceed the lesser of ( 1 ) the U.S. Facility Commitments then in effect and ( 2 ) the difference of ( I ) the U.S. Borrowing Base then in effect (based on the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate) minus ( II ) if greater than zero, the excess of the unpaid balance of Extensions of Credit made to or for the account of, the Canadian Borrowers

 

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over the Canadian Borrowing Base (based on the most recent Borrowing Base Certificate) (it being understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent shall calculate the Dollar Equivalent of the then outstanding Revolving Credit Loans in any Designated Foreign Currency on the date the notice of borrowing of Swing Line Loans is given for purposes of determining compliance with this Section).  Amounts borrowed by any U.S. Borrower under this Section 2.4 may be repaid and, through but excluding the Tranche B Termination Date, reborrowed.  All Swing Line Loans made to any U.S. Borrower shall be made in Dollars as ABR Loans and shall not be entitled to be converted into Eurocurrency Loans.  The Parent Borrower (on behalf of itself or any other Borrower as the case may be) shall give the Swing Line Lender irrevocable notice (which notice must be received by the Swing Line Lender prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time) on the requested Borrowing Date specifying ( 1 ) the identity of the Borrower and ( 2 ) the amount of the requested Swing Line Loan.  The proceeds of the Swing Line Loans will be made available by the Swing Line Lender to the Borrower identified in such notice at an office of the Swing Line Lender by crediting the account of such Borrower at such office with such proceeds in Dollars.

 

(b)           Each of HERC and the Parent Borrower agrees that, upon the request to the Administrative Agent by the Swing Line Lender made on or prior to the Closing Date or in connection with any assignment pursuant to Section 11.6(b), in order to evidence the Swing Line Loans such Borrower will execute and deliver to the Swing Line Lender a promissory note substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2, with appropriate insertions (as the same may be amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Swing Line Note ”), payable to the Swing Line Lender and representing the obligation of such Borrower to pay the amount of the Swing Line Commitment or, if less, the unpaid principal amount of the Swing Line Loans made to such Borrower, with interest thereon as prescribed in Section 4.1.  The Swing Line Note shall ( i ) be dated the Closing Date, ( ii ) be stated to mature on the Tranche B Termination Date and ( iii ) provide for the payment of interest in accordance with Section 4.1.

 

(c)           The Swing Line Lender, at any time in its sole and absolute discretion may, and, at any time as there shall be a Swing Line Loan outstanding for more than seven Business Days, the Swing Line Lender shall, on behalf of the Borrower to which the Swing Line Loan has been made (which hereby irrevocably directs and authorizes such Swing Line Lender to act on its behalf), request ( provided that such request shall be deemed to have been automatically made upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 9.1(f)) each U.S. Facility Lender, including the Swing Line Lender to make a U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loan as an ABR Loan in an amount equal to such U.S. Facility Lender’s U.S. Facility Commitment Percentage of the principal amount of all Swing Line Loans made in Dollars (each, a “ Mandatory Revolving Credit Loan Borrowing ”) in an amount equal to such U.S. Facility Lender’s U.S. Facility Commitment Percentage of the principal amount of all of the Swing Line Loans (collectively, the “ Refunded Swing Line Loans ”) outstanding on the date such

 

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notice is given; provided that the provisions of this Section shall not affect the obligations of any U.S. Borrower to prepay Swing Line Loans in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.4(d).  Unless the U.S. Facility Commitments shall have expired or terminated (in which event the procedures of paragraph (d) of this Section 2.4 shall apply), each U.S. Facility Lender hereby agrees to make the proceeds of its U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loan (including any Eurocurrency Loan) available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the office of the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, in funds immediately available on the Business Day next succeeding the date such notice is given notwithstanding ( i ) that the amount of the Mandatory Revolving Credit Loan Borrowing may not comply with the minimum amount for Revolving Credit Loans otherwise required hereunder, ( ii ) whether any conditions specified in Section 6 are then satisfied, ( iii ) whether a Default or an Event of Default then exists, ( iv ) the date of such Mandatory Revolving Credit Loan Borrowing and ( v ) the amount of the U.S. Facility Commitment of such, or any other, U.S. Facility Lender at such time.  The proceeds of such U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans (including without limitation, any Eurocurrency Loan) shall be immediately applied to repay the Refunded Swing Line Loans.

 

(d)           If the U.S. Facility Commitments shall expire or terminate at any time (other than a termination of the Tranche A Commitments on the Tranche A Termination Date) while Swing Line Loans are outstanding, each U.S. Facility Lender shall, at the option of the Swing Line Lender, exercised reasonably, either ( i ) notwithstanding the expiration or termination of the U.S. Facility Commitments, make a U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loan as an ABR Loan (which U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loan shall be deemed a “U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loan” for all purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents) or ( ii ) purchase an undivided participating interest in such Swing Line Loans, in either case in an amount equal to such U.S. Facility Lender’s U.S. Facility Commitment Percentage determined on the date of, and immediately prior to, expiration or termination of the U.S. Facility Commitments of the aggregate principal amount of such Swing Line Loans; provided , that in the event that any Mandatory Revolving Credit Loan Borrowing cannot for any reason be made on the date otherwise required above (including as a result of the commencement of a proceeding under any domestic or foreign bankruptcy, reorganization, dissolution, insolvency, receivership, administration or liquidation or similar law with respect to any Borrower), then each U.S. Facility Lender hereby agrees that it shall forthwith purchase (as of the date the Mandatory Revolving Credit Loan Borrowing would otherwise have occurred, but adjusted for any payments received from such Borrower on or after such date and prior to such purchase) from the Swing Line Lender such participations in such outstanding Swing Line Loans as shall be necessary to cause such U.S. Facility Lenders to share in such Swing Line Loans ratably based upon their respective U.S. Facility Commitment Percentages, provided , further, that ( x ) all interest payable on the Swing Line Loans shall be for the account of the Swing Line Lender until the date as of which the respective participation is required to be purchased and, to the extent attributable to

 

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the purchased participation, shall be payable to the participant from and after such date and ( y ) at the time any purchase of participations pursuant to this sentence is actually made, the purchasing U.S. Facility Lender shall be required to pay the Swing Line Lender interest on the principal amount of the participation purchased for each day from and including the day upon which the Mandatory Revolving Credit Loan Borrowing would otherwise have occurred to but excluding the date of payment for such participation, at the rate otherwise applicable to U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans made as ABR Loans.  Each U.S. Facility Lender will make the proceeds of any U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loan made pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence available to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Swing Line Lender at the office of the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 Noon, New York City time, in funds immediately available on the Business Day next succeeding the date on which the U.S. Facility Commitments expire or terminate (other than the Tranche A Termination Date) and in the currency in which such Swing Line Loans were made.  The proceeds of such U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans shall be immediately applied to repay the Swing Line Loans outstanding on the date of termination or expiration of the U.S. Facility Commitments (other than the Tranche A Termination Date) .  In the event that the U.S. Facility Lenders purchase undivided participating interests pursuant to the first sentence of this paragraph (d), each U.S. Facility Lender shall immediately transfer to the Swing Line Lender, in immediately available funds and in the currency in which such Swing Line Loans were made, the amount of its participation and upon receipt thereof the Swing Line Lender will deliver to such U.S. Facility Lender a Swing Line Loan Participation Certificate dated the date of receipt of such funds and in such amount.

 

(e)           Whenever, at any time after the Swing Line Lender has received from any U.S. Facility Lender such U.S. Facility Lender’s participating interest in a Swing Line Loan, the Swing Line Lender receives any payment on account thereof (whether directly from HERC or the Parent Borrower or any other Borrower in respect of such Swing Line Loan or otherwise, including proceeds of Collateral applied thereto by the Swing Line Lender), or any payment of interest on account thereof, the Swing Line Lender will, if such payment is received prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on a Business Day, distribute to such U.S. Facility Lender its pro rata share thereof prior to the end of such Business Day and otherwise, the Swing Line Lender will distribute such payment on the next succeeding Business Day (appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to reflect the period of time during which such U.S. Facility Lender’s participating interest was outstanding and funded); provided , however , that in the event that such payment received by the Swing Line Lender is required to be returned, such U.S. Facility Lender will return to the Swing Line Lender any portion thereof previously distributed by the Swing Line Lender to it.

 

(f)            Each U.S. Facility Lender’s obligation to make the U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans and to purchase participating interests with respect to Swing Line Loans in accordance with Sections 2.4(c) and 2.4(d) shall be absolute and unconditional

 

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and shall not be affected by any circumstance, including without limitation ( i ) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such U.S. Facility Lender or any of the Borrowers may have against the Swing Line Lender, any of the Borrowers or any other Person for any reason whatsoever; ( ii ) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or an Event of Default; ( iii ) any adverse change in condition (financial or otherwise) of any of the Borrowers; ( iv ) any breach of this Agreement or any other Loan Document by any of the Borrowers, any other Loan Party or any other U.S. Facility Lender; ( v ) any inability of any of the Borrowers to satisfy the conditions precedent to borrowing set forth in this Agreement on the date upon which such U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loan is to be made or participating interest is to be purchased or ( vi ) any other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.

 

(g)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in the event there is a Defaulting Lender, then the Individual Swing Line Swingline Exposure of such Defaulting Lender will automatically be reallocated among the U.S. Facility Lenders that are Non-Defaulting Lenders pro rata in accordance with such Non-Defaulting Lenders’ respective U.S. Facility Commitment Percentages (calculated without regard to the Commitment of the Defaulting Lender) but only to the extent that such reallocation does not cause the Individual Lender Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed the Commitment of such Non-Defaulting Lender.  If such reallocation cannot, or can only partially, be effected, the U.S. Borrowers shall, upon one Business Day’s written notice from the Administrative Agent, prepay such Defaulting Lender’s U.S. Facility Commitment Percentage (calculated as in effect immediately prior to it becoming a Defaulting Lender) of any Swing Line Loans (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 2.4(g)).  So long as there is a Defaulting Lender, the Swing Line Lender shall not be obligated to make a Swing Line Loan to the extent that the sum of the Individual U.S. Facility Lender Exposure of the Non-Defaulting Lenders after giving effect to such Swing Line Loan would exceed the aggregate U.S. Facility Commitments of such Non-Defaulting Lenders.

 

2.5          Reserved .

 

2.6          Reserved .

 

2.7          Reserved .

 

2.8          Repayment of Loans .

 

(a)           Each U.S. Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent (in the currency in which such Loan is denominated) for the account of:  ( i ) each U.S. Facility Lender or each Canadian Facility Lender, as applicable, the then unpaid principal amount of each Revolving Credit Loan of such Lender made to such Borrower, on the applicable Termination Date (or such earlier date on which the

 

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Revolving Credit Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 9); and ( ii ) the Swing Line Lender, the then unpaid principal amount of the Swing Line Loans made to such U.S. Borrower, on the Tranche B Termination Date (or such earlier date on which the Swing Line Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 9).  Each U.S. Borrower hereby further agrees to pay interest (which payments shall be in the same currency in which the respective Loan referred to above is denominated) on the unpaid principal amount of such Loans from time to time outstanding from the date hereof until payment in full thereof at the rates per annum, and on the dates, set forth in Section 4.1.

 

(b)           Each Canadian Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Canadian Agent (in Canadian Dollars) for the account of each Canadian Facility Lender, the then unpaid principal amount of each Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loan of such Lender made to such Borrower, on the applicable Termination Date (or such earlier date on which the Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans become due and payable pursuant to Section 9).  Each Canadian Borrower hereby further agrees to pay interest (which payments shall be in the same currency in which the respective Loan referred to above is denominated) on the unpaid principal amount of such Loans from time to time outstanding from the date hereof until payment in full thereof at the rates per annum, and on the dates, set forth in Section 4.1.

 

(c)           Each Lender (including the Swing Line Lender) shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing indebtedness of each of the Borrowers to such Lender resulting from each Loan of such Lender from time to time, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time under this Agreement.

 

(d)           The Administrative Agent shall maintain the Register pursuant to Section 11.6(b), and a subaccount therein for each Lender, in which shall be recorded ( i ) the amount of each Loan made hereunder, the Type thereof, the Borrowers to which such Loan is made, each Interest Period, if any, applicable thereto and whether such Loans are Tranche A U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans, Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans or Tranche B U.S. Facility Loans, Tranche A Canadian Facility Loans, Tranche B Canadian Facility Loans or Swingline Loans, ( ii ) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from each of the Borrowers to each applicable Lender hereunder and ( iii ) both the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent and the Canadian Agent hereunder from each of the Borrowers and each applicable Lender’s share thereof.

 

(e)           The entries made in the Register and the accounts of each Lender maintained pursuant to Section 2.8(d) shall, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations of each of the Borrowers therein recorded; provided , however , that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain the Register or any such account, or any error therein,

 

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shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the any Borrower to repay (with applicable interest) the Loans made to such Borrower by such Lender in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

2.9          Commitment Increases .

 

(a)           The Parent Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to (i) increase the Commitments of any Lender and/or (ii) add Commitments (“ Additional Commitments ”), provided that, no Additional Commitment shall become effective if any Specified Default has occurred and is continuing, of one or more financial institutions or other entities that will become “Lenders” (each an “ Additional Commitment Lender ”), in each case subject only to (i) the consent of such Lender that is increasing its Commitment or Additional Commitment Lender, as applicable and (ii) if such Additional Commitment Lender is not already a Lender hereunder or an affiliate of a Lender hereunder, the consent of the Issuing Lenders, the Administrative Agent, and the Swingline Lender (each such consent not to be unreasonably delayed or withheld).  For the avoidance of doubt, no Lender will be required to provide any such Additional Commitments unless it so agrees.

 

(b)           With respect to a Commitment increase pursuant to clause (a)(i) above, the Parent Borrower shall provide a supplement substantially in the form of Exhibit M-1 hereto (the “ Increase Supplement ”) specifying the U.S. Facility Commitment increase or the Canadian Facility Commitment increase, as the case may be, executed by each increasing Lender and the Parent Borrower which shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent for recording in the Register.  With respect to a Commitment increase pursuant to clause (a)(ii) above, the Parent Borrower shall provide a Lender Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit M-2 hereto (the “ Lender Joinder Agreement ”) specifying, among other things, the U.S Facility Commitment amount or Canadian Facility Commitment amount, as the case may be, executed by the Additional Commitment Lender and the Parent Borrower, which shall be delivered together with any tax forms required pursuant to subsection 4.11 hereof to the Administrative Agent for its recording in the Register. Upon effectiveness of the Lender Joinder Agreement, each Additional Commitment Lender shall be a U.S Facility Lender and/or a Canadian Facility Lender, as the case may be, and a Lender for all intents and purposes of this Agreement and such Additional Commitments shall be U.S. Facility Commitments or Canadian Commitments, respectively.

 

(c)           Upon the effectiveness of the Increase Supplement or the Lender Joinder Agreement, as the case may be, outstanding Loans and/or participations in outstanding Swing Line Loans and/or L/C Obligations under the U.S. Facility and/or the Canadian Facility, as the case may be, shall be reallocated (and the increasing Lender or joining Additional Commitment Lender, as applicable, shall make appropriate payments representing principal, with the Parent Borrower making any necessary payments of

 

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accrued interest) so that after giving effect thereto the increasing Lender or the joining Additional Commitment Lender, as the case may be, and the other U.S. Facility Lenders or Canadian Facility Lenders, as the case may be, share ratably in the Aggregate U.S. Facility Lender Exposure, or the Aggregate Canadian Facility Lender Exposure, in accordance with the applicable Commitments (and notwithstanding Section 4.12, no Borrower shall be liable for any amounts under Section 4.12 as a result of such reallocation).

 

2.10        Incremental Facility .

 

(a)           Without limiting Section 2.9, so long as no Specified Default exists or would arise therefrom, ( i ) the Canadian Borrowers shall have the right, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date to request new commitments under a new revolving facility to be included in this agreement (the “ Incremental Canadian Revolving Commitments ”), ( ii ) the U.S. Borrowers shall have the right, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, to request new commitments under a new revolving facility to be included in this agreement (the “ Incremental U.S. Revolving Commitments ” and, together with the Incremental Canadian Revolving Commitments, the “ Incremental Revolving Commitments ”), and ( iii ) the Borrowers shall have the right, at any time and from time to time after the Closing Date, to request new term loan commitments under a new term loan credit facility to be included in this Agreement (the “ Incremental Term Loan Commitments ” and, together with the Incremental Revolving Commitments, the “ Incremental Commitments ”).

 

(b)           Each request from any Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.10 shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the relevant Incremental Commitments.  The Incremental Commitments (or any portion thereof) may be made by any existing Lender or by any other bank or financial institution (any such bank or other financial institution, an “ Additional Lender ”) subject, in the case of any Incremental Revolving Commitments (if such Additional Lender is not already a Lender hereunder or any affiliate of a Lender hereunder) to the consent of the Issuing Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Swingline Lenders (each such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

(c)           Incremental Commitments shall become commitments under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “ Incremental Commitment Amendment ”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by the Borrowers and each Additional Lender.  An Incremental Commitment Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lender, effect such amendments to any Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the opinion of the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent, to effect the provisions of this Section 2.10, provided , however , that ( i ) (A) the Incremental Commitments will not be guaranteed by any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower other than the Subsidiary Guarantors, and will be secured on a pari

 

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passu or at the Parent Borrower’s option junior basis by the same collateral securing, the Loans, (B) the Incremental Commitments and any incremental loans drawn thereunder (the “ Incremental Loans ”) shall rank pari passu in right of payment with or at the Parent Borrower’s option junior to the Loans, and (C) no Incremental Commitment Amendment may provide for (I) any Incremental Commitment or any Incremental Loans to be secured by any Collateral or other assets of any Loan Party that do not also secure the Loans and (II) so long as any Loans (other than Incremental Loans) are outstanding, any mandatory prepayment provisions that do not also apply to the Loans on a pro rata basis while a Dominion Event has occurred and is continuing or upon an acceleration of the Loans, ( ii ) no Lender will be required to provide any such Incremental Commitment unless it so agrees, ( iii ) the maturity date of such Incremental Commitments shall be no earlier than the Latest Termination Date, ( iv either such Incremental Commitments shall not be in an principal amount in excess of $300,000,000 or immediately prior to giving effect to such Incremental Commitments, the Parent Borrower shall be in compliance with the covenant set forth in Section 8.1 as of the end of the most recently ended four fiscal quarter period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.1, whether or not such covenant is otherwise then applicable to the Parent Borrower under such Section at such time, ( v ) the interest rate margins applicable to the loans made pursuant to the Incremental Commitments shall be determined by the Parent Borrower and the Additional Lenders ; , ( vi any Incremental Commitments may be in the form of a separate “first-in, last out” tranche (the “FILO Tranche”) with  separate borrowing bases against the ABL Priority Collateral that supports the Canadian Borrowing Base (the “FILO Canadian Borrowing Base”) and against the ABL Priority Collateral that supports the US Borrowing Base (the “FILO US Borrowing Base”, together with the FILO Canadian Borrowing Base, the “FILO Borrowing Base”), provided that (1) the aggregate principal amount of all loans under any FILO Tranche incurred by the Borrowers and the FILO Borrowing Base shall, in each case, not exceed $300,000,000, (2)  if the availability under the FILO Tranche exceeds $0, any Extension of Credit under the Facility thereafter requested shall be made under the FILO Tranche until availability under the FILO Tranche no longer exceeds $0, (3) as between the Facility (other than the FILO Tranche) on the one hand and the FILO Tranche on the other hand, all proceeds from the liquidation or other realization of the Collateral (including ABL Priority Collateral) shall be applied first to obligations owing under, or with respect to, the Facility (other than the FILO Tranche) and any outstanding obligations payable under Designated Hedging Agreements prior to applying such proceeds to the FILO Tranche, (4) no Borrower may prepay loans under the FILO Tranche or terminate or reduce the commitments in respect thereof at any time that other Loans and/or Reimbursement Obligations (unless such Reimbursement Obligations are cash collateralized or otherwise provided for in a manner

 

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reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) are outstanding, (5) the requisite lenders under the Intercreditor Agreement and the Security Documents (in each case calculated as excluding Lenders under the FILO Tranche until such time as the Loans and/or Reimbursement Obligations have been paid in full and Letters of Credit have terminated or expired (or cash collateralized or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent)) shall, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, control exercise of remedies in respect of the Collateral and (6) no changes affecting the priority status of the Facility (other than the FILO Tranche) and the Designated Hedging Agreements vis-à-vis the FILO Tranche may be made without the consent of the requisite lenders under the Facility (excluding any FILO Tranche), (vii)  such Incremental Commitment Amendment may provide for the inclusion, as appropriate, of Additional Lenders in any required vote or action of the Required Lenders, the Supermajority Lenders or of the Lenders of each Facility hereunder and may provide class protection for any additional credit facilities in a manner consistent with those provided the original Facilities pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.1(a) as originally in effect and ( vii viii ) the other terms and documentation in respect thereof, to the extent not consistent with this Agreement as in effect prior to giving effect to the Incremental Commitment Amendment, shall otherwise be reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Borrower.

 

2.11        Extension Amendments .

 

(a)           The Parent Borrower may at any time and from time to time request that all or a portion, including one or more Tranches, of the Commitments (including any Extended Commitments), each existing at the time of such request (each, an “ Existing Commitment ” and any related Revolving Credit Loans thereunder, “ Existing Loans ”; each Existing Commitment and related Existing Loans together being referred to as an “ Existing Tranche ”) be converted to extend the termination date thereof and the scheduled maturity date(s) (each, an “ Extended Maturity Date ”) of any payment of principal with respect to all or a portion of any principal amount of Existing Loans related to such Existing Commitments (any such Existing Commitments which have been so extended, “ Extended Commitments ” and any related Existing Loans, “ Extended Loans ”) and to provide for other terms consistent with this Section 2.11.  In order to establish any Extended Commitments, the Parent Borrower shall provide a notice to the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy of such notice to each of the Lenders of the applicable Existing Tranche) (an “ Extension Request ”) setting forth the proposed terms of the Extended Commitments to be established, which terms shall be identical to those applicable to the Existing Commitments from which they are to be extended (the “ Specified Existing Commitment ”) except (x) all or any of the final maturity dates of such Extended Commitments may be delayed to later dates than the final maturity dates of the Specified Existing Commitments, (y) (A) the interest margins with respect to the Extended Commitments may be higher or lower than the interest margins for the Specified Existing Commitments and/or (B) additional fees may be payable to the Lenders providing such Extended Commitments in addition to or in lieu of any increased margins contemplated by the preceding clause (A) and (z) the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage with respect to the Extended Commitments may be higher or lower than the Applicable Commitment Fee Percentage for the Specified Existing Commitment, in each case to the extent provided in the applicable Extension Amendment; provided that,

 

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notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.11 or otherwise, (1) the borrowing and repayment (other than in connection with a permanent repayment and termination of commitments) of Loans with respect to any Commitments (including all Extended Commitments) shall be made on a pro rata basis with all other outstanding Commitments (including all Extended Commitments), (2) assignments and participations of Extended Commitments and Extended Loans shall be governed by the same assignment and participation provisions applicable to Commitments and the Revolving Loans related to such Commitments set forth in Section 11.6, and (3) no termination of Extended Commitments and no repayment of Extended Loans accompanied by a corresponding permanent reduction in Extended Commitments shall be permitted unless such termination or repayment (and corresponding reduction) is accompanied by an at least pro rata termination or permanent repayment (and corresponding permanent reduction), as applicable, of all earlier maturing Commitments (including Extended Commitments) and Revolving Loans (including Extended Loans) related to such earlier maturing Commitments (including Extended Commitments) (or all earlier maturing Commitments (including Extended Commitments) and Revolving Loans (including Extended Loans) related to such Commitments (including Extended Commitments) shall otherwise be or have been terminated and repaid in full).  No Lender shall have any obligation to agree to have any of its Existing Loans or Existing Commitments of any Existing Tranche converted into Extended Loans or Extended Commitments pursuant to any Extension Request.  Any Extended Commitments shall constitute a separate Tranche of Commitments from the Specified Existing Commitments and from any other Existing Commitments (together with any other Extended Commitments so established on such date).

 

(b)                                  The Parent Borrower shall provide the applicable Extension Request at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date on which Lenders under the applicable Existing Tranche or Existing Tranches are requested to respond.  Any Lender (an “ Extending Lender ”) wishing to have all or a portion of its Specified Existing Commitments converted into Extended Commitments shall notify the Administrative Agent (an “ Extension Election ”) on or prior to the date specified in such Extension Request of the amount of its Specified Existing Commitments that it has elected to convert into Extended Commitments.  In the event that the aggregate amount of Specified Existing Commitments subject to Extension Elections exceeds the amount of Extended Commitments requested pursuant to the Extension Request, the Specified Existing Commitments subject to Extension Elections shall be converted to Extended Commitments on a pro rata basis based on the amount of Specified Existing Commitments included in each such Extension Election.  Notwithstanding the conversion of any Existing Commitment into an Extended Commitment, such Extended Commitment shall be treated identically to all Commitments for purposes of the obligations of a Lender in respect of Letters of Credit under Article 3 and Swing Line Loans under Section 2.4, except that the applicable Extension Amendment may provide that the maturity date for Swing Line Loans and/or Letters of Credit may be extended and the related obligations to

 

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make Swing Line Loans and issue Letters of Credit may be continued so long as the Swing Line Lender and/or the applicable Issuing Bank, as applicable, have consented to such extensions in their sole discretion (it being understood that no consent of any other Lender shall be required in connection with any such extension).

 

(c)                                   Extended Commitments shall be established pursuant to an amendment (an “ Extension Amendment ”) to this Agreement (which may include amendments to provisions related to maturity, interest margins or fees referenced in Section 2.11(a) clauses (x) to (z) and which, except to the extent expressly contemplated by the penultimate sentence of this Section 2.11(c) and notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in Section 11.1, shall not require the consent of any Lender other than the Extending Lenders with respect to the Extended Commitments established thereby) executed by the Loan Parties, the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent, if applicable, and the Extending Lenders.  No Extension Amendment shall provide for any tranche of Extended Commitments in an aggregate principal amount that is less than $250,000,000.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement and without limiting the generality or applicability of Section 11.1 to any Section 2.11 Additional Amendments, any Extension Amendment may provide for additional terms and/or additional amendments other than those referred to or contemplated above (any such additional amendment, a “ Section 2.11 Additional Amendment ”) to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided that such Section 2.11 Additional Amendments do not become effective prior to the time that such Section 2.11 Additional Amendments have been consented to (including, without limitation, pursuant to consents applicable to holders of any Extended Commitments provided for in any Extension Amendment) by such of the Lenders, Loan Parties and other parties (if any) as may be required in order for such Section 2.11 Additional Amendments to become effective in accordance with Section 11.1; provided, further, that no Extension Amendment may provide for (a) any Extended Commitment or Extended Loans to be secured by any Collateral or other assets of any Loan Party that does not also secure the Existing Tranches and (b) so long as any Existing Tranches are outstanding, any mandatory prepayment provisions that do not also apply to the Existing Tranches on a pro rata basis while a Dominion Event has occurred and is continuing or upon an acceleration of the Loans.  It is understood and agreed that each Lender has consented for all purposes requiring its consent, and shall at the effective time thereof be deemed to consent to each amendment to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents authorized by this Section 2.11 and the arrangements described above in connection therewith except that the foregoing shall not constitute a consent on behalf of any Lender to the terms of any Section 2.11 Additional Amendment.  In connection with any Extension Amendment, the Parent Borrower shall deliver an opinion of counsel reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent as to the enforceability of such Extension Amendment, this Agreement as amended thereby, and such of the other Loan Documents (if any) as may be amended thereby.

 

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(d)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (A) on any date on which any Existing Tranche is converted to extend the related scheduled maturity date(s) in accordance with clause (a) above (an “ Extension Date ”), in the case of the Specified Existing Commitments of each Extending Lender, the aggregate principal amount of such Specified Existing Commitments shall be deemed reduced by an amount equal to the aggregate principal amount of Extended Commitments so converted by such Lender on such date, and such Extended Commitments shall be established as a separate Tranche of Commitments from the Specified Existing Commitments and from any other Existing Commitments (together with any other Extended Commitments so established on such date) and (B) if, on any Extension Date, any Revolving Loans of any Extending Lender are outstanding under the applicable Specified Existing Commitments, such Loans (and any related participations) shall be deemed to be allocated as Extended Loans (and related participations) and Existing Loans (and related participations) in the same proportion as such Extending Lender’s Specified Existing Commitments to Extended Commitments so converted by such Lender on such date.

 

(e)                                   If, in connection with any proposed Extension Amendment, any Lender declines to consent to the extension of its Commitment on the terms and by the deadline set forth in the applicable Extension Request (each such other Lender, a “ Non-Extending Lender ”) then the Parent Borrower may, on notice to the Administrative and the Non-Extending Lender, (A) replace such Non-Extending Lender by causing such Lender to (and such Lender shall be obligated to) assign pursuant to Section 11.6 (with the assignment fee and any other costs and expenses to be paid by the Parent Borrower in such instance) all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more assignees; provided that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to the Parent Borrower to find a replacement Lender; provided, further, that the applicable assignee shall have agreed to provide a Commitment on the terms set forth in such Extension Amendment; and provided, further, that all obligations of the Borrowers owing to the Non-Extending Lender relating to the Loans and participations so assigned shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender to such Non-Extending Lender concurrently with such Assignment and Acceptance or ( B ) upon notice to the Administrative Agent (and, if applicable, the Canadian Agent), to prepay the Loans and, at the Parent Borrower’s option, terminate the Commitments of such Non-Extending Lender, in whole or in part, subject to Section 4.12, without premium or penalty.   In connection with any such replacement under this Section 2.11, if the Non-Extending Lender does not execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance and/or any other documentation necessary to reflect such replacement by the later of ( a ) the date on which the replacement Lender executes and delivers such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation and ( b ) the date as of which all obligations of the Borrowers owing to the Non-Extending Lender relating to the Loans and participations so assigned shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender to such Non-Extending Lender, then such Non-Extending Lender shall be deemed

 

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to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation as of such date and the applicable Borrower shall be entitled (but not obligated) to execute and deliver such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation on behalf of such Non-Extending Lender.

 

(f)                                    Following any Extension Date (including the Second Amendment Effective Date), with the written consent of the Parent Borrower, any Non-Extending Lender may elect to have all or a portion of its Existing Loans and/or Existing Commitments deemed to be an Extended Loan or Extended Commitments, as applicable, under the applicable Tranche on any date (each date a “Designation Date”) prior to the Extended Maturity Date of such Tranche; provided that such Lender shall have provided written notice to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent at least 10 Business Days prior to such Designation Date (or such shorter period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion).  Following a Designation Date, the Existing Loans or Existing Commitments, as applicable, held by such Lender so elected to be extended will be deemed to be Extended Loans or Extended Commitments, as applicable, of the applicable Tranche, and any Existing Loans and Existing Commitments held by such Lender not elected to be extended, if any, shall continue to be “Existing Loans” and “Existing Commitments” of the applicable Tranche.

 

SECTION 3.                             LETTERS OF CREDIT .

 

3.1                                L/C Commitment .

 

(a)           Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, each applicable Issuing Lender, in reliance on the agreements of the other Revolving Credit Lenders set forth in Section 3.4(a), agrees to continue under this Agreement for the account of the Parent Borrower the Existing Letters of Credit issued by it, if any, and to issue letters of credit (the letters of credit issued on and after the Closing Date pursuant to this Section 3.1, collectively with the Existing Letters of Credit, the “ Letters of Credit ”) for the account of the applicable Borrower or (if required by the applicable Issuing Lender, so long as a Borrower is a co-applicant) any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower on any Business Day during the Tranche B Commitment Period but in no event later than the 30th day prior to the Tranche B Termination Date in such form as may be approved from time to time by such Issuing Lender; provided that no Letter of Credit shall be issued if, after giving effect to such issuance, ( i ) (x) the aggregate Canadian Facility L/C Obligations shall exceed $400,000,000, (y) the aggregate U.S. Facility L/C Obligations shall exceed $1,100,000,000 or (z) the aggregate L/C Obligations shall exceed $1,500,000,000 or ( B ) the aggregate Extensions of Credit to the U.S. Borrowers, the Canadian Borrowers or the Borrowers would exceed the applicable limitations set forth in Section 2.1 (it being understood and agreed that the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent shall calculate the Dollar Equivalent of the then outstanding Revolving Credit Loans and any other applicable Extension of Credit in Canadian Dollars or any Designated Foreign

 

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Currency on the date on which the applicable Borrower has requested that the applicable Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit for purposes of determining compliance with this clause (i)), or ( C ) the aggregate Canadian Facility L/C Obligations attributable to the relevant Canadian Facility Issuing Lender exceeds its Canadian Facility L/C Sublimit (unless otherwise agreed by such Canadian Facility Issuing Lender from time to time) or the aggregate U.S. Facility L/C Obligations attributable to the applicable U.S. Facility Issuing Lender exceeds its U.S. Facility L/C Sublimit (unless otherwise agreed by such U.S. Facility Issuing Lender from time to time), as applicable, or ( ii ) the Aggregate Outstanding Credit of all the Revolving Credit Lenders would exceed the Commitments of all the Revolving Credit Lenders then in effect.  Each Letter of Credit shall ( i ) be denominated in Dollars, Canadian Dollars or any other Designated Foreign Currency requested by the applicable Borrower and shall be either ( A ) a standby letter of credit issued to support obligations of the Parent Borrower, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective franchisees, contingent or otherwise, which finance or otherwise arise in connection with the working capital and business needs, and for general corporate purposes, of the Parent Borrower, its Subsidiaries or any of their respective franchisees (a “ Standby Letter of Credit ”), or ( B ) a commercial letter of credit in respect of the purchase of goods or services by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (a “ Commercial L/C ”), and ( ii ) unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, expire no later than the earlier of ( A ) one year after its date of issuance and ( B ) the 5 th  day prior to the Tranche B Termination Date, in the case of Standby Letters of Credit (subject to, if requested by the applicable Borrower and agreed to by the applicable Issuing Lender, automatic renewals for successive periods not exceeding one year and ending prior to the 5 th  day prior to the Tranche B Termination Date), or ( A ) 12 months after its date of issuance and ( B ) the 30 th  day prior to the Tranche B Termination Date, in the case of Commercial Letters of Credit.  Each Letter of Credit issued by the U.S. Facility Issuing Lenders shall be deemed to constitute a utilization of the U.S. Facility Commitments and each Letter of Credit issued by the Canadian Facility Issuing Lender shall be deemed to constitute a utilization of the Canadian Facility Commitments, and shall be participated in (as more fully described in following Section 3.4) by the U.S. Facility Lenders or the Canadian Facility Lenders, as applicable, in accordance with their respective U.S. Facility Commitment Percentages or Canadian Facility Commitment Percentages, as applicable.  All Letters of Credit issued under the U.S. Revolving Credit Facility shall be denominated in Dollars or in the respective Designated Foreign Currency requested by the applicable U.S. Borrower and shall be issued for the account of the applicable U.S. Borrower.  All Letters of Credit issued under the Canadian Revolving Credit Facility shall be denominated in Canadian Dollars requested by the applicable Borrower and shall be issued for the account of the applicable Borrower.

 

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such laws, the ISP shall apply to each standby Letter of Credit, and the Uniform Customs shall apply to each commercial Letter of Credit.  The ISP shall not in any event apply to this Agreement.  All Letters of Credit shall be issued on a sight basis only.

 

(c)                                   No Issuing Lender shall at any time issue any Letter of Credit hereunder if such issuance would conflict with, or cause such Issuing Lender or any L/C Participant to exceed any limits imposed by, any applicable Requirement of Law.

 

3.2                                Procedure for Issuance of Letters of Credit .

 

(a)           The applicable Borrower may from time to time request during the Tranche B Commitment Period but in no event later than the 30th day prior to the Tranche B Termination Date that an Issuing Lender issue a Letter of Credit by delivering to such Issuing Lender and the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, at their respective addresses for notices specified herein, an L/C Request therefor in the form of Exhibit K hereto (completed to the reasonable satisfaction of such Issuing Lender), and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as such Issuing Lender may reasonably request.  Each L/C Request shall specify whether the requested Letter of Credit is to be denominated in Dollars, Canadian Dollars or a Desginated Designated Foreign Currency, as the case may be.  Upon receipt of any L/C Request, such Issuing Lender will process such L/C Request and the certificates, documents and other papers and information delivered to it in connection therewith in accordance with its customary procedures and shall promptly issue the Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no event shall such Issuing Lender be required, unless otherwise agreed to by such Issuing Lender, to issue any Letter of Credit earlier than three Business Days after its receipt of the L/C Request therefor and all such other certificates, documents and other papers and information relating thereto) by issuing the original of such Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be agreed by such Issuing Lender and the applicable Borrower.  The applicable Issuing Lender shall furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to the applicable Borrower promptly following the issuance thereof.  No Issuing Lender shall amend, cancel or waive presentation of any Letter of Credit, or replace any lost, mutilated or destroyed Letter of Credit, without the prior written consent of the applicable Borrower.  Promptly after the issuance or amendment of any Standby Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Lender shall notify the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, in writing, of such issuance or amendment and such notice shall be accompanied by a copy of such issuance or amendment.  Upon receipt of such notice, the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall promptly notify the applicable Lenders, in writing, of such issuance or amendment, and if so requested by a Lender, the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall provide to such Lender copies of such issuance or amendment.  With regards to Commercial Letters of Credit, each Issuing Lender shall on the first Business Day of each week provide the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, by facsimile, with a report

 

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detailing the aggregate daily outstanding Commercial Letters of Credit during the previous week.

 

(b)                                  The making of each request for a Letter of Credit by any Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty by the Parent Borrower that such Letter of Credit may be issued in accordance with, and will not violate the requirements of, Section 3.1.  Unless the respective Issuing Lender has received notice from the Required Lenders before it issues a Letter of Credit that one or more of the applicable conditions specified in Section 6 are not then satisfied, or that the issuance of such Letter of Credit would violate Section 3.1, then such Issuing Lender may issue the requested Letter of Credit for the account of the applicable Borrower in accordance with such Issuing Lender’s usual and customary practices.

 

3.3                                Fees, Commissions and Other Charges .

 

(a)           Each Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, a letter of credit commission with respect to each Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender on its behalf, computed for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit through to the expiration date of such Letter of Credit, computed at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin then in effect for Eurocurrency Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans calculated on the basis of a 360 day year, of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit, payable quarterly in arrears on each L/C Fee Payment Date with respect to such Letter of Credit and on the Tranche B Termination Date or such earlier date as the Tranche B Commitments shall terminate as provided herein; provided, that, the rate per annum of the letter of credit commission for any Letter of Credit that is fully cash collateralized in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Issuing Lenders shall be reduced by 0.25% for any period that such Letter of Credit remains so fully cash collateralized.  Such commission shall be payable to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, for the account of the applicable Revolving Credit Lenders to be shared ratably among them in accordance with their respective U.S. Facility Commitment Percentages or Canadian Facility Commitment Percentages.  Each Borrower shall pay to the relevant Issuing Lender with respect to each Letter of Credit a fee equal to 1/8 of 1% per annum calculated on the basis of a 360-day year (but in no event less than $500 per annum for each Letter of Credit issued on its behalf) of the aggregate amount available to be drawn under such Letter of Credit, payable quarterly in arrears on each L/C Fee Payment Date with respect to such Letter of Credit and on the Tranche B Termination Date or such other date as the Tranche B Commitments shall terminate.  Such commissions and fees shall be nonrefundable.  Such fees and commissions shall be payable in Dollars (or Canadian Dollars, in the case of Canadian Borrowers), notwithstanding that a Letter of Credit may be denominated in any Designated Foreign Currency.  In respect of a Letter of Credit denominated in any Designated Foreign

 

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Currency, such fees and commissions shall be converted into Dollars at the Spot Rate of Exchange.

 

(b)                                  In addition to the foregoing commissions and fees, each Borrower agrees to pay amounts necessary to reimburse the applicable Issuing Lender for such normal and customary costs and expenses as are incurred or charged by such Issuing Lender in issuing, effecting payment under, amending or otherwise administering any Letter of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender.

 

(c)                                   The Administrative Agent and the Canadian Agent shall, promptly following any receipt thereof, distribute to the applicable Issuing Lender and the applicable L/C Participants all commissions and fees received by such Agent for their respective accounts pursuant to this Section 3.3.

 

3.4                                L/C Participations .

 

(a)           Each Issuing Lender irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby grants to each U.S. Facility L/C Participant or Canadian Facility L/C Participant, as applicable, and, to induce the Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit hereunder, each L/C Participant irrevocably agrees to accept and purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from the applicable Issuing Lender, without recourse or warranty, on the terms and conditions hereinafter stated, for such L/C Participant’s own account and risk an undivided interest equal to such L/C Participant’s U. S.  Facility Revolving Credit Loan Commitment Percentage or Canadian Facility Commitment Percentage, as applicable, (determined on the date of issuance of the relevant Letter of Credit) in such Issuing Lender’s obligations and rights under each Letter of Credit issued or continued hereunder, the amount of each draft paid by such Issuing Lender thereunder and the obligations of the applicable Borrowers under this Agreement with respect thereto (although L/C Fees and related commissions shall be payable directly to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, for the account of the applicable Issuing Lender and L/C Participants, as provided in Section 3.3 and the L/C Participants shall have no right to receive any portion of any facing fees with respect to any such Letters of Credit) and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto ; provided that, on the Tranche A Termination Date, the aggregate amount of participations in Letters of Credit held by the Tranche A Lenders will automatically be reallocated among the Tranche B U.S. Facility Lenders and Tranche B Canadian Facility Lenders pro rata in accordance with such Tranche B U.S. Facility Lenders’ U.S. Facility Commitment Percentage or such Tranche B Canadian Facility Lenders’ Canadian Facility Commitment Percentage, as applicable (in each case calculated without regard to the Tranche A Commitments) but only to the extent that such reallocation does not cause the Individual Lender Exposure of any Tranche B Lender to exceed its Commitment after giving effect to any Extension of Credit, any repayment of any Loan and any maturity of any Letter of Credit on such date .  Each L/C Participant unconditionally and irrevocably agrees with such Issuing Lender

 

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that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of Credit for which such Issuing Lender is not reimbursed in full by the applicable Borrower in respect of such Letter of Credit in accordance with Section 3.5(a), such L/C Participant shall pay to such Issuing Lender upon demand (which demand, in the case of any demand made in respect of any draft under a L/C denominated in any Designated Foreign Currency, shall not be made prior to the date that the amount of such draft shall be converted into Dollars in accordance with Section 3.5(a)) at such Issuing Lender’s address for notices specified herein an amount equal to such L/C Participant’s U.S. Facility Commitment Percentage or Canadian Facility Commitment Percentage, as applicable, of the amount of such draft, or any part thereof, which is not so reimbursed; provided that nothing in this paragraph shall relieve such Issuing Lender of any liability resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Issuing Lender, or otherwise affect any defense or other right that any L/C Participant may have as a result of such gross negligence or willful misconduct.  All calculations of an L/C Participants’ Commitment Percentages shall be made from time to time by the Administrative Agent, which calculations shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

 

(b)                                  If any amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant to an Issuing Lender on demand by such Issuing Lender pursuant to subsection 3.4(a) in respect of any unreimbursed portion of any payment made by such Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit is paid to such Issuing Lender within three Business Days after the date such demand is made, such L/C Participant shall pay to such Issuing Lender on demand an amount equal to the product of such amount, times the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate (or, in the case of a Canadian Facility Lender, the interbank rate customarily charged by the Canadian Agent) during the period from and including the date such payment is required to the date on which such payment is immediately available to such Issuing Lender, times a fraction the numerator of which is the number of days that elapse during such period and the denominator of which is 360.  If any such amount required to be paid by any L/C Participant pursuant to subsection 3.4(a) is not in fact made available to such Issuing Lender by such L/C Participant within three Business Days after the date such payment is due, such Issuing Lender shall be entitled to recover from such L/C Participant, on demand, such amount with interest thereon (with interest based on the Dollar Equivalent of any amounts denominated in Canadian Dollars or Designated Foreign Currencies) calculated from such due date at the rate per annum applicable to Revolving Credit Loans maintained as ABR Loans accruing interest at the ABR Rate hereunder.  A certificate of an Issuing Lender submitted to any L/C Participant with respect to any amounts owing under this subsection (which shall include calculations of any such amounts in reasonable detail) shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, in the event a L/C Participant becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the Individual L/C Exposure of such Defaulting Lender will automatically be reallocated among the L/C Participants that are Non-Defaulting Lenders pro rata in accordance with such Non-Defaulting Lenders’ U.S. Facility Commitment Percentage or Canadian Facility Commitment Percentage, as

 

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applicable (calculated without regard to the Commitment of the Defaulting Lender) but only to the extent that such reallocation does not cause the Individual Lender Exposure of any Non-Defaulting Lender to exceed the Commitment of such Non-Defaulting Lender.  If such reallocation cannot, or can only partially be effected, the Borrowers shall, within three Business Days after written notice from the Administrative Agent, pay to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, an amount of cash and/or Cash Equivalents equal to such Defaulting Lender’s U.S. Facility Commitment Percentage or Canadian Facility Commitment Percentage (calculated as in effect immediately prior to it becoming a Defaulting Lender) of the L/C Obligations (after giving effect to any partial reallocation pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 3.4(b)) to be held as security for all obligations of the Borrowers to the Issuing Lenders hereunder in a cash collateral account to be established by, and under the sole dominion and control of, the Administrative Agent.  So long as there is a Defaulting Lender, an Issuing Lender shall not be required to issue any Letter of Credit where the sum of the Non-Defaulting Lenders’ U.S. Facility Commitment Percentage or Canadian Facility Commitment Percentage, as applicable, of the outstanding Loans and their participations in Letters of Credit after giving effect to any such requested Letter of Credit would exceed (such excess, the “ L/C Shortfall ”) the aggregate Commitments of such Non-Defaulting Lenders, unless the Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, an amount of cash and/or Cash Equivalents equal to the amount of the L/C Shortfall, such cash and/or Cash Equivalents to be held as security for all obligations of the Borrowers to the Issuing Lenders hereunder in a cash collateral account to be established by, and under the sole dominion and control of, the Administrative Agent.  Any portion of the Individual L/C Exposure of any Defaulting Lender that is fully cash collateralized pursuant to this Section 3.4(b) shall be disregarded in calculating any fees payable pursuant to the first sentence of Section 3.3(a).

 

(c)                                   Whenever, at any time after an Issuing Lender has made payment under any Letter of Credit and has received from any L/C Participant its pro rata share of such payment in accordance with Section 3.4(a), such Issuing Lender receives any payment related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from a Borrower in respect of such Letter of Credit or otherwise, including proceeds of Collateral applied thereto by such Issuing Lender), or any payment of interest on account thereof, such Issuing Lender will, if such payment is received prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on a Business Day, distribute to such L/C Participant its pro rata share thereof prior to the end of such Business Day and otherwise such Issuing Lender will distribute such payment on the next succeeding Business Day; provided , however , that in the event that any such payment received by an Issuing Lender shall be required to be returned by such Issuing Lender, such L/C Participant shall return to such Issuing Lender the portion thereof previously distributed by such Issuing Lender to it.

 

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calculated from time to time in accordance with the applicable provisions of the definition of “U.S. Facility L/C Obligations”, and any reimbursement payments required to be made in accordance with Section 3.4(a) by the L/C Participants in respect of any such U.S. Facility L/C Obligations shall be made in Dollars as calculated by the relevant Issuing Lender in accordance with Section 3.5(a).

 

3.5                                Reimbursement Obligation of the Borrowers.

 

(a)                                  Each Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the Parent Borrower of any presentation of a draft under any Letter of Credit.  Each Borrower hereby agrees to reimburse each Issuing Lender, upon receipt by such Borrower of notice from the applicable Issuing Lender of the date and amount of a draft presented under any Letter of Credit issued on its behalf and paid by such Issuing Lender, for the amount of such draft so paid and any taxes, fees, charges or other costs or expenses reasonably incurred by such Issuing Lender in connection with such payment.  Each such payment shall be made to the applicable Issuing Lender, at its address for notices specified herein in the currency in which such Letter of Credit is denominated (except that, (i) in the case of any Letter of Credit denominated in Australian dollars or New Zealand dollars or (ii) in the event that such payment is not made to such Issuing Lender within three Business Days of the date of receipt by such Borrower of such notice, upon notice by such Issuing Lender to such Borrower, in the case of any Letters of Credit denominated in any other Designated Foreign Currency, then such payment, in the case of either of the foregoing clause (i) may, or in the case of the foregoing clause (ii), shall be made in Dollars, in an amount equal to the Dollar Equivalent of the amount of such payment converted on the date of such notice into Dollars at the Spot Rate of Exchange on such date) and in immediately available funds, on the date on which such Borrower receives such notice, if received prior to 11:00 A.M., New York City time, on a Business Day and otherwise on the next succeeding Business Day.  Any conversion by an Issuing Lender of any payment to be made in respect of any Letter of Credit denominated in any Designated Foreign Currency into Dollars in accordance with this Section 3.5(a) shall be conclusive and binding upon each Borrower and the applicable Revolving Credit Lenders in the absence of manifest error; provided that upon the request of a Borrower or any Revolving Credit Lender, the applicable Issuing Lender shall provide to such Borrower or Revolving Credit Lender a certificate including reasonably detailed information as to the calculation of such conversion.

 

(b)                                  Interest shall be payable on any and all amounts remaining unpaid (taking the Dollar Equivalent of any amounts denominated in Canadian Dollars or any Designated Foreign Currency, as determined by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable) by the Borrowers under this Section 3.5(b) ( i ) from the date the draft presented under the affected Letter of Credit is paid to the date on which the applicable Borrower is required to pay such amounts pursuant to paragraph (a) above at the rate which would then be payable on any outstanding ABR Loans that are Revolving

 

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Credit Loans and ( ii ) thereafter until payment in full at the rate which would be payable on any outstanding ABR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans which were then overdue.

 

3.6                                Obligations Absolute .

 

(a)                                  Each Borrower’s obligations under this Section 3 shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of any set-off, counterclaim or defense to payment which such Borrower may have or have had against an Issuing Lender, any L/C Participant or any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit, provided that this paragraph shall not relieve any Issuing Lender or L/C Participant of any liability resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Issuing Lender or L/C Participant, or otherwise affect any defense or other right that any Borrower may have as a result of any such gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

(b)                                  Each Borrower and each Lender also agree with each Issuing Lender that such Issuing Lender and the L/C Participants shall not be responsible for, and such Borrower’s Reimbursement Obligations under Section 3.5(a) shall not be affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged, or any dispute between or among any Borrower and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of any Borrower against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any such transferee, provided that this paragraph shall not relieve any Issuing Lender or L/C Participant of any liability resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Issuing Lender or L/C Participant, or otherwise affect any defense or other right that any Borrower may have as a result of any such gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

(c)                                   Neither any Issuing Lender nor any L/C Participant shall be liable for any error, omission, interruption or delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of Credit, except for errors or omissions caused by such Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

(d)                                  Each Borrower agrees that any action taken or omitted by an Issuing Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit or the related drafts or documents, if done in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct and in accordance with the standards of care specified in the UCC, shall be binding on the Borrowers and shall not result in any liability of such Issuing Lender or L/C Participant to any Borrower.

 

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Borrower of the date and amount thereof.  The responsibility of an Issuing Lender to such Borrower in respect of any Letter of Credit in connection with any draft presented for payment under such Letter of Credit shall, in addition to any payment obligation expressly provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to determining that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment are in conformity with such Letter of Credit, provided that this paragraph shall not relieve such Issuing Lender of any liability resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of any Issuing Lender, or otherwise affect any defense or other right that any Borrower may have as a result of any such gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

3.8                                Credit Agreement Controls .  In the event of any inconsistency between the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the terms and conditions of any L/C Request or other application or agreement submitted by the Parent Borrower to, or entered into by the Parent Borrower with, any Issuing Lender relating to any Letter of Credit, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall control.

 

3.9                                Additional Issuing Lenders .  Any Borrower may, at any time and from time to time with the consent of the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) and such Lender, designate one or more additional Canadian Lenders or U.S. Facility Lenders, as applicable, to act as an issuing lender under the terms of this Agreement.  Any Lender designated as an issuing bank pursuant to this Section 3.9 shall be deemed to be an “Issuing Lender” (in addition to being a Lender) in respect of Letters of Credit issued or to be issued by such Lender, and, with respect to such Letters of Credit, such term shall thereafter apply to the other Issuing Lender or Issuing Lenders and such Lender.

 

SECTION 4.                             GENERAL PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO LOANS AND LETTERS OF CREDIT .

 

4.1                                Interest Rates and Payment Dates .

 

(a)                                  Each ( i ) Eurocurrency Loan shall bear interest for each day during each Interest Period with respect thereto at a rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate determined for such day plus the Applicable Margin in effect for such day and ( ii ) BA Equivalent Loan shall bear interest (computed on the basis of the actual number of days elapsed over a year of 365 or 366 days, as applicable) at a rate per annum that shall be equal to the BA Rate, plus the Applicable Margin for BA Equivalent Loans.

 

(b)                                  Each ABR Loan (other than a Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loan made to a Canadian Borrower) shall bear interest for each day that it is outstanding at a rate per annum equal to the ABR for such day plus the Applicable Margin in effect for such day and each ABR Loan that is a Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loan made

 

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to a Canadian Borrower shall bear interest for each day that it is outstanding at a rate per annum equal to the Canadian Prime Rate in effect for such day plus the Applicable Margin in effect for such day.

 

(c)                                   If all or a portion of ( i ) the principal amount of any Loan, ( ii ) any interest payable thereon or ( iii ) any commitment fee, letter of credit commission, letter of credit fee or other amount payable hereunder shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise), such overdue amount shall bear interest at a rate per annum which is ( x ) in the case of overdue principal, the rate that would otherwise be applicable thereto pursuant to the relevant foregoing provisions of this Section 4.1 plus 2.00%, ( y ) in the case of overdue interest, the rate that would be otherwise applicable to principal of the related Loan pursuant to the relevant foregoing provisions of this Section 4.1 (other than clause (x) above) plus 2.00% and ( z ) in the case of, fees, commissions or other amounts, the rate described in paragraph (b) of this Section 4.1 for ABR Loans that are Revolving Credit Loans accruing interest at the ABR Rate (or the Canadian Prime Rate in the case of fees, commissions or other amounts owing to a Canadian Borrower) plus 2.00%, in each case from the date of such non-payment until such amount is paid in full (as well after as before judgment).

 

(d)                                  Interest shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date, provided that interest accruing pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 4.1 shall be payable from time to time on demand.

 

(e)                                   It is the intention of the parties hereto to comply strictly with applicable usury laws; accordingly, it is stipulated and agreed that the aggregate of all amounts which constitute interest under applicable usury laws, whether contracted for, charged, taken, reserved, or received, in connection with the indebtedness evidenced by this Agreement or any Notes, or any other document relating or referring hereto or thereto, now or hereafter existing, shall never exceed under any circumstance whatsoever the maximum amount of interest allowed by applicable usury laws.

 

(f)                                    Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document, solely to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction finally determines that the calculation or determination of interest or any fee payable by the Canadian Borrowers in respect of their obligations pursuant to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall be governed by the laws of any province of Canada or the federal laws of Canada:

 

(i)                                      whenever any interest or fee payable by the Canadian Borrowers is calculated using a rate based on a year of 360 days, the rate determined pursuant to such calculation, when expressed as an annual rate, is, for the purposes of the Interest Act (Canada) and disclosure thereunder, equivalent to the applicable rate based on a year of 360 days multiplied by

 

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the actual number of days in the applicable calendar year in which such rate is to be ascertained and divided by 360;

 

(ii)                                   if any provision of this Agreement or of any of the other Loan Documents would obligate the Canadian Borrowers to make any payment of interest or other amount payable to any of the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent or any Lender under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in an amount or calculated at a rate which would be prohibited by law or would result in a receipt by any of the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent or any Lender of interest at a criminal rate (as such terms are construed under the Criminal Code (Canada)) then, notwithstanding such provisions, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not be so prohibited by law or so result in a receipt by the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent or any Lender of interest at a criminal rate, such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary, as follows:  ( 1 ) firstly, by reducing the amount or rate of interest required to be paid to the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent or any Lender under this Section 4.1, and ( 2 ) thereafter, by reducing any fees, commissions, premiums and other amounts required to be paid to the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent or any Lender which would constitute “interest” for purposes of Section 347 of the Criminal Code (Canada).  Notwithstanding the foregoing, and after giving effect to all adjustments contemplated thereby, if the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent or any Lender shall have received an amount in excess of the maximum permitted by that Section of the Criminal Code (Canada), the Canadian Borrowers shall be entitled, by notice in writing to the applicable Administrative Agent, Canadian Agent or Lender, to obtain reimbursement from such party in an amount equal to such excess and, pending such reimbursement, such amount shall be deemed to be an amount payable by the applicable Administrative Agent, Canadian Agent or Lender to the Canadian Borrowers.  Any amount or rate of interest referred to in this Section 4.1(f) shall be determined in accordance with generally accepted actuarial practices and principles as an effective annual rate of interest over the term that the applicable loan remains outstanding on the assumption that any charges, fees or expenses that fall within the meaning of “interest” (as defined in the Criminal Code (Canada)) and, in the event of a dispute, a certificate of a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries appointed by the Canadian Agent shall be conclusive for the purposes of such determination; and

 

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made on the basis of the nominal interest rate described herein and therein and not on the basis of effective yearly rates or on any other basis which gives effect to the principle of deemed reinvestment of interest which principle does not apply to any interest calculated under this Agreement or any Loan Document.  The parties hereto acknowledge that there is a material difference between the stated nominal interest rates and the effective yearly rates of interest and that they are capable of making the calculations required to determine such effective yearly rates of interest.

 

4.2                                Conversion and Continuation Options .

 

(a)           The applicable Borrowers may elect from time to time to convert outstanding Revolving Credit Loans from ( i ) Eurocurrency Loans made or outstanding in Dollars to ABR Loans, ( ii ) Bankers’ Acceptances to ABR Loans, or ( iii ) BA Equivalent Loans to ABR Loans by giving the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, at least two Business Days’ prior irrevocable notice of such election, provided that any such conversion of Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans may only be made on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto.  The Borrowers may elect from time to time to convert outstanding Revolving Credit Loans ( i ) made or outstanding in Dollars from ABR Loans to Eurocurrency Loans outstanding in Dollars or ( ii ) in the case of Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans made to a Canadian Borrower, from ABR Loans to BA Equivalent Loans or Bankers’ Acceptances, by giving the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, at least three Business Days’ prior irrevocable notice of such election.  Any such notice of conversion to Eurocurrency Loans outstanding in Dollars, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans shall specify the length of the initial Interest Period or Interest Periods therefor.  Upon receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall promptly notify each affected Lender thereof.  All or any part of outstanding Eurocurrency Loans made or outstanding in Dollars or Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans and ABR Loans may be converted as provided herein, provided that ( i ) (unless the Required Lenders otherwise consent) no Loan may be converted into a Eurocurrency Loan or Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loan when any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, in the case of any Default, the Administrative Agent has given notice to the applicable Borrower that no such conversions may be made and ( ii ) no Loan may be converted into a Eurocurrency Loan or BA Equivalent Loan after the date that is one month prior to the Termination Date applicable to such Loan .

 

(b)           Any Eurocurrency Loan, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loan may be continued as such upon the expiration of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto by the applicable Borrowers giving notice to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, of the length of the next Interest Period to be applicable to such Loan, determined in accordance with the applicable provisions of the

 

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term “Interest Period” set forth in Section 1.1, provided that no Eurocurrency Loan, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loan may be continued as such ( i ) (unless the Required Lenders otherwise consent) when any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and, in the case of any Default, the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, has given notice to the applicable Borrower that no such continuations may be made or ( ii ) after the date that is one month prior to either the Termination Date applicable to such Extension of Credit , and provided , further , that ( A ) in the case of Eurocurrency Loans made or outstanding in Dollars, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans, if the applicable Borrower shall fail to give any required notice as described above in this paragraph or if such continuation is not permitted pursuant to the preceding proviso such Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans shall be automatically converted to ABR Loans on the last day of such then expiring Interest Period and ( B ) in case of Eurocurrency Loans made or outstanding in any Designated Foreign Currency, if the applicable Borrower shall fail to give any required notice as described above in this paragraph or if such continuation is not permitted pursuant to clause (i) of the preceding proviso, such Eurocurrency Loans will be continued for the shortest available Interest Periods as determined by the Administrative Agent.  Upon receipt of any such notice of continuation pursuant to this Section 4.2(b), the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall promptly notify each affected Lender thereof.

 

4.3                                Minimum Amounts of Sets .  All borrowings, conversions and continuations of Loans hereunder and all selections of Interest Periods hereunder shall be in such amounts and be made pursuant to such elections so that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate principal amount of the Eurocurrency Loans outstanding in Dollars comprising each Set shall be equal to $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of the Eurocurrency Loans outstanding in any Designated Foreign Currency, Bankers’ Acceptances and BA Equivalent Loans comprising each Set shall be equal to $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof and so that there shall not be more than 15 Sets at any one time outstanding.

 

4.4                                Optional and Mandatory Prepayments .

 

(a)                                  (i)                                      Each of the Borrowers may at any time and from time to time prepay the Loans made to it and the Reimbursement Obligations in respect of Letters of Credit issued for its account, in whole or in part, subject to Section 4.12, without premium or penalty, upon at least three Business Days’ notice by the applicable Borrower to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable (in the case of Eurocurrency Loans outstanding in Dollars or any Designated Foreign Currency, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans and Reimbursement Obligations outstanding in any Designated Foreign Currency), at least one Business Day’s notice by the applicable Borrower to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable

 

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(in the case of ( x ) ABR Loans other than Swing Line Loans and ( y ) Reimbursement Obligations outstanding in Dollars or Canadian Dollars) or same-day notice by the applicable Borrower to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable (in the case of Swing Line Loans).  Such notice shall be irrevocable except as provided in Section 4.4(f).  Such notice shall specify, in the case of any prepayment of Loans, the identity of the prepaying Borrower, the date and amount of prepayment and the Tranches being prepaid and if a combination thereof the principal amount allocable to each, and whether the prepayment is of Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances, BA Equivalent Loans, ABR Loans or a combination thereof, and, in each case if a combination thereof, the principal amount allocable to each and, in the case of any prepayment of Reimbursement Obligations, the date and amount of prepayment, the identity of the applicable Letter of Credit or Letters of Credit and the amount allocable to each of such Reimbursement Obligations.  Upon the receipt of any such notice the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall promptly notify each affected Lender thereof.  If any such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall (subject to Section 4.4(f)) be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with (if a Eurocurrency Loan, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loan is prepaid other than at the end of the Interest Period applicable thereto) any amounts payable pursuant to Section 4.12.  Partial prepayments of the Loans and the Reimbursement Obligations pursuant to this Section shall (unless the Parent Borrower otherwise directs) be applied, first , to payment of the Swing Line Loans then outstanding, second , to payment of the Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding, third , to payment of any Reimbursement Obligations then outstanding and, last , to cash collateralize any outstanding Bankers’ Acceptances or L/C Obligation on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent; provided , further , that any pro rata calculations required to be made pursuant to this Section 4.4(a) in respect to any Loan denominated in Canadian Dollars or a Designated Foreign Currency shall be made on a Dollar Equivalent basis.  Partial prepayments pursuant to this Section 4.4(a) shall be in multiples of $1,000,000 (or, in the case of ( i ) partial prepayments made by the Canadian Borrowers, Cdn$1,000,000 and ( ii ) Eurocurrency Loans outstanding in any Designated Foreign Currency, the Dollar Equivalent of an aggregate principal amount of at least approximately $1,000,000), provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Loan may be prepaid in its entirety.

 

(ii)                                   On the Springing Maturity Date, if the sum of the aggregate principal amount of the Senior Dollar 2014 Notes then outstanding and the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate principal amount of Senior Euro 2014 Notes then outstanding exceeds $500,000,000, then on such date the Borrowers shall make payment in full of the Loans and any other amounts then due and owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder and cash collateralize the Bankers’ Acceptances and the L/C Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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(b)                                  The Borrowers shall, in accordance with Section 4.4(e), prepay the Loans and cash collateralize the Bankers’ Acceptances and the L/C Obligations to the extent required by Section 8.6(b) (subject to Section 8.6(c)).

 

(c)                                   (i)                                      On any day (other than during an Agent Advance Period) on which the Aggregate U.S. Facility Lender Exposure or the Dollar Equivalent of the unpaid balance of Extensions of Credit to, or for the account of, the U.S. Borrowers exceeds the difference of ( A ) the U.S. Borrowing Base at such time (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered) minus ( B ) the excess of ( 1 ) the Aggregate Canadian Facility Lender Exposure (with respect to the Canadian Borrowers) over ( 2 ) the Canadian Borrowing Base at such time (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered), the U.S. Borrowers shall prepay on such day the principal of outstanding Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans made to the U.S. Borrowers and, if required, U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans in an amount equal to such excess.  If, after giving effect to the prepayment of all outstanding Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans made to the U.S. Borrowers and U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans, the aggregate amount of the U.S. Facility L/C Obligations and the Canadian Facility L/C Obligations with respect to the U.S. Borrowers exceeds the difference of ( A ) the U.S. Borrowing Base at such time (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered) minus ( B ) the excess of ( 1 ) the Aggregate Canadian Facility Lender Exposure (with respect to the Canadian Borrowers) over ( 2 ) the Canadian Borrowing Base at such time (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered), the U.S. Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, at the Payment Office on such day an amount of cash and/or Cash Equivalents equal to the amount of such excess (up to a maximum amount equal to such L/C Obligations at such time), such cash and/or Cash Equivalents to be held as security for all obligations of the U.S. Borrowers to the Issuing Lenders and the Revolving Credit Lenders hereunder in a cash collateral account to be established by, and under the sole dominion and control of, the Administrative Agent.

 

(ii)                                   Without duplication of any mandatory prepayment required under Section 4.4(c) above, on any day (other than during an Agent Advance Period) on which the Aggregate Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Exposure with respect to the Canadian Borrowers exceeds the sum of ( A ) the Canadian Borrowing Base at such time (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered) plus ( B ) the excess of ( 1 ) the U.S. Borrowing Base (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered) over ( 2 ) the unpaid balance of Extensions of Credit to, or for the account of, the U.S. Borrowers, the Canadian Borrowers shall prepay on such day the principal of Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans made to them in an amount equal to such excess.  If, after giving effect to the prepayment of all outstanding Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans, the aggregate amount of the Canadian Facility L/C Obligations with respect to the Canadian Borrowers exceeds the sum of ( A ) the Canadian Borrowing Base at such time (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered) plus ( B ) the excess of ( 1 ) the U.S.

 

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Borrowing Base (based on the Borrowing Base Certificate last delivered) over ( 2 ) the unpaid balance of Extensions of Credit to, or for the account of, the U.S. Borrowers, the Canadian Borrowers shall pay to the Canadian Agent at the Payment Office on such day an amount of cash and/or Cash Equivalents equal to the amount of such excess (up to a maximum amount equal to the Canadian Facility L/C Obligations at such time), such cash and/or Cash Equivalents to be held as security for all obligations of the Canadian Borrowers to the applicable Issuing Lenders and the Canadian Facility Lenders hereunder in a cash collateral account to be established by, and under the sole dominion and control of, the Canadian Agent.

 

(iii)                                On any day on which the Dollar Equivalent of the Aggregate U.S. Facility Lender Exposure exceeds the Total U.S. Facility Commitment at such time, the U.S. Borrowers shall prepay on such day the principal of U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans in an amount equal to such excess.  If, after giving effect to the prepayment of all outstanding U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans, the aggregate amount of the U.S. Facility L/C Obligations exceeds the Total U.S. Facility Commitment at such time, the U.S. Borrowers shall pay to the Administrative Agent at the Payment Office on such day an amount of cash and/or Cash Equivalents equal to the amount of such excess (up to a maximum amount equal to the U.S. Facility L/C Obligations at such time), such cash and/or Cash Equivalents to be held as security for all obligations of the U.S. Borrowers to the applicable Issuing Lenders and the U.S. Facility Lenders hereunder in a cash collateral account to be established by, and under the sole dominion and control of, the Administrative Agent.

 

(iv)                               On any day on which the Dollar Equivalent of the Aggregate Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Exposure exceeds the Total Canadian Facility Commitment at such time, the Canadian Borrowers and, if applicable, the U.S. Borrowers shall prepay on such day the principal of Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans, in an amount equal to such excess.  If, after giving effect to the prepayment of all outstanding Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans, the Dollar Equivalent of the aggregate amount of the Canadian Facility L/C Obligations exceeds the Total Canadian Facility Commitment at such time, the Canadian Borrowers and, if applicable, the U.S. Borrowers shall pay to the Canadian Agent at the Payment Office on such day an amount of cash and/or Cash Equivalents equal to the amount of such excess (up to a maximum amount equal to the Canadian Facility L/C Obligations at such time), such cash and/or Cash Equivalents to be held as security for all obligations of the Canadian Borrowers or the U.S. Borrowers, as applicable, to the applicable Issuing Lenders and the Canadian Facility Lenders hereunder in a cash collateral account to be established by, and under the sole dominion and control of, the Canadian Agent.

 

(d)                                  The U.S. Borrowers shall prepay all Swing Line Loans then outstanding simultaneously with each borrowing by them of Revolving Credit Loans.

 

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(e)                                   Prepayments pursuant to Sections 4.4(b) and 4.4(c) shall be applied, first , to prepay Swing Line Loans then outstanding, second , to prepay Revolving Credit Loans then outstanding, third , to pay any Reimbursement Obligations then outstanding and, last, to cash collateralize any outstanding Bankers’ Acceptance or L/C Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(f)                                    If a notice of prepayment in connection with a repayment of all outstanding Loans is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.3, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.3.

 

(g)                                   For avoidance of doubt, the Commitments shall not be correspondingly reduced by the amount of any prepayments of Revolving Credit Loans, payments of Reimbursement Obligations and cash collateralizations of L/C Obligations, in each case, made under Sections 4.4(b) or 4.4(c).

 

(h)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.4, if at any time any prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Section 4.4(a), Section 4.4(b) or Section 4.4(c) would result, after giving effect to the procedures set forth in this Agreement, in any Borrower incurring breakage costs under Section 4.12 as a result of Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans being prepaid other than on the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto, then, the relevant Borrower may, so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in its sole discretion, initially ( i ) deposit a portion (up to 100%) of the amounts that otherwise would have been paid in respect of such Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans with the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable (which deposit must be equal in amount to the amount of such Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans not immediately prepaid), to be held as security for the obligations of such Borrowers to make such prepayment pursuant to a cash collateral agreement to be entered into on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, with such cash collateral to be directly applied upon the first occurrence thereafter of the last day of an Interest Period with respect to such Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans (or such earlier date or dates as shall be requested by such Borrower) or ( ii ) make a prepayment of the Revolving Credit Loans in accordance with Section 4.4(a) with an amount equal to a portion (up to 100%) of the amounts that otherwise would have been paid in respect of such Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans (which prepayment, together with any deposits pursuant to clause (i) above, must be equal in amount to the amount of such Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans not immediately prepaid); provided that, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, none of the Borrowers may request any Extension of Credit under the Commitments that would reduce the aggregate amount of the Available Loan Commitments to an amount that is less than the amount of

 

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such prepayment until the related portion of such Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans have been prepaid upon the first occurrence thereafter of the last day of an Interest Period with respect to such Eurocurrency Loans or BA Equivalent Loans; provided that, in the case of either clause (i) or (ii), such unpaid Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans shall continue to bear interest in accordance with Section 4.1 until such unpaid Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans or the related portion of such Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans, as the case may be, have or has been prepaid.

 

4.5                                Commitment Fees; Administrative Agent’s Fee; Other Fees .

 

(a)                                  Each U.S. Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for the account of each U.S. Facility Lender, and each Canadian Borrower agrees to pay to the Canadian Agent, for the account of each Canadian Facility Lender, a commitment fee for the period from and including the first day of the Revolving Credit Loan Commitment Period to the Termination Date of the applicable Commitment of such Revolving Credit Lender , computed at the applicable Commitment Fee Rate on the average daily amount of the Unutilized Commitment of such Revolving Credit Lender during the period for which payment is made, payable quarterly in arrears on the last day of each March, June, September and December and on the Termination Date of the applicable Commitment, or such earlier date as the a Tranche of  Revolving Credit Loan Commitments of such Revolving Credit Lender shall terminate as provided herein, commencing on June 30, 2011 . (it being understood that in the case of any such payment on a Termination Date or date of termination of a Tranche of a Commitment, only the portion of the commitment fee attributable to the Commitment maturing or terminating on such date shall be paid).

 

(b)                                  Each Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, and the Other Representatives any fees in the amounts and on the dates previously agreed to in writing pursuant to the Fee Letters by the Parent Borrower, the Other Representatives and the Administrative Agent in connection with this Agreement.

 

4.6                                Computation of Interest and Fees .

 

(a)                                  Interest (other than interest based on the Prime Rate, Canadian Prime Rate or BA Rate) shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the actual days elapsed; and commitment fees and interest based on the Prime Rate, Canadian Prime Rate or BA Rate shall be calculated on the basis of a 365-day year (or 366-day year, as the case may be) for the actual days elapsed.  The Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall as soon as practicable notify the Parent Borrower and the affected Lenders of each determination of a Eurocurrency Rate.  Any change in the interest rate on a Loan resulting from a change in the ABR, the Canadian Prime Rate or

 

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the Eurocurrency Reserve Requirements shall become effective as of the opening of business on the day on which such change becomes effective.  The Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall as soon as practicable notify the Parent Borrower and the affected Lenders of the effective date and the amount of each such change in interest rate.

 

(b)                                  Each determination of an interest rate by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on each of the Borrowers and the Lenders in the absence of manifest error.  The Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall, at the request of the Parent Borrower or any Lender, deliver to the Parent Borrower or such Lender a statement showing in reasonable detail the calculations used by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, in determining any interest rate pursuant to Section 4.1, excluding any Eurocurrency Base Rate which is based upon the BBA Reuters LIBOR Settlement Rates Page and any ABR Loan which is based upon the Prime Rate or the Canadian Prime Rate.

 

(c)                                   Bankers’ Acceptances .

 

(i)                                      Term .  Each Bankers’ Acceptance shall have a term of 1, 2, 3, or 6 months (or such other periods as the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, and the Canadian Borrowers may agree from time to time), subject to availability.  No term of any Bankers’ Acceptance shall extend beyond the Tranche B Termination Date.

 

(ii)                                   BA Rate .  On each Borrowing Date or other date on which Bankers’ Acceptances are to be accepted, the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent shall advise the applicable Canadian Borrowers as to such Agent’s determination of the applicable BA Rate for the Bankers’ Acceptances to be accepted.

 

(iii)                                Purchase .  Upon acceptance of a Bankers’ Acceptance by a Canadian Lender, such Canadian Lender shall purchase, or arrange the purchase of, such Bankers’ Acceptance at the applicable BA Rate.  The Lender shall provide to the Canadian Agent’s account for payments of the BA Proceeds less the BA Fee payable by the applicable Canadian Borrower with respect to the Bankers’ Acceptance.

 

(iv)                               Sale .  Each Canadian Lender may from time to time hold, sell, rediscount or otherwise dispose of any or all Bankers’ Acceptances accepted and purchased by it.

 

(v)                                  Power of Attorney for the Execution of Bankers’ Acceptances .  To facilitate the availment of the Canadian Facility by Bankers’ Acceptances, each Canadian Borrower hereby appoints each Canadian Lender as its attorney to sign and endorse on its behalf, in handwriting or by facsimile or mechanical signature as and when deemed

 

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necessary by such Canadian Lender, blank forms of B/As.  In this respect, it is each Canadian Lender’s responsibility to maintain an adequate supply of blank forms of B/As for acceptance under this Agreement.  Each Canadian Borrower recognizes and agrees that all B/As signed and/or endorsed on its behalf by a Canadian Lender shall bind the applicable Canadian Borrower as fully and effectually as if signed in the handwriting of and duly issued by the proper signing officers of such Canadian Borrower.  Each Canadian Lender is hereby authorized to issue such B/As endorsed in blank in such face amounts as may be determined by such Canadian Lender; provided that the aggregate amount thereof is equal to the aggregate amount of B/As required to be accepted and purchased by such Canadian Lender.  No Canadian Lender shall be liable for any damage, loss or other claim arising by reason of any loss or improper use of any such instrument except the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Canadian Lender or its officers, employees, agents or representatives.  Each Canadian Lender shall maintain a record with respect to B/As held by it in blank hereunder, voided by it for any reason, accepted and purchased by it hereunder, and cancelled at their respective maturities.  Each Canadian Lender agrees to provide such records to any Canadian Borrower at such Canadian Borrower’s expense upon request.

 

(vi)                               Execution .  Drafts drawn by any Canadian Borrower to be accepted as Bankers’ Acceptances shall be signed by a duly authorized officer or officers of the applicable Canadian Borrower or by its attorneys.  Notwithstanding that any Person whose signature appears on any Bankers’ Acceptance may no longer be an authorized signatory for the Canadian Borrower at the time of issuance of a Bankers’ Acceptance, that signature shall nevertheless be valid and sufficient for all purposes as if the authority had remained in force at the time of issuance and any Bankers’ Acceptance so signed shall be binding on such Canadian Borrower.

 

(vii)                            Issuance .  The Administrative Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, promptly following receipt of a notice of a Borrowing, conversion or continuation by way of Bankers’ Acceptances, shall advise the Canadian Lenders of the notice and shall advise each Canadian Lender of the face amount of Bankers’ Acceptances to be accepted by it and the applicable term (which shall be identical for all Canadian Lenders).  The aggregate face amount of Bankers’ Acceptances to be accepted by a Canadian Lender shall be determined by the Administrative Agent or Canadian Agent by reference to that Canadian Lender’s Canadian Facility Commitment Percentage of the issue of Bankers’ Acceptances, except that, if the face amount of a Bankers’ Acceptance which would otherwise be accepted by a Canadian Lender would not be Cdn$100,000, or a whole multiple thereof, the face amount shall be increased or reduced by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent in its sole discretion to Cdn$1000, or the nearest whole multiple of that amount, as appropriate; provided that after such issuance, no Canadian Lender shall have aggregate outstanding Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans in excess of its Canadian Facility Commitment.

 

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(viii)                         Rollover .  At or before 10:00 A.M. two (2) Business Days before the maturity date of any Bankers’ Acceptances, the applicable Canadian Borrower shall give to the Administrative Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, written notice which notice shall specify either that the applicable Canadian Borrower intends to repay the maturing Bankers’ Acceptances on the maturity date or that the applicable Canadian Borrower intends to issue Bankers’ Acceptances on the maturity date to provide for the payment of the maturing Bankers’ Acceptances.  If the applicable Canadian Borrower fails to provide such notice to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent or fails to repay the maturing Bankers’ Acceptances, or if a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing on such maturity date, the applicable Canadian Borrower’s obligations in respect of the maturing Bankers’ Acceptances shall be deemed to have been converted on the maturity date thereof into an ABR Loan in an amount equal to the aggregate face amount of the maturing Bankers’ Acceptances.  Otherwise, the applicable Canadian Borrower shall provide payment to the Administrative Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, on behalf of the Canadian Lenders of an amount equal to the aggregate face amount of the Bankers’ Acceptances issued by the applicable Canadian Lenders on their maturity date.

 

(ix)                               Waiver of Presentment and Other Conditions .  Each Canadian Borrower waives presentment for payment and any other defense to payment of any amounts due to a Canadian Lender in respect of a Bankers’ Acceptance accepted and purchased by it pursuant to this Agreement which might exist solely by reason of the Bankers’ Acceptance being held, at the maturity thereof, by the Canadian Lender in its own right and each Canadian Borrower agrees not to claim any days of grace if the Canadian Lender as holder sues such Canadian Borrower on the Bankers’ Acceptance for payment of the amount payable by the Canadian Borrower thereunder.  On the specified maturity date of a B/A, the applicable Canadian Borrower shall pay to the Canadian Lender that has accepted such B/A the full face amount of such B/A and after such payment, the applicable Canadian Borrower shall have no further liability in respect of such B/A and the Canadian Lender shall be entitled to all benefits of, and be responsible for all payments due to third parties under, such B/A.

 

(x)                                  BA Equivalent Loans by Non BA Lenders .  Whenever a Canadian Borrower requests a Revolving Credit Loan by way of Bankers’ Acceptance, each Lender which is not a Schedule I Lender and each Non BA Lender shall, in lieu of accepting a Bankers’ Acceptance, make a BA Equivalent Loan in an amount equal to the Non BA Lender’s Canadian Facility Commitment Percentage.

 

(xi)                               Terms Applicable to Discount Notes .  As set out in the definition of Bankers’ Acceptances, that term includes Discount Notes and all terms of this Agreement applicable to Bankers’ Acceptances shall apply equally to Discount Notes evidencing BA Equivalent Loans with such changes as may in the context be necessary.  For greater certainty:

 

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(A)                                the term of a Discount Note shall be the same as the term for Bankers’ Acceptances accepted and purchased on the same Borrowing Date in respect of the same Revolving Credit Loan;

 

(B)                                an acceptance fee will be payable in respect of a Discount Note and shall be calculated at the same rate and in the same manner as the BA Fee in respect of a Bankers’ Acceptance; and

 

(C)                                the BA Rate applicable to a Discount Note shall be the BA Rate applicable to Bankers’ Acceptances accepted by a Lender other than a Schedule I Lender on the same Borrowing Date or other date, as the case may be, in respect of the same Revolving Credit Loan.

 

(xii)                            Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada) .  At the option of any Canadian Lender, Bankers’ Acceptances under this Agreement to be accepted by that Canadian Lender may be issued in the form of depository bills for deposit with The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited pursuant to the Depository Bills and Notes Act (Canada).  All depository bills so issued shall be governed by the provisions of this Section 4.6.

 

4.7                                Inability to Determine Interest Rate .  If prior to the first day of any Interest Period, the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall have determined (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon each of the Borrowers) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurocurrency Rate with respect to any Eurocurrency Loan (the “ Affected Eurocurrency Rate ”) or the BA Rate (the “ Affected BA Rate ”) with respect to any Bankers’ Acceptance or BA Equivalent Loans for such Interest Period, the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof to the Parent Borrower and the Lenders as soon as practicable thereafter.  If such notice is given ( a ) any Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based on the Affected Eurocurrency Rate or the Affected BA Rate, as applicable, requested to be made on the first day of such Interest Period shall be made as ABR Loans (to the extent otherwise permitted by Section 4.2), ( b ) any Loans that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to or continued as Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Affected Eurocurrency Rate or Affected BA Rate shall be converted to or continued as ABR Loans (to the extent otherwise permitted by Section 4.2) and ( c ) any outstanding Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans that were to have been converted on the first day of such Interest Period to or continued as

 

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Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Affected Eurocurrency Rate or Affected BA Rate and that are not otherwise permitted to be converted to or continued as ABR Loans by Section 4.2 shall, upon demand by the applicable Revolving Credit Lenders the Commitment Percentage of which aggregate greater than 50% of such U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans or Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans, as applicable, be immediately repaid by the applicable Borrower on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto together with accrued interest thereon or otherwise, at the option of the Parent Borrower, shall remain outstanding and bear interest at a rate which reflects, as to each of the Revolving Credit Lenders, such Revolving Credit Lender’s cost of funding such Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans, as reasonably determined by such Revolving Credit Lender, plus the Applicable Margin hereunder.  If any such repayment occurs on a day which is not the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect to such affected Eurocurrency Loan, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loan, the applicable Borrower shall pay to each of the applicable Revolving Credit Lenders such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section 4.12.  Until such notice has been withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Affected Eurocurrency Rate or Affected BA Rate shall be made or continued as such, nor shall any of the Borrowers have the right to convert ABR Loans to Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans the rate of interest applicable to which is based upon the Affected Eurocurrency Rate or Affected BA Rate.

 

4.8                                Pro Rata Treatment and Payments .

 

(a)                                  Subject to the following paragraph, each Borrowing (other than a Borrowing of Swing Line Loans) by any of the applicable Borrowers from the Lenders hereunder shall be made, each payment by any of the Borrowers on account of any commitment fee in respect of the U.S. Facility or Canadian Facility Commitments or (subject to the limitations on non-pro rata payments in clause (i)(C)(II) of the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.10(c)) any Incremental Commitment, as applicable, hereunder shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, and any reduction of the U.S. Facility or Canadian Facility Commitments of the Lenders, or (subject to the limitations on non-pro rata payments in clause (i)(C)(II) of the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.10(c)) of any Incremental Commitment, as applicable, shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, in the case of U.S. Facility or Canadian Facility Commitments, pro rata according to the U.S. Facility Commitment Percentage or Canadian Facility Commitment Percentage, or in the case of any Incremental Facility or any other Tranche established after the date of this Agreement, pro rata (or as otherwise may be provided in an Incremental Commitment Amendment) among the Lenders with such Incremental Commitment or such other Tranche (in each case subject to the limitations on non-pro

 

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rata payments in clause (i)(C)(II) of the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.10(c)).  Each payment (including each prepayment (but excluding payments made pursuant to Section 2.9, 2.11, 4.8(c), 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 4.13(d) or 11.1(e))) by any of the applicable Borrowers on account of principal of and interest on any U.S. Facility or Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans, as applicable, shall be allocated by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, pro rata according to the respective outstanding principal amounts of such Revolving Credit Loans then held by the relevant Revolving Credit Lenders, and each payment on account of principal of and interest on any loans made pursuant to any Incremental Commitment or any other Tranche established after the date of this Agreement shall be allocated by the applicable Agent as provided for in the applicable amendment to this Agreement (subject to the limitations on non-pro rata payments in clause (i)(C)(II) of the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.10(c)).  All payments (including prepayments) to be made by any of the Borrowers hereunder, whether on account of principal, interest, fees, Reimbursement Obligations or otherwise, shall be made without set-off or counterclaim and shall be made prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on the due date thereof to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, for the account of the Lenders holding the relevant Loans or the L/C Participants, as the case may be, at the Administrative Agent’s or the Canadian Agent’s, as applicable, office specified in Section 11.2, in Dollars or Canadian Dollars, as applicable, or, in the case of Loans outstanding in any Designated Foreign Currency and L/C Obligations in any Designated Foreign Currency, such Designated Foreign Currency and, whether in Dollars, Canadian Dollars or any Designated Foreign Currency, in immediately available funds.  Payments received by the Administrative Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, after such time shall be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day.  The Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall distribute such payments to such Lenders, if any such payment is received prior to 1:00 P.M., New York City time, on a Business Day, in like funds as received prior to the end of such Business Day and otherwise the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall distribute such payment to such Lenders on the next succeeding Business Day.  If any payment hereunder (other than payments on the Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans) becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity of such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension.  If any payment on a Eurocurrency Loan, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loan becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business Day, the maturity of such payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day (and, with respect to payments of principal, interest thereon shall be payable at the then applicable rate during such extension) unless the result of such extension would be to extend such payment into another calendar month, in which event such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.

 

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Notwithstanding anything in this Section 4.8(a) or Section 11.7(a) to the contrary, (A) nothing in such sections shall apply to, or restrict, (i) the payment in full of the Tranche A Loans on the Tranche A Termination Date, together with the commitment fee due on the Tranche A Termination Date pursuant to Section 4.5, (ii) the payment of letters of credit commissions, the commitment or other fee or interest applicable to any Tranche, based on the Applicable Margin or Commitment Fee Percentage (as applicable) applicable to such Tranche or otherwise or (iii) the reduction or termination (and payments of commitment fees due on the date of any such termination) of any particular Tranche of Commitments, or the repayment accompanied by a corresponding permanent reduction of the related Revolving Credit Loans thereunder, in each case on a non-pro rata basis with respect to any other Tranche, so long as (x) such termination, reduction or repayment (and corresponding permanent reduction) is accompanied by an at least pro rata termination, reduction or repayment (and corresponding permanent reduction), as applicable, of all earlier maturing Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans related to such Commitments or (y) all earlier maturing Commitments and Revolving Credit Loans related to such Commitments shall otherwise be or have been terminated and repaid in full and (B) in connection with the establishment on any date of any Extended Revolving Commitments pursuant to subsection 2.11, including the Tranche B Commitments, the Specified Existing Revolving Commitments of the Extending Lenders providing any such Extended Revolving Commitments on such date shall be reduced in an amount equal to the amount of the Specified Existing Revolving Commitments so extended on such date.

 

(b)                                  Unless the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as the case may be, shall have been notified in writing by any Lender prior to a borrowing that such Lender will not make the amount that would constitute its share of such borrowing available to such Agent, such Agent may assume that such Lender is making such amount available to such Agent, and such Agent may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the applicable Borrowers in respect of such borrowing a corresponding amount.  If such amount is not made available to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as the case may be, by the required time on the Borrowing Date therefor, such Lender shall pay to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as the case may be, on demand, such amount with interest thereon at a rate equal to ( i ) in the case of Loans to be made in any Designated Foreign Currency, the rate customary in such Designated Foreign Currency for settlement of similar inter-bank obligations, or ( ii ) in the case of Loans to be made in Dollars or Canadian Dollars, the daily average Federal Funds Effective Rate or the rate customary for settlement of Canadian Dollar interbank obligations, as applicable, and as quoted by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as the case may be, in each case for the period until such Lender makes such amount immediately available to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as the case may be.  A certificate of the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as the case may be, submitted to any Lender with respect to any amounts owing under this

 

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Section shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  If such Lender’s share of such borrowing is not made available to the applicable Agent by such Lender within three Business Days of such Borrowing Date, ( x ) the applicable Agent shall notify the Parent Borrower of the failure of such Lender to make such amount available to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as the case may be, and such Agent shall also be entitled to recover such amount with interest thereon at the rate per annum applicable to, in the case of Loans to be made in Dollars or Canadian Dollars, ABR Loans hereunder or, in the case of Loans to be made in any Designated Foreign Currency, the rate per annum applicable to such Loans pursuant to Section 4.1, in either case on demand, from such Borrower and ( y ) then such Borrower may, without waiving or limiting any rights or remedies it may have against such Lender hereunder or under applicable law or otherwise, ( i ) borrow a like amount on an unsecured basis from any commercial bank for a period ending on the date upon which such Lender does in fact make such borrowing available, provided that at the time such borrowing is made and at all times while such amount is outstanding such Borrower would be permitted to borrow such amount pursuant to Section 2.1 and/or ( ii ) take any action permitted by the following Section 4.8(c).

 

(c)                                   Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement:

 

(i)                                      If at any time there is a Defaulting Lender the Parent Borrower shall have the right to ( A ) to seek one or more Persons reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Parent Borrower to each become a substitute Revolving Credit Lender and assume all or part of the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender, and in such event, the Parent Borrower, the Administrative Agent and any such substitute Revolving Credit Lender shall execute and deliver, and such Defaulting Lender shall thereupon be deemed to have executed and delivered, an appropriately completed Assignment and Acceptance to effect such substitution or ( B ) upon notice to the Administrative Agent (and, if applicable, the Canadian Agent), to prepay the Loans and, at the Parent Borrower’s option, terminate the Commitments of such Defaulting Lender, in whole or in part, without premium or penalty.

 

(ii)                                   In determining the Required Lenders or Supermajority Lenders, any Lender that at the time is a Defaulting Lender (and the Revolving Credit Loans and/or Commitment of such Defaulting Lender) shall be excluded and disregarded.  No commitment fee shall accrue for the account of a Defaulting Lender so long as such Lender shall be a Defaulting Lender.

 

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Lender, then such Borrower, so long as it is then permitted to borrow Revolving Credit Loans hereunder, may set off and otherwise apply its obligation to make such payment against the obligation of such Defaulting Lender to make a Revolving Credit Loan.  In such event, the amount so set off and otherwise applied shall be deemed to constitute a Revolving Credit Loan by such Defaulting Lender made on the date of such set-off and included within any borrowing of Revolving Credit Loans as the Administrative Agent may reasonably determine.

 

(iv)                               If any Borrower shall be required to pay any amount under any Loan Document to or for the account of any Defaulting Lender, then such Borrower, so long as it is then permitted to borrow Revolving Credit Loans hereunder, may satisfy such payment obligation by paying such amount to the Administrative Agent, or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, to be (to the extent permitted by applicable law and to the extent not utilized by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, to satisfy obligations of the Defaulting Lender owing to it) held by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, in escrow pursuant to its standard terms (including as to the earning of interest), and applied (together with any accrued interest) by it from time to time to make any Revolving Credit Loans or other payments as and when required to be made by such Defaulting Lender hereunder.

 

4.9                                Illegality .  Notwithstanding any other provision herein, if the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof occurring after the Closing Date shall make it unlawful for any Lender to make or maintain any Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans as contemplated by this Agreement (“ Affected Loans ”), ( a ) such Lender shall promptly give written notice of such circumstances to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent and the Canadian Agent (in the case of Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans) (which notice shall be withdrawn whenever such circumstances no longer exist), ( b ) the commitment of such Lender hereunder to make Affected Loans, continue Affected Loans as such and convert an ABR Loan to an Affected Loan shall forthwith be cancelled and, until such time as it shall no longer be unlawful for such Lender to make or maintain such Affected Loans, such Lender shall then have a commitment only to make an ABR Loan (or a Swing Line Loan) when an Affected Loan is requested (to the extent otherwise permitted by Section 4.2), ( c ) such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as Affected Loans, if any, shall be converted automatically to ABR Loans on the respective last days of the then current Interest Periods with respect to such Loans or within such earlier period as required by law (to the extent otherwise permitted by Section 4.2) and ( d ) such Lender’s Loans then outstanding as Affected Loans, if any, not otherwise permitted to be converted to ABR Loans by Section 4.2 (whether because such Loans are denominated in a Designated Foreign

 

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Currency or otherwise) shall, upon notice to the Parent Borrower, be prepaid with accrued interest thereon on the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto (or such earlier date as may be required by any such Requirement of Law).  If any such conversion or prepayment of an Affected Loan occurs on a day which is not the last day of the then current Interest Period with respect thereto, the applicable Borrower shall pay to such Lender such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section 4.12.

 

4.10                         Requirements of Law .

 

(a)                                  If the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law or in the interpretation or application thereof applicable to any Lender, or compliance by any Lender with any request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any central bank or other Governmental Authority, in each case made subsequent to the Closing Date (or, if later, the date on which such Lender becomes a Lender):

 

(i)                                      shall subject such Lender to any tax of any kind whatsoever with respect to any Letter of Credit, any L/C Request, or any Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or any BA Equivalent Loans made or maintained by it or its obligation to make or maintain Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans, or change the basis of taxation of payments to such Lender in respect thereof, in each case, except for Non-Excluded Taxes and taxes measured by or imposed upon the overall net income, or franchise taxes, or taxes measured by or imposed upon overall capital or net worth, or branch profits taxes (in the case of such capital, net worth or branch profits taxes, imposed in lieu of such net income tax), of such Lender or its applicable lending office, branch, or any affiliate thereof;

 

(ii)                                   shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Lender which is not otherwise included in the determination of the Eurocurrency Rate or BA Rate, as the case may be, hereunder; or

 

(iii)                                shall impose on such Lender any other condition (excluding any tax of any kind whatsoever);

 

and the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such Lender, by an amount which such Lender deems to be material, of making, converting into, continuing or maintaining Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans or issuing or participating in Letters of Credit or to reduce any amount receivable hereunder in respect thereof, then, in any such case, upon notice to the Parent Borrower from such

 

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Lender, through the Administrative Agent, in accordance herewith, the applicable Borrower shall promptly pay such Lender, upon its demand, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduced amount receivable with respect to such Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances, BA Equivalent Loans, or Letters of Credit, provided that, in any such case, such Borrower may elect to convert the Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances and/or BA Equivalent Loans made by such Lender hereunder to ABR Loans (to the extent, in the case of Eurocurrency Loans, such Eurocurrency Loans are denominated in Dollars and, in all cases, to the extent such Loans are permitted by Section 4.2) by giving the Administrative Agent at least one Business Day’s notice of such election, in which case such Borrower shall promptly pay to such Lender, upon demand, without duplication, amounts theretofore required to be paid to such Lender pursuant to this Section 4.10(a) and such amounts, if any, as may be required pursuant to Section 4.12.  If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any additional amounts pursuant to this Section 4.10, it shall provide prompt notice thereof to the Parent Borrower, through the Administrative Agent, certifying ( x ) that one of the events described in this paragraph (a) has occurred and describing in reasonable detail the nature of such event, ( y ) as to the increased cost or reduced amount resulting from such event and ( z ) as to the additional amount demanded by such Lender and a reasonably detailed explanation of the calculation thereof.  Such a certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 4.10 submitted by such Lender, through the Administrative Agent, to the Parent Borrower shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

(b)                                  If any Lender shall have determined that the adoption of or any change in any Requirement of Law regarding capital adequacy or liquidity or in the interpretation or application thereof or compliance by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender with any request or directive regarding capital adequacy or liquidity (whether or not having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority, in each case, made subsequent to the Closing Date, does or shall have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s or such corporation’s capital as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder or under or in respect of any Letter of Credit to a level below that which such Lender or such corporation could have achieved but for such change or compliance (taking into consideration such Lender’s or such corporation’s policies with respect to capital adequacy or liquidity ) by an amount deemed by such Lender to be material, then from time to time, within ten Business Days after submission by such Lender to the Parent Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of a written request therefor certifying ( x ) that one of the events described in this paragraph (b) has occurred and describing in reasonable detail the nature of such event, ( y ) as to the reduction of the rate of return on capital resulting from such event and ( z ) as to the additional amount or amounts demanded by such Lender or corporation and a reasonably detailed explanation of the calculation thereof, the applicable Borrower shall pay to such

 

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Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or corporation for such reduction.  Such a certificate as to any additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section submitted by such Lender, through the Administrative Agent, to the Parent Borrower shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

(c)                                   Notwithstanding anything to the contrary this Section 4.10, no Borrower shall be required to pay any amount with respect to any additional cost or reduction specified in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) above, to the extent such additional cost or reduction is attributable, directly or indirectly, to the application of, compliance with or implementation of specific capital adequacy requirements or new methods of calculating capital adequacy, including any part or “pillar” (including Pillar 2 (“ Supervisory Review Process ”)), of the International Convergence of Capital Measurement Standards:  a Revised Framework, published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in June 2004, or any implementation, adoption (whether voluntary or compulsory) thereof, whether by an EC Directive or the FSA Integrated Prudential Sourcebook or any other law or regulation, or otherwise.  In addition, no Borrower shall be required to pay any amount with respect to any additional cost or reduction specified in paragraph (a) or paragraph (b) above unless such Lender delivers a certificate from a senior officer of such Lender certifying to the Parent Borrower that the request therefor is being made, and the method of calculation of the amount so requested is being applied, consistently with such Lender’s treatment of a majority of its customers in connection with similar transactions affected by the relevant adoption or change in a Requirement of Law.

 

4.11                         Taxes .

 

(a)                                  Except as provided below in this Section 4.11 or as required by law, all payments made by each of the Borrowers and the Agents under this Agreement and any Notes shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes, levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings, now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority (“ Taxes ”), excluding Taxes measured by or imposed upon the overall net income of any Agent or Lender or its applicable lending office, or any branch or affiliate thereof, and all franchise Taxes, branch Taxes, Taxes on doing business or Taxes measured by or imposed upon the overall capital or net worth of any such Agent or Lender or its applicable lending office, or any branch or affiliate thereof, in each case imposed:  ( i ) by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such Agent or Lender, applicable lending office, branch or affiliate is organized or is located, or in which its principal executive office is located, or any nation within which such jurisdiction is located or any political subdivision thereof; or ( ii ) by reason of any connection between the jurisdiction imposing such Tax and such Agent or

 

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Lender, applicable lending office, branch or affiliate other than a connection arising solely from such Agent or Lender having executed, delivered or performed its obligations under, or received payment under or enforced, this Agreement or any Notes.  If any such non-excluded Taxes (“ Non-Excluded Taxes ”) are required to be withheld from any amounts payable by any Borrower or any Agent to the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent or any Lender hereunder or under any Notes, the amounts payable by such Borrower shall be increased to the extent necessary to yield to the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent or such Lender (after payment of all Non-Excluded Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this Agreement; provided , however , that each of the Borrowers shall be entitled to deduct and withhold, and the Borrowers shall not be required to indemnify for, any Non-Excluded Taxes, and any such amounts payable by any Borrower or any Agent to, or for the account of, any such Agent or Lender shall not be increased ( w ) if such Agent or Lender fails to comply with the requirements of paragraphs (b) or (c) of this Section 4.11 or Section 4.15 hereof or ( x ) with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes imposed in connection with the payment of any fees paid under this Agreement unless such Non-Excluded Taxes are imposed as a result of a change in treaty, law or regulation that occurred after such Agent becomes an Agent hereunder; such Lender becomes a Lender hereunder or, in the case of an Issuing Lender that becomes an Issuing Lender pursuant to the second sentence of the definition of “Issuing Lender,” such Issuing Lender issued the applicable Letter of Credit (or, if such Agent or Lender is a non-U.S. intermediary or flow-through entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, after the relevant beneficiary or member of such Agent or Lender became such a beneficiary or member, if later) (such change, at such time, a “ Change in Law ”) or ( y ) with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes imposed by the United States or any state or political subdivision thereof, unless such Non-Excluded Taxes are imposed as a result of a Change in Law  or ( z ) with respect to any Non-Excluded Taxes arising under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (or any amended or successor provisions that are substantially comparable), and any regulations promulgated thereunder or official interpretations thereof , any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with any of the foregoing and any fiscal or regulatory legislation, rules or practices adopted pursuant to any such intergovernmental agreement (“ FATCA ”).  Whenever any Non-Excluded Taxes are payable by any of the Borrowers, as promptly as possible thereafter the applicable Borrower shall send to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, for its own account or for the account of such Lender, as the case may be, a certified copy of an original official receipt received by such Borrower showing payment thereof.  If any of the Borrowers fails to pay any Non-Excluded Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, such Borrower shall indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent and the Lenders for any incremental taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent or any Lender as a result of any such failure.  The agreements

 

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in this Section 4.11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

(b)                                  Each Agent (other than the Canadian Agent and the Canadian Collateral Agent), and each Lender that stands ready to make, makes or holds any Extension of Credit to any U.S. Borrower (a “ U.S. Extender of Credit ”), in each case that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall:

 

(X)                                (i)                                      on or before the date of any payment by any of the U.S. Borrowers under this Agreement or any Notes to, or for the account of, such Agent or Lender, deliver to the U.S. Borrowers and the Administrative Agent ( A ) two duly completed copies of United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (certifying that it is a resident of the applicable country within the meaning of the income tax treaty between the United States and that country), Form W-8EXP or Form W-8ECI, or successor applicable form, as the case may be, in each case certifying that it is entitled to receive all payments under this Agreement and any Notes without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes, ( B ) in the case of the Administrative Agent, also deliver two duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY certifying that it is a “U.S. branch” and that the payments it receives for the account of others are not effectively connected with the conduct of its trade or business in the United States and that it is using such form as evidence of its agreement with the U.S. Borrowers to be treated as a U.S. person with respect to such payments (and the U.S. Borrowers and the Administrative Agent agree to so treat the Administrative Agent as a U.S. person with respect to such payments), with the effect that the U.S. Borrowers can make payments to the Administrative Agent without deduction or withholding of any Taxes imposed by the United States and ( C ) such other forms, documentation or certifications, as the case may be, certifying that it is entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Notes;

 

(ii)                                   deliver to the U.S. Borrowers and the Administrative Agent two further copies of any such form or certification on or before the date that any such form or certification expires or becomes obsolete and after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recent form or certificate previously delivered by it to the U.S. Borrowers; and

 

(iii)                                obtain such extensions of time for filing and completing such forms or certifications as may reasonably be requested by any U.S. Borrower or the Administrative Agent; or

 

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(Y)                                in the case of any such Lender that is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code and is claiming the so-called “portfolio interest exemption”,

 

(i)                                      represent to the U.S. Borrowers and the Administrative Agent that it is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code;

 

(ii)                                   deliver to the U.S. Borrowers on or before the date of any payment by any of the U.S. Borrowers, with a copy to the Administrative Agent, ( A ) two certificates substantially in the form of Exhibit E (any such certificate a “ U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ”) and ( B ) two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, or successor applicable form, certifying to such Lender’s legal entitlement at the date of such form to an exemption from U.S. withholding tax under the provisions of Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and any Notes (and shall also deliver to the U.S. Borrowers and the Administrative Agent two further copies of such form or certificate on or before the date it expires or becomes obsolete and after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recently provided form or certificate and, if necessary, obtain any extensions of time reasonably requested by any U.S. Borrower or the Administrative Agent for filing and completing such forms or certificates); and

 

(iii)                                deliver, to the extent legally entitled to do so, upon reasonable request by any U.S. Borrower, to the U.S. Borrowers and the Administrative Agent such other forms as may be reasonably required in order to establish the legal entitlement of such Lender to an exemption from withholding with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Notes, provided that in determining the reasonableness of a request under this clause (ii) such Lender shall be entitled to consider the cost (to the extent unreimbursed by any of the Borrowers) which would be imposed on such Lender of complying with such request; or

 

(Z)                                 in the case of any such Lender that is a non-U.S. intermediary or flow-through entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes,

 

(i)                                      on or before the date of any payment by any of the U.S. Borrowers under this Agreement or any Notes to, or for the account of, such Lender, deliver to the U.S. Borrowers and the Administrative Agent two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8IMY and, if any beneficiary or member of

 

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such Lender is claiming the so-called “portfolio interest exemption”, ( I ) represent to the U.S. Borrowers and the Administrative Agent that such Lender is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, and ( II ) also deliver to the U.S. Borrowers and the Administrative Agent two U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates certifying to such Lender’s legal entitlement at the date of such certificate to an exemption from U.S. Withholding tax under the provisions of Section 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and any Notes; and

 

(A)                                with respect to each beneficiary or member of such Lender that is not claiming the so-called “portfolio interest exemption”, also deliver to the U.S. Borrower and the Administrative Agent ( I ) two duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (certifying that such beneficiary or member is a resident of the applicable country within the meaning of the income tax treaty between the United States and that country), Form W-8ECI, Form W-8EXP, or Form W-9, or successor applicable form, as the case may be, in each case so that each such beneficiary or member is entitled to receive all payments under this Agreement and any Notes without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes and ( II ) such other forms, documentation or certifications, as the case may be, certifying that each such beneficiary or member is entitled to an exemption from United States backup withholding tax with respect to all payments under this Agreement and any Notes; and

 

(B)                                with respect to each beneficiary or member of such Lender that is claiming the so-called “portfolio interest exemption”, ( I ) represent to the U.S. Borrowers and the Administrative Agent that such beneficiary or member is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, and ( II ) also deliver to the U.S. Borrowers and the Administrative Agent two U.S. Tax Compliance Certificates from each beneficiary or member and two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN, or successor applicable form, certifying to such beneficiary’s or member’s legal entitlement at the date of such certificate to an exemption from U.S. withholding tax under the provisions of Section 871(h) or Section 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and any Notes;

 

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certifications referred to above on or before the date any such form, certificate or certification expires or becomes obsolete, or any beneficiary or member changes, and after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in the most recently provided form, certificate or certification and obtain such extensions of time reasonably requested by any U.S. Borrower or the Administrative Agent for filing and completing such forms, certificates or certifications; and

 

(iii)                                deliver, to the extent legally entitled to do so, upon reasonable request by any U.S. Borrower, to the U.S. Borrowers and the Administrative Agent such other forms as may be reasonably required in order to establish the legal entitlement of such Lender (or beneficiary or member) to an exemption from withholding with respect to payments under this Agreement and any Notes, provided that in determining the reasonableness of a request under this clause (iii) such Lender shall be entitled to consider the cost (to the extent unreimbursed by any of the Borrowers) which would be imposed on such Lender (or beneficiary or member) of complying with such request;

 

unless in any such case any change in treaty, law or regulation has occurred after the date such Person becomes a Lender hereunder (or a beneficiary or member in the circumstances described in clause (Z) above, if later) or, in the case of an Issuing Lender that becomes an Issuing Lender pursuant to the second sentence of the definition of “Issuing Lender,” such Issuing Lender issued the applicable Letter of Credit which renders all such forms or statements inapplicable or which would prevent such Lender (or such beneficiary or member) from duly completing and delivering any such form or statement with respect to it and such Lender so advises the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

(c)                                   Each Agent and each U.S. Extender of Credit, in each case that is a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code, shall on or before the date of any payment by any of the U.S. Borrowers under this Agreement or any Notes to, or for the account of, such Agent or U.S. Extender of Credit, deliver to the U.S. Borrowers and the Administrative Agent two duly completed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9, or successor form, certifying that such Agent or U.S. Extender of Credit is a United States Person (within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) and that such Agent or U.S. Extender of Credit is entitled to a complete exemption from United States backup withholding tax.

 

(d)                                  If a payment made to an Agent or U.S. Extender of Credit hereunder may be subject to U.S. federal withholding tax under FATCA, such Agent or Lender shall deliver to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent, at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Parent

 

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Borrower or the Administrative Agent, such documentation prescribed by applicable law and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Parent Borrower or the Administrative Agent to comply with its withholding obligations, to determine that such Agent or Lender has complied with such Agent or Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment.

 

(e)                                   For purposes of determining withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA, from and after the Second Amendment Effective Date, the Borrowers and the Administrative Agent shall treat (and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to treat) the Agreement as not qualifying as a “grandfathered obligation” within the meaning of United States Treasury Regulations Section 1.1471-2(b)(2)(i).

 

4.12                         Indemnity .  Each U.S. Borrower agrees to indemnify each U.S. Facility Lender and each Canadian Facility Revolving Lender, as applicable, in respect of Extensions of Credit made, or requested to be made, to the U.S. Borrowers, and each Canadian Borrower agrees to indemnify each Canadian Facility Lender in respect of Extensions of Credit made, or requested to be made, to the Canadian Borrowers, and, in each case, to hold each such Lender harmless from any loss or expense which such Lender may sustain or incur (other than through such Lender’s gross negligence or willful misconduct) as a consequence of ( a ) default by such Borrower in making a borrowing of, conversion into or continuation of Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans after the Parent Borrower has given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, ( b ) default by such Borrower in making any prepayment or conversion of Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans after the Parent Borrower has given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement or ( c ) the making of a payment or prepayment of Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans or the conversion of Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans on a day which is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto.  Such indemnification may include an amount equal to the excess, if any, of ( i ) the amount of interest which would have accrued on the amount so prepaid, or converted, or not so borrowed, converted or continued, for the period from the date of such prepayment or conversion or of such failure to borrow, convert or continue to the last day of the applicable Interest Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, convert or continue, the Interest Period that would have commenced on the date of such failure) in each case at the applicable rate of interest for such Eurocurrency Loans, Bankers’ Acceptances or BA Equivalent Loans, as applicable, provided for herein (excluding, however, the Applicable Margin included therein, if any) over ( ii ) the amount of interest (as reasonably determined by such Lender) which would have accrued to such Lender on such amount by placing such amount on deposit for a comparable period with leading banks in the interbank eurocurrency market.  If any Lender becomes entitled to claim any amounts under the indemnity contained in this Section 4.12, it shall provide prompt notice thereof to the Parent Borrower, through the Administrative Agent, certifying ( x ) that one of the

 

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events described in clause (a), (b) or (c) has occurred and describing in reasonable detail the nature of such event, ( y ) as to the loss or expense sustained or incurred by such Lender as a consequence thereof and ( z ) as to the amount for which such Lender seeks indemnification hereunder and a reasonably detailed explanation of the calculation thereof.  Such a certificate as to any indemnification pursuant to this Section 4.12 submitted by such Lender, through the Administrative Agent, to the Parent Borrower shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.  This covenant shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

4.13         Certain Rules Relating to the Payment of Additional Amounts .

 

(a)            Upon the request, and at the expense of the applicable Borrower, each Lender to which any of the Borrowers is required to pay any additional amount pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.11, and any Participant in respect of whose participation such payment is required, shall reasonably afford such Borrower the opportunity to contest, and reasonably cooperate with such Borrower in contesting, the imposition of any Non-Excluded Tax giving rise to such payment; provided that ( i ) such Lender shall not be required to afford such Borrower the opportunity to so contest unless such Borrower shall have confirmed in writing to such Lender its obligation to pay such amounts pursuant to this Agreement and ( ii ) such Borrower shall reimburse such Lender for its reasonable attorneys’ and accountants’ fees and disbursements incurred in so cooperating with such Borrower in contesting the imposition of such Non-Excluded Tax; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing no Lender shall be required to afford any Borrower the opportunity to contest, or cooperate with such Borrower in contesting, the imposition of any Non-Excluded Taxes, if such Lender in its sole discretion in good faith determines that to do so would have an adverse effect on it.

 

(b)            If a Lender changes its applicable lending office (other than ( i ) pursuant to paragraph (c) below or ( ii ) after an Event of Default under Section 9(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing) and the effect of such change, as of the date of such change, would be to cause any of the Borrowers to become obligated to pay any additional amount under Section 4.10 or Section 4.11, such Borrower shall not be obligated to pay such additional amount.

 

(c)            If a condition or an event occurs which would, or would upon the passage of time or giving of notice, result in the payment of any additional amount to any Lender by any of the Borrowers pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.11, such Lender shall promptly notify the applicable Borrower and the Administrative Agent and shall take such steps as may reasonably be available to it to mitigate the effects of such condition or event (which shall include efforts to rebook the Loans held by such Lender at another lending office, or through another branch or an affiliate, of such Lender); provided that such Lender shall not be required to take any step that, in its reasonable

 

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judgment, would be materially disadvantageous to its business or operations or would require it to incur additional costs (unless the Parent Borrower agrees to reimburse such Lender for the reasonable incremental out-of-pocket costs thereof).

 

(d)            If any of the Borrowers shall become obligated to pay additional amounts pursuant to Section 4.10 or Section 4.11, the applicable Borrower shall have the right, for so long as such obligation remains, ( i ) with the assistance of the Administrative Agent, to seek one or more substitute Lenders reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and such Borrower to purchase the affected Loan (and/or the related Commitments), in whole or in part, at an aggregate price no less than such Loan’s principal amount plus accrued interest, and assume the affected obligations under this Agreement, or ( ii )  upon notice to the Administrative Agent (and, if applicable, the Canadian Agent), to prepay the affected Loan and, at the Parent Borrower’s option, terminate the Commitments of the applicable Lender, in whole or in part, subject to Section 4.12, without premium or penalty.  In the case of the substitution of a Lender, HERC, the Parent Borrower (and any other applicable Borrower), the Administrative Agent, the affected Lender, and any substitute Lender shall execute and deliver an appropriately completed Assignment and Acceptance pursuant to Section 11.6(b) to effect the assignment of rights to, and the assumption of obligations by, the substitute Lender; provided that any fees required to be paid by Section 11.6(b) in connection with such assignment shall be paid by the Parent Borrower or the substitute Lender.  In the case of a prepayment of an affected Loan, the amount specified in the notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein, together with any accrued interest to such date on the amount prepaid.  In the case of each of the substitution of a Lender and of the prepayment of an affected Loan, the applicable Borrower shall first pay the affected Lender any additional amounts owing under Sections 4.10 and 4.11 (as well as any commitment fees and other amounts then due and owing to such Lender, including any amounts under this Section 4.13) prior to such substitution or prepayment.  In the case of the substitution of a Lender, if the Lender being replaced does not execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance and/or any other documentation necessary to reflect such replacement by the later of ( a ) the date on which the assignee Lender executes and delivers such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation and ( b ) the date as of which all obligations of the Borrowers owing to such replaced Lender relating to the Loans and participations so assigned shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender to such Lender being replaced, then the Lender being replaced shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation as of such date and the applicable Borrower shall be entitled (but not obligated) to execute and deliver such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation on behalf of such Lender.

 

(e)            If any Agent or any Lender receives a refund directly attributable to taxes for which any of the Borrowers has made additional payments pursuant to Section 4.10(a) or Section 4.11(a), such Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, shall

 

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promptly pay such refund (together with any interest with respect thereto received from the relevant taxing authority, but net of any reasonable cost incurred in connection therewith) to such Borrower; provided, however, that such Borrower agrees promptly to return such refund (together with any interest with respect thereto due to the relevant taxing authority) (free of all Non-Excluded Taxes) to such Agent or the applicable Lender, as the case may be, upon receipt of a notice that such refund is required to be repaid to the relevant taxing authority.

 

(f)             The obligations of any Agent, Lender or Participant under this Section 4.13 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Loans and all amounts payable hereunder.

 

4.14         Controls on Prepayment if Aggregate Outstanding Credit Exceeds Aggregate Revolving Credit Loan Commitments .

 

(a)            In addition to the provisions set forth in Section 4.4(c), HERC and the Parent Borrower will implement and maintain internal controls to monitor the borrowings and repayments of Loans by the Borrowers and the issuance of and drawings under Letters of Credit, with the object of ( A ) preventing any request for an Extension of Credit that would result in ( i ) the Aggregate Outstanding Credit with respect to all of the Revolving Credit Lenders (including the Swing Line Lender) being in excess of the aggregate Commitments then in effect or ( ii ) any other circumstance under which an Extension of Credit would not be permitted pursuant to Sections 2.1(a) and (b) and of ( B ) promptly identifying any circumstance where, by reason of changes in exchange rates, the Aggregate Outstanding Credit with respect to all of the Revolving Credit Lenders (including the Swing Line Lender) exceeds the aggregate Commitments then in effect.

 

(b)            The ( i ) Administrative Agent will calculate the Aggregate Outstanding Credit with respect to all of ( A ) the Revolving Credit Lenders and ( B ) the U.S. Facility Lenders (in each case, including the Swing Line Lender) and ( ii ) Canadian Agent will calculate the Aggregate Outstanding Credit with respect to the Canadian Facility Lenders, in each case, from time to time, and in any event not less frequently than once during each calendar week.  In making such calculations, the Administrative Agent will rely on the information most recently received by it from the Swing Line Lender in respect of outstanding Swing Line Loans, from the Issuing Lenders in respect of outstanding L/C Obligations and from the Canadian Agent in respect of the Aggregate Outstanding Credit with respect to the Canadian Facility Lenders.

 

4.15         Canadian Facility Lenders .

 

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Canadian Borrower (such Lender, a “ Canadian Extender of Credit ”) shall (A) at all times be a Canadian Resident or (B) render all services for which any fees are received under the Credit Agreement outside Canada unless it notifies the applicable Canadian Borrower in writing prior to payment of such fees that any services related to such fees were or will be rendered in Canada.  In addition, to the extent legally entitled to do so, the Canadian Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent and each Canadian Extender of Credit shall, upon a written request by any Borrower, deliver to such Borrower or the applicable governmental or taxing authority, any further form or certificate required in order that any payment by any Borrower under this Agreement or any Notes to, or for the account of, such Person may be made free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on account of, any Non-Excluded Taxes.

 

(b)            A Canadian Facility Lender may change its Affiliate acting as Canadian Lender hereunder but only pursuant to an assignment in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Canadian Agent (with the consent of the Administrative Agent and the Canadian Agent and each Canadian Issuing Lender and the Canadian Borrowers), where the respective assignee represents and warrants that it is an Affiliate of the respective Canadian Facility Lender and will act directly as a Canadian Lender with respect to the Canadian Facility Commitment of the respective Canadian Facility Lender.

 

(c)            Each Non-Canadian Affiliate will at all times comply with the provisions of Section 4.11(b), Section 4.11(c) and/or Section 4.11(d), as applicable.

 

4.16         Cash Receipts .

 

(a)            Annexed hereto as Schedule 4.16(a), as the same may be modified from time to time by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, is a schedule of all DDAs that are maintained by the Loan Parties, which schedule includes, with respect to each depository ( i ) the name and address of such depository; ( ii ) the account number(s) maintained with such depository; and ( iii ) a contact person at such depository.

 

(b)            Annexed hereto as Schedule 4.16(b), as the same may be modified from time to time by notice to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent, is a list describing all arrangements to which any Loan Party is a party with respect to the payment to such Loan Party of the proceeds of all credit card charges for sales of goods or services by such Loan Party.

 

(c)            Each Loan Party shall ( i ) deliver to the Administrative Agent or, if such Loan Party is a Canadian Loan Party, the Canadian Agent, notifications in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as the case may be, which have been executed on behalf of such Loan Party and addressed to such

 

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Loan Party’s credit card clearinghouses and processors, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as the case may be (each, a “ Credit Card Notification ”), subject to Section 4.16(g), ( ii ) deliver to the Administrative Agent or, if such Loan Party is a Canadian Loan Party, the Canadian Agent, notifications executed on behalf of the Borrowers to each depository institution with which any DDA is maintained, in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as the case may be, of the Administrative Agent’s (or, in the case of any Loan Party that is a Canadian Loan Party, the Canadian Agent’s) interest in such DDA (each, a “ DDA Notification ”), ( iii ) instruct each depository institution for a DDA to cause all amounts on deposit and available at the close of each Business Day in such DDA to be swept to one of the Loan Parties’ concentration accounts no less frequently than on a daily basis, such instructions to be irrevocable unless otherwise agreed to by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as the case may be, ( iv ) enter into a blocked account agreement (each, a “ Blocked Account Agreement ”), in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as the case may be, with the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as the case may be, and any bank with which such Loan Party maintains a concentration account into which funds from the DDAs and proceeds released from the HERC LKE Account and the Rental Car LKE Account (other than proceeds excluded from the Collateral pursuant to any Security Document) are swept (each such account of a Loan Party other than a Canadian Loan Party, a “U.S. Blocked Account”, each such account of a Canadian Loan Party, a “Canadian Blocked Account” and all such accounts, collectively, the “ Blocked Accounts ”), covering each such concentration account maintained with such bank (other than any HERC LKE Account or Rental Car LKE Account, and other than any concentration account all of the funds in which (other than funds excluded from the Collateral pursuant to any Security Document) are swept on a daily basis into another concentration account), which concentration accounts as of the Closing Date are listed on Schedule 4.16(c) annexed hereto and ( v ) instruct all Account Debtors of such Loan Party that remit payments of Accounts of such Account Debtor regularly by check pursuant to arrangements with such Loan Party, to remit all such payments (other than ( x ) any such amount to be deposited in Excluded Accounts and ( y ) Accounts or payment thereof excluded from the Collateral pursuant to any Security Document, including Excluded Assets) to the applicable “P.O.  Boxes” or “Lockbox Addresses” with respect to the applicable DDA or concentration account, which remittances shall be collected by the applicable bank (each, a “ Collection Bank ”) and deposited in the applicable DDA or concentration account.  All amounts received by the Parent Borrower, any of its Domestic or Canadian Subsidiaries (including HERC) that is a Loan Party and any Collection Bank in respect of any Account shall upon receipt of such amount (other than ( x ) any such amount to be deposited in Excluded Accounts and ( y ) any Account or amount excluded from the Collateral pursuant to any Security Document, including Excluded Assets) be deposited into a DDA or concentration account.  Each Loan Party agrees that it will not cause proceeds of such DDAs to be otherwise redirected.

 

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(d)            Each Credit Card Notification and Blocked Account Agreement shall require, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Specified Default or a Dominion Event, the ACH or wire transfer no less frequently than once per Business Day (unless the Commitments have been terminated and the monetary obligations then due and owing hereunder and under the other Loan Documents have been paid in full), of all available cash balances and cash receipts, including the then contents or then entire available ledger balance of each U.S. Blocked Account net of such minimum balance (not to exceed $10,000 per account), if any, required by the bank at which such U.S. Blocked Account is maintained to an account maintained by the Administrative Agent at the Administrative Agent (or another bank of recognized standing reasonably selected by the Administrative Agent with the reasonable consent of the Parent Borrower) (the “ Administrative Agent Account ”) and of each Canadian Blocked Account net of such minimum balance (not to exceed $10,000 per account), if any, required by the bank at which such Canadian Blocked Account is maintained to an account maintained by the Canadian Agent at the Canadian Agent (or another bank of recognized standing reasonably selected by the Canadian Agent with the reasonable consent of the Parent Borrower) (the “ Canadian Agent Account ”).  Each Loan Party agrees that it will not cause any credit card proceeds subject to any then effective Credit Card Notification or any proceeds of any Blocked Account to be otherwise redirected.

 

(e)            (i)             At any time other than during the continuance of an Event of Default, all collected amounts received in the Administrative Agent Account shall be distributed and applied on a daily basis in the following order (in each case, to the extent the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge of the amounts owing or outstanding as described below and any applications otherwise described in following clauses (x) and (y), and after giving effect to the application of any such amounts ( x ) otherwise required pursuant to Section 4.4(b), ( y ) constituting proceeds from any Collateral otherwise required pursuant to the terms of the respective Security Document or ( z ) otherwise required by the Intercreditor Agreement):  ( 1 ) first, to the payment (on a ratable basis) of any outstanding expenses actually due and payable to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and, to the extent allocable to Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans made to the U.S. Borrowers, the Canadian Agent and/or the Canadian Collateral Agent under any of the Loan Documents and to repay or prepay outstanding U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans advanced by the Administrative Agent and Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans made to the U.S. Borrowers by the Canadian Agent on behalf of the applicable Lenders hereunder; ( 2 ) second, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding clause (1) have been paid in full, to pay (on a ratable basis) all outstanding expenses actually due and payable to each U.S. Facility Issuing Lender under any of the Loan Documents and to repay all outstanding U.S. Borrower Unpaid Drawings and all interest thereon; ( 3 ) third, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding clauses (1) and (2) have been paid in full, to pay (on a ratable basis) all accrued and unpaid interest actually due and payable on the U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans and Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans made to the U.S. Borrowers and all accrued and unpaid

 

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Fees actually due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the Canadian Agent, the U.S. Issuing Lenders and the Revolving Credit Lenders under any of the Loan Documents; ( 4 ) fourth, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding clauses (1) through (3), inclusive, have been paid in full, to repay (on a ratable basis) the outstanding principal of U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans and Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans made to the U.S. Borrowers (whether or not then due and payable), ( 5 ) fifth, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding clauses (1) through (4), inclusive, have been paid in full, to pay (on a ratable basis) all outstanding obligations of the U.S. Borrowers then due and payable to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Canadian Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Lenders under this Agreement and ( 6 ) sixth, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding clauses (1) through (5), inclusive, have been paid in full, to pay (on a ratable basis) all other outstanding obligations of the U.S. Borrowers then due and payable to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Canadian Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Lenders under any of the Loan Documents.

 

(ii)            At any time other than during the continuance of an Event of Default, all collected amounts held in the Canadian Agent Account shall be distributed and applied on a daily basis in the following order (in each case, to the extent the Canadian Agent has actual knowledge of the amounts owing or outstanding as described below and any applications otherwise described in following clauses (x) and (y), and after giving effect to the application of any such amounts ( x ) otherwise required pursuant to Section 4.4(b), ( y ) constituting proceeds from any Collateral otherwise required pursuant to the terms of the respective Security Document or ( z ) otherwise required by the Intercreditor Agreement):  ( 1 ) first, to the payment (on a ratable basis) of any outstanding expenses actually due and payable by the Canadian Borrowers to the Canadian Agent and/or the Canadian Collateral Agent under any of the Loan Documents and to repay or prepay outstanding Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans made to the Canadian Borrowers by the Canadian Agent on behalf of the Lenders hereunder; ( 2 ) second, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding clause (1) have been paid in full, to pay (on a ratable basis) all outstanding expenses actually due and payable by the Canadian Borrower to each Canadian Issuing Lender under any of the Loan Documents and to repay all outstanding Canadian Borrower Unpaid Drawings and interest thereon; ( 3 ) third, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding clauses (1) and (2) have been paid in full, to pay (on a ratable basis) all accrued and unpaid interest actually due and payable on the Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans made to the Canadian Borrowers and all accrued and unpaid Fees actually due and payable by the Canadian Borrowers to the Canadian Agent, the Canadian Issuing Lenders and the Canadian Lenders under any of the Loan Documents; ( 4 ) fourth, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding clauses (1) through (3), inclusive, have been paid in full, to repay (on a ratable basis) the outstanding principal of Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans made to the Canadian Borrowers (whether or not then due and payable), ( 5 ) fifth, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding clauses (1) through (4), inclusive, have been

 

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paid in full, to pay (on a ratable basis) all outstanding obligations of the Canadian Borrowers then due and payable to the Canadian Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent and the Canadian Lenders under this Agreement; and ( 6 ) sixth, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding clauses (1) through (5), inclusive, have been paid in full, to pay (on a ratable basis) all other outstanding obligations of the Canadian Borrowers then due and payable to the Canadian Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent and the Canadian Lenders under any of the other Loan Documents.

 

(f)             If, at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Specified Default or a Dominion Event as to which the Administrative Agent has notified the Borrower, any cash, Cash Equivalents or Temporary Cash Investments owned by any Loan Party (other than ( i ) de minimis cash, Cash Equivalents and/or Temporary Cash Investments from time to time inadvertently misapplied by any Loan Party, ( ii ) funds in any HERC LKE Account, any Rental Car LKE Account or any DDA or other account the amounts in which are solely swept into any HERC LKE Account or Rental Car LKE Account, ( iii ) any funds which are held by Hertz Claim Management Corporation or any of its Subsidiaries on behalf of any customer in the ordinary course of business, ( iv ) cash, Cash Equivalents and Temporary Cash Investments deposited or to be deposited in an Excluded Account and ( v ) cash, Cash Equivalents and Temporary Cash Investments that are (or are in any account that is) excluded from the Collateral pursuant to any Security Document, including Excluded Assets) are deposited to any account, or held or invested in any manner, otherwise than in a Blocked Account subject to a Blocked Account Agreement (or a DDA which is swept daily to such Blocked Account), the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as the case may be, shall be entitled to require the applicable Loan Party to close such account and have all funds therein transferred to a Blocked Account, and to caused cause all future deposits to be made to a Blocked Account.

 

(g)            The Loan Parties may close DDAs or Blocked Accounts and/or open new DDAs or Blocked Accounts, subject to the contemporaneous execution and delivery to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as the case may be, of a DDA Notification or Blocked Account Agreement consistent with the provisions of this Section 4.16 and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as the case may be.  In the event a Loan Party acquires new DDAs or Blocked Accounts in connection with an acquisition, such Loan Party shall within 45 days of the date of such acquisition (or such longer period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as the case may be) execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as the case may be, a DDA Notification or Blocked Account Agreement consistent with the provisions of this Section 4.16 and otherwise reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as the case may be.  Unless consented to in writing by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as the case may be, the Loan Parties shall not enter into any agreements with credit card processors other than the ones listed on Schedule 4.16(b) unless ( x )

 

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contemporaneously therewith a Credit Card Notification is executed and a copy thereof is delivered to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as the case may be or ( y ) in connection with any Special Purpose Financing or Financing Disposition involving credit card proceeds.  The Loan Parties shall be entitled to terminate any Credit Card Notification in connection with any such Special Purpose Financing or Financing Disposition (and the Administrative Agent and the Canadian Agent shall take such action as shall the Parent Borrower shall reasonably request in connection therewith and shall otherwise cooperate to effectuate such termination).

 

(h)            (i)             The Administrative Agent Account shall at all times be under the sole dominion and control of the Administrative Agent.  Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that, except to the extent otherwise provided in the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ( x ) such Loan Party has no right of withdrawal from the Administrative Agent Account, ( y ) the funds on deposit in the Administrative Agent Account shall at all times continue to be collateral security for all of the obligations of the Loan Parties (other than the Canadian Loan Parties) hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and ( z ) the funds on deposit in the Administrative Agent Account shall be applied as provided in this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and any ABL Collateral Intercreditor Agreement.  In the event that, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4.16, any Loan Party receives or otherwise has dominion and control of any proceeds or collections required to be transferred to the Administrative Agent Account pursuant to Section 4.16(d), such proceeds and collections shall be held in trust by such Loan Party for the Administrative Agent, shall not be commingled with any of such Loan Party’s other funds or deposited in any account of such Loan Party (other than any account by which such Loan Party received or acquired dominion or control such proceeds and collections, or with any funds in such account) and shall promptly be deposited into the Administrative Agent Account or dealt with in such other fashion as such Loan Party may be reasonably instructed by the Administrative Agent.

 

(ii)            The Canadian Agent Account shall at all times be under the sole dominion and control of the Canadian Agent.  Each Loan Party hereby acknowledges and agrees that, except to the extent otherwise provided in the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement ( x ) such Loan Party has no right of withdrawal from the Canadian Agent Account, ( y ) the funds on deposit in the Canadian Agent Account shall at all times continue to be collateral security for all of the obligations of the Canadian Loan Parties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and ( z ) the funds on deposit in the Canadian Agent Account shall be applied as provided in this Agreement, the Intercreditor Agreement and any ABL Collateral Intercreditor Agreement.  In the event that, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 4.16, any Loan Party receives or otherwise has dominion and control of any proceeds or collections required to be transferred to the Canadian Agent Account pursuant to Section 4.16(d), such proceeds and collections shall be held in trust by such Loan Party for the Canadian Agent, shall not be commingled with any of such Loan Party’s other funds or deposited in any account of such Loan Party

 

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(other than any account by which such Loan Party received or acquired dominion or control such proceeds and collections, or with any funds in such account) and shall promptly be deposited into the Canadian Agent Account or dealt with in such other fashion as such Loan Party may be reasonably instructed by the Canadian Agent.

 

(i)             So long as ( i ) no Specified Default has occurred and is continuing, and ( ii ) no Dominion Event has occurred and is continuing, the Loan Parties may direct, and shall have sole control over, the manner of disposition of funds in the Blocked Accounts.

 

(j)             Any amounts held or received in the Administrative Agent Account or the Canadian Agent Account (including all interest and other earnings with respect hereto, if any) at any time ( x ) when all of the monetary obligations due and owing hereunder and under the other Loan Documents have been satisfied or ( y ) all Specified Defaults and Dominion Events have been cured, shall (subject in the case of clause (x) to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement and any ABL Collateral Intercreditor Agreement), be remitted to the operating account of the applicable Borrower.

 

(k)            Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Loan Parties shall be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements set forth in this Section 4.16 during the initial thirty (30) day period commencing on the Closing Date to the extent that the arrangements described above are established and effective not later than the date that is thirty (30) days following the Closing Date or such later date as the Administrative Agent, in its sole discretion, may agree.

 

SECTION 5.          REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES .

 

To induce the Administrative Agent and each Lender to make the Extensions of Credit requested to be made by it on the Closing Date and on each Borrowing Date thereafter, each of the Parent Borrower and HERC, in each case with respect only to itself and its Restricted Subsidiaries, hereby represents and warrants, on the Closing Date, and on every Borrowing Date thereafter to the Administrative Agent and each Lender that:

 

5.1           Financial Condition .  The audited consolidated balance sheets of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2008, December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2010 and the related consolidated statements of income, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the fiscal years ended on such dates, reported on by and accompanied by unqualified reports from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial condition as at such date, and the consolidated results of operations and consolidated cash flows for the respective fiscal years then ended, of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries.  All such financial statements, including the related schedules and notes

 

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thereto, have been prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby (except as approved by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower, and disclosed in any such schedules and notes, and subject to the omission of footnotes from such unaudited financial statements).  During the period from December 31, 2010, to and including the Closing Date, except in connection with the consummation of the Transactions or as permitted by the Predecessor ABL Credit Agreement, there has been no sale, transfer or other disposition by the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries of any material part of the business or property of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and no purchase or other acquisition by any of them of any business or property (including any Capital Stock of any other Person) material in relation to the consolidated financial condition of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in each case, which is not reflected in the foregoing financial statements or in the notes thereto and has not otherwise been disclosed in writing to the Lenders on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

5.2           No Change; Solvent .  Since December 31, 2010, except as and to the extent disclosed on Schedule 5.2, ( a ) there has been no development or event relating to or affecting any Loan Party which has had or would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect (after giving effect to ( i ) the consummation of the Transactions, ( ii ) the making of the Extensions of Credit to be made on the Closing Date and the application of the proceeds thereof as contemplated hereby, and ( iii ) the payment of actual or estimated fees, expenses, financing costs and tax payments related to the transactions contemplated hereby) and ( b ) except in connection with the Transactions or as otherwise permitted by the Predecessor ABL Credit Agreement or by this Agreement and each other Loan Document, no dividends or other distributions have been declared, paid or made upon the Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower, nor has any of the Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower been redeemed, retired, purchased or otherwise acquired for value by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries.  As of the Closing Date, after giving effect to the consummation of the transactions described in preceding clauses (i) through (iii) in clause (a) above, each Borrower is Solvent.

 

5.3           Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law .  Each of the Loan Parties ( a ) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or formation, ( b ) has the corporate or other organizational power and authority, and the legal right, to own and operate its property, to lease the property it operates as lessee and to conduct the business in which it is currently engaged, except to the extent that the failure to have such legal right would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, ( c ) is duly qualified as a foreign corporation, partnership or limited liability company and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, other than in such jurisdictions where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and ( d ) is in compliance with all Requirements of Law, except to the

 

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extent that the failure to comply therewith would not, in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.4           Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations .  Each Loan Party has the corporate or other organizational power and authority, and the legal right, to make, deliver and perform the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of each of the Borrowers, to obtain Extensions of Credit hereunder, and each such Loan Party has taken all necessary corporate or other organizational action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents to which it is a party and, in the case of each of the Borrowers, to authorize the Extensions of Credit to it, if any, on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, any Notes and the L/C Requests.  No consent or authorization of, filing with, notice to or other similar act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is required to be obtained or made by or on behalf of any Loan Party in connection with the execution, delivery, performance, validity or enforceability of the Loan Documents to which it is a party or, in the case of each of the Borrowers, with the Extensions of Credit to it, if any, hereunder, except for ( a ) consents, authorizations, notices and filings described in Schedule 5.4, all of which have been obtained or made prior to the Closing Date, ( b ) filings to perfect the Liens created by the Security Documents, ( c ) filings pursuant to the Assignment of Claims Act of 1940, as amended (31 U.S.C. § 3727 et seq.), in respect of Accounts of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries the Obligor in respect of which is the United States of America or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof, ( d ) filings pursuant to the Financial Administration Act (Canada) in respect of accounts of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries the Obligor in respect of which is Her Majesty the Queen in the right of Canada or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof and ( e ) consents, authorizations, notices and filings which the failure to obtain or make would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by each of the Borrowers, and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is a party will be duly executed and delivered on behalf of such Loan Party.  This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Borrowers and each other Loan Document to which any Loan Party is a party when executed and delivered will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against such Loan Party in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by applicable domestic or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general equitable principles (whether enforcement is sought by proceedings in equity or at law).

 

5.5           No Legal Bar .  The execution, delivery and performance of the Loan Documents by any of the Loan Parties, the Extensions of Credit hereunder and the use of the proceeds thereof ( a ) will not violate any Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation of such Loan Party in any respect that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and ( b ) will not result in, or require, the creation or imposition of

 

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any Lien (other than the Liens permitted by Section 8.3) on any of its properties or revenues pursuant to any such Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation.

 

5.6           No Material Litigation .  No litigation, investigation or proceeding of or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or, to the knowledge of the Parent Borrower, threatened by or against Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or against any of their respective properties or revenues, ( a ) except as described on Schedule 5.6, which is so pending or threatened at any time on or prior to the Closing Date and relates to any of the Loan Documents or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or ( b ) which would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.7           No Default .  Neither the Parent Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is in default under or with respect to any of its Contractual Obligations in any respect which would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

 

5.8           Ownership of Property; Liens .  Each of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries has good title in fee simple to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its material real property, and good title to, or a valid leasehold interest in, all its other material property, and none of such property is subject to any Lien, except for Liens permitted by Section 8.3.  Except for the Excluded Properties, the Mortgaged Properties described on Schedule 5.8 together constitute all the material real properties owned in fee by the Loan Parties as of the Closing Date.

 

5.9           Intellectual Property .  The Parent Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries owns, or has the legal right to use, all United States and foreign patents, patent applications, trademarks, service marks (and applications therefor), trade names, copyrights, technology, know-how and processes necessary for each of them to conduct its business as currently conducted (the “ Intellectual Property ”) except for those the failure to own or have such legal right to use would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  Except as provided on Schedule 5.9, no claim has been asserted and is pending by any Person against the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries challenging or questioning the use of any such Intellectual Property, or the validity or effectiveness of any such Intellectual Property, nor does the Parent Borrower know of any such claim, and, to the knowledge of the Parent Borrower, the use of such Intellectual Property by the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries does not infringe on the rights of any Person, except for such claims and infringements which in the aggregate, would not be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Obligation of or applicable to the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that would be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.11         Taxes .  To the knowledge of the Parent Borrower, each of Holdings, the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries has filed or caused to be filed all United States and Canadian federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns which are required to be filed and has paid ( a ) all Taxes shown to be due and payable on such returns and ( b ) all Taxes shown to be due and payable on any assessments of which it has received notice made against it or any of its property (including the Mortgaged Properties) and all other Taxes imposed on it or any of its property by any Governmental Authority (other than any ( i ) Taxes with respect to which the failure to pay, in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect or ( ii ) Taxes the amount or validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of Holdings, the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be); and no tax Lien has been filed, and no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such Taxes.

 

5.12         Federal Regulations .  No part of the proceeds of any Extensions of Credit will be used for any purpose which violates the provisions of the Regulations of the Board, including without limitation, Regulation T, Regulation U or Regulation X of the Board.  If requested by any Lender or the Administrative Agent, the Parent Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Lender a statement to the foregoing effect in conformity with the requirements of FR Form G-3 or FR Form U-1, referred to in said Regulation U.

 

5.13         ERISA .

 

(a)            During the five (5) year period prior to each date as of which this representation is made, or deemed made, with respect to any Plan (or, with respect to (vi) or (viii) of this Section 5.13(a), as of the date such representation is made or deemed made), none of the following events or conditions, either individually or in the aggregate, has resulted or is reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect:  (i) a Reportable Event; (ii) any failure to satisfy minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Section 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 or 303 of ERISA); (iii) any noncompliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA or the Code; (iv) a termination of a Single Employer Plan (other than a standard termination pursuant to Section 4041(b) of ERISA); (v) a Lien on the property of the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in favor of the PBGC or a Plan; (vi) any Underfunding with respect to any Single Employer Plan; (vii) a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan by the Parent Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity; (viii) any liability of the Parent Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity under ERISA if the Parent Borrower or any such Commonly Controlled Entity were to withdraw completely from all Multiemployer Plans

 

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as of the annual valuation date most closely preceding the date on which this representation is made or deemed made; (ix) the Reorganization or Insolvency of any Multiemployer Plan; or (x) any transactions that resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in any liability to the Parent Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity under Section 4069 of ERISA or Section 4212(c) of ERISA.

 

(b)            With respect to any Foreign Plan, none of the following events or conditions exists and is continuing that, either individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect:  (i) substantial non-compliance with its terms and with the requirements of any and all applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations and orders; (ii) failure to be maintained, where required, in good standing with applicable regulatory authorities; (iii) any obligation of the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with the termination or partial termination of, or withdrawal from, any Foreign Plan; (iv) any Lien on the property of the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries in favor of a Governmental Authority as a result of any action or inaction regarding a Foreign Plan; (v) for each Foreign Plan which is a funded or insured plan, failure to be funded or insured on an ongoing basis to the extent required by applicable non-U.S. law (using actuarial methods and assumptions which are consistent with the valuations last filed with the applicable Governmental Authorities); (vi) with respect to the assets of any Foreign Plan (other than individual claims for the payment of benefits) (A) any facts that, to the knowledge of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, exist that would reasonably be expected to give rise to a dispute and (B) any pending or threatened disputes that, to the knowledge of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, would reasonably be expected to result in a material liability to the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries and (vii) failure to make all contributions in a timely manner to the extent required by applicable non-U.S. law.

 

5.14         Collateral .

 

(a)            Upon execution and delivery thereof by the parties thereto, the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the Mortgages will be effective to create (to the extent described therein) in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the U.S. Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein, except as may be limited by applicable domestic or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.  When ( a ) the actions specified in Schedule 3 to the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement have been duly taken, ( b ) all applicable Instruments, Chattel Paper and Documents (each as described therein) a security interest in which is perfected by possession have been delivered to, and/or are in the continued possession of, the Collateral Agent, ( c ) all Deposit Accounts, Electronic Chattel Paper and Pledged Stock (each as defined in the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) a security interest in

 

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which is required to be or is perfected by “control” (as described in the UCC) are under the “control” of the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Collateral Agent and as directed by the Collateral Agent, and ( d ) the Mortgages have been duly recorded, the security interests granted pursuant thereto shall constitute (to the extent described therein) a perfected security interest in, all right, title and interest of each pledgor or mortgagor (as applicable) party thereto in the Collateral described therein (excluding Commercial Tort Claims, as defined in the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, other than such Commercial Tort Claims set forth on Schedule 7 thereto (if any)) with respect to such pledgor or mortgagor (as applicable).  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, capitalized terms which are used in this Section 5.14 and not defined in this Agreement are so used as defined in the applicable Security Document.

 

(b)            Upon execution and delivery thereof by the parties thereto, the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement will be effective to create (to the extent described therein) in favor of the Canadian Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Canadian Secured Parties, a legal, valid and enforceable security interest in the Collateral described therein, except as may be limited by applicable domestic or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.  When (a) the actions specified in Schedule 3 to the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement have been duly taken, (b) all applicable instruments, chattel paper and Documents of Title (each as described therein) a security interest in which is perfected by possession have been delivered to, and/or are in the continued possession of the Collateral Agent, and (c) all Pledged Stock (as defined therein a security interest in which is required to be or is perfected by “control” (as described in the PPSA) from time to time) are under the “control” of the Collateral Agent or the Administrative Agent, as agent for the Collateral Agent and as directed by the Collateral Agent, the security interests granted pursuant thereto shall constitute (to the extent described therein) a perfected security interest in, all right, title and interest of each pledgor party thereto in the Collateral described therein with respect to such pledgor.

 

5.15         Investment Company Act; Other Regulations .  None of the Borrowers is an “investment company”, or a company “controlled” by an “investment company”, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.  None of the Borrowers is subject to regulation under any Federal or State statute or regulation (other than Regulation X of the Board) which limits its ability to incur Indebtedness as contemplated hereby.

 

5.16         Subsidiaries .  Schedule 5.16 sets forth all the Subsidiaries of Holdings at the Closing Date, the jurisdiction of their incorporation and the direct or indirect ownership interest of Holdings therein.

 

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5.17         Purpose of Loans .  The proceeds of Revolving Credit Loans and Swing Line Loans shall not be used by the Borrowers for any purpose other than to refinance amounts outstanding under the Predecessor ABL Credit Agreement and to finance the working capital and business requirements of, and for general corporate purposes of, the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries, including without limitation the refinancing of other indebtedness and the financing or refinancing of acquisitions, including at the Parent Borrower’s option any Rental Car Company Acquisition.

 

5.18         Environmental Matters .  Other than as disclosed on Schedule 5.18 or exceptions to any of the following that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to give rise to a Material Adverse Effect:

 

(a)            The Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries:  ( i ) are, and within the period of all applicable statutes of limitation have been, in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws; ( ii ) hold all Environmental Permits (each of which is in full force and effect) required for any of their current operations or for any property owned, leased, or otherwise operated by any of them and reasonably expect to timely obtain without material expense all such Environmental Permits required for planned operations; ( iii ) are, and within the period of all applicable statutes of limitation have been, in compliance with all of their Environmental Permits; and ( iv ) believe they will be able to maintain compliance with Environmental Laws, including any reasonably foreseeable future requirements thereto.

 

(b)            Materials of Environmental Concern have not been transported, disposed of, emitted, discharged, or otherwise released or threatened to be released, to or at any real property presently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or at any other location, which would reasonably be expected to ( i ) give rise to liability or other Environmental Costs of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under any applicable Environmental Law, or ( ii ) interfere with the Parent Borrower’s planned or continued operations, or ( iii ) impair the fair saleable value of any real property owned by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that is part of the Collateral.

 

(c)            There is no judicial, administrative, or arbitral proceeding (including any notice of violation or alleged violation) under any Environmental Law to which the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is, or to the knowledge of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries is reasonably likely to be, named as a party that is pending or, to the knowledge of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, threatened.

 

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(d)            Neither the Parent Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has received any written request for information, or been notified that it is a potentially responsible party, under the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act or any similar Environmental Law, or received any other written request for information from any Governmental Authority with respect to any Materials of Environmental Concern.

 

(e)            Neither the Parent Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into or agreed to any consent decree, order, or settlement or other agreement, nor is subject to any judgment, decree, or order or other agreement, in any judicial, administrative, arbitral, or other forum, relating to compliance with or liability under any Environmental Law.

 

5.19         No Material Misstatements .  The written information (including the Confidential Information Memorandum), reports, financial statements, exhibits and schedules concerning the Loan Parties furnished by or on behalf of the Parent Borrower to the Administrative Agent, the Other Representatives and the Lenders in connection with the negotiation of any Loan Document or included therein or delivered pursuant thereto, taken as a whole, did not contain as of the Closing Date any material misstatement of fact and did not omit to state as of the Closing Date any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading in their presentation of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole.  It is understood that ( a ) no representation or warranty is made concerning the forecasts, estimates, pro forma information, projections and statements as to anticipated future performance or conditions, and the assumptions on which they were based or concerning any information of a general economic nature or general information about Parent Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ industry, contained in any such information, reports, financial statements, exhibits or schedules, except that, in the case of such forecasts, estimates, pro forma information, projections and statements, as of the date such forecasts, estimates, pro forma information, projections and statements were generated, ( i ) such forecasts, estimates, pro forma information, projections and statements were based on the good faith assumptions of the management of the Parent Borrower and ( ii ) such assumptions were believed by such management to be reasonable and ( b ) such forecasts, estimates, pro forma information and statements, and the assumptions on which they were based, may or may not prove to be correct.

 

5.20         Labor Matters .  There are no strikes pending or, to the knowledge of the Parent Borrower, reasonably expected to be commenced against the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The hours worked and payments made to employees of the Parent Borrower and each of its Restricted Subsidiaries have not been in violation of any applicable laws, rules or regulations,

 

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except where such violations would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.21         Insurance .  Schedule 5.21 sets forth a complete and correct listing of all insurance that is ( a ) maintained by the Loan Parties and ( b ) material to the business and operations of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole maintained by Restricted Subsidiaries other than Loan Parties, in each case as of the Closing Date, with the amounts insured (and any deductibles) set forth therein.

 

5.22         Eligible Accounts .  As of the date of any Borrowing Base Certificate, the Accounts included in the calculation of Eligible Accounts on such Borrowing Base Certificate satisfy in all material respects the requirements of an “Eligible Account” hereunder.

 

5.23         Eligible Rental Equipment; Eligible Spare Parts and Merchandise; Eligible Service Vehicles .  As of the date of any Borrowing Base Certificate, the Rental Equipment included in the calculation of Eligible Rental Equipment, the Service Vehicles included in the calculation of Eligible Service Vehicles and the Spare Parts and Merchandise included in the calculation of Eligible Spare Parts and Merchandise on such Borrowing Base Certificate satisfy in all material respects the requirements of an “Eligible Rental Equipment”, “Eligible Service Vehicles” or “Eligible Spare Parts and Merchandise,” as applicable, hereunder.

 

5.24 Anti-Terrorism .  As of the Closing Date, the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries are in compliance with the Uniting and Strengthening of America by Providing the Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.24         Anti-Terrorism; Foreign Corrupt Practices.

 

(a)            To the extent applicable, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, the Parent Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary is in compliance with (i) the Uniting and Strengthening of America by Providing the Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, (ii) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, (iii) any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“OFAC”) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto and (iv) the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended.

 

(b)            None of the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of the Parent Borrower, any director or officer of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, is the target of any U.S. sanctions administered by the United States Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) or a person on the lists of “Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons” or “Sectoral Sanctions

 

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Identifications” or otherwise the subject of any economic sanctions administered or enforced by the European Union (a “Sanctioned Party”).  Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiary is organized or resident in a country or territory that is the target of a comprehensive embargo under U.S. sanctions laws and regulations (including as of the date of this Agreement, without limitation, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Sudan and Syria—each an “Sanctioned Country”). None of the Borrowers or any Restricted Subsidiary will knowingly (directly or indirectly) use the proceeds of the Loans for the purpose of funding or financing any activities or business of or with any Person that at the time of such funding or financing is a Sanctioned Party or organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country, except as otherwise permitted by applicable law, regulation or license.

 

(c)            Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, this Section 5.24 shall not apply in relevant part to Restricted Subsidiaries that are organized under the laws of any member state of the European Union solely to the extent this Section 5.24 would violate the provisions of the “Council Regulation (EC) No 2271/96 of 22 November 1996 protecting against the effects of the extra-territorial application of legislation adopted by a third country, and actions based thereon or resulting therefrom” or any other applicable anti-boycott statute.

 

SECTION 6.          CONDITIONS PRECEDENT .

 

6.1           Conditions to Initial Extension of Credit .  This Agreement, including the agreement of each Lender to make the initial Extension of Credit requested to be made by it, shall become effective on the date on which the following conditions precedent shall have been satisfied or waived:

 

(a)            Loan Documents .  The Administrative Agent shall have received the following Loan Documents, executed and delivered as required below, with, in the case of clause (i), a copy for each Lender:

 

(i)             this Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each Borrower;

 

(ii)            the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of Holdings, HERC, the Parent Borrower and each Domestic Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) and an Acknowledgement and Consent in the form attached to the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, executed and delivered by each Issuer (as defined therein), if any, that is not a Loan Party (other than any Excluded Subsidiary);

 

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provided by each Canadian Subsidiary Guarantor), executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each Canadian Borrower and each other Loan Party signatory thereto;

 

(iv)           each of the Mortgages, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Loan Party signatory thereto; and

 

(v)            the Intercreditor Agreement, executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of each party thereto.

 

(b)            Outstanding Indebtedness .  All principal, accrued and unpaid interest, and other amounts then due and owing under the Predecessor ABL Credit Agreement and the Predecessor Term Loan Credit Agreement shall have been or shall substantially contemporaneously be, paid in full and all commitments thereunder shall have been, or shall substantially contemporaneously be, terminated, and any Liens on the Collateral granted by any Loan Party to secure such obligations shall have been, or shall substantially contemporaneously be, terminated and released.

 

(c)            Financial Information .  The Administrative Agent shall have received ( i ) audited financial statements of the Parent Borrower for the three fiscal years ended December 31, 2010 certified by the Parent Borrower’s independent registered public accountants, ( ii ) unaudited financial statements for the Parent Borrower for the most recent interim quarter for which financial statements are available (but in no event for a period ended less than 45 days prior to the Closing Date), and ( iii ) annual projections of the operating budget and cash flow budget (including related consolidated balance sheets, income statements and statements of cash flows) of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries covering the period from the Closing Date through the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013.

 

(d)            Governmental Approvals and/or Consents .  All loans to the Borrowers (and all guarantees thereof and security therefor) shall be in substantial compliance in all material respects with all applicable requirements of law, including Regulations T, U and X of the Federal Reserve Board.  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower stating that all other consents, authorizations, notices and filings referred to in Schedule 5.4 are in full force and effect or have the status described therein, and the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence thereof reasonably satisfactory to it.

 

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respect to personal property of Holdings, the Parent Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries in any of the jurisdictions set forth in Schedule 6.1(e), and the results of such search shall not reveal any liens other than Liens permitted by Section 8.3.

 

(f)             Legal Opinions .  The Administrative Agent shall have received the following executed legal opinions:

 

(i)             the executed legal opinion of Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, special New York counsel to each of Holdings, the Parent Borrower and the other Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-1;

 

(ii)            the executed legal opinion of Richards, Layton and Finger PA, special Delaware counsel to each of Holdings, the Parent Borrower and certain other Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-2;

 

(iii)           the executed legal opinion of Richard J. Frecker, Assistant General Counsel to the Parent Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-3;

 

(iv)           the executed legal opinion of Torys LLP, special Canadian counsel to the Canadian Borrowers, substantially in the form of Exhibit D-4; and

 

(v)            the executed legal opinions of special local counsel in the jurisdictions set forth in Schedule 6.1(f) with respect to collateral security matters in connection with the Mortgages, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(g)            Closing Certificate .  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from each Loan Party, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit J, with appropriate insertions and attachments.

 

(h)            Perfected Liens .

 

(i)             The Collateral Agent shall have obtained a valid security interest in the Collateral covered by the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and the Mortgages (with the priority contemplated therein); and all documents, instruments, filings, recordations and searches reasonably necessary in connection with the perfection and, in the case of the filings with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the U.S. Copyright Office, protection of such security interests shall have been executed and delivered, in the case of UCC filings, written authorization to make such UCC filings shall have been delivered to the Collateral

 

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Agent, and none of such collateral shall be subject to any other pledges, security interests or mortgages except for Permitted Liens.

 

(ii)            The Canadian Collateral Agent shall have obtained a valid security interest in the Collateral covered by the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement (with the priority contemplated therein); and all documents, instruments, filings, recordations and searches reasonably necessary in connection with the perfection and, in the case of the filings with the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, protection of such security interests shall have been executed and delivered or, in the case of PPSA filings, written authorization to make such PPSA filings shall have been delivered to the Canadian Collateral Agent, and none of such collateral shall be subject to any other pledges, security interests or mortgages except for Permitted Liens.

 

(i)             [ reserved ] .

 

(j)             Title Insurance Policy .  The Collateral Agent shall have received in respect of each of the Mortgaged Properties an irrevocable written commitment to issue a mortgagee’s title policy (or policies) or marked up unconditional binder for such insurance dated the Closing Date.  Each such policy shall ( i ) be in the amount set forth with respect to such policy on Schedule 6.1(j); ( ii ) insure that the Mortgage insured thereby creates a valid first Lien on the Mortgaged Property encumbered thereby free and clear of all defects and encumbrances, except those permitted by Sections 7.10 and 8.3 and such as may be approved by the Collateral Agent; ( iii ) name the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders as the insured thereunder; ( iv ) be in the form of an ALTA Loan Policy; ( v ) contain such endorsements and affirmative coverage as reasonably agreed to by the Collateral Agent and the Parent Borrower; and ( vi ) be issued by First American Title Insurance Company or any other title companies reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent (with any other reasonably satisfactory title companies acting as co-insurers or reinsurers, at the option of the Collateral Agent).  The Collateral Agent shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to it that all premiums in respect of each such policy, and all charges for mortgage recording tax, if any, have been paid or other reasonably satisfactory arrangements have been made.  The Collateral Agent shall have also received a copy of all recorded documents referred to, or listed as exceptions to title in, the title policy or policies referred to in this Section 6.1(j) and a copy, certified by such parties as the Collateral Agent may deem reasonably appropriate, of all other documents affecting the property covered by each Mortgage as shall have been reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent.

 

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(k)            Fees .  The Agents and the Lenders shall have received all fees and expenses required to be paid or delivered by the Parent Borrower to them on or prior to the Closing Date, including the fees referred to in Section 4.5.

 

(l)             Borrowing Certificate .  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from HERC and the Parent Borrower, dated the Closing Date, substantially in the form of Exhibit H, with appropriate insertions and attachments, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent, executed by a Responsible Officer and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of HERC and the Parent Borrower.

 

(m)           Corporate Proceedings of the Loan Parties .  The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of the resolutions, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of the Board of Directors of each Loan Party authorizing, as applicable, ( i ) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, any Notes and the other Loan Documents to which it is or will be a party as of the Closing Date, ( ii ) the Extensions of Credit to such Loan Party (if any) contemplated hereunder and ( iii ) the granting by it of the Liens to be created pursuant to the Security Documents to which it will be a party as of the Closing Date, certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Loan Party as of the Closing Date, which certificate shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall state that the resolutions thereby certified have not been amended, modified (except as any later such resolution may modify any earlier such resolution), revoked or rescinded and are in full force and effect.

 

(n)            Incumbency Certificates of the Loan Parties .  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of each Loan Party, dated the Closing Date, as to the incumbency and signature of the officers of such Loan Party executing any Loan Document, reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Administrative Agent executed by a Responsible Officer and the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of such Loan Party.

 

(o)            Governing Documents .  The Administrative Agent shall have received copies of the certificate or articles of incorporation and by-laws (or other similar governing documents serving the same purpose) of each Loan Party, certified as of the Closing Date as complete and correct copies thereof by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Loan Party.

 

(p)            Insurance .  Holdings shall have used reasonable best efforts to ensure that the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to it that all of the requirements of Section 7.5 of this Agreement and Section 5.2.2 of the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement

 

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and any similar section of any Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement shall have been satisfied.  Holdings shall have used reasonable best efforts to cause the Administrative Agent and/or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, and the other Secured Parties to have been named as additional insured with respect to liability policies and the Collateral Agent and/or the Canadian Collateral Agent, as applicable, to have been named as loss payee with respect to the property insurance maintained by each Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors.

 

(q)            Flood Insurance .  The U.S. Borrowers shall have delivered to the Collateral Agent a completed Flood Certificate with respect to each Mortgaged Property and, in connection therewith, each such Flood Certificate shall (A) be addressed to the Collateral Agent, (B) state whether the community in which the applicable Mortgaged Property is located participates in the Flood Program, and (C) be signed by the applicable Borrower on the second page thereof if such Flood Certificate states that the subject Mortgaged Property is located in a Flood Zone, which second page constitutes the notice from the Administrative Agent to the applicable Borrower required by Section 208.25 of Regulation H of the Board.

 

(r)             Absence of Defaults .  There shall not exist any Default or Event of Default.

 

(s)             Solvency .  The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate of the chief financial officer or, if none, the treasurer, controller, vice president (finance) or other responsible financial officer of the Parent Borrower certifying the solvency of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in customary form (as per the applicable jurisdiction of such Borrower).

 

(t)             Cash Management .  The Administrative Agent shall be reasonably satisfied with the arrangements made by HERC and the Parent Borrower to comply with the provisions set forth in Section 4.16 hereof.

 

(u)            Appraisal .  The Co-Collateral Agent shall have received ( i ) appraisal valuations of the ABL Priority Collateral of the Borrowers prepared by a Qualified Appraisal Company, and ( ii ) the results of a completed field examination with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral to be included in calculating the U.S. Borrowing Base and Canadian Borrowing Base and of the relevant accounting systems, policies and procedures of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries, in each case completed within six ( 6 ) months prior to the Closing Date.

 

(v)            Excess Availability .  The Administrative Agent and the Co-Collateral Agent shall have received a Borrowing Base Certificate setting forth,

 

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after giving effect to the Borrowings hereunder on the Closing Date, the Available Loan Commitments equal to an amount not less than $400,000,000.

 

(w)           Senior Term Credit Agreement .  The Senior Term Credit Agreement shall have been executed and be in full force and effect on the Closing Date.

 

(x)            Patriot Act; KYC .  No later than two (2) days prior to the Closing Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information about the Borrowers and the Guarantors that the Administrative Agent has reasonably determined is required by regulatory authorities under “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including without limitations the PATRIOT Act, and that the Administrative Agent has reasonably requested in writing at least five (5) days prior to the Closing.

 

The making of the initial Extensions of Credit by the Lenders hereunder shall conclusively be deemed to constitute an acknowledgement by the Administrative Agent and each Lender that each of the conditions precedent set forth in this Section 6.1 shall have been satisfied in accordance with its respective terms or shall have been irrevocably waived by such Person.

 

6.2           Conditions to Each Other Extension of Credit .  The agreement of each Lender to make any Extension of Credit requested to be made by it on any date (including the initial Extension of Credit and each Swing Line Loan) is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the following conditions precedent:

 

(a)            Representations and Warranties .  Each of the representations and warranties made by any Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document (or in any amendment, modification or supplement hereto or thereto) to which it is a party, and each of the representations and warranties contained in any certificate furnished at any time by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall, except to the extent that they relate to a particular date, be true and correct in all material respects on and as of such date as if made on and as of such date.

 

(b)            No Default .  No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such date or after giving effect to the Extensions of Credit requested to be made on such date.

 

(c)            Borrowing Notice or L/C Request .  With respect to any Borrowing, the Administrative Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall have received a notice of such Borrowing as required by Section 2.2 (or such notice shall have been deemed given in accordance with Section 2.2).  With respect to the issuance of any Letter of Credit, the applicable Issuing Lender shall have received a L/C

 

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Request, completed to its satisfaction, and such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as such Issuing Lender may reasonably request.

 

Each borrowing of Loans by and each Letter of Credit issued on behalf of any of the Borrowers hereunder shall constitute a representation and warranty by the Parent Borrower as of the date of such borrowing or such issuance that the conditions contained in this Section 6.2 have been satisfied (including, to the extent provided herein, with respect to the initial Extension of Credit hereunder).

 

SECTION 7.          AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS .

 

Each of the Parent Borrower and HERC hereby agrees that, from and after the Closing Date and so long as the Commitments remain in effect, and thereafter until payment in full of the Loans, all Reimbursement Obligations and any other amount then due and owing to any Lender or any Agent hereunder and under any Note and termination or expiration of all Letters of Credit (unless cash collateralized or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent), each of the Parent Borrower and HERC shall and (except in the case of delivery of financial information, reports and notices) shall cause each of its Restricted Subsidiaries to:

 

7.1           Financial Statements .  Furnish to the Administrative Agent for delivery to the Co-Collateral Agent and each Lender (and the Administrative Agent agrees to make and so deliver such copies):

 

(a)            as soon as available, but in any event not later than the fifth Business Day after the 90th day following the end of each fiscal year of the Parent Borrower ending on or after December 31, 2010, a copy of the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in common stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case, in comparative form the figures for and as of the end of the previous year, reported on without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit, by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing not unacceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable judgment (it being agreed that the furnishing of the Parent Borrower’s annual report on Form 10-K for such year, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, will satisfy the Parent Borrower’s obligation under this Section 7.1(a) (with respect to such year except with respect to the requirement that such financial statements be reported on without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of the scope of the audit);

 

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(b)            as soon as available, but in any event not later than the fifth Business Day after the 45th day following the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of each fiscal year of the Parent Borrower, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operations and cash flows of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such quarter and the portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter, setting forth in each case, in comparative form the figures for and as of the corresponding periods of the previous year, certified by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower as being fairly stated in all material respects (subject to normal year-end audit and other adjustments) (it being agreed that the furnishing of the Parent Borrower’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for such quarter, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, will satisfy the Parent Borrower’s obligations under this Section 7.1(b) with respect to such quarter);

 

(c)            upon the occurrence of any Specified Default or Liquidity Event, and for so long as such Specified Default or Liquidity Event is continuing, as soon as available after any written request by the Administrative Agent to a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower, but in any event not later than the fifth Business Day after the 30th day following the end of each month, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such month (other than any month that is the last month of a fiscal quarter) and the related unaudited income statement of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries for such month, setting forth in each case, in comparative form the figures for and as of the end of the corresponding month during the previous year; and

 

(d)            all such financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(a) or (b) to be (and, in the case of any financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(b) shall be certified by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower as being) complete and correct in all material respects in conformity with GAAP and to be (and, in the case of any financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(b) shall be certified by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower as being) prepared in reasonable detail in accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and with prior periods that began on or after the Closing Date (except as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be, and disclosed therein, and except, in the case of any financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.1(b), for the absence of certain notes).

 

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7.2           Certificates; Other Information .  Furnish to the Administrative Agent for delivery to the Co-Collateral Agent and each Lender (and the Administrative Agent agrees to make and so deliver such copies):

 

(a)            during the continuation of a Liquidity Event, concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 7.1(a), a certificate or report of the independent certified public accountants reporting on such financial statements stating that in making the audit necessary therefor no knowledge was obtained of any Default or Event of Default under Section 8.1 insofar as the same relates to any financial accounting matters covered by their audit, except as specified in such certificate or report (which certificate or report may be limited in accordance with accounting rules or guidelines or internal policy of the independent certified public accountants));

 

(b)            concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements and reports referred to in Sections 7.1(a) and 7.1(b), a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of each of Holdings and the Parent Borrower ( i ) stating that, to the best of such Responsible Officer’s knowledge, each of Holdings, the Parent Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries during such period has observed or performed all of its covenants and other agreements, and satisfied every condition, contained in this Agreement or the other Loan Documents to which it is a party to be observed, performed or satisfied by it, and that such Responsible Officer has obtained no knowledge of any Default or Event of Default, except, in each case, as specified in such certificate, and ( ii ) setting forth the calculations required to determine compliance (if such compliance is at the time required) with all covenants set forth in Section 8.1 (in the case of a certificate furnished with the financial statements referred to in Sections 7.1(a) and (b));

 

(c)            as soon as available, but in any event not later than the fifth Business Day following the 120th day after the beginning of fiscal year 2011 of the Parent Borrower, and the 90th day after the beginning of each fiscal year of the Parent Borrower thereafter, a copy of the annual business plan by the Parent Borrower of the projected operating budget (including an annual consolidated balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flows of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries) and including segment information consistent with customary past practices of the Parent Borrower, such practices subject to such adjustments as are reasonable in the good faith determination of the Parent Borrower, each such business plan to be accompanied by a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower to the effect that such Responsible Officer believes such projections to have been prepared on the basis of reasonable assumptions at the time of preparation and delivery thereof;

 

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(d)            within five Business Days after the same are filed, copies of all financial statements and periodic reports which Holdings, the Parent Borrower or HERC may file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor or analogous Governmental Authority;

 

(e)            within five Business Days after the same are filed, copies of all registration statements and any amendments and exhibits thereto, which Holdings, the Parent Borrower or HERC may file with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor or analogous Governmental Authority; and

 

(f)             not later than 5:00 P.M. (New York time) on or before the tenth Business Day of each Fiscal Period of HERC and the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries (or ( i ) more frequently as the Parent Borrower may elect or ( ii ) upon the occurrence and continuance of a Specified Default or a Liquidity Event after a request by the Administrative Agent or the Co-Collateral Agent, not later than Wednesday of each week), a Borrowing Base Certificate, which shall be prepared as of the last Business Day of the preceding Fiscal Period of HERC and the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries (or ( x ) such other applicable date in the case of clause (i) above or ( y ) the previous Friday in the case of clause (ii) above) in the case of each subsequent Borrowing Base Certificate.  Each such Borrowing Base Certificate shall include such supporting information as may be reasonably requested from time to time by the Administrative Agent or the Co-Collateral Agent;

 

(g)            promptly, such additional financial and other information as the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent, the Co-Collateral Agent or any Lender may from time to time reasonably request; and

 

(h)            (x) copies of borrowing notices with respect to the incurrence by any Loan Party of Indebtedness described in clause (f) of the definitions of “Canadian Borrowing Base” and “U.S. Borrowing Base” and (y) promptly after the incurrence of any Incremental Indebtedness or the designation of any Loan Party as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, a Borrowing Base Certificate.

 

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.1 or 7.2 may at the Parent Borrower’s option be delivered electronically and, if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Parent Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Parent Borrower’s (or Holdings’ or any Parent Entity’s) website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 7.2 (or such other website address as the Parent Borrower may specify by written notice to the Administrative Agent from time to time); or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Parent Borrower’s (or Holdings’ or any Parent Entity’s) behalf on an Internet or

 

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intranet website to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent).

 

7.3                                Payment of Obligations .  Pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy at or before maturity or before they become delinquent, as the case may be, all its material obligations of whatever nature, including taxes, except where ( x ) the amount or validity thereof is currently being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and reserves in conformity with GAAP with respect thereto have been provided on the books of Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be,  or ( y ) failure to so pay, discharge or otherwise satisfy such obligations would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

7.4                                Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence .  Continue to engage in business of the same general type as conducted by the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, taken as a whole, and preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence and take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of the business of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except as otherwise expressly permitted pursuant to Section 8.5, provided that any such Restricted Subsidiary shall not be required to preserve, renew, or keep in full force and effect its corporate existence, and the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be required to maintain any such rights, privileges or franchises, if the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and comply with all Contractual Obligations and Requirements of Law except to the extent that failure to comply therewith, in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

7.5                                Maintenance of Property; Insurance .

 

(a)                                  Keep all property useful and necessary in the business of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in good working order and condition, except where failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies (or any Captive Insurance Subsidiary) insurance on, or self insure, all property material to the business of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, in at least such amounts and against at least such risks (but including in any event public liability and business interruption) as are usually insured against in the same general area by companies engaged in the same or a similar business, all as determined in good faith by the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary; furnish to the Administrative Agent, upon written request, information in reasonable detail as to the insurance carried; and ensure that, subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, at all times the Administrative Agent and/or the Canadian

 

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Agent, as applicable, and the other Secured Parties shall be named as additional insureds with respect to liability policies and the Collateral Agent and/or the Canadian Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall be named as loss payee with respect to the property insurance maintained by each Borrower and Subsidiary Guarantor; provided that, ( A ) unless a Specified Default or a Dominion Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent shall turn over to the Parent Borrower any amounts received by it as loss payee under any property insurance maintained by the Parent Borrower or its Subsidiaries, and (for the avoidance of doubt) any other proceeds from a Recovery Event, the disposition of such amounts to be subject to the provisions of Section 4.4(b) to the extent applicable, and ( B ) unless a Specified Default or Dominion Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent agrees that the Parent Borrower and/or the applicable Subsidiary Guarantor shall have the sole right to adjust or settle any claims under such insurance.

 

(b)                                  With respect to each property of any Loan Party subject to a Mortgage:

 

(i)                                      [ Reserved ] .

 

(ii)                                   If any portion of any such property is located in an area identified as a special flood hazard area by the Federal Emergency Management Agency or other applicable agency, the Parent Borrower shall maintain or cause to be maintained, flood insurance to the extent required by law.

 

(iii)                                Such applicable Loan Party promptly shall comply with and conform to ( i ) all provisions of each such insurance policy, and ( ii ) all requirements of the insurers applicable to such party or to such property or to the use, manner of use, occupancy, possession, operation, maintenance, alteration or repair of such property, except for such non-compliance or non-conformity as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.  The Parent Borrower shall not use or permit the use of such property in any manner which would reasonably be expected to result in the cancellation of any insurance policy or would reasonably be expected to void coverage required to be maintained with respect to such property pursuant to clause (a) of this Section 7.5.

 

(iv)                               If the Parent Borrower is in default of its obligations to insure or deliver any such prepaid policy or policies, the result of which would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, then the Administrative Agent, at its option upon 10 days’ written notice to the Parent Borrower, may effect such insurance from year to year at rates

 

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substantially similar to the rate at which such Loan Party had insured such property, and pay the premium or premiums therefore, and the Parent Borrower shall pay to the Administrative Agent on demand such premium or premiums so paid by the Administrative Agent with interest from the time of payment at a rate per annum equal to 2.00%.

 

(v)                                  If such property, or any part thereof, shall be destroyed or damaged and the reasonably estimated cost thereof would exceed $10,000,000, the Parent Borrower shall give prompt notice thereof to the Administrative Agent.  All insurance proceeds paid or payable in connection with any damage or casualty to any property shall be applied in the manner specified in Section 7.5(a).

 

7.6                                Inspection of Property; Books and Records; Discussions .

 

(a)                                  (i) In the case of the Parent Borrower, keep proper books of records in a manner to allow financial statements to be prepared in conformity with GAAP consistently applied in respect of all material financial transactions and matters involving the material assets and business of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and (ii) permit representatives of the Co-Collateral Agent to visit and inspect any of its properties and examine and, to the extent reasonable, make abstracts from any of its books and records (other than in respect of any Specified Proprietary & Confidential Information) and to discuss the business, operations, properties and financial and other condition of such entity and its Restricted Subsidiaries with officers of such entity and its Restricted Subsidiaries and with its independent certified public accountants, in each case at any reasonable time, upon reasonable notice, and as often as may reasonably be desired.  Each Borrower shall keep records of its Rental Equipment and Service Vehicles that are accurate and complete in all material respects and shall furnish (without duplication) the Co-Collateral Agent with inventory reports respecting such Rental Equipment and Service Vehicles, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Co-Collateral Agent at such times as the Co-Collateral Agent may reasonably request.  Each Borrower shall, at Borrowers’ expense, conduct a physical inventory of its serialized Rental Equipment and Service Vehicles no less frequently than annually or shall have in place a cycle counting (or perpetual verification) program designed to verify the physical existence of Rental Equipment and Service Vehicles, in each case, in a manner that results in the verification of substantially the entire amount of the Rental Equipment and Service Vehicles over the course of a year and shall provide to the Co-Collateral Agent a report based on each such physical inventory or program promptly after such physical inventory or after the applicable program year, as applicable, together with such supporting information as the Co-Collateral Agent shall reasonably request (without duplication).  The Collateral Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent and the Co-Collateral Agent may participate in and observe any such physical

 

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inventory or cycle counting, which participation shall be at the Borrowers’ expense regardless of whether an Event of Default then exists.

 

(b)                                  At reasonable times during normal business hours and upon reasonable prior notice that the Co-Collateral Agent requests, independently of or in connection with the visits and inspections provided for in clause (a) above, the Parent Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries will grant access to the Co-Collateral Agent (including employees of the Collateral Agent, the Co-Collateral Agent or any consultants, accountants, lawyers and appraisers retained by the Co-Collateral Agent) to such Person’s premises, books, records, accounts, Rental Equipment and Service Vehicles so that ( i ) the Co-Collateral Agent or an appraiser retained by the such Agent may conduct a Rental Equipment and Service Vehicle appraisal and ( ii ) the Co-Collateral Agent may conduct (or engage third parties to conduct) such field examinations, verifications and evaluations (including environmental assessments) as the such Agent may deem necessary or appropriate.  Unless an Event of Default or Liquidity Event exists, or if previously approved by Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiary, no environmental assessment by the Co-Collateral Agent may include any sampling or testing of the soil, surface water or groundwater.  All such appraisals, field examinations and other verifications and evaluations shall be at the sole expense of the Loan Parties; provided that ( i ) absent the existence and continuation of an Event of Default or a Liquidity Event, the Co-Collateral Agent, collectively, may conduct at the expense of the Loan Parties no more than four (4) such appraisals in any calendar year; provided that such appraisals at the expense of the Loan Parties shall be limited to no more than two (2) in any calendar year to the extent the sum of (1) the average of the Available Loan Commitments for the twelve month period immediately prior to the date of calculating such average plus (2) the average of the Specified Suppressed Availability for such period plus (3) the average of the Unrestricted Specified Cash as at the end of each month in such period exceeds $500,000,000 and ( ii ) absent the existence and continuation of an Event of Default or a Liquidity Event, the Co-Collateral Agent may conduct at the expense of the Loan Parties no more than one ( 1 ) such field examination in any calendar year to the extent that the sum of (1) the average of the Available Loan Commitments for the twelve month period immediately prior to the date of calculating such average plus (2) the average of the Specified Suppressed Availability for such period plus (3) the average of the Unrestricted Specified Cash as at the end of each month for such period exceeds $500,000,000.  All amounts chargeable to the applicable Borrowers under this Section 7.6(b) shall constitute obligations that are secured by all of the applicable Collateral and shall be payable to the Co-Collateral Agent, as applicable, hereunder.

 

(c)            On or before March 31 of each year, commencing in March 2015, the Parent Borrower shall cause a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants or a nationally recognized firm of independent consultants to furnish a report to the Collateral Agent and Co-Collateral Agent to the effect that they have performed certain agreed upon procedures (which procedures shall in scope and nature be

 

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substantially similar to procedures performed with respect to Special Purpose Financings incurred by Special Purpose Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower) on a statistical sample of the certificates of title of Eligible Rental Equipment and Eligible Service Vehicles represented by certificates of title designed to provide a ninety-five percent (95%) confidence level confirming that the Eligible Rental Equipment and Eligible Service Vehicles included in the U.S. Borrowing Base or Canadian Borrowing Base, as applicable show a valid and perfected first priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent or the Canadian Collateral Agent, as applicable, except for such exceptions as shall be set forth in such report.  The Parent Borrower shall be responsible for the reasonable cost of such report.

 

7.7                                Notices .  Promptly give notice to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each Lender of:

 

(a)                                  as soon as possible after a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower knows thereof, the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default;

 

(b)                                  as soon as possible after a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower knows thereof, any ( i ) default or event of default under any Contractual Obligation (including with respect to lease obligations in connection with Special Purpose Financings) of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, other than as previously disclosed in writing to the Lenders, or ( ii ) litigation, investigation or proceeding which may exist at any time between the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and any Governmental Authority that in the case of either clause (i) or (ii) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(c)                                   as soon as possible after a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower knows thereof, the occurrence of any default or event of default under any of the Indentures;

 

(d)                                  as soon as possible after a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower knows thereof, any litigation or proceeding affecting Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

(e)                                   the following events, as soon as possible and in any event within 30 days after a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries knows thereof:  ( i ) the occurrence or expected occurrence of any Reportable Event (or similar event) with respect to any Single Employer Plan (or Foreign Plan), a failure to make any required contribution to a Single Employer Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Foreign Plan, the creation of any Lien on the property of the Parent Borrower or its Subsidiaries in favor of the PBGC, a Plan or a Foreign Plan or any withdrawal from, or the full or partial termination,

 

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Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Multiemployer Plan or Foreign Plan; ( ii ) the institution of proceedings or the taking of any other formal action by the PBGC or the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any Commonly Controlled Entity or any Multiemployer Plan which would reasonably be expected to result in the withdrawal from, or the termination, Reorganization or Insolvency of, any Single Employer Plan, Multiemployer Plan or Foreign Plan; provided, however, that no such notice will be required under clause (i) or (ii) above unless the event giving rise to such notice, when aggregated with all other such events under clause (i) or (ii) above, would be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or ( iii ) the first occurrence after the Closing Date of an Underfunding under a Single Employer Plan or Foreign Plan that exceeds 10% of the value of the assets of such Single Employer Plan or Foreign Plan, in each case, determined as of the most recent annual valuation date of such Single Employer Plan or Foreign Plan on the basis of the actuarial assumptions used to determine the funding requirements of such Single Employer Plan or Foreign Plan as of such date;

 

(f)                                    [ Reserved ] ;

 

(g)                                   as soon as possible after a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower knows thereof, ( i ) any release or discharge by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of any Materials of Environmental Concern required to be reported under applicable Environmental Laws to any Governmental Authority, unless the Parent Borrower reasonably determines that the total Environmental Costs arising out of such release or discharge would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; ( ii ) any condition, circumstance, occurrence or event not previously disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent that would reasonably be expected to result in liability or expense under applicable Environmental Laws, unless the Parent Borrower reasonably determines that the total Environmental Costs arising out of such condition, circumstance, occurrence or event would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or would not reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of any lien or other material restriction on the title, ownership or transferability of any facilities and properties owned, leased or operated by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and ( iii ) any proposed action to be taken by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries that would reasonably be expected to subject the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to any material additional or different requirements or liabilities under Environmental Laws, unless the Parent Borrower reasonably determines that the total Environmental Costs arising out of such proposed action would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

 

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(h)                                  any loss, damage, or destruction to the ABL Priority Collateral in the amount of $50,000,000 or more, whether or not covered by insurance; and

 

(i)                                      any and all default notices received under or with respect to any leased location or public warehouse where ABL Priority Collateral, either individually or in the aggregate, in excess of $50,000,000 is located.

 

Each notice pursuant to this Section 7.7 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower or HERC, as applicable (and, if applicable, the relevant Commonly Controlled Entity or Subsidiary) setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Parent Borrower (or, if applicable, the relevant Commonly Controlled Entity or Subsidiary) proposes to take with respect thereto.

 

7.8                                Environmental Laws .

 

(a)                                  ( i ) Comply substantially with, and require substantial compliance by all tenants, subtenants, contractors, and invitees with, all applicable Environmental Laws; ( ii ) obtain, comply substantially with and maintain any and all Environmental Permits necessary for its operations as conducted and as planned; and ( iii ) require that all tenants, subtenants, contractors, and invitees obtain, comply substantially with and maintain any and all Environmental Permits necessary for their operations as conducted and as planned, with respect to any property leased or subleased from, or operated by the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries.  For purposes of this Section 7.8(a), noncompliance shall not constitute a breach of this covenant, provided that, upon learning of any actual or suspected noncompliance, the Parent Borrower and any such affected Subsidiary shall promptly undertake and diligently pursue reasonable efforts, if any, to achieve compliance, and provided, further, that in any case such noncompliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)                                  Promptly comply, in all material respects, with all orders and directives of all Governmental Authorities regarding Environmental Laws, other than such orders or directives ( i ) as to which the failure to comply would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or ( ii ) as to which:  ( x ) appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; ( y ) an appeal or other appropriate contest is or has been timely and properly taken and is being diligently pursued in good faith; and ( z ) if the effectiveness of such order or directive has not been stayed, the failure to comply with such order or directive during the pendency of such appeal or contest could not reasonably be expected to give rise to a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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7.9                                After-Acquired Real Property and Fixtures .

 

(a)                                  With respect to any owned real property (including fixtures thereon), in each case with a purchase price or a fair market value at the time of acquisition of at least $2,000,000, in which any Loan Party acquires ownership rights at any time after the Closing Date (or owned by any Subsidiary that becomes a Loan Party after the Closing Date) , promptly grant to the Collateral Agent or the Canadian Collateral Agent, as applicable, for the benefit of the applicable Lenders, a Lien of record on all such owned real property and fixtures pursuant to a Mortgage or otherwise upon terms reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Collateral Agent or the Canadian Collateral Agent, as applicable, and in accordance with any applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority (including any required appraisals of such property under FIRREA); provided that ( i ) nothing in this Section 7.9 shall defer or impair the attachment or perfection of any security interest in any Collateral covered by any of the Security Documents which would attach or be perfected pursuant to the terms thereof without action by the Parent Borrower, any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or any other Person, ( ii ) no such Lien shall be required to be granted as contemplated by this Section 7.9 on any owned real property or fixtures the acquisition of which is financed, or is to be financed, in whole or in part through the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.2(g) or (h), until such Indebtedness is repaid in full (and not refinanced as permitted by Section 8.2) or, as the case may be, the Parent Borrower determines not to proceed with such financing or refinancing and ( iii ) any such mortgage by a Canadian Subsidiary shall not secure any U.S. Borrower’s obligations.  In connection with any such grant to the Collateral Agent or the Canadian Collateral Agent, as applicable, for the benefit of the Lenders, of a Lien of record on any such real property in accordance with this Section 7.9, the Parent Borrower or such other Loan Party shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent any surveys, title insurance policies, environmental reports and other documents in connection with such grant of such Lien obtained by it in connection with the acquisition of such ownership rights in such real property or as the Collateral Agent or the Canadian Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall reasonably request (in light of the value of such real property and the cost and availability of such surveys, title insurance policies, environmental reports and other documents and whether the delivery of such surveys, title insurance policies, environmental reports and other documents would be customary in connection with such grant of such Lien in similar circumstances).

 

(b)                                  With respect to (i) any Domestic Subsidiary created or acquired (including by reason of any Foreign Subsidiary Holdco ceasing to constitute same) subsequent to the Closing Date by the Parent Borrower or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) (ii) any Unrestricted Subsidiary being designated as a Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) any Immaterial Subsidiary ceasing to be such as provided in the definition thereof and (iv) any entity becoming a Domestic Subsidiary as a result of a transaction pursuant to, and permitted by, Section 8.3 (in each case in

 

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clauses (i) through (iv), other than an Excluded Subsidiary), promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such occurrence and, if the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders so request, promptly ( i ) execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders such amendments to the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably deem necessary or reasonably advisable to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected first priority security interest (or second priority security interest in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement) (as and to the extent provided in the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) in the Capital Stock of such new Domestic Subsidiary, ( ii ) deliver to the Collateral Agent the certificates (if any) representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, executed and delivered in blank by a duly authorized officer of the parent corporation of such new Domestic Subsidiary and ( iii ) cause such new Domestic Subsidiary ( A ) to become a party to the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and ( B ) to take all actions reasonably deemed by the Collateral Agent to be necessary or advisable to cause the Lien created by the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in such new Domestic Subsidiary’s Collateral to be duly perfected in accordance with all applicable Requirements of Law (as and to the extent provided in the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement), including the filing of financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent.

 

(c)                                   ( x ) With respect to any Foreign Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) created or acquired subsequent to the Closing Date by the Parent Borrower or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries (other than an Excluded Subsidiary), the Capital Stock of which is owned directly by the Parent Borrower or a Domestic Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary), promptly notify the Administrative Agent of such occurrence and if the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders so request, subject to clause (e) below, promptly ( i ) execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent a new pledge agreement or such amendments to the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as the Collateral Agent shall reasonably deem necessary or reasonably advisable to grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Lenders, a perfected first priority security interest (or second priority security interest in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement) (as and to the extent provided in the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) in the Capital Stock of such new Foreign Subsidiary that is directly owned by the Parent Borrower or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) ( provided that in no event shall more than 65% of the Capital Stock of any such new Foreign Subsidiary be required to be so pledged and, provided , further , that no such pledge or security shall be required with respect to any non-wholly owned Foreign Subsidiary to the extent that the grant of such pledge or security interest would violate the terms of any agreements under which the Investment by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries was made therein) and ( ii ) to the extent reasonably deemed advisable by the Collateral Agent, deliver to the Collateral Agent the certificates, if any, representing such Capital Stock, together with undated stock powers, executed and delivered in blank by a duly authorized officer of the relevant parent corporation of such new Foreign Subsidiary and take such other action as

 

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may be reasonably deemed by the Collateral Agent to be necessary or desirable to perfect the Collateral Agent’s security interest therein; and ( y ) with respect to any Canadian Subsidiary created or acquired subsequent to the Closing Date by any Canadian Borrower or any Canadian Subsidiary Guarantor, promptly notify the Canadian Collateral Agent of such occurrence and, if the Canadian Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders so request, promptly ( A ) execute and deliver to the Canadian Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Canadian Lenders such amendments to the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement as the Canadian Collateral Agent shall reasonably deem necessary or reasonably advisable to grant to the Canadian Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Canadian Lenders, a perfected first priority security interest (as and to the extent provided in the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement) in the Capital Stock of such new Canadian Subsidiary and ( B ) cause such new Canadian Subsidiary ( x ) to become a party to the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement and ( y ) to take all actions reasonably deemed by the Canadian Collateral Agent to be necessary or advisable to cause the Lien created by the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement in such new Canadian Subsidiary’s Collateral to be duly perfected in accordance with all applicable Requirements of Law, including, without limitation, the filing of financing statements in such jurisdictions as may be reasonably requested by the Canadian Collateral Agent.

 

(d)                                  At its own expense, execute, acknowledge and deliver, or cause the execution, acknowledgement and delivery of, and thereafter register, file or record in an appropriate governmental office, any document or instrument reasonably deemed by the Collateral Agent or the Canadian Collateral Agent, as applicable, to be necessary or desirable for the creation, perfection and priority and the continuation of the validity, perfection and priority of the foregoing Liens or any other Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents.

 

(e)           Notwithstanding anything to contrary in this Agreement, (A) no security interest is or will be granted pursuant to any Loan Document or otherwise in any right, title or interest of any of Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in, and “Collateral” shall not include, any Excluded Asset (as defined in the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement); (B) no Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof shall be required to take any action in any non-U.S. jurisdiction or required by the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction in order to create any security interests in assets located or titled outside of the U.S. or to perfect any security interests (it being understood that there shall be no security agreements or pledge agreements governed under the laws of any non-U.S. jurisdiction) in each case other then than Canada as and to the extent provided herein and in the other Loan Documents and (C) nothing in this Section 7.9 shall require that any Loan Party grant a Lien with respect to any property or assets in which such Subsidiary acquires ownership rights to the extent that the Administrative Agent, in its reasonable judgment, determines that the granting of such a Lien is impracticable.

 

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7.10                         Surveys .  Within a reasonable period following the Closing Date, with respect to those Mortgaged Properties (set forth on Schedule 7.10) for which the title policies delivered pursuant to Section 6.1(j) contain the standard “survey exception”, obtain surveys in such form as is sufficient to obtain from the respective title companies endorsements which have the effect of deleting such exceptions.

 

7.11                         Maintenance of New York Process Agent .  In the case of any Canadian Borrower, maintain in New York, New York or at such other location in the United States of America as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent a Person acting as agent to receive on its behalf and on behalf of its property service of process and capable of discharging the functions of the New York Process Agent set forth in Section 11.13(b).

 

7.12                         Post-Closing Matters .  In the case of the Parent Borrower, use commercially reasonable efforts to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent an agreement with the Parent Borrower’s titling agent relating to access to information about Rental Equipment of the Loan Parties and certain other administrative matters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and the Parent Borrower.

 

SECTION 8.                             NEGATIVE COVENANTS.

 

Each of the Parent Borrower and HERC hereby agrees that, from and after the Closing Date and so long as the Commitments remain in effect, and thereafter until payment in full of the Loans, all Reimbursement Obligations and any other amount then due and owing to any Lender or any Agent hereunder and under any Note and termination or expiration of all Letters of Credit (unless cash collateralized or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and each applicable Issuing Lender), the Parent Borrower and HERC shall not and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

 

8.1                                Consolidated Fixed Charge Ratio .  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Liquidity Event, permit, for the Most Recent Four Quarter Period, the Consolidated Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio as at the last day of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters to be less than 1.00 to 1.00.

 

8.2                                Limitation on Indebtedness .  Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness (including any Indebtedness of any of its Restricted Subsidiaries), except:

 

(a)                                  ( 1 ) Indebtedness of each of the Borrowers or any of their Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (including any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to any Incremental Commitments) and ( 2 ) any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; provided that in the case

 

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of this clause (2) such Indebtedness does not mature prior to the Latest Termination Date;

 

(b)                                  ( i ) Indebtedness evidenced by the Senior Notes (other than the Senior Euro 2014 Notes); provided that the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness at any time outstanding pursuant to this clause (b)(i) shall not exceed $2,345,000,000 (except as a result of any capitalization of accrued and unpaid interest thereon, including through the issuance of pay-in-kind notes), ( ii ) Indebtedness evidenced by the Senior Euro 2014 Notes; provided that the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness at any time outstanding pursuant to this clause (b)(ii) shall not exceed €215,000,000 (except as a result of any capitalization of accrued and unpaid interest thereon, including through the issuance of pay-in-kind notes) and ( iii ) Indebtedness evidenced by any unsecured notes that is initially incurred within 180 days of the Closing Date; provided that the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness at any time outstanding pursuant to this clause (b)(iii) shall not exceed $500,000,000 (except as a result of any capitalization of accrued and unpaid interest thereon, including through the issuance of pay-in-kind notes); and in each case under this clause (b) any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; provided that the foregoing Indebtedness shall not be refinanced or otherwise amended, except as permitted by Section 8.14;

 

(c)                                   Rollover Indebtedness and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

 

(d)                                  Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Senior Term Facility, and Indebtedness incurred other than pursuant to the Senior Term Facility, and in each case any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof; provided that ( x ) at any time that such Indebtedness is created, incurred or assumed, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding pursuant to this clause (d) shall not exceed (i) $2,350,000,000 (except as a result of any capitalization of accrued and unpaid interest thereon, including through the issuance of pay in kind notes), plus (ii) in the event of any refinancing of any such Indebtedness, the aggregate amount of fees, discounts, commissions, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing and ( y ) such Indebtedness shall not be extended, renewed, replaced, refinanced or otherwise amended, except as permitted by Section 8.14;

 

(e)                                   Indebtedness ( i ) ( A ) of any Special Purpose Subsidiary secured by a Lien on all or part of the assets disposed of in, or otherwise incurred in connection with, a Financing Disposition or ( B ) otherwise incurred in connection with a Special Purpose Financing; provided that ( 1 ) such Indebtedness is not recourse to the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Special

 

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Purpose Subsidiary (other than with respect to Special Purpose Financing Undertakings), ( 2 ) in the event such Indebtedness shall become recourse to the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Special Purpose Subsidiary (other than with respect to Special Purpose Financing Undertakings), such Indebtedness is permitted by one or more of the other provisions of this Section 8.2 (including clause (ii) or (iii) below of this Section 8.2(e), in which case, if such Indebtedness is to be permitted by subclause (ii)(C) thereof, such Indebtedness shall be deemed to have been incurred on the date on which such Indebtedness shall have become recourse to the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary) for so long as such Indebtedness shall be so recourse and ( 3 ) in the event that at any time thereafter such Indebtedness shall comply with the provisions of the preceding subclause (1), such Indebtedness shall be permitted under this clause (i); ( ii ) of the Parent Borrower or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries directly or indirectly incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition of, or secured by, Vehicles and/or other Equipment and/or related rights and/or assets, so long as ( A ) such Indebtedness is directly or indirectly incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition of, or secured by, Hawaiian Vehicles (“ Hawaiian Vehicle Indebtedness ”), ( B ) the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness (other than Hawaiian Vehicle Indebtedness) at any time outstanding does not exceed $750,000,000 or ( C ) on the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, after giving effect to the incurrence thereof, the amount of all secured Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than ( 1 ) Indebtedness incurred by Special Purpose Subsidiaries and ( 2 ) Hawaiian Vehicle Indebtedness) then outstanding does not exceed an amount equal to the product of (x) 2.75 and (y) EBITDA for the Most Recent Four Quarter Period; or ( iii ) of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary directly or indirectly incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition of, or secured by, Vehicles and/or other Equipment (excluding Rental Equipment) and/or related rights and/or assets;

 

(f)                                    Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary to the Parent Borrower or any other Subsidiary;

 

(g)                                   ( x ) Purchase Money Obligations, provided that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness outstanding under this clause (g)(x) incurred by any Loan Party to finance or refinance the direct acquisition of Rental Equipment of such Loan Party (not acquired through the acquisition of Capital Stock of any Person owning property or assets, or through the acquisition of property or assets, that include Rental Equipment)) shall not, when any such Indebtedness is created, incurred or assumed, exceed the greater of $50,000,000 and 5% of the then Net Book Value of all Rental Equipment of the Loan Parties located in the United States or Canada, and ( y ) Financing Leases, and ( z ) in each case under this clause (g) any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof

 

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(h)                                  ( x ) unsecured Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries incurred to finance or refinance the purchase price of, or ( y ) Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries assumed in connection with, ( 1 ) any transaction permitted by Section 8.9(g), 8.9(o), 8.9(p), 8.9(r) or Section 8.10; provided that ( i ) in the case of clause (x), such Indebtedness is incurred prior to, substantially simultaneously with or within six months after such transaction or in connection with a refinancing thereof, in whole or in part, ( ii ) if such Indebtedness is being assumed under clause (y), such Indebtedness shall not have been wholly incurred by any party in contemplation of the acquisition permitted by Section 8.10 and ( iii ) immediately after giving effect to such acquisition, no Specified Default shall have occurred and be continuing and no Event of Default known to the Parent Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing or ( 2 ) any Rental Car Company Acquisition; it being understood that, in the event that any such Indebtedness incurred under this Section 8.2(h) is incurred in good faith to finance the purchase price of any such acquisition or such Rental Car Company Acquisition in advance of the closing of such acquisition or such Rental Car Company Acquisition, and such closing shall thereafter not occur and such Indebtedness (or an equal principal amount of other Indebtedness) is redeemed, repaid or otherwise retired promptly after the Parent Borrower determines that such transaction or Rental Car Company Acquisition has been abandoned, such Indebtedness shall be deemed to comply with this Section 8.2(h);

 

(i)                                      to the extent that any Indebtedness may be incurred or arise thereunder, Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries under Interest Rate Protection Agreements and under Permitted Hedging Arrangements;

 

(j)                                     other Indebtedness outstanding, or incurred under facilities in existence, on the Closing Date and listed on Schedule 8.2(j), and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof;

 

(k)                                  to the extent that any Guarantee Obligation or other obligation permitted under Section 8.4 constitutes Indebtedness, such Indebtedness;

 

(l)                                      Indebtedness of Foreign Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower, provided that, at any time that any such Indebtedness is created, incurred or assumed, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding under this clause (l) shall not exceed 2.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets;

 

(m)                              Indebtedness in respect of performance, bid, appeal, surety, judgment, replevin and similar bonds, other suretyship arrangements, other similar obligations, letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar instruments or obligations, and take-or-pay obligations under supply arrangements, all

 

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provided in, or relating to liabilities or obligations incurred in, the ordinary course of business;

 

(n)                                  Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted under Section 8.6;

 

(o)                                  Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred to finance insurance premiums in the ordinary course of business;

 

(p)                                  Indebtedness of any Foreign Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower fully supported on the date of the incurrence thereof by a Foreign Backstop Letter of Credit;

 

(q)                                  Indebtedness ( A ) arising from the honoring of a check, draft or similar instrument against insufficient funds; provided that such Indebtedness is extinguished within five Business Days of its incurrence or ( B ) consisting of indemnities, obligations in respect of earnouts or other purchase price adjustments, or similar obligations, created, incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or Person;

 

(r)                                     Indebtedness in respect of Financing Leases which have been funded solely by Investments of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted by Section 8.9(l);

 

(s)                                    other Indebtedness; provided that, at any time that such Indebtedness is created, incurred or assumed the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding under this clause (s) shall not exceed 3.25% of Consolidated Tangible Assets;

 

(t)                                     Any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any of the Indebtedness described in clause (h) hereof; provided that,  any Liens securing such Indebtedness are limited to all or part of the same property (including, if required by the documentation evidencing such Indebtedness being refinanced, after-acquired property, plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof) that secured (or under written arrangements governing such Liens or Indebtedness could have secured) the Indebtedness being refinanced;

 

(u)                                  cash management obligations; and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protections and other arrangements in each case arising under standard business terms of any bank at which the Parent Borrower or Subsidiary maintains an overdraft, cash pooling or other similar facility or

 

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arrangement, and Indebtedness or other obligations under any Bank Products Agreement;

 

(v)                                  Indebtedness of any Foreign Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower (other than any Loan Party), provided that, at any time that such Indebtedness is created, incurred or assumed, the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding under this clause (v) shall not exceed an amount equal to ( A ) the greater of ( x ) $2,900,000,000 and ( y ) an amount equal to the Foreign Borrowing Base less the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness incurred by Special Purpose Subsidiaries that are Foreign Subsidiaries and then outstanding pursuant to clause (e)(i) of this Section 8.2 plus ( B ) in the case of any refinancing, in whole or in part, of any Indebtedness incurred under this clause (v), the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, original issue discount, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing (such Indebtedness, “ Foreign Fleet Financing ”);

 

(w)                                other Indebtedness, provided that an amount equal to the Net Proceeds in respect of such Indebtedness shall be applied within 270 days of the incurrence thereof, at the Parent Borrower’s option to (x) consummate any transaction permitted by Sections 8.9(g), 8.9(o), 8.9(p), 8.9(r) and 8.10 and/or (y) pay, prepay, repurchase, redeem or otherwise Discharge any other Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries incurred pursuant to any other clause of this Section 8.2 (including without limitation any Senior Notes, the Loans or Senior Term Loans), including any interest and premium (including any prepayment penalties) thereon plus other amounts paid and fees and expenses incurred in connection with such payment, prepayment, repurchase, redemption or other Discharge, provided further that in the case of this clause (y) such refinancing Indebtedness has an Average Life equal to or greater than the Average Life of the Indebtedness being refinanced, or, if the Average Life of such refinancing Indebtedness is less than the Average Life of the Indebtedness being refinanced, then such refinancing Indebtedness shall (i) have a maturity date that is no earlier than the date that is 91 days after the Latest Termination Date (such date, the “ Earliest Refinancing Maturity Date ”) and (ii) not provide for scheduled principal repayments of such Indebtedness in an aggregate amount greater than the aggregate amount of scheduled principal repayments of the Indebtedness being so refinanced, in each case during the period commencing on the date of incurrence of such refinancing Indebtedness and ending on the day immediately preceding the Earliest Refinancing Maturity Date; and

 

(x)                                  other Indebtedness, provided that at the time such Indebtedness is created, incurred or assumed, the Parent Borrower is in Pro Forma Compliance; and any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect thereof.

 

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For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 8.2 and Section 8.3, the amount of any Indebtedness denominated in any currency other than Dollars shall be calculated based on customary currency exchange rates in effect, in the case of such Indebtedness incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness) on or prior to the Closing Date, on the Closing Date and, in the case of such Indebtedness incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness) after the Closing Date, on the date that such Indebtedness was incurred (in respect of term Indebtedness) or committed (in respect of revolving Indebtedness); provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to refinance other Indebtedness denominated in a currency other than Dollars (or in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced), and such refinancing would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such refinancing, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed ( i ) the outstanding or committed principal amount (whichever is higher) of such Indebtedness being refinanced plus ( ii ) the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, original issue discount, premiums and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing.

 

In addition, for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 8.2, in the event that any Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Indebtedness described in clauses (a) through (w) above, the Parent Borrower, in its sole discretion, shall classify such item of Indebtedness and may include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one or more of such clauses (including in part under one such clause and in part under another such clause).

 

8.3                                Limitation on Liens .  Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except for the following (Liens described below are herein referred to as “ Permitted Liens ”; provided , however , that no reference to a Permitted Lien herein, including any statement or provision as to the acceptability of any Permitted Lien, shall in any way constitute or be construed so as to postpone or subordinate any Liens or other rights of the Agents, the Lenders or any of them hereunder or arising under any other Loan Document in favor of such Permitted Lien):

 

(a)                                  Liens for taxes, assessments and similar charges not yet delinquent or the nonpayment of which in the aggregate would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, in conformity with GAAP;

 

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(b)                                  Liens with respect to outstanding motor vehicle fines, and carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business and relating to obligations which are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings;

 

(c)                                   Liens of landlords or of mortgagees of landlords arising by operation of law or pursuant to the terms of real property leases, provided that the rental payments secured thereby are not overdue for a period of more than 60 days or which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted;

 

(d)                                  pledges, deposits or other Liens in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, other social security benefits or other insurance related obligations (including pledges or deposits securing liability to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements);

 

(e)                                   Liens arising by reason of any judgment, decree or order of any court or other Governmental Authority, if appropriate legal proceedings which may have been duly initiated for the review of such judgment, decree or order, are being diligently prosecuted and shall not have been finally terminated or the period within which such proceedings may be initiated shall not have expired;

 

(f)                                    Liens to secure the performance of (x) bids, contracts (other than for borrowed money), obligations for utilities, leases and statutory or regulatory obligations, or (y) performance, bid, surety, appeal, judgment, replevin and similar bonds, other suretyship arrangements, and other similar obligations, all in, or relating to liabilities or obligations incurred in, the ordinary course of business;

 

(g)                                   zoning restrictions, easements, rights-of-way, restrictions on the use of property, other similar encumbrances incurred in the ordinary course of business and minor irregularities of title, which do not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries taken as a whole;

 

(h)                                  Liens securing or consisting of ( i ) Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted by Section 8.2(g) incurred to finance or refinance the acquisition, leasing, construction or improvement of assets or property (or Guarantee Obligations in respect thereof), provided that, any such Liens are limited to all or part of the property (including, if required by the documentation evidencing such Indebtedness, after-acquired property, plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof, and other property that under written arrangements governing such Liens

 

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or Indebtedness could have been subject to such Lien) being financed or refinanced by such, ( ii ) Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted by Section 8.2(h) or Section 8.4 assumed in connection with any transaction permitted by Section 8.9(g), 8.9(o), 8.9(p), 8.9(r) or Section 8.10 (or Guarantee Obligations in respect thereof), provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), such Liens shall not be created in contemplation of such acquisition and shall be created no later than the later of the date of such acquisition or the date of the assumption of such Indebtedness, or ( iii ) in each case under this clause (h) any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of any such Indebtedness (and any Guarantee Obligation in respect of any such Refinancing Indebtedness);

 

(i)                                      Liens existing on assets or properties at the time of the acquisition thereof by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries which do not materially interfere with the use, occupancy, operation and maintenance of structures existing on the property subject thereto or extend to or cover any assets or properties of the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary other than the assets or property being acquired;

 

(j)                                     Liens ( i ) in existence on the Closing Date and listed in Schedule 8.3(j) and other Liens securing Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted by Section 8.2(j) (or Guarantee Obligations of such Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.4), provided that no such Lien securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.2(j) is spread to cover any additional property after the Closing Date (other than, if required by the documentation evidencing such Indebtedness, after-acquired property, plus improvements, accessions, proceeds or dividends or distributions in respect thereof and other property that, under written arrangements governing such Liens or Indebtedness could have secured such Indebtedness) and that the amount of Indebtedness secured thereby is not increased except as permitted by Section 8.2(j), ( ii ) not otherwise permitted hereunder, provided that, at the time any obligation secured by any Lien permitted pursuant to this Section 8.3(j)(ii) is created, incurred or assumed, all obligations secured by all such Liens so permitted and then outstanding do not exceed 1.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets, ( iii ) contemplated by Section 8.2(t) or ( iv ) securing Indebtedness or other obligations (including Guarantee Obligations in respect thereof permitted by Section 8.4) in respect of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar instruments or obligations permitted under Section 8.2(m) or guarantees thereof permitted under 8.4(c);

 

(k)                                  Liens securing Guarantee Obligations permitted under Section 8.4(f) not exceeding (as to the Parent Borrower and all of its Restricted Subsidiaries) $15,000,000 in aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding;

 

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(l)                                      Liens ( i ) created pursuant to the Security Documents or ( ii ) securing or consisting of Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.2(a) (or Guarantee Obligations of such Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.4) other than pursuant to the Security Documents; provided that in the case of this clause (ii), if such Liens apply to the Collateral, such Liens shall be subject to the Intercreditor Agreement or another intercreditor agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

(m)                              any encumbrance or restriction (including pursuant to put and call agreements or buy/sell arrangements) with respect to the Capital Stock of any joint venture or similar arrangement pursuant to the joint venture or similar agreement with respect to such joint venture or similar arrangement, provided that no such encumbrance or restriction affects in any way the ability of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to comply with Section 7.9(b) or (c);

 

(n)                                  Liens on property subject to Sale and Leaseback Transactions permitted under Section 8.6 and general intangibles related thereto;

 

(o)                                  Liens on property of any Foreign Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower securing Indebtedness of such Subsidiary permitted by Section 8.2(l);

 

(p)                                  Liens on intellectual property; provided that such Liens result from the granting of licenses in the ordinary course of business to any Person to use such intellectual property;

 

(q)                                  Liens on or under, or arising out of or relating to, any Vehicle Rental Concession Rights;

 

(r)                                     Liens on property ( i ) of any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party and ( ii ) that does not constitute Collateral, which Liens secure Indebtedness of the applicable Subsidiary permitted under Section 8.2, Guarantee Obligations of the applicable Subsidiary permitted under Section 8.4 or other liabilities or obligations of the applicable Subsidiary not prohibited by this Agreement;

 

(s)                                    Liens securing or consisting of Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries permitted by Section 8.2(d) and any refinancings thereof, in whole or in part, otherwise permitted under this Agreement (or Guarantee Obligations in respect of any such Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.4), and Liens created pursuant to the Term Documents (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement); provided that ( i ) such Liens do not apply to any asset other than Collateral and ( ii ) all such Liens shall be subject to the Intercreditor Agreement or another intercreditor agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

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(t)                                     ( i ) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.2(e) (or Guarantee Obligations in respect of such Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.4), to the extent secured by Vehicles and/or Equipment and/or related rights and/or assets, and/or by Term Priority Collateral, ( ii ) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.2(v), to the extent such Liens are limited to property or assets of one or more Foreign Subsidiaries (other than any Loan Parties), ( iii ) Liens securing Guarantee Obligations in respect of Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.2(v) of ( A ) Car Rental System do Brasil Locacão de Veículos Ltda or any successor in interest thereto and/or ( B ) any other Subsidiary engaged in, or Special Purpose Entity otherwise supporting or relating to, the business of leasing or renting Vehicles in Brazil, provided that such Liens are limited to Collateral securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.2(d) and ( iv ) Liens in favor of any Special Purpose Entity in connection with any Financing Disposition;

 

(u)                                  Liens in favor of any Franchise Special Purpose Entity in connection with any Franchise Financing Disposition;

 

(v)                                  Liens (i) on inventory or goods and proceeds securing the obligations in respect of bankers’ acceptances issued or created to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or other goods, (ii) that are contractual rights of set-off, (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers or suppliers of the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business, (iv) in favor of financial institutions encumbering deposits or other amounts (including the right of set-off) which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry or (v) in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure the payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods;

 

(w)                                Liens in respect of or in connection with any Bank Products Agreements, Interest Rate Protection Agreements and Permitted Hedging Arrangements entered into by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided , that , to the extent that the Parent Borrower determines to so secure any of such Bank Products Agreements, Interest Rate Protection Agreements and Permitted Hedging Arrangements with a Lien on any ABL Priority Collateral on a basis pari passu in priority with the Liens securing the amounts due under the Facility, either (1) (i) the Parent Borrower shall deliver a notice of such determination to the Co-Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent and (ii) the other party to such Bank Products Agreement, Interest Rate Protection Agreement or Permitted Hedging Arrangement, or an agent, trustee or other representative therefor, shall enter into a joinder to the Intercreditor Agreement as contemplated thereby, or another intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent and the Co-Collateral Agent, or (2) the Parent Borrower

 

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shall designate the other party to such Bank Products Agreement, Interest Rate Protection Agreement or Permitted Hedging Arrangement as a “Bank Products Affiliate” or a “Hedging Affiliate” as provided in the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or the Canadian Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, as the case may be; and

 

(x)                                  Liens securing Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.2(x) (and Guarantee Obligations in respect of such Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.4); provided , that , to the extent that the Parent Borrower determines to so secure any of such Indebtedness with a Lien on any ABL Priority Collateral on a basis pari passu in priority with the Liens securing the amounts due under the Facility, either (1) (i) the Parent Borrower shall deliver a notice of such determination to the Co-Collateral Agent and the Administrative Agent, and (ii) the holder or holders of such Indebtedness, or an agent, trustee or other representative therefor, shall enter into a joinder to the Intercreditor Agreement as contemplated thereby, or another intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent and the Co-Collateral Agent, or (2) such Indebtedness shall be incurred pursuant to this Agreement; and

 

(y)                                  any other Lien on property or assets of Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than ABL Priority Collateral (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement)) permitted under the Senior Term Facility or any Additional Term Credit Facility (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement).

 

It is understood that a Lien securing Indebtedness may secure Debt Obligations with respect to such Indebtedness.

 

8.4                                Limitation on Guarantee Obligations .  Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Guarantee Obligation except:

 

(a)                                  Guarantee Obligations in existence on the Closing Date and listed in Schedule 8.4(a) and any refinancings thereof, in whole or in part;

 

(b)                                  Guarantee Obligations in connection with up to an aggregate principal amount of $20,000,000 of Indebtedness outstanding at any time incurred by any Management Investors in connection with any Management Subscription Agreements or other purchases by them or Capital Stock of any Parent Entity (so long as such Parent Entity applies the net cash proceeds of such purchases to, directly or indirectly, make capital contributions to, or purchase Capital Stock of, Holdings or applies such proceeds to pay Parent Entity Expenses) or Holdings, and any refinancings thereof, in whole or in part; provided that such amount shall be reduced by the aggregate then outstanding principal amount of loans and advances permitted by Section 8.9(n);

 

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(c)                                   Guarantee Obligations for performance, bid, appeal, surety, judgment, replevin and similar bonds, other suretyship arrangements, other similar obligations and letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or similar instruments or obligations, all in, or relating to liabilities or obligations incurred in, the ordinary course of business;

 

(d)                                  Guarantee Obligations in respect of indemnification and contribution agreements expressly permitted by Section 8.11(d) or similar agreements by the Parent Borrower;

 

(e)                                   Reimbursement Obligations in respect of the Letters of Credit or reimbursement obligations in respect of any other letters of credit permitted under Section 8.2;

 

(f)                                    Guarantee Obligations in respect of third-party loans and advances to officers or employees of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries ( i ) for travel and entertainment expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, ( ii ) for relocation expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, or ( iii ) for other purposes in an aggregate principal amount (as to Holdings and all of its Restricted Subsidiaries), together with the aggregate principal amount of all Investments permitted under Section 8.9(e)(iv), of up to $15,000,000 outstanding at any time;

 

(g)                                   obligations to insurers required in connection with worker’s compensation and other insurance coverage incurred in the ordinary course of business;

 

(h)                                  obligations of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries under any Interest Rate Protection Agreements or under Permitted Hedging Arrangements;

 

(i)                                      Guarantee Obligations incurred in connection with acquisitions permitted under Section 8.10 or Investments permitted by Section 8.9;

 

(j)                                     guarantees made by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of obligations of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Indebtedness outstanding pursuant to Sections 8.2(b) and (c)) which obligations are otherwise permitted under this Agreement;

 

(k)                                  Guarantee Obligations in connection with sales or other dispositions permitted under Section 8.6, including indemnification obligations with respect to leases, and guarantees of collectability in respect of accounts receivable or notes receivable for up to face value;

 

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(l)                                      Guarantee Obligations incurred pursuant to the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement or any Canadian Security Document or otherwise in respect of Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.2(a);

 

(m)                              Guarantee Obligations (i) in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Sections 8.2(b), (c), (d), (e) and (v), provided that Guarantee Obligations in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 8.2(b) or (c) shall be permitted only so long as such Guarantee Obligations are incurred only by Guarantors or Borrowers; or (ii) otherwise arising pursuant to the Term Documents (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) or any Additional Documents (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement);

 

(n)                                  ( w ) accommodation guarantees for the benefit of trade creditors of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, ( x ) Guarantee Obligations in connection with the construction or improvement of all or any portion of a Public Facility to be used by the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary, ( y ) Guarantee Obligations required (in the good faith determination of the Parent Borrower) in connection with Vehicle Rental Concession Rights and ( z ) Guarantee Obligations in respect of any Franchise Vehicle Indebtedness or Franchise Lease Obligations;

 

(o)                                  Guarantee Obligations in respect of Indebtedness or other obligations of a Person in connection with a joint venture or similar arrangement that as to all of such Persons do not at any time exceed $100,000,000 in aggregate outstanding principal amount; provided that ( i ) such amount shall be increased by an amount equal to $10,000,000 on each anniversary of the Closing Date, so long as no Specified Default shall have occurred and be continuing and no Event of Default known to the Parent Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing on any date on which such amount is to be increased and ( ii ) such amount and any increase in such amount permitted by clause (i) shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of Investments outstanding under Section 8.9(k); and

 

(p)                                  Guarantee Obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of Vehicles and all other obligations arising under certain vehicle supply agreements entered into by any Foreign Subsidiary; provided that the aggregate principal amount of such Guarantee Obligations at any time outstanding, when combined with the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness then outstanding constituting Foreign Fleet Financing, shall not exceed the maximum amount of Foreign Fleet Financing permitted under Section 8.2(v).

 

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 8.4, in the event that any Guarantee Obligation meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Guarantee Obligations described in clauses (a) through (p) above, the Parent Borrower, in its sole

 

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discretion, shall classify such Guarantee Obligation and may include the amount and type of such Guarantee Obligation in one or more of such clauses (including in part under one such clause and in part under another such clause).

 

8.5                                Limitation on Fundamental Changes .  Enter into any merger, consolidation or amalgamation, or liquidate, wind up or dissolve itself (or suffer any liquidation or dissolution), or convey, sell, lease, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, all or substantially all of its property, business or assets, except:

 

(a)                                  ( x ) any Borrower may be merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into another Person if a Borrower is the surviving Person or the Person formed by or surviving such merger, consolidation or amalgamation ( i )( A ) in the case of the Parent Borrower or any Borrower that is a Domestic Subsidiary, is organized or existing under the laws of the United States, or any state, district or territory thereof or ( B ) in the case of any Canadian Borrower, is organized or existing under the laws of Canada in any province or territory thereof, and ( ii ) expressly assumes all obligations of such Borrower under the Loan Documents pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent Borrower and ( y ) any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower other than any Borrower may be merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into another Person if the surviving Person is the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower; provided that in any case where the Subsidiary that is the non-surviving entity is a North American Subsidiary and such Subsidiary’s assets include real property owned by such North American Subsidiary or Voting Stock of any other North American Subsidiary, or if such merger or consolidation constitutes (alone or together with any related merger or consolidation by any North American Subsidiary) a transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of the Domestic Subsidiaries or Canadian Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties, ( 1 ) the continuing or surviving entity shall be a Loan Party, or ( 2 ) such merger, consolidation or amalgamation shall be in the ordinary course of business, or ( 3 ) if the continuing or surviving entity is not a Loan Party, the Net Available Cash of all such assets transferred by a North American Subsidiary pursuant to this clause (3) do not exceed $20,000,000 in any fiscal year, or ( 4 ) at the time of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation, the Payment Conditions are satisfied and (z) any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower may be merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Parent Borrower if the surviving Person is the Parent Borrower;

 

(b)                                  any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower may sell, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any or all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower (and, in the case of a non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary, may be liquidated to the extent the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary which is a direct parent of

 

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such non-Wholly Owned Subsidiary receives a pro rata distribution of the assets thereof); provided that if any Borrower so disposes of all or substantially all of its assets (i) in the case of HERC, such sale, lease, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of its assets may be made only to the Parent Borrower and (ii) in all other cases, either ( A ) such Borrower shall, simultaneously with such disposition, ( 1 ) repay in full all outstanding Loans made ( x ) to it and ( y ) against assets contributed by it to the Borrowing Base, to any other Borrower and ( 2 ) terminate its right to borrow hereunder or ( B ) the transferee of such assets shall be a Borrower; provided , further, that ( x ) if the Subsidiary that disposes of any or all of its assets is a North American Subsidiary and such disposition includes real property owned by such North American Subsidiary or Voting Stock of any other North American Subsidiary, or constitutes (alone or together with any related disposition of assets by any North American Subsidiary) all or substantially all of the assets of the Domestic Subsidiaries or Canadian Subsidiaries that are Loan Parties, ( 1 ) the transferee of such assets shall be a Loan Party, or ( 2 ) such disposition shall be in the ordinary course of business, or ( 3 ) if the transferee of such assets is not a Loan Party, the Net Available Cash of all such assets transferred by a North American Subsidiary pursuant to this clause (3) do not exceed $20,000,000 in any fiscal year, or ( 4 ) at the time of such disposition, the Payment Conditions are satisfied; and

 

(c)                                   pursuant to any Asset Disposition made in accordance with Section 8.6 (or any disposition not constituting an Asset Disposition).

 

8.6                                Limitation on Sale of Assets .

 

(a)                                  Make any Asset Disposition unless:

 

(i)                                      the Parent Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries receive consideration (including by way of relief from, or by any other Person assuming responsibility for, any liabilities, contingent or otherwise) at the time of such Asset Disposition at least equal to the fair market value of the shares and assets subject to such Asset Disposition, as such fair market value shall be determined (and shall be determined, to the extent such Asset Disposition or any series of related Asset Dispositions involves aggregate consideration in excess of $25,000,000) in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Parent Borrower, which determination shall be conclusive (including as to the value of all non-cash consideration),

 

(ii)                                   in the case of any Asset Disposition (or series of related Asset Dispositions) having a fair market value of $25,000,000 or more, at least 75% of the consideration therefor (excluding, in the case of an Asset Disposition (or series of related Asset Dispositions), any consideration by

 

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way of relief from, or by any other Person assuming responsibility for, any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, that are not Indebtedness) received by the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary is in the form of cash,

 

(iii)                                to the extent required by Section 8.6(b), an amount equal to 100% of the Net Available Cash from such Asset Disposition is applied by the Parent Borrower (or any Restricted Subsidiary), as the case may be) as provided in such Section, and

 

(iv)                               in the case of any Asset Disposition of ABL Priority Collateral having a fair market value exceeding $75,000,000, the Administrative Agent and the Co-Collateral Agent shall have received an updated Borrowing Base Certificate giving effect to such Asset Disposition on a pro forma basis.

 

(b)                                  In the event that on or after the Closing Date, ( x ) the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall make an Asset Disposition or ( y ) a Recovery Event shall occur, an amount equal to 100% of the Net Available Cash from such Asset Disposition or Recovery Event shall be applied by Parent Borrower (or any Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be) as follows:

 

first , ( x ) to the extent Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary elects, to reinvest or commit to reinvest in the business of Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including any investment in Additional Assets by Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) within 365 days from the later of the date of such Asset Disposition and the date of receipt of such Net Available Cash (or, if such reinvestment is in a project authorized by the Board of Directors of the Parent Borrower that will take longer than such 365 days to complete, the period of time necessary to complete such project) or ( y ) in the case of any Asset Disposition by any Subsidiary of the Parent that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, to the extent that the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary elects, or is required by the terms of any Indebtedness of any Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor, to prepay, repay or purchase any such Indebtedness or (in the case of letters of credit, bankers’ acceptances or other similar instruments) cash collateralize any such Indebtedness (in each case other than Indebtedness owed to the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) within 365 days after the later of the date of such Asset Disposition and the date of receipt of such Net Available Cash;

 

second , to the extent of the balance of such Net Available Cash after application in accordance with clause (i) above, and if Available Loan Commitments are less than $250,000,000, to prepay the Loans and cash collateralize the Bankers’ Acceptances and the L/C Obligations up to an amount

 

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necessary in order for Available Loan Commitments to be $250,000,000 or more and (to the extent the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary elects or is required by the terms thereof) to prepay, repay or purchase any other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.2(a) or Additional Indebtedness on a pro rata basis with the Loans, in accordance with Section 4.4(b) (and subject to Section 4.4(e)) or the agreements or instruments governing such other Indebtedness or Additional Indebtedness; and

 

third , to the extent of the balance of such Net Available Cash after application in accordance with clauses (i) and (ii) above, to fund any general corporate purposes (including but not limited to the repayment, redemption or other acquisition or retirement of Senior Term Loans or Senior Notes) (to the extent permitted pursuant to Section 8.14 and consistent with any other applicable provision of this Agreement).

 

(c)                                   Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.6, the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall not be required to apply any Net Available Cash or equivalent amount in accordance with this Section 8.6 except to the extent that the aggregate Net Available Cash from all Asset Dispositions and Recovery Events or equivalent amount that is not applied in accordance with this Section 8.6 exceeds $50,000 000, in which case the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries shall apply all such Net Available Cash from such Asset Dispositions and Recovery Events or equivalent amount in accordance with Section 8.6(b) above.

 

For the purposes of Section 8.6(a)(i) above, the following are deemed to be cash:  ( 1 ) Cash Equivalents and Temporary Cash Investments, ( 2 ) the assumption of Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower (other than Disqualified Stock of the Parent Borrower) or any Restricted Subsidiary and the release of the Parent Borrower or such Subsidiary from all liability on payment of the principal amount of such Indebtedness in connection with such Asset Disposition, ( 3 ) securities received by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries from the transferee that are converted by the Parent Borrower or such Subsidiary into cash within 180 days, ( 4 ) consideration consisting of Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiary, ( 5 ) Additional Assets and ( 6 ) any Designated Noncash Consideration received by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in an Asset Disposition having an aggregate Fair Market Value, taken together with all other Designated Noncash Consideration received pursuant to this clause, not to exceed when received an aggregate amount equal to 1.25% of Consolidated Tangible Assets (with the Fair Market Value of each item of Designated Noncash Consideration being measured at the time received and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value).

 

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8.7                                Limitation on Dividends .  Declare or pay any dividend (other than dividends payable solely in common stock of the Parent Borrower or options, warrants or other rights to purchase common stock of the Parent Borrower) on, or make any payment on account of, or set apart assets for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the purchase, redemption, defeasance, retirement or other acquisition of, any shares of any class of Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower or any warrants or options to purchase any such Capital Stock, whether now or hereafter outstanding, or make any other distribution (other than distributions payable solely in common stock of the Parent Borrower or options, warrants or other rights to purchase common stock of the Parent Borrower) in respect thereof, either directly or indirectly, whether in cash or property or in obligations of the Parent Borrower (any of the foregoing, a “ Restricted Payment ”), except that:

 

(a)                                  the Parent Borrower may pay cash dividends in an amount sufficient to allow any Parent Entity or Holdings to pay expenses (other than taxes) incurred in the ordinary course of business, provided that, if any Parent Entity shall own any material assets other than the Capital Stock of Holdings or another Parent Entity or other assets, relating to the ownership interest of such Parent Entity in another Parent Entity, Holdings or Subsidiaries of Holdings, such cash dividends with respect to such Parent Entity shall be limited to the reasonable and proportional share, as determined by the Parent Borrower in its reasonable discretion, of such expenses incurred by such Parent Entity relating or allocable to its ownership interest in Holdings or another Parent Entity and such other related assets; and provided, further, that if Holdings shall own any material assets other than Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower or other assets relating to the ownership interest of Holdings in the Parent Borrower or Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower, such cash dividends with respect to Holdings shall be limited to the reasonable and proportional share, as determined by the Parent Borrower in its reasonable discretion, of such expenses incurred by Holdings relating to or allocable to its ownership interest in the Parent Borrower and such other related assets;

 

(b)                                  the Parent Borrower may pay cash dividends in an amount sufficient to cover reasonable and necessary expenses (including professional fees and expenses) (other than taxes) incurred by any Parent Entity or Holdings in connection with ( i ) registration, public offerings and exchange listing of equity or debt securities and maintenance of the same, ( ii ) compliance with reporting obligations under, or in connection with compliance with, federal or state laws or under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents and ( iii ) indemnification and reimbursement of directors, officers and employees in respect of liabilities relating to their serving in any such capacity, or obligations in respect of director and officer insurance (including premiums therefor), provided that, in the case of sub-clause (i) above, if any Parent Entity shall own any material assets other than the Capital Stock of Holdings or another Parent Entity

 

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or other assets relating to the ownership interest of such Parent Entity in another Parent Entity, Holdings or its Subsidiaries, with respect to such Parent Entity such cash dividends shall be limited to the reasonable and proportional share, as determined by the Parent Borrower in its reasonable discretion, of such expenses incurred by such Parent Entity relating or allocable to its ownership interest in another Parent Entity, Holdings and such other assets; and provided, further, that in the case of sub-clause (i) above, if Holdings shall own any material assets other than the Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower or other assets relating to the ownership interest of Holdings in the Parent Borrower or its Subsidiaries, with respect to Holdings such cash dividends shall be limited to the reasonable and proportional share, as determined by the Parent Borrower in its reasonable discretion, of such expenses incurred by Holdings relating or allocable to its ownership interest in the Parent Borrower and such other assets;

 

(c)                                   the Parent Borrower may pay, without duplication, cash dividends ( A ) pursuant to the Tax Sharing Agreement and ( B ) to pay or permit Holdings or any Parent Entity to pay any Related Taxes;

 

(d)                                  the Parent Borrower may pay cash dividends in an amount sufficient to allow Holdings or any Parent Entity to repurchase shares of its Capital Stock or rights, options or units in respect thereof from any Management Investors or former Management Investors (or any of their respective heirs, successors, assigns, legal representatives or estates) (including any repurchase or acquisition by reason of the Parent Borrower or any Parent Entity retaining any Capital Stock, option, warrant or other right in respect of tax withholding obligations, and any related payment in respect of any such obligations), or as otherwise contemplated by any Management Subscription Agreements, for an aggregate purchase price not to exceed $20,000,000; provided that such amount shall be increased by ( i ) an amount equal to $5,000,000 on each anniversary of the Closing Date, commencing on the first anniversary of the Closing Date, and ( ii ) an amount equal to the proceeds to Holdings (whether received by it directly or from a Parent Entity or applied to pay Parent Entity Expenses) of any resales or new issuances of shares and options to any Management Investors, at any time after the initial issuances to any Management Investors, together with the aggregate amount of deferred compensation owed by Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary to any Management Investor that shall thereafter have been cancelled, waived or exchanged at any time after the initial issuances to any thereof in connection with the grant to such Management Investor of the right to receive or acquire shares of Holdings’ or any Parent Entity’s Capital Stock;

 

(e)                                   the Parent Borrower may pay cash dividends in an amount sufficient to allow Holdings and any Parent Entity to pay all fees and expenses incurred in connection with the Transactions and the other transactions expressly

 

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contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to allow Holdings to perform its obligations under or in connection with the Loan Documents to which it is a party;

 

(f)                                    in addition to the foregoing dividends, the Parent Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments; provided that, at the time such Restricted Payment is made either (x) the Payment Conditions are satisfied or (y) to the extent the Payment Conditions are not satisfied, (i) the Available Amount Payment Conditions are satisfied and (ii) such Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (f)(y) are in an aggregate amount not to exceed the sum of (x) the Available Amount plus (y) 1.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets plus (z) the Available Excluded Contribution Amount, in each case immediately prior to the time of the payment or making of such dividend, payment or distribution;

 

(g)                                   the Parent Borrower may pay cash dividends; provided that the aggregate amount of such dividends pursuant to this clause (g), when aggregated with ( i )  all cash consideration paid in respect of Investments outstanding pursuant to Section 8.9(g)(ii)(C) and acquisitions pursuant to Section 8.10(b)(iii), ( ii ) all Investments outstanding pursuant to Section 8.9(p) and ( iii ) all optional prepayments made pursuant to 8.14(a)(i), do not exceed $200,000,000 in the aggregate .

 

8.8                                [Reserved]

 

8.9                                Limitation on Investments, Loans and Advances .  Make any Investment in any Person, except:

 

(a)                                  extensions of trade credit in the ordinary course of business;

 

(b)                                  Investments in cash, Cash Equivalents and Temporary Cash Investments;

 

(c)                                   Investments existing on the Closing Date and described in Schedule 8.9(c);

 

(d)                                  Investments in notes receivable and other instruments and securities obtained in connection with transactions permitted by Section 8.6;

 

(e)                                   loans and advances to officers, directors or employees of Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries ( i ) in the ordinary course of business for travel and entertainment expenses, ( ii ) existing on the Closing Date and described in Schedule 8.9(c), ( iii ) made after the Closing Date for relocation expenses in the ordinary course of business, ( iv ) made for other purposes in an aggregate principal amount (as to Holdings and all of its Subsidiaries), together with the

 

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aggregate principal amount of all Guarantee Obligations permitted pursuant to Section 8.4(f)(iii), of up to $15,000,000 outstanding at any time and ( v ) relating to indemnification or reimbursement of any officers, directors or employees in respect of liabilities relating to their serving in any such capacity or as otherwise specified in Section 8.11;

 

(f)                                    ( i ) Investments by the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary in the Parent Borrower or any other Subsidiary and ( ii ) Investments in Holdings in amounts and for purposes for which dividends are permitted under Section 8.7;

 

(g)                                   ( i ) acquisitions expressly permitted by Section 8.10 and ( ii ) Investments in less than all business or assets of, or stock or other evidences of beneficial ownership of, any Person made for aggregate consideration (including cash and indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection with such Investment) that consists solely of any combination of ( A )  Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or Holdings and/or ( B ) cash in an amount equal to the Net Proceeds of the sale or issuance of Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or Holdings which amount is contributed to the Parent Borrower within 90 days prior to the date of the relevant acquisition (and is not a Specified Equity Contribution); and/or ( C ) additional cash and other property (excluding cash and other property covered in clauses (A) and (B) of this Section 8.9(g)(ii)) and Indebtedness (whether incurred or assumed); provided that the aggregate amount of such cash consideration (net of any increase in the Available Loan Commitments attributable to the purchase of revenue earning equipment in connection with such Investment) paid pursuant to this clause (C), when aggregated with ( 1 ) all cash dividends paid pursuant to Section 8.7(g), ( 2 ) all Investments outstanding pursuant to Section 8.9(p), ( 3 ) all cash consideration paid in respect of acquisitions pursuant to Section 8.10(b)(iii) and ( 4 ) all optional prepayments made pursuant to 8.14(a)(i), do not exceed $200,000,000 in the aggregate);

 

(h)                                  Investments of the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries under Interest Rate Protection Agreements or under Permitted Hedging Arrangements;

 

(i)                                      Investments in the nature of pledges or deposits with respect to leases or utilities provided to third parties in the ordinary course of business or otherwise described in Section 8.3(c), (d) or (f);

 

(j)                                     Investments representing non-cash consideration received by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any disposition or Asset Disposition permitted by Section 8.6 (or in any disposition not constituting an Asset Disposition), provided that any such non-cash consideration received by the Parent Borrower or any other Loan Party (other than

 

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any such consideration securing Indebtedness as permitted by Section 8.3(t)(i) or consisting of Excluded Assets) is pledged to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant to the Security Documents to the extent provided therein;

 

(k)                                  Investments by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in a Person in connection with a joint venture or similar arrangement; provided that ( i ) the aggregate amount of such Investments outstanding pursuant to this clause (k) does not at any time exceed $100,000,000 in aggregate outstanding principal amount; provided that ( i ) such amount shall be increased by an amount equal to $10,000,000 on each anniversary of the Closing Date, so long as no Specified Default shall have occurred and be continuing and no Event of Default known to the Parent Borrower shall have occurred and be continuing on any date on which such amount is to be increased and ( ii ) such amount and any increase in such amount permitted by clause (i) shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of Guarantees outstanding under Section 8.4(o);

 

(l)                                      Investments in industrial development or revenue bonds or similar obligations secured by assets leased to and operated by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that were issued in connection with the financing or refinancing of such assets, so long as the Parent Borrower or any such Subsidiary may obtain title to such assets at any time by optionally canceling such bonds or obligations, paying a nominal fee and terminating such financing transaction;

 

(m)                              Investments representing evidences of Indebtedness, securities or other property received from another Person by the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any bankruptcy proceeding or other reorganization of such other Person or as a result of foreclosure, perfection or enforcement of any Lien or exchange for evidences of Indebtedness, securities or other property of such other Person held by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary provided that any such securities or other property received by the Parent Borrower or any other Loan Party (other than any such securities or other property securing Indebtedness as permitted by Section 8.3(t)(i)) is pledged to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders pursuant to the Security Documents;

 

(n)                                  loans and advances to Management Investors in connection with the purchase by such Management Investors of Capital Stock of any Parent Entity (so long as ( i ) such Parent Entity applies the net cash proceeds of such purchases to, directly or indirectly, make capital contributions to, or purchase Capital Stock of, Holdings or applies such proceeds to pay Parent Entity Expenses and ( ii ) Holdings applies the net cash proceeds of such purchases to, directly or indirectly, make capital contributions to, or purchase Capital Stock of, the Parent Borrower or applies such proceeds to pay Parent Entity Expenses) or Holdings of

 

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up to $20,000,000 outstanding at any one time; provided that such amount shall be reduced by the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness in respect of Guarantee Obligations permitted by Section 8.4(b);

 

(o)                                  Investments not otherwise permitted by the other clauses of this Section 8.9; provided that, at the time such Investments are made either ( x ) the Payment Conditions are satisfied or ( y ) to the extent the Payment Conditions are not satisfied, ( i ) the Available Amount Payment Conditions are satisfied and ( ii ) such Investments made pursuant to this clause (o)(y) are in an aggregate amount not to exceed the sum of (x) the Available Amount plus (y) 1.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets plus (z) the Available Excluded Contribution Amount, in each case immediately prior to the time of making of such Investment;

 

(p)                                  other Investments; provided that ( i ) the aggregate amount of such Investments outstanding pursuant to this clause (p), when aggregated with ( A ) all cash dividends paid pursuant to Section 8.7(g), ( B ) all cash consideration paid in respect of Investments outstanding pursuant to clause (g)(ii)(C) of this Section 8.9 and acquisitions pursuant to Section 8.10(b)(iii) and ( C ) all optional prepayments made pursuant to Section 8.14(a)(i), do not exceed $200,000,000 in the aggregate or ( ii ) such Investments are made with Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or Holdings and/or cash in an amount equal to the Net Proceeds of the sale or issuance of Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or Holdings which amount is contributed to the Parent Borrower within 90 days prior to the date of the relevant acquisition (and is not a Specified Equity Contribution);

 

(q)                                  ( x ) Investments consisting of, or arising out of or related to, Vehicle Rental Concession Rights (including any Investments referred to in the definition of the term “ Vehicle Rental Concession Rights ”) and ( y ) and any Investments in Franchisees arising as a result of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary being party to any Vehicle Rental Concession or any related agreement jointly with any Franchisee, or leasing or subleasing any part of a Public Facility or other property to any Franchisee, or guaranteeing any obligation of any Franchisee in respect of any Vehicle Rental Concession or any related agreement;

 

(r)                                     Investments in or by any Special Purpose Subsidiary, or in connection with a Financing Disposition by, to or in favor of any Special Purpose Entity, including ( 1 ) Investments of funds in accounts permitted or required by the arrangements governing such Financing Disposition or any related Indebtedness, or ( 2 ) any promissory note issued by the Parent Borrower, Holdings or any Parent Entity, provided that if Holdings or such Parent Entity receives cash from the relevant Special Purpose Entity in exchange for such note, an equal cash amount is contributed by Holdings or any Parent Entity to the Parent Borrower;

 

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(s)                                    ( 1 ) Investments in Franchise Special Purpose Entities directly or indirectly to finance or refinance the acquisition of Franchise Rental Car Vehicles and/or other Franchise Equipment and/or related rights and/or assets, in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time (as to all such Franchise Special Purpose Entities, and taken together with the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness classified by the Parent Borrower under clause (a) of the definition of “Franchise Vehicle Indebtedness”) not exceeding the Franchise SPE Fleet Amount, ( 2 ) Investments in Franchisees attributable to the financing or refinancing of Franchise Rental Car Vehicles and/or other Franchise Equipment and/or related rights and/or assets, as determined in good faith by a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower (which determination shall be conclusive), in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time (as to all such Franchisees, and taken together with the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness classified by the Parent Borrower under clause (b) of the definition of “Franchise Vehicle Indebtedness”) not exceeding the Franchise Asset Value Amount, ( 3 ) Investments in Franchisees in an aggregate amount outstanding at any time (as to all such Franchisees, and taken together with the then outstanding aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness classified by the Parent Borrower under clause (c) of the definition of “Franchise Vehicle Indebtedness”) not exceeding the Franchisee Revenue Amount, ( 4 ) Investments in Capital Stock of Franchisees and Franchise Special Purpose Entities (including pursuant to capital contributions), ( 5 ) Investments in Franchisees arising as the result of Guarantee Obligations in respect of Franchise Vehicle Indebtedness or Franchise Lease Obligations and ( 6 ) Investments in Franchisees (x) that have discontinued operations or that have indicated, or that the Parent Borrower shall have reasonably determined, that if an Investment is not made it is reasonably likely to imminently discontinue operations or (y) otherwise for a Cash Purchase Price, when aggregated with the Cash Purchase Price for all other Investments under this clause (r)(6) and acquisitions under Section 8.10(d)(y) in the same fiscal year not in excess of $100,000,000; and

 

(t)                                     Investments made as part of an Islamic financing arrangement, including Sukuk, if such arrangement, if structured as Indebtedness, would be permitted under Section 8.2, provided that, (i) the amount that would constitute Indebtedness if such arrangement were structured as Indebtedness, as determined in good faith by the Parent Borrower, shall be treated by the Parent Borrower as Indebtedness for purposes of Section 8.2 (including, to the extent applicable, with respect to the calculation of any amounts of Indebtedness outstanding thereunder) and (ii) any such Islamic financing arrangement shall not include any payment obligations of any Loan Party secured by a Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral on a basis pari passu in priority with the Liens securing the amounts due under the Facility.

 

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provided , that , (A) if either any Investment or series of Investments permitted under this Section 8.9 results in the acquisition by any Loan Party of ABL Priority Collateral or any component of the Canadian Borrowing Base or the U.S. Borrowing Base consisting either of (x) assets of a type substantially different from those in the Canadian Borrowing Base or the U.S. Borrowing Base at such time, or (y) assets of a type substantially similar to those in the Canadian Borrowing Base or the U.S. Borrowing Base at such time, and in the case of this clause (y) with an aggregate net book value in excess of $180,000,000, then (i) the Parent Borrower may deliver an appraisal prepared by a Qualified Appraisal Company with respect to such acquired assets and (ii) until such appraisal is delivered or waived in writing by the Co-Collateral Agent, the assets acquired pursuant to such Investment shall not be included in the Borrowing Base Certificate, the Canadian Borrowing Base or the U.S. Borrowing Base; and (B) for purposes of determining compliance with this Section 8.9, in the event that any Investment meets the criteria of more than one of the types of Investments described in clauses (a) through (t) above, the Borrower, in its sole discretion, shall classify such item of Investment and may include the amount and type of such Investment in one or more of such clauses (including in part under one such clause and in part under another such clause).

 

8.10                         Limitations on Certain Acquisitions .  Acquire by purchase or otherwise all the business or assets of, or stock or other evidences of beneficial ownership of, any Person, except that the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries shall be allowed to make any such acquisition so long as:

 

(a)                                  such acquisition is expressly permitted by Section 8.5;

 

(b)                                  the aggregate consideration paid by the Parent Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such acquisition (including cash and Indebtedness incurred or assumed in connection with such acquisition) consists solely of any combination of:

 

(i)                                      Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or Holdings; and/or

 

(ii)                                   cash in an amount equal to the Net Proceeds of the sale or issuance of Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or Holdings which amount is contributed to the Parent Borrower within 90 days prior to the date of the relevant acquisition (and is not a Specified Equity Contribution); and/or

 

(iii)                                additional cash and other property (excluding cash and other property covered in clauses (i) and (ii) of this Section 8.10(b)) and Indebtedness (whether incurred or assumed); provided that the aggregate amount of such cash consideration (net of any increase in the Available Loan Commitments attributable to the purchase of revenue earning

 

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equipment in connection with such acquisition) paid pursuant to this clause (b)(iii), when aggregated with ( A ) all cash dividends paid pursuant to Section 8.7(g), ( B )  all cash consideration paid for Investments outstanding pursuant to Section 8.9(g)(ii)(C) and all Investments outstanding pursuant to Sections 8.9(p) and ( C ) all optional prepayments made pursuant to 8.14(a)(i), do not exceed $200,000,000 in the aggregate; or

 

(c)                                   either (x) the Payment Conditions are satisfied or (y) to the extent the Payment Conditions are not satisfied, (i) the Available Amount Payment Conditions are satisfied and (ii) the cash consideration for such acquisition paid pursuant to this clause (c)(y) is in an aggregate amount not to exceed the sum of (x) the Available Amount plus (y) 1.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets plus (z) the Available Excluded Contribution Amount, in each case immediately prior to the time of the payment or making of such acquisition; or

 

(d)                                  such acquisition is an acquisition of businesses of Franchisees (x) that have discontinued operations or that have indicated, or that the Parent Borrower shall have reasonably determined, that if an acquisition is not made it is reasonably likely to imminently discontinue operations or (y) otherwise for a Cash Purchase Price, when aggregated with the Cash Purchase Price for all other acquisitions under this clause (d)(y) and all Investments under Section 8.9(r)(6) in the same fiscal year not in excess of $100,000,000.

 

provided , that in the case of each such acquisition pursuant to clauses (a), (b) and (c) after giving effect thereto, no Specified Default shall occur as a result of such acquisition and no Event of Default known to the Parent Borrower shall occur as a result of such acquisition; and provided , further , that to the extent any acquisition permitted under this Section 8.10 results in the acquisition by any Loan Party of ABL Priority Collateral or any component of the Canadian Borrowing Base or the U.S. Borrowing Base consisting either of (x) assets of a type substantially different from those in the Canadian Borrowing Base or the U.S. Borrowing Base at such time, or (y) assets of a type substantially similar to those in the Canadian Borrowing Base or the U.S Borrowing Base at such time, in the case of this clause (y) with an aggregate net book value in excess of $180,000,000, then (i) the Parent Borrower may deliver an appraisal prepared by a Qualified Appraisal Company with respect to such acquired assets and (ii) until such appraisal is delivered or waived in writing by the Co-Collateral Agent, the assets acquired pursuant to such acquisition shall not be included in the Borrowing Base Certificate, the Canadian Borrowing Base or the U.S. Borrowing Base.  With respect to any acquisition that is consummated in a series of transactions, any of which might constitute an Investment but not the acquisition of all of the business or assets of, or stock or other evidences of beneficial ownership of, any Person, the Parent Borrower at its option may classify such transactions in whole or in part as an acquisition subject to this Section 8.10 (and for the

 

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avoidance of doubt not as Investments subject to Section 8.9), with compliance with this Section 8.10 determined as of the date of the first such transaction so classified as if all such transactions so classified had been consummated on such date.

 

8.11                         Limitation on Transactions with Affiliates .  Enter into any transaction, including any purchase, sale, lease or exchange of property or the rendering of any service, with any Affiliate unless such transaction is ( a ) otherwise permitted under this Agreement, and ( b ) upon terms no less favorable to the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, than it would obtain in a comparable arm’s length transaction with a Person which is not an Affiliate; provided that nothing contained in this Section 8.11 shall be deemed to prohibit:

 

(a)                                  the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from entering into or performing any consulting, management or employment agreements or other compensation arrangements with any current or former director, officer, employee or consultants of or to the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity that (i) is approved by the Board of Directors of the Parent Borrower or any Parent Entity (including the compensation committee thereof), (ii) provides for annual base compensation not in excess of $2,000,000 for such director, officer, employee or consultant or (iii) is entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(b)                                  the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiaries from entering into or performing an agreement with any of CD&R, Carlyle or ML or any Affiliate of any of CD&R, Carlyle or ML for the rendering of management consulting or financial advisory services for compensation not to exceed in the aggregate $7,500,000 per year plus reasonable out-of-pocket expenses;

 

(c)                                   the payment of transaction expenses in connection with this Agreement;

 

(d)                                  the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from entering into, making payments pursuant to and otherwise performing an indemnification and contribution agreement in favor of any Permitted Holder and each person who was, is or becomes a director, officer, agent, employee or consultant of or to the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any Parent Entity, in respect of liabilities ( A ) arising under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and any other applicable securities laws or otherwise, in connection with any offering of securities by any Parent Entity (provided that, if such Parent Entity shall own any material assets other than the Capital Stock of Holdings or another Parent Entity, or other assets relating to the ownership interest of such Parent Entity in Holdings or another Parent Entity, such liabilities shall be limited to the reasonable and proportional share, as determined by the Parent Borrower in its reasonable

 

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discretion, of such liabilities relating or allocable to the ownership interest of such Parent Entity in Holdings or another Parent Entity and such other related assets) or Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries, ( B ) incurred to third parties for any action or failure to act of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, predecessors or successors, ( C ) arising out of the performance by any Affiliate of any of CD&R, Carlyle or ML of management consulting or financial advisory services provided to the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, ( D ) arising out of the fact that any indemnitee was or is a director, officer, agent, employee or consultant of or to the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or Holdings or any Parent Entity, or is or was serving at the request of any such corporation as a director, officer, employee, agent or consultant of or to another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or enterprise or ( E ) to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware or other applicable state law, arising out of any breach or alleged breach by such indemnitee of his or her fiduciary duty as a director or officer of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(e)                                   the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from performing any agreements or commitments with or to any Affiliate existing on the Closing Date and described in Schedule 8.11(e);

 

(f)                                    any transaction permitted under Section 8.4(b), Section 8.4(d), Section 8.4(f), Section 8.5, Section 8.7, Section 8.9(e), Section 8.9(f) or Section 8.9(n), any transaction with the Parent Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower, any transaction with a Special Purpose Entity, and any transaction in the ordinary course of business, or approved by a majority of the Board of Directors of any Parent Entity, Holdings, the Parent Borrower or such Subsidiary, with an Affiliate of the Parent Borrower controlled by the Parent Borrower that is a Franchisee, a Franchise Special Purpose Entity, a joint venture or similar entity;

 

(g)                                   the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from performing its obligations under the Tax Sharing Agreement;

 

(h)                                  the Parent Borrower from paying to any of CD&R, Carlyle or ML or any of their respective Affiliates fees of up to $75,000,000 in the aggregate, plus out-of-pocket expenses, in connection with the Transactions; and

 

(i)                                      the Transactions, and all transactions relating thereto.

 

For purposes of this Section 8.11, ( A ) any transaction with any Affiliate shall be deemed to have satisfied the standard set forth in clause (b) of the first sentence hereof if ( i ) such transaction is approved by a majority of the Disinterested Directors of the Board of Directors of any Parent Entity, Holdings, the Parent Borrower or such Restricted

 

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Subsidiary, or ( ii ) in the event that at the time of any such transaction, there are no Disinterested Directors serving on the Board of Directors of any Parent Entity, Holdings, the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, such transaction shall be approved by a nationally recognized expert with expertise in appraising the terms and conditions of the type of transaction for which approval is required, and ( B ) “ Disinterested Director ” shall mean, with respect to any Person and transaction, a member of the Board of Directors of such Person who does not have any material direct or indirect financial interest in or with respect to such transaction.

 

8.12                         [Reserved]

 

8.13                         Limitation on Dispositions of Collateral .  Make any disposition of any of the Collateral, or attempt, offer or contract to do so (unless such attempt, offer or contract is conditioned upon obtaining any requisite consent of the Lenders hereunder), except for any Asset Disposition made or to be made in accordance with Section 8.6, and any disposition not constituting an Asset Disposition, and the Administrative Agent shall, and the Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent to, execute such releases of Liens and take such other actions as the Parent Borrower may reasonably request in connection with the foregoing.

 

8.14                         Limitation on Optional Payments and Modifications of Debt Instruments and Other Documents .

 

(a)                                  Make any optional payment or prepayment on or optional repurchase or redemption of any of the Senior Term Loans or the Senior Notes (together, “ Restricted Indebtedness ”) (in each case, other than as provided in the respective definition thereof) or any other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Sections 8.2(b), 8.2(d), 8.2(h)(x) or 8.2(t) (solely to the extent relating to Section 8.2(h)(x)), including any optional payments on account of, or for a sinking or other analogous fund for, the repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition thereof (any such optional payment, prepayment, repurchase redemption, defeasance or acquisition, an “ Optional Payment ”):

 

(i)                                      except for Optional Payments pursuant to this clause (i) in an aggregate amount, when aggregated with ( i ) all cash dividends paid pursuant to Section 8.7(g), ( ii ) all Investments outstanding pursuant to Section 8.9(p) and ( iii ) all cash consideration paid in respect of Investments outstanding pursuant to Section 8.9(g)(ii)(C) and acquisitions made pursuant to Section 8.10(b)(iii), not exceeding $200,000,000 in the aggregate, or

 

(ii)                                   except for Optional Payments made in exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the issuance, sale or other incurrence of, Indebtedness

 

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of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries permitted under Section 8.2, or Capital Stock of the Parent Borrower (other than Disqualified Capital Stock), or Indebtedness or Capital Stock of any Parent Entity, or

 

(iii)          except for Optional Payments ( w ) in amounts not to exceed in the aggregate the amount of any Indebtedness incurred or assumed in reliance on Section 8.2(x), ( x ) in an aggregate amount not to exceed $50,000,000 million per year or ( y ) in an amount not exceeding the amount of Net Available Cash permitted to be so applied pursuant to Section 8.6, or

 

(iv)          except for Optional Payments if either ( x ) the Payment Conditions are satisfied or (y) the Payment Conditions are not satisfied, ( i ) the Available Amount Payment Conditions are satisfied and ( ii ) such Optional Payment made pursuant to this clause (a)(iv)(y) is in an aggregate amount not to exceed the sum of ( x ) the Available Amount plus ( y ) 1.0% of Consolidated Tangible Assets plus ( z ) the Available Excluded Contribution Amount, in each case immediately prior to the time of the payment or making of such Optional Payment.

 

(b)           In the event of the occurrence of a Change of Control, repurchase or repay any Indebtedness then outstanding pursuant to any of the Senior Notes or any portion thereof, unless the Borrowers shall have ( i ) made payment in full of the Loans, all Reimbursement Obligations and any other amounts then due and owing to any Lender or the Administrative Agent hereunder and under any Note and cash collateralized the Bankers’ Acceptances and the L/C Obligations on terms reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or ( ii ) made an offer to pay the Loans, all Reimbursement Obligations and any amounts then due and owing to each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereunder and under any Note and to cash collateralize the Bankers’ Acceptances and the L/C Obligations in respect of each Lender and shall have made payment in full thereof to each such Lender or the Administrative Agent which has accepted such offer and cash collateralized the Bankers’ Acceptances and the L/C Obligations in respect of each such Lender which has accepted such offer.  Upon the Borrowers having (i) made all payments of Loans, all Reimbursement Obligations and any other amounts then due and owing to any Lender required by the preceding sentence and (ii) terminated the Commitments of any such Lender outstanding hereunder, any Event of Default arising under Section 9(l) by reason of such Change of Control shall be deemed not to have occurred or be continuing.

 

(c)           Amend, supplement, waive or otherwise modify any of the provisions of any Indenture or any Senior Notes (excluding pursuant to a refinancing thereof, in whole or in part) which increases the rate or shortens the time of payment of

 

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interest or premium payable, whether at maturity, at a date fixed for prepayment or by acceleration or otherwise on the Indebtedness evidenced by the Senior Notes, or in the case of the Senior 2018 Notes, the Senior 2019 Notes or the Senior 2021 Notes shortens the fixed maturity of the applicable Notes to a date prior to the date that is 91 days after the Latest Termination Date;

 

(d)           Amend, supplement, waive or otherwise modify any of the provisions of any Senior Term Loan Document (including pursuant to an extension, renewal, replacement or refinancing thereof) which shortens the average weighted maturity or the fixed maturity; or effect any refinancing, in whole or in part, of Indebtedness under the Senior Term Loan Documents, unless such refinancing Indebtedness is not secured or, if secured, is secured only by assets of the Loan Parties that constitute Collateral for the obligations of the Borrowers hereunder and under the other Loan Documents pursuant to a security agreement subject to the Intercreditor Agreement or another intercreditor agreement that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

(e)           ( i ) Amend, supplement or otherwise modify (pursuant to a waiver or otherwise) the terms and conditions of the Tax Sharing Agreement in any manner that would increase the amounts payable by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary thereunder, other than amendments reasonably reflecting changes in law or regulations after the date hereof, or ( ii ) otherwise amend, supplement or otherwise modify the terms and conditions of the Tax Sharing Agreement except to the extent that any such amendment, supplement or modification could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(f)            Enter into any Synthetic Purchase Agreement if under such Synthetic Purchase Agreement it may be required to make ( i ) any payment relating to the Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or Holdings that has the same economic effect on the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries as any Investment by the Parent Borrower in Capital Stock of any Parent Entity or Holdings prohibited by Section 8.9 above or ( ii ) any payment relating to the Senior Term Loans or the Senior Notes that has the same economic effect on the Parent Borrower as any optional payment or prepayment or repurchase or redemption of such Senior Term Loans or the Senior Notes prohibited by Section 8.14(a) above, unless, in each case, such requirement is conditioned upon obtaining any requisite consent of the Lenders hereunder or the Payment Conditions being satisfied.

 

8.15        Limitation on Changes in Fiscal Year .  Permit the fiscal year of HERC, Holdings or the Parent Borrower to end on a day other than December 31.

 

8.16        Limitation on Restrictive Agreements .  The Parent Borrower shall not, and shall not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into with any Person any

 

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agreement that restricts the ability of the Parent Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than any Foreign Subsidiaries or any Excluded Subsidiaries) to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien in favor of the Lenders in respect of obligations and liabilities under this Agreement or any other Loan Documents upon any of its property, assets or revenues constituting ABL Priority Collateral as and to the extent contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than:

 

 

(a) this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any related documents, the Senior Term Credit Agreement, the other Senior Term Loan Documents and any related documents, any Additional Credit Facility, any other Additional Documents and any related documents, the Intercreditor Agreement, any ABL Collateral Intercreditor Agreement, any Credit Facility, the Indentures and the Senior Notes, and any agreement in effect or entered into on the Closing Date;

 

(b) any agreement of a Person, or relating to Indebtedness (including any Guarantee Obligation in respect thereto) or Capital Stock of a Person, which Person is acquired by or merged or consolidated with or into the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or which agreement is assumed by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with an acquisition from or other transaction with such Person, as in effect at the time of such acquisition, merger, consolidation or transaction (except to the extent that such Indebtedness was incurred to finance, or otherwise in connection with, such acquisition, merger, consolidation or transaction); provided that for purposes of this clause (b), if a Person other than the Parent Borrower is the Successor Company with respect thereto, any Subsidiary thereof or agreement of such Person or any such Subsidiary shall be deemed acquired or assumed, as the case may be, by the Parent Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, when such Person becomes such Successor Company;

 

(c) any agreement (a “ Refinancing Agreement ”) effecting a refinancing of Indebtedness (including any Guarantee Obligation in respect thereto)  Incurred or outstanding pursuant or relating to, or that otherwise extends, renews, refunds, refinances or replaces, any agreement referred to in clause (a) or (b) above or this clause (c) (an “ Initial Agreement ”), or that is, or is contained in, any amendment, supplement or other modification to any Initial Agreement or Refinancing Agreement (an “ Amendment ”); provided , however , that the restrictions contained in any such Refinancing Agreement or Amendment taken as a whole are not materially less favorable to the Lenders than restrictions contained in the Initial Agreement or Initial Agreements to which such Refinancing Agreement or Amendment relates (as determined in good faith by the Parent Borrower);

 

(d)  any agreement relating to intercreditor arrangements and related rights and obligations, to or by which the Lenders and/or the Administrative Agent, the

 

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Collateral Agent or any other agent, trustee or representative on their behalf may be party or bound at any time or from time to time, and any agreement providing that in the event that a Lien is granted for the benefit of the Lenders another Person shall also receive a Lien, which Lien is permitted by Section 8.3;

 

(e) any agreement governing or relating to (x)  Indebtedness of or a Franchise Financing Disposition by or to or in favor of any Franchisee or Franchise Special Purpose Entity or to any Franchise Lease Obligation or (y) Indebtedness of or a Financing Disposition by or to or in favor of any Special Purpose Entity (in which case, any restriction shall only be effective against property, assets and revenues financed or refinanced thereby, subject or relating thereto, or securing such Indebtedness, and/or any property, assets and revenues not constituting Term Priority Collateral, except as may be otherwise permitted under this Section 8.16) in each case under this clause (e) including any Guarantee Obligation in respect thereof;

 

(f) any agreement relating to any Indebtedness Incurred after the Closing Date as permitted by Section 8.2 (including any Guarantee Obligation in respect thereof), or otherwise entered into after the Closing Date, if the restrictions thereunder taken as a whole are consistent with prevailing market practice for similar Indebtedness or other agreements, or are not materially less favorable to the Lenders than those under the Initial Agreements, or do not materially impair the ability of the Loan Parties to create and maintain the Liens on the ABL Priority Collateral securing the Obligations pursuant to the Security Documents as and to the extent contemplated thereby and by Section 7.9, in each case as determined in good faith by the Parent Borrower;

 

(h) any agreement governing or relating to Indebtedness (including any Guarantee Obligation in respect thereof) and/or other obligations and liabilities secured by a Lien permitted by Section 8.3 (in which case any restriction shall only be effective against the assets subject to such Lien, except as may be otherwise permitted under this Section 8.16);

 

(i)  any agreement for the direct or indirect disposition of Capital Stock of any Person, property or assets, imposing restrictions with respect to such Person, Capital Stock, property or assets pending the closing of such disposition;

 

(j) ( i ) any agreement that restricts in a customary manner the assignment or transfer thereof, or the subletting, assignment or transfer of any property or asset subject thereto, ( ii ) any restriction by virtue of any transfer of, agreement to transfer, option or right with respect to, or Lien on, any property or assets of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement, ( iii )  mortgages, pledges or other security agreements to the extent restricting the transfer of the property or assets subject thereto, ( iv ) any reciprocal easement agreements containing customary provisions restricting dispositions of real property interests, ( v ) Purchase Money

 

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Obligations that impose restrictions with respect to the property or assets so acquired, ( vi ) agreements with customers or suppliers entered into in the ordinary course of business that impose restrictions with respect to cash or other deposits or net worth, ( vii ) customary provisions contained in agreements and instruments entered into in the ordinary course of business (including but not limited to leases and joint venture and other similar agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business), ( viii ) restrictions that arise or are agreed to in the ordinary course of business and do not detract from the value of property or assets of the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any manner material to the Parent Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary, ( ix ) Hedging Obligations or ( x ) any agreement or restriction in connection with or relating to any Vehicle Rental Concession Right;

 

(k) restrictions by reason of any applicable law, rule, regulation or order, or required by any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their businesses; and

 

(l)  any agreement evidencing any replacement, renewal, extension or refinancing of any of the foregoing (or of any agreement described in this clause (l)).

 

It is understood that a limitation on the amount of Indebtedness or other obligations or liabilities that may be incurred, outstanding, guaranteed or secured under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (in excess of the amount thereof that may be incurred, outstanding, guaranteed and secured under this Agreement or any other Loan Document as in effect on the Closing Date) does not constitute a limitation that is restricted by this Section 8.16.

 

8.17        Limitation on Lines of Business .  Enter into any business, either directly or through any Restricted Subsidiary or joint venture or similar arrangement described in Section 8.9(k), except for those businesses of the same general type as those in which the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries are engaged on the Closing Date or which are reasonably related thereto and any business related thereto.

 

8.18        Limitations on Currency, Commodity and Other Hedging Transactions .  Enter into, purchase or otherwise acquire agreements or arrangements relating to currency, commodity or other hedging except, to the extent and only to the extent that, such agreements or arrangements are entered into, purchased or otherwise acquired other than for purposes of speculation (any such agreement or arrangement permitted by this Section 8.18 a “ Permitted Hedging Arrangement ”).

 

SECTION 9.         EVENTS OF DEFAULT .  If any of the following events shall occur and be continuing:

 

(a)           Any of the Borrowers shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan or any Reimbursement Obligation when due in accordance with the terms hereof

 

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(whether at stated maturity, by mandatory prepayment or otherwise); or any of the Borrowers shall fail to pay any interest on any Loan, or any other amount payable hereunder, within five days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof; or

 

(b)           Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by any Loan Party herein or in any other Loan Document (or in any amendment, modification or supplement hereto or thereto) or which is contained in any certificate furnished at any time by or on behalf of any Loan Party pursuant to this Agreement or any such other Loan Document shall prove to have been incorrect in any material respect on or as of the date made or deemed made; or

 

(c)           Any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any agreement contained in Sections 4.16, Section 7.2(f) (after a three Business Day grace period or, if during the continuance of a Specified Default or Liquidity Event, after a one Business Day grace period), Section 7.4 (with respect to maintenance of existence), Section 7.6(a)(ii) (after a two Business Day grace period), Section 7.6(b) (after a two Business Day grace period) or Section 7.7(a) or Section 8 of this Agreement; provided that, in the case of a default in the observance or performance of its obligations under Section 7.7(a) hereof, such default shall have continued unremedied for a period of two days; and provided further that, if ( x ) any such failure with respect to Sections 4.16, 7.4 or 7.6 is of a type that can be cured within five Business Days and ( y ) such Default could not materially adversely impact the Lenders’ Liens on the Collateral, such failure shall not constitute an Event of Default for five Business Days after the occurrence thereof so long as the Loan Parties are diligently pursuing the cure of such failure; or

 

(d)           Any Loan Party shall default in the observance or performance of any other agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document (other than as provided in paragraphs (a) through (c) of this Section 9), and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of ( A ) the date on which a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower becomes aware of such default and ( B ) the date on which written notice thereof shall have been given to the Parent Borrower by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or

 

(e)           Holdings, the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary shall (A) (i) default in (x) any payment of principal of or interest on any Indebtedness (including, without limitation, any Material Vehicle Lease Obligation, but excluding the Loans and the Reimbursement Obligations, and excluding any Brazilian Indebtedness) in excess of $100,000,000 or (y) in the payment of any Guarantee Obligation (other than any Guarantee Obligation in respect of Brazilian

 

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Indebtedness) in excess of $100,000,000, beyond the period of grace (not to exceed 30 days), if any, provided in the instrument or agreement under which such Indebtedness or Guarantee Obligation was created; or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any other agreement or condition relating to any Indebtedness (including, without limitation, any Material Vehicle Lease Obligation, but excluding the Loans and the Reimbursement Obligations, and excluding any Brazilian Indebtedness) or Guarantee Obligation (other than any Guarantee Obligation in respect of Brazilian Indebtedness) referred to in clause (i) above or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee Obligation (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice or lapse of time if required, such Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated maturity or such Guarantee Obligation to become payable (an “ Acceleration ”), and such time shall have lapsed and, if any notice (a “ Default Notice ”) shall be required to commence a grace period or declare the occurrence of an event of default before notice of Acceleration may be delivered, such Default Notice shall have been given (provided that this clause (ii) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder)  or (B) default in the observance or performance of any agreement or condition (other than as referred to in clause (A)(i) above) relating to any Material Vehicle Lease Obligation referred to in clause (A)(i) above, and the lessor thereunder or its permitted assignee shall have terminated such Material Vehicle Lease Obligation, and such termination shall have caused an “amortization event” (or similar event however denominated) under the Special Purpose Financing to which such Material Vehicle Lease Obligation relates; or

 

(f)            If ( i ) any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower shall commence any case, proceeding or other action ( A ) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction, domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its debts (excluding, in each case, the solvent liquidation or reorganization of any Foreign Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower that is not a Loan Party or a Canadian Subsidiary), or ( B ) seeking appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, receivers, receiver and manager, custodian, conservator or other similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its assets, or any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower shall make a general assignment for the

 

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benefit of its creditors; or ( ii ) there shall be commenced against any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower any case, proceeding or other action of a nature referred to in clause (i) above which ( A ) results in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or appointment or ( B ) remains undismissed, undischarged, unstayed or unbonded for a period of 60 days; or ( iii ) there shall be commenced against any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower any case, proceeding or other action seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint or similar process against all or any substantial part of its assets which results in the entry of an order for any such relief which shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or ( iv ) any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower shall take any corporate or other organizational action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or ( v ) any Loan Party or any Material Subsidiaries of the Parent Borrower shall be generally unable to, or shall admit in writing its general inability to, pay its debts as they become due; or

 

(g)           ( i ) Any Person shall engage in any “prohibited transaction” (as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code) involving any Plan, ( ii ) (A) any failure to satisfy minimum funding standards (as defined in Section 302 or 303 of ERISA or Section 412 or 430 of the Code), whether or not waived, shall exist with respect to any Plan or (B) any Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan shall arise on the assets of either of the Parent Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity, ( iii ) a Reportable Event shall occur with respect to, or proceedings shall commence to have a trustee appointed, or a trustee shall be appointed, to administer or to terminate, any Single Employer Plan, which Reportable Event or commencement of proceedings or appointment of a trustee is in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent likely to result in the termination of such Plan for purposes of Title IV of ERISA, ( iv ) any Single Employer Plan shall terminate for purposes of Title IV of ERISA other than a standard termination pursuant to Section 4041(b) of ERISA, ( v ) either of the Parent Borrower or any Commonly Controlled Entity shall, or in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent is reasonably likely to, incur any liability in connection with a withdrawal from, or the Insolvency or Reorganization of, a Multiemployer Plan, or ( vi ) any other event or condition shall occur or exist with respect to a Plan; and in each case in clauses (i)  through (vi) of this Section 9.1(g), such event or condition, either individually or together with all other such events or conditions, if any, could be reasonably expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or

 

(h)           One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary involving in the aggregate at any

 

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time a liability (net of any insurance or indemnity payments actually received in respect thereof prior to or within 60 days from the entry thereof, or to be received in respect thereof in the event any appeal thereof shall be unsuccessful) of $50,000,000 or more, and all such judgments or decrees shall not have been vacated, discharged, stayed or bonded pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or

 

(i)            Any Loan Party shall assert in writing that the Intercreditor Agreement or any Note hereunder shall have ceased for any reason to be in full force and effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof); or

 

(j)            ( i ) Any of the Security Documents shall cease for any reason to be in full force and effect (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof), or any Loan Party which is a party to any of the Security Documents shall so assert in writing, or ( ii ) the Lien created by any of the Security Documents shall cease to be perfected and enforceable in accordance with its terms or of the same effect as to perfection and priority purported to be created thereby with respect to any significant portion of the ABL Priority Collateral (other than in connection with any termination of such Lien in respect of any Collateral as permitted hereby or by any Security Document), and such failure of such Lien to be perfected and enforceable with such priority shall have continued unremedied for a period of 20 days; or

 

(k)           [reserved ] ;

 

(l)            A Change of Control shall have occurred;

 

then , and in any such event, ( A ) if such event is an Event of Default specified in clause (i) or (ii) of paragraph (f) above with respect to any Borrower, automatically the Commitments, if any, shall immediately terminate and the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement (including all amounts of BA Equivalent Loans and L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented the documents required thereunder and whether or not the BA Equivalent Loans have matured) shall immediately become due and payable, and ( B ) if such event is any other Event of Default, either or both of the following actions may be taken:  ( i ) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Parent Borrower, declare the Commitments to be terminated forthwith, whereupon the Commitments, if any, shall immediately terminate; and ( ii ) with the consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent may, or upon the request of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent shall, by notice to the Parent Borrower, declare the Loans hereunder (with accrued interest thereon) and all other amounts owing under this Agreement (including all amounts of

 

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Bankers’ Acceptances and L/C Obligations, whether or not the beneficiaries of the then outstanding Letters of Credit shall have presented the documents required thereunder and whether or not the Bankers’ Acceptances have matured) to be due and payable forthwith, whereupon the same shall immediately become due and payable.

 

In the case of all U.S. Facility Letters of Credit with respect to which presentment for honor shall not have occurred at the time of an acceleration pursuant to this paragraph, the applicable U.S. Borrower shall at such time deposit in a cash collateral account opened by the Administrative Agent an amount in immediately available funds equal to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such U.S. Facility Letters of Credit (and each U.S. Borrower hereby grants to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the applicable Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in all amounts at any time on deposit in such cash collateral account to secure the undrawn and unexpired amount of such U.S. Facility Letters of Credit and all other obligations under the Loan Documents of the US Borrowers).  In the case of all Canadian Facility Letters of Credit with respect to which presentment for honor shall not have occurred at the time of an acceleration pursuant to this paragraph, the applicable Canadian Borrower shall at such time deposit in a cash collateral account opened by the Canadian Agent an amount in immediately available funds equal to the aggregate then undrawn and unexpired amount of such Canadian Facility Letters of Credit (and the Canadian Borrowers hereby grant to the Canadian Agent, for the benefit of the applicable Secured Parties, a continuing security interest in all amounts at any time on deposit in such cash collateral account to secure the undrawn and unexpired amount of such Canadian Facility Letters of Credit and all other obligations of such Canadian Borrowers under the Loan Documents).  If at any time the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, determines that any funds held in any such cash collateral account are subject to any right or claim of any Person other than the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, and the applicable Secured Parties, or that the total amount of such funds is less than the aggregate undrawn and unexpired amount of outstanding U.S. Facility Letters of Credit or Canadian Facility Letters of Credit, as applicable, the applicable Borrowers, shall, forthwith upon demand by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, pay to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, as additional funds to be deposited and held in such cash collateral account, an amount equal to the excess of ( a ) such aggregate undrawn and unexpired amount over ( b ) the total amount of funds, if any, then held in such cash collateral account that the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, determines to be free and clear of any such right and claim.  Amounts held in any such cash collateral account with respect to U.S. Facility Letters of Credit shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to the payment of drafts drawn under such U.S. Facility Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all such U.S. Facility Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to repay other obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.  Amounts held in any such cash collateral account with respect to Canadian Facility Letters of Credit shall be applied by

 

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the applicable Agent to the payment of drafts drawn under such Canadian Facility Letters of Credit, and the unused portion thereof after all such Canadian Facility Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, if any, shall be applied to repay other obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.  After all such Letters of Credit shall have expired or been fully drawn upon, all Reimbursement Obligations shall have been satisfied and all other obligations of the Loan Parties hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall have been paid in full, the balance, if any, in such cash collateral account shall be returned to the applicable Borrower (or such other Person as may be lawfully entitled thereto).  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, no Lender in its capacity as a Secured Party or as beneficiary of any security granted pursuant to the Security Documents shall have any right to exercise remedies in respect of such security without the prior written consent of the Required Lenders.

 

Except as expressly provided above in this Section 9, presentment, demand, protest and all other notices of any kind are hereby expressly waived.

 

SECTION 10.       THE AGENTS AND THE OTHER REPRESENTATIVES .

 

10.1        Appointment .

 

(a)           Each Lender hereby irrevocably designates and appoints the Agents as the agent of such Lender under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and each such Lender irrevocably authorizes each agent in such capacity, to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to or required of such Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, the Agents and the Other Representatives shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except, in the case of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Canadian Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent, the Co-Collateral Agent and the Issuing Lenders, those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Lender, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against any Agent or the Other Representatives.  Each of the Agents may perform any of their respective duties under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any other instruments and agreements referred to herein or therein by or through its respective officers, directors, agents, employees or affiliates (it being understood and agreed, for avoidance of doubt and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, that the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Canadian Agent and the Canadian Collateral Agent may perform any of their respective duties under the Security Documents by or through one or more of their respective affiliates).

 

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(b)           For greater certainty, and without limiting the powers of the Agents or any other Person acting as an agent, attorney-in-fact or mandatory for the Agents under this Agreement or under any of the Loan Documents, each Lender (for itself and for all other Secured Parties that are Affiliates of such Lender) and each Agent hereby ( a ) irrevocably appoints and constitutes (to the extent necessary) and confirms the constitution of (to the extent necessary), the Canadian Collateral Agent as the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (in such capacity, the “ fondé de pouvoir ”) within the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec for the purposes of entering and holding on their behalf, and for their benefit, any Liens, including hypothecs (“ Hypothecs ”), granted or to be granted by any Loan Party on movable or immovable property pursuant to the laws of the Province of Québec to secure obligations of any Loan Party under any bond issued by any Loan Party and exercising such powers and duties which are conferred upon the Canadian Agent in its capacity as fondé de pouvoir under any of the Hypothecs; and ( b ) appoints (and confirms the appointment of) and agrees that the Canadian Collateral Agent, acting as agent for the applicable Secured Parties, may act as the custodian, registered holder and mandatory (in such capacity, the “ Custodian ”) with respect to any bond that may be issued and pledged from time to time for the benefit of the applicable Secured Parties.  Each applicable Secured Party shall be entitled to the benefits of any charged property covered by any of the Hypothecs and will participate in the proceeds of realization of any such charged property, the whole in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

(c)           The said constitution of the Canadian Collateral Agent as fondé de pouvoir (within the meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec ) and of the Canadian Agent as Custodian with respect to any bond that may be issued and pledged by any Loan Party from time to time for the benefit of the applicable Secured Parties shall be deemed to have been ratified and confirmed by any Assignee by the execution of an Assignment and Acceptance.

 

(d)           Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of An Act Respecting the Special Powers of Legal Persons (Québec), the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Canadian Agent, and the Canadian Collateral Agent may purchase, acquire and be the holder of any bond issued by any Loan Party.  Each of the Loan Parties hereby acknowledges that any such bond shall constitute a title of indebtedness, as such term is used in Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Québec.

 

(e)           The Canadian Collateral Agent herein appointed as fondé de pouvoir and Custodian shall have the same rights, powers and immunities as the Agents as stipulated in this Section 10 of this Agreement, which shall apply mutatis mutandis .  Without limitation, the provisions of Section 10.10 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the resignation and appointment of a successor to the Canadian Collateral Agent acting as fondé de pouvoir and Custodian.

 

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10.2        Delegation of Duties .  In performing its functions and duties under this Agreement, each Agent shall act solely as agent for the Lenders and, as applicable, the other Secured Parties, and no Agent assumes any (and shall not be deemed to have assumed any) obligation or relationship of agency or trust with or for Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries.  Each Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact (including the Canadian Agent in the case of the Administrative Agent and the Administrative Agent in the case of the Canadian Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent in the case of the Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent in the case of the Canadian Collateral Agent, the Collateral Agent in the case of the Administrative Agent and the Canadian Collateral Agent in the case of the Canadian Agent), and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties.  No Agent shall be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact or counsel selected by it with reasonable care.

 

10.3        Exculpatory Provisions .  None of the Agents or any Other Representative nor any of their officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates shall be ( a ) liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by such Person under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document (except for the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Person or any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates) or ( b ) responsible in any manner to any of the Lenders for ( i ) any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by Holdings, any Borrower or any other Loan Party or any officer thereof contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Agents or any Other Representative under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, ( ii ) for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any Notes or any other Loan Document, ( iii ) for any failure of Holdings, any Borrower or any other Loan Party to perform its obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, ( iv ) the performance or observance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, ( v ) the satisfaction of any of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 6, or ( vi ) the existence or possible existence of any Default or Event of Default.  Neither the Agents nor any Other Representative shall be under any obligation to any Lender to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of Holdings, any Borrower or any other Loan Party.  Each Lender agrees that, except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent hereunder or given to the Agents for the account of or with copies for the Lenders, the Agents and the Other Representatives shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, operations, property, condition (financial or otherwise), prospects or creditworthiness of Holdings, any Borrower or any

 

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other Loan Party which may come into the possession of the Agents and the Other Representatives or any of their officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.

 

10.4        Reliance by Agents .  Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected (and shall have no liability to any Person) in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telecopy, telex or teletype message, statement, order or other 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 counsel to any Borrower or Holdings), independent accountants and other experts selected by each Agent.  The Agents may deem and treat the payee of any Note as the owner thereof for all purposes unless such Note shall have been transferred in accordance with Section 11.6 and all actions required by such Section in connection with such transfer shall have been taken.  Any request, authority or consent of any Person or entity who, at the time of making such request or giving such authority or consent, is the holder of any Note shall be conclusive and binding on any subsequent holder, transferee, assignee or endorsee, as the case may be, of such Note or of any Note or Notes issued in exchange therefor.  Each Agent shall be fully justified as between itself and the Lenders in failing or refusing to take any action under this Agreement or any other Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders and/or such other requisite percentage of the Lenders as is required pursuant to Section 11.1(a) as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.  Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and any Notes and the other Loan Documents in accordance with a request of the Required Lenders and/or such other requisite percentage of the Lenders as is required pursuant to Section 11.1(a), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders and all future holders of the Loans.

 

10.5        Notice of Default .  No Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default hereunder unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from a Lender, HERC, the Parent Borrower or Holdings referring to this Agreement, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”.  In the event that the Administrative Agent receives such a notice, the Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice thereof to the Lenders.  The Agents shall take such action reasonably promptly with respect to such Default or Event of Default as shall be directed by the Required Lenders and/or such other requisite percentage of the Lenders as is required pursuant to Section 11.1(a); provided that unless and until the Agents shall have received such directions, the Agents may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action,

 

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with respect to such Default or Event of Default as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Lenders.

 

10.6        Acknowledgements and Representations by Lenders .  Each Lender expressly acknowledges that none of the Agents or the Other Representatives nor any of their officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by any Agent or any Other Representative hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of any Borrowers or any other Loan Party, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by such Agent or such Other Representative to any Lender.  Each Lender represents to the Agents, the Other Representatives and each of the Loan Parties that, independently and without reliance upon any Agent, the Other Representatives or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, it has made and will make, its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of Holdings and the Borrowers and the other Loan Parties, it has made its own decision to make its Loans hereunder and enter into this Agreement and it will make its own decisions in taking or not taking any action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, neither the Agents nor any Other Representative shall have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Lender or the holder of any Note with any credit or other information with respect thereto, whether coming into its possession before the making of the Loans or at any time or times thereafter.  Each Lender represents to each other party hereto that it is a bank, savings and loan association or other similar savings institution, insurance company, investment fund or company or other financial institution which makes or acquires commercial loans in the ordinary course of its business, that it is participating hereunder as a Lender for such commercial purposes, and that it has the knowledge and experience to be and is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of being a Lender hereunder.  Each Lender acknowledges and agrees to comply with the provisions of Section 11.6 applicable to the Lenders hereunder.

 

10.7        Indemnification .

 

(a)           The Lenders agree to indemnify each Agent (or any Affiliate thereof), each Issuing Bank and the Swingline Lender (to the extent not reimbursed by the Parent Borrower or any other Loan Party and without limiting the obligation of the Parent Borrower to do so), ratably according to their respective Commitment Percentages in effect on the date on which indemnification is sought under this Section 10.7 (or, if indemnification is sought after the date upon which the Commitments shall have terminated and the Loans shall have been paid in full, ratably in accordance with their Commitment Percentages immediately prior to such date), from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind whatsoever which may at any time (including at

 

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any time following the payment of the Loans) be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Agent (or any Affiliate thereof) in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or any action taken or omitted by any Agent (or any Affiliate thereof) under or in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment of any portion of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements to the extent arising from ( a ) such Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct or ( b ) claims made or legal proceedings commenced against such Agent by any security holder or creditor thereof arising out of and based upon rights afforded any such security holder or creditor solely in its capacity as such.  The obligations to indemnify each Issuing Lender and Swing Line Lender shall be ratable among the Revolving Credit Lenders in accordance with their respective Commitments (or, if the Commitments have been terminated, the outstanding principal amount of their respective Revolving Credit Loans and L/C Obligations and their respective participating interests in the outstanding Letters of Credit and shall be payable only by the Revolving Credit Lenders).  The agreements in this Section 10.7 shall survive the payment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.

 

(b)           Any Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action hereunder and under any other Loan Document (except actions expressly required to be taken by it hereunder or under the Loan Documents) unless it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders pro rata against any and all liability, cost and expense that it may incur by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action.

 

(c)           The agreements in this Section 10.7 shall survive the payment of all Borrower Obligations and Guaranteed Obligations (each as defined in the U.S. Guarantee and Collateral Agreement).

 

10.8        Agents and Other Representatives in Their Individual Capacity .  Each Agent, the Other Representatives and their Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of business with any Borrower or any other Loan Party as though such Agent and the Other Representatives were not an Agent or the Other Representatives hereunder and under the other Loan Documents.  With respect to Loans made or renewed by them and any Note issued to them and with respect to any Letter of Credit issued or participated in by them, each Agent and the Other Representatives shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as any Lender and may exercise the same as though they were not an Agent or an Other Representative, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” shall include the Agents and the Other Representatives in their individual capacities.

 

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10.9        Collateral Matters .

 

(a)           Each Lender authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent and the Co-Collateral Agent to enter into ( x ) the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement for the benefit of the Lenders and the other Secured Parties, ( y ) any amendments, amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of or supplements to or other modifications to the Intercreditor Agreement or enter into a separate intercreditor agreement in connection with the incurrence by any Loan Party or any Subsidiary thereof of Incremental Indebtedness (each, an “ Intercreditor Agreement Supplement ”) to permit such Incremental Indebtedness to be secured by a valid, perfected lien (with such priority as may be designated by the relevant Loan Party or Subsidiary, to the extent such priority is permitted by the Loan Documents) and (z) any Incremental Commitment Amendment or Extension Amendment as provided in Section 2.10 or 2.11, respectively.  Each Lender hereby agrees, and each holder of any Note or participant in Letters of Credit by the acceptance thereof will be deemed to agree, that, except as otherwise set forth herein, any action taken by the Collateral Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent, the Co-Collateral Agent or the Required Lenders in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement (as amended by any Intercreditor Agreement Supplement), and the exercise by the Agents or the Required Lenders of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Lenders.  The Collateral Agent and the Canadian Collateral Agent are hereby authorized on behalf of all of the Lenders, without the necessity of any notice to or further consent from any Lender, from time to time, to take any action with respect to any Collateral or Security Documents which may be necessary to perfect and maintain perfected the security interest in and liens upon the Collateral granted pursuant to the Security Documents.  Except for any joinders with respect to additional facilities or as otherwise required or contemplated by the terms thereof, the Collateral Agent shall not enter into amendments, amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of  supplements to or other modifications to the Intercreditor Agreement or any intercreditor agreements without the consent of the Co-Collateral Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.  The Collateral Agent or the Canadian Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may grant extensions of time for the creation and perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of title insurance, legal opinions or other deliverables with respect to particular assets or the provision of any guarantee by any Subsidiary (including extensions beyond the Closing Date or in connection with assets acquired, or Subsidiaries formed or acquired, after the Closing Date) where it determines that such action cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required to be accomplished by this Agreement or the Security Documents.

 

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(b)           The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Canadian Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent and the Co-Collateral Agent, as applicable, in each case at its option and in its discretion ( A ) to release any Lien granted to or held by such Agent upon any Collateral ( i ) upon termination of the Commitments and payment and satisfaction of all of the obligations under the Loan Documents at any time arising under or in respect of this Agreement or the Loan Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, ( ii ) constituting property being sold or otherwise disposed of (to Persons other than a Loan Party) upon the sale or other disposition thereof in compliance with Section 8.6, ( iii ) constituting property being sold pursuant to an agreement in effect on the date of this Agreement with respect to real property located in Hapeville, Georgia and Norfolk, Virginia, ( iv ) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders (or such greater amount, to the extent required by Section 11.1) ( v ) constituting Term Priority Collateral upon the Discharge of Term Collateral Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) or ( vi ) as otherwise may be expressly provided in the relevant Security Documents and ( B ) to subordinate any Lien on any Excluded Assets or any other property granted to or held by such Agent, as the case may be under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 8.3.  Upon request by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Canadian Agent or the Canadian Collateral Agent, at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing such Agent’s authority to release particular types or items of Collateral pursuant to this Section 10.9.  If the Term Priority Collateral has been released pursuant to Section 10.9(b)(iv) upon or after the Discharge of Term Collateral Obligations, and any Indebtedness is subsequently incurred by the Parent Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary which Indebtedness is or is to be secured by a material portion of the Term Priority Collateral and a material portion of the ABL Priority Collateral with the same relative priority to the Obligations hereunder as existed prior to such Discharge of Term Collateral Obligations, the Borrowers agree to promptly provide the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, with a Lien over such Term Priority Collateral substantially similar to the Lien previously granted under the Security Documents and released pursuant to Section 10.9(b)(iv) and agree to promptly cause the lenders or holders of such Indebtedness (or the relevant agent therefor, as applicable) to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement or another intercreditor agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Parent Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Co-Collateral Agent.

 

(c)           The Lenders hereby authorize the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent and the Co-Collateral Agent as the case may be, in each case at its option and in its discretion, to enter into any amendment, amendment and restatement, restatement, waiver, supplement or modification, and to make or consent to any filings or to take any other actions, in each case as contemplated by Section 11.22.  Upon request by any Agent, at any time, the Lenders will confirm in writing any Agent’s authority under this Section 10.9(c).

 

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(d)           No Agent shall have any obligation whatsoever to the Lenders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by Holdings or any of its Subsidiaries or is cared for, protected or insured or that the Liens granted to any Agent herein or pursuant hereto have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to exercise or to continue exercising at all or in any manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity any of the rights, authorities and powers granted or available to the Agents in this Section 10.9 or in any of the Security Documents, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act, omission or event related thereto, each Agent may act in any manner it may deem appropriate, in its sole discretion, given such Agent’s own interest in the Collateral as Lender and that no Agent shall have any duty or liability whatsoever to the Lenders, except for its gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

(e)           Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, any Security Document may be amended (or amended and restated), restated, waived, supplemented or modified as contemplated by Section 11.22 with the written consent of the Agent party thereto and the Loan Party thereto.

 

(f)            The Collateral Agent may, and hereby does, appoint the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent and the Co-Collateral as its agent for the purposes of holding any Collateral and/or perfecting such Collateral Agent’s security interest therein and for the purpose of taking such other action with respect to the collateral as such Agents may from time to time agree.  The Canadian Collateral Agent may, and hereby does, appoint the Canadian Agent and the Co-Collateral Agent as its agent for the purposes of holding any Collateral and/or perfecting the Canadian Collateral Agent’s security interest therein and for the purpose of taking such other action with respect to the Collateral as such Agents may from time to time agree.

 

(g)           The Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent and the Co-Collateral Agent each hereby agree that to the extent such Agent receives any notice from the Loan Parties hereunder, such Agent shall promptly deliver a copy to each other Agent hereunder in accordance with Section 11.2 hereunder, and the Borrowers hereby authorize such delivery.

 

10.10      Successor Agent .  Subject to the appointment of a successor as set forth herein, the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent may resign upon 10 days’ notice to the Lenders and the Parent Borrower, and if the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent is a Defaulting Lender or an Affiliate of a Defaulting Lender, either the Required Lenders or the Parent Borrower may, upon 10 days’ notice to the Administrative Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, remove such Agent.  If the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent shall resign or be removed as Administrative Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, then the Required Lenders (in the case of the Administrative

 

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Agent) or the majority of the remaining Canadian Lenders (in the case of the Canadian Agent) shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which successor agent shall be subject to approval by the Parent Borrower (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), whereupon such successor agent shall succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, and the term “Administrative Agent” or “Canadian Agent,” as applicable, shall mean such successor agent effective upon such appointment and approval, and the former Agent’s rights, powers and duties as Administrative Agent or Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall be terminated, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former Agent or any of the parties to this Agreement or any holders of the Loans or issuers of Letters of Credit.  The Co-Collateral Agent may resign as an Agent hereunder upon 10 days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, Lenders and the Parent Borrower.  If the Co-Collateral Agent or a Subsidiary or a an Affiliate thereof (x) has admitted in writing that it is insolvent or becomes subject to a Lender-Related Distress Event, or (y) is a Defaulting Lender and all of the Co-Collateral Agent’s, its Subsidiaries’ and its Affiliates’ Loans and Commitments shall have been assigned to another Lender, or such Loans shall have been repaid by the applicable Borrower and such Commitments shall have been terminated, in either case as contemplated by Section 4.8(c)(i), then either the Required Lenders or the Parent Borrower may, upon 10 days’ notice to the Co-Collateral Agent, remove the Co-Collateral Agent.  Each of the Collateral Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent, the Syndication Agent and any Co-Documentation Agent may resign as an Agent hereunder upon 10 days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, Lenders and the Parent Borrower, or if any such Agent is a Defaulting Lender or an Affiliate of a Defaulting Lender, either the Required Lenders or the Borrower may, upon 10 days’ notice to such Agent, remove such Agent.  If the Collateral Agent, Canadian Collateral Agent, Co-Collateral Agent, Syndication Agent or either Documentation Agent shall resign or be removed as Collateral Agent, Canadian Collateral Agent, Co-Collateral Agent, Syndication Agent or Co-Documentation Agent hereunder, as applicable, the duties, rights, obligations and responsibilities of such Agent hereunder, if any, shall automatically be assumed by, and inure to the benefit of, the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of the resignation or removal of the Canadian Collateral Agent, the Canadian Agent), without any further act by any Agent or any Lender.  After any retiring Agent’s resignation or removal as Agent, the provisions of this Article 10 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  Additionally, after such retiring Agent’s resignation or removal as such Agent, the provisions of this Section 10.10 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was such Agent under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  After the resignation or removal of any Administrative Agent pursuant to the preceding provisions of this Section 10.10, such resigning or removed Administrative Agent ( x ) shall not be required to act as Issuing Lender for any Letters of Credit to be issued after the date of such resignation or removal and ( y ) shall not be required to act as Swing Line Lender with respect to Swing Line Loans to be made after the date of such resignation or removal (and all outstanding

 

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Swing Line Loans of such resigning or removed Administrative Agent shall be required to be repaid in full upon its resignation), although the resigning or removed Administrative Agent shall retain all rights hereunder as Issuing Lender and Swing Line Lender with respect to all Letters of Credit issued by it, and all Swing Line Loans made by it, prior to the effectiveness of its resignation or removal as Administrative Agent hereunder.

 

10.11      Other Representatives .  None of the Syndication Agent, the Documentation Agent nor any of the entities identified as joint bookrunners and joint lead arrangers pursuant to the definition of Other Representative contained herein, shall have any duties or responsibilities hereunder or under any other Loan Document in its capacity as such.

 

10.12      Swing Line Lender .  The provisions of this Section 10 shall apply to the Swing Line Lender in its capacity as such to the same extent that such provisions apply to the Administrative Agent.

 

10.13      Withholding Tax .  To the extent required by any applicable law, each Agent may withhold from any payment to any Lender an amount equivalent to any applicable withholding tax, and in no event shall such Agent be required to be responsible for or pay any additional amount with respect to any such withholding.  If any payment has been made to any Lender by the Administrative Agent without the applicable withholding tax being withheld from such payment and the Administrative Agent has paid over the applicable withholding tax to the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority, or the Internal Revenue Service or any other Governmental Authority asserts a claim that any Agent did not properly withhold tax from amounts paid to or for the account of any Lender because the appropriate form was not delivered or was not properly executed or because such Lender failed to notify such Agent of a change in circumstances which rendered the exemption from or reduction of withholding tax ineffective or for any other reason, such Lender shall indemnify such Agent fully for all amounts paid, directly or indirectly, by such Agent as tax or otherwise, including any penalties or interest and together with any expenses incurred.

 

10.14      Application of Proceeds .

 

(a)           The Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Co-Collateral Agent and each Issuing Lender agree, as among such parties, as follows:  Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all amounts collected or received by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Co-Collateral Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Lender on account of the Collateral under the U.S. Security Documents, on account of the U.S. Borrowers’ Obligations or in the Administrative Agent Account shall be distributed and applied on a daily basis in the following order (in each case, to the

 

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extent the Administrative Agent has actual knowledge of the amounts owing or outstanding as described below and subject to any applications of any such amounts otherwise required pursuant to Section 4.4(b), or otherwise required by the Intercreditor Agreement):  (1) first , to the payment (on a ratable basis) of all outstanding expenses actually due and payable to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Co-Collateral Agent and, to the extent allocable to Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans made to the U.S. Borrowers, the Canadian Agent and/or the Canadian Collateral Agent under any of the Loan Documents and to repay or prepay outstanding U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans advanced by the Administrative Agent and Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans made to the U.S. Borrowers by the Canadian Agent on behalf of the applicable Lenders hereunder; (2) second, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding clause (1) have been paid in full, to pay (on a ratable basis) all outstanding expenses actually due and payable to each U.S. Facility Issuing Lender under any of the Loan Documents and to repay all outstanding U.S. Borrower Unpaid Drawings and all interest thereon; (3) third, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding clauses (1) and (2) have been paid in full, to pay (on a ratable basis) all accrued and unpaid interest actually due and payable on the U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans and Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans made to the U.S. Borrowers and all accrued and unpaid Fees actually due and payable to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Co-Collateral Agent and the Canadian Agent, the U.S. Issuing Lenders and the Revolving Credit Lenders under any of the Loan Documents; (4) fourth, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding clauses (1) through (3), inclusive, have been paid in full, to repay (on a ratable basis) (A) the outstanding principal of U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans and Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans made to the U.S. Borrowers (whether or not then due and payable) and (B) any outstanding obligations payable under Designated Hedging Agreements secured under the U.S. Security Documents, (5) fifth, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding clauses (1) through (4), inclusive, have been paid in full, to pay (on a ratable basis) all other outstanding obligations of the U.S. Borrowers then due and payable to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Co-Collateral Agent, the Canadian Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Lenders under this Agreement and (6) sixth, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding clauses (1) through (5), inclusive, have been paid in full, to pay (on a ratable basis) ( x ) all other outstanding obligations of the U.S. Borrowers then due and payable to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Co-Collateral Agent, the Canadian Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent and the Revolving Credit Lenders under any of the Loan Documents and ( y ) all outstanding obligations payable under any Bank Products Agreements secured under the U.S. Security Documents.

 

(b)           The Lenders, the Canadian Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent, the Co-Collateral Agent and each Issuing Lender agree, as among such parties, as follows:  subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, all amounts collected or received by the Canadian Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent, the Co-Collateral Agent, any Lender or

 

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any Issuing Lender on account of the Collateral under the Canadian Security Documents, on account of the Canadian Borrowers’ Obligations or in the Canadian Agent Account shall be distributed and applied on a daily basis in the following order (in each case, to the extent the Canadian Agent has actual knowledge of the amounts owing or outstanding as described below and subject to any applications of any such amounts otherwise required pursuant to Section 4.4(b), or (z) otherwise required by the Intercreditor Agreement):  (1) first, to the payment (on a ratable basis) of all outstanding expenses actually due and payable by the Canadian Borrowers to the Canadian Agent, the Co-Collateral Agent and/or the Canadian Collateral Agent under any of the Loan Documents and to repay or prepay outstanding Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans made to the Canadian Borrowers by the Canadian Agent on behalf of the Lenders hereunder; (2) second, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding clause (1) have been paid in full, to pay (on a ratable basis) all outstanding expenses actually due and payable by the Canadian Borrower to each Canadian Issuing Lender under any of the Loan Documents and to repay all outstanding Canadian Borrower Unpaid Drawings and interest thereon; (3) third, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding clauses (1) and (2) have been paid in full, to pay (on a ratable basis) all accrued and unpaid interest actually due and payable on the Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans made to the Canadian Borrowers and all accrued and unpaid Fees actually due and payable by the Canadian Borrowers to the Canadian Agent, the Co-Collateral Agent, the Canadian Issuing Lenders and the Canadian Lenders under any of the Loan Documents; (4) fourth, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding clauses (1) through (3), inclusive, have been paid in full, to repay (on a ratable basis) (A) the outstanding principal of Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans made to the Canadian Borrowers (whether or not then due and payable) and (B) any outstanding obligations payable under Designated Hedging Agreements secured under the Canadian Security Documents, (5) fifth, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding clauses (1) through (4), inclusive, have been paid in full, to pay (on a ratable basis) all other outstanding obligations of the Canadian Borrowers then due and payable to the Canadian Agent, the Co-Collateral Agent the Canadian Collateral Agent and the Canadian Lenders under this Agreement; and (6) sixth, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding clauses (1) through (5), inclusive, have been paid in full, to pay (on a ratable basis) ( x ) all other outstanding obligations of the Canadian Borrowers then due and payable to the Canadian Agent, the Co-Collateral Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent and the Canadian Lenders under any of the other Loan Documents and ( y ) all outstanding obligations payable under any Bank Products Agreements secured under the Canadian Security Documents.

 

SECTION 11.       MISCELLANEOUS .

 

11.1        Amendments and Waivers .

 

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accordance with the provisions of this Section 11.1.  The Required Lenders may, or, with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent (and the Canadian Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent, or the Co-Collateral Agent as applicable) may, from time to time, ( x ) enter into with the respective Loan Parties hereto or thereto, as the case may be, written amendments, supplements or modifications hereto and to the other Loan Documents for the purpose of adding any provisions to this Agreement or to the other Loan Documents or changing, in any manner the rights or obligations of the Lenders or the Loan Parties hereunder or thereunder or ( y ) waive at any Loan Party’s request, on such terms and conditions as the Required Lenders or the Administrative Agent (or the Canadian Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent or the Co-Collateral Agent, as applicable), as the case may be, may specify in such instrument, any of the requirements of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or any Default or Event of Default and its consequences; provided , however , that no such waiver and no such amendment, supplement or modification shall:

 

(i)            reduce or forgive the amount or extend the scheduled date of maturity of any Loan or any Reimbursement Obligation or of any scheduled installment thereof or reduce the stated rate of any interest, commission or fee payable hereunder (other than as a result of any waiver of the applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates) or extend the scheduled date of any payment thereof or increase the amount or extend the expiration date of any Lender’s Commitment or change the currency in which any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation is payable, in each case without the consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby, subject to Sections 11.1(d) and 11.1(e) (it being understood that ( x ) waivers or modifications of conditions precedent, covenants, Defaults or Events of Default or of a mandatory reduction in the aggregate Commitment of all Lenders shall not constitute an increase of the Commitment of any Lender and ( y ) an increase in the available portion of any Commitment of any Lender shall not constitute an increase in the Commitment of such Lender);

 

(ii)           amend, modify or waive any provision of this Section 11.1(a) or reduce the percentage specified in the definition of Required Lenders or Supermajority Lenders, or consent to the assignment or transfer by Holdings, the Parent Borrower or HERC of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents (other than pursuant to Section 8.5 or Section 11.6(a)), in each case without the written consent of all the Lenders;

 

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without the consent of all of the Lenders, except as expressly permitted hereby or by any Security Document;

 

(iv)          require any Lender to make Loans having an Interest Period of longer than six months without the consent of such Lender;

 

(v)           amend, modify or waive any provision of Section 10 without the written consent of the Administrative Agent and of any Other Representative directly and adversely affected thereby;

 

(vi)          amend, modify or waive any provision of the Swing Line Note (if any) or Section 2.4 without the written consent of the Swing Line Lender and each other Lender, if any, which holds, or is required to purchase, a participation in any Swing Line Loan pursuant to Section 2.4(d); or

 

(vii)         amend, modify or waive the provisions of any Letter of Credit or any L/C Obligation without the written consent of the applicable Issuing Lender and each directly and adversely affected L/C Participant;

 

(viii)        increase the advance rates set forth in the definition of Canadian Borrowing Base or U.S. Borrowing Base, or make any change to the definition of “Borrowing Base” (by adding additional categories or components thereof), “Eligible Accounts”, “Eligible Rental Equipment”, “Eligible Spare Parts and Merchandise”, “Eligible Service Vehicles”, “Eligible Unbilled Accounts” or “Net Orderly Liquidation Value” that would have the effect of increasing the amount of the Canadian Borrowing Base or the U.S. Borrowing Base, reduce the Dollar amount set forth in the definition of “Dominion Event” or “Liquidity Event”, or increase the maximum amount of permitted Agent Advances under subsection 2.1(d) (which, when aggregated with all other Extensions of Credit made hereunder, shall under no circumstance exceed the Commitments) in each case, without the written consent of the Supermajority Lenders; or

 

(ix)          subject to Section 11.1(c), amend, modify or waive the order of application of payments set forth in the last sentence of Section 4.4(a)(i) or Section 4.4(e), 4.8(a), 4.16(e) or 10.14 hereof, or Section 4.1 of the Intercreditor Agreement in each case without the consent of the Supermajority Lenders.

 

provided further that, notwithstanding and in addition to the foregoing, the Collateral Agent may, in its discretion, release the Lien on Collateral valued in the aggregate not in excess of $10,000,000 in any fiscal year without the consent of any Lender.

 

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(b)           Any waiver and any amendment, supplement or modification pursuant to this Section 11.1 shall apply to each of the Lenders and shall be binding upon the Loan Parties, the Lenders, the Agents and all future holders of the Loans.  In the case of any waiver, each of the Loan Parties, the Lenders and the Agents shall be restored to their former position and rights hereunder and under the other Loan Documents, and any Default or Event of Default waived shall be deemed to be cured and not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default, or impair any right consequent thereon.

 

(c)           Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, ( w ) this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be amended in accordance with Section 2.10 to incorporate the terms of any Incremental Commitments with the written consent of the Parent Borrower and the Lenders providing such Incremental Commitments, provided that if such amendment includes an Incremental Commitment of a bank or other financial institution that is not at such time a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender, the inclusion of such bank or other financial institution as an Additional Lender shall be subject to the Administrative Agent’s consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) at the time of such amendment, ( x ) the scheduled date of maturity of any Loan or Reimbursement Obligation owed to any Lender may be extended with the written consent of the Parent Borrower and such Lender, as contemplated by Section 2.11 or otherwise, ( y ) the Commitment of and Lender may be increased as contemplated by Section 2.9 with the written consent of the Parent Borrower and such Lender, and (z) the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent may amend this Agreement without the consent of any Lender to cure any ambiguity, mistake, omission, defect or inconsistency, in each case without the consent of any other Person.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, subject to the limitations on non-pro rata payments in clause (i)(C)(II) of the proviso to the first sentence of Section 2.10(c) and in clause (b) of the proviso to the third sentence in Section 2.11(c), any provision of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including Section 4.4(a), 4.4(e), 4.8(a), 4.16(e) or 11.7 hereof, may be amended as set forth in the immediately preceding sentence pursuant to any Incremental Commitment Amendment or any Extension Amendment, as the case may be, to provide for non-pro rata borrowings and payments of any amounts hereunder as between the Loans, any Incremental Commitments and any Extended Commitments The Administrative Agent hereby agrees (if requested by the Parent Borrower) to execute any amendment referred to in this clause (c) or an acknowledgement thereof.

 

(d)           Notwithstanding any provision herein to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended (or deemed amended) and otherwise may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers ( x ) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the existing Facilities and

 

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the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof, ( y ) to include, as appropriate, the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any required vote or action of the Required Lenders or of the Lenders of each Facility hereunder and ( z ) to provide class protection for any additional credit facilities in a manner consistent with those provided the original Facilities pursuant to the provisions of Section 11.1(a) as originally in effect.

 

(e)           If, in connection with any proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination of or to any of the provisions of this Agreement and/or any other Loan Document as contemplated by Section 11.1(a), the consent of each Lender, each affected Lender, or the Supermajority Lenders, as applicable, is required and the consent of the Required Lenders at such time is obtained but the consent of one or more of such other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained (each such other Lender, a “ Non-Consenting Lender ”) then the Parent Borrower may, on notice to the Administrative and the Non-Consenting Lender, (A) replace such Non-Consenting Lender by causing such Lender to (and such Lender shall be obligated to) assign pursuant to Section 11.6 (with the assignment fee and any other costs and expenses to be paid by the Parent Borrower in such instance) all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more assignees; provided that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to the Parent Borrower to find a replacement Lender; provided, further, that the applicable assignee shall have agreed to the applicable change, waiver, discharge or termination of this Agreement and/or the other Loan Documents; and provided, further, that all obligations of the Borrowers owing to the Non-Consenting Lender relating to the Loans and participations so assigned shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender to such Non-Consenting Lender concurrently with such Assignment and Acceptance or ( B ) upon notice to the Administrative Agent (and, if applicable, the Canadian Agent), prepay the Loans and, at the Parent Borrower’s option, terminate the Commitments of such Non-Consenting Lender, in whole or in part, subject to Section 4.12, without premium or penalty.  In connection with any such replacement under this Section 11.1(e), if the Non-Consenting Lender does not execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance and/or any other documentation necessary to reflect such replacement by the later of ( a ) the date on which the replacement Lender executes and delivers such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation and ( b ) the date as of which all obligations of the Borrowers owing to the Non-Consenting Lender relating to the Loans and participations so assigned shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender to such Non-Consenting Lender, then such Non-Consenting Lender shall be deemed to have executed and delivered such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation as of such date and the applicable Borrower shall be entitled (but not obligated) to execute and deliver such Assignment and Acceptance and/or such other documentation on behalf of such Non-Consenting Lender.

 

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11.2        Notices .

 

(a)           All notices, requests, and demands to or upon the respective parties hereto to be effective shall be in writing (including telecopy), and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, shall be deemed to have been duly given or made when delivered by hand, or three days after being deposited in the mail, postage prepaid, or, in the case of telecopy notice, when received, or, in the case of delivery by a nationally recognized overnight courier, when received, addressed as follows in the case of the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Canadian Collateral Agent, and the Co-Collateral Agent and as set forth in Schedule A in the case of the other parties hereto, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto and any future holders of the Loans:

 

The Borrowers:

 

The Hertz Corporation

225 Brae Boulevard

Park Ridge, NJ 07656

Attention:  Chief Financial Officer

Facsimile:  201-307-2324

Telephone:  201-307-2000

 

with copies to:

 

The Hertz Corporation

225 Brae Boulevard

Park Ridge, NJ 07656

Attention:  General Counsel

Facsimile:  201-594-3122

Telephone:  207-307-2000

 

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP

919 Third Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attention:  David A. Brittenham, Esq.

Facsimile:  (212) 909-6836

Telephone:  (212) 909-6000

 

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The Administrative Agent:

 

Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Marguerite Sutton Leveraged Loan Management
Facsimile: 212-797- 5690 4655
Telephone: 212-250-6150

 

The Canadian Agent:

 

Deutsche Bank AG Canada Branch
222 Bay Street, Suite 1100, P.O. Box 64
Toronto, Ontario M5K 1E7
Attention:  Marcellus Leung Leveraged Loan Management
Facsimile:  ( 416 ) - 682-8484
Telephone:  ( 416 ) - 682-8252

 

The Collateral Agent:

 

Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch
60 Wall Street
New York, New York 10005
Attention: Marguerite Sutton Leveraged Loan Management
Facsimile: 212-797- 5690 4655
Telephone: 212-250-6150

 

The Canadian Collateral Agent:

 

Deutsche Bank AG Canada Branch
222 Bay Street, Suite 1100, P.O. Box 64
Toronto, Ontario M5K 1E7
Attention:  Marcellus Leung Leveraged Loan Management
Facsimile:  ( 416 ) - 682-8484
Telephone:  ( 416 ) - 682-8252

 

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Wells Fargo Bank, National Association
1 Boston Place
18th Floor
Boston, MA 02108
Att Attention : Portfolio Manager
Facsimile: 617-523-1697
Telephone: 617-624-4404

 

provided that any notice, request or demand to or upon the Administrative Agent or the Lenders pursuant to Section 3.2, Section 4.2, Section 4.4, or Section 4.8 shall not be effective until received.

 

(b)           Without in any way limiting the obligation of any Loan Party and its Subsidiaries to confirm in writing any telephonic notice permitted to be given hereunder, the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender (in the case of a Borrowing of Swing Line Loans) or any Issuing Lender (in the case of the issuance of a Letter of Credit), as the case may be, may prior to receipt of written confirmation act without liability upon the basis of such telephonic notice, believed by the Administrative Agent, the Swing Line Lender or such Issuing Lender in good faith to be from a Responsible Officer.

 

(c)           Effectiveness of Facsimile Documents and Signatures .  Loan Documents may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile or other electronic means (i.e., a “pdf” or “tiff”).  The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable Law, have the same force and effect as manually signed originals and shall be binding on each Loan Party, each Agent and each Lender.  The Administrative Agent may also require that any such documents and signatures be confirmed by a manually signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any facsimile document or signature.

 

(d)           Electronic Communications .  Notices and other communications to the Lenders and any Issuing Lender hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communication (including electronic mail and Internet or intranet websites) pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices to any Lender or an Issuing Lender pursuant to Section 2 if such Lender or Issuing Lender, as applicable, has notified the Administrative Agent that it is incapable of receiving notices under such Section by electronic communication.  The Administrative Agent or the Parent Borrower may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.  Unless the Administrative Agent otherwise prescribes (with the Parent Borrower’s consent), (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received

 

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upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), provided that if such notice or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient, and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the posting thereof.

 

11.3                         No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies .  No failure to exercise and no delay in exercising, on the part of any Agent, any Lender or any Loan Party, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege.  The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law.

 

11.4                         Survival of Representations and Warranties .  All representations and warranties made hereunder and in the other Loan Documents (or in any amendment, modification or supplement hereto or thereto) and in any certificate delivered pursuant hereto or such other Loan Documents shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the making of the Loans hereunder.

 

11.5                         Payment of Expenses and Taxes .  The Parent Borrower agrees ( a ) to pay or reimburse the Agents and the Other Representatives for ( 1 ) all their reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with ( i ) the syndication of the Facilities and the development, preparation, execution and delivery of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, ( ii ) the consummation and administration of the transactions (including the syndication of the Commitments) contemplated hereby and thereby and ( iii ) efforts to monitor the Loans and verify, protect, evaluate, assess, appraise, collect, sell, liquidate or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral, and ( 2 ) (i) the reasonable fees and disbursements of Latham & Watkins LLP and McMillan Binch Mendelsohn LLP, and such other special or local counsel, consultants, advisors, appraisers and auditors whose retention (other than during the continuance of an Event of Default) is approved by the Parent Borrower, ( b ) to pay or reimburse each Lender, the Arrangers and the Agents for all their reasonable costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement or preservation of any rights under this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any other documents prepared in connection herewith or therewith, including the fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agents and the Lenders, ( c ) to pay, indemnify, or reimburse each Lender, the Arrangers and the Agents for, and hold each Lender and the Agents harmless from, any and all recording and filing fees and any and all liabilities with respect to, or resulting from any

 

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delay in paying, stamp, excise and other similar taxes, if any, which may be payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery of, or consummation or administration of any of the transactions contemplated by, or any amendment, supplement or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, and ( d ) to pay, indemnify or reimburse each Lender, the Arrangers, each Agent, their respective affiliates, and their respective officers, directors, trustees, employees, shareholders, members, attorneys and other advisors, agents and controlling persons (each, an “ Indemnitee ”) for, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from and against, any and all other liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever with respect to the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance and administration of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents and any such other documents, including any of the foregoing relating to the use of proceeds of the Loans or the violation of, noncompliance with or liability under, any Environmental Law applicable to the operations of the Parent Borrower of any of its Subsidiaries or any of the property of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (all the foregoing in this clause (d), collectively, the “ Indemnified Liabilities ”), provided that the Parent Borrower shall not have any obligation hereunder to the Administrative Agent, any other Agent, any Arranger or any Lender (or any Related Party thereof) with respect to Indemnified Liabilities arising from ( i ) the gross negligence or willful misconduct such Agent, Arranger or Lender (or any Related Party thereof), ( ii ) a material breach of the Loan Documents by, or any act or omission of, such Agent, Arranger or Lender (or any Related Party thereof), ( iii ) claims of any Indemnitee (or any Related Party thereof) solely against one or more Indemnitees (or any Related Party thereof) or disputes between or among Indemnitees (or any Related Party thereof) in each case except to the extent such claim is determined to have been caused by an act or omission by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or ( iv ) claims made or legal proceedings commenced against such Agent, Arranger or Lender (or any Related Party thereof) by any security holder or creditor thereof arising out of and based upon rights afforded any such security holder or creditor solely in its capacity as such.  No Indemnitee shall be liable for any consequential or punitive damages in connection with the Facilities.  All amounts due under this Section 11.5 shall be payable not later than 30 days after written demand therefor.  Statements reflecting amounts payable by the Loan Parties pursuant to this Section 11.5 shall be submitted to the address of the Parent Borrower set forth in Section 11.2, or to such other Person or address as may be hereafter designated by the Parent Borrower in a notice to the Administrative Agent.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as provided in clauses (b) and (c) above, the Parent Borrower shall have no obligation under this Section 11.5 to any Indemnitee with respect to any tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, fee, deduction or withholding imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed by any Governmental Authority.  The agreements in this Section 11.5 shall survive repayment of the Loans and all other amounts payable hereunder.  As used herein, “Related Party” means, with respect to any Person, or any of its affiliates, or any of the officers, directors, trustees, employees, shareholders, members,

 

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attorneys and other advisors, agents and controlling persons of any thereof, any of such Person, its affiliates and the officers, directors, trustees, employees, shareholders, members, attorneys and other advisors, agents and controlling persons of any thereof (other than, in each case, Holdings and its Subsidiaries and any of its controlling shareholders).

 

11.6                         Successors and Assigns; Participations and Assignments .

 

(a)                                  The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby (including any affiliate of the applicable Issuing Lender that issues any Letter of Credit), except that ( i ) other than in accordance with Section 8.5, none of the Borrowers may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by any Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and ( ii ) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 11.6.

 

(b)                                  (i)                                      Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender other than a Conduit Lender may, in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with applicable law, assign (other than to a Disqualified Lender) to one or more assignees (each, an “ Assignee ”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including its Commitment and/or Loans, pursuant to an Assignment and Acceptance, substantially in the form of Exhibit F) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:

 

(A)                                The Parent Borrower, provided that no consent of the Parent Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender, an Approved Fund (as defined below) or, if an Event of Default under Section 9(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing, any other Person; provided, further, that if any Lender assigns all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to one of its affiliates in connection with or in contemplation of the sale or other disposition of its interest in such affiliate, the Parent Borrower’s prior written consent shall be required for such assignment;

 

(B)                                the Administrative Agent, provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment to a Lender or an affiliate of a Lender; and

 

(C)                                (1) each U.S. Facility Issuing Lender and the Swing Line Lender, in the case of assignments of U.S. Facility

 

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Commitments (and related outstanding U.S. Facility Revolving Credit Loans) and (2) each Canadian Facility Issuing Lender, in the case of assignments of Canadian Facility Commitments (and related outstanding Canadian Facility Revolving Credit Loans); provided that no such consent shall be required in the event that the respective assignee is already a U.S. Facility Lender (in the case of preceding clause (1)) or a Canadian Facility Lender (in the case of preceding clause (2)).

 

(ii)                                   Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

 

(A)                                except in the case of an assignment to a Lender, an affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitments or Loans under any Facility, the amount of the Commitments or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Acceptance with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that ( 1 ) no such consent of the Parent Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under Section 9(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing and ( 2 ) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its affiliates or Approved Funds, if any;

 

(B)                                the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Acceptance, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500; provided that for concurrent assignments to two or more Approved Funds such assignment fee shall only be required to be paid once in respect of and at the time of such assignments;

 

(C)                                the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an administrative questionnaire; and

 

(D)                                any assignment made by a Canadian Facility Lender of its Canadian Facility Commitment shall only be made to an assignee with a Non-Canadian Affiliate.

 

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For the purposes of this Section 11.6, the term “Approved Fund” has the following meaning:  “Approved Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or investing in bank loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course and that is administered or managed by ( a ) a Lender, ( b ) an affiliate of a Lender or ( c ) an entity or an affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Lender.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender shall be permitted to make assignments under this Agreement to any Disqualified Lender.

 

(iii)                                Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (b)(iv) below, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Acceptance the Assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Acceptance, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Acceptance covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of (and bound by any related obligations under) Sections 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.14, 4.15 and 11.5, and bound by its continuing obligations under Section 11.16).  Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 11.6 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section 11.6.

 

(iv)                               The Borrowers hereby designate the Administrative Agent, and the Administrative Agent agrees, to serve as the Borrowers’ agent, solely for purposes of this Section 11.6, to maintain at one of its offices in New York, New York a copy of each Assignment and Acceptance delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and interest and principal amount of the Loans and L/C Obligations owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”).  The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Issuing Lender and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.  The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrowers, the Issuing Lender and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

(v)                                  Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Acceptance executed by an assigning Lender and an Assignee, the Assignee’s completed administrative questionnaire (unless the Assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section 11.6 and any written consent to such assignment required by paragraph (b) of this Section 11.6, the

 

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Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Acceptance, record the information contained therein in the Register and give prompt notice of such assignment and recordation to the Parent Borrower.  No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

 

(vi)                               On or prior to the effective date of any assignment pursuant to this Section 11.6(b), the assigning Lender shall surrender any outstanding Notes held by it all or a portion of which are being assigned.  Any Notes surrendered by the assigning Lender shall be returned by the Administrative Agent to the Parent Borrower marked “cancelled”.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Assignee, which as of the date of any assignment to it pursuant to this Section 11.6(b) would be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 4.10, 4.11 or 11.5 than the assigning Lender would have been entitled to receive as of such date under such Sections with respect to the rights assigned, shall be entitled to receive such greater payments unless the assignment was made after an Event of Default under Section 9(a) or (f) has occurred and is continuing or the Parent Borrower has expressly consented in writing to waive the benefit of this provision at the time of such assignment.

 

(c)                                   (i)                                      Any Lender other than a Conduit Lender may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, without the consent of the Parent Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations (other than to any Disqualified Lender) to one or more banks or other entities (a “ Participant ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans owing to it); provided that ( A ) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, ( B ) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations, ( C ) such Lender shall remain the holder of any such Loan for all purposes under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and ( D ) the Parent Borrower, the Administrative Agent, the applicable Issuing Lender and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement.  Any agreement pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement may provide that, to the extent of such Participation such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver that ( 1 ) requires the consent of each Lender directly and adversely affected thereby pursuant to the proviso to the second sentence of Section 11.1(a) and ( 2 ) directly and adversely affects such Participant.  Subject to paragraph (c)(ii) of this Section 11.6, each Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of (and shall have the related obligations under) Sections 4.10, 4.11, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15 and 11.5 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired

 

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its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 11.6.  To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 11.7(b) as though it were a Lender, provided that such Participant shall be subject to Section 11.7(a) as though it were a Lender.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender shall be permitted to sell participations under this Agreement to any Disqualified Lender.  Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register as a non-fiduciary agent on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Facilities or other obligations under the Loan Documents (the “Participant Register”); provided, that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of a Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Facility or its other obligations under any Loan Document) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Facility or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations.  The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.

 

(ii)                                   No Loan Party shall be obligated to make any greater payment under Section 4.10, Section 4.11 or Section 11.5 than it would have been obligated to make in the absence of any participation, unless the sale of such participation is made with the prior written consent of the Parent Borrower and the Parent Borrower expressly waives the benefit of this provision at the time of such participation.  Any Participant that is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 4.11 unless such Participant complies with Section 4.11(b) and provides the forms and certificates referenced therein to the Lender that granted such participation.

 

(d)           Any Lender, without the consent of the Parent Borrower or the Administrative Agent, may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank or other central bank , and this Section 11.6 shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute (by foreclosure or otherwise) any such pledgee or Assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

 

(e)                                   No assignment or participation made or purported to be made to any Assignee or Participant shall be effective without the prior written consent of the Parent Borrower if it would require the Parent Borrower to make any filing with any Governmental Authority or qualify any Loan or Note under the laws of any jurisdiction,

 

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and the Parent Borrower shall be entitled to request and receive such information and assurances as it may reasonably request from any Lender or any Assignee or Participant to determine whether any such filing or qualification is required or whether any assignment or participation is otherwise in accordance with applicable law.

 

(f)                                    Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Conduit Lender may assign any or all of the Loans it may have funded hereunder to its designating Lender without the consent of the Parent Borrower or the Administrative Agent and without regard to the limitations set forth in Section 11.6(b).  Each Borrower, each Lender and the Administrative Agent hereby confirms that it will not institute against a Conduit Lender or join any other Person in instituting against a Conduit Lender any domestic or foreign bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding under any state, federal or provincial bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing commercial paper note issued by such Conduit Lender; provided , however , that each Lender designating any Conduit Lender hereby agrees to indemnify, save and hold harmless each other party hereto for any loss, cost, damage or expense arising out of its inability to institute such a proceeding against such Conduit Lender during such period of forbearance.  Each such indemnifying Lender shall pay in full any claim received from the Parent Borrower pursuant to this Section 11.6(f) within 30 Business Days of receipt of a certificate from a Responsible Officer of the Parent Borrower specifying in reasonable detail the cause and amount of the loss, cost, damage or expense in respect of which the claim is being asserted, which certificate shall be conclusive absent manifest error.  Without limiting the indemnification obligations of any indemnifying Lender pursuant to this Section 11.6(f), in the event that the indemnifying Lender fails timely to compensate the Parent Borrower for such claim, any Loans held by the relevant Conduit Lender shall, if requested by the Parent Borrower, be assigned promptly to the Lender that administers the Conduit Lender and the designation of such Conduit Lender shall be void.

 

(g)                                   If the Parent Borrower wishes to replace the Loans or Commitments under any Facility or Tranche with ones having different terms, it shall have the option, with the consent of the Administrative Agent and subject to at least three Business Days’ advance notice to the Lenders under such Facility or Tranche, instead of prepaying the Loans or reducing or terminating the Commitments to be replaced, to ( i ) require the Lenders under such Facility or Tranche to assign such Loans or Commitments to the Administrative Agent or its designees and ( ii ) amend the terms thereof in accordance with Section 11.1.  Pursuant to any such assignment, all Loans and Commitments to be replaced shall be purchased at par (allocated among the Lenders under such Facility or Tranche in the same manner as would be required if such Loans were being optionally prepaid or such Commitments were being optionally reduced or terminated by the Borrowers), accompanied by payment of any accrued interest and fees thereon and any amounts owing pursuant to Section 4.12.  By receiving such purchase price, the Lenders under such Facility or Tranche shall automatically be deemed to have

 

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assigned the Loans or Commitments under such Facility or Tranche pursuant to the terms of the form of Assignment and Acceptance attached hereto as Exhibit F, and accordingly no other action by such Lenders shall be required in connection therewith.  The provisions of this paragraph are intended to facilitate the maintenance of the perfection and priority of existing security interests in the Collateral during any such replacement.

 

11.7                         Adjustments; Set-off; Calculations; Computations .

 

(a)           If any Subject to the last sentence of Section 4.8(a), if any Lender (a “ benefited Lender ”) shall at any time receive any payment of all or part of its Revolving Credit Loans or the Reimbursement Obligations owing to it, or interest thereon, or receive any collateral in respect thereof (whether voluntarily or involuntarily, by set-off, pursuant to events or proceedings of the nature referred to in Section 9(f), or otherwise (except pursuant to Section 2.9, Section 2.11, Section 4.4, Section 4.13(d), Section 11.1(e) or Section 11.6)), in a greater proportion than any such payment to or collateral received by any other Lender, if any, in respect of such other Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans or the Reimbursement Obligations, as the case may be, owing to it, or interest thereon, such benefited Lender shall purchase for cash from the other Lenders an interest (by participation, assignment or otherwise) in such portion of each such other Lender’s Revolving Credit Loans or the Reimbursement Obligations, as the case may be, owing to it, or shall provide such other Lenders with the benefits of any such collateral, or the proceeds thereof, as shall be necessary to cause such benefited Lender to share the excess payment or benefits of such collateral or proceeds ratably with each of the Lenders; provided, however, that if all or any portion of such excess payment or benefits is thereafter recovered from such benefited Lender, such purchase shall be rescinded, and the purchase price and benefits returned, to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.

 

(b)                                  In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by law, each Lender shall have the right, without prior notice to any Borrower, any such notice being expressly waived by each Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 9(a) to set-off as appropriate and apply against any amount then due and payable under Section 9(a) by such Borrower any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time held or owing by such Lender or any branch or agency thereof to or for the credit or the account of such Borrower.  Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Parent Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Co-Collateral Agent after any such set-off and application made by such Lender, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off and application.

 

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11.8                         Judgment .

 

(a)                                  If, for the purpose of obtaining or enforcing judgment against any Loan Party in any court in any jurisdiction, it becomes necessary to convert into any other currency (such other currency being hereinafter in this Section 11.8 referred to as the “ Judgment Currency ”) an amount due under any Loan Document in any currency (the “ Obligation Currency ”) other than the Judgment Currency, the conversion shall be made at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Business Day immediately preceding the date of actual payment of the amount due, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of the Province of Ontario or in the courts of any other jurisdiction that will give effect to such conversion being made on such date, or the date on which the judgment is given, in the case of any proceeding in the courts of any other jurisdiction (the applicable date as of which such conversion is made pursuant to this Section 11.8 being hereinafter in this Section 11.8 referred to as the “ Judgment Conversion Date ”).

 

(b)                                  If, in the case of any proceeding in the court of any jurisdiction referred to in Section 11.8(a), there is a change in the rate of exchange prevailing between the Judgment Conversion Date and the date of actual receipt for value of the amount due, the applicable Loan Party shall pay such additional amount (if any, but in any event not a lesser amount) as may be necessary to ensure that the amount actually received in the Judgment Currency, when converted at the rate of exchange prevailing on the date of payment, will produce the amount of the Obligation Currency which could have been purchased with the amount of the Judgment Currency stipulated in the judgment or judicial order at the rate of exchange prevailing on the Judgment Conversion Date.  Any amount due from any Loan Party under this Section 11.8(b) shall be due as a separate debt and shall not be affected by judgment being obtained for any other amounts due under or in respect of any of the Loan Documents.

 

(c)                                   The term “rate of exchange” in this Section 11.8 means the rate of exchange at which the Administrative Agent, on the relevant date at or about 12:00 noon (New York time), would be prepared to sell, in accordance with its normal course foreign currency exchange practices, the Obligation Currency against the Judgment Currency.

 

11.9                         Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by telecopy), and all of such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument.  A set of the copies of this Agreement signed by all the parties shall be delivered to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

 

11.10                  Severability .  Any provision of this Agreement which is 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

 

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provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

11.11       Integration .  This Agreement and the other Loan Documents represent the entire agreement of each of the Loan Parties party hereto, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders with respect to the subject matter hereof, and there are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by any of the Loan Parties party hereto, the Administrative Agent or any Lender relative to the subject matter hereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or in the other Loan Documents.

 

11.12       Governing Law .  THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY NOTES AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY NOTES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

11.13       Submission To Jurisdiction; Waivers .

 

(a)            Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:

 

(i)             submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding relating to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;

 

(ii)            consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient forum and agrees not to plead or claim the same;

 

(iii)           agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to the applicable Borrower (or, in the case of any Canadian Borrower, as specified in paragraph (b)), the applicable Lender or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be, at the address specified in Section 11.2 or at such other address of which the Administrative Agent, any such Lender and any such Borrower shall have been notified pursuant thereto;

 

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(iv)           agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right to effect service of process in any other manner permitted by law or shall limit the right to sue in any other jurisdiction; and

 

(v)            waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this Section 11.13(a) any consequential or punitive damages.

 

(b)            Each Canadian Borrower hereby agrees to irrevocably and unconditionally appoint an agent for service of process located in The City of New York (the “ New York Process Agent ”), reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, as its agent to receive on behalf of such Canadian Borrower and its property service of copies of the summons and complaint and any other process which may be served in any action or proceeding in any such New York State or Federal court described in paragraph (a) of this Section 11.13 and agrees promptly to appoint a successor New York Process Agent in The City of New York (which successor New York Process Agent shall accept such appointment in a writing reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) prior to the termination for any reason of the appointment of the initial New York Process Agent.  CT Corporation, a Wolters Kluwer Company, located at 111 Eighth Avenue, 13th Floor; New York, NY 10011; telephone:  212-590-9310; facsimile:  212-590-9190, has been appointed as the initial New York Process Agent.  In any action or proceeding in New York State or Federal court, service may be made on a Canadian Borrower by delivering a copy of such process to such Canadian Borrower in care of the New York Process Agent at the New York Process Agent’s address and by depositing a copy of such process in the mails by certified or registered air mail, addressed to such Canadian Borrower at its address specified in Section 11.2 with (if applicable) a copy to the Parent Borrower (such service to be effective upon such receipt by the New York Process Agent and the depositing of such process in the mails as aforesaid).  Each of the Canadian Borrowers hereby irrevocably and unconditionally authorizes and directs the New York Process Agent to accept such service on its behalf.  As an alternate method of service, each of the Canadian Borrowers irrevocably and unconditionally consents to the service of any and all process in any such action or proceeding in such New York State or Federal court by mailing of copies of such process to such Canadian Borrower by certified or registered air mail at its address specified in Section 11.2.  Each of the Canadian Borrowers agrees that, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

 

(c)            To the extent that any Canadian Borrower has or hereafter may acquire any immunity (sovereign or otherwise) from any legal action, suit or proceeding, from jurisdiction of any court or from set-off or any legal process (whether service or notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) with respect to itself or any of its property, such

 

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Canadian Borrower hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to plead or claim such immunity in respect of its obligations under this Agreement and any Note.

 

11.14       Acknowledgements .  Each Borrower hereby acknowledges that:

 

(a)            it has been advised by counsel in the negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

 

(b)            neither any Agent nor any Other Representative or Lender has any fiduciary relationship with or duty to any Borrower arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and the relationship between the Administrative Agent and Lenders, on the one hand, and the Borrowers, on the other hand, in connection herewith or therewith is solely that of creditor and debtor; and

 

(c)            no joint venture is created hereby or by the other Loan Documents or otherwise exists by virtue of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby among the Lenders or among any of the Borrowers and the Lenders.

 

11.15       Waiver Of Jury Trial .  EACH OF THE BORROWERS, THE AGENTS AND THE LENDERS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY NOTES OR ANY OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

 

11.16       Confidentiality .  ( a ) Each Agent and each Lender agrees to keep confidential any information ( a ) provided to it by or on behalf of Holdings, the Parent Borrower, HERC or any of their respective Subsidiaries pursuant to or in connection with the Loan Documents or ( b ) obtained by such Lender based on a review of the books and records of Holdings, the Parent Borrower, HERC or any of their respective Subsidiaries; provided that nothing herein shall prevent any Lender from disclosing any such information ( i ) to any Agent, any Other Representative or any other Lender, ( ii ) to any Transferee, or prospective Transferee or any creditor or any actual or prospective counterparty (or its advisors) to any swap or derivative transaction relating to any Borrower and its obligations that agrees to comply with the provisions of this Section 11.16 pursuant to a written instrument (or electronically recorded agreement from any Person listed above in this clause (ii), which Person has been approved by the Parent Borrower (such approval not be unreasonably withheld), in respect to any electronic information (whether posted or otherwise distributed on Intralinks or any other electronic distribution system)) for the benefit of the Parent Borrower (it being understood that each relevant Lender shall be solely responsible for obtaining such instrument (or such electronically recorded agreement)), ( iii ) to its affiliates and the employees, officers, directors, agents, attorneys, accountants and other professional advisors of it and its

 

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affiliates, provided that such Lender shall inform each such Person of the agreement under this Section 11.16 and take reasonable actions to cause compliance by any such Person referred to in this clause (iii) with this agreement (including, where appropriate, to cause any such Person to acknowledge its agreement to be bound by the agreement under this Section 11.16), ( iv ) upon the request or demand of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such Lender or its affiliates or to the extent required in response to any order of any court or other Governmental Authority or as shall otherwise be required pursuant to any Requirement of Law, provided that such Lender shall, unless prohibited by any Requirement of Law, notify the Parent Borrower of any disclosure pursuant to this clause (iv) as far in advance as is reasonably practicable under such circumstances, ( v ) which has been publicly disclosed other than in breach of this Agreement, ( vi ) in connection with the exercise of any remedy hereunder, under any Loan Document or under any Interest Rate Protection Agreement, ( vii ) in connection with periodic regulatory examinations and reviews conducted by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such Lender or its affiliates (to the extent applicable), ( viii ) in connection with any litigation to which such Lender (or, with respect to any Interest Rate Protection Agreement, any affiliate of any Lender party thereto) may be a party, subject to the proviso in clause (iv), and ( ix ) if, prior to such information having been so provided or obtained, such information was already in an Agent’s or a Lender’s possession on a non-confidential basis without a duty of confidentiality to any Borrower being violated.  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, any other Loan Document or any Assignment and Acceptance, the provisions of this Section 11.16 shall survive with respect to each Agent and Lender until the second anniversary of such Agent or Lender ceasing to be an Agent or a Lender, respectively.

 

(b)            Each Lender acknowledges that any such information referred to in Section 11.16(a), and any information (including requests for waivers and amendments) furnished by the Parent Borrower or the Administrative Agent pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, may include material non-public information concerning the Parent Borrower, the other Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates or their respective securities.  Each Lender represents and confirms that such Lender has developed compliance procedures regarding the use of material non-public information; that such Lender will handle such material non-public information in accordance with those procedures and applicable law, including United States federal and state securities laws; and that such Lender has identified to the Administrative Agent a credit contact who may receive information that may contain material non-public information in accordance with its compliance procedures and applicable law.

 

11.17       USA Patriot Act Notice .  Each Lender hereby notifies each Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub.:  107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “ Patriot Act ”), it is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each Borrower and each Guarantor, which

 

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information includes the name of each Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify each Borrower and each Guarantor in accordance with the Patriot Act, and each Borrower agrees to provide such information (including any information with respect to any Guarantor) from time to time to any Lender.

 

11.18       Special Provisions Regarding Pledges of Capital Stock in, and Promissory Notes Owed by, Persons Not Organized in the U.S. or Canada .

 

(a)            To the extent any Security Document requires or provides for the pledge of promissory notes issued by, or Capital Stock in, any Person organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the United States or Canada, it is acknowledged that, as of the Closing Date, no actions have been required to be taken to perfect, under local law of the jurisdiction of the Person who issued the respective promissory notes or whose Capital Stock is pledged, under the Security Documents.

 

(b)            The Parent Borrower hereby agrees that, following any request by the Administrative Agent or Required Lenders to do so, the Parent Borrower shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, take (to the extent they may lawfully do so) such actions (including the making of any filings and the delivery of appropriate legal opinions) under the local law of any jurisdiction with respect to which such actions have not already been taken as are reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent or Required Lenders to be necessary or reasonably desirable in order to fully perfect, preserve or protect the security interests granted pursuant to the various Security Documents under the laws of such jurisdictions.

 

11.19       Joint and Several Liability; Postponement of Subrogation .

 

(a)            The obligations of the U.S. Borrowers hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall be joint and several and, as such, each U.S. Borrower shall be liable for all of the such obligations of the other U.S. Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  The obligations of the Canadian Borrowers hereunder and under the other Loan Documents shall be joint and several and, as such, each Canadian Borrower shall be liable for all of such obligations of the other Canadian Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.  To the fullest extent permitted by law the liability of each Borrower for the obligations under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents of the other applicable Borrowers with whom it has joint and several liability shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, without regard to ( i ) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, any of the obligations hereunder or thereunder or any other collateral security therefor or guarantee or right of offset with respect thereto at any time or from time to time held by any applicable Secured Party, ( ii ) any defense, set-off or counterclaim (other than a defense of payment or performance hereunder; provided that no Borrower hereby waives any suit for breach of a contractual provision of any of the Loan Documents) which may

 

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at any time be available to or be asserted by such other applicable Borrower or any other Person against any Secured Party or ( iii ) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without notice to or knowledge of such other applicable Borrower or such Borrower) which constitutes, or might be construed to constitute, an equitable or legal discharge of such other applicable Borrower for the obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document, or of such Borrower under this Section 11.19(a), in bankruptcy or in any other instance.

 

(b)            Each Borrower agrees that it will not exercise any rights which it may acquire by way of rights of subrogation under this Agreement, by any payments made hereunder or otherwise, until the prior payment in full in cash of all of the obligations hereunder and under any other Loan Document, the termination or expiration of all Letters of Credit and the permanent termination of all Commitments.  Any amount paid to any Borrower on account of any such subrogation rights prior to the payment in full in cash of all of the obligations hereunder and under any other Loan Document, the termination or expiration of all Letters of Credit and the permanent termination of all Commitments shall be held in trust for the benefit of the applicable Secured Parties and shall immediately be paid to the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, for the benefit of the applicable Secured Parties and credited and applied against the obligations of the applicable Borrowers, whether matured or unmatured, in such order as the Administrative Agent or the Canadian Agent, as applicable, shall elect.  In furtherance of the foregoing, for so long as any obligations of the Borrowers hereunder, any Letters of Credit or any Commitments remain outstanding, each Borrower shall refrain from taking any action or commencing any proceeding against any other Borrower (or any of its successors or assigns, whether in connection with a bankruptcy proceeding or otherwise) to recover any amounts in respect of payments made in respect of the obligations hereunder or under any other Loan Document of such other Borrower to any Secured Party.  Notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Agreement or any other Loan Document, if a “secured creditor” (as that term is defined under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada)) is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction not to include a Person to whom obligations are owed on a joint or joint and several basis, then the Borrowers’ Obligations (and the obligations of their Subsidiaries), to the extent such obligations are secured, only shall be several obligations and not joint or joint and several obligations.

 

11.20       Reinstatement .  This Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition or other proceeding be filed by or against any Loan Party for liquidation or reorganization, should any Loan Party become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or should an interim receiver, receiver, receiver and manager or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of any Loan Party’s assets, and shall continue to be effective or to be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the obligations of the Borrowers under the Loan Documents, or any part thereof, is, pursuant to

 

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applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the obligations, whether as a fraudulent preference, reviewable transaction or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made.  In the event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the obligations of the Borrowers hereunder shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.

 

11.21       Language .  The parties hereto confirm that it is their wish that this Agreement, as well as any other documents relating to this Agreement, including notices, schedules and authorizations, have been and shall be drawn up in the English language only.  Les signataires conferment leur volonté que la présente convention, de même que tous les documents s’y rattachant, y compris tout avis, annexe et autorisation, soient rédigés en anglais seulement.

 

11.22       Incremental Indebtedness; Additional Indebtedness .  In connection with the incurrence by the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of any Incremental Indebtedness or Additional Indebtedness, each of the Administrative Agent, the Canadian Agent, the Collateral Agent, and the Canadian Collateral Agent agrees to execute and deliver any Intercreditor Agreement Supplement and any amendments, amendments and restatements, restatements or waivers of or supplements to or other modifications to, any Security Document, and to make or consent to any filings or take any other actions in connection therewith, as may be reasonably deemed by the Parent Borrower to be necessary or reasonably desirable for any Lien on the property or assets of any Loan Party permitted to secure such Additional Indebtedness or Incremental Indebtedness to become a valid, perfected lien (with such priority as may be designated by the relevant Borrower or Subsidiary, to the extent such priority is permitted by the Loan Documents) pursuant to the Security Document being so amended, amended and restated, restated, waived, supplemented or otherwise modified or otherwise.  Upon the Discharge of Term Collateral Obligations (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) all Term Priority Collateral shall be automatically released from the Liens created by any Security Document or any other Loan Document, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, and all rights to the Term Priority Collateral shall revert to the Loan Parties.  At the request and sole expense of any Loan Party following any such termination, any applicable Agent shall deliver to such Loan Party any Term Priority Collateral held by such Agent hereunder, and each of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Co-Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to such Loan Party such documents (including without limitation UCC termination statements) as such Loan Party shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.

 

11.23       Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents .  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in any Assignment and Assumption or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the

 

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keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

 

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Exhibit 10.2

 

Execution Version

 

INCREASE SUPPLEMENT

 

This INCREASE SUPPLEMENT, dated as of October 31, 2014 (this “ Agreement ”), is by and among each Lender or Additional Commitment Lender named on the signature pages hereto (each, an “ Increased Tranche B Lender ” and, collectively, the “ Increased Tranche B Lenders ”) and THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “ Parent Borrower ”).

 

RECITALS :

 

WHEREAS , reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of March 11, 2011 (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, including pursuant to the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, the “ Credit Agreement ”) among the Parent Borrower, HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATION (“ HERC ”), a Delaware corporation, the Canadian Borrowers, the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto (the “ Lenders ”), DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”), DEUTSCHE BANK AG CANADA BRANCH, as Canadian agent and Canadian collateral agent for the Lenders (the “ Canadian Agent ”), WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as co-collateral agent for the Lenders and the other parties thereto (capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement); and

 

WHEREAS , on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Credit Agreement, the Parent Borrower may request an increase in the Tranche B U.S. Facility Commitment (the “ Increased Tranche B U.S. Commitment ”) to increase the Tranche B U.S. Facility Commitments pursuant to one or more Increase Supplements with the Tranche B U.S. Facility Lender(s) and/or Additional Commitment Lenders, as applicable.

 

AGREEMENT :

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

This Agreement is in respect of an Increased Tranche B U.S. Commitment in an aggregate principal amount of $235,000,000.  The Increased Tranche B U.S. Commitments evidenced by this Agreement constitutes Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 8.2(a) of the Credit Agreement.

 

The Increased Tranche B Lenders hereby agree to commit to provide their Increased Tranche B U.S. Commitments as set forth on Schedule A annexed hereto, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below.

 

The Increased Tranche B Lenders hereby agree to make their Increased Tranche B U.S. Commitments on the following terms and conditions:

 

1.                                       Increased Amount Date .  The Increased Amount Date for the Increased Tranche B U.S. Commitments shall be the Second Amendment Effective Date.

 

2.                                       Credit Agreement Governs Except as set forth in this Agreement, the Increased Tranche B U.S. Commitments shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 



 

3.                                       Borrower Certifications .  By its execution of this Agreement, the Parent Borrower hereby certifies that no Specified Default has occurred and is continuing immediately prior to and after the Increased Amount Date (for avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to Section 4 of the Second Amendment and the Second Amendment).

 

4.                                       Recordation of the Commitments .  Upon execution and delivery hereof, the Administrative Agent will record the Increased Tranche B U.S. Commitments of the Increased Tranche B Lenders in the Register.

 

5.                                       Amendment, Modification and Waiver .  This Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument or instruments in writing signed and delivered on behalf of each of the parties hereto; provided , however, that from and after the Increased Amount Date, any amendments, modifications or waivers shall be governed by the terms of Section 11.1 of the Credit Agreement.

 

6.                                       Entire Agreement .  This Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and verbal, among the parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

7.                                       GOVERNING LAW .  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK .

 

8.                                       Severability .  Any provision of this Agreement which is 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.

 

9.                                       Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

[Signature Page to Increase Supplement]

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

INCREASED LENDER:

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Melissa Provost

 

 

Name: Melissa Provost

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

For any Increased Lender requiring a second signature line

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jason Shanahan

 

 

Name: Jason Shanahan

 

 

Title: Vice President

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

INCREASED LENDER:

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

Bank of Montreal, as US Facility Lender and Canadian Facility Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jason Hoefler

 

 

Name: Jason Hoefler

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

For any Increased Lender requiring a second signature line

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Sean Gallaway

 

 

Name: Sean Gallaway

 

 

Title: Vice President

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

INCREASED LENDER:

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

SunTrust Bank

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Seth Meier

 

 

Name: Seth Meier

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

For any Increased Lender requiring a second signature line

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

INCREASED LENDER:

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

ING CAPITAL LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jerry L. McDonald

 

 

Name: Jerry L. McDonald

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

For any Increased Lender requiring a second signature line

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ William C. Beddingfield

 

 

Name: William C. Beddingfield

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

INCREASED LENDER:

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

 

as U.S. Facility Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Philippe Pepin

 

 

Name: Philippe Pepin

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 



 

Acknowledged by:

 

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,

 

as Administrative Agent

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Shannon

 

 

Name:

Michael Shannon

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Winters

 

 

Name:

Michael Winters

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

[Signature Page to Increase Supplement]

 



 

SCHEDULE A

TO INCREASE SUPPLEMENT

 

Name of Increased Lender

 

Type of Commitment Increase

 

Amount of Increased U.S. Commitment

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

Increased U.S. Commitment

 

$

60,000,000.00

 

BANK OF MONTREAL

 

Increased U.S. Commitment

 

$

10,000,000.00

 

SUNTRUST BANK

 

Increased U.S. Commitment

 

$

75,000,000.00

 

ING CAPITAL LLC

 

Increased U.S. Commitment

 

$

50,000,000.00

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA

 

Increased U.S. Commitment

 

$

40,000,000.00

 

Total:

 

$

235,000,000.00

 

 


 

Exhibit 10.3

 

Execution Version

 

LENDER JOINDER AGREEMENT

 

THIS LENDER JOINDER AGREEMENT , dated as of October 31, 2014 (this “ Agreement ”), by and among SUNTRUST BANK, ROYAL BANK OF CANADA AND ING CAPITAL LLC (each an “ Additional Commitment Lender ” and collectively the “ Additional Commitment Lenders ”), THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “ Parent Borrower ”) DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, BANK OF AMERICA N.A. and WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, each an issuing lender (an “ Issuing Lender ” and collectively the “ Issuing Lenders ” ), DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH (“ DBNY ”), as swing line lender (the “ Swing Line Lender ”), and DBNY, as administrative agent for the Lenders (the “ Administrative Agent ”).

 

RECITALS:

 

WHEREAS , reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2011 (the “ Credit Agreement ”) among the Borrowers, the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto (the “ Lenders ”), the Administrative Agent, DBNY as collateral agent for the Lenders, DEUTSCHE BANK AG CANADA BRANCH, as Canadian agent and Canadian collateral agent for the Lenders, WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as co-collateral agent for the Lenders and the other parties thereto (capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement); and

 

WHEREAS , subject to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the Parent Borrower may request new (i) Canadian Facility Commitments and (ii) U.S. Facility Commitments, by entering into one or more Lender Joinder Agreements with the Additional Commitment Lenders (such new Canadian Facility Commitment and/or U.S. Facility Commitment, as applicable, an “ Additional Commitment ”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the premises and agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Each Additional Commitment Lender party hereto hereby agrees to commit to provide its respective Additional Commitment as set forth on Schedule A annexed hereto, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth below:

 

Each Additional Commitment Lender (i) confirms that it is legally authorized to enter into this Agreement, (ii) confirms that it has received a copy of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with copies of the financial statements referred to in Section 5.1 of the Credit Agreement and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement; (ii) agrees that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Canadian Agent or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, or any other Lender or Agent and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Credit Agreement; any other Loan Document or any other instrument or document furnished hereto or thereto, (iii) appoints and authorizes each applicable Agent, to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other instrument or document furnished hereto or thereto as are delegated to such Agent, as the case may be, by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; (iv) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations that, by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, are required to be performed by it as a “Lender” thereunder, (v) represents and warrants that it has full power and authority, and has taken all actions necessary, to execute and deliver this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, (vi) specifies its address for notices the offices set forth beneath its name on the signature pages hereof and if applicable pursuant to Section 4.11 of the Credit Agreement, attaches two properly completed Forms W-9, W-8EXP, W-8BEN, W-8ECI, W8IMY or successor or other form prescribed by the Internal Revenue Service of the United States, certifying that such Additional

 

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Commitment Lender is entitled to receive all payments under the Credit Agreement and the Notes payable to it without deduction or withholding of any United States federal income taxes and (vii) agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

 

Each Additional Commitment Lender hereby agrees to make its Additional Commitment on the following terms and conditions:

 

1.                                       Additional Commitment Date .  The Increased Amount Date for the Additional Commitment shall be the Second Amendment Effective Date.

 

2.                                       Credit Agreement Governs.  Except as set forth in this Agreement, Additional Commitments shall otherwise be subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

 

3.                                       Parent Borrower’s Certifications .  By its execution of this Agreement, the Parent Borrower hereby certifies that no Specified Default has occurred and is continuing immediately prior to and after the Additional Commitment Date (for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to Section 4 of the Second Amendment and the Second Amendment).

 

4.                                       Notice .  For purposes of the Credit Agreement, the initial notice address of each Additional Commitment Lender shall be as set forth below its signature below.

 

5.                                       Tax Forms and Other Agreements .  Delivered herewith to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent are such forms, certificates or other evidence with respect to United States federal income tax withholding matters as such Additional Committed Lender may be required to deliver to the Parent Borrower and the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 4.11 of the Credit Agreement.  The Additional Committed Lender agrees to execute such other documents relating to the Facility (including the Intercreditor Agreement and/or similar agreements among Lenders) as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request.

 

6.                                       Recordation of the New Loans .  Upon execution and delivery hereof, the Administrative Agent will record the Additional Commitment made by the Additional Commitment Lender in the Register.

 

7.                                       Amendment, Modification and Waiver .  This Agreement may not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument or instruments in writing signed and delivered on behalf of each of the parties hereto.

 

8.                                       Entire Agreement .  This Agreement, the Credit Agreement and  the other Loan Documents constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and verbal, among the parties or any of them with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

9.                                       GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK .

 

10.                                Severability .  Any provision of this Agreement which is 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.

 



 

11.                                Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 



 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 



 

 

Acknowledged by:

 

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Shannon

 

 

Name: Michael Shannon

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Winters

 

 

Name: Michael Winters

 

 

Title: Vice President

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF ,  each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

ADDITIONAL COMMITMENT LENDER:

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

 

as U.S. Facility Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Philippe Pepin

 

Name: 

Philippe Pepin

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notice Address:

 

Royal Bank of Canada

 

Global Loan Administration

 

Three World Financial Center,

 

200 Vesey Street

 

New York, NY, 10281

 

 

 

Attention: Haiyan Lu - Loan Administrator

 

Telephone: 416-313-6252

 

Facsimile: 212-428-2372

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF ,  each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

ADDITIONAL COMMITMENT LENDER:

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

SunTrust Bank

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Seth Meier

 

Name: 

Seth Meier

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

For any Additional Commitment Lender Requiring a second signature line

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name: 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notice Address:

 

 

 

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | ABL Asset

 

Management Group

 

Mail Code GA-Atlanta-1981

 

3333 Peachtree Road, 9th Floor

 

Atlanta, Georgia 30326

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Sandra Salazar

 

Telephone: 

404.926.5200

 

Facsimile:

404.926.5646

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF ,  each of the undersigned has caused its duly authorized officer to execute and deliver this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

ADDITIONAL COMMITMENT LENDER:

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

ING CAPITAL LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jerry L. McDonald

 

Name: 

Jerry L. McDonald

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For any Additional Commitment Lender Requiring a second signature line

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ William C. Beddingfield

 

Name:

William C. Beddingfield

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notice Address:

 

200 Galleria Parkway, Suite 950

 

Atlanta, Georgia 30339

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Jerry L. McDonald

 

Telephone: 

(770) 984-4514

 

Facsimile:

(770) 951-1005

 



 

 

Consented to:

 

 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

 

as a U.S. Facility Issuing Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

/s/ Matthew T. O’Keefe

 

 

Name: Matthew T. O’Keefe

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President

 



 

 

Consented to:

 

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as U.S. Facility Issuing Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

/s/ Melissa Provost

 

 

Name: Melissa Provost

 

 

Title: Vice President

 



 

 

Consented to:

 

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent, Swing Line Lender and U.S. Facility Issuing Bank

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Shannon

 

 

Name: Michael Shannon

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Winters

 

 

Name: Michael Winters

 

 

Title: Vice President

 


Exhibit 10.4

 

Execution Version

 

WAIVER AND CONSENT

 

WAIVER AND CONSENT under the Credit Agreement referred to below, dated as of May 16, 2014 (this “ Consent ”), among THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “ Parent Borrower ”), HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATION (“ HERC ”), the Canadian Borrowers (as defined in the Credit Agreement) parties hereto, the several banks and financial institutions parties hereto as Lenders and the Administrative Agent (as defined below).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, each of the Parent Borrower and HERC is party to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2011 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among the Parent Borrower, HERC, the Canadian Borrowers, the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto (the “ Lenders ”), DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders, DEUTSCHE BANK AG CANADA BRANCH, as Canadian agent and Canadian collateral agent for the Lenders, WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as co-collateral agent for the Lenders and the other parties thereto ;

 

WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower has requested that the Lenders consent to extend the date for delivery of the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements (as defined below) and certain other information required pursuant to Sections 7.1 and 7.2 of the Credit Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower has requested that the Lenders waive any Default, Specified Default or Event of Default that may arise directly or indirectly from or in connection with the failure to deliver the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements (and any certificates and other information required to be delivered concurrently therewith) on or prior to the Extended Delivery Date (as defined below) to the Lenders or in accordance with any agreement or condition relating to other Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Credit Agreement the Parent Borrower delivered annual and quarterly financial statements of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries from time to time on or prior to the date hereof (collectively, the “ Previous THC Financial Statements ”);

 

WHEREAS, as part of the process of completing the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements, the Parent Borrower is reviewing the Previous THC Financial Statements;

 

WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower does not currently know what action, if any, will be required to be taken as a result of such review, which has not yet been completed; however, it is possible that the Parent Borrower may restate one or more of the Previous THC Financial Statements and one or more financial statements or other financial information relating to any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower (such a restatement, if it were to occur, the “ Restatement ”);

 

WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower has requested that the Lenders waive any Default,

 



 

Specified Default or Event of Default (as such terms are defined in the Credit Agreement) that may arise as a result of or in connection with the Restatement, if any, or any action taken or any failure to take action while any such Default, Specified Default or Event of Default was continuing to the extent such action or failure to take action would have been permitted but for the existence of such Default, Specified Default or Event of Default;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1.                                            Defined Terms .  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

 

Section 2.                                            Waiver and Consent .

 

(a)                                  The Lenders hereby agree that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Loan Documents, the quarterly financial statements required to be delivered under Section 7.1(b) for the Parent Borrower’s fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014 (the “ March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements ”) and the certificates and other information required by Sections 7.1 and 7.2 to be delivered concurrently therewith need not be delivered on or prior to June 15, 2014 (such date, the “ Extended Delivery Date ”).

 

(b)                                  So long as the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements and the certificates and other information required to be delivered in connection therewith to the Lenders under the Credit Agreement are delivered on or prior to the Extended Delivery Date, the Lenders hereby waive any existing or future Default, Specified Default or Event of Default that may arise directly or indirectly ( i ) as a result of or in connection with the failure to deliver any of the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements, such certificates or other information, or ( ii ) under Section 9(e) of the Credit Agreement in connection with any failure to file or deliver quarterly reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements, or any financial statements or other financial information of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014 (and any certificates and other information concurrently therewith) in accordance with any agreement or condition relating to any other Indebtedness.

 

(c)                                   The Lenders hereby waive, from the Consent Effective Date until the Extended Delivery Date, any Default, Specified Default or Event of Default that may arise, directly or indirectly, as a result of or in connection with the Restatement, if any, or any action taken or any failure to take action while any such Default, Specified Default or Event of Default was continuing to the extent such action or failure to take action would have been permitted but for the existence of such Default, Specified Default or Event of Default, including without limitation any Default, Specified Default or Event of Default that may arise directly or indirectly ( i ) from any breach of the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.7 of the Credit Agreement or of any other representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents, ( ii ) from any request for any Extension or Credit under the Credit Agreement after the occurrence and during the continuance of any such Default, Specified Default or Event of Default, ( iii ) from any failure to comply with any covenant or other obligation under Sections 7.1 and 7.2 of the

 

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Credit Agreement or with any other covenants and conditions in the Loan Documents and ( iv ) under Section 9(e) of the Credit Agreement or otherwise under Section 9 of the Credit Agreement, in each case as a result of or in connection with the Restatement, if any.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the waiver in this Section 2(c) is a limited waiver for the period ending on the Extended Delivery Date and for the avoidance of doubt, after the Extended Delivery Date, unless otherwise waived, no such Default, Specified Default or Event of Default that arises directly or indirectly from the Restatement shall be deemed waived pursuant to this Section 2(c).

 

(d)                                  For the avoidance of doubt, until the Extended Delivery Date ( i ) each Lender shall continue to honor notices for Borrowing and L/C Requests delivered in compliance with the Credit Agreement notwithstanding the occurrence or continuation of the events described in this Section 2 and ( ii ) no Loan Party shall be required to deliver any notice pursuant to Section 7.7 of the Credit Agreement or otherwise in connection with the occurrence or continuation of the events described in this Section 2.

 

Section 3.                                            Conditions to Effectiveness of Consent .  This Consent shall become effective on the date (such date, if any, the “ Consent Effective Date ”) the Administrative Agent shall have received this Consent executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Parent Borrower and the requisite Lenders set forth in Section 11.1 of the Credit Agreement.  The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice in writing to the Parent Borrower of the occurrence of the Consent Effective Date.

 

Section 4.                                            Effects on Loan Documents; Acknowledgement .

 

(a)                                  Except as expressly set forth herein, this Consent ( i ) shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Loan Parties under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and ( ii ) shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.  Each and every term, condition, obligation, covenant and agreement contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document is hereby ratified and re-affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect as modified hereby and nothing herein can or may be construed as a novation thereof.  Each Loan Party reaffirms on the Consent Effective Date its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is party and the validity, enforceability and perfection of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Security Documents.  This Consent shall constitute a Loan Document for purposes of the Credit Agreement and from and after the Consent Effective Date, all references to the Credit Agreement in any Loan Document and all references in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, refer to the Credit Agreement as modified by this Consent.

 

(b)                                  For the avoidance of doubt, this Consent does not constitute an acknowledgement by the Parent Borrower or its Subsidiaries that a Restatement, if any, would result in a Default, Specified Default or Event of Default under the Loan Documents and the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries reserve all of their respective rights under the Loan Documents in connection

 

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therewith.

 

Section 5.                                            Expenses .  The Parent Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for ( 1 ) all of its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Consent, any other documents prepared in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby, and ( 2 ) the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Latham & Watkins LLP, as counsel to the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 6.                                            Counterparts .  This Consent may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Consent by facsimile or any other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

Section 7.                                            Applicable Law .  THIS CONSENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS CONSENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THEREOF, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SAME ARE NOT MANDATORILY APPLICABLE BY STATUTE AND WOULD REQUIRE OR PERMIT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

 

Section 8.                                            Headings .  The headings of this Consent are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Waiver and Consent to be executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MATTHEWS EQUIPMENT LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WESTERN SHUT-DOWN (1995) LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ CANADA EQUIPMENT RENTAL
PARTNERSHIP, BY ITS MANAGING PARTNER,
MATTHEWS EQUIPMENT LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:

Treasurer

 



 

 

Acknowledged and Agreed:

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ INVESTORS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kelly Shyroc

 

 

Name:

Kelly Shyroc

 

 

Title:

Assistant Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ CAR SALES LLC

 

HERTZ CLAIM MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

 

HCM MARKETING CORPORATION

 

HERTZ LOCAL EDITION CORP.

 

HERTZ LOCAL EDITION TRANSPORTING, INC.

 

HERTZ GLOBAL SERVICES CORPORATION

 

HERTZ SYSTEM, INC.

 

HERTZ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

HERTZ TRANSPORTING, INC.

 

HERTZ ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES CORPORATION

 

SMARTZ VEHICLE RENTAL CORPORATION

 

CINELEASE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

CINELEASE, INC.

 

CINELEASE, LLC

 

DONLEN CORPORATION

 

DOLLAR THRIFTY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.

 

DOLLAR RENT A CAR, INC.

 

DTG OPERATIONS, INC.

 

DTG SUPPLY, INC.

 

THRIFTY, INC.

 

THRIFTY CAR SALES, INC.

 

THRIFTY INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.

 

TRAC ASIA PACIFIC, INC.

 

THRIFTY RENT-A-CAR SYSTEM, INC.

 

FIREFLY RENT A CAR LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DONLEN CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:

Assistant Treasurer

 



 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,

 

as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Peter Cucchiara

 

 

Name:

Peter Cucchiara

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kirk L. Tashjian

 

 

Name:

Kirk L. Tashjian

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 



 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH,

 

as Canadian Agent and a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul Uffelmann

 

 

Name:

Paul Uffelmann

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David Gynn

 

 

Name:

David Gynn

 

 

Title:

Chief Financial Officer

 


Exhibit 10.5

 

Execution Version

 

EXTENSION OF WAIVER AND CONSENT

 

EXTENSION OF WAIVER AND CONSENT under the Credit Agreement referred to below, dated as of June 12, 2014 (this “ Consent Extension ”), among THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “ Parent Borrower ”), HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATION (“ HERC ”), the Canadian Borrowers (as defined in the Credit Agreement) parties hereto, the several banks and financial institutions parties hereto as Lenders, the Administrative Agent (as defined below) and the Canadian Agent (as defined below).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, each of the Parent Borrower, HERC and the Canadian Borrowers is party to that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2011 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (including pursuant to the Waiver and Consent referred to below) from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), among the Parent Borrower, HERC, the Canadian Borrowers, the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto (the “ Lenders ”), DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”), DEUTSCHE BANK AG CANADA BRANCH, as Canadian agent and Canadian collateral agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, the “ Canadian Agent ”), WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as co-collateral agent for the Lenders and the other parties thereto ;

 

WHEREAS, each of the Parent Borrower, HERC, the Canadian Borrowers, the Administrative Agent and the Canadian Agent is party to that certain Waiver and Consent, dated as of May 16, 2014 (the “ Waiver and Consent ”) pursuant to which the Lenders consented to extend the date for delivery of the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements (as defined therein) and certain other information to the Extended Delivery Date (as defined therein) and granted the waivers specified therein until the Extended Delivery Date;

 

WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower has requested that the Lenders consent to extend the Extended Delivery Date specified in the Waiver and Consent, including for delivery of financial and other information for the second fiscal quarter of 2014 ;

 

WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower has concluded that the financial statements of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries for the fiscal year 2011 must be restated;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1.                                            Defined Terms .  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Waiver and Consent or in the Credit Agreement, as applicable.

 



 

Section 2.                                            Extension of Waiver and Consent .

 

(a)                                  The Lenders hereby ( i ) agree to amend the Waiver and Consent by deleting the phrase “June 15, 2014” in Section 2(a) of the Waiver and Consent and substituting therefor the phrase “November 14, 2014” and ( ii ) agree that each reference to the “Extended Delivery Date” in the Waiver and Consent and in this Section 2 shall be construed to be a reference to the date November 14, 2014, including without limitation for purposes of the waivers set forth in Sections 2(b) and 2(c) of the Waiver and Consent, and the agreement and acknowledgement set forth in Section 2(d) of the Waiver and Consent.

 

(b)                                  The Lenders hereby agree to amend the Waiver and Consent by:

 

(i)              deleting the phrase “fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014” in Section 2(a) of the Waiver and Consent and substituting therefor the phrase “fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2014 and June 30, 2014”,

 

(ii)           deleting the phrase “March 2014” each time such phrase appears in Sections 2(a) and 2(b) and in the recitals of the Waiver and Consent,

 

(iii)        deleting the phrase “for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014” and substituting therefor the phrase “for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2014 and June 30, 2014” in subclause (ii) of Section 2(b) of the Waiver and Consent,

 

(iv)       inserting the phrase “, provided that this subclause (ii) shall not be applicable with respect to Indebtedness ( x ) in respect of which a Default Notice has been given to commence a grace period that will lapse prior to the Extended Delivery Date or to declare an occurrence of an event of default before notice of Acceleration may be delivered or ( y ) that has become due prior to its stated maturity,” after the phrase “any other Indebtedness” at the end of subclause (ii) of Section 2(b) of the Waiver and Consent,

 

(v)          deleting the phrase “until the Extended Delivery Date” in the first sentence of Section 2(c) of the Waiver and Consent and substituting therefor the phrase “until the earlier of the Extended Delivery Date and the 15th day following the first date on which all Quarterly Financial Statements have been delivered (such earlier date, the “ Extension Date ”)”,

 

(vi)       deleting the phrase “Extended Delivery Date” each time such phrase appears in the second sentence of Section 2(c) of the Waiver and Consent and substituting therefor the phrase “Extension Date”,

 

(vii)    inserting the phrase “(provided that this subclause (iv) shall not be applicable with respect to Indebtedness ( x ) in respect of which a Default Notice has been given to commence a grace period that will lapse prior to the Extension Date or to declare an occurrence of an event of default before notice of Acceleration may be delivered or ( y ) that has become due prior to its stated maturity,” after the phrase “Section 9(e) of Credit Agreement)” in subclause (iv) of Section 2(c) of the Waiver and Consent, and

 

(viii)                         by amending and restating Section 2(d) of the Waiver and Consent as

 

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follows:

 

“Until the Extension Date, each Lender shall continue to honor notices for Borrowing and L/C Requests delivered in compliance with the Credit Agreement notwithstanding the occurrence or continuation of the events described in this Section 2, except that until the earlier of the Extended Delivery Date and ( i ) on or prior to August 21, 2014, the date of delivery of the Quarterly Financial Statements for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014 and ( ii ) after August 21, 2014, the date of delivery of both Quarterly Financial Statements for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014 and the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2014, no Borrower shall knowingly request, and no Lender shall be required to make, any Extension of Credit if, on the date such Extension of Credit is required to be made, a Liquidity Event has occurred and is continuing or would exist immediately after giving effect to the making of such Extension of Credit.  No Loan Party shall be required to deliver any notice pursuant to Section 7.7 of the Credit Agreement or otherwise in connection with the occurrence or continuation of the events described in this Section 2.”

 

Section 3.                                            Conditions to Effectiveness of Consent Extension . This Consent Extension shall become effective on the date (such date, if any, the “ Consent Effective Date ”) the Administrative Agent shall have received this Consent Extension executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Parent Borrower and the requisite Lenders set forth in Section 11.1 of the Credit Agreement.  The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice in writing to the Parent Borrower of the occurrence of the Consent Effective Date.

 

Section 4.                                            Effects on Loan Documents; Acknowledgement .

 

(a)                                  Except as expressly modified hereby, the Waiver and Consent shall continue in effect in accordance with its terms.  Except as expressly set forth herein and in the Waiver and Consent as modified hereby, this Consent Extension ( i ) shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Loan Parties under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and ( ii ) shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.  Each and every term, condition, obligation, covenant and agreement contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document is hereby ratified and re-affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect as modified by this Consent Extension and the Waiver and Consent and nothing herein can or may be construed as a novation thereof.  Each Loan Party reaffirms on the Consent Effective Date its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is party and the validity, enforceability and perfection of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Security Documents.  This Consent Extension shall constitute a Loan Document for purposes of the Credit Agreement and from and after the Consent Effective Date, all references to the Credit Agreement in any Loan Document and all references in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, refer to the Credit Agreement as modified by this Consent Extension and the Waiver and Consent.

 

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(b)                                  For the avoidance of doubt, neither this Consent Extension nor the Waiver and Consent as modified hereby constitutes an acknowledgement by the Parent Borrower or its Subsidiaries that a Restatement would result in a Default, Specified Default or Event of Default under the Loan Documents and the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries reserve all of their respective rights under the Loan Documents in connection therewith.

 

Section 5.                                            Expenses .  The Parent Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for ( 1 ) all of its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Consent Extension, any other documents prepared in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby, and ( 2 ) the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Latham & Watkins LLP, as counsel to the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 6.                                            Counterparts .  This Consent Extension may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Consent Extension by facsimile or any other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

Section 7.                                            Applicable Law .  THIS CONSENT EXTENSION AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS CONSENT EXTENSION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THEREOF, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SAME ARE NOT MANDATORILY APPLICABLE BY STATUTE AND WOULD REQUIRE OR PERMIT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION.

 

Section 8.                                            Headings .  The headings of this Consent Extension are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Consent Extension to be executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MATTHEWS EQUIPMENT LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WESTERN SHUT-DOWN (1995) LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ CANADA EQUIPMENT RENTAL PARTNERSHIP, BY ITS MANAGING PARTNER, MATTHEWS EQUIPMENT LIMITED

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 



 

 

 

 

 

Acknowledged and Agreed:

 

 

 

HERTZ INVESTORS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kelly Shryoc

 

Name: Kelly Shryoc

 

Title: Assistant Treasurer

 

 

 

HERTZ CAR SALES LLC

 

HERTZ CLAIM MANAGEMENT CORPORATION

 

HCM MARKETING CORPORATION

 

HERTZ LOCAL EDITION CORP.

 

HERTZ LOCAL EDITION TRANSPORTING, INC.

 

HERTZ GLOBAL SERVICES CORPORATION

 

HERTZ SYSTEM, INC.

 

HERTZ TECHNOLOGIES, INC.

 

HERTZ TRANSPORTING, INC.

 

HERTZ ENTERTAINMENT SERVICES CORPORATION

 

SMARTZ VEHICLE RENTAL CORPORATION

 

CINELEASE HOLDINGS, INC.

 

CINELEASE, INC.

 

CINELEASE, LLC

 

DONLEN CORPORATION

 

DOLLAR THRIFTY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.

 

DOLLAR RENT A CAR, INC.

 

DTG OPERATIONS, INC.

 

DTG SUPPLY, INC.

 

THRIFTY, INC.

 

THRIFTY CAR SALES, INC.

 

THRIFTY INSURANCE AGENCY, INC.

 

TRAC ASIA PACIFIC, INC.

 

THRIFTY RENT-A-CAR SYSTEM, INC.

 

FIREFLY RENT A CAR LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 



 

 

 

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,

 

as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Peter Cucchiara

 

 

Name: Peter Cucchiara

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kirk L. Tashjian

 

 

Name: Kirk L. Tashjian

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH,

 

as Canadian Agent and a Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paul Uffelmann

 

 

Name: Paul Uffelmann

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Leigh Knowles

 

 

Name: Leigh Knowles

 

 

Title: Director

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your agreement to this Consent.

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

Barclays Bank PLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Gregory Fishbein

 

 

Name: Gregory Fishbein

 

 

Title: Assistant Vice President

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your agreement to this Consent.

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Matthew T. O’Keefe

 

 

Name: Matthew T. O’Keefe

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your agreement to this Consent.

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

Bank of America, N.A. (acting through its Canada Branch)

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Medina Sales de Andrade

 

 

Name: Medina Sales de Andrade

 

 

Title: Vice President

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your agreement to this Consent.

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

Bank of Montreal, as US Facility Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jason Hoefler

 

 

Name: Jason Hoefler

 

 

Title: Director

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your agreement to this Consent.

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

Bank of Montreal, as Canadian Facility Lender

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Sean P. Gallaway

 

 

Name: Sean P. Gallaway

 

 

Title: Vice President

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your agreement to this Consent.

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

BNP Paribas

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Andy Strait

 

 

Name: Andy Strait

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Govind Gupta

 

 

Name: Govind Gupta

 

 

Title: Vice President

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your agreement to this Consent.

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

CIT Bank

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Renee M. Singer

 

 

Name: Renee M. Singer

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your agreement to this Consent.

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Corey Billups

 

 

Name: Corey Billups

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Glen Andrianov

 

 

Name: Glen Andrianov

 

 

Title: Vice President

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your agreement to this Consent.

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

Goldman Sachs Bank USA

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michelle Latzoni

 

 

Name: Michelle Latzoni

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your agreement to this Consent.

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

PNC Bank NA

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Joanne Fu

 

 

Name: Joanne Fu

 

 

Title: Bank Officer

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your agreement to this Consent.

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

The Bank of Nova Scotia

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kim Snyder

 

 

Name: Kim Snyder

 

 

Title: Director & Execution Head

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your agreement to this Consent.

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE CORPORATION CANADA

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Trevor Tysick

 

 

Name: Trevor Tysick

 

 

Title: Assistant Vice President

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your agreement to this Consent.

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Melissa Provost

 

 

Name: Melissa Provost

 

 

Title: Vice President

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your agreement to this Consent.

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

Lloyds Bank plc

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Stephen Giacolone

 

 

Name: Stephen Giacolone

 

 

Title: Assistant Vice President G011

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Karen Weich

 

 

Name: Karen Weich

 

 

Title: Vice President W011

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your agreement to this Consent.

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Spaight

 

 

Name: Michael Spaight

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Samuel Miller

 

 

Name: Samuel Miller

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your agreement to this Consent.

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

General Electric Capital Corporation

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Nita Jain

 

 

Name: Nita Jain

 

 

Title: Duly Authorized Signatory

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your agreement to this Consent.

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert P. Kellas

 

 

Name: Robert P. Kellas

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 


Exhibit 10.6

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATING LEASE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (Series 2013-G1)

 

 

Dated as of October 31, 2014

 

 

among

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC

 

 

as Lessor,

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

as a Lessee, Servicer and Guarantor,

 

 

DTG OPERATIONS, INC.,

 

 

as a Lessee,

 

 

and

 

 

those Permitted Lessees from time to time becoming Lessees hereunder

 

 

 



 

Table of Contents

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

1.

DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION

2

 

 

 

 

 

1.1.

Definitions

2

 

1.2.

Construction

2

 

 

 

 

2.

NATURE OF AGREEMENT

3

 

 

 

 

 

2.1.

Lease of Vehicles

3

 

2.2.

Certain Transfers

5

 

2.3.

Lessee’s Right to Purchase Lease Vehicles

6

 

2.4.

Return

6

 

2.5.

Redesignation of Vehicles

6

 

2.6.

Hell-or-High-Water Lease

8

 

 

 

 

3.

TERM

10

 

 

 

 

 

3.1.

Vehicle Term

10

 

3.2.

Master Motor Vehicle Operating Lease Term

11

 

 

 

 

4.

RENT AND LEASE CHARGES

11

 

 

 

 

 

4.1.

Depreciation Records and Depreciation Charges

11

 

4.2.

Monthly Base Rent

11

 

4.3.

Final Base Rent

11

 

4.4.

Program Vehicle Depreciation Assumption True-Up Amount

12

 

4.5.

Monthly Variable Rent

12

 

4.6.

Casualty; Ineligible Vehicles

13

 

4.7.

Payments

13

 

4.8.

Making of Payments

14

 

4.9.

Prepayments

14

 

4.10.

Ordering and Delivery Expenses

14

 

4.11.

Unexpired License Plate Credits

15

 

 

 

 

5.

VEHICLE OPERATIONAL COVENANTS

15

 

 

 

 

 

5.1.

NET LEASE

15

 

5.2.

Vehicle Use

16

 

5.3.

Non-Disturbance

17

 

5.4.

Manufacturer’s Warranties

18

 

5.5.

Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle Condition Notices

18

 

 

 

 

6.

SERVICER FUNCTIONS AND COMPENSATION

18

 

 

 

 

 

6.1.

Servicer Functions with Respect to Lease Vehicle Returns, Disposition and Invoicing

18

 

6.2.

Servicing Standard

19

 

6.3.

Servicer Acknowledgment

19

 

6.4.

Servicer’s Monthly Fee

19

 

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Table of Contents

(continued)

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

6.5.

Sub-Servicers

19

 

 

 

 

7.

CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

19

 

 

 

 

 

7.1.

Organization; Power; Qualification

20

 

7.2.

Authorization; Enforceability

20

 

7.3.

Compliance

20

 

7.4.

Governmental Approvals

20

 

7.5.

[Reserved]

20

 

7.6.

Investment Company Act

21

 

7.7.

Supplemental Documents True and Correct

21

 

7.8.

ERISA

21

 

7.9.

Indemnification Agreement

21

 

7.10.

Eligible Vehicles

21

 

 

 

 

8.

CERTAIN AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

21

 

 

 

 

 

8.1.

Corporate Existence; Foreign Qualification

21

 

8.2.

Books, Records, Inspections and Access to Information

21

 

8.3.

ERISA

22

 

8.4.

Merger

22

 

8.5.

Reporting Requirements

23

 

 

 

 

9.

DEFAULT AND REMEDIES THEREFOR

24

 

 

 

 

 

9.1.

Events of Default

24

 

9.2.

Effect of Operating Lease Event of Default

25

 

9.3.

Rights of Lessor Upon Operating Lease Event of Default

25

 

9.4.

HVF II Group I Liquidation Event and Non-Performance of Certain Covenants

26

 

9.5.

Measure of Damages

27

 

9.6.

Servicer Default

28

 

9.7.

Application of Proceeds

29

 

 

 

 

10.

CERTIFICATION OF TRADE OR BUSINESS USE

29

 

 

 

 

11.

GUARANTY

29

 

 

 

 

 

11.1.

Guaranty

29

 

11.2.

Scope of Guarantor’s Liability

29

 

11.3.

Lessor’s Right to Amend; Assignment of Lessor’s Rights in Guaranty

29

 

11.4.

Waiver of Certain Rights by Guarantor

30

 

11.5.

Guarantor to Pay Lessor’s Expenses

31

 

11.6.

Reinstatement

31

 

11.7.

Third-Party Beneficiaries

31

 

 

 

 

12.

ADDITIONAL LESSEES

31

 

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Table of Contents

(continued)

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

13.

LIENS AND ASSIGNMENTS

32

 

 

 

 

 

13.1.

Rights of Lessor Assigned to Trustee

32

 

13.2.

Right of the Lessor to Assign this Agreement

33

 

13.3.

Limitations on the Right of the Lessees to Assign this Agreement

33

 

13.4.

Liens

33

 

 

 

 

14.

NON-LIABILITY OF LESSOR

33

 

 

 

 

15.

NO PETITION

34

 

 

 

16.

SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION

35

 

 

 

17.

GOVERNING LAW

35

 

 

 

18.

JURY TRIAL

35

 

 

 

19.

NOTICES

35

 

 

 

20.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

36

 

 

 

21.

MODIFICATION AND SEVERABILITY

36

 

 

 

22.

SURVIVABILITY

37

 

 

 

23.

HEADINGS

37

 

 

 

24.

EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS

37

 

 

 

25.

ELECTRONIC EXECUTION

37

 

 

 

26.

LESSEE TERMINATION AND RESIGNATION

37

 

 

 

27.

THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES

38

 

Annex A--Form of Affiliate Joinder

 

Exhibit A                Form of Lease Resignation Notice

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED MASTER MOTOR VEHICLE OPERATING LEASE AND SERVICING AGREEMENT (Series 2013-G1)

 

This Amended and Restated Master Motor Vehicle Operating Lease and Servicing Agreement (Series 2013-G1) (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof, this “ Agreement ”), dated as of October 31, 2014, by and among:

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ HVF ”), as lessor (in such capacity, the “ Lessor ”);

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as a lessee, as servicer (in such capacity as servicer, the “ Servicer ”) and as guarantor (in such capacity, the “ Guarantor ”); and

 

DTG OPERATIONS, INC., an Oklahoma corporation (“ DTG ”), as a lessee; and

 

those various Permitted Lessees (as defined herein) from time to time becoming Lessees hereunder pursuant to Section 12 hereof (each, an “ Additional Lessee ”), as lessees (Hertz, DTG and the Additional Lessees, in their capacities as lessees, each a “ Lessee ” and, collectively, the “ Lessees ”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto entered into the Master Motor Vehicle Operating Lease and Servicing Agreement (Series 2013-G1) (the “ Prior Agreement ”) as of the Series 2013-G1 Closing Date;

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to amend and restate the Prior Agreement in its entirety as set forth herein;

 

WHEREAS, the Lessor has purchased or will purchase automobiles, vans and light-duty trucks from Hertz General Interest LLC (“ HGI ”) or another affiliate of Hertz pursuant to the Purchase Agreement and from various other parties on arm’s-length terms pursuant to one or more other motor vehicle purchase agreements or otherwise, in each case, that the Lessor determines shall be leased hereunder;

 

WHEREAS, the Lessor desires to lease to each Lessee and each Lessee desires to lease from the Lessor certain Lease Vehicles for use in connection with the business of such Lessee, including use by such Lessee’s employees, directors, officers, representatives, agents and other business associates in their personal or professional capacities;

 

WHEREAS, the Lessor and each Lessee desire the Servicer to perform various servicing functions with respect to the Lease Vehicles, and the Servicer desires to perform such functions, in accordance with the terms hereof;

 

WHEREAS, the Lessor desires the Guarantor to guarantee various obligations of the Lessees hereunder, and the Guarantor desires to so guarantee such obligations, in accordance with the terms hereof;

 



 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

1.              DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION

 

1.1.          DEFINITIONS.  As used in this Agreement and unless the context requires a different meaning, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in Schedule I hereto and, if not defined therein, shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

1.2.          CONSTRUCTION.  In this Agreement, including the preamble, recitals, attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders hereto, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a)            the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

 

(b)            references to an agreement or document shall include the preamble, recitals, all attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders to such agreement or document, and are to such agreement or document (including all such attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders to such agreement or document) as amended, supplemented, restated and otherwise modified from time to time and to any successor or replacement agreement or document, as applicable (unless otherwise stated);

 

(c)            reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Agreement, and reference to any Person in a particular capacity only refers to such Person in such capacity;

 

(d)            reference to any gender includes the other gender;

 

(e)            reference to any Requirement of Law means such Requirement of Law as amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time;

 

(f)             “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term;

 

(g)            with respect to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including” and “to” means “to but excluding”;

 

(h)            the language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party;

 

(i)             as used in this Agreement, the term “title” refers to a Certificate of Title or other similar form of vehicle title and is intended by each party hereto to include the terms “vehicle registration” and “vehicle license plate,” unless specified otherwise;

 

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(j)             as used in this Agreement, the term (and each defined term including the term) “rental”, when used in the context of customer rentals, daily car rental businesses, normal daily rental operations and daily motor vehicle rental industries is intended by each party hereto to include car sharing businesses, operations and platforms; and

 

(k)            unless specified otherwise, “titling” will be deemed to include the acts of registering a vehicle, including the registering of the license plates of a vehicle.

 

2.              NATURE OF AGREEMENT.  (a)  Each Lessee and the Lessor intend that this Agreement is a lease and that the relationship between the Lessor and such Lessee pursuant hereto shall always be only that of lessor and lessee, and each Lessee hereby declares, acknowledges and agrees that the Lessor is the owner of the Lease Vehicles, and legal title to the Lease Vehicles is either held by the Lessor directly or through the Nominee pursuant to the Nominee Agreement or, on any date on or after the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date, RCFC pursuant to the RCFC Nominee Agreement.  No Lessee shall acquire by virtue of this Agreement any right, equity, title or interest in or to any Lease Vehicles, except the leasehold interest and option to purchase established by this Agreement.  The parties agree that this Agreement is a “true lease” and agree to treat the leasehold interest established by this Agreement as a lease for all purposes, including accounting, regulatory and otherwise, except it will be disregarded for tax purposes to the extent the Lessor and one or more Lessees are treated as the same taxpayer under the Code or under applicable state tax laws.

 

(b)            GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST.  If, notwithstanding the intent of the parties to this Agreement, the leasehold interest established by this Agreement is deemed by any court, tribunal, arbitrator or other adjudicative authority (each, a “ Court ”) in any proceeding, including any proceeding under any bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other similar law affecting creditors’ rights to constitute a financing arrangement or otherwise not to constitute a “true lease” with respect to the Lease Vehicles, then it is the intention of the parties that this Agreement together with the Collateral Agency Agreement, as such agreements apply to the Lease Vehicles, shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law (and such Lease Vehicles shall be deemed to be Pledged Master Collateral).  Each Lessee hereby acknowledges that it has granted to the Collateral Agent, pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement, for the benefit of the Trustee, a first priority security interest in all of such Lessee’s right, title and interest in and to its Pledged Master Collateral (as defined therein) as collateral security for the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all of the obligations and liabilities of such Lessee to the Lessor and the Trustee, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement and any other document made, delivered or given in connection herewith, whether on account of rent, principal, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, or expenses (including all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Lessor or the Trustee that are required to be paid by such Lessee pursuant to the terms hereof).

 

2.1.          Lease of Vehicles .

 

(a)            Agreement to Lease .  From time to time, subject to the terms and provisions hereof (including satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 2.1(b )), the Lessor

 

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agrees to lease to each Lessee, and each Lessee agrees to lease from the Lessor those certain Lease Vehicles identified on Lease Vehicle Acquisition Schedules and Intra-Lease Lessee Transfer Schedules produced from time to time by or on behalf of such Lessee pursuant to Sections 2.1(c) and 2.2(b) , respectively.

 

(b)            Conditions Precedent to Lease of Leased Vehicles .  The agreement of the Lessor to commence leasing any Lease Vehicle to any Lessee hereunder is subject to the following conditions precedent being satisfied on or prior to the Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date for such Lease Vehicle:

 

(i)           No Default .  No Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing on the Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date for such Lease Vehicle or would result from the leasing of such Lease Vehicle hereunder, and no Series 2013-G1 Potential Operating Lease Event of Default with respect to any event or condition specified in Section 9.1.1 , Section 9.1.5 or Section 9.1.8 shall have occurred and be continuing on the Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date for such Lease Vehicle or would result from the leasing of such Lease Vehicle hereunder;

 

(ii)          Funding .  HVF shall have sufficient available funds constituting Series 2013-G1 Collateral available under the Series 2013-G1 Supplement or otherwise to purchase such Lease Vehicle;

 

(iii)         Representations and Warranties .  The representations and warranties contained in Section 7 are true and correct in all material respects (unless any such representation or warranty contains a materiality limitation by its terms, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and correct) as of such date (unless any such representation or warranty by its terms makes reference to a specific date, in which case, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct for such specific date); and

 

(iv)         Eligible Vehicle .  Such Lease Vehicle is a Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle.

 

(c)            Lease Vehicle Acquisition Schedules .  From time to time, each Lessee shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Lessor one or more schedules identifying the vehicles such Lessee desires to lease from the Lessor hereunder, which schedules shall include the Basic Lease Vehicle Information (each such schedule, a “ Lease Vehicle Acquisition Schedule ”).  Each Lessee hereby agrees that each such delivery of a Lease Vehicle Acquisition Schedule shall be deemed hereunder to constitute a representation and warranty by such Lessee, to and in favor of the Lessor, that each condition precedent to the leasing of the Lease Vehicles identified in such Lease Vehicle Acquisition Schedule has been or will be satisfied as of the date of such delivery.

 

(d)            Lease Vehicle Acceptance or Nonconforming Lease Vehicle Rejection .  With respect to any vehicle identified on a Lease Vehicle Acquisition Schedule and made available for lease by the Lessor to any Lessee, such Lessee shall have the right to inspect such vehicle within five (5) calendar days of receipt (the “ Inspection Period ”) of such vehicle and either accept or, if

 

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such vehicle is a Nonconforming Lease Vehicle, reject such vehicle; provided that , such Lessee shall be deemed to have accepted such vehicle as a Lease Vehicle unless it has notified the Lessor in writing that such vehicle is a Nonconforming Lease Vehicle during the Inspection Period (the delivery date of such written notice, the “ Rejection Date ”).  If such Lessee timely notifies the Lessor that such vehicle is a Nonconforming Lease Vehicle (such Nonconforming Lease Vehicle with respect to which such Lessee has so notified the Lessor, a “ Rejected Vehicle ”), then the Lessor shall either (i) promptly lease such Rejected Vehicle to another Lessee or to an Alternative Lease Lessee pursuant to Section 2.2 or (ii) cause the Servicer to dispose of such Rejected Vehicle (including by returning such Rejected Vehicle to the seller thereof) in accordance with Section 6.1 .

 

2.2.          Certain Transfers .

 

(a)            Inter-Lease Transfers .  From time to time, a particular Lessee (a “ Reallocating Lessee ”) may desire to cease leasing a Lease Vehicle hereunder and an Alternative Lease Lessee may desire to commence leasing such Lease Vehicle pursuant to another Segregated Series Lease.  With respect to any Lease Vehicle, upon delivery by such Reallocating Lessee to the Lessor of written notice identifying by VIN each Lease Vehicle to be so transferred from such Reallocating Lessee to such Alternative Lease Lessee (such notice, an “ Inter-Lease Reallocation Schedule ”) and upon satisfaction of each condition set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) below with respect to such Lease Vehicle, such Lease Vehicle identified in such Inter-Lease Reallocation Schedule (such Lease Vehicle, a “ Reallocated Vehicle ”) shall cease to be leased by such Reallocating Lessee and shall contemporaneously commence being leased to such Alternative Lease Lessee pursuant to another Segregated Series Lease, and each Reallocating Lessee agrees that upon such a transfer of such Lease Vehicle from such Lessee to an Alternative Lease Lessee (each such transfer, an “ Inter-Lease Vehicle Reallocation ”), such Reallocating Lessee relinquishes all rights that it has in such Lease Vehicle pursuant to this Agreement.  Each Inter-Lease Reallocation Schedule may be delivered electronically (including by e-mail, file transfer protocol or otherwise) and may be delivered directly by the applicable Reallocating Lessee or on its behalf by any agent or designee of such Reallocating Lessee.  Each Inter-Lease Vehicle Reallocation shall be subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions as of the effective date of such Inter-Lease Vehicle Reallocation (the first date on which each such condition precedent shall have been satisfied, the “ Inter-Lease Vehicle Reallocation Effective Date ”):

 

(i)           an amount equal to the Net Book Value of such Lease Vehicle as of the later of (A) the first day of the calendar month in which such Inter-Lease Vehicle Reallocation Effective Date occurred and (B) the Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date with respect to such Lease Vehicle minus the Final Base Rent for such Lease Vehicle as of such Inter-Lease Vehicle Reallocation Effective Date, shall have been deposited in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account; and

 

(ii)          each condition precedent to the lease of such Lease Vehicle under the Segregated Series Lease pursuant to which such Lease Vehicle will be leased immediately following such Inter-Lease Vehicle Reallocation shall have been satisfied.

 

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(b)            Intra-Lease Transfers .  From time to time, a particular Lessee (the “ Transferor Lessee ”) may desire to cease leasing a Lease Vehicle hereunder and another Lessee (the “ Transferee Lessee ”) may desire to commence leasing such Lease Vehicle hereunder.  Upon delivery by such Lessees to the Lessor of written notice identifying by VIN each Lease Vehicle to be so transferred from such Transferor Lessee to such Transferee Lessee (such notice, an “ Intra-Lease Lessee Transfer Schedule ”), each Lease Vehicle identified in such Intra-Lease Lessee Transfer Schedule shall cease to be leased by the Transferor Lessee and shall contemporaneously commence being leased to the Transferee Lessee.  Each Lessee agrees that upon such a transfer of any Lease Vehicle from one Lessee to another Lessee pursuant to this Agreement, such Transferor Lessee relinquishes all rights that it has in such Lease Vehicle pursuant to this Agreement.  Each Intra-Lease Lessee Transfer Schedule may be delivered electronically and may be delivered directly by either the applicable Transferor Lessee or the applicable Transferee Lessee or on behalf of either such party by any agent or designee of such party.

 

2.3.          Lessee’s Right to Purchase Lease Vehicles Each Lessee shall have the option, exercisable with respect to any Lease Vehicle leased by such Lessee hereunder during such Lease Vehicle’s Vehicle Term, to purchase such Lease Vehicle for an amount equal to the greater of (i) the Net Book Value of such Lease Vehicle or (ii) the Market Value of such Lease Vehicle, in each case, as of the date such amount shall be deposited in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account (the greater of such amounts being referred to as the “ Lease Vehicle Buyout Price ”).  In addition, no Lessee shall be permitted to purchase any Leased Vehicle leased by it from the Lessor pursuant to the Purchase Agreement.

 

2.4.          Return .  (a)  Lessee Right to Return .  Any Lessee may return any Lease Vehicle (other than any Lease Vehicle that has experienced a Casualty or become an Ineligible Vehicle) then leased by such Lessee at any time prior to such Lease Vehicle’s Maximum Lease Termination Date to the Servicer at the location for such Lease Vehicle’s return reasonably specified by the Servicer; provided that , for the avoidance of doubt, the Vehicle Term for such Lease Vehicle will continue until the Vehicle Operating Lease Expiration Date thereof, notwithstanding the prior return of such Lease Vehicle pursuant to this Section 2.4(a) .

 

(b)            Lessee Obligation to Return .  Each Lessee shall return each Lease Vehicle leased by such Lessee on or prior to such Lease Vehicle’s Maximum Lease Termination Date to the Servicer at the location for such Lease Vehicle’s return reasonably specified by the Servicer (taking into account transportation costs and expected realizable disposition proceeds).

 

2.5.          Redesignation of Vehicles .

 

(a)            Mandatory Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle to Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle Redesignations .  With respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle leased by any Lessee hereunder as of any date of determination, the Lessor shall on the date specified in Section 2.5(d) redesignate such Lease Vehicle as a Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle, if:

 

(i)           a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Event of Default is continuing with respect to the Manufacturer of such Lease Vehicle as of such date, or

 

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(ii)          as of any such date occurring after the Minimum Program Term End Date with respect to such Lease Vehicle, such Lease Vehicle were returned as of such date pursuant to the terms of the Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program with respect to such Lease Vehicle, the Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer of such Lease Vehicle would not be obligated to pay a repurchase price for such Lease Vehicle, or guarantee the disposition proceeds to be received for such Vehicle, in each case in an amount at least equal to (1) the Net Book Value of such Lease Vehicle, as of such date, minus (2) the Final Base Rent that would be payable in respect of such Lease Vehicle, assuming that such date were the Disposition Date for such Lease Vehicle, minus (3) the Series 2013-G1 Excess Mileage Charges with respect to such Lease Vehicle, that would be applicable as of such date, assuming that such date were the Disposition Date, minus (4) the Series 2013-G1 Excess Damage Charges with respect to such Lease Vehicle, that would be applicable as of such date, assuming that such date were the Disposition Date, minus (5) the Pre-VOLCD Program Vehicle Depreciation Amount paid or payable with respect to such Lease Vehicle, as of such date, minus (6) the Program Vehicle Depreciation Assumption True-Up Amount paid or payable with respect to such Lease Vehicle, as of such date.

 

(b)            Optional Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle to Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle Redesignations .  In addition to Section 2.5(a)  and without limitation thereto, with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle leased by any Lessee hereunder as of any date of determination, such Lessee may redesignate such Lease Vehicle as a Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle upon written notice to the Lessor (which written notice may be delivered electronically and may be delivered directly by such Lessee or on its behalf by any agent or designee of such Lessee); provided that , such Lessee shall not redesignate any Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle as a Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle pursuant to this Section 2.5(b)  if, after giving effect to such redesignation, an HVF II Group I Aggregate Asset Amount Deficiency would exist, unless such redesignation would decrease the amount of such HVF II Group I Aggregate Asset Amount Deficiency.

 

(c)            Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle to Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle Redesignations .  With respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle leased by any Lessee hereunder as of any date of determination, if such Lease Vehicle was previously designated as a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle, then such Lessee may redesignate such Lease Vehicle as a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle upon written notice to the Lessor (which written notice may be delivered electronically and may be delivered directly by such Lessee or on its behalf by any agent or designee of such Lessee); provided that , such Lessee may not redesignate any such Lease Vehicle as a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle if such Lease Vehicle would then be required to be redesignated as a Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle pursuant to Section 2.5(a)  after designating such Lease Vehicle as a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle.

 

(d)            Timing of Redesignations .  With respect to any redesignation to be effected pursuant to Section 2.5(a) , such redesignation shall occur as of the first calendar day of the calendar month following the date on which the applicable event or condition described in Section 2.5(a)(i)  or (ii)  occurs.  With respect to any redesignation to be effected pursuant to Section 2.5(b)  or 2.5(c) , such redesignation shall occur as of the first calendar day of the calendar

 

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month immediately following the calendar month of the date written notice was delivered by the applicable Lessee of such redesignation.

 

(e)            Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle to Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle Redesignation Payments .  With respect to any Lease Vehicle that is redesignated as a Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle pursuant to Section 2.5(a)  or Section 2.5(b) , the Lessee of such Lease Vehicle as of the close of business on the date of such redesignation shall pay to the Lessor on the Payment Date following the effective date of such redesignation, as determined in accordance with Section 2.5(d) , an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Net Book Value of such Lease Vehicle over the Market Value of such Lease Vehicle, in each case, as of the date of such redesignation (such excess, if any, for such Lease Vehicle, a “ Redesignation to Non-Program Amount ”).

 

(f)             Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle to Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle Redesignation Payments .  With respect to any Lease Vehicle that is redesignated as a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle pursuant to Section 2.5(c) , the Lessor shall pay to the Lessee of such Lease Vehicle on the Payment Date following the effective date of such redesignation, as determined in accordance with Section 2.5(d) , an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Net Book Value of such Lease Vehicle (as of the date of such redesignation and calculated assuming that such Lease Vehicle had never been designated as a Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle) over the Net Book Value of such Lease Vehicle (as of the date of such redesignation but without giving effect to such Lease Vehicle’s redesignation as a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle) (such excess, if any, for such Lease Vehicle and such redesignation, the “ Redesignation to Program Amount ”); provided that ,

 

(i)           no payment shall be required to be made and no payment may be made by the Lessor pursuant to this Section 2.5(f)  to the extent that a Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event or a Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event exists or would be caused by such payment,

 

(ii)          the amount of any such payment to be made by the Lessor on any such date shall be capped at and be paid from (and the obligation of the Lessor to make such payment on such date shall be limited to) the amount of funds available to the Lessor on such date, and

 

(iii)         if any such payment from the Lessor is limited in amount pursuant to the foregoing clause (i) or (ii), the Lessor shall pay to such Lessee the funds available to the Lessor on such Payment Date and shall pay to such Lessee on each Payment Date thereafter the amount available to the Lessor until such Redesignation to Program Amount has been paid in full to such Lessee.

 

2.6.          Hell-or-High-Water Lease THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE A NET LEASE, AND EACH LESSEE’S OBLIGATION TO PAY ALL RENT AND OTHER SUMS HEREUNDER SHALL BE ABSOLUTE AND UNCONDITIONAL, AND SHALL NOT BE SUBJECT TO ANY ABATEMENT, SETOFF, COUNTERCLAIM, DEDUCTION OR REDUCTION FOR ANY REASON WHATSOEVER.  The obligations and liabilities of each

 

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Lessee hereunder shall in no way be released, discharged or otherwise affected (except as may be expressly provided herein) for any reason, including without limitation:

 

(i)           any defect in the condition, merchantability, quality or fitness for use of the Lease Vehicles or any part thereof;

 

(ii)          any damage to, removal, abandonment, salvage, loss, scrapping or destruction of or any requisition or taking of the Lease Vehicles or any part thereof;

 

(iii)         any restriction, prevention or curtailment of or interference with any use of the Lease Vehicles or any part thereof;

 

(iv)         any defect in or any Lien on title to the Lease Vehicles or any part thereof;

 

(v)          any change, waiver, extension, indulgence or other action or omission in respect of any obligation or liability of such Lessee or the Lessor;

 

(vi)         any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, composition, adjustment, dissolution, liquidation or other like proceeding relating to such Lessee, the Lessor or any other Person, or any action taken with respect to this Agreement by any trustee or receiver of any Person mentioned above, or by any court;

 

(vii)        any claim that such Lessee has or might have against any Person, including without limitation the Lessor;

 

(viii)       any failure on the part of the Lessor or such Lessee to perform or comply with any of the terms hereof or of any other agreement;

 

(ix)         any invalidity or unenforceability or disaffirmance of this Agreement or any provision hereof or any of the other Series 2013-G1 Related Documents or any provision of any thereof, in each case whether against or by such Lessee or otherwise;

 

(x)          any insurance premiums payable by such Lessee with respect to the Lease Vehicles; or

 

(xi)         any other occurrence whatsoever, whether similar or dissimilar to the foregoing, whether or not such Lessee shall have notice or knowledge of any of the foregoing and whether or not foreseen or foreseeable.

 

This Agreement shall not be cancellable by any Lessee (subject to Section 26 ) and, except as expressly provided by this Agreement, each Lessee, to the extent permitted by law, waives all rights now or hereafter conferred by statute or otherwise to quit, terminate or surrender this Agreement, or to any diminution or reduction of Rent or other amounts payable by such Lessee hereunder.  All payments by each Lessee made hereunder shall be final (except to the extent of adjustments provided for herein), absent manifest error and, except as otherwise provided herein, no Lessee shall seek to recover any such payment or any part thereof for any reason whatsoever, absent manifest error.  All covenants and agreements of each Lessee herein shall be performed at its cost, expense and risk unless expressly otherwise stated.

 

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3.              TERM.

 

3.1.          Vehicle Term .

 

(a)            Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date .  The “ Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date ” with respect to any Lease Vehicle shall mean the date referenced in the applicable Lease Vehicle Acquisition Schedule with respect to such Lease Vehicle but in no event shall such date be a date later than the date that funds are expended by HVF to acquire such Lease Vehicle (such date of payment, the “ Vehicle Funding Date ” for such Lease Vehicle).

 

(b)            Vehicle Term for Lease Vehicles Without a Special Term .  The “ Vehicle Term ” with respect to each Lease Vehicle (other than a Lease Vehicle that has a Special Term) shall extend from the Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date through the earliest of:

 

(i)           the Disposition Date with respect to such Lease Vehicle;

 

(ii)          if such Lease Vehicle becomes a Rejected Vehicle, the Rejection Date with respect to such Rejected Vehicle;

 

(iii)         if such Lease Vehicle becomes a Reallocated Vehicle, the Inter-Lease Vehicle Reallocation Effective Date with respect to such Reallocated Vehicle; and

 

(iv)         the Maximum Lease Termination Date with respect to such Lease Vehicle

 

(the earliest of such four dates being referred to as the “ Vehicle Operating Lease Expiration Date ” for such Lease Vehicle).

 

(c)            Vehicle Term For Lease Vehicles With A Special Term .

 

(i)           Each Lease Vehicle titled in a state or commonwealth referenced in the definition of Special Term shall have a Special Term as set forth opposite such state or commonwealth in such definition.

 

(ii)          The “ Vehicle Term ” with respect to each Lease Vehicle that has a Special Term shall extend from the Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date for such Lease Vehicle through the earlier to occur of the last day of the Special Term applicable to such Lease Vehicle and the date that would be the Vehicle Operating Lease Expiration Date for such Lease Vehicle if such Lease Vehicle did not have a Special Term; provided that , at the expiration of each Special Term with respect to such Lease Vehicle, the lease of such Lease Vehicle shall automatically be renewed for a successive Special Term applicable to such Lease Vehicle, until the earlier to occur of the Maximum Lease Termination Date with respect to such Lease Vehicle and the date that would be the Vehicle Operating Lease Expiration Date for such Lease Vehicle if such Lease Vehicle did not have a Special Term.

 

(d)            Lease Vehicles with Multiple Vehicle Terms .  For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any Lease Vehicle that experiences more than one Vehicle Term pursuant to this

 

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Agreement, each such Vehicle Term with respect to such Lease Vehicle will be treated as an independent Vehicle Term for all purposes hereunder.

 

3.2.          Master Motor Vehicle Operating Lease Term The “ Operating Lease Commencement Date ” shall mean the Series 2013-G1 Closing Date.  The “ Operating Lease Expiration Date ” shall mean the later of (i) the date of the final payment in full of the Series 2013-G1 Note and (ii) the Vehicle Operating Lease Expiration Date for the last Lease Vehicle leased by the Lessee hereunder.  The “ Term ” of this Agreement shall mean the period commencing on the Operating Lease Commencement Date and ending on the Operating Lease Expiration Date.

 

4.              RENT AND LEASE CHARGES.  Each Lessee will pay Rent due and payable on a monthly basis as set forth in this Section 4 .

 

4.1.          Depreciation Records and Depreciation Charges .  On each Business Day, the Lessor shall establish or cause to be established the Depreciation Charge with respect to each Lease Vehicle, and the Lessor shall maintain, and upon request by a Lessee, deliver or cause to be delivered to such Lessee a record of such Depreciation Charges (such record, the “ Depreciation Record ”) with respect to each Lease Vehicle leased by such Lessee as of such date, the delivery of which may be satisfied by the Lessor posting or causing to be posted such depreciation records to a password-protected website made available to such Lessees or by any other reasonable means of electronic transmission (including, without limitation, email or other file transfer protocol), and may be made directly by the Lessor or on its behalf by any agent or designee of the Lessor.

 

4.2.          Monthly Base Rent .  With respect to any Payment Date and any Lease Vehicle (other than a Lease Vehicle that became a Reallocated Vehicle during the Related Month with respect to such Payment Date or with respect to which the Disposition Date occurred during such Related Month), the “ Monthly Base Rent ” with respect to such Lease Vehicle for such Payment Date shall equal the pro rata portion (based upon the number of days in the Related Month with respect to such Payment Date that were included in the Vehicle Term for such Lease Vehicle) of the Depreciation Charge for such Lease Vehicle as of the last day of such Related Month calculated on a 30/360 day basis.

 

4.3.          Final Base Rent .  With respect to any Payment Date and any Lease Vehicle that became a Reallocated Vehicle during the Related Month with respect to such Payment Date or with respect to which the Disposition Date occurred during such Related Month, the “ Final Base Rent ” with respect to any such Lease Vehicle for such Payment Date shall equal:

 

(a)            if a Disposition Date with respect to such Lease Vehicle occurred during such Related Month, then an amount equal to the pro rata portion (based upon the number of days in such Related Month that were included in the Vehicle Term for such Lease Vehicle) of the Depreciation Charge for such Lease Vehicle as of such Disposition Date, calculated on a 30/360 day basis, and

 

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(b)            if such Lease Vehicle became a Reallocated Vehicle during such Related Month, then an amount equal to the pro rata portion (based upon the number of days in such Related Month that were included in the Vehicle Term for such Lease Vehicle) of the Depreciation Charge for such Lease Vehicle as of the date such Lease Vehicle became a Reallocated Vehicle pursuant to Section 2.2 , calculated on a 30/360 day basis.

 

4.4.          Program Vehicle Depreciation Assumption True-Up Amount .  If the Program Vehicle Depreciation Assumption True-Up Amount with respect to any Lease Vehicle is a positive number as of the first day following the end of the Estimation Period for such Lease Vehicle, then the Lessee of such Lease Vehicle shall pay the Lessor such Program Vehicle Depreciation Assumption True-Up Amount with respect to such Lease Vehicle in accordance with Section 4.7.1 .

 

4.5.          Monthly Variable Rent The “ Monthly Variable Rent ” for each Payment Date and each Lease Vehicle (w) leased hereunder as of the last day of the Related Month with respect to such Payment Date, (x) the Disposition Date in respect of which occurred during such Related Month, (y) that became a Reallocated Vehicle during such Related Month or (z) that was purchased by the applicable Lessee during such Related Month, in each case shall equal the sum of:

 

(a)            the product of:

 

(i)           an amount equal to the sum of:

 

(A)                    all interest that has accrued on the Series 2013-G1 Note during the Series 2013-G1 Interest Period for the Series 2013-G1 Note ending on the second Business Day immediately preceding the Determination Date immediately preceding such Payment Date, plus

 

(B)                    all Series 2013-G1 Carrying Charges with respect to such Payment Date, and

 

(ii)          the quotient obtained by dividing:

 

(A)                    the Net Book Value of such Lease Vehicle as of the last day of such Related Month (or, if earlier, the Disposition Date or Inter-Lease Vehicle Reallocation Effective Date with respect to such Lease Vehicle) by

 

(B)                    the aggregate Net Book Values as of the last day of such Related Month (or, in any such case, if earlier, the Disposition Date or Inter-Lease Vehicle Reallocation Effective Date of such Lease Vehicle) of all such Lease Vehicles, plus

 

(b)            2% per annum, payable at one-twelfth the annual rate, of the Net Book Value of such Lease Vehicle as of the last day of the Related Month.

 

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4.6.          Casualty; Ineligible Vehicles .  On the second day of each calendar month, each Lessee shall deliver to the Servicer a list containing each Lease Vehicle leased by such Lessee that suffered a Casualty or became an Ineligible Vehicle in the preceding calendar month (each such list, a “ Monthly Casualty Report ”).  Each such delivery may be satisfied by the applicable Lessee posting such Monthly Casualty Report to a password protected website made available to the Servicer or by any other reasonable means of electronic transmission (including by e-mail, file transfer protocol or otherwise) and may be so delivered directly by the applicable Lessee or on its behalf by any agent or designee of such Lessee.  On the Disposition Date with respect to each Lease Vehicle that suffers a Casualty or becomes an Ineligible Vehicle, (i) the Lessor shall cause title to such Lease Vehicle to be transferred to or at the direction of the Lessee of such Lease Vehicle and (ii) such Lessee shall be entitled to any physical damage insurance proceeds applicable to such Lease Vehicle.

 

4.7.          Payments .

 

4.7.1.       On each Payment Date and with respect to the Related Month thereto, after giving full credit for any prepayments made pursuant to Section 4.9 , each Lessee shall pay to the Lessor an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts with respect to each Lease Vehicle leased by such Lessee hereunder to the last day of such Related Month (other than any Lease Vehicle (x) the Disposition Date for which occurred during such Related Month or (y) that became a Reallocated Vehicle during such Related Month):

 

(a)            the Monthly Base Rent with respect to such Lease Vehicle as of such Payment Date, plus

 

(b)            the Pre-VOLCD Program Vehicle Depreciation Amount with respect to such Lease Vehicle, if any, plus

 

(c)            if the Program Vehicle Depreciation Assumption True-Up Amount owing with respect to such Lease Vehicle as of such Payment Date is a positive number, then such Program Vehicle Depreciation Assumption True-Up Amount minus all amounts previously paid by the applicable Lessee in respect of such Program Vehicle Depreciation True-Up Amount, plus

 

(d)            the Monthly Variable Rent with respect to such Lease Vehicle as of such Payment Date, plus

 

(e)            the Redesignation to Non-Program Amount, if any, with respect to such Lease Vehicle for such Payment Date.

 

4.7.2.       On each Payment Date and with respect to the Related Month thereto, after giving full credit for any prepayments made pursuant to Section 4.9 , each Lessee shall pay to the Lessor an amount equal to the sum of the following amounts with respect to each Lease Vehicle leased by such Lessee hereunder as of any day during such Related Month and (x) which Lease Vehicle became a Reallocated Vehicle during such Related Month or (y) the Disposition Date for which occurred during such Related Month:

 

(a)            the Casualty Payment Amount with respect to such Lease Vehicle, if any, plus

 

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(b)            the Final Base Rent with respect to such Lease Vehicle, if any, plus

 

(c)            the Program Vehicle Special Default Payment Amount with respect to such Lease Vehicle, if any, plus

 

(d)            the Non-Program Vehicle Special Default Payment Amount with respect to such Lease Vehicle, if any, plus

 

(e)            the Early Program Return Payment Amount with respect to such Lease Vehicle, if any, plus

 

(f)             the Monthly Variable Rent owing with respect to such Lease Vehicle for such Payment Date.

 

4.8.          Making of Payments .

 

(a)            All payments hereunder shall be made by the applicable Lessee, or by the Servicer or one or more of its Affiliates on behalf of such Lessee, to, or for the account of, the Lessor in immediately available funds, without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.

 

(b)            All such payments shall be deposited into the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account not later than 12:00 noon, New York City time, on such Payment Date.

 

(c)            If any Lessee pays less than the entire amount of Rent (or any other amounts) due on any Payment Date, after giving full credit for all prepayments made pursuant to Section 4.9 with respect to amounts due on such Payment Date, then the payment received from such Lessee in respect of such Payment Date shall be first applied to the Monthly Variable Rent due on such Payment Date.

 

(d)            In the event any Lessee fails to remit payment of any amount due under this Agreement on or before the Payment Date or when otherwise due and payable hereunder, the amount not paid will be considered delinquent and such Lessee shall pay default interest with respect thereto at a rate equal to (i) the effective interest rate payable by HVF on any overdue amounts owed by HVF with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Note or (ii) if no such interest is payable by HVF, the one-month LIBOR Rate plus 1.0%, during the period from the Payment Date on which such delinquent amount was payable until such delinquent amount (with accrued interest) is paid.

 

4.9.          Prepayments On any Business Day, any Lessee, or the Servicer or one or more of its Affiliates on behalf of such Lessee, may, at its option, make a non-refundable payment to the Lessor of all or any portion of the Rent or any other amount that is payable by such Lessee hereunder on the Payment Date occurring in the calendar month of such date of payment or the next succeeding Payment Date, in advance of such Payment Date.

 

4.10.        Ordering and Delivery Expenses .  With respect to any Lease Vehicle to be leased by any Lessee hereunder, such Lessee shall pay to or at the direction of the Lessor all applicable costs and expenses of freight, packing, handling, storage, shipment and delivery of such Lease Vehicle and all sales and use tax (if any) to the extent that the same have not been

 

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included in the Capitalized Cost of such Lease Vehicle, as such inclusion or exclusion has been reasonably determined by the Servicer.

 

4.11.        Unexpired License Plate Credits .  Any rebate or credits applicable to the unexpired term of any license plates for a Lease Vehicle leased hereunder shall inure to the benefit of the Lessee of such Lease Vehicle.

 

5.              VEHICLE OPERATIONAL COVENANTS

 

5.1.          NET LEASE .  THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE A NET LEASE.

 

5.1.1.       Maintenance and Repairs With respect to any Lessee and the Lease Vehicles leased by such Lessee hereunder, such Lessee shall pay for all maintenance and repairs.  Each Lessee will pay, or cause to be paid, all usual and routine expenses incurred in the use and operation of Lease Vehicles leased by such Lessee hereunder including, but not limited to, fuel, lubricants, and coolants.  Any improvements or additions to any Lease Vehicles shall become and remain the property of the Lessor, except that any addition to any Lease Vehicle made by any Lessee shall remain the property of such Lessee if such addition can be disconnected from such Lease Vehicle without impairing the functioning of such Lease Vehicle or its resale value, excluding such addition.

 

5.1.2.       Insurance Each Lessee represents that it is and at all times hereunder shall remain a self-insurer, or will provide insurance, in accordance with all applicable state law requirements and agrees to maintain or cause to be maintained insurance/self-insurance coverage in force as follows:

 

(i)           Comprehensive Public Liability, Property Damage, and Catastrophic Physical Damage Comprehensive public liability and property damage protection in respect of the possession, condition, maintenance, operation and use of the Lease Vehicles, in the amount required to meet the minimum financial responsibility requirements mandated by applicable state law for each occurrence, and catastrophic physical damage insurance, in an amount not less than $50,000,000.  Catastrophic physical damage insurance shall name the Collateral Agent as loss payee as its interests may appear.

 

(ii)          Delivery of Certificate of Insurance Each Lessee shall, from time to time upon the Lessor’s or the Trustee’s reasonable request, deliver to the Lessor and the Trustee copies of documentation evidencing all insurance required by this Section 5.1.2 that is then in effect.  Any insurance, as opposed to self-insurance, obtained by the Lessee shall be obtained from a Qualified Insurer only.

 

5.1.3.       Ordering and Delivery Expenses .  Each Lessee shall be responsible for the payment of all ordering and delivery expenses as set forth in Section 4.10 .

 

5.1.4.       Fees; Traffic Summonses; Penalties and Fines With respect to any Lessee and the Lease Vehicles leased by such Lessee hereunder, such Lessee shall be responsible for the payment of all registration fees, title fees, license fees or other similar

 

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governmental fees and taxes (including the cost of any recording or registration fees or other similar governmental charges with respect to the notation on the Certificates of Title of the Lease Vehicles of the interest of the Collateral Agent), all costs and expenses in connection with the transfer of title of, or reflection of the interest of any lienholder in, any Lease Vehicle, traffic summonses, penalties, judgments and fines incurred with respect to any Lease Vehicle during the Vehicle Term for such Lease Vehicle or imposed during the Vehicle Term for such Lease Vehicle by any Governmental Authority with respect to such Lease Vehicles in connection with such Lessee’s operation of such Lease Vehicles.  The Lessor may, but is not required to, make any and all payments pursuant to this Section 5.1.4 on behalf of such Lessee, provided that , such Lessee will reimburse Lessor in full for any and all payments made pursuant to this Section 5.1.4 .

 

5.2.          Vehicle Use .

 

5.2.1.       Each Lessee may use Lease Vehicles leased hereunder in connection with its business, including use by such Lessee’s and its subsidiaries’ employees, directors, officers, agents, representatives and other business associates in their personal or professional capacities, subject to Sections 6.1 and 9 hereof and Section 10.2 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.  Such use shall be confined primarily to the United States, with limited use in Canada and Mexico (which use will include all normal course movements of Lease Vehicles across borders in connection with customer rentals and following any such movements until convenient to return such Lease Vehicles to the United States, in each case in the applicable Lessee’s course of business).  Each Lessee agrees to possess, operate and maintain each Lease Vehicle leased to it in a manner consistent with how such Lessee would possess, operate and maintain such Vehicle were such Lessee the beneficial owner of such Lease Vehicle.

 

5.2.2.       In addition to the foregoing, each Lessee may sublet Lease Vehicles to any of:

 

(A)                    any Person(s), so long as (i) either (x) the sublease of such Lease Vehicles is pursuant to the Advantage Sublease or (y) the sublease of such Lease Vehicles satisfies the Non-Franchisee Third Party Sublease Contractual Criteria, (ii) the Lease Vehicles being subleased are being used in connection with such Person(s)’ business and (iii) the aggregate Net Book Value of the Lease Vehicles being subleased at any one time pursuant to this Section 5.2.2(A)  is less than ten (10) percent of the aggregate Net Book Value of all Lease Vehicles being leased under this Agreement at such time;

 

(B)                    any franchisee of any Affiliate of any Lessee (and which franchisee, for the avoidance of doubt, may be an Affiliate of any Lessee), so long as (i) the sublease of such Lease Vehicles satisfies the Franchisee Sublease Contractual Criteria, (ii) such franchisee meets the normal credit and other approval criteria for franchises of such Affiliate and (iii) the aggregate Net Book Value of the Lease Vehicles being subleased pursuant to Section 5.2.2(A)  and this Section 5.2.2(B)  at any

 

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one time is less than twenty-five (25) percent of the aggregate Net Book Value of all Lease Vehicles being leased under this Agreement at such time; and

 

(C)                    any Affiliate of any Lessee (including, without limitation, HERC), so long as (i) the sublease of such Lease Vehicles to such Affiliate states in writing that it is subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and is subordinate in all respects to this Agreement and (ii) the Lease Vehicles being so subleased are being used in connection with such Affiliate’s business, including use by such Affiliate’s and its subsidiaries’ employees, directors, officers, agents, representatives and other business associates in their personal or professional capacities.

 

With respect to any Lease Vehicles subleased pursuant to this Section 5.2.2 that meet the conditions of both the preceding clauses (A)  and (B) , as of any date of determination, the Servicer will determine which such Lease Vehicles shall count to the calculation of the percentage of aggregate Net Book Value in which of the preceding clauses (A)  or (B)  as of such date; provided that , no such individual Lease Vehicle shall count towards the calculation of the percentage of aggregate Net Book Value with respect to both clauses (A)  and (B)  as of such date.

 

On the first day of each calendar month, each Lessee shall deliver to the Servicer a list identifying each Lease Vehicle subleased by such Lessee pursuant to the preceding clause (A)  or (B)  and the sublessee of each such Lease Vehicle, in each case, as of the last day of the immediately preceding calendar month, each of which deliveries may be satisfied by the applicable Lessee posting such list to a password protected website made available to the Servicer or by any other reasonable means of electronic transmission (including by e-mail, file transfer protocol or otherwise) and may be so delivered directly by the applicable Lessee or on its behalf by any agent or designee of such Lessee.

 

On the first day of each calendar month, each Lessee shall deliver to the Servicer a list identifying each Lease Vehicle subleased by such Lessee pursuant to the preceding clause (C)  and the sublessee of each such Lease Vehicle, in each case, as of the last day of the immediately preceding calendar month, each of which deliveries will be satisfied by the Servicer having actual knowledge of each such subleased Lease Vehicle and the related sublessee to whom such Lease Vehicle was then being subleased.

 

The sublease of any Lease Vehicles permitted by this Section 5 shall not release any Lessee from any obligations under this Agreement.

 

5.3.          Non-Disturbance With respect to any Lessee, so long as such Lessee satisfies its obligations hereunder, its quiet enjoyment, possession and use of the Lease Vehicles will not be disturbed during the Term subject, however, to Sections 6.1 and 9 hereof and except

 

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that the Lessor and the Trustee each retains the right, but not the duty, to inspect the Lease Vehicles leased by such Lessee without disturbing such Lessee’s business.

 

5.4.          Manufacturer’s Warranties If a Lease Vehicle is covered by a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer’s warranty, the Lessee, during the Vehicle Term for such Lease Vehicle, shall have the right to make any claims under such warranty that the Lessor could make.

 

5.5.          Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle Condition Notices .  Upon the occurrence of any event or condition with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is then designated as a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle that would reasonably be expected to result in a redesignation of such Lease Vehicle pursuant to Section 2.5(a)(ii) , the Lessee of such Lease Vehicle shall notify the Lessor and the Servicer of such event or condition in the normal course of operations.

 

6.              SERVICER FUNCTIONS AND COMPENSATION.

 

6.1.          Servicer Functions with Respect to Lease Vehicle Returns, Disposition and Invoicing .

 

(a)            With respect to any Lease Vehicle returned by any Lessee pursuant to Section 2.4 , the Servicer shall direct such Lessee as to the return location with respect to such Lease Vehicle.  The Servicer shall act as the Lessor’s agent in returning or otherwise disposing of each Lease Vehicle on the Vehicle Operating Lease Expiration Date with respect to such Lease Vehicle, in each case in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

 

(b)            Upon the Servicer’s receipt of any Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle returned by any Lessee pursuant to Section 2.4 , the Servicer shall return such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle to the nearest related Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer official auction or other facility designated by such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer at the sole expense of the Lessee thereof unless paid or payable by the Manufacturer thereof in accordance with the terms of the related Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program.

 

(c)            With respect to any Lease Vehicle that is (i) a Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle and is returned to or at the direction of the Servicer pursuant to Section 2.4 or (ii) becomes a Rejected Vehicle, the Servicer shall arrange for the disposition of such Lease Vehicle in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

 

(d)            In connection with the disposition of any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle, the Servicer shall comply with the Servicing Standard in connection with, among other things, the delivery of Certificates of Title and documents of transfer signed as necessary, signed condition reports and signed odometer statements to be submitted with such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicles returned to a Manufacturer pursuant to Section 2.4 and accepted by or on behalf of the Manufacturer at the time of such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle’s return.

 

The Servicer shall take such actions as are required or desirable to effect Exchanges for tax purposes or otherwise in connection with Exchanges, including, without limitation, directing and causing deposits and withdrawals with respect to disposition proceeds in connection with the Master Exchange Agreement and Escrow Agreement.

 

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(e)            With respect to each Payment Date, each Lessee and the Lease Vehicles leased by each such Lessee hereunder, the Servicer shall calculate all Depreciation Charges, Rent, Casualty Payment Amounts, Program Vehicle Special Default Payment Amounts, Non-Program Vehicle Special Default Payment Amounts, Early Program Return Payment Amounts, Redesignation to Non-Program Amounts, Redesignation to Program Amounts, Program Vehicle Depreciation Assumption True-Up Amounts, Pre-VOLCD Program Vehicle Depreciation Amounts, Assumed Remaining Holding Periods, Assumed Residual Values, Capitalized Costs, Accumulated Depreciation and Net Book Values.  With respect to each Payment Date, the Servicer shall aggregate each Lessee’s Rent due on all Lease Vehicles leased by such Lessee, together with any other amounts due to the Lessor from such Lessee and any credits owing to such Lessee, and provide to the Lessor and such Lessee a monthly statement of the total amount, in a form reasonably acceptable to the Lessor, no later than the Determination Date with respect to such Payment Date.

 

(f)             Upon the occurrence of an HVF II Group I Liquidation Event, the Servicer shall dispose of any Lease Vehicles in accordance with the instructions of the Lessor or the Collateral Agent.  To the extent the Servicer fails to so dispose of any such Lease Vehicles, the Lessor and the Collateral Agent shall have the right to otherwise dispose of such Lease Vehicles.

 

6.2.          Servicing Standard .  In addition to the duties enumerated in Section 6.1 , the Servicer agrees to perform each of its obligations hereunder in accordance with the Servicing Standard, unless otherwise stated.

 

6.3.          Servicer Acknowledgment .  The parties to this Agreement acknowledge and agree that Hertz acts as Servicer of the Lessor pursuant to this Agreement, and, in such capacity, as the agent of the Lessor, for purposes of performing certain duties of the Lessor under this Agreement and the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents.

 

6.4.          Servicer’s Monthly Fee .  As compensation for the Servicer’s performance of its duties, the Lessor shall pay to or at the direction of the Servicer on each Payment Date (i) a fee (the “ Monthly Servicing Fee ”) equal to 0.50% per annum, payable at one-twelfth the annual rate, on the outstanding Net Book Value of the Lease Vehicles as of the last day of the Related Month with respect to such Payment Date and (ii) the reasonable costs and expenses of the Servicer incurred by it during the Related Month as a result of arranging for the sale of Lease Vehicles returned to the Lessor in accordance with Section 2.4(a) ; provided , however , that such costs and expenses shall only be payable to or at the direction of the Servicer to the extent of any excess of the sale price received by or on behalf of the Lessor for any such Lease Vehicle over the Net Book Value thereof.

 

6.5.          Sub-Servicers .  The Servicer may delegate to any Affiliate of the Servicer (each such delegee, in such capacity, a “ Sub-Servicer ”) the performance of the Servicer’s obligations as Servicer pursuant to this Agreement (but the Servicer shall remain fully liable for its obligations under this Agreement).

 

7.              CERTAIN REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.  Each of Hertz and DTG, as Lessees, represents and warrants to the Lessor and the Trustee that as of the Series 2013-G1 Restatement Effective Date, and as of each Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement

 

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Date applicable to such Lessee, and each Additional Lessee represents and warrants to the Lessor and the Trustee that as of the Joinder Date with respect to such Additional Lessee, as of each Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date applicable to such Additional Lessee occurring on or after such Joinder Date:

 

7.1.          Organization; Power; Qualification Such Lessee has been duly formed and is validly existing as a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or trust in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with corporate power under the laws of such jurisdiction to execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Series 2013-G1 Related Documents to which it is a party and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder, and is duly qualified and in good standing to do business as a foreign corporation (or other entity, as applicable) in each jurisdiction where the character of its properties or the nature of its business makes such qualification necessary and where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing would reasonably be expected to result in a Lease Material Adverse Effect.

 

7.2.          Authorization; Enforceability Each of this Agreement and the other Series 2013-G1 Related Documents to which it is a party has been duly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of such Lessee and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties hereto or thereto, is a valid and legally binding agreement of such Lessee enforceable against such Lessee in accordance with its terms (except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity or by an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing).

 

7.3.          Compliance The execution, delivery and performance by such Lessee of this Agreement and the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents to which it is a party will not conflict with or result in a breach of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any of the property or assets of such Lessee pursuant to the terms of, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, guarantee, lease financing agreement or other similar agreement or instrument under which such Lessee is a debtor or guarantor (except to the extent that such conflict, breach, creation or imposition is not reasonably likely to have a Lease Material Adverse Effect) nor will such action result in a violation of any provision of applicable law or regulation (except to the extent that such violation is not reasonably likely to result in a Lease Material Adverse Effect) or of the provisions of the certificate of incorporation or the by-laws of the Lessee.

 

7.4.          Governmental Approvals There is no consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or with any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such Lessee which is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents (other than such consents, approvals, authorizations, orders, registrations or qualifications as have been obtained or made), except to the extent that the failure to so obtain or effect any such consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification is not reasonably likely to result in a Lease Material Adverse Effect.

 

7.5.          [Reserved]

 

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7.6.          Investment Company Act Such Lessee is not an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and such Lessee is not subject to any other statute which would impair or restrict its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the other Series 2013-G1 Related Documents, and neither the entering into or performance by such Lessee of this Agreement violates any provision of such Act.

 

7.7.          Supplemental Documents True and Correct All information contained in any material Series 2013-G1 Supplemental Document that has been submitted, or that may hereafter be submitted by such Lessee to the Lessor is, or will be, true, correct and complete in all material respects.

 

7.8.          ERISA Such Lessee has satisfied the minimum funding standards under ERISA with respect to its Plans and is in compliance in all material respects with the currently applicable provisions of ERISA.

 

7.9.          Indemnification Agreement The Indemnification Agreement is in full force and effect, and is a valid and legally binding agreement of Hertz, enforceable against Hertz in accordance with its terms (except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity and by an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing).

 

7.10.        Eligible Vehicles Each Lease Vehicle is or will be, as the case may be, on the applicable Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date, a Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle.

 

8.              CERTAIN AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS.  Until the expiration or termination of this Agreement, and thereafter until the obligations of each Lessee under this Agreement and the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents are satisfied in full, each Lessee covenants and agrees that, unless at any time the Lessor and the Trustee shall otherwise expressly consent in writing, it will:

 

8.1.          Corporate Existence; Foreign Qualification Do and cause to be done at all times all things necessary to (i) maintain and preserve its corporate, partnership, limited liability or trust existence; (ii) be, and ensure that it is, duly qualified to do business and in good standing as a foreign entity in each jurisdiction where the character of its properties or the nature of its business makes such qualification necessary and where the failure to so qualify would be reasonably expected to result in a Lease Material Adverse Effect; and (iii) comply with all Contractual Obligations and Requirements of Law binding upon it, except to the extent that the failure to comply therewith would not, in the aggregate, be reasonably expected to result in a Lease Material Adverse Effect.

 

8.2.          Books, Records, Inspections and Access to Information .

 

(a)            Maintain complete and accurate books and records with respect to the Lease Vehicles leased by it under this Agreement and the other Series 2013-G1 Collateral;

 

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(b)            At any time and from time to time during regular business hours, upon reasonable prior notice from the Lessor, the Trustee or the HVF II Trustee (acting upon the written direction of the HVF II Required Series Noteholders with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes), permit the Lessor, the Trustee or the HVF II Trustee (or such other person who may be designated from time to time by the Lessor, the Trustee or the HVF II Trustee) to examine and make copies of such books, records and documents in the possession or under the control of such Lessee relating to the Lease Vehicles leased by it under this Agreement and the other Series 2013-G1 Collateral;

 

(c)            Permit any of the Lessor, the Trustee, the HVF II Trustee (acting upon the written direction of the HVF II Required Series Noteholders with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes) or the Collateral Agent (or such other person who may be designated from time to time by any of the Lessor, the Trustee, the HVF II Trustee or the Collateral Agent) to visit the office and properties of such Lessee for the purpose of examining such materials, and to discuss matters relating to the Lease Vehicles leased by such Lessee under this Agreement with such Lessee’s independent public accountants or with any of the Authorized Officers of such Lessee having knowledge of such matters, all at such reasonable times and as often as the Lessor, the Trustee, the HVF II Trustee or the Collateral Agent may reasonably request;

 

(d)            Upon the request of the Lessor, the Trustee or the HVF II Trustee (acting upon the written direction of the HVF II Required Series Noteholders with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes) from time to time, make reasonable efforts (but not disrupt the ongoing normal course rental of Lease Vehicles to customers) to confirm to the Lessor, the Trustee and/or the HVF II Trustee the location and mileage (as recorded in the Servicer’s computer systems) of each Lease Vehicle leased by such Lessee hereunder and to make available for the Lessor’s, the Trustee’s and/or the HVF II Trustee’s inspection within a reasonable time period such Lease Vehicle at the location where such Lease Vehicle is then domiciled; and

 

(e)            During normal business hours and with prior notice of at least three (3) Business Days, make its records pertaining to the Lease Vehicles leased by such Lessee hereunder available to the Lessor, the Trustee or the HVF II Trustee (acting upon the written direction of the HVF II Required Series Noteholders with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes) for inspection at the location or locations where such Lessee’s records are normally domiciled;

 

provided that , in each case, the Lessor agrees that it will not disclose any information obtained pursuant to this Section 8.2 that is not otherwise publicly available without the prior approval of such Lessee, except that the Lessor may disclose such information (x) to its officers, employees, attorneys and advisors, in each case on a confidential and need-to-know basis, and (y) as required by applicable law or compulsory legal process.

 

8.3.          ERISA Comply with the minimum funding standards under ERISA with respect to its Plans and use its best efforts to comply in all material respects with all other applicable provisions of ERISA and the regulations and interpretations promulgated thereunder.

 

8.4.          Merger Not merge or consolidate with or into any other Person unless (i) a Lessee is the surviving entity of such merger or consolidation or (ii) the surviving entity of such merger or consolidation expressly assumes such Lessee’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

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8.5.          Reporting Requirements Furnish, or cause to be furnished to the Lessor and the Trustee:

 

(i)           for so long as Hertz is not a “reporting company” (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC promulgated thereunder), within 120 days after the end of each of Hertz’s fiscal years, information equivalent to that which would be required to be included in the financial statements contained in an Annual Report on Form 10-K if Hertz were a reporting company, including consolidated financial statements consisting of a balance sheet of Hertz and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Hertz and its consolidated subsidiaries for such fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding fiscal year (if applicable), certified by and containing an opinion, unqualified as to scope, of a firm of independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing selected by Hertz and acceptable to the Lessor and the Trustee;

 

(ii)          for so long as Hertz is not a “reporting company” (within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules of the SEC promulgated thereunder), within sixty (60) days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each of Hertz’s fiscal years, information equivalent to that which would be required to be included in the financial statements contained in a Quarterly Report filed on Form 10-Q if Hertz were a reporting company, including (x) financial statements consisting of consolidated balance sheets of Hertz and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Hertz and its consolidated subsidiaries for each such quarter, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the preceding fiscal year (if applicable), all in reasonable detail and certified (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments) by a senior financial officer of Hertz as having been prepared in accordance with GAAP; and

 

(iii)         promptly after becoming aware thereof, (a) notice of the occurrence of any Series 2013-G1 Potential Operating Lease Event of Default or Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Event of Default, together with a written statement of an Authorized Officer of such Lessee describing such event and the action that such Lessee proposes to take with respect thereto, and (b) notice of any Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event.

 

The financial data that shall be delivered to the Lessor and the Trustee pursuant to this Section 8.5 shall be prepared in conformity with GAAP.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any audited or reviewed financial statements or information required to be included in any such filing are not reasonably available on a timely basis as a result of such Lessee’s accountants not being “independent” (as defined pursuant to the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder), such Lessee may, in lieu of making such filing or transmitting or making available the information, documents and reports so required to be filed, elect to make a filing on an alternative form or transmit or make available unaudited or unreviewed financial statements or information substantially similar to such required audited or reviewed financial statements or information, provided that such Lessee shall in any event be

 

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required to make or cause to be made such filing and so transmit or make available such audited or reviewed financial statements or information no later than the first anniversary of the date on which the same was otherwise required pursuant to the preceding provisions of this Section 8.5 .

 

Documents, reports, notices or other information required to be furnished or delivered pursuant to this Section 8.5 may be delivered electronically and, if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which any Lessee posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on Hertz’s or any Parent Entity’s website (or such other website address as any Lessee may specify by written notice to the Lessor and the Trustee from time to time) or (ii) on which such documents are posted on Hertz’s or any Parent Entity’s behalf on an internet or intranet website to which the Lessor and the Trustee have access (whether a commercial, government or third-party website or whether sponsored by or on behalf of the Trustee).

 

9.              DEFAULT AND REMEDIES THEREFOR.

 

9.1.          Events of Default Any one or more of the following will constitute an event of default (a “ Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Event of Default ”) as that term is used herein:

 

9.1.1.       there occurs a default in the payment of any Rent or other amount payable by any Lessee under this Agreement that continues for a period of five (5) consecutive Business Days;

 

9.1.2.       any unauthorized assignment or transfer of this Agreement by any Lessee occurs;

 

9.1.3.       the failure of any Lessee to observe or perform any other covenant, condition, agreement or provision hereof, including, but not limited to, usage, and maintenance that in any such case has a Lease Material Adverse Effect, and such default continues for more than thirty (30) consecutive days after the earlier of the date written notice thereof is delivered by the Lessor or the Trustee to such Lessee or the date an Authorized Officer of such Lessee obtains actual knowledge thereof;

 

9.1.4.       if (i) any representation or warranty made by any Lessee herein is inaccurate or incorrect or is breached or is false or misleading as of the date of the making thereof or any schedule, certificate, financial statement, report, notice, or other writing furnished by or on behalf of any Lessee to the Lessor or the Trustee (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any schedule, certificate, financial statement, report, notice, or other writing furnished by or on behalf of any Lessee under or in connection with any Series of Notes of any Other Segregated Series of Notes) is false or misleading on the date as of which the facts therein set forth are stated or certified, (ii) such inaccuracy, breach or falsehood has a Lease Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Lessor, and (iii) the circumstance or condition in respect of which such representation, warranty or writing was inaccurate, incorrect, breached, false or misleading, as the case may be, shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured for thirty (30) consecutive days after the

 

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earlier of (x) the date of the receipt of written notice thereof from the Lessor or the Trustee to the applicable Lessee and (y) the date an Authorized Officer of the applicable Lessee learns of such circumstance or condition;

 

9.1.5.       any of (i) an Event of Bankruptcy occurs with respect to the Guarantor; (ii) an Event of Bankruptcy (excluding clause (a) of the definition of Event of Bankruptcy) occurs with respect to any Lessee and continues for at least ten (10) consecutive Business Days; or (iii) an Event of Bankruptcy occurs (excluding clauses (b) and (c) of the definition of Event of Bankruptcy) with respect to any Lessee;

 

9.1.6.       this Agreement or any portion thereof ceases to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms or as otherwise expressly permitted in the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents) or a proceeding shall be commenced by any Lessee to establish the invalidity or unenforceability of this Agreement, in each case other than with respect to any Lessee that at such time is not leasing any Lease Vehicles hereunder;

 

9.1.7.       a Servicer Default occurs; or

 

9.1.8.       an HVF II Group I Liquidation Event occurs with respect to all HVF II Group I Notes.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Potential Operating Lease Event of Default or Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Event of Default, if the event or condition giving rise (directly or indirectly) to such Series 2013-G1 Potential Operating Lease Event of Default or Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Event of Default, as applicable, ceases to be continuing (through cure, waiver or otherwise), then such Series 2013-G1 Potential Operating Lease Event of Default or Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Event of Default, as applicable, will cease to exist and will be deemed to have been cured for every purpose under the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents.

 

9.2.          Effect of Operating Lease Event of Default If any Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Event of Default set forth in Sections 9.1.1 , 9.1.2 , 9.1.5 , 9.1.6 or 9.1.8 shall occur and be continuing, the Lessee’s right of possession with respect to any Lease Vehicles leased hereunder shall be subject to the Lessor’s option to terminate such right as set forth in Sections 9.3 and 9.4 .

 

9.3.          Rights of Lessor Upon Operating Lease Event of Default .

 

9.3.1.       If a Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, then the Lessor may proceed by appropriate court action or actions, either at law or in equity, to enforce performance by any Lessee of the applicable covenants and terms of this Agreement or to recover damages for the breach hereof calculated in accordance with Section 9.5 .

 

9.3.2.       If any Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Event of Default set forth in Sections 9.1.1 , 9.1.2 , 9.1.5 , 9.1.6 or 9.1.8 shall occur and be continuing, then (i) the Lessor shall have the right (a) to terminate any Lessee’s rights of possession hereunder of all or a portion of the Lease Vehicles leased hereunder by such Lessee, (b) to take

 

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possession of all or a portion of the Lease Vehicles leased by any Lessee hereunder, (c) to peaceably enter upon the premises of any Lessee or other premises where Lease Vehicles may be located and take possession of all or a portion of the Lease Vehicles and thenceforth hold, possess and enjoy the same free from any right of any Lessee, or its successors or assigns, and to use such Lease Vehicles for any purpose whatsoever and (d) to direct delivery by the Servicer of the Certificates of Title for all or a portion of the Lease Vehicles and (ii) the Lessees, at the request of the Lessor or the Trustee acting at the direction of the HVF II Group I Requisite Investors, shall return or cause to be returned all Lease Vehicles to the Lessor or the Trustee as the case may be; provided that , the Trustee’s exercise of remedies shall be subject to Section 9.4(e) .

 

9.3.3.       Each and every power and remedy hereby specifically given to the Lessor will be in addition to every other power and remedy hereby specifically given or now or hereafter existing at law, in equity or in bankruptcy and each and every power and remedy may be exercised from time to time and simultaneously and as often and in such order as may be deemed expedient by the Lessor; provided , however , that the measure of damages recoverable against such Lessee will in any case be calculated in accordance with Section 9.5 .  All such powers and remedies will be cumulative, and the exercise of one will not be deemed a waiver of the right to exercise any other or others.  No delay or omission of the Lessor in the exercise of any such power or remedy and no renewal or extension of any payments due hereunder will impair any such power or remedy or will be construed to be a waiver of any default or any acquiescence therein; provided that , for the avoidance of doubt, any exercise of any such right or power shall remain subject to each condition expressly specified in any Series 2013-G1 Related Document with respect to such exercise.  Any extension of time for payment hereunder or other indulgence duly granted to any Lessee will not otherwise alter or affect the Lessor’s rights or the obligations hereunder of such Lessee.  The Lessor’s acceptance of any payment after it will have become due hereunder will not be deemed to alter or affect the Lessor’s rights hereunder with respect to any subsequent payments or defaults therein.

 

9.4.          HVF II Group I Liquidation Event and Non-Performance of Certain Covenants .

 

(a)            Subject to Section 9.4(e) , if an HVF II Group I Liquidation Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee and HVF II Trustee shall have the rights against each Lessee and the Series 2013-G1 Collateral provided in the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, the HVF II Group I Supplement and the Collateral Agency Agreement upon an HVF II Group I Liquidation Event, including, in each case, the right (i) to terminate any Lessee’s rights of possession hereunder of all or a portion of the Lease Vehicles leased hereunder by such Lessee, (ii) to take possession of all or a portion of the Lease Vehicles leased by any Lessee hereunder, (iii) to peaceably enter upon the premises of any Lessee or other premises where Lease Vehicles may be located and take possession of all or a portion of the Lease Vehicles and thenceforth hold, possess and enjoy the same free from any right of any Lessee, or its successors or assigns, and to use such Lease Vehicles for any purpose whatsoever and (iv) to direct delivery by the Servicer of the Certificates of Title for all or a portion of the Lease Vehicles.

 

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(b)                                  Subject to Section 9.4(e) , during the continuance of an HVF II Group I Liquidation Event, the Servicer shall return any or all Lease Vehicles that are Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicles to the related Manufacturers in accordance with the instructions of the Lessor.  To the extent any Manufacturer fails to accept any such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicles under the terms of the applicable Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program, the Lessor shall have the right to otherwise dispose of such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicles and to direct the Servicer to dispose of such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicles in accordance with its instructions.

 

(c)                                   Notwithstanding the exercise of any rights or remedies pursuant to this Section 9.4 , the Lessor will, nevertheless, have a right to recover from such Lessee any and all amounts (for the avoidance of doubt, as limited by Section 9.5 ) as may be then due.

 

(d)                                  In addition, following the occurrence of an HVF II Group I Liquidation Event, the Lessor shall have all of the rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims vis-a-vis each Lessee, necessary or desirable to allow the Trustee to exercise the rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims given to the Trustee pursuant to Section 10.2 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, and each Lessee acknowledges that it has hereby granted to the Lessor all such rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims granted by the Lessor to the Trustee pursuant to Article X of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement and that the Trustee may act in lieu of the Lessor in the exercise of all such rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims.

 

(e)                                   The Trustee or the HVF II Trustee may only take possession of or exercise any of the rights or remedies specified in this Agreement, with respect to such number of Lease Vehicles necessary to generate disposition proceeds in an aggregate amount sufficient to pay each HVF II Series of Group I Notes with respect to which an HVF II Group I Liquidation Event is then continuing as set forth in the related HVF II Group I Series Supplement, taking into account the receipt of proceeds of all other vehicles being disposed of that have been pledged to secure such HVF II Series of Group I Notes .

 

9.5.                             Measure of Damages If a Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Event of Default or HVF II Group I Liquidation Event occurs and the Lessor or the Trustee exercises the remedies granted to the Lessor or the Trustee under this Section 9 or Section 10.2 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, the amount that the Lessor shall be permitted to recover from any Lessee as payment shall be equal to:

 

(i)                                all Rent for each Lease Vehicle leased by such Lessee hereunder to the extent accrued and unpaid as of the earlier of the date of the return to the Lessor of such Lease Vehicle or disposition by the Servicer of such Lease Vehicle in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and all other payments payable under this Agreement by such Lessee, accrued and unpaid as of such date; plus

 

(ii)                             any reasonable out-of-pocket damages and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses that the Lessor or the Trustee will have sustained by reason of such a Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Event of Default or HVF II Group I Liquidation Event, together with reasonable sums for such attorneys’ fees and such expenses as will be expended or incurred in the seizure, storage, rental or sale of the Lease Vehicles leased by such Lessee hereunder or in the enforcement of any right or

 

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privilege hereunder or in any consultation or action in such connection, in each case to the extent reasonably attributable to such Lessee; plus

 

(iii)                          interest from time to time on amounts due from such Lessee and unpaid under this Agreement at the one-month LIBOR Rate plus 1.0% computed from the date of such a Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Event of Default or HVF II Group I Liquidation Event or the date payments were originally due to the Lessor by such Lessee under this Agreement or from the date of each expenditure by the Lessor or the Trustee, as applicable, that is recoverable from such Lessee pursuant to this Section 9 , as applicable, to and including the date payments are made by such Lessee.

 

9.6.                             Servicer Default Any of the following events will constitute a default of the Servicer (a “ Servicer Default ”) as that term is used herein:

 

(i)                                the failure of the Servicer to comply with or perform any provision of this Agreement or any other Series 2013-G1 Related Document that has a Lease Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Servicer, the Lessor or any Lessee, and such default continues for more than thirty (30) consecutive days after the earlier of the date written notice is delivered by the Lessor or the Trustee to the Servicer or the date an Authorized Officer of the Servicer obtains actual knowledge thereof;

 

(ii)                             an Event of Bankruptcy occurs with respect to the Servicer;

 

(iii)                          the failure of the Servicer to make any payment when due from it hereunder or under any of the other Series 2013-G1 Related Documents or to deposit any Series 2013-G1 Collections received by it into a Collateral Account when required under the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents and, in each case, such failure continues for five (5) consecutive Business Days after the earlier of (a) the date written notice is delivered by the Lessor or the Trustee to the Servicer or (b) the date an Authorized Officer of the Servicer obtains actual knowledge thereof, except to the extent that failure to remain in such compliance would not reasonably be expected to result in a Lease Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Lessor; or

 

(iv)                         if (I) any representation or warranty made by the Servicer relating to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral in any Series 2013-G1 Related Document is inaccurate or incorrect or is breached or is false or misleading as of the date of the making thereof or any schedule, certificate, financial statement, report, notice, or other writing relating to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral furnished by or on behalf of the Servicer to the Lessor or the Trustee pursuant to any Series 2013-G1 Related Document is false or misleading on the date as of which the facts therein set forth are stated or certified, (II) such inaccuracy, breach or falsehood has a Lease Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Lessor, and (III) the circumstance or condition in respect of which such representation, warranty or writing was inaccurate, incorrect, breached, false or misleading, as the case may be, shall not have been eliminated or otherwise cured for at least thirty (30) consecutive days after the earlier of (x) the date of the receipt of written notice thereof from the Lessor or the Trustee to the Servicer and (y) the date an Authorized Officer of the Servicer obtains actual knowledge of such circumstance or condition.

 

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In the event of a Servicer Default, the Trustee, acting pursuant to Section 9.23(d) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, shall have the right to replace the Servicer as servicer.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any Servicer Default, if the event or condition giving rise (directly or indirectly) to such Servicer Default ceases to be continuing (through cure, waiver or otherwise), then such Servicer Default will cease to exist and will be deemed to have been cured for every purpose under the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents.

 

9.7.                             Application of Proceeds .  The proceeds of any sale or other disposition pursuant to Section 9.2 or Section 9.3 shall be applied by the Lessor in its discretion as the Lessor deems appropriate.

 

10.                                CERTIFICATION OF TRADE OR BUSINESS USE.  Each Lessee hereby warrants and certifies, under penalties of perjury, that it intends to use the Lease Vehicles that are subject to this Agreement in connection with its trade or business.

 

11.                                GUARANTY.

 

11.1.                      Guaranty .  In order to induce the Lessor to execute and deliver this Agreement and to lease Lease Vehicles hereunder to the Lessees, and in consideration thereof, the Guarantor hereby (i) unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Lessor the obligations of each of the Lessees to make any payments required to be made by them under this Agreement, (ii) agrees to cause each Lessee to duly and punctually perform and observe all of the terms, conditions, covenants, agreements and indemnities applicable to such Lessee under this Agreement, and (iii) agrees that, if for any reason whatsoever, any Lessee fails to so perform and observe such terms, conditions, covenants, agreements and indemnities, the Guarantor will duly and punctually perform and observe the same (the obligations referred to in clauses (i) through (iii) above are collectively referred to as the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”).  The liabilities and obligations of the Guarantor under the guaranty contained in this Section 11 (this “ Guaranty ”) will be absolute and unconditional under all circumstances.  The Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and not of collection.

 

11.2.                      Scope of Guarantor’s Liability .  The Guarantor’s obligations under this Guaranty are independent of the obligations of the Lessees, any other guarantor or any other Person, and the Lessor may enforce any of its rights hereunder independently of any other right or remedy that the Lessor may at any time hold with respect to this Agreement or any security or other guaranty therefor.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Lessor may bring a separate action against the Guarantor under this Guaranty without first proceeding against any of the Lessees, any other guarantor or any other Person, or any security held by the Lessor, and regardless of whether the Lessees or any other guarantor or any other Person is joined in any such action.  The Guarantor’s liability under this Guaranty shall at all times remain effective with respect to the full amount due from the Lessees hereunder.  The Lessor’s rights hereunder shall not be exhausted by any action taken by the Lessor until all Guaranteed Obligations have been fully paid and performed.

 

11.3.                      Lessor’s Right to Amend; Assignment of Lessor’s Rights in Guaranty .  The Guarantor authorizes the Lessor, at any time and from time to time without notice and

 

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without affecting the liability of the Guarantor under this Guaranty, to: (a) accept new or additional instruments, documents, agreements, security or guaranties in connection with all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations; (b) accept partial payments on the Guaranteed Obligations; (c) release any Lessee, any guarantor or any other Person from any personal liability with respect to all or any part of the Guaranteed Obligations; and (d) assign its rights under this Guaranty in whole or in part to the Collateral Agent and the Trustee.

 

11.4.                      Waiver of Certain Rights by Guarantor .  The Guarantor hereby waives each of the following to the fullest extent allowed by law:

 

(a)                                  any defense to its obligations under this Guaranty based upon:

 

1.                           the unenforceability or invalidity of any security or other guaranty for the Guaranteed Obligations or the lack of perfection or failure of priority of any security for the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

2.                           any act or omission of the Lessor or any other Person (other than a defense of payment or performance) that directly or indirectly results in the discharge or release of any of the Lessees or any other Person or any of the Guaranteed Obligations or any security therefor; provided   that , the Guarantor’s liability in respect of this Guaranty shall be released to the extent the Lessor expressly releases such Lessee or other Person, in a writing conforming to the requirements of Section 22 , from any Guaranteed Obligations; or

 

3.                           any disability or any other defense of any Lessee or any other Person with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations (other than a defense of payment or performance), whether consensual or arising by operation of law or any bankruptcy, insolvency or debtor-relief proceeding, or from any other cause;

 

(b)                                  any right (whether now or hereafter existing) to require the Lessor, as a condition to the enforcement of this Guaranty, to:

 

1.                           give notice to the Guarantor of the terms, time and place of any public or private sale of any security for the Guaranteed Obligations; or

 

2.                           proceed against any Lessee, any other guarantor or any other Person, or proceed against or exhaust any security for the Guaranteed Obligations;

 

(c)                                   presentment, demand, protest and notice of any kind, including without limitation notices of default and notice of acceptance of this Guaranty;

 

(d)                                  all suretyship defenses and rights of every nature otherwise available under New York law and the laws of any other jurisdiction;

 

(e)                                   any right that the Guarantor has or may have to set-off with respect to any right to payment from any Lessee; and

 

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(f)                                    all other rights and defenses the assertion or exercise of which would in any way diminish the liability of the Guarantor under this Guaranty (other than a defense of payment or performance).

 

(g)                                   Except as provided in Section 11.7 , nothing express or implied in this Guaranty shall give any Person other than the Lessees, the Lessor, the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and the Guarantor any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Guaranty.

 

11.5.                      Guarantor to Pay Lessor’s Expenses .  The Guarantor agrees to pay to the Lessor (or the Trustee), on demand, all costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ and other professional and paraprofessional fees, incurred by the Lessor (or the Trustee) in exercising any right, power or remedy conferred by this Guaranty, or in the enforcement of this Guaranty, whether or not any action is filed in connection therewith.

 

11.6.                      Reinstatement .  This Guaranty shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment of any of the amounts payable by any Lessee under this Agreement is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by the Lessor, upon an event of bankruptcy, dissolution, liquidation or reorganization of any Lessee or the Guarantor or upon or as a result of the appointment of a receiver, intervenor or conservator of, or trustee or similar officer for, any Lessee, the Guarantor, any other guarantor or any other Person, or any substantial part of their respective property, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.

 

11.7.                      Third-Party Beneficiaries .  The Guarantor acknowledges that the Trustee has accepted the assignment of the Lessor’s rights under this Agreement and that the Trustee (for the benefit of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder and its assigns) shall be a third-party beneficiary under this Guaranty.

 

12.                                ADDITIONAL LESSEES.  Any Affiliate of the Guarantor (each, a “ Permitted Lessee ”) shall have the right to become a “Lessee” under and pursuant to the terms of this Agreement by complying with the provisions of this Section 12 .  If a Permitted Lessee desires to become a “Lessee” under this Agreement, then the Guarantor and such Permitted Lessee shall execute (if appropriate) and deliver to the Lessor and the Trustee:

 

12.1.                      a Joinder in Lease Agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A (each, an “ Affiliate Joinder in Lease ”);

 

12.2.                      the certificate of incorporation or other organizational documents for such Permitted Lessee, duly certified by the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of such Permitted Lessee’s incorporation or formation, together with a copy of the by-laws or other organizational documents of such Permitted Lessee, duly certified by a Secretary or Assistant Secretary or other Authorized Officer of such Permitted Lessee;

 

12.3.                      copies of resolutions of the Board of Directors or other authorizing action of such Permitted Lessee authorizing or ratifying the execution, delivery and performance, respectively, of those documents and matters required of it with respect to this Agreement, duly certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or other Authorized Officer of such Permitted Lessee;

 

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12.4.                      a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary or other Authorized Officer of such Permitted Lessee certifying the names of the individual or individuals authorized to sign the Affiliate Joinder in Lease and any other Series 2013-G1 Related Documents to be executed by it, together with samples of the true signatures of each such individual;

 

12.5.                      a good standing certificate for such Permitted Lessee in the jurisdiction of its organization;

 

12.6.                      an Officer’s Certificate stating that such joinder by such Permitted Lessee complies with this Section 12 and an opinion of counsel, which may be based on an Officer’s Certificate and is subject to customary exceptions and qualifications (including, without limitation, insolvency laws and principles of equity), stating that(a) all conditions precedent set forth in this Section 12 relating to such joinder by such Permitted Lessee have been complied with and (b) upon the due authorization, execution and delivery of such Affiliate Joinder in Lease by the parties thereto, such Affiliate Joinder in Lease will be enforceable against such Permitted Lessee;

 

12.7.                      an executed Grantor Supplement to the Collateral Agency Agreement pursuant to which such Permitted Lessee has granted a security interest in certain collateral for the benefit of the Lessor and the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Trustee to secure such Permitted Lessees obligations hereunder if, notwithstanding the intent of the parties to this Agreement, this Agreement is characterized by any court of competent jurisdiction as a financing arrangement or as otherwise not constituting a true lease; and

 

12.8.                      any additional documentation that the Lessor or the Trustee may reasonably require to evidence the assumption by such Permitted Lessee of the obligations and liabilities set forth in this Agreement.

 

Upon satisfaction of the foregoing conditions and receipt by such Permitted Lessee of the applicable Affiliate Joinder in Lease executed by the Lessor, such Permitted Lessee shall for all purposes be deemed to be a “Lessee” for purposes of this Agreement (including, without limitation, the Guaranty which is a part of this Agreement) and shall be entitled to the benefits and subject to the liabilities and obligations of a Lessee hereunder.

 

13.                                LIENS AND ASSIGNMENTS.

 

13.1.                      Rights of Lessor Assigned to Trustee .  Each Lessee acknowledges that the Lessor has assigned or will assign all of its rights under this Agreement to the Trustee pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.  Accordingly, each Lessee agrees that:

 

(i)                                subject to the terms of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, the Trustee shall have all the rights, powers, privileges and remedies of the Lessor hereunder and such Lessee’s obligations hereunder (including the payment of Rent and all other amounts payable hereunder) shall not be subject to any claim or defense that such Lessee may have against the Lessor (other than the defense of payment actually made) and shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be subject to any abatement, setoff, counterclaim, deduction or reduction for any reason whatsoever.  Specifically, each Lessee agrees that, upon the occurrence of a Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Event of

 

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Default or HVF II Group I Liquidation Event, the Trustee may exercise (for and on behalf of the Lessor) any right or remedy against such Lessee provided for herein and such Lessee will not interpose as a defense that such claim should have been asserted by the Lessor;

 

(ii)                             upon the delivery by the Trustee of any notice to such Lessee stating that a Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Event of Default or an HVF II Group I Liquidation Event has occurred, such Lessee will, if so requested by the Trustee, treat the Trustee for all purposes as the Lessor hereunder and in all respects comply with all obligations under this Agreement that are asserted by the Trustee, as the Lessor hereunder, irrespective of whether such Lessee has received any such notice from the Lessor; and

 

(iii)                          such Lessee acknowledges that pursuant to this Agreement it has agreed to make all payments of Rent hereunder (and any other payments hereunder) directly to the Trustee for deposit in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account.

 

13.2.                      Right of the Lessor to Assign this Agreement The Lessor shall have the right to finance the acquisition and ownership of Lease Vehicles by selling or assigning its right, title and interest in this Agreement, including, without limitation, in moneys due from any Lessee and any third party under this Agreement, to the Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders; provided , however , that any such sale or assignment shall be subject to the rights and interest of the Lessees in the Lease Vehicles, including but not limited to the Lessees’ right of quiet and peaceful possession of such Lease Vehicles as set forth in Section 5.3 hereof, and under this Agreement.

 

13.3.                      Limitations on the Right of the Lessees to Assign this Agreement No Lessee shall assign this Agreement or any of its rights hereunder to any other party; provided , however , that (i) each Lessee may rent the Lease Vehicles leased by such Lessee hereunder in connection with its business and may use and sublease Lease Vehicles pursuant to Section 5.2 and (ii) each Lessee may delegate to one or more of its Affiliates the performance of any of such Lessee’s obligations as Lessee hereunder (but such Lessee shall remain fully liable for its obligations hereunder).  Any purported assignment in violation of this Section 13.3 shall be void and of no force or effect.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to restrict the right of any Lessee to acquire or dispose of, by purchase, lease, financing, or otherwise, motor vehicles that are not subject to the provisions of this Agreement.

 

13.4.                      Liens The Lessor may grant security interests in the Lease Vehicles leased by any Lessee hereunder without consent of any Lessee or the Guarantor.  Except for Permitted Liens, each Lessee shall keep all Lease Vehicles free of all Liens arising during the Term.  If on the Vehicle Operating Lease Expiration Date for any Lease Vehicle, there is a Lien on such Lease Vehicle, the Lessor may, in its discretion, remove such Lien and any sum of money that may be paid by the Lessor in release or discharge thereof, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, will be paid by the Lessee of such Lease Vehicle upon demand by the Lessor.

 

14.                                NON-LIABILITY OF LESSOR.  AS BETWEEN THE LESSOR AND EACH LESSEE, ACCEPTANCE FOR LEASE OF EACH LEASE VEHICLE PURSUANT TO

 

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SECTION 2.1(d)  SHALL CONSTITUTE SUCH LESSEE’S ACKNOWLEDGMENT AND AGREEMENT THAT THE LESSEE HAS FULLY INSPECTED SUCH LEASE VEHICLE, THAT SUCH LEASE VEHICLE IS IN GOOD ORDER AND CONDITION AND IS OF THE MANUFACTURE, DESIGN, SPECIFICATIONS AND CAPACITY SELECTED BY SUCH LESSEE, THAT SUCH LESSEE IS SATISFIED THAT THE SAME IS SUITABLE FOR THIS USE.  EACH LESSEE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE LESSOR IS NOT A MANUFACTURER OR AGENT THEREOF OR PRIMARILY ENGAGED IN THE SALE OR DISTRIBUTION OF LEASE VEHICLES.  EACH LESSEE ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THE LESSOR MAKES NO REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR COVENANT, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED IN ANY SUCH CASE, AS TO THE FITNESS, SAFENESS, DESIGN, MERCHANTABILITY, CONDITION, QUALITY, DURABILITY, SUITABILITY, CAPACITY OR WORKMANSHIP OF THE LEASE VEHICLES IN ANY RESPECT OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR FOR ANY PURPOSES OR USES OF ANY LESSEE AND MAKES NO REPRESENTATION, WARRANTY OR COVENANT, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED IN ANY SUCH CASE, THAT THE LEASE VEHICLES WILL SATISFY THE REQUIREMENTS OF ANY LAW OR ANY CONTRACT SPECIFICATION, AND AS BETWEEN THE LESSOR AND EACH LESSEE, SUCH LESSEE AGREES TO BEAR ALL SUCH RISKS AT ITS SOLE COST AND EXPENSE.  EACH LESSEE SPECIFICALLY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO MAKE CLAIMS AGAINST THE LESSOR AND ANY LEASE VEHICLE FOR BREACH OF ANY WARRANTY OF ANY KIND WHATSOEVER, AND EACH LESSEE LEASES EACH LEASE VEHICLES “AS IS.”  UPON THE LESSOR’S ACQUISITION OF ANY LEASE VEHICLE IDENTIFIED ON ANY LEASE VEHICLE ACQUISITION SCHEDULE, LESSOR SHALL IN NO WAY BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT DAMAGES OR INCONVENIENCE RESULTING FROM ANY DEFECT IN OR LOSS, THEFT, DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION OF ANY LEASE VEHICLE OR OF THE CARGO OR CONTENTS THEREOF OR THE TIME CONSUMED IN RECOVERY REPAIRING, ADJUSTING, SERVICING OR REPLACING THE SAME AND THERE SHALL BE NO ABATEMENT OR APPORTIONMENT OF RENTAL AT SUCH TIME.  THE LESSOR SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY FAILURE TO PERFORM ANY PROVISION HEREOF RESULTING FROM FIRE OR OTHER CASUALTY, NATURAL DISASTER, RIOT OR OTHER CIVIL UNREST, WAR, TERRORISM, STRIKE OR OTHER LABOR DIFFICULTY, GOVERNMENTAL REGULATION OR RESTRICTION, OR ANY CAUSE BEYOND THE LESSOR’S DIRECT CONTROL.  IN NO EVENT SHALL THE LESSOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY INCONVENIENCES, LOSS OF PROFITS OR ANY OTHER SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES, WHATSOEVER OR HOWSOEVER CAUSED (INCLUDING RESULTING FROM ANY DEFECT IN OR ANY THEFT, DAMAGE, LOSS OR FAILURE OF ANY LEASE VEHICLE).

 

15.                                NO PETITION.  Each Lessee and the Servicer hereby covenants and agrees that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all of the Indenture Notes, it will not institute against, or join with, encourage or cooperate with any other Person in instituting against the Lessor, the Nominee, RCFC or the Intermediary, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings or other similar proceeding under the laws of the United States or any state of the United States.  In the event that any Lessee or the Servicer takes action in violation of this Section 15 , the Lessor, the Nominee, RCFC or the Intermediary, as the case may be, agrees, for the benefit of the Indenture Noteholders, that it shall file an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contest the filing of such a

 

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petition by such Lessee or the Servicer, as the case may be, against it or the commencement of such action and raise the defense that such Lessee or the Servicer, as the case may be, has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be estopped and precluded therefrom.  The provisions of this Section 15 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

16.                                SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION.  The Lessor and the Trustee may enforce any claim arising out of this Agreement in any state or federal court having subject matter jurisdiction, including, without limitation, any state or federal court located in the State of New York.  For the purpose of any action or proceeding instituted with respect to any such claim, each Lessee hereby irrevocably submits to the jurisdiction of such courts.  Each Lessee further irrevocably consents to the service of process out of said courts by mailing a copy thereof, by registered mail, postage prepaid, to such Lessee and agrees that such service, to the fullest extent permitted by law, (i) shall be deemed in every respect effective service of process upon it in any such suit, action or proceeding and (ii) shall be taken and held to be valid personal service upon and personal delivery to it.  Nothing herein contained shall affect the right of the Trustee and the Lessor to serve process in any other manner permitted by law or preclude the Lessor or the Trustee from bringing an action or proceeding in respect hereof in any other country, state or place having jurisdiction over such action. Each Lessee hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may have or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court located in the State of New York and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in such a court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.

 

17.                                GOVERNING LAW.  THIS AGREEMENT, AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAW.

 

18.                                JURY TRIAL.  EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER RELATED DOCUMENT TO WHICH IT IS A PARTY, OR UNDER ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT, DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION THEREWITH OR ARISING FROM ANY RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY RELATED TRANSACTION, AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT BEFORE A JURY.

 

19.                                NOTICES.  All notices, requests and other communications to any party hereunder shall be in writing (including facsimile transmission or similar writing) and shall be given to such party, addressed to it, at its address or telephone number set forth on the signature pages below, or at such other address or telephone number as such party may hereafter specify for the purpose by notice to the other party.  Copies of notices, requests and other communications delivered to the Trustee, any Lessee and/or the Lessor pursuant to the foregoing sentence shall be sent to the following addresses:

 

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TRUSTEE:

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
2 North LaSalle Street
Chicago, IL 60602
Attention:  Corporate Trust Administration Structured
Finance
Telephone:  (312) 827-8569
Fax:  (312) 827-8562

 

LESSOR:

 

225 Brae Boulevard
Park Ridge, NJ 07656
Attention:  Treasury Department
Telephone:  (201) 307-2000
Fax:  (201) 307-2746

 

LESSEES:

 

225 Brae Boulevard
Park Ridge, NJ 07656
Attention:  Treasury Department
Telephone:  (201) 307-2000
Fax:  (201) 307-2746

 

Each such notice, request or communication shall be effective when received at the address specified below.  Copies of all notices must be sent by first class mail promptly after transmission by facsimile.

 

20.                                ENTIRE AGREEMENT.  This Agreement and the other agreements specifically referenced herein constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto and supersede any prior understandings, agreements, or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, to the extent they related in any way to the subject matter hereof.  This Agreement, together with the Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Programs, the Lease Vehicle Acquisition Schedules, the Intra-Lease Lessee Transfer Schedules, the Reallocated Vehicle Schedules and any other related documents attached to this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, all related joinders, exhibits, annexes, schedules, attachments and appendices), in each case solely to the extent to which such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Programs, schedules and documents relate to Lease Vehicles will constitute the entire agreement regarding the leasing of Lease Vehicles by the Lessor to each Lessee.

 

21.                                MODIFICATION AND SEVERABILITY.  The terms of this Agreement (other than the definition of “Special Term”, which may be modified by a written notice signed by each Lessee and delivered to the Lessor, the Servicer and the Trustee) will not be waived, altered, modified, amended, supplemented or terminated in any manner whatsoever unless the same shall be in writing and signed and delivered by the Lessor, the Servicer and each Lessee, subject to any restrictions on such waivers, alterations, modifications, amendments, supplements or

 

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terminations set forth in the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.  If any part of this Agreement is not valid or enforceable according to law, all other parts will remain enforceable.  The Servicer shall provide a copy of each amendment, supplement or other modification to this Agreement to the Trustee in accordance with the notice provisions hereof not later than ten (10) days after to the execution thereof by the Lessor, the Servicer, the Lessees and the Guarantor.  For the avoidance of doubt, the execution and/or delivery of and/or performance under any Affiliate Joinder in Lease, Lease Vehicle Acquisition Schedule, Inter-Lease Reallocation Schedule or Intra-Lease Lessee Transfer Schedule shall not constitute a waiver, alteration, modification, supplement or termination to or of this Agreement.

 

22.                                SURVIVABILITY.  In the event that, during the term of this Agreement, any Lessee becomes liable for the payment or reimbursement of any obligations, claims or taxes pursuant to any provision hereof, such liability will continue, notwithstanding the expiration or termination of this Agreement, until all such amounts are paid or reimbursed by or on behalf of such Lessee.

 

23.                                HEADINGS.  Section headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the construction of this Agreement.

 

24.                                EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS.  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

 

25.                                ELECTRONIC EXECUTION.  This Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any joinder, schedule, annex, exhibit or other attachment hereto) may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile or other electronic means ( i.e. , a “pdf” or “tiff”).  The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable law, have the same force and effect as manually signed originals and shall be binding on each party hereto.  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any joinder, schedule, annex, exhibit or other attachment hereto) or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including, without limitation, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be.

 

26.                                LESSEE TERMINATION AND RESIGNATION.  With respect to any Lessee except for Hertz, upon such Lessee (the “ Resigning Lessee ”) delivering irrevocable written notice to the Lessor and Servicer that such Resigning Lessee desires to resign its role as a “Lessee” hereunder (such notice, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto, a “ Lessee Resignation Notice ”), such Resigning Lessee shall immediately cease to be a “Lessee” hereunder, and, upon such occurrence, event or condition, the Lessor and Servicer shall be deemed to have released, waived, remised, acquitted and discharged such Resigning Lessee and such Resigning Lessee’s directors, officers, employees, managers, shareholders and members of and from any and all claims, expenses, damages, costs and liabilities arising or accruing in relation to such Resigning Lessee on or after the delivery of such Lessee Resignation Notice to the Lessor and Servicer (the time of such delivery, the “ Lessee Resignation Notice Effective

 

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Date ”); provided   that , as a condition to such release and discharge, the Resigning Lessee shall pay to the Lessor all payments due and payable with respect to each Lease Vehicle leased by Resigning Lessee hereunder, including without limitation any payment listed under Sections 4.7.1 and 4.7.2 , as applicable to each such Lease Vehicle, as of the Lessee Resignation Notice Effective Date; provided further   that , the Resigning Lessee shall return or reallocate all Lease Vehicles at the direction of the Servicer in accordance with Section 2.4 ; provided   further   that , with respect to any Resigning Lessee, such Resigning Lessee shall not be released or otherwise relieved under this Section 26 from any claim, expense, damage, cost or liability arising or accruing prior to the Lessee Resignation Notice Effective Date with respect to such Resigning Transferor.

 

27.                                THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARIES.  The parties hereto acknowledge that the Trustee (for the benefit of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder and its assigns) and the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Trustee) and the HVF II Trustee (for the benefit of the HVF II Group I Noteholders) shall be third-party beneficiaries hereunder.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement or caused it to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

LESSOR:

 

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

225 Brae Boulevard

 

 

 

Park Ridge, NJ 07656

 

 

Attention:

Treasury Department

 

 

Telephone:

(201) 307-2000

 

 

Fax:

(201) 307-2746

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LESSEE AND SERVICER:

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

225 Brae Boulevard

 

 

 

Park Ridge, NJ 07656

 

 

Attention:

Treasury Department

 

 

Telephone:

(201) 307-2000

 

 

Fax:

(201) 307-2746

 

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LESSEE:

 

 

 

DTG OPERATIONS, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:

Assistant Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

225 Brae Boulevard

 

 

 

Park Ridge, NJ 07656

 

 

Attention:

Treasury Department

 

 

Telephone:

(201) 307-2000

 

 

Fax:

(201) 307-2746

 

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Acknowledging its obligations under Section 15 hereof:

 

 

 

NOMINEE:

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLES LLC,

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

INTERMEDIARY:

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ CAR EXCHANGE INC.,

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

/s/ Brenton J. Allen

 

 

Name: Brenton J. Allen

 

 

Title: President

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

/s/ Aldrin M.F. Bayne

 

 

Name: Aldrin M.F. Bayne

 

 

Title: Vice President

 



 

ANNEX A

 

FORM OF AFFILIATE JOINDER IN LEASE

 

THIS AFFILIATE JOINDER IN LEASE AGREEMENT (this “ Joinder ”) is executed as of                                        , 20     (with respect to this Joinder and the Joining Party) the “ Joinder Date ”), by                             , a                                                          (“ Joining Party ”), and delivered to Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ HVF ”), as lessor pursuant to the Amended and Restated Master Motor Vehicle Operating Lease and Servicing Agreement (Series 2013-G1), dated as of October 31, 2014 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Lease ”), among HVF, as Lessor, DTG Operations, as a Lessee, The Hertz Corporation (“ Hertz ”), a Delaware corporation, as a Lessee, as Servicer and as Guarantor, and those affiliates of Hertz from time to time becoming Lessees thereunder (together with Hertz, the “ Lessees ”).  Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings provided for in the Lease.

 

R E C I T A L S:

 

WHEREAS, the Joining Party is a Permitted Lessee; and

 

WHEREAS, the Joining Party desires to become a “Lessee” under and pursuant to the Lease.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the Joining Party agrees as follows:

 

A G R E E M E N T:

 

1.  The Joining Party hereby represents and warrants to and in favor of HVF and the Trustee that (i) the Joining Party is an Affiliate of Hertz, (ii) all of the conditions required to be satisfied pursuant to Section 12 of the Lease in respect of the Joining Party becoming a Lessee thereunder have been satisfied, and (iii) all of the representations and warranties contained in Section 7 of the Lease with respect to the Lessees are true and correct as applied to the Joining Party as of the date hereof.

 

2.  From and after the date hereof, the Joining Party hereby agrees to assume all of the obligations of a “Lessee” under the Lease and agrees to be bound by all of the terms, covenants and conditions therein.

 

3.  By its execution and delivery of this Joinder, the Joining Party hereby becomes a Lessee for all purposes under the Lease.  By its execution and delivery of this Joinder, HVF acknowledges that the Joining Party is a Lessee for all purposes under the Lease.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Joining Party has caused this Joinder to be duly executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

[Name of Joining Party]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

Attention:

 

 

Telephone:

 

 

Facsimile:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accepted and Acknowledged by:

 

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION, as GUARANTOR

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF LESSEE RESIGNATION NOTICE

 

[  ]

 

[HVF, as Lessor]

 

[Hertz, as Servicer]

 

Re: Lessee Termination and Resignation

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is hereby made to the Amended and Restated Master Motor Vehicle Operating Lease and Servicing Agreement (Series 2013-G1), dated as of October 31, 2014 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Lease ”), among HVF, as Lessor, DTG Operations, as a Lessee, The Hertz Corporation (“ Hertz ”), a Delaware corporation, as a as Servicer and as Guarantor, and those affiliates of Hertz from time to time becoming Lessees thereunder (together with Hertz, the “ Lessees ”).  Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Lease.

 

Pursuant to Section 26 of the Lease, [   ] (the “ Resigning Lessee ”) provides HVF, as Lessor, and Hertz, as Servicer, irrevocable, written notice that such Resigning Lessee desires to resign as “Lessee” under the Lease.

 

Nothing herein shall be construed to be an amendment or waiver of any requirements of the Lease.

 

 

 

[Name of Resigning Lessee]

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 



 

Schedule I to:

A&R HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement & A&R HVF Series 2013-G1 Lease

 

SCHEDULE I

 

10-K Report ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.5(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

10-Q Report ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.5(b) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Accumulated Depreciation ” means, with respect to any Lease Vehicle, as of any date of determination:

 

(a)                                  the sum of:

 

(i)                                all Monthly Base Rent with respect to such Lease Vehicle paid or payable (since such Lease Vehicle’s most recent Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date) under the Series 2013-G1 Lease on or prior to the Payment Date occurring in the calendar month in which such date of determination occurs,

 

(ii)                             the Final Base Rent with respect to such Lease Vehicle, if any, paid or payable (since such Lease Vehicle’s most recent Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date) under the Series 2013-G1 Lease on or prior to the Payment Date occurring in the calendar month immediately following such date,

 

(iii)                          the Pre-VOLCD Program Vehicle Depreciation Amount with respect to such Lease Vehicle, if any, paid or payable (since such Lease Vehicle’s most recent Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date) under the Series 2013-G1 Lease on or prior to the Payment Date occurring in the calendar month immediately following such date,

 

(iv)                         all Redesignation to Non-Program Amounts with respect to such Lease Vehicle, if any, paid or payable (since such Lease Vehicle’s most recent Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date) under the Series 2013-G1 Lease on or prior to the Payment Date occurring in the calendar month in which such date of determination occurs, and

 

(v)                            the Program Vehicle Depreciation Assumption True-Up Amount with respect to such Lease Vehicle, if any, paid or payable (since such Lease Vehicle’s most recent Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date) under the Series 2013-G1 Lease by the applicable Lessee on or prior to the Payment Date occurring in the calendar month immediately following such date; minus

 

(b)                                  the sum of all Redesignation to Program Amounts with respect to such Lease Vehicle, if any, paid or payable (since such Lease Vehicle’s most recent Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date) under the Series 2013-G1 Lease by the Lessor on or prior to the Payment Date occurring in the calendar month in which such date of determination occurs.

 

Additional Lessee ” has the meaning specified the Preamble of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 



 

Additional Spread Percentage ” means, as of any date of determination, the greater of 1.00% or such other percentage as the Lessor and the Lessees may from time to time agree in writing shall be the Additional Spread Percentage, as evidenced by and in effect from the date of delivery of a copy of such writing duly executed by the Lessor and the Lessees to the Trustee and the Servicer.

 

Advance ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Advantage Sublease ” means that certain Master Motor Vehicle Operating Sublease Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2012, by and between Hertz, as lessor, and Simply Wheelz LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, d/b/a Advantage Rent A Car, as lessee.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any specified Person, another Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the Person specified.  For purposes of this definition, “control” means the power to direct the management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

Affiliate Joinder in Lease ” has the meaning specified in Section 12.1 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Aggregate Group I Principal Amount ” has the meaning specified in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

Alternative Lease Lessee ” means any “Lessee” under and as defined in any other Segregated Series Lease.

 

Annual Series 2013-G1 Noteholder Tax Statement ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.2(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Assumed Remaining Holding Period ” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle as of such date, the greater of (a) the number of months remaining from such date until the then-expected Disposition Date of such Lease Vehicle, as estimated by the Lessor (or its designee) on such date in its sole and absolute discretion and (b) 1.

 

Assumed Residual Value ” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle as of such date, the proceeds expected to be realized upon the disposition of such Lease Vehicle, as estimated by the Lessor (or its designee) on such date in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

Authorized Officer ” means, as to Hertz or any of its Affiliates, any of (i) the President, (ii) the Chief Financial Officer, (iii) the Treasurer, (iv) any Assistant Treasurer, or (v) any Vice President in the tax, legal or treasury department, in each case of Hertz or such Affiliate, as applicable.

 

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Bankruptcy Code ” means The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978.

 

Base Indenture ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Base Rent ” means, Monthly Base Rent and Final Base Rent, collectively.

 

Basic Lease Vehicle Information ” means the following terms specified by a Lessee in a Lease Vehicle Acquisition Schedule pursuant to Section 2.1(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease:  a list of the vehicles such Lessee desires to be made available by the Lessor to such Lessee for lease as “Lease Vehicles”, and, with respect to each such vehicle, the VIN, make, model, model year, and requested lease commencement date of each such vehicle.

 

BBA Libor Rates Page ” shall mean the display designated as Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or on any successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as determined by the Servicer from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to Dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank market).

 

Blackbook Guide ” means the Black Book Official Finance/Lease Guide.

 

Beneficiary ” has the meaning specified in the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks are authorized or required by law to be closed in New York City, New York.

 

Capitalized Cost ” means, as of any date of determination,

 

(a)                                  with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle as of its most recent Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date,

 

(i)                                      if such Lease Vehicle was initially purchased as a new vehicle by HVF or an Affiliate thereof from an unaffiliated third party and such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs thirty-six (36) days or less after the date of the delivery of such Lease Vehicle to HVF or such Affiliate by such third party, then the lesser of (X) the gross cash payments made to such unaffiliated third party in connection with such initial purchase of such Lease Vehicle, and (Y) the MSRP of such Lease Vehicle as of the date of such initial purchase, if known by the Servicer (after reasonable investigation by the Servicer);

 

(ii)                                   if such Lease Vehicle was initially purchased as a used vehicle by HVF or an Affiliate thereof from an unaffiliated third party and such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs thirty-six (36) or less days after the date of the delivery of such Lease Vehicle to HVF or such Affiliate by such third party, then the gross cash payments made to such unaffiliated third party in connection with such initial purchase of such Lease Vehicle;

 

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(iii)                                if such Lease Vehicle (unless such Lease Vehicle is an Inter-Group Transferred Vehicle) was initially purchased by HVF or an Affiliate thereof from an unaffiliated third party and such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs more than thirty-six (36) days after the date of the delivery of such Lease Vehicle to HVF or such Affiliate by such third party, then the Market Value of such Lease Vehicle as of the date of such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date; and

 

(iv)                               if such Lease Vehicle is an Inter-Group Transferred Vehicle and was initially purchased by HVF or an Affiliate thereof from an unaffiliated third party and such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs more than thirty-six (36) days after the date of the delivery of such Lease Vehicle to HVF or such Affiliate by such third party, then the lesser of (A) the Legacy FMV of such Lease Vehicle and (B) the Legacy NBV of such Lease Vehicle; and

 

(b)                                  with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle as of its most recent Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date,

 

(i)                                      if such Lease Vehicle was initially purchased as a new vehicle by HVF or an Affiliate thereof from an unaffiliated third party and such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs thirty-six (36) days or less after the date of the delivery of such Lease Vehicle to HVF or such Affiliate by such third party, then the Maximum Repurchase Price with respect to such Lease Vehicle;

 

(ii)                                   if (X) such Lease Vehicle was initially purchased as a used vehicle by HVF or an Affiliate thereof from an unaffiliated third party and such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs thirty-six (36) days or less after date of the delivery of such Lease Vehicle to HVF or such Affiliate by such third party and (Y) no Depreciation Charges have accrued or been applied prior to the date of such initial purchase with respect to such Lease Vehicle under its Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program, then the Maximum Repurchase Price with respect to such Lease Vehicle;

 

(iii)                                if (X) such Lease Vehicle was initially purchased as a used vehicle by HVF or an Affiliate thereof from an unaffiliated third party and such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs thirty-six (36) or less days after the date of the delivery of such Lease Vehicle to HVF or such Affiliate by such third party and (Y) Depreciation Charges have accrued or been applied prior to the date of such initial purchase with respect to such Lease Vehicle under its Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program, then the amount the Manufacturer of such Lease Vehicle would be obligated to pay for such Lease Vehicle under the terms of such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program (assuming no minimum holding period would apply with respect to such Lease Vehicle) if such Lease Vehicle were returned to such Manufacturer on the last day of the calendar month prior to the month in which such Lease Vehicle’s Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs; and

 

(iv)                               if such Lease Vehicle was initially purchased by HVF or an Affiliate thereof from an unaffiliated third party and such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs more than thirty-six (36) days after the date of the delivery

 

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of such Lease Vehicle to HVF or such Affiliate by such third party, then the excess of (A) the amount the Manufacturer of such Lease Vehicle would be obligated to pay for such Lease Vehicle under the terms of such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program (assuming no minimum holding period would apply with respect to such Lease Vehicle) if such Lease Vehicle were returned to such Manufacturer on the first day of the calendar month in which such Lease Vehicle’s Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs over (B) the amount of depreciation scheduled to accrue under the Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program for such Lease Vehicle for the calendar month in which such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs, pro rated for the portion of such calendar month occurring from and including such first day of such calendar month to but excluding such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date.

 

Casualty ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, that:

 

(a) such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle is destroyed, seized or otherwise rendered permanently unfit or unavailable for use, or

 

(b) such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle is lost or stolen and is not recovered for 180 days following the occurrence thereof.

 

Casualty Payment Amount ” means, with respect to any Lease Vehicle that suffers a Casualty or becomes an Ineligible Vehicle, the result of (a) the Net Book Value of such Lease Vehicle as of the later of (i) such Lease Vehicle’s Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date and (ii) the first day of the calendar month in which such Lease Vehicle became a Casualty or became an Ineligible Vehicle minus (b) the Final Base Rent for such Lease Vehicle.

 

Certificate of Title ” means, with respect to any Vehicle, the certificate of title or similar evidence of ownership applicable to such Vehicle duly issued in accordance with the certificate of title act or other applicable statute of the jurisdiction applicable to such Vehicle as determined by the Servicer, the Nominee Servicer or the Collateral Servicer, as applicable.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or otherwise modified from time to time and any successor statute of similar import, in each case as in effect from time to time.  References to sections of the Code also refer to any successor or replacement sections.

 

Collateral Account ” means a “Collateral Account” (as such term is defined in Section 2.5(a) of the Collateral Agency Agreement) into which amounts relating to Series 2013-G1 Segregated Vehicle Collateral are deposited pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Collateral Agency Agreement ” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Collateral Agency Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2013, by and among HVF, as grantor, HGI, as grantor, DTG, as grantor, Hertz as grantor and collateral servicer, the Collateral Agent, as secured party, and those various “Additional Grantors”, “Financing Sources” and “Beneficiaries” from time to time party thereto.

 

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Collateral Agent ” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent under the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Collateral Servicer ” has the meaning specified in the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Company Order ” and “ Company Request ” means a written order or request signed in the name of HVF by any one of its Authorized Officers and delivered to the Trustee.

 

Contractual Obligation ” means, with respect to any Person, any provision of any security issued by that Person or of any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any material portion of its properties is bound or to which it or any material portion of its properties is subject.

 

Controlled Group ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person, whether or not incorporated, and any corporation, trade or business that is, along with such Person, a member of a controlled group of corporations or a controlled group of trades or businesses as described in Sections 414(b) and (c), respectively, of the Code.

 

Corporate Trust Office ” shall mean the principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered which office at the date of the execution of the Series 2013-G1 Note is located at 2 North LaSalle, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois 60602, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration—Structured Finance, or at any other time at such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder and HVF.

 

Court ” has the meaning specified in Section 2(b) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Decrease ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Depreciation Charge ” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a:

 

(a) Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle as of such date, an amount at least equal to the greatest of:

 

(i) 1.0%, or such lower percentage in respect of which the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied as of such date, in each case of the Capitalized Cost of such Lease Vehicle as of such date,

 

(ii) (x) the excess, if any, of the Net Book Value of such Lease Vehicle over the Assumed Residual Value of such Lease Vehicle, in each case as of such date, divided by (y) the Assumed Remaining Holding Period with respect to such Lease Vehicle, as of such date, and

 

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(iii) such higher percentage of the Capitalized Cost of such Lease Vehicle as of such date, selected by the Lessor in its sole and absolute discretion, that would cause the weighted average of the “Depreciation Charges” (weighted by Net Book Value as of such date) with respect to all Lease Vehicles that are Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicles as of such date to be equal to or greater than 1.25%, or such lower percentage in respect of which the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied as of such date, of the aggregate Capitalized Costs of such Lease Vehicles as of such date,

 

(b) Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle and such date occurs during the Estimation Period for such Lease Vehicle, if any, the Initially Estimated Depreciation Charge with respect to such Lease Vehicle, as of such date, and

 

(c) Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle and such date does not occur during the Estimation Period, if any, for such Lease Vehicle, the depreciation charge (expressed as a monthly dollar amount) set forth in the related Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program for such Lease Vehicle for such date.

 

Depreciation Record ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Determination Date ” means the date five (5) Business Days prior to each Payment Date.

 

Disposition Date ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle:

 

(i)                                      if such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle was returned to a Manufacturer for repurchase pursuant to a Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Program, the Turnback Date with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle;

 

(ii)                                   if such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle was subject to a Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program and not sold to any third party prior to the Series 2013-G1 Backstop Date with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, the Series 2013-G1 Backstop Date with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle;

 

(iii)                                if such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle was sold to any Person (other than to the Manufacturer thereof pursuant to such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer’s Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program) the date on which the proceeds of such sale are deposited in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account or the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account; and

 

(iv)                             if such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle becomes a Casualty or an Ineligible Vehicle (other than as a result of a sale thereof that would be included in any of clause (i)  through (iii)  above), the day on which such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle suffers a Casualty or becomes an Ineligible Vehicle.

 

Disposition Proceeds ” means, with respect to each Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle, the net proceeds from the sale or disposition of such Series 2013-G1 Non-Program

 

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Vehicle to any Person (other than any portion of such proceeds payable by the Lessee thereof pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Lease).

 

Dollar ” and the symbol “ $ ” mean the lawful currency of the United States.

 

DTG ” means DTG Operations, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation.

 

Due Date ” means, with respect to any payment due from a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer or auction dealer in respect of a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle turned back for repurchase or sale pursuant to the terms of the related Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program, the ninetieth (90th) day after the Disposition Date for such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle.

 

Early Program Return Payment Amount ” means, with respect to each Payment Date and each Lease Vehicle that:

 

(a) was a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle as of its Turnback Date,

 

(b) the Turnback Date for which occurred during the Related Month with respect to such Payment Date, and

 

(c) the Turnback Date for which occurred prior to the Minimum Program Term End Date for such Lease Vehicle,

 

an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the Net Book Value of such Lease Vehicle (as of its Turnback Date) over (ii) the Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Price received or receivable with respect to such Lease Vehicle (or that would have been received but for a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Event of Default, as applicable).

 

Eligible Account ” means (a) a segregated identifiable trust account established in the trust department of a Series 2013-G1 Qualified Trust Institution or (b) a separately identifiable deposit or securities account established with a Series 2013-G1 Qualified Institution.

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute of similar import, in each case as in effect from time to time.  References to sections of ERISA also refer to any successor sections.

 

Escrow Agent ” has the meaning specified in Section 1.01 of the Escrow Agreement.

 

Escrow Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Escrow Agreement, dated as of the November 25, 2013, among the Escrow Agent, the Intermediary, Hertz, HVF and HGI, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms, or any replacement escrow agreement entered into pursuant to Section 5.01(e) of such escrow agreement (or the comparable provision of a replacement escrow agreement).

 

Estimation Period ” means, with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle with respect to which the applicable depreciation charge set forth in the related Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program for such Lease Vehicle has not been recorded

 

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in the Lessor’s or its designee’s computer systems or has been recorded in such computer systems, but has not been applied to such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle therein, the period commencing on such Lease Vehicle’s Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date and terminating on the date such applicable depreciation charge has been recorded in the Lessor’s or its designee’s computer systems and applied to such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle therein.

 

Event of Bankruptcy ” shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to a Person if:

 

(a)                                  a case or other proceeding shall be commenced, without the application or consent of such Person, in any court, seeking the liquidation, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of debts of such Person, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, sequestrator or the like for such Person or all or any substantial part of its assets, or any similar action with respect to such Person under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or composition or adjustment of debts, and such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of 60 consecutive days; or an order for relief in respect of such Person shall be entered in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect; or

 

(b)                                  such Person shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

 

(c)                                   the board of directors of such Person (if such Person is a corporation or similar entity) shall vote to implement any of the actions set forth in clause (b)  above.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Exchanges ” has the meaning specified in the Master Exchange Agreement.

 

FDIC ” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

 

Final Base Rent ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.3 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Financial Assets ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Financing Source ” has the meaning specified in the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

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Fitch ” means Fitch Ratings, Inc.

 

Franchisee Sublease Contractual Criteria ” means, with respect to the sublease of Lease Vehicles by a Lessee to a franchisee, the related sublease:

 

(a)          states in writing that it is subject to the terms and conditions of the Series 2013-G1 Lease and is subject and subordinate in all respects to the Series 2013-G1 Lease;

 

(b)          requires that the Lease Vehicles subleased under such sublease may only be used in furtherance of the business contemplated by any applicable franchise or license agreement entered into by the sublessee;

 

(c)           other than renting such subleased Lease Vehicles to customers in the ordinary course of such franchisee’s business, prohibits such franchisee from subleasing such Lease Vehicles or otherwise assigning any of its rights with respect to such Lease Vehicles or assigning any of its rights or obligations in, to or under such sublease;

 

(d)          does not permit the termination date for such subleased Lease Vehicles under such sublease to exceed the Maximum Termination Date with respect to such Lease Vehicle under the Series 2013-G1 Lease;

 

(e)           limits such franchisee’s use of such subleased Lease Vehicles to primarily in the United States, with limited use in Canada and Mexico (which will include all normal course movements of vehicles across borders in connection with customer rentals and following any such movements until convenient to return such Lease Vehicles to the United States, in each case in the franchisee’s course of business);

 

(f)            requires such franchisee to report the location of such subleased Lease Vehicles no less frequently than weekly and grant inspection rights to the applicable Lessee upon reasonable request of such Lessee;

 

(g)           prohibits such franchisee from using any such subleased Lease Vehicles in violation of any laws or regulations or contrary to the provisions of any applicable insurance policy;

 

(h)          contains an express acknowledgement and agreement from such franchisee that each such subleased Lease Vehicle is at all times the property of the Lessor and that such franchisee acquires no right, title or interest in or to such Lease Vehicle except a leasehold interest with respect to such subleased Lease Vehicle, subject to the Series 2013-G1 Lease;

 

(i)              allows the Lessor or such Lessee, upon the occurrence of an event of default pursuant to such sublease, to enter the premises where such subleased Lease Vehicles may be located and take possession of such subleased Lease Vehicles;

 

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(j)           contains an express covenant from such franchisee that prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment of the latest maturing HVF II Group I Note, it will not institute against or join with any other Person in instituting against the Lessor, HVF II, the Nominee or the Intermediary, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings, under any Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law;

 

(k)        states that such sublease shall terminate upon the termination of the Series 2013-G1 Lease; and

 

(l)            requires that the Lease Vehicles subleased under such sublease must primarily be used in in the course of the applicable franchisee’s daily car rental business.

 

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time set forth in the Accounting Codification Standards issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or in such other statements by such other entity as may be in general use by significant segments of the accounting profession, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.

 

Governmental Authority ” means any Federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory body.

 

Grantor Supplement ” has the meaning specified in the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Guaranteed Obligations ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.1 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Guarantor ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Guaranty ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.1 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

HERC ” means Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hertz.

 

Hertz ” means The Hertz Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

 

Hertz Vehicles LLC ” means Hertz Vehicles LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

HGI ” means Hertz General Interest LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

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HVF ” means Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

HVF II ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

HVF II Agreements ” means the HVF II Group I Indenture, the HVF II Group I Series Supplements and any other agreements relating to the issuance of any HVF II Series of Group I Notes to which HVF II is a party.

 

HVF II Aggregate Group I Leasing Company Note Principal Amount ” means “Aggregate Group I Leasing Company Note Principal Amount” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Aggregate Group I Principal Amount ” means “Aggregate Group I Principal Amount” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Amortization Event ” means, with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes, an “Amortization Event” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement or the HVF II Group I Series Supplement with respect to such HVF II Series of Group I Notes.

 

HVF II Base Indenture ” means the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014, between HVF II and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.  The term “HVF II Base Indenture” shall not include any “Group Supplement” (as defined in the HVF II Base Indenture) or “Series Supplement” (as defined in the HVF II Base Indenture).

 

HVF II General Partner ” means HVF II GP Corp., a Delaware corporation.

 

HVF II Group I Aggregate Asset Amount Deficiency ” means “Group I Aggregate Asset Amount Deficiency” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Group I Collection Account ” means the “Group I Collection Account” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Group I Indenture ” means the HVF II Base Indenture together with the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Group I Leasing Company Note ” means “Group I Leasing Company Note” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Group I Liquidation Event ” means any one of the events with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes defined as a “Group I Liquidation Event” in the related HVF II Group I Series Supplement.

 

HVF II Group I Noteholder ” means “Group I Noteholder” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

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HVF II Group I Notes ” means “Group I Notes” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Group I Rating Agency Condition ” means “Rating Agency Condition” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Group I Required Noteholders ” means “Group I Required Noteholders” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Group I Series Supplement ” means a supplement to the HVF II Group I Supplement complying (to the extent applicable) with the terms of Section 2.3 of the HVF II Group I Supplement pursuant to which an HVF II Series of Group I Notes is issued.

 

HVF II Group I Supplement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Group I Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 by and between HVF II and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.  The term “HVF II Group I Supplement” shall not include any “Series Supplement” (as defined in the HVF II Base Indenture).

 

HVF II Potential Amortization Event ” means, with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes, a “Potential Amortization Event” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement or the HVF II Group I Series Supplement with respect to such HVF II Series of Group I Notes.

 

HVF II Principal Amount ” means “Principal Amount” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Required Series Noteholders ” means “Required Series Noteholders” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Requisite Group I Investors ” means “Requisite Group I Investors” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Series of Group I Notes ” means each HVF II Series of Group I Notes issued and authenticated pursuant to the HVF II Group I Indenture and the applicable HVF II Group I Series Supplement.

 

HVF II Trustee ” means the “Trustee” under and as defined in the HVF II Base Indenture.

 

HVF POA Revocation Party ” has the meaning specified in the Nominee Agreement.

 

HVF Series 2013-1 Supplement ” means that certain Series Supplement to the Base Indenture, dated as of January 23, 2013, by and between HVF and the Trustee, without giving effect to any amendments, modifications or supplements entered into after January 23, 2013.

 

Independent Director ” has the meaning specified in the HVF II Base Indenture.

 

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Ineligible Vehicle ” means, as of any date of determination, a passenger automobile, van or light-duty truck that is owned by HVF and leased by HVF to any Lessee pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Lease that is not a Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle as of such date.

 

Initially Estimated Depreciation Charge ” means, with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle, as of any date of determination during the Estimation Period for such Lease Vehicle, the monthly depreciation charge (expressed as a monthly dollar amount), if any, for such Lease Vehicle reasonably estimated by the Lessor (or its designee) as of such date.

 

Inspection Period ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(d) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Inter-Group Transferred Vehicle ” means any Lease Vehicle that, immediately prior to its Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date, was owned by HVF and leased by HVF to an Affiliate thereof pursuant to a lease other than the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Inter-Lease Reallocation Schedule ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Inter-Lease Vehicle Reallocation ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Inter-Lease Vehicle Reallocation Effective Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Intermediary ” means the Person acting in the capacity of Qualified Intermediary pursuant to the Master Exchange Agreement.

 

Intra-Lease Lessee Transfer Schedule ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(b) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Investment Property ” has the meaning specified in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the applicable UCC.

 

Issuer’s Share ” means with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Note on any date of determination, a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is equal to the outstanding principal of such Series 2013-G1 Note and the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all HVF II Group I Leasing Company Notes, each as of such date of determination.

 

Joinder ” has the meaning specified in Annex A of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Joinder Date ” has the meaning specified in Annex A of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

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Lease Material Adverse Effect ” means, with respect to any party to the Series 2013-G1 Lease and any occurrence, event or condition applicable to such party:

 

(i)                                                              a material adverse effect on the ability of such party to perform its obligations under the Series 2013-G1 Lease, the Series 2013-G1 Supplement or the Collateral Agency Agreement (solely as the Collateral Agency Agreement applies to the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral granted thereunder);

 

(ii)                                                           a material adverse effect on the Lessor’s beneficial ownership interest in the Lease Vehicles or on the ability of the Lessor to grant a Lien on any after-acquired property that would constitute Series 2013-G1 Collateral;

 

(iii)                                                        a material adverse effect on the validity or enforceability of the Series 2013-G1 Lease; or

 

(iv)                                                       a material adverse effect on the validity, perfection or priority of the lien of the Trustee in the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral or of the Collateral Agent in the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral (other than in an immaterial portion of the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral), other than, in each case, a material adverse effect on any priority arising due to the existence of a Series 2013-G1 Permitted Lien.

 

Lease Vehicle Acquisition Schedule ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(c) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Lease Vehicle Buyout Price ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Lease Vehicles ” means, as of any date of determination, each vehicle (i) that has been accepted by a Lessee in accordance with Section 2.1(d) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease and (ii) as of such date the Vehicle Operating Lease Expiration Date with respect to such vehicle has not occurred since such vehicle’s most recent Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date; provided that , solely with respect to the calculation and payment of Final Base Rent, any Non-Program Vehicle Special Default Payment Amount, any Program Vehicle Special Default Payment Amount, any Casualty Payment Amount, any Early Program Return Payment Amount, any Pre-VOLCD Program Vehicle Depreciation Amount, any Program Vehicle Depreciation True-up Amount, any Redesignation to Program Amount or any Redesignation to Non-Program Amount, in each case with respect to any vehicle satisfying the preceding clause (i) , such vehicle shall be deemed to be a “Lease Vehicle” (notwithstanding the occurrence of such Vehicle Operating Lease Expiration Date with respect thereto) until such Final Base Rent, Non-Program Vehicle Special Default Payment Amount, Program Vehicle Special Default Payment Amount, Casualty Payment Amount, Early Program Return Payment Amount, Pre-VOLCD Program Vehicle Depreciation Amount, Program Vehicle Depreciation True-up Amount, Redesignation to Program Amount or Redesignation to Non-Program Amount, as applicable, has been paid by the Lessee of such vehicle (as of such Vehicle Operating Lease Expiration Date with respect thereto), none of which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be payable more than once with respect to any such vehicle by such Lessee.

 

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Legacy FMV ” means, with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is an Inter-Group Transferred Vehicle, the “Third-Party Market Value” (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-1 Supplement) of such Inter-Group Transferred Vehicle immediately prior to its Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date.

 

Legacy NBV ” means, with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is an Inter-Group Transferred Vehicle, the excess of (a) the “Net Book Value” (as defined in the Base Indenture) of such Inter-Group Transferred Vehicle immediately prior to its Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date over (b) the sum of all Depreciation Charges (as defined in the Base Indenture) that accrued with respect to such Inter-Group Transferred Vehicle during the period (x) commencing on the later of the first day of the calendar month in which its Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurred and its “Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date” (as defined in the Base Indenture and with respect to the lease pursuant to which such Lease Vehicle was leased by HVF immediately prior to its Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date under the Series 2013-G1 Lease) and (y) ending on and including the day immediately preceding its Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date.

 

Legal Final Payment Date ” shall be the one (1) year anniversary of the Series 2013-G1 Commitment Termination Date.

 

Lessee ” means each of Hertz, DTG and each Additional Lessee, in each case in its capacity as a lessee under the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Lessee Resignation Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 26 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Lessee Resignation Notice Effective Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 26 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Lessor ” means HVF, in its capacity as the lessor under the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

LIBOR Rate ” means, with respect to amounts due and unpaid under the Series 2013-G1 Lease, the London Interbank Offered Rate appearing on the BBA Libor Rates Page at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) as the rate for dollar deposits with a one-month maturity that is effective on the date that such amounts are due and unpaid under the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Lien ” means, when used with respect to any Person, any interest in any real or personal property, asset or other right held, owned or being purchased or acquired by such Person that secures payment or performance of any obligation, and shall include any mortgage, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge, retained security title of a conditional vendor or lessor, or other security interest of any kind, whether arising under a security agreement, mortgage, lease, deed of trust, chattel mortgage, assignment, pledge, retention or security title, financing or similar statement, or notice or arising as a matter of law, judicial process or otherwise; provided that , the foregoing shall not include, as of any date of determination, any interest in or right with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is being rented (as of such date) to any third-party customer of

 

 

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any Lessee, which interest or right secures payment or performance of any obligation of such third-party customer.

 

LKE 2.02 Trigger Event ” means the amount on deposit in the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account is greater than zero on any Business Day on which an HVF II Potential Amortization Event (but only if such HVF II Potential Amortization Event is the result of a Series 2013-G1 Potential Operating Lease Event of Default with respect to any event or condition specified in Section 9.1.1, Section 9.1.5 or Section 9.1.8 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease) or HVF II Amortization Event, in each case with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes, is continuing.

 

LKE 3.01 Trigger Event ” means (a) with respect to Section 3.01(a)(ii) of the Master Exchange Agreement, the amount on deposit in the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account is greater than zero on any Business Day, and (b) with respect to Section 3.01(a)(iv) of the Master Exchange Agreement, the amount on deposit in the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account is greater than zero on any Business Day on which an HVF II Potential Amortization Event (but only if such HVF II Potential Amortization Event is the result of a Series 2013-G1 Potential Operating Lease Event of Default with respect to any event or condition specified in Section 9.1.1, Section 9.1.5 or Section 9.1.8 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease) or HVF II Amortization Event, in each case with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes, is continuing.

 

LKE 3.04 Trigger Event ” means the amount on deposit in the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account is greater than zero on any Business Day on which an HVF II Potential Amortization Event (but only if such HVF II Potential Amortization Event is the result of a Series 2013-G1 Potential Operating Lease Event of Default with respect to any event or condition specified in Section 9.1.1, Section 9.1.5 or Section 9.1.8 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease) or HVF II Amortization Event, in each case with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes, is continuing.

 

LKE 7.01 Trigger Event ” means an HVF II Amortization Event with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes.

 

Manufacturer ” means a manufacturer or distributor of passenger automobiles, vans and/or light-duty trucks.

 

Market Value ” means, with respect to each Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, as of any date of determination during a calendar month:

 

(a)          if the Market Value Procedures with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle have been completed for such month as of such date, then

 

(i)            the Monthly NADA Mark, if any, for such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle obtained in such calendar month in accordance with such Market Value Procedures;

 

(ii)         if, pursuant to the Market Value Procedures, no Monthly NADA Mark for such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle was obtained in such calendar month, then the

 

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Monthly Blackbook Mark, if any, for such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle obtained in such calendar month in accordance with such Market Value Procedures; and

 

(iii)      if, pursuant to the Market Value Procedures, neither a Monthly NADA Mark nor a Monthly Blackbook Mark for such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle was obtained for such calendar month (regardless of whether such value was not obtained because (A) neither a Monthly NADA Mark nor a Monthly Blackbook Mark was obtained in undertaking the Market Value Procedures or (B) such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle experienced its Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date on or after the first day of such calendar month), then the Servicer’s reasonable estimation of the fair market value of such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle as of such date of determination; and

 

(b)          until the Market Value Procedures have been completed for such calendar month:

 

(i)            if such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle experienced its Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date prior to the first day of such calendar month, the Market Value obtained in the immediately preceding calendar month, in accordance with the Market Value Procedures for such immediately preceding calendar month, and

 

(ii)         if such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle experienced its Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date on or after the first day of such calendar month, then the Servicer’s reasonable estimation of the fair market value of such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle as of such date of determination.

 

Market Value Procedures ” means, with respect to each calendar month and a Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle that experienced its Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date prior to the first day of such calendar month and with respect to a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle for which a Market Value is required to be known during such calendar month pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents, on or prior to the Determination Date for such calendar month:

 

(a)        HVF shall make one attempt (or cause the Series 2013-G1 Administrator to make one attempt) to obtain a Monthly NADA Mark for each such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, and

 

(b)        if no Monthly NADA Mark was obtained for any such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle described in clause (a)  above upon such attempt, then HVF shall make one attempt (or cause the Series 2013-G1 Administrator to make one attempt) to obtain a Monthly Blackbook Mark for any such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle.

 

Master Exchange Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Master Exchange Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (as amended by Amendment No.1 to the Third Amended and Restated Master Exchange Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2014), among Hertz, HVF, HGI, the Intermediary and DB Services Americas, Inc.

 

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Maximum Lease Termination Date ” means, with respect to any Lease Vehicle, the earlier of (x) the last Business Day of the month that is 48 months after the month in which the Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs with respect to such Lease Vehicle and (y) the last Business Day of the month that is 72 months after December 31 of the calendar year prior to the model year of such Lease Vehicle.

 

Maximum Repurchase Price ” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle as of such date, the Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Price that would be applicable with respect to such Lease Vehicle under the terms of the related Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program, assuming that (i) no Depreciation Charges have accrued or have been applied with respect to such Lease Vehicle under such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program, (ii) the Series 2013-G1 Excess Damage Charges and Series 2013-G1 Excess Mileage Charges with respect to such Lease Vehicle are zero, (iii) no minimum holding period applies with respect to such Lease Vehicle and (iv) all other applicable requirements for return (including the return) of such Lease Vehicles under such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program have been complied with.

 

Minimum Program Term End Date ” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle as of such date, the date determined based on the terms of the related Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program, assuming compliance with all of the applicable requirements of such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program, after which either (i) the Manufacturer may become obligated to repurchase or guarantee the amount of disposition proceeds realized with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle or (ii) the price at which the related Manufacturer is obligated to repurchase such Lease Vehicle or the amount of disposition proceeds that is guaranteed by such Manufacturer in respect of such Lease Vehicle in either case pursuant to such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program is first reduced by the passage of time.

 

Monthly Base Rent ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Monthly Blackbook Mark ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, as of any date Black Book obtains market values that it intends to return to HVF (or the Series 2013-G1 Administrator on HVF’s behalf), the market value for the model class and model year of such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle (based on such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle’s actual mileage, as recorded in Hertz’s fleet management system, and based on the average equipment for such model class and model year), as quoted in the Blackbook Guide most recently available as of such date.

 

Monthly Casualty Report ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.6 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Monthly NADA Mark ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, as of any date NADA obtains market values that it intends to return to HVF (or the Series 2013-G1 Administrator on HVF’s behalf), the market value for the model class and model year of such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle (based on such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle’s actual mileage, as recorded in Hertz’s fleet management system, and based on the average

 

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equipment for such model class and model year), as quoted in the NADA Guide most recently available as of such date.

 

Monthly Servicing Fee ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.4 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Monthly Variable Rent ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.5 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service.

 

MSRP ” means as of any date of determination, with respect to each Lease Vehicle, the Manufacturer’s suggested retail price for such Lease Vehicle, as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable discretion based on such Lease Vehicle’s characteristics.

 

NADA Guide ” means the National Automobile Dealers Association, Official Used Car Guide, [Eastern Edition].

 

Net Book Value ” means, with respect to any Lease Vehicle, as of any date of determination, the excess (if any) of (i) the Capitalized Cost of such Lease Vehicle over (ii) the Accumulated Depreciation with respect to such Lease Vehicle, in each case as of such date.

 

New York UCC ” means the UCC in effect in the State of New York.

 

Nominee ” means the party named as such in the Nominee Agreement.

 

Nominee Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Vehicle Title Nominee Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2013, by and among Hertz Vehicles LLC, HGI, HVF, Hertz, the Collateral Agent and those various “Nominating Parties” from time to time party thereto.

 

Nominee-Servicer ” has the meaning specified in the Nominee Agreement.

 

Non-Franchisee Third Party Sublease Contractual Criteria ” means, with respect to the sublease of Lease Vehicles by a Lessee to a Person other than a franchisee, the related sublease:

 

(a)          states in writing that it is subject to the terms and conditions of the Series 2013-G1 Lease and is subject and subordinate in all respects to the Series 2013-G1 Lease;

 

(b)        does not permit the termination date for such subleased Lease Vehicles under such sublease to exceed the Maximum Lease Termination Date with respect to such Lease Vehicle under the Series 2013-G1 Lease;

 

(c)           other than renting such subleased Lease Vehicles to customers in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, prohibits such Person from subleasing such Lease Vehicles or otherwise assigning any of its rights

 

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with respect to such Lease Vehicles or assigning any of its rights or obligations in, to or under such sublease;

 

(d)          limits such sublessee’s use of such subleased Lease Vehicles to primarily in the United States, with limited use in Canada and Mexico (which will include all normal course movements of vehicles across borders in connection with customer rentals and following any such movements until convenient to return such Lease Vehicles to the United States, in each case in the sublessee’s course of business);

 

(e)           requires such sublessee to report the location of such subleased Lease Vehicles no less frequently than weekly and grant inspection rights to the applicable Lessee upon reasonable request of such Lessee;

 

(f)            prohibits such sublessee from using any such subleased Lease Vehicles in violation of any laws or regulations or contrary to the provisions of any applicable insurance policy;

 

(g)           contains an express acknowledgement and agreement from such sublessee that each such subleased Lease Vehicle is at all times the property of the Lessor and that such sublessee acquires no right, title or interest in or to such Lease Vehicle except a leasehold interest with respect to such subleased Lease Vehicle, subject to the Series 2013-G1 Lease;

 

(h)          allows the Lessor or such Lessee, upon the occurrence of an event of default pursuant to such sublease, to enter the premises where such subleased Lease Vehicles may be located and take possession of such subleased Lease Vehicles;

 

(i)              contains an express covenant from such sublessee that prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment of the latest maturing HVF II Group I Note, it will not institute against or join with any other Person in instituting against the Lessor, HVF II, the Nominee or the Intermediary, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings, under any Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law;

 

(j)             states that such sublease shall terminate upon the termination of the Series 2013-G1 Lease; and

 

(k)          requires that the Lease Vehicles subleased under such sublease must primarily be used in in the course of such Person’s daily car rental business.

 

Non-Program Vehicle Special Default Payment Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date and any (i) Lease Vehicle (a) that was a Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle as of its Vehicle Operating Lease Expiration Date, (b) the Vehicle Operating Lease Expiration Date for which occurred during the Related Month with respect to such Payment

 

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Date, (c) the Vehicle Operating Lease Expiration Date for which did not occur due to a sale by HVF pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Lease or the Purchase Agreement, and (d) that did not become a Casualty, an Ineligible Vehicle or a Reallocated Vehicle during such Related Month, an amount equal to (I) the sum of all Program Vehicle Special Default Payment Amounts payable by the Lessees on such Payment Date and the eleven (11) Payment Dates preceding such Payment Date divided by (II) the number of Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicles that were turned back to Manufacturers or sold through auctions conducted by or through Series 2013-G1 Manufacturers during the twelve (12) Related Months with respect to such twelve (12) Payment Dates and (ii) any other Lease Vehicle, zero.

 

Nonconforming Lease Vehicle ” means any vehicle made available for lease by the Lessor to the applicable Lessee pursuant to a Lease Vehicle Acquisition Schedule that does not conform in all material respects to the Basic Lease Vehicle Information with respect to such vehicle.

 

Noteholder ” and “ Holder ” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Note Register.

 

Note Register ” means the register of the Series 2013-G1 Note maintained by the Registrar.

 

Officer’s Certificate ” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of such Person.

 

Operating Lease Commencement Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.2 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Operating Lease Expiration Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.2 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Opinion of Counsel ” means a written and signed opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee, which counsel may be an employee of or counsel to Hertz or any Affiliate thereof.  For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Opinion of Counsel” shall not include any opinion not bearing a handwritten signature.

 

Other Segregated Series of Notes ” means all Segregated Series of Notes other than the Series 2013-G1 Note.

 

Outstanding ” means with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Note, the Series 2013-G1 Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under the Base Indenture and the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Past Due Amounts ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer, the amount that such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer shall have failed to pay when due under such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer’s Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program with respect to a Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle turned in to such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer with respect to which such failure shall have continued for more than one hundred twenty (120) days following the Due Date.

 

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Payment Date ” means the 25th day of each calendar month, or if such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing on December 26, 2013.

 

Permitted Lessee ” has the meaning specified in Section 12 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Permitted Lien ” means (i) Liens for current taxes not delinquent or for taxes being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP, (ii) mechanics’, materialmen’s, landlords’, warehousemen’s and carriers’ Liens, and other Liens imposed by law, securing obligations that are not more than thirty days past due or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP and (iii) Liens in favor of the Trustee pursuant to the Base Indenture and any Series Supplement (as defined in the Base Indenture) and Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, corporation, trust, unincorporated organization or Governmental Authority.

 

Plan ” means any “employee pension benefit plan”, as such term is defined in ERISA, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA (other than a “multiemployer plan”, as defined in Section 4001 of ERISA) and to which any company in the Controlled Group has liability, including any liability by reason of having been a substantial employer within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA for any time within the preceding five years or by reason of being deemed to be a contributing sponsor under Section 4069 of ERISA.

 

Pledged Equity Collateral Agent ” means any trustee or collateral agent acting on behalf of any Pledged Equity Secured Party with respect to any of the SPV Issuer Equity.

 

Pledged Equity Lender ” means any Person who is a lender with respect to indebtedness of Hertz or any of its Affiliates where such indebtedness is secured by any of the SPV Issuer Equity.

 

Pledged Equity Secured Party ” means any Person who is (i) a secured party under a Pledged Equity Security Agreement or (ii) a Pledged Equity Lender.

 

Pledged Equity Security Agreement ” means any security agreement or intercreditor agreement with respect to any indebtedness of Hertz or any of its Affiliates where such indebtedness is secured by any of the SPV Issuer Equity.

 

Pledged Master Collateral ” has the meaning specified in the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Pre-VOLCD Program Vehicle Depreciation Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to (a) any Lease Vehicle that was a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle as of the Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date with respect to such Lease Vehicle and

 

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was not, prior to such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date, leased by Hertz or any Affiliate thereof to Hertz or any Affiliate thereof, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the depreciation charges scheduled to accrue pursuant to the terms of the Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program with respect to such Lease Vehicle, if any, prior to such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date over (ii) all payments in respect of clause (i)  made by the Lessee to the Lessor pursuant to Section 4.7.1 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease or Section 4.9 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease on or prior to such date and (b) any other Lease Vehicle, zero.

 

Principal Amount ” means, with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Note, the “Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount”.

 

Program Vehicle ” means a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle.

 

Program Vehicle Depreciation Assumption True-Up Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to:

 

(i) any Lease Vehicle (x) that was a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle as of the Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date for such Lease Vehicle, and (y) to which an Estimation Period applied, during which one or more calendar months ended, and which Estimation Period has ended as of such date, an amount equal to:

 

(a) an amount equal to the aggregate of all Base Rent that would have been paid with respect to such Lease Vehicle calculated utilizing the Depreciation Charge that would have been applicable to such Lease Vehicle pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program related to such Lease Vehicle for the period during which such Initially Estimated Depreciation Charges were utilized, had such Depreciation Charge been known, or otherwise available, to the Servicer during such period; minus

 

(b) the aggregate of all Monthly Base Rent with respect to such Lease Vehicle paid or payable prior to such date calculated utilizing the Initially Estimated Depreciation Charges with respect to such Lease Vehicle; and

 

(ii) any other Lease Vehicle, zero.

 

Program Vehicle Special Default Payment Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date and any Lease Vehicle (a) that was a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle on its Turnback Date and (b) with respect to which such Turnback Date occurred during the Related Month with respect to such Payment Date, an amount equal to the sum of the Series 2013-G1 Excess Damage Charges and Series 2013-G1 Excess Mileage Charges with respect to such Lease Vehicle, if any.

 

Purchase Agreement ” means the Master Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2013, by and among Hertz, HGI, HVF and those various “New Transferors” from time to time party thereto.

 

Qualified Insurer ” means a financially sound and responsible insurance company duly authorized and licensed where required by law to transact business and having a general policy rating of “A” or better by A.M. Best Company, Inc.

 

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Qualified Intermediary ” means a Person satisfying the requirements for a “qualified intermediary” within the meaning of Section 1031 of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

 

Rating Agency ” means, with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes, any “Rating Agency” as defined in the applicable HVF II Group I Series Supplement.

 

Rating Agency Condition ” means all Series-Specific Rating Agency Conditions.

 

RCFC ” means Rental Car Finance Corp., an Oklahoma corporation (for the avoidance of doubt, including its successors by operation of a statutory conversion to a limited liability company).

 

RCFC Nominee Agreement ” means the executed agreement substantively in the form attached as Exhibit E to the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

RCFC Nominee Applicability Period ” means the period commencing on and including the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date and ending on and including the date immediately preceding the RCFC Nominee Sunset Date.

 

RCFC Nominee Non-Qualified Period ” means the period commencing on and including the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date and ending on and including the date immediately preceding the RCFC Nominee Qualification Date.

 

RCFC Nominee Qualification Date ” means the first date to occur following the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date on which fewer than 500 Vehicles are titled in the name of RCFC pursuant to the RCFC Nominee Agreement.

 

RCFC Nominee Sunset Date ” means the first date to occur following the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date on which no Vehicle is titled in the name of RCFC pursuant to the RCFC Nominee Agreement.

 

RCFC Nominee Trigger Date ” means the first date on which (i) the RCFC Nominee Agreement has been executed, (ii) the organizational documents of RCFC have been revised to be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit F to the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, (iii) HVF has delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that RCFC would not be substantively consolidated with any immediate and direct parent (as of such date) of RCFC as a result of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to any such parent, (iv) RCFC has delivered to HVF and the Trustee a written acknowledgment of RCFC’s obligations under Section 15 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease, (v)  an Authorized Officer of HVF has certified in writing to the Trustee that RCFC has no Indebtedness outstanding (other than any contingent indemnification obligations to financing parties under the RCFC Securitization Documents that by their terms survive the termination thereof and other than any Indebtedness under RCFC’s Series 2010-3 Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Notes that will be refinanced with the proceeds of the issuance of a new HVF II Series of Group I Notes or an increase in the outstanding principal amount of an existing HVF II Series of Group I Notes), (vi) an Authorized Officer of HVF has certified in writing to the Trustee that RCFC is not subject to any Liens

 

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(other than Permitted Liens) and, together with such certification, has delivered UCC lien search results in its jurisdiction of incorporation consistent with such certification, and (vii) RCFC shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that a United States court of appropriate jurisdiction would determine that only bare legal title in the vehicles titled in the name of RCFC pursuant to the RCFC Nominee Agreement, as opposed to any beneficial economic interest in such vehicles, would become property of RCFC’s bankruptcy estate if RCFC were to become a debtor under the Bankruptcy Code.

 

RCFC Nominee-Servicer ” means the “Nominee-Servicer” as defined in the RCFC Nominee Agreement.

 

RCFC POA Revocation Party ” means the “POA Revocation Party” as defined in the RCFC Nominee Agreement.

 

RCFC Securitization Documents ” means the amended and restated base indenture dated as of February 14, 2007 between RCFC, as issuer and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, as amended through the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date, together with each series supplement thereunder.

 

Reallocating Lessee ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Reallocated Vehicle ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Redesignation to Non-Program Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5(e) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Redesignation to Program Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5(f) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Rejection Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(d) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Rejected Vehicle ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(d) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Related Month ” means, (i) with respect to any Payment Date or Determination Date, the most recently ended calendar month and (ii) with respect to any other date, the calendar month in which such date occurs; provided , however , that with respect to the preceding clause (i) , the initial Related Month shall be the period from and including the Series 2013-G1 Closing Date to and including the last day of the calendar month in which the Series 2013-G1 Closing Date occurs.

 

Relinquished Property Rights ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

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Relinquished Property Subject to Liability ” has the meaning specified in the Master Exchange Agreement.

 

Rent ” means Base Rent and Monthly Variable Rent, collectively.

 

Reportable Event ” has the meaning specified in Title IV of ERISA.

 

Required Rating ” means:

 

(i) for so long as DBRS is a Rating Agency with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes “Outstanding” (as such term is defined in the HVF II Group I Series Supplement with respect to such HVF II Series of Group I Notes), a short-term certificate of deposit rating of at least “R-1H” from DBRS and a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “AA(L)” from DBRS;

 

(ii) for so long as Moody’s is a Rating Agency with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes “Outstanding” (as such term is defined in the HVF II Group I Series Supplement with respect to such HVF II Series of Group I Notes), a short-term certificate of deposit rating of at least “P-1” from Moody’s and a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “A2” from Moody’s;

 

(iii) for so long as Fitch is a Rating Agency with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes “Outstanding” (as such term is defined in the HVF II Group I Series Supplement with respect to such HVF II Series of Group I Notes), a short-term certificate of deposit rating of at least “F1+” from Fitch and a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “AA-” from Fitch; and

 

(iv) for so long as S&P is a Rating Agency with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes “Outstanding” (as such term is defined in the HVF II Group I Series Supplement with respect to such HVF II Series of Group I Notes), a short-term certificate of deposit rating of at least “A-1+” from S&P and a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “AA-” from S&P.

 

Required Standstill Provisions ” means with respect to any Pledged Equity Security Agreement and with respect to any Pledged Equity Secured Party and Pledged Equity Collateral Agent thereunder, terms pursuant to which such Pledged Equity Secured Party and Pledged Equity Collateral Agent agree substantially to the effect that:

 

(a) prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all of the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations,

 

(i) such Pledged Equity Collateral Agent and each Pledged Equity Secured Party shall not be entitled at any time to (A) institute against, or join any other person in instituting against HVF any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding or other similar proceeding under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or of any foreign jurisdiction, (B) transfer and register any of the SPV Issuer Equity in the name of such Pledged Equity Collateral Agent or a Pledged Equity Secured Party or any designee or nominee thereof, (C) foreclose such security interest regardless of the

 

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bankruptcy or insolvency of Hertz or any of its Subsidiaries, (D) exercise any voting rights granted or appurtenant to such SPV Issuer Equity or (E) enforce any right that the holder such SPV Issuer Equity might otherwise have to liquidate, consolidate, combine, collapse or disregard the entity status of HVF and

 

(ii) each of such Pledged Equity Collateral Agent and each other Pledged Equity Secured Party waives and releases any right to (A) require that HVF be in any manner merged, combined, collapsed or consolidated with or into Hertz or any of its Subsidiaries, including by way of substantive consolidation in a bankruptcy case or similar proceeding, (B) require that the status of HVF as a separate entity be in any respect disregarded, (C) contest or challenge, or join any other Person in contesting or challenging, the transfers of any securitization assets from Hertz or any of its Subsidiaries to HVF, whether on grounds that such transfers were disguised financings, preferential transfers, fraudulent conveyances or otherwise or a transfer other than a “true sale” or a “true contribution” or (D) contest or challenge, or join any other Person in contesting or challenging, any agreement pursuant to which any assets are leased by HVF to any Person as other than a “true lease”;

 

(b) upon the transfer by Hertz or any of its Subsidiaries (other than HVF or any other special purpose subsidiary of Hertz) of securitization assets to HVF or any other such special purpose subsidiary in a securitization as permitted under such Pledged Equity Security Agreement, any liens with respect to such securitization assets arising under the loan and security documentation with respect to such Pledged Equity Security Agreement shall automatically be released (and the Pledged Equity Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and enter into any such releases and other documents as Hertz may reasonably request in order to give effect thereto);

 

(c) each of such Pledged Equity Collateral Agent and each Pledged Equity Secured Party shall take no action related to any SPV Issuer Equity that would cause HVF to breach any of its covenants in its certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, limited partnership agreement or in any other Series 2013-G1 Related Document or to be unable to make any representation in any such document;

 

(d) each of such Pledged Equity Collateral Agent and each Pledged Equity Secured Party acknowledges that it has no interest in, and will not assert any interest in, the assets owned by HVF other than, following a transfer of any pledged SPV Issuer Equity to the Pledged Equity Collateral Agent in connection with any exercise of remedies pursuant to such Pledged Equity Security Agreement, the right to receive lawful dividends or other distributions when paid by HVF from lawful sources and in accordance with the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents and the rights of a member of HVF; and

 

(e) each such Pledged Equity Collateral Agent and each Pledged Equity Secured Party agree and acknowledge that: (i) each of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and any other agent and/or trustee acting on behalf of the Noteholders is an express third party beneficiary with respect to the provisions set forth in clause (a)  above and (ii) each

 

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of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and any other agent and/or trustee acting on behalf of the Noteholders shall have the right to enforce compliance by the Pledged Equity Collateral Agent and each Pledged Equity Secured Party with respect to any of the foregoing clauses (a ) through (d) .

 

Required Trust Rating ” means:

 

(i) for so long as DBRS is a Rating Agency with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes “Outstanding” (as such term is defined in the HVF II Group I Series Supplement with respect to such HVF II Series of Group I Notes), a long term deposits rating of at least “BBB(L)” from DBRS;

 

(ii) for so long as Moody’s is a Rating Agency with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes “Outstanding” (as such term is defined in the HVF II Group I Series Supplement with respect to such HVF II Series of Group I Notes), a long term deposits rating of at least “Baa3” from Moody’s;

 

(iii) for so long as Fitch is a Rating Agency with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes “Outstanding” (as such term is defined in the HVF II Group I Series Supplement with respect to such HVF II Series of Group I Notes), a long term deposits rating of at least “BBB-” from Fitch; and

 

(iv) for so long as S&P is a Rating Agency with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes “Outstanding” (as such term is defined in the HVF II Group I Series Supplement with respect to such HVF II Series of Group I Notes), a long term deposits rating of at least “BBB-” from S&P.

 

Requirement of Law ” means, with respect to any Person or any of its property, the certificate of incorporation or articles of association and by-laws, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational or governing documents of such Person or any of its property, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation, or determination of any arbitrator or Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject, whether Federal, state or local.

 

Resigning Lessee ” has the meaning specified in Section 26 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

S&P ” or “ Standard & Poor’s ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

 

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Securities Intermediary ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Segregated Note ” means one or more segregated Series of Rental Car Asset Backed Notes.

 

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Segregated Noteholder ” means the Person in whose name a Segregated Note is registered in the Note Register.

 

Segregated Series 2013-G1 Documents ” means each Series 2013-G1 Related Document relating solely to the Series 2013-G1 Note or the Series 2013-G1 Collateral.

 

Segregated Series Lease ” means any lease relating to a Segregated Series of Notes, between HVF, as lessor thereunder, and Hertz, as lessee and as servicer, as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

Segregated Series of Notes ” or “ Segregated Series ” means each Series of Segregated Notes issued and authenticated pursuant to the Base Indenture and the applicable Segregated Series Supplement.

 

Segregated Series Supplement ” means any series supplement relating to a Segregated Series of Notes.

 

Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Administration Agreement, dated as of the Series 2013-G1 Restatement Effective Date, by and among the Series 2013-G1 Administrator, HVF and the Trustee.

 

Series 2013-G1 Administrator ” means Hertz, in its capacity as the administrator under the Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Administrator Default ” means any of the events described in Section 9(b) of the Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Advance Rate ” means 95%.

 

Series 2013-G1 Aggregate Asset Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the amount equal to the sum of each of the following:

 

(i)                                      the aggregate Net Book Value of all Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles as of such date;

 

(ii)                                   the aggregate amount of all Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Receivables as of such date;

 

(iii)                                the Series 2013-G1 Cash Amount as of such date; and

 

(iv)                               the Series 2013-G1 Due and Unpaid Lease Payment Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2013-G1 Amortization Events ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.1 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

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Series 2013-G1 Asset Coverage Threshold Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount as of such date divided by the Series 2013-G1 Advance Rate.

 

Series 2013-G1 Backstop Date ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle subject to a Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program that has been turned back under such Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program, the date on which the Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer of such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle is obligated to purchase such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle in accordance with the terms of such Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program.

 

Series 2013-G1 Carrying Charges ” means, for any Payment Date, without duplication, the sum of:

 

(a)          the product of (i) the Series 2013-G1 Percentage and (ii) all fees, expenses and other amounts payable by HVF to the Trustee under the Base Indenture or to a Qualified Intermediary under the Master Exchange Agreement,

 

(b)          the Monthly Servicing Fee payable by HVF to the Servicer pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Lease on such Payment Date,

 

(c)           all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of HVF incurred in connection with the issuance of the Series 2013-G1 Note,

 

(d)          all fees, expenses and other amounts payable by HVF under the Segregated Series 2013-G1 Documents,

 

(e)           the product of (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of HVF incurred in connection with the execution, delivery and performance (including the enforcement, waiver or amendment) of the Related Documents (other than any Related Documents relating solely to one or more Series of Notes and/or Other Segregated Series of Notes) and (ii) the Series 2013-G1 Percentage, and

 

(f)            any accrued Series 2013-G1 Carrying Charges that remain unpaid as of the immediately preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to all distributions in respect of such Payment Date).

 

Series 2013-G1 Cash Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the amount of cash on deposit in and Permitted Investments credited to any of the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account or any Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account.

 

Series 2013-G1 Closing Date ” means November 25, 2013.

 

Series 2013-G1 Collateral ” means the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral and the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral.

 

Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreements ” means, the Series 2013-G1 Lease, the Series 2013-G1 Supplemental Documents, the Purchase Agreement, the Series 2013-G1

 

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Administration Agreement, the Nominee Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement, the LLC Agreement, the HVF Credit Facility, the Master Exchange Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and, as of any date during the RCFC Nominee Applicability Period, the RCFC Nominee Agreement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Collections ” means all payments on or in respect of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral.

 

Series 2013-G1 Collection Account ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Collection Account Collateral ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a)(ii) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Commitment Termination Date ” means November 25, 2043 or such other date as the parties hereto may agree in writing.

 

Series 2013-G1 Daily Collection Report ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Daily Interest Amount ” means, for any day in a Series 2013-G1 Interest Period, an amount equal to the result of (a) the product of (i) the Series 2013-G1 Note Rate for such Series 2013-G1 Interest Period and (ii) the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount as of the close of business on such date divided by (b) 30.

 

Series 2013-G1 Deficiency Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.2 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Deposit Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.1 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Due and Unpaid Lease Payment Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of all amounts known by the Servicer to be due and payable by the Lessees to HVF on either of the next two succeeding Payment Dates pursuant to Section 4.7 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease as of such date (other than (i) Monthly Base Rent payable on the second such succeeding Payment Date and (ii) Monthly Variable Rent), together with all amounts (other than Monthly Variable Rent) due and unpaid as of such date by the Lessees to HVF pursuant to Section 4.7 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle ” means a passenger automobile, van or light-duty truck that is owned by HVF and leased by HVF to any Lessee pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Lease:

 

(i)                                      that is not older than seventy-two (72) months from December 31 of the calendar year preceding the model year of such passenger automobile, van or light-duty truck;

 

(ii)                                   the Certificate of Title for which is in the name of:

 

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(a)          HVF (or, the application therefor has been submitted to the appropriate state authorities for such titling or retitling);

 

(b)          the Nominee, as nominee titleholder for HVF (or, the application therefor has been submitted to the appropriate state authorities for such titling or retitling); or

 

(c)           on any date on or after the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date, RCFC, as nominee titleholder for HVF (or, the application therefor has been submitted to the appropriate state authorities for such titling or retitling);

 

(iii)                                that is owned by HVF free and clear of all Liens (other than Series 2013-G1 Permitted Liens);

 

(iv)                               that is designated on the Collateral Servicer’s computer systems as leased under such Series 2013-G1 Lease in accordance with the Collateral Agency Agreement; and

 

(v)                                  that, if purchased by HVF pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, was purchased by HVF from HGI.

 

Series 2013-G1 Excess Damage Charges ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle, the amount charged or deducted from the Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Price by the Manufacturer of such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle due to:

 

(a)                                  damage over a prescribed limit,

 

(b)                                  if applicable, damage not subject to a prescribed limit, and

 

(c)                                   missing equipment,

 

in each case, with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle at the time that such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle is turned back to such Manufacturer or its agent under the applicable Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program.

 

Series 2013-G1 Excess Mileage Charges ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle, the amount charged or deducted from the Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Price, by the Manufacturer of such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle due to the fact that such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle has mileage over a prescribed limit at the time that such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle is turned back to such Manufacturer or its agent pursuant to the applicable Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program.

 

Series 2013-G1 Exchange Account Amounts ” means the amount of cash and Series 2013-G1 Permitted Investments on deposit in any Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account as of the applicable date of determination.

 

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Series 2013-G1 Excluded Payments ” means

 

(a)                                  all incentive payments payable by a Manufacturer to purchase Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles (but not any amounts payable by a Manufacturer as an incentive for selling Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicles outside of the related Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program),

 

(b)                                  all amounts payable by a Manufacturer as compensation for the preparation of newly delivered vehicles,

 

(c)                                   all amounts payable by a Manufacturer as compensation for interest payable after the purchase price for a Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle is paid;

 

(d)                                  all amounts payable by a Manufacturer in reimbursement for warranty work performed by or on behalf of HVF on the Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles; and

 

(e)                                   all amounts payable by a Manufacturer in connection with marketing assistance related to any Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle.

 

Series 2013-G1 Financing Source and Beneficiary Supplement ” means the Financing Source and Beneficiary Supplement to the Collateral Agency Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2013, by and among HVF, HVF II, the HVF II Trustee and the Collateral Agent.

 

Series 2013-G1 General Intangibles Collateral ” means HVF’s right, title and interest in, to and under all of the assets, property and interests in property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or created, as described in Sections 4.1(i)  and (v)  of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program ” means a guaranteed depreciation program pursuant to which a Manufacturer has agreed to:

 

(a)                                  facilitate the sale of Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles manufactured by it or one of its Affiliates that are turned back during a specified period (or, if not sold during such period, repurchase such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles); and

 

(b)                                  pay the excess, if any, of the guaranteed payment amount (for the avoidance of doubt, net of any applicable excess mileage or excess damage charges) with respect to any such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle calculated as of the Turnback Date in accordance with the provisions of such guaranteed depreciation program over the proceeds realized from such sale as calculated in accordance with such guaranteed depreciation program.

 

Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account ” means any HVF Segregated Exchange Account that receives funds relating to Relinquished Property Proceeds and Relinquished Property Subject to Liability from a Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, or if

 

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succeeded or replaced by another account, such successor or replacement account.  Each such Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account shall receive funds relating solely to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral.

 

Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral ” means, as of any date of determination, the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral other than the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Non-Liened Vehicle Collateral as of such date.

 

Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Non-Liened Vehicle Collateral ” means, as of any date of determination, the portion of the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral relating to Related Vehicles that are designated by the Collateral Servicer as of such date as “Non-Liened Vehicles” (as defined in the Collateral Agency Agreement) in accordance with the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral ” means the Related Master Collateral with respect to The Bank of New York Mellon, acting on behalf of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, as a Financing Source pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Financing Source and Beneficiary Supplement under the Collateral Agency Agreement.  The Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral shall be the HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Note.

 

Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Initial Principal Amount ” means the aggregate initial principal amount of the Series 2013-G1 Note, which is $2,350,000,000.00.

 

Series 2013-G1 Interest Collections ” means on any date of determination all Series 2013-G1 Collections which represent payments of Monthly Variable Rent under the Series 2013-G1 Lease plus any amounts earned on Series 2013-G1 Permitted Investments in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account that are available for distribution on such date.

 

Series 2013-G1 Interest Period ” means a period commencing on and including the second Business Day preceding a Determination Date and ending on and including the day preceding the second Business Day preceding the next succeeding Determination Date; provided , however , that the initial Series 2013-G1 Interest Period shall commence on and include the Series 2013-G1 Closing Date and end on and include December 15, 2013.

 

Series 2013-G1 Lease ” means the Amended and Restated Master Motor Vehicle Operating Lease and Servicing Agreement (Series 2013-G1), dated as of October 31, 2014, between HVF, as lessor thereunder, each Lessee and Hertz, as servicer and guarantor.

 

Series 2013-G1 Lease Payment Default ” means the occurrence of any event described in Section 9.1.1 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer ” means each Person that has manufactured a Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle.

 

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Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Event of Default ” means with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer:

 

(i) there shall be Past Due Amounts owing to Hertz, HGI, HVF or the Intermediary with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer in an amount equal to or greater than $50,000,000, which amount shall be calculated net of Past Due Amounts (not to exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate) (A) that are the subject of a good faith dispute as evidenced in writing by Hertz, HGI, HVF or the Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer questioning the accuracy of amounts paid or payable in respect of certain Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles tendered for repurchase under a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program (as distinguished from any dispute relating to the repudiation by such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer generally of its obligations under such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program or the assertion by such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer of the invalidity or unenforceability as against it of such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program) and (B) with respect to which Hertz, HGI or HVF, as the case may be, has provided adequate reserves as reasonably determined by such Person;

 

(ii) the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer; provided that , a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Event of Default that occurs pursuant to this clause (ii)  shall be deemed to no longer be continuing on and after the date such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer assumes its Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code; or

 

(iii) the termination of such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer’s Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program or the failure of such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer’s Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Program or Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program to qualify as a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program.

 

Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program ” means at any time any Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Program or Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program that is in full force and effect with a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer and that, in any such case, satisfies the Series 2013-G1 Required Contractual Criteria.

 

Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Receivable ” means any amount payable to HVF or the Intermediary by a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer in respect of or in connection with the disposition of a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle, other than any such amount that does not (directly or indirectly) constitute any portion of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral.

 

Series 2013-G1 Material Adverse Effect ” means, with respect to any occurrence, event or condition applicable to any party to any Series 2013-G1 Related Document:

 

(i)                                      a material adverse effect on the ability of HVF or any Affiliate of HVF that is a party to any of the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents to perform its obligations under such Series 2013-G1 Related Documents;

 

(ii)                                   a material adverse effect on HVF’s ownership interest or beneficial ownership interest, as applicable, in the Series 2013-G1 Collateral or on the ability of HVF to grant a Lien on any after-acquired property that would constitute Series 2013-G1 Collateral; or

 

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(iii)                                a material adverse effect on (A) the validity or enforceability of any Series 2013-G1 Related Document or (B) the validity, perfection or priority of the lien of the Trustee in the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral or of the Collateral Agent in the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral (other than in an immaterial portion of the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral), other than, in each case, a material adverse effect on any such priority arising due to the existence of a Series 2013-G1 Permitted Lien.

 

Series 2013-G1 Maximum Principal Amount ” means, $15,000,000,000.00, as such amount may be increased or reduced from time to time pursuant to a written agreement between HVF and HVF II; provided that , no reduction shall cause the Series 2013-G1 Maximum Principal Amount to be less than (i) the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount or (ii) the Aggregate Group I Principal Amount.

 

Series 2013-G1 Monthly Administration Fee ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the fee payable to the Series 2013-G1 Administrator on such Payment Date as compensation for the performance of the Series 2013-G1 Administrator’s obligations under the Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Monthly Interest ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum of (i) the Series 2013-G1 Daily Interest Amount for each day in the related Series 2013-G1 Interest Period, plus (ii) all previously due and unpaid amounts described in clause (i)  with respect to prior Series 2013-G1 Interest Periods (together with interest on such unpaid amounts required to be paid in this clause (ii)  at the Series 2013-G1 Note Rate).

 

Series 2013-G1 Monthly Servicing Certificate ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(b) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle ” means, as of any date of determination, a Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle that is not a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle as of such date.

 

Series 2013-G1 Note ” means the Series 2013-G1 Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Note, executed by HVF and authenticated by or on behalf of the Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

 

Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations ” means all principal, interest and other amounts, at any time and from time to time, owing by HVF on the Series 2013-G1 Note and all costs, fees and expenses payable by, or obligations of, HVF under the Series 2013-G1 Supplement and/or the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents (other than any portions thereof relating solely to any Series of Indenture Notes other than the Series 2013-G1 Note).

 

Series 2013-G1 Note Rate ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Interest Period, the monthly interest rate equal to the sum of:

 

(a)                                  1/12 of the Additional Spread Percentage as of the first day of such Series 2013-G1 Interest Period and

 

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(b)                                  percentage equivalent of a fraction,

 

(x)                                  the numerator of which is equal to the product of:

 

(A)                          the sum of:

 

(1)                            the aggregate amount of interest payable by HVF II on any HVF II Series of Group I Notes in respect of such Series 2013-G1 Interest Period on the next succeeding Payment Date (excluding any amounts previously paid pursuant to Section 7.3) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement,

 

(2)                            all unpaid fees, costs, expenses and indemnities payable by HVF II on or prior to such Payment Date pursuant to the HVF II Group I Notes in respect of all HVF II Series of Group I Notes and any of the other HVF II Agreements (including any amounts payable by HVF II to any Person providing credit enhancement for any HVF II Series of Group I Notes),

 

(3)                            all unreimbursed out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) incurred by HVF II in connection with the administration, enforcement, waiver or amendment of the HVF II Group I Indenture as it relates to any HVF II Series of HVF II Group I Notes and any of the other HVF II Agreements on or prior to such Payment Date, and

 

(4)                            all other operating expenses of HVF II (including any management fees) allocable to all HVF II Series of Group I Notes, including all unreimbursed out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) incurred by HVF II in connection with the administration, enforcement, waiver or amendment of any “Group I Related Document” or “Group I Series Related Document”, in each case, as defined under the HVF II Group I Indenture prior to such Payment Date; and

 

(B) the Issuer’s Share as of the first day of such Series 2013-G1 Interest Period; and

 

(y)                                  the denominator of which is equal to the average daily Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount during such Series 2013-G1 Interest Period; provided , however , that the Series 2013-G1 Note Rate will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.

 

Series 2013-G1 Note Repurchase Amount ” means, as of any Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Date,

 

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(i)                                      an amount equal to the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount (determined after giving effect to any payments of principal of and interest on the Series 2013-G1 Note on such Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Date), plus

 

(ii)                                   without duplication, any other amounts then due and payable to the holders of such Series 2013-G1 Note.

 

Series 2013-G1 Note Repurchase Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.1 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Noteholder ” means the Person in whose name a Series 2013-G1 Note is registered in the Note Register.

 

Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Commencement Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.2 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Event of Default ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.1 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Expiration Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.2 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Series 2013-G1 Percentage ” means, as of any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount as of such date and the denominator of which is the sum of (a) the Aggregate Principal Amount plus (b) the sum of the Principal Amounts with respect to all Segregated Series of Notes Outstanding, in each case, as of such date.

 

Series 2013-G1 Permitted Investments ” means negotiable instruments or securities, payable in Dollars, represented by instruments in bearer or registered in book-entry form which evidence:

 

(i)                                      obligations the full and timely payment of which are to be made by or is fully guaranteed by the United States of America other than financial contracts whose value depends on the values or indices of asset values;

 

(ii)                                   demand deposits of, time deposits in, or certificates of deposit issued by, any depositary institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof whose short-term debt is rated “P-1” by Moody’s and “A-1+” by S&P and subject to supervision and examination by Federal or state banking or depositary institution authorities; provided , however , that at the earlier of (x) the time of the investment and (y) the time of the contractual commitment to invest therein, the certificates of deposit or short-term deposits, if any, or long-term unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligation whose rating is based on collateral or on the credit of a Person other than such institution or trust company) of such depositary institution or trust company shall have a credit rating from S&P of “A-1+” and a credit rating from Moody’s of “P-1” in the case of certificates of deposit or short-term deposits, or a

 

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rating from S&P not lower than “AA” and a rating from Moody’s not lower than “Aa2” in the case of unsecured obligations;

 

(iii)                                commercial paper having, at the earlier of (x) the time of the investment and (y) the time of the contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from S&P of “A-1+” and a rating from Moody’s of “P-1”;

 

(iv)                               bankers’ acceptances issued by any depositary institution or trust company described in clause (ii)  above;

 

(v)                                  investments in money market funds rated “AAAm” by S&P and “Aaa-mf” by Moody’s, or otherwise approved in writing by S&P or Moody’s, as applicable;

 

(vi)                               Eurodollar time deposits having a credit rating from S&P of “A-1+” and a credit rating from Moody’s of “P-1”;

 

(vii)                            repurchase agreements involving any of the Permitted Investments described in clauses (i)  and (vi)  above and the certificates of deposit described in clause (ii)  above which are entered into with a depository institution or trust company, having a commercial paper or short-term certificate of deposit rating of “A-1+” by S&P and “P-1” by Moody’s; and

 

(viii)                         any other instruments or securities, subject to the satisfaction of the Series-Specific Rating Agency Condition with respect to the inclusion of such instruments or securities .

 

Series 2013-G1 Permitted Lien ” means (i) Liens for current taxes not delinquent or for taxes being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP, (ii) mechanics’, materialmen’s, landlords’, warehousemen’s and carriers’ Liens, and other Liens imposed by law, securing obligations that are not more than thirty days past due or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP and (iii) Liens in favor of the Trustee pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Supplement and Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement with respect to the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral.

 

Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event ” means any occurrence or event that, with the giving of notice, the passage of time or both, would constitute a Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event.

 

Series 2013-G1 Potential Operating Lease Event of Default ” means any occurrence or event that, with the giving of notice, the passage of time or both, would constitute a Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Event of Default.

 

Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount ” means, when used with respect to any date, an amount equal to without duplication, (a) the Series 2013-G1 Initial Principal Amount minus

 

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(b) the amount of principal payments (whether pursuant to a Decrease, a redemption or otherwise) made to the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder on or prior to such date plus (c) the amount of all Advances pursuant to Section 2.1(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement on or prior to such date; provided that , at no time may the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount exceed the Series 2013-G1 Maximum Principal Amount.

 

Series 2013-G1 Principal Collections ” means any Series 2013-G1 Collections other than Series 2013-G1 Interest Collections.

 

Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle ” means, as of any date of determination, a Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle that is (i) eligible under, and subject to, a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program as of such date and (ii) not designated as a Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Lease as of such date.

 

Series 2013-G1 Qualified Institution ” means a depository institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or incorporated under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction with a branch or agency located in the United States of America or any State thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking authorities that at all times (i) has the Required Rating and (ii) in the case of any such institution organized under the laws of the United States of America, whose deposits are insured by the FDIC (up to the then applicable legal limit).

 

Series 2013-G1 Qualified Trust Institution ” means an institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or incorporated under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction with a branch or agency located in the United States of America or any State thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking authorities that at all times (i) is authorized under such laws to act as a trustee or in any other fiduciary capacity, (ii) has capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition, and (iii) has the Required Trust Rating.

 

Series 2013-G1 Related Documents ” means, collectively, the Base Indenture, Series 2013-G1 Supplement, the Series 2013-G1 Note, the Series 2013-G1 Lease, the Purchase Agreement, the Nominee Agreement, the Collateral Agency Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement, the HVF Credit Facility, the LLC Agreement, the Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement, any other agreements relating to the issuance or the purchase of the Series 2013-G1 Note, the Series 2013-G1 Supplemental Documents, the Master Exchange Agreement and the Escrow Agreement and, as of any date during the RCFC Nominee Applicability Period, the RCFC Nominee Agreement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Price ” with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle:

 

(i) subject to a Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Program, means the gross price paid or payable by the Manufacturer thereof to repurchase such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle pursuant to such Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Program; and

 

(ii) subject to a Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program, means the gross amount that the Manufacturer thereof guarantees will be paid to the owner of such Series 

 

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2013-G1 Program Vehicle upon the disposition of such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle pursuant to such Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program.

 

Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Program ” means a program pursuant to which a Manufacturer or one or more of its Affiliates has agreed to repurchase (prior to any attempt to sell to a third party) Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles manufactured by such Manufacturer or one or more of its Affiliates during a specified period.

 

Series 2013-G1 Required Contractual Criteria ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Program or Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program as of any date of determination, terms therein pursuant to which:

 

(i) such Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Program or Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program, as applicable, is in full force and effect as of such date with a Manufacturer,

 

(ii) the repurchase price or guaranteed auction sale price with respect to each Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle subject thereto is at least equal to the Capitalized Cost of such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, minus all Depreciation Charges accrued with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle prior to the date that such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle is submitted for repurchase or resale (after any applicable minimum holding period) in accordance with the terms of the Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Program , minus Series 2013-G1 Excess Mileage Charges with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, minus Series 2013-G1 Excess Damage Charges with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, minus Early Program Return Payment Amounts with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle,

 

(iii) such Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Program or Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program, as applicable, cannot be unilaterally amended or terminated with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle subject thereto after the purchase of such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, and

 

(iv) the assignment of the benefits (but not the burdens) of which to HVF and the Collateral Agent has been acknowledged in writing by the related Manufacturer.

 

Series 2013-G1 Required Noteholders ” means, with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Note, Series 2013-G1 Noteholders holding in excess of 50% of the aggregate Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount of the Series 2013-G1 Note.  The Series 2013-G1 Required Noteholders shall be the “Required Noteholders” (as defined in the Base Indenture) with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Notes.

 

Series 2013-G1 Restatement Effective Date ” means October 31, 2014.

 

Series 2013-G1 Supplement ” means the Series Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Supplemental Documents ” means the Lease Vehicle Acquisition Schedules, the Intra-Lease Lessee Transfer Schedules, the Inter-Lease Reallocation Schedules and any other related documents attached to the Series 2013-G1 Lease, in each case solely to the

 

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extent to which such schedules and documents relate to Lease Vehicles or otherwise relate to and/or constitute Series 2013-G1 Collateral.

 

Series of Indenture Notes ” means, collectively, each Series of Notes and each Segregated Series of Notes.

 

Series of Notes ” or “ Series ” means each Series of Notes issued and authenticated pursuant to the Base Indenture and the applicable series supplement (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Segregated Series of Notes).

 

Series-Specific Collateral ” means collateral that is to be solely for the benefit of the Segregated Noteholders of such Segregated Series of Notes.

 

Series-Specific Rating Agency Condition ” means, with respect to each HVF II Series of Group I Notes, each “Rating Agency Condition” as defined in the applicable HVF II Group I Series Supplement.

 

Series Supplement ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble to the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Servicer ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Servicer Default ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.6 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Servicing Standard ” means servicing that is performed with the promptness, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent Person would exercise in comparable circumstances and that:

 

(a)                                  taken as a whole (i) is usual and customary in the daily motor vehicle rental, fleet leasing and/or equipment rental or leasing industry or (ii) to the extent not usual and customary in any such industry, reflects changed circumstances, practices, technologies, tactics, strategies or implementation methods and, in each case, is behavior that the Servicer or its Affiliates would undertake were the Servicer the owner of the Lease Vehicles and that would not reasonably be expected to have a Lease Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Lessor;

 

(b)                                  with respect to the Lessor or any Lessee, would enable the Servicer to cause the Lessor or such Lessee to comply in all material respects with all the duties and obligations of the Lessor or such Lessee, as applicable, under the Series 2013-G1 Lease; and

 

(c)                                   with respect to the Lessor or any Lessee, causes the Servicer, the Lessor and/or such Lessee to remain in compliance with all Requirements of Law, except to the extent that failure to remain in such compliance would not reasonably be expected to result in a Lease Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Lessor.

 

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Special Term ” means, with respect to any Lease Vehicle titled in any state or commonwealth set forth below, the period specified in the table below opposite such state or commonwealth:

 

Jurisdiction of Title

 

Special Term

State of Illinois

 

One (1) year

State of Iowa

 

eleven (11) months

State of Maine

 

eleven (11) months

State of Maryland

 

180 days

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

eleven (11) months

State of Nebraska

 

thirty (30) days

State of South Dakota

 

twenty-eight (28) days

State of Texas

 

181 days

State of Vermont

 

eleven (11) months

Commonwealth of Virginia

 

eleven (11) months

State of West Virginia

 

thirty (30) days

 

SPV Issuer Equity ” has the meaning specified in Section 8.12 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person (herein referred to as the “parent”), any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, owned, controlled or held by such parent or (b) that is, at the time any determination is being made, otherwise controlled, by such parent or one or more subsidiaries of such parent or by such parent and one or more subsidiaries of such parent.

 

Term ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.2 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Transferee Lessee ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(b) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

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Transferor Lessee ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(b) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Trustee ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Turnback Date ” means, with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle, the date on which such Lease Vehicle is accepted for return by a Manufacturer or its agent pursuant to its Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program.

 

UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the specified jurisdiction.

 

Vehicle ” means a passenger automobile, van or light-duty truck

 

Vehicle Funding Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Vehicle Operating Lease Expiration Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(b) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Vehicle Term ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(b) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease or Section 3.1(c) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease, as applicable.

 

VIN ” means, with respect to a Lease Vehicle, such Lease Vehicle’s vehicle identification number.

 

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Exhibit 10.7

 

Execution Version

 

WAIVER AND CONSENT

 

WAIVER AND CONSENT under the Credit Agreement referred to below, dated as of May 16, 2014 (this “ Consent ”), among THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and assigns, the “ Parent Borrower ”), PUERTO RICANCARS, INC., a Puerto Rico corporation (together with its successors and assigns, “ Puerto Ricancars ” and, together with the Parent Borrower, the “ Borrowers ”), GELCO Corporation d/b/a GE Fleet Services (“ GELCO ”), as administrative agent, domestic collateral agent and PRUSVI collateral agent under the Credit Agreement referred to below (in such capacities, respectively, the “ Administrative Agent ”, the “ Domestic Collateral Agent ” and the “ PRUSVI Collateral Agent ”), and the other parties signatory hereto .

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers have entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2011 (as amended by the First Amendment, dated as of December 12, 2012 and as further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”) among the Borrowers, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, GELCO as, as Administrative Agent, Domestic Collateral Agent and PRUSVI Collateral Agent and the other financial institutions party thereto;

 

WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower has requested that the Lenders consent to extend the date for delivery of the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements (as defined below) and certain other information required pursuant to Sections 7.1 and 7.2 of the Credit Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower has requested that the Lenders waive any Default, Specified Default or Event of Default that may arise directly or indirectly from or in connection with the failure to deliver the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements (and any certificates and other information required to be delivered concurrently therewith) on or prior to the Extended Delivery Date (as defined below) to the Lenders or in accordance with any agreement or condition relating to other Indebtedness of the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 7.1 of the Credit Agreement the Parent Borrower delivered annual and quarterly financial statements of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries from time to time on or prior to the date hereof (collectively, the “ Previous THC Financial Statements ”);

 

WHEREAS, as part of the process of completing the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements, the Parent Borrower is reviewing the Previous THC Financial Statements;

 

WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower does not currently know what action, if any, will be required to be taken as a result of such review, which has not yet been completed; however, it is possible that the Parent Borrower may restate one or more of the Previous THC Financial Statements and one or more financial statements or other financial information relating to any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower (such a restatement, if it were to occur, the “ Restatement ”);

 

WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower has requested that the Lenders waive any Default,

 



 

Specified Default or Event of Default (as such terms are defined in the Credit Agreement) that may arise as a result of or in connection with the Restatement, if any, or any action taken or any failure to take action while any such Default, Specified Default or Event of Default was continuing to the extent such action or failure to take action would have been permitted but for the existence of such Default, Specified Default or Event of Default;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1.                                            Defined Terms .  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

 

Section 2.                                            Waiver and Consent .

 

(a)                                  The Lenders hereby agree that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Loan Documents, the quarterly financial statements required to be delivered under Section 7.1(b) for the Parent Borrower’s fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014 (the “ March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements ”) and the certificates and other information required by Sections 7.1 and 7.2 to be delivered concurrently therewith need not be delivered on or prior to June 15, 2014 (such date, the “ Extended Delivery Date ”).

 

(b)                                  So long as the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements and the certificates and other information required to be delivered in connection therewith to the Lenders under the Credit Agreement are delivered on or prior to the Extended Delivery Date, the Lenders hereby waive any existing or future Default, Specified Default or Event of Default that may arise directly or indirectly ( i ) as a result of or in connection with the failure to deliver any of the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements, such certificates or other information, or ( ii ) under Section 9(e) of the Credit Agreement in connection with any failure to file or deliver quarterly reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements, or any financial statements or other financial information of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014 (and any certificates and other information concurrently therewith) in accordance with any agreement or condition relating to any other Indebtedness.

 

(c)                                   The Lenders hereby waive, from the Consent Effective Date until the Extended Delivery Date, any Default, Specified Default or Event of Default that may arise, directly or indirectly, as a result of or in connection with the Restatement, if any, or any action taken or any failure to take action while any such Default, Specified Default or Event of Default was continuing to the extent such action or failure to take action would have been permitted but for the existence of such Default, Specified Default or Event of Default, including without limitation any Default, Specified Default or Event of Default that may arise directly or indirectly ( i ) from any breach of the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.7 of the Credit Agreement or of any other representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents, ( ii ) from any request for any Extension or Credit under the Credit Agreement after the occurrence and during the continuance of any such Default, Specified Default or Event of Default, ( iii ) from

 

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any failure to comply with any covenant or other obligation under Sections 7.1 and 7.2 of the Credit Agreement or with any other covenants and conditions in the Loan Documents and ( iv ) under Section 9(e) of the Credit Agreement or otherwise under Section 9 of the Credit Agreement, in each case as a result of or in connection with the Restatement, if any.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the waiver in this Section 2(c) is a limited waiver for the period ending on the Extended Delivery Date and for the avoidance of doubt, after the Extended Delivery Date, unless otherwise waived, no such Default, Specified Default or Event of Default that arises directly or indirectly from the Restatement shall be deemed waived pursuant to this Section 2(c).

 

(d)                                  For the avoidance of doubt, until the Extended Delivery Date (i) each Lender shall continue to honor notices for Borrowing delivered in compliance with the Credit Agreement notwithstanding the occurrence or continuation of the events described in this Section 2 and (ii) no Loan Party shall be required to deliver any notice pursuant to Section 7.7 of the Credit Agreement or otherwise in connection with the occurrence or continuation of the events described in this Section 2.

 

Section 3.                                            Conditions to Effectiveness of Consent .  This Consent shall become effective on the date (such date, if any, the “ Consent Effective Date ”) the Administrative Agent shall have received this Consent executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Parent Borrower and the requisite Lenders set forth in Section 11.1 of the Credit Agreement.  The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice in writing to the Parent Borrower of the occurrence of the Consent Effective Date.

 

Section 4.                                            Effects on Loan Documents; Acknowledgement .

 

(a)                                  Except as expressly set forth herein, this Consent ( i ) shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Domestic Collateral Agent, PRUSVI Collateral Agent or the Loan Parties under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and ( ii ) shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.  Each and every term, condition, obligation, covenant and agreement contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document is hereby ratified and re-affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect as modified hereby and nothing herein can or may be construed as a novation thereof.  Each Loan Party reaffirms on the Consent Effective Date its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is party and the validity, enforceability and perfection of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Security Documents.  This Consent shall constitute a Loan Document for purposes of the Credit Agreement and from and after the Consent Effective Date, all references to the Credit Agreement in any Loan Document and all references in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, refer to the Credit Agreement as modified by this Consent.

 

(b)                                  For the avoidance of doubt, this Consent does not constitute an acknowledgement by the Parent Borrower or its Subsidiaries that a Restatement, if any, would result in a Default,

 

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Specified Default or Event of Default under the Loan Documents and the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries reserve all of their respective rights under the Loan Documents in connection therewith.

 

Section 5.                                            Expenses .  The Parent Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for (1) all of its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Consent, any other documents prepared in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby, and (2) the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Latham & Watkins LLP, as counsel to the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 6.                                            Counterparts .  This Consent may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Consent by facsimile or any other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

Section 7.                                            Applicable Law .  THIS CONSENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS CONSENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THEREOF, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SAME ARE NOT MANDATORILY APPLICABLE BY STATUTE AND WOULD REQUIRE OR PERMIT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION .

 

Section 8.                                            Headings .  The headings of this Consent are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Waiver and Consent to be executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

PUERTO RICANCARS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 



 

 

GELCO CORPORATION D/B/A GE FLEET SERVICES,

 

 

 

As Lender, Administrative Agent, Domestic Collateral Agent and PRUSVI Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ken Moore

 

 

Name: Ken Moore

 

 

Title: SVP, Risk

 



 

LENDERS:

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Waiver and Consent

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

Bank of America, N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Matthew T. O’Keefe

 

Name: Matthew T. O’Keefe

 

Title: Senior Vice President

 


Exhibit 10.8

 

Execution Version

 

EXTENSION OF WAIVER AND CONSENT

 

EXTENSION OF WAIVER AND CONSENT under the Credit Agreement referred to below, dated as of June 12, 2014 (this “ Consent Extension ”), among THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “ Parent Borrower ”), PUERTO RICANCARS, INC., a Puerto Rico corporation (“ Puerto Ricancars ” and, together with the Parent Borrower, the “ Borrowers ”), GELCO Corporation d/b/a GE Fleet Services (“ GELCO ”), as administrative agent, domestic collateral agent and PRUSVI collateral agent under the Credit Agreement referred to below (in such capacities, respectively, the “ Administrative Agent ”, the “ Domestic Collateral Agent ” and the “ PRUSVI Collateral Agent ”), and the other parties signatory hereto .

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers have entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2011 (as amended by the First Amendment, dated as of December 12, 2012 and as further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (including pursuant to the Waiver and Consent referred to below) from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”) among the Borrowers, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, GELCO as, as Administrative Agent, Domestic Collateral Agent and PRUSVI Collateral Agent and the other financial institutions party thereto;

 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Domestic Collateral Agent and PRUSVI Collateral Agent are party to that certain Waiver and Consent, dated as of May 16, 2014 (the “ Waiver and Consent ”) pursuant to which the Lenders consented to extend the date for delivery of the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements (as defined therein) and certain other information to the Extended Delivery Date (as defined therein) and granted the waivers specified therein until the Extended Delivery Date ;

 

WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower has requested that the Lenders consent to extend the Extended Delivery Date specified in the Waiver and Consent, including for delivery of financial and other information for the second fiscal quarter of 2014 ;

 

WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower has concluded that the financial statements of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated subsidiaries for the fiscal year 2011 must be restated;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1.                                            Defined Terms .  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Waiver and Consent or in the Credit Agreement, as applicable.

 

Section 2.                                            Extension of Waiver and Consent .

 

(a)                                                                                  The Lenders hereby ( i ) agree to amend the Waiver and Consent by deleting the phrase “June 15, 2014” in Section 2(a) of the Waiver and Consent and substituting

 



 

therefor the phrase “November 14, 2014” and ( ii ) agree that each reference to the “Extended Delivery Date” in the Waiver and Consent and in this Section 2 shall be construed to be a reference to the date November 14, 2014, including without limitation for purposes of the waivers set forth in Sections 2(b) and 2(c) of the Waiver and Consent, and the agreement and acknowledgement set forth in Section 2(d) of the Waiver and Consent.

 

(b)                                  The Lenders hereby agree to amend the Waiver and Consent by:

 

(i)              deleting the phrase “fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014” in Section 2(a) of the Waiver and Consent and substituting therefor the phrase “fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2014 and June 30, 2014”,

 

(ii)           deleting the phrase “March 2014” each time such phrase appears in Sections 2(a) and 2(b) and in the recitals of the Waiver and Consent,

 

(iii)        deleting the phrase “for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014” and substituting therefor the phrase “for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2014 and June 30, 2014” in subclause (ii) of Section 2(b) of the Waiver and Consent,

 

(iv)       inserting the phrase “, provided that this subclause (ii) shall not be applicable with respect to Indebtedness ( x ) in respect of which a Default Notice has been given to commence a grace period that will lapse prior to the Extended Delivery Date or to declare an occurrence of an event of default before notice of Acceleration may be delivered or ( y ) that has become due prior to its stated maturity,” after the phrase “any other Indebtedness” at the end of subclause (ii) of Section 2(b) of the Waiver and Consent,

 

(v)          deleting the phrase “until the Extended Delivery Date” in the first sentence of Section 2(c) of the Waiver and Consent and substituting therefor the phrase “until the earlier of the Extended Delivery Date and the 15th day following the first date on which all Quarterly Financial Statements have been delivered (such earlier date, the “ Extension Date ”)”,

 

(vi)       deleting the phrase “Extended Delivery Date” each time such phrase appears in the second sentence of Section 2(c) of the Waiver and Consent and substituting therefor the phrase “Extension Date”, and

 

(vii)         inserting the phrase “(provided that this subclause (iv) shall not be applicable with respect to Indebtedness ( x ) in respect of which a Default Notice has been given to commence a grace period that will lapse prior to the Extension Date or to declare an occurrence of an event of default before notice of Acceleration may be delivered or ( y ) that has become due prior to its stated maturity)” after the phrase “Section 9(e) of Credit Agreement” in subclause (iv) of Section 2(c) of the Waiver and Consent.

 

Section 3.                                            Conditions to Effectiveness of Consent Extension .  This Consent Extension shall become effective on the date (such date, if any, the “ Consent Effective Date ”) the Administrative Agent shall have received this Consent Extension executed and delivered by a

 

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duly authorized officer of the Parent Borrower and the requisite Lenders set forth in Section 11.1 of the Credit Agreement.  The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice in writing to the Parent Borrower of the occurrence of the Consent Effective Date.

 

Section 4.                                            Effects on Loan Documents; Acknowledgement .

 

(a)                                  Except as expressly modified hereby, the Waiver and Consent shall continue in effect in accordance with its terms.  Except as expressly set forth herein and in the Waiver and Consent as modified hereby, this Consent Extension ( i ) shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Domestic Collateral Agent, PRUSVI Collateral Agent or the Loan Parties under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and ( ii ) shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.  Each and every term, condition, obligation, covenant and agreement contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document is hereby ratified and re-affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect as modified by this Consent Extension and the Waiver and Consent and nothing herein can or may be construed as a novation thereof.  Each Loan Party reaffirms on the Consent Effective Date its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is party and the validity, enforceability and perfection of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Security Documents.  This Consent Extension shall constitute a Loan Document for purposes of the Credit Agreement and from and after the Consent Effective Date, all references to the Credit Agreement in any Loan Document and all references in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, refer to the Credit Agreement as modified by this Consent Extension and the Waiver and Consent .

 

(b)                                  For the avoidance of doubt, neither this Consent Extension nor the Waiver and Consent as modified hereby constitutes an acknowledgement by the Parent Borrower or its Subsidiaries that a Restatement would result in a Default, Specified Default or Event of Default under the Loan Documents and the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries reserve all of their respective rights under the Loan Documents in connection therewith.

 

Section 5.                                            Expenses .  The Parent Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for (1) all of its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Consent Extension , any other documents prepared in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby, and (2) the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Latham & Watkins LLP, as counsel to the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 6.                                            Counterparts .  This Consent Extension may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Consent Extension by facsimile or any other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

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Section 7.                                            Applicable Law .  THIS CONSENT EXTENSION AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS CONSENT EXTENSION SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THEREOF, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SAME ARE NOT MANDATORILY APPLICABLE BY STATUTE AND WOULD REQUIRE OR PERMIT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION .

 

Section 8.                                            Headings .  The headings of this Consent Extension are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Consent Extension to be executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

PUERTO RICANCARS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 



 

 

GELCO CORPORATION D/B/A GE FLEET SERVICES,

 

As Lender, Administrative Agent, Domestic Collateral Agent and PRUSVI Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ken Moore

 

 

Name: Ken Moore

 

 

Title: Vice President, Risk

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Consent Extension

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Matthew T. O’Keefe

 

Name: Matthew T. O’Keefe

 

Title: Senior Vice President

 


Exhibit 10.9

 

Execution Version

 

AMENDMENT OF WAIVER AND CONSENT

 

AMENDMENT OF WAIVER AND CONSENT under the Credit Agreement referred to below, dated as of September 24, 2014 (this “ Amendment ”), among THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “ Parent Borrower ”), PUERTO RICANCARS, INC., a Puerto Rico corporation (“ Puerto Ricancars ” and, together with the Parent Borrower, the “ Borrowers ”), GELCO Corporation d/b/a GE Fleet Services (“ GELCO ”), as administrative agent, domestic collateral agent and PRUSVI collateral agent under the Credit Agreement referred to below (in such capacities, respectively, the “ Administrative Agent ”, the “ Domestic Collateral Agent ” and the “ PRUSVI Collateral Agent ”), and the other parties signatory hereto .

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers have entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2011 (as amended by the First Amendment, dated as of December 12, 2012 and as further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (including pursuant to the Waiver and Consent referred to below) from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”) among the Borrowers, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, GELCO, as Administrative Agent, Domestic Collateral Agent and PRUSVI Collateral Agent and the other financial institutions party thereto;

 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Domestic Collateral Agent and PRUSVI Collateral Agent are party to that certain Waiver and Consent, dated as of May 16, 2014 (as amended by the Extension of Waiver and Consent dated June 12, 2014, the “ Waiver and Consent ”) pursuant to which the Lenders consented to extend the date for delivery of the Quarterly Financial Statements (as defined therein) and certain other information to the Extended Delivery Date (as defined therein) and granted the waivers specified therein until the Extension Date (as defined therein) ; and

 

WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower has requested that the Lenders consent to extend the date for delivery of financial and other information relating to Puerto Ricancars for the fiscal year ended 2013 ;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1.                                            Defined Terms .  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Waiver and Consent or in the Credit Agreement, as applicable.

 

Section 2.                                            Amendment of Waiver and Consent The Lenders hereby agree to amend the Waiver and Consent by:

 

(a)                                  amending Section 2(a) of the Waiver and Consent to read in its entirety as follows:

 



 

“(a)                            The Lenders hereby agree that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Loan Documents, the ( x ) quarterly financial statements required to be delivered under Section 7.1(b) for the Parent Borrower’s fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2014 and June 30, 2014 (the “ Quarterly Financial Statements ”) and ( y ) the annual financial statements of Puerto Ricancars required to be delivered under Section 7.1(e) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (together with the Quarterly Financial Statements, the “ Financial Statements ”), and in each case the certificates and other information required by Sections 7.1 and 7.2 to be delivered concurrently therewith, need not be delivered on or prior to November 14, 2014 (such date, the “ Extended Delivery Date ”).”;

 

(b)                                  replacing the phrase “Quarterly Financial Statements” in Sections 2(b) and 2(c) of the Waiver and Consent with the phrase “Financial Statements”; and

 

(c)                                   adding the phrase “and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013” after the phrase “for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2014 and June 30, 2014” in Section 2(b) of the Waiver and Consent.

 

Section 3.                                            Conditions to Effectiveness of Amendment .  This Amendment shall become effective on the date (such date, if any, the “ Effective Date ”) the Administrative Agent shall have received this Amendment executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Parent Borrower and the requisite Lenders set forth in Section 11.1 of the Credit Agreement.  The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice in writing to the Parent Borrower of the occurrence of the Effective Date.

 

Section 4.                                            Effects on Loan Documents; Acknowledgement .

 

(a)                                  Except as expressly modified hereby, the Waiver and Consent shall continue in effect in accordance with its terms.  Except as expressly set forth herein and in the Waiver and Consent as modified hereby, this Amendment ( i ) shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Domestic Collateral Agent, PRUSVI Collateral Agent or the Loan Parties under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and ( ii ) shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other provision of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.  Each and every term, condition, obligation, covenant and agreement contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document is hereby ratified and re-affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect as modified by this Amendment and the Waiver and Consent and nothing herein can or may be construed as a novation thereof.  Each Loan Party reaffirms on the Effective Date its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is party and the validity, enforceability and perfection of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Security Documents.  This Amendment shall constitute a Loan Document for purposes of the Credit Agreement and from and after the Effective Date, all references to the Credit Agreement in any Loan Document and all references in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, refer to the Credit Agreement as modified by this Amendment and

 

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the Waiver and Consent .

 

(b)                                  For the avoidance of doubt, neither this Amendment nor the Waiver and Consent as modified hereby constitutes an acknowledgement by the Parent Borrower or its Subsidiaries that a Restatement would result in a Default, Specified Default or Event of Default under the Loan Documents and the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries reserve all of their respective rights under the Loan Documents in connection therewith.

 

Section 5.                                            Expenses .  The Parent Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for (1) all of its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Amendment, any other documents prepared in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby, and (2) the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Latham & Watkins LLP, as counsel to the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 6.                                            Counterparts .  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by facsimile or any other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

Section 7.                                            Applicable Law .  THIS AMENDMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THEREOF, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SAME ARE NOT MANDATORILY APPLICABLE BY STATUTE AND WOULD REQUIRE OR PERMIT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION .

 

Section 8.                                            Headings .  The headings of this Amendment are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill 

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer 

 

 

 

 

 

PUERTO RICANCARS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill 

 

 

Title: Treasurer 

 



 

 

GELCO CORPORATION D/B/A GE FLEET SERVICES,

 

 

 

As Lender, Administrative Agent, Domestic Collateral Agent and PRUSVI Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ken Moore

 

 

Name:

Ken Moore

 

 

Title:

Vice President, Risk

 



 

LENDERS:

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Amendment

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Matthew T. O’Keefe

 

 

Name: Matthew T. O’Keefe 

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President 

 


Exhibit 10.10

 

Execution Version

 

WAIVER AND CONSENT

 

WAIVER AND CONSENT under the Credit Agreement referred to below, dated as of October 31, 2014 (this “ Consent ”), among THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “ Parent Borrower ”), PUERTO RICANCARS, INC., a Puerto Rico corporation (“ Puerto Ricancars ” and, together with the Parent Borrower, the “ Borrowers ”), GELCO Corporation d/b/a GE Fleet Services (“ GELCO ”), as administrative agent, domestic collateral agent and PRUSVI collateral agent under the Credit Agreement referred to below (in such capacities, respectively, the “ Administrative Agent ”, the “ Domestic Collateral Agent ” and the “ PRUSVI Collateral Agent ”), and the other parties signatory hereto .

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers have entered into that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of September 22, 2011 (as amended by the First Amendment, dated as of December 12, 2012 and as further amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (including pursuant to the Waiver and Consent referred to below) from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”) among the Borrowers, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, GELCO, as Administrative Agent, Domestic Collateral Agent and PRUSVI Collateral Agent, and the other financial institutions party thereto;

 

WHEREAS, the Borrowers, the Administrative Agent, the Domestic Collateral Agent and PRUSVI Collateral Agent are party to that certain Waiver and Consent, dated as of May 16, 2014 (as amended by the Extension of Waiver and Consent dated as of June 12, 2014 and the Amendment of Waiver and Consent dated as of September 24, 2014, the “ Waiver and Consent ”) pursuant to which the Lenders consented to extend the date for delivery of the Quarterly Financial Statements (as defined therein) and certain other information to the Extended Delivery Date (as defined therein) and granted the waivers specified therein until the Extension Date (as defined therein) ; and

 

WHEREAS, the Parent Borrower has requested that the Lenders consent to further extend the date for delivery of financial and other information for the first three fiscal quarters of 2014, the fiscal years ending December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2014 and the first fiscal quarter of 2015 .

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1.                                            Defined Terms .  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

 

Section 2.                                            Waiver and Consent .

 

(a)                                  The Lenders hereby agree that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Loan Documents, ( i ) the quarterly financial statements required to be delivered under Section 7.1(b) for the Parent Borrower’s fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2014, June 30, 2014, September

 



 

30, 2014 and March 31, 2015 (collectively, the “ Quarterly Financial Statements ”), ( ii ) the annual financial statements required to be delivered under Section 7.1(a) for the Parent Borrower’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 (the “ THC Annual Financial Statements ”) and ( iii ) the annual financial statements of Puerto Ricancars required to be delivered under Section 7.1(e) for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (together with the Quarterly Financial Statements and the THC Annual Financial Statements, collectively, the “ Financial Statements ”), and in each case the certificates and other information required by Sections 7.1 and 7.2 to be delivered concurrently therewith, need not be delivered on or prior to June 30, 2015 (such date, the “ Extended Delivery Date ”).

 

(b)                                  So long as the Financial Statements and the certificates and other information required to be delivered in connection therewith to the Lenders under the Credit Agreement are delivered on or prior to the Extended Delivery Date, the Lenders hereby waive any existing or future Default, Specified Default or Event of Default that may arise directly or indirectly ( i ) as a result of or in connection with the failure to deliver any of the Financial Statements, such certificates or other information, or ( ii ) under Section 9(e) of the Credit Agreement in connection with any failure to file or deliver annual or quarterly reports pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Financial Statements, or any financial statements or other financial information of the Parent Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, in each case for the fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2014, June 30, 2014, September 30, 2014 and March 31, 2015 and for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2014 (and any certificates and other information concurrently therewith) in accordance with any agreement or condition relating to any other Indebtedness, provided that this subclause (ii) shall not be applicable with respect to Indebtedness ( x ) in respect of which a Default Notice has been given to commence a grace period that will lapse prior to the Extended Delivery Date or to declare an occurrence of an event of default before notice of Acceleration may be delivered or ( y ) that has become due prior to its stated maturity.

 

(c)                                   The Lenders hereby waive, from the Effective Date until the earlier of the Extended Delivery Date and the 15th day following the first date on which all Financial Statements have been delivered (such earlier date, the “ Extension Date ”), any Default, Specified Default or Event of Default that may arise, directly or indirectly, as a result of or in connection with the Restatement, if any, or any action taken or any failure to take action while any such Default, Specified Default or Event of Default was continuing to the extent such action or failure to take action would have been permitted but for the existence of such Default, Specified Default or Event of Default, including without limitation any Default, Specified Default or Event of Default that may arise directly or indirectly ( i ) from any breach of the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.7 of the Credit Agreement or of any other representations and warranties contained in the Loan Documents, ( ii ) from any request for any Extension of Credit under the Credit Agreement after the occurrence and during the continuance of any such Default, Specified Default or Event of Default, ( iii ) from any failure to comply with any covenant or other obligation under Sections 7.1 and 7.2 of the Credit Agreement or with any other covenants and conditions in the Loan Documents and ( iv ) under Section 9(e) of the Credit Agreement (provided that this subclause (iv) shall not be applicable with respect to Indebtedness ( x ) in respect of which a Default Notice has been given to commence a grace period that will lapse prior to the Extension Date or to declare an occurrence of an event of default before notice of

 

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Acceleration may be delivered or ( y ) that has become due prior to its stated maturity) or otherwise under Section 9 of the Credit Agreement, in each case as a result of or in connection with the Restatement, if any.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 2(c)  shall not constitute a waiver of, and the Lenders do not hereby waive, any prepayment required under Section 4.4(b) of the Credit Agreement or any Event of Default under Section 9(a) or 9(g) of the Credit Agreement , in each case, whether or not any of the events or circumstances specified in this sub-paragraph (x) arose, directly or indirectly, as a result of or in connection with the Restatement, if any (y) the waiver in this Section 2(c) is a limited waiver for the period ending on the Extension Date and for the avoidance of doubt, after the Extension Date, unless otherwise waived, no such Default, Specified Default or Event of Default that arises directly or indirectly from the Restatement shall be deemed waived pursuant to this Section 2(c).  For purposes of this Consent, “ Restatement ” shall mean any restatement of o ne or more of the annual and quarterly financial statements (including the annual financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011) of the Parent Borrower and its consolidated Subsidiaries delivered under the Credit Agreement or otherwise issued by the Parent Borrower from time to time prior to the date hereof and one or more financial statements or other financial information relating to any Subsidiary of the Parent Borrower.

 

(d)                                  For the avoidance of doubt, until the Extended Delivery Date (i) each Lender shall continue to honor notices for Borrowing delivered in compliance with the Credit Agreement notwithstanding the occurrence or continuation of the events described in this Section 2 and (ii) no Loan Party shall be required to deliver any notice pursuant to Section 7.7 of the Credit Agreement or otherwise in connection with the occurrence or continuation of the events described in this Section 2.

 

Section 3.                                            Conditions to Effectiveness of Consent .  This Consent shall become effective on the date (such date, if any, the “ Effective Date ”) on which the Administrative Agent shall have received this Consent executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of the Borrowers and the requisite Lenders set forth in Section 11.1 of the Credit Agreement.

 

The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice in writing to the Parent Borrower of the occurrence of the Effective Date.  Each Lender hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to provide such notice and agrees that such notice shall be irrevocably conclusive and binding upon such Lender.

 

Section 4.                                            Effects on Loan Documents; Acknowledgement .

 

(a)                                  Except as expressly modified hereby, the Credit Agreement shall continue in effect in accordance with its terms.  Except as expressly set forth herein, this Consent ( i ) shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Domestic Collateral Agent, PRUSVI Collateral Agent or the Loan Parties under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document, and ( ii ) shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Credit Agreement or any other provision

 

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of the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document.  Each and every term, condition, obligation, covenant and agreement contained in the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document is hereby ratified and re-affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect as modified by this Consent and nothing herein can or may be construed as a novation thereof.  Each Loan Party reaffirms on the Effective Date its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is party and the validity, enforceability and perfection of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Security Documents.  This Consent shall constitute a Loan Document for purposes of the Credit Agreement and from and after the Effective Date, all references to the Credit Agreement in any Loan Document and all references in the Credit Agreement to “this Agreement”, “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to the Credit Agreement, shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, refer to the Credit Agreement as modified by this Consent .

 

(b)                                  For the avoidance of doubt, this Consent does not constitute an acknowledgement by the Parent Borrower or its Subsidiaries that a Restatement would result in a Default, Specified Default or Event of Default under the Loan Documents and the Parent Borrower and its Subsidiaries reserve all of their respective rights under the Loan Documents in connection therewith.

 

Section 5.                                            Expenses .  The Parent Borrower agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for (1) all of its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Consent , any other documents prepared in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby, and (2) the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Latham & Watkins LLP, as counsel to the Administrative Agent.

 

Section 6.                                            Counterparts .  This Consent may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Consent by facsimile or any other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

Section 7.                                            Applicable Law .  THIS CONSENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS CONSENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS THEREOF, TO THE EXTENT THAT THE SAME ARE NOT MANDATORILY APPLICABLE BY STATUTE AND WOULD REQUIRE OR PERMIT THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANOTHER JURISDICTION .

 

Section 8.                                            Headings .  The headings of this Consent are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Consent to be executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

PUERTO RICANCARS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 



 

 

GELCO CORPORATION D/B/A GE FLEET SERVICES,

 

 

 

As Lender, Administrative Agent, Domestic Collateral Agent and PRUSVI Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ken Moore

 

 

 

Name:

Ken Moore

 

 

 

Title:

SVP, Risk

 



 

LENDERS:

 

 

 

 

By signing below, you have indicated your consent to the Consent

 

 

 

Name of Institution:

 

 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,

 

As Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Matthew T. O’Keefe

 

 

Name: Matthew T. O’Keefe

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President

 


Exhibit 10.11

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC,

 

as Issuer

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

as Trustee and Securities Intermediary

 

and

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP,

 

as the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder

 


 

AMENDED AND RESTATED SERIES 2013-G1 SUPPLEMENT

 

dated as of October 31, 2014

 

to

 

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
BASE INDENTURE

 

dated as of November 25, 2013

 


 

Series 2013-G1 Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Notes

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

2

Section 1.1.

Defined Terms

 

2

Section 1.2.

Construction

 

2

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE SERIES 2013-G1 NOTE

 

3

Section 2.1.

The Initial Note Purchase

 

3

Section 2.2.

Advances

 

3

Section 2.3.

Procedure for Decreasing the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount

 

6

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

INTEREST AND OTHER PAYMENT TERMS

 

6

Section 3.1.

Interest

 

6

Section 3.2.

Time and Method of Payment

 

6

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

SECURITY

 

7

Section 4.1.

Grant of Security Interest

 

7

Section 4.2.

Certain Rights and Obligations of HVF Unaffected

 

9

Section 4.3.

Performance of Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreements

 

10

Section 4.4.

Release of Series 2013-G1 Collateral

 

11

Section 4.5.

Opinions of Counsel

 

12

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

REPORTS

 

12

Section 5.1.

Reports and Instructions to Trustee

 

12

Section 5.2.

Reports to Noteholders

 

14

Section 5.3.

Administration

 

15

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

ALLOCATION AND APPLICATION OF COLLECTIONS

 

15

Section 6.1.

Series 2013-G1 Collection Account

 

15

Section 6.2.

Collections and Allocations

 

18

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIA

SERIES 2013-G1 HVF SEGREGATED EXCHANGE ACCOUNT

 

20

Section 6A.1.

Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account

 

20

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

APPLICATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

 

20

Section 7.1.

Allocations with Respect to the Series 2013-G1 Note

 

20

Section 7.2.

Payment of Note Principal

 

21

Section 7.3.

Application of Series 2013-G1 Interest Collections

 

21

Section 7.4.

Payment by Wire Transfer

 

22

 

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(continued)

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

Section 7.5.

The Series 2013-G1 Administrator’s Directions to Trustee; The Series 2013-G1 Administrator’s Failure to Instruct the Trustee to Make a Deposit or Payment

 

22

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

22

Section 8.1.

Existence and Power

 

22

Section 8.2.

Limited Liability Company and Governmental Authorization

 

23

Section 8.3.

No Consent

 

23

Section 8.4.

Binding Effect

 

23

Section 8.5.

Litigation

 

23

Section 8.6.

No ERISA Plan

 

24

Section 8.7.

Tax Filings and Expenses

 

24

Section 8.8.

Disclosure

 

24

Section 8.9.

Investment Company Act

 

24

Section 8.10.

Regulations T, U and X

 

24

Section 8.11.

Solvency

 

25

Section 8.12.

Ownership of Limited Liability Company Interests; Subsidiary

 

25

Section 8.13.

Security Interests

 

25

Section 8.14.

Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreements

 

27

Section 8.15.

Non-Existence of Other Agreements

 

27

Section 8.16.

Compliance with Contractual Obligations and Laws

 

27

Section 8.17.

Other Representations

 

28

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX

COVENANTS

 

28

Section 9.1.

Payment of Series 2013-G1 Note

 

28

Section 9.2.

Maintenance of Office or Agency

 

28

Section 9.3.

Payment of Taxes and Governmental Obligations

 

28

Section 9.4.

Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence

 

29

Section 9.5.

Compliance with Laws

 

29

Section 9.6.

Notice of Defaults

 

29

Section 9.7.

Notice of Material Proceedings

 

29

Section 9.8.

Further Requests

 

29

 

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Page

 

 

 

 

Section 9.9.

Further Assurances

 

29

Section 9.10.

Liens

 

31

Section 9.11.

Other Indebtedness

 

31

Section 9.12.

No ERISA Plan

 

31

Section 9.13.

Mergers

 

31

Section 9.14.

Sales of Assets

 

32

Section 9.15.

Acquisition of Assets

 

32

Section 9.16.

Dividends, Officers’ Compensation, etc.

 

33

Section 9.17.

Legal Name; Location Under Section 9-307

 

33

Section 9.18.

Investments

 

33

Section 9.19.

No Other Agreements

 

33

Section 9.20.

Other Business

 

33

Section 9.21.

Maintenance of Separate Existence

 

34

Section 9.22.

Insurance

 

34

Section 9.23.

Actions under the Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreements

 

34

Section 9.24.

Inspection of Property, Books and Records

 

35

Section 9.25.

Market Value Procedures

 

36

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE X

AMORTIZATION EVENTS AND REMEDIES

 

36

Section 10.1.

Amortization Events

 

36

Section 10.2.

Rights of the Trustee upon Amortization Event or Certain Other Events of Default

 

40

Section 10.3.

Control by Series 2013-G1 Required Noteholders

 

45

Section 10.4.

Collection Suit by the Trustee

 

45

Section 10.5.

The Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

 

45

Section 10.6.

Priorities

 

46

Section 10.7.

Rights and Remedies Cumulative

 

46

Section 10.8.

Delay or Omission Not Waiver

 

46

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI

GENERAL

 

47

Section 11.1.

Optional Redemption of the Series 2013-G1 Note

 

47

Section 11.2.

Information

 

47

Section 11.3.

Exhibits

 

47

 

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(continued)

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

Section 11.4.

Ratification of Base Indenture

 

48

Section 11.5.

Counterparts

 

48

Section 11.6.

Governing Law

 

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Section 11.7.

Amendments

 

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Section 11.8.

Electronic Execution

 

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Section 11.9.

Termination of Series Supplement

 

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Section 11.10.

Discharge of Indenture

 

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Section 11.11.

No Bankruptcy Petition Against HVF II

 

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Section 11.12.

No Recourse

 

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Section 11.13.

Third Party Beneficiary

 

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Section 11.14.

Waiver of Jury Trial

 

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Section 11.15.

Submission to Jurisdiction

 

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Section 11.16.

Representations and Warranties of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder

 

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Section 11.17.

Additional Trustee Provisions

 

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ARTICLE XII

THE TRUSTEE

 

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Section 12.1.

Duties of the Trustee

 

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Section 12.2.

Rights of the Trustee

 

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Section 12.3.

Notice of Amortization Events and Potential Amortization Events

 

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Section 12.4.

Compensation

 

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Section 12.5.

Replacement of the Trustee

 

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Section 12.6.

Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee

 

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EXHIBITS AND ANNEXES

 

Exhibit A:

Form of Series 2013-G1 Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Note

Exhibit B:

Form of Series 2013-G1 Monthly Servicing Certificate

Exhibit C:

Form of Advance Request

Exhibit D:

Form of Purchaser’s Letter

Exhibit E:

Form of RCFC Nominee Agreement

Exhibit F:

Form of RCFC Organizational Documents

 

 

Annex 1:

Representations and Warranties of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder

 

 

Schedule I:

List of Defined Terms

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED SERIES 2013-G1 SUPPLEMENT dated as of October 31, 2014 (“ Series Supplement ”) among, HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC, a special purpose limited liability company established under the laws of Delaware (“ HVF ”), HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a special purpose limited partnership established under the laws of Delaware (“ HVF II ”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (together with its successors in trust thereunder as provided in the Base Indenture referred to below, the “ Trustee ”), and as securities intermediary (in such capacity, the “ Securities Intermediary ”), to the Fourth Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2013, between HVF and the Trustee (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, exclusive of Series Supplements, the “ Base Indenture ”).

 

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

 

WHEREAS, Sections 2.2 and 12.1 of the Base Indenture provide, among other things, that HVF and the Trustee may at any time and from time to time enter into a supplement to the Base Indenture for the purpose of authorizing the issuance of one or more Segregated Series of Notes;

 

WHEREAS, HVF, HVF II, the Trustee and the Securities Intermediary entered into the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (the “ Initial Series 2013-G1 Supplement ”), pursuant to which HVF issued the Series 2013-G1 Note in favor of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder to make Advances from time to time, all of which Advances to be evidenced by the Series 2013-G1 Note purchased in connection therewith;

 

WHEREAS, the Initial Series 2013-G1 Supplement permits HVF to make amendments to the Initial Series 2013-G1 Supplement subject to certain conditions set forth therein;

 

WHEREAS, HVF, HVF II, the Trustee and the Securities Intermediary, in accordance with the Initial Series 2013-G1 Supplement, desire to amend and restate the Initial Series 2013-G1 Supplement on the date hereof in its entirety as set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

DESIGNATION

 

There was created a Segregated Series of Notes issued pursuant to the Base Indenture and the Initial Series 2013-G1 Supplement that was designated as Series 2013-G1 Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Notes.  On the Series 2013-G1 Closing Date, one Series 2013-G1 Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Note was issued, and was referred to therein and, as amended and restated hereby, will continue to be referred to herein as the “ Series 2013-G1 Note ”.  The Initial Series 2013-G1 Supplement was a Segregated Series Supplement, and the Series 2013-G1 Note was a Segregated Series, a Segregated Nominee Series and a Segregated Collateral Agency Series.  This Series Supplement shall remain a Segregated Series Supplement, and the Series 2013-G1 Note shall remain a Segregated Series, a Segregated Nominee Series (as qualified herein) and a Segregated Collateral Agency Series.

 



 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.1.                                  Defined Terms .  As used in this Series Supplement and unless the context requires a different meaning, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in Schedule I hereto and, if not defined therein, shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Base Indenture.

 

Section 1.2.                                  Construction .  In this Series Supplement, including the preamble, recitals, attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders hereto, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a)                                  the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

 

(b)                                  references to an agreement or document shall include the preamble, recitals, all attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders to such agreement or document, and are to such agreement or document (including all such attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders to such agreement or document) as amended, supplemented, restated and otherwise modified from time to time and to any successor or replacement agreement or document, as applicable (unless otherwise stated);

 

(c)                                   reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are permitted by this Series Supplement, and reference to any Person in a particular capacity only refers to such Person in such capacity;

 

(d)                                  reference to any gender includes the other gender;

 

(e)                                   reference to any Requirement of Law means such Requirement of Law as amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time;

 

(f)                                    “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term;

 

(g)                                   with respect to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including” and “to” means “to but excluding”;

 

(h)                                  the language used in this Series Supplement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party;

 

(i)                                      references to sections of the Code also refer to any successor sections;

 

(j)                                     as used in this Series Supplement, the term “title” refers to a Certificate of Title or other similar form of vehicle title and is intended by each party hereto

 

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to include the terms “vehicle registration” and “vehicle license plate,” unless specified otherwise;

 

(k)                                  as used in this Series Supplement, the term (and each defined term including the term) “rental”, when used in the context of customer rentals, daily car rental businesses, normal daily rental operations and daily motor vehicle rental industries is intended by each party hereto to include car sharing businesses, operations and platforms; and

 

(l)                                      unless specified otherwise, “titling” will be deemed to include the acts of registering a vehicle, including the registering of the license plates of a vehicle.

 

ARTICLE II

 

PURCHASE AND SALE OF THE SERIES 2013-G1 NOTE

 

Section 2.1.                                  The Initial Note Purchase .

 

(a)                                  On the terms and conditions set forth in the Initial Series 2013-G1 Supplement, and in reliance on the covenants, representations and agreements set forth in Articles VIII and IX thereof, HVF caused the Trustee to issue the Series 2013-G1 Note on the Series 2013-G1 Closing Date.  Such Series 2013-G1 Note was dated the Series 2013-G1 Closing Date, registered in the name of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, and was duly authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Initial Series 2013-G1 Supplement and Section 2.4 of the Base Indenture.  The Series 2013-G1 Note was issued in fully registered form without interest coupons, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, and was sold to the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder.  On the Series 2013-G1 Closing Date, the Series 2013-G1 Note bore a face amount equal to the Series 2013-G1 Maximum Principal Amount, and was initially issued in a principal amount equal to the Series 2013-G1 Initial Principal Amount.

 

Section 2.2.                                  Advances .

 

(a)                                  On any Business Day, HVF may increase the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount (each such increase referred to as an “ Advance ”) only upon satisfaction of each of the following conditions with respect to the initial issuance and each proposed Advance:

 

(i)                                      solely in connection with the initial issuance of the Series 2013-G1 Note on the Series 2013-G1 Restatement Effective Date, HVF and Hertz shall have entered into, executed and delivered the Series 2013-G1 Lease;

 

(ii)                                   solely in connection with the initial issuance of the Series 2013-G1 Note on the Series 2013-G1 Restatement Effective Date, the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder shall have received a duly executed and authenticated Series 2013-G1 Note registered in its name;

 

(iii)                                the Series 2013-G1 Financing Source and Beneficiary Supplement shall have been executed and delivered;

 

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(iv)                               after giving effect to such issuance or Advance the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount shall not exceed the Series 2013-G1 Maximum Principal Amount;

 

(v)                                  no Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing and such issuance or Advance and the application of the proceeds thereof will not result in the occurrence of (1) a Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event, or (2) a Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event;

 

(vi)                               all representations and warranties set forth in Article VIII hereof shall be true and correct with the same effect as if made on and as of such date (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date); and

 

(vii)                            the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder shall have received an executed irrevocable advance request in the form of Exhibit C hereto no later than 11:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the date of such proposed Advance.

 

(b)                                  HVF may effect an Advance, upon receipt of confirmation from HVF II of the availability of funds under the HVF II Group I Indenture and the HVF II Group I Series Supplements in an amount equal to such Advance, by issuing, at par, additional principal amounts of the Series 2013-G1 Note.  Proceeds from the initial issuance of the Series 2013-G1 Note and from any Advance shall be deposited into the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account and allocated in accordance with Article VII hereof.

 

(c)                                   Funding Procedures .  On the date of each Advance, the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder shall make available to HVF the amount of such Advance by wire transfer in U.S. dollars of such amount in same day funds to the account specified in the related advance request.

 

(d)                                  Form of Series 2013-G1 Note .  The Series 2013-G1 Note will be issued in the form of definitive note, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, and will be sold to the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder pursuant to and in accordance with the terms hereof and shall be duly executed by HVF and authenticated by the Trustee in the manner set forth in Section 2.4 of the Base Indenture.  The Series 2013-G1 Note shall bear the following legend:

 

THIS SERIES 2013-G1 NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR WITH ANY STATE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS.  THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC, A SPECIAL PURPOSE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ESTABLISHED UNDER THE LAWS OF DELAWARE (THE “COMPANY”), THAT SUCH SERIES 2013-G1 NOTE IS BEING ACQUIRED FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO DISTRIBUTION AND TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH NOTE ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY,

 

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(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (D) PURSUANT TO AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH SUCH CASE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE INDENTURE AND ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY, PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (C), TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY TO IT OF A PURCHASER’S LETTER IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D TO THE SERIES 2013-G1 SUPPLEMENT CERTIFYING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT SUCH PURCHASER IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY, PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D), TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO IT.

 

The required legend set forth above shall not be removed from the Series 2013-G1 Note except as provided herein.

 

(e)                                   Transfer, Pledge and Assignment .  Other than the pledge of the Series 2013-G1 Note by the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder to the HVF II Trustee or otherwise in accordance with the HVF II Group I Indenture, the Series 2013-G1 Note will not be permitted to be transferred, assigned, exchanged or otherwise pledged or conveyed by the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder; provided that , in connection with any such transfer of the Series 2013-G1 Note, the holder of the Series 2013-G1 Note must surrender such Series 2013-G1 Note at the office maintained by the Registrar for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Base Indenture, with the form of transfer endorsed on it duly completed and executed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to HVF and the Registrar by, the holder thereof and accompanied by a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D hereto.

 

(f)                                    Notations .  On each date an Advance is funded under the Series 2013-G1 Note and on each date the amount of outstanding Advances thereunder is reduced, a duly authorized officer, employee or agent of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder shall make appropriate notations in its books and records of the amount of such Advance and the amount of such reduction, as applicable.  HVF hereby authorizes each duly authorized officer, employee and agent of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder to make such notations on the books and records as aforesaid and every such notation made in accordance with the foregoing authority shall be prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information so recorded and shall be binding on HVF absent manifest error.  The Trustee shall, or shall cause the Registrar to, record each Advance and Decrease with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount such that the principal amount of the Series 2013-G1 Note that is outstanding

 

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accurately reflects all such Advances and Decreases in accordance with Article II hereof.  Upon each Advance and upon each Decrease, the Trustee shall, or shall cause the Registrar to, indicate in the Note Register such Advance or such Decrease, as applicable.  On any date on which an Advance is funded, HVF shall furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Trustee written notice (which may be satisfied by email to julie.maggio@bnymellon.com and diane.moser@bnymellon.com) specifying the amount of such Advance.

 

(g)                                   UCC Classification .  The Series 2013-G1 Note shall constitute a “security” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(15) of the UCC and a “certificated security” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(4) of the UCC.

 

Section 2.3.                                  Procedure for Decreasing the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount .

 

(a)                                  On any Business Day, HVF may decrease the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount (each such decrease referred to as a “ Decrease ”) by withdrawing from the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account and distributing to the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder in respect of principal of the Series 2013-G1 Note, an amount equal to the amount of such Decrease.

 

(b)                                  In addition, on any Business Day on which Relinquished Property Proceeds with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles are applied pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement, HVF shall effect a Decrease with and to the extent of such Relinquished Property Proceeds, which Decrease shall be effected in accordance with the terms of the Master Exchange Agreement.

 

ARTICLE III

 

INTEREST AND OTHER PAYMENT TERMS

 

Section 3.1.                                  Interest .

 

(a)                                  Each related Advance funded or maintained by the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder during the related Series 2013-G1 Interest Period shall bear interest at the Series 2013-G1 Note Rate for such Series 2013-G1 Interest Period.

 

(b)                                  Interest shall be due and payable on each Payment Date.

 

Section 3.2.                                  Time and Method of Payment .

 

All amounts payable to the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder hereunder or with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Note shall be made by or on behalf of HVF to or for the account of, the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder in immediately available Dollars, without setoff, counterclaim or deduction of any kind.  All such payments shall be paid to the HVF II Group I Collection Account (or such other account as the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder may from time to time specify with the consent of the Trustee), not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time), on the date due.

 

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ARTICLE IV

 

SECURITY

 

Section 4.1.                                  Grant of Security Interest .

 

(a)                                  To secure the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations, HVF hereby affirms the security interests granted in the Initial Series 2013-G1 Supplement and  pledges, assigns, conveys, delivers, transfers and sets over to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, and hereby grants to the Trustee, for the benefit of such Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, a security interest in, all of the following property (but only to the extent such property is not included in the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral) now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by HVF or in which HVF now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “ Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral ”):

 

(i)                                      the Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreements as and solely to the extent they relate to the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral or the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations, including all monies relating to such Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral or the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations due and to become due to HVF under or in connection with the Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreements, whether payable as Rent, fees, expenses, costs, indemnities, insurance recoveries, damages for the breach of any of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreements or otherwise, all security for amounts so payable thereunder and all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of HVF against any other party under or with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreements (whether arising pursuant to the terms of such Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreements or otherwise available to HVF at law or in equity) as and to the extent such rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims relate to the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral or the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations, the right to enforce any of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreements to the extent they relate to the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral or the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations and to give or withhold any and all consents, requests, notices, directions, approvals, extensions or waivers under or with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreements or the obligations of any party thereunder, in each case, as and to the extent such consents, requests, notices, directions, approvals, extensions or waivers relate to the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral or the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations;

 

(ii)                                   (A) the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account, including any security entitlement with respect to the “financial assets” (within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) (“ Financial Assets ”) of the New York UCC) credited thereto, (B) all funds on deposit therein from time to time, (C) all certificates and instruments, if any, representing or evidencing any or all of the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account or the funds on deposit therein from time to time; (D) all investments made at any time and from time to time with monies in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account, whether constituting securities, instruments, general intangibles, investment property,

 

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Financial Assets or other property; (E) all interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account, the funds on deposit therein from time to time or the investments made with such funds; and (F) all proceeds of any and all of the foregoing, including cash (the items in the foregoing clauses (A) through (E) are referred to, collectively, as the “ Series 2013-G1 Collection Account Collateral ”);

 

(iii)                                all Investment Property as and to the extent relating to the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral;

 

(iv)                               all additional property (other than property relating solely to HVF Vehicle Collateral or HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral that constitutes Series-Specific Collateral for any Other Segregated Series of Notes) that may from time to time hereafter (pursuant to the terms of this Series Supplement or otherwise) be subjected to the grant and pledge hereof by HVF; and

 

(v)                                  to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing;

 

provided , that, in no event shall any of the foregoing include any right, title or interest in, to or under any Relinquished Property (as defined in the Master Exchange Agreement), the related identifiable Relinquished Property Proceeds or Relinquished Property Subject to Liability or the related Rights (as defined in the Master Exchange Agreement) with respect to such Relinquished Property, if any (collectively, the “ Relinquished Property Rights ”), from the time such Relinquished Property Rights become Relinquished Property Rights as a result of the assignment of the related Relinquished Property and the related Rights with respect to such Relinquished Property to the Intermediary pursuant to the Master Exchange Agreement, unless and until, in the case of Relinquished Property Proceeds, such Relinquished Property Proceeds become Additional Subsidies.

 

(b)                                  To secure the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations, HVF hereby confirms the grant, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, conveyance, delivery and transfer to the Collateral Agent under the Collateral Agency Agreement for the benefit of the Trustee, on behalf of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, of a continuing Lien on all right, title and interest of HVF in, to and under the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral.

 

(c)                                   The foregoing grant is made in trust to secure the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations and to secure compliance with the provisions of this Series Supplement, all as provided in this Series Supplement.  The Trustee, as trustee on behalf of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, acknowledges such grant, accepts the trusts under this Series Supplement and, subject to Sections 10.1 and 10.2 of the Base Indenture, agrees to perform its duties required in this Series Supplement.

 

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(d)                                  For all purposes hereunder and for the avoidance of doubt, the Series 2013-G1 Collateral will be held by the Trustee solely for the benefit of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, and no Noteholder or Segregated Series Noteholder of any Other Segregated Series of Notes will have any right, title or interest in, to or under the Series 2013-G1 Collateral.

 

For all purposes hereunder and for the avoidance of doubt,

 

(i)                                      any Series-Specific Collateral pledged to the Trustee for the benefit of any Other Segregated Series of Notes will be held by the Trustee solely for the benefit of the Segregated Noteholders for such Segregated Series of Notes and

 

(ii)                                   any Collateral pledged to the Trustee for the benefit of the Notes will be held by the Trustee solely for the benefit of the Noteholders and, in each case, the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder shall not have any right, title or interest in, to or under such Series-Specific Collateral or Collateral.

 

For the avoidance of doubt:

 

(i)                                      if it is determined that the Segregated Noteholders of any Other Segregated Series of Notes have any right, title or interest in, to or under the Series 2013-G1 Collateral, then (a) such Segregated Noteholders agree that their right, title and interest in, to or under the Series 2013-G1 Collateral shall be subordinate in all respects to the claims or rights of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Collateral and (b) this Series Supplement shall constitute a subordination agreement for purposes of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code;

 

(ii)                                   if it is determined that any Noteholders have any right, title or interest in, to or under the Series 2013-G1 Collateral, then (a) such Noteholders agree that their right, title and interest in, to or under such Series 2013-G1 Collateral shall be subordinate in all respects to the claims or rights of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder and (b) this Series Supplement shall constitute a subordination agreement for purposes of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code; and

 

(iii)                                if it is determined that the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder has any right, title or interest in, to or under the Collateral or any Series-Specific Collateral for any Other Segregated Series of Notes, then (a) such Series 2013-G1 Noteholder agrees that its right, title and interest in, to or under such Collateral or Series-Specific Collateral, as applicable, shall be subordinate in all respects to the claims or rights of the Noteholders or the Segregated Noteholders of the Other Segregated Series of Notes to which such Series Specific Collateral relates, as applicable and (b) this Series Supplement shall constitute a subordination agreement for purposes of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Section 4.2.                                  Certain Rights and Obligations of HVF Unaffected .

 

(a)                                  Notwithstanding the assignment and security interest so granted to the Trustee on behalf of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, HVF shall nevertheless be permitted,

 

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subject to the Trustee’s right to revoke such permission with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral in the event of a Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event (whose right to so revoke shall be subject to any additional conditions set forth in the HVF II Group I Indenture) and subject to the provisions of Section 4.3 , to give all consents, requests, notices, directions, approvals, extensions or waivers, if any, that are required to be given (which does not include waivers of default under any of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreements).  For the avoidance of doubt, without limiting the rights of the Trustee or the Lessor under the Series 2013-G1 Lease, so long as no Servicer Default or HVF II Group I Liquidation Event has occurred and is continuing, HVF shall not be required to take any action or exercise any rights, remedies, powers or privileges with respect to any Manufacturer to the extent the Servicer determines that such inaction or failure to exercise is in accordance with the Servicing Standard.

 

(b)                                  The assignment of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral to the Trustee on behalf of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder shall not (i) relieve HVF from the performance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement relating to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral on HVF’s part to be performed or observed under or in connection with any of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreements or any of the Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Programs or (ii) impose any obligation on the Trustee or the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder to perform or observe any such term, covenant, condition or agreement on HVF’s part to be so performed or observed or impose any liability on the Trustee or any of such Series 2013-G1 Noteholder for any act or omission on the part of HVF or from any breach of any representation or warranty on the part of HVF.

 

Section 4.3.                                  Performance of Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreements .

 

Upon the occurrence of a default or breach by any Person party to a Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreement, promptly following a request from the Trustee or the Collateral Agent to do so, and at HVF’s expense, HVF agrees to take all such lawful action as permitted under this Series Supplement as the Trustee or the Collateral Agent may request to compel or secure the performance and observance by:

 

(a)                                  the Nominee, HGI, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator, the Servicer, any Lessee, the Intermediary or the Escrow Agent or any other party to any of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreements of its obligations to HVF, solely to the extent that such obligations relate to or otherwise affect the Series 2013-G1 Collateral or the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations;

 

(b)                                  on any date on or after the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date, RCFC of its obligations to HVF, solely to the extent that such obligations relate to or otherwise affect the Series 2013-G1 Collateral or the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations; provided that , if (i) such date occurs on or after the RCFC Nominee Qualification Date and (ii) the Series 2013-G1 Aggregate Asset Amount as of such date (excluding therefrom the Net Book Value of all Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles the Certificates of Title for which are then titled in the name of RCFC) shall be not be less than the Series 2013-G1 Asset Coverage Threshold Amount as of such date, then HVF shall not be required to take any such action or exercise any such rights, remedies, powers or privileges with respect to RCFC; and

 

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(c)                                   a Manufacturer under a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program of its obligations to HVF, solely to the extent that such obligations relate to or otherwise affect any Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicles or Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Receivables, in each case, in accordance with the applicable terms thereof, and to exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges relating to such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicles as are lawfully available to HVF to the extent and in the manner directed by the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, including the transmission of notices of default and the institution of legal or administrative actions or proceedings to compel or secure such performance by such parties or any other party to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreements or by a Manufacturer under a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program; provided that , without limiting the rights of the Trustee or the Lessor under the Series 2013-G1 Lease, so long as no Servicer Default or HVF II Group I Liquidation Event has occurred and is continuing, HVF shall not be required to take any such action or exercise any such rights, remedies, powers or privileges with respect to any Manufacturer to the extent such inaction or failure to exercise is in accordance with the Servicing Standard.  Subject to the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence, if:

 

(i)                                      HVF shall have failed, within thirty (30) days of receiving such direction of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, to take commercially reasonable action to accomplish such directions of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable,

 

(ii)                                   HVF refuses to take any such action, or

 

(iii)                                the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, reasonably determines that such action must be taken immediately (and, in the event that the action is of the type described in the proviso to the preceding sentence and no Servicer Default or HVF II Group I Liquidation Event has occurred and is continuing, the Servicer has notified the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, that such action is commercially reasonable), then in any such case the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, may, but shall not be obligated to, take, at the expense of HVF, such previously directed action and any related action permitted under this Series Supplement (provided such action relates to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral or the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations) that the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, thereafter determines is appropriate (without the need under this provision or any other provision under this Series Supplement to direct HVF to take such action), on behalf of HVF and the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder.

 

Section 4.4.                                  Release of Series 2013-G1 Collateral .

 

(a)                                  The Trustee shall, when required by the provisions of this Series Supplement, execute instruments to release Series 2013-G1 Collateral from the lien of this Series Supplement or convey the Trustee’s interest in the same, in a manner and under circumstances that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Series Supplement.  No party relying upon an instrument executed by the Trustee as provided in this Section 4.4(a) shall be bound to ascertain the Trustee’s authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any moneys.

 

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(b)                                  With respect to each Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, on the Disposition Date with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, any Lien of the Trustee or the Collateral Agent on such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle shall automatically be deemed to be released.

 

(c)                                   The Trustee shall, at such time as there is no Series 2013-G1 Note Outstanding and no other Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations remain unpaid, release any remaining portion of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral from the lien of the Base Indenture and this Series Supplement and release to HVF any funds then on deposit in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account.  The Trustee shall release property from the lien of the Base Indenture and this Series Supplement pursuant to this Section 4.4(c) only upon receipt of a Company Order accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate meeting the applicable requirements of Section 13.3 of the Base Indenture.

 

Section 4.5.                                  Opinions of Counsel .

 

The Trustee shall receive at least seven (7) days’ notice when requested by HVF to take any action pursuant to Section 4.4(a) , accompanied by copies of any instruments involved, and an Opinion of Counsel, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, stating the legal effect of any such action, outlining the steps required to complete the same, and concluding that all such action will not materially and adversely impair the security for the Series 2013-G1 Note or the rights of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, in each case, in a manner not permitted by the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents; provided however that , such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required to express an opinion as to the fair value of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral.  Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely, without independent investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any certificate or other instrument delivered to the Trustee in connection with any such action.

 

ARTICLE V

 

REPORTS

 

Section 5.1.                                  Reports and Instructions to Trustee .

 

(a)                                  Daily Collection Reports .  On each Business Day commencing on the Series 2013-G1 Closing Date, HVF shall prepare and maintain, or cause to be prepared and maintained, a record (each, a “ Series 2013-G1 Daily Collection Report ”) setting forth the aggregate of the amounts deposited in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account and the amounts relating to Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles deposited in the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account on the immediately preceding Business Day, which shall consist of:

 

(i)                                      the aggregate amount of payments received from Manufacturers and/or auction dealers under Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Programs related to Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicles and in each case deposited in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account or a Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account, plus

 

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(ii)                                   the aggregate amount of proceeds received from third parties (other than to the extent such amounts are included in clause (i)  above) with respect to the sale of Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles and in each case deposited in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account or a Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account, plus

 

(iii)                                the aggregate amount of other Series 2013-G1 Collections deposited in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account or Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account.

 

HVF shall deliver a copy of the Series 2013-G1 Daily Collection Report for each Business Day to the Trustee and the HVF II Trustee.

 

(b)                                  Monthly Servicing Certificate .  On or before the fourth Business Day prior to each Payment Date (unless otherwise agreed by the Trustee), HVF shall furnish to the Trustee and the HVF II Trustee a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit B (each a “ Series 2013-G1 Monthly Servicing Certificate ”).

 

(c)                                   Monthly Collateral Certificate .  On or before each Payment Date, HVF shall furnish to the Trustee, the HVF II Trustee and the Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate of HVF to the effect that, except as stated therein,

 

(i)                                      the Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles and all other Series 2013-G1 Collateral is free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens and

 

(ii)                                   the aggregate amount of all vicarious liability claims outstanding against HVF as of the immediately preceding Determination Date is less than $5,000,000.  If the aggregate amount of vicarious liability claims outstanding against HVF exceeds $5,000,000, the Officer’s Certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 5.1(c)  also shall contain a schedule listing all of the vicarious liability claims then outstanding against HVF.

 

(d)                                  Quarterly Compliance Certificates .  On or before the Payment Date in each of March, June, September and December, commencing in December 2013, HVF shall deliver to the Trustee and the HVF II Trustee an Officer’s Certificate of HVF to the effect that, except as provided in a notice delivered pursuant to Section 9.6 , no Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event or Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event has occurred or is continuing.

 

(e)                                   Non-Program Vehicle Report .  On or before May 31 of each year, commencing in May 2014, HVF shall cause a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants or a nationally recognized firm of independent consultants to furnish a report to the Trustee and the HVF II Trustee to the effect that they have performed certain agreed upon procedures on a statistical sample designed to provide a ninety-five percent (95%) confidence level confirming the calculations of (i) the Disposition Proceeds received by or on behalf of HVF from the sale or other disposition of all Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicles (other than Casualties) sold or otherwise disposed of during the

 

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Related Month and (ii) the respective Net Book Values of such Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicles.

 

(f)                                    Verification of Title .

 

(i)                                      Prior to the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date, on or before May 31 of each year, commencing in May 2014, HVF shall cause a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants or a nationally recognized firm of independent consultants to furnish a report to the Trustee and HVF II Trustee to the effect that they have performed certain agreed upon procedures on a statistical sample of the Certificates of Title of the Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles constituting Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral designed to provide a ninety-five percent (95%) confidence level confirming that the Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles are titled in the name of the Nominee or HVF and the Certificates of Title with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles constituting Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral show a first lien in the name of the Collateral Agent, except for such exceptions as shall be set forth in such report; provided , that , any such report may be delivered along with the analogous report described in Section 4.1(h) of the Base Indenture as a single report.

 

(ii)                                   Following the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date, on or before May 31 of each year, HVF shall cause a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants or a nationally recognized firm of independent consultants to furnish a report to the Trustee and HVF II Trustee to the effect that they have performed certain agreed upon procedures on a statistical sample of the Certificates of Title of the Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles constituting Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral designed to provide a ninety-five percent (95%) confidence level confirming that the Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles are titled in the name of the Nominee, HVF or RCFC (or the name of RCFC as such name may be modified by or in connection with any conversion in respect of RCFC’s corporate form) and the Certificates of Title with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles constituting Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral show a first lien in the name of the Collateral Agent, except for such exceptions as shall be set forth in such report; provided that , any such report may be delivered along with the analogous report described in Section 4.1(h) of the Base Indenture as a single report.

 

(g)                                   Instructions as to Withdrawals and Payments .  HVF will furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Trustee, written instructions to make withdrawals and payments from the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account and any Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Accounts specified herein.  The Trustee shall promptly follow any such written instructions.

 

Section 5.2.                                  Reports to Noteholders .

 

(a)                                  Annual Series 2013-G1 Noteholder Tax Statement .  On or before January 31 of each calendar year, beginning with calendar year 2014, HVF shall furnish to

 

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each Person who at any time during the preceding calendar year was a Series 2013-G1 Noteholder a statement prepared by HVF containing the information which is required to be contained in the Monthly Noteholders’ Statements aggregated for such calendar year or the applicable portion thereof during which such Person was a Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, together with such other customary information (consistent with the treatment of the Series 2013-G1 Note as debt) as HVF deems necessary or desirable to enable the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder to prepare its tax returns (each such statement, an “ Annual Series 2013-G1 Noteholder Tax Statement ”).  Such obligations of HVF to prepare and distribute the Annual Series 2013-G1 Noteholder Tax Statement shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall be provided by the Series 2013-G1 Administrator pursuant to any requirements of the Code as from time to time in effect.

 

Section 5.3.                                  Administration .

 

Pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator has agreed to provide certain services to HVF and to take certain actions on behalf of HVF, including performing or otherwise satisfying any action, determination, calculation, direction, instruction, notice, delivery or other performance obligation, in each case, permitted or required by HVF pursuant to this Series Supplement.  The Series 2013-G1 Noteholder by its acceptance of a Series 2013-G1 Note and each of the parties hereto by its execution hereof, hereby consents to the provision of such services and the taking of such action by the Series 2013-G1 Administrator in lieu of HVF and hereby agrees that HVF’s obligations hereunder with respect to any such services performed or action taken shall be deemed satisfied to the extent performed or taken by the Series 2013-G1 Administrator and to the extent so performed or taken by the Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall be deemed for all purposes hereunder to have been so performed or taken by HVF; provided that , for the avoidance of doubt, none of the foregoing shall create any payment obligation of the Series 2013-G1 Administrator or relieve HVF of any payment obligation hereunder.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

ALLOCATION AND APPLICATION OF COLLECTIONS

 

Section 6.1.                                  Series 2013-G1 Collection Account .

 

With respect to the Series 2013-G1 Note, the following shall apply:

 

(a)                                  Establishment of Series 2013-G1 Collection Account .  On or prior to the Series 2013-G1 Closing Date, HVF, the Securities Intermediary and the Trustee established a securities account (such account, or any successor or replacement account, the “ Series 2013-G1 Collection Account ”) in the name of, and under the control of, the Trustee that is and will be maintained for the benefit of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder.  The Series 2013-G1 Collection Account shall bear a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder.  The Series 2013-G1 Collection Account shall be an Eligible Account.  If the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account is at any time no longer an Eligible Account, HVF shall, within ten (10) Business Days of obtaining knowledge that the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account is no longer an

 

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Eligible Account, establish a new Series 2013-G1 Collection Account that is an Eligible Account.  If a new Series 2013-G1 Collection Account is established, HVF shall instruct the Trustee in writing to transfer all cash and investments from the non-qualifying Series 2013-G1 Collection Account into the new Series 2013-G1 Collection Account.  Initially, the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account will be established with The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

 

(b)                                  Earnings from Series 2013-G1 Collection Account .  All interest and earnings (net of losses and investment expenses) paid on funds on deposit in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account shall be deemed to be on deposit therein and available for distribution unless previously distributed pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

(c)                                   Administration of Series 2013-G1 Collection Account .  HVF may instruct (by standing instructions or otherwise) the institution maintaining the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account to invest funds on deposit in such Account from time to time in Series 2013-G1 Permitted Investments; provided however that , (x) any such investment in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account shall mature not later than the Business Day following the date on which such funds were received (including funds received upon a payment in respect of a Series 2013-G1 Permitted Investment made with funds on deposit in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account) and (y) any such investment in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account shall mature not later than the Business Day prior to the first Payment Date following the date on which such funds were received (including funds received upon a payment in respect of a Series 2013-G1 Permitted Investment made with funds on deposit in such Account), unless any such Series 2013-G1 Permitted Investment is held with the Trustee, in which case such investment may mature on such Payment Date so long as such funds shall be available for withdrawal on or prior to such Payment Date.  HVF shall not direct the Trustee to dispose of (or permit the disposal of) any Series 2013-G1 Permitted Investments prior to the maturity date thereof to the extent such disposal would result in a loss of the initial purchase price of such Series 2013-G1 Permitted Investment.  In the absence of written investment instructions hereunder, funds on deposit in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account shall remain uninvested.  The Trustee shall have no liability for any losses incurred as a result of investments made at the direction of HVF, and the Trustee shall have no responsibility to monitor the investment rating of any Permitted Investment.

 

(d)                                  Trustee as Securities Intermediary .  The Trustee or other Person holding the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account shall be the “securities intermediary” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the New York UCC and a “bank” (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(8) of the New York UCC), in such capacities, the “ Securities Intermediary ”).  If the Securities Intermediary in respect of the Series 2013-G1 Collection Accounts is not the Trustee, HVF shall obtain the express agreement of such Person to the obligations of the Securities Intermediary set forth in this Section 6.1(d) .

 

(i)                                      The Securities Intermediary agrees that:

 

(1)                                  The Series 2013-G1 Collection Account is an account to which Financial Assets will be credited;

 

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(2)                                  All securities or other property underlying any Financial Assets credited to the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another securities account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any Financial Asset credited to the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account be registered in the name of HVF, payable to the order of HVF or specially indorsed to HVF;

 

(3)                                  All property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Series Supplement will be promptly credited to the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account;

 

(4)                                  Each item of property (whether investment property, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account shall be treated as a Financial Asset;

 

(5)                                  If at any time the Securities Intermediary shall receive any order or instruction from the Trustee directing transfer or redemption of any Financial Asset relating to the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account or the disposition of funds credited thereto, the Securities Intermediary shall comply with such entitlement order or instruction without further consent by HVF or the Series 2013-G1 Administrator;

 

(6)                                  The Series 2013-G1 Collection Account shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, regardless of any provision of any other agreement.  For purposes of the UCC, New York shall be deemed to the Securities Intermediary’s jurisdiction within the meaning of Section 9-304 and Section 8-110 of the New York UCC and the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account (as well as the “securities entitlements” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(17) of the New York UCC) related thereto) shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York;

 

(7)                                  The Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until termination of this Series Supplement, will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account and/or any Financial Assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with entitlement orders (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(8) of the New York UCC) or instructions (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the New York UCC) of such other Person and the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Series Supplement will not enter into, any agreement with HVF purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with entitlement orders or instructions as set forth in Section 6.1(d)(i)(5) ; and

 

(8)                                  Except for the claims and interest of the Trustee and HVF in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account, the Securities Intermediary knows of no claim to, or interest in, the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account or in any Financial Asset credited thereto.  If the Securities Intermediary has actual knowledge of the assertion by any other person of any lien, encumbrance, or adverse claim (including any writ, garnishment, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process) against any Series 2013-G1

 

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Collection Account or in any Financial Asset carried therein, the Securities Intermediary will promptly notify the Trustee, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator and HVF thereof.

 

(ii)                                   The Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds on deposit from time to time in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account and in all proceeds thereof, and shall be the only person authorized to originate entitlement orders in respect of the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account.

 

(iii)                                Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.1 to the contrary, the parties hereto agree that as permitted by Section 8-504(c)(1) of the New York UCC, with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account, the Securities Intermediary may satisfy the duty in Section 8-504(a) of the New York UCC with respect to any cash to be credited to the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account by crediting to such Series 2013-G1 Collection Account a general unsecured claim against the Securities Intermediary, as a bank, payable on demand, for the amount of such cash.

 

(iv)                               Notwithstanding anything in this Section 6.1 to the contrary, with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account and any credit balances not constituting Financial Assets credited thereto, the Securities Intermediary shall be acting as a bank (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(8) of the New York UCC) if the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account is deemed not to constitute a securities account.

 

Section 6.2.                                  Collections and Allocations .

 

(a)                                  Collections in General .  Until this Series Supplement is terminated pursuant to Section 11.9 , HVF shall, and the Trustee is authorized (upon written instructions) to, direct that all Series 2013-G1 Collections due and to become due to HVF or the Trustee, as the case may be, to be deposited in the following manner:

 

(i)                                      all amounts due under or in connection with the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles (for the avoidance of doubt, other than Series 2013-G1 Excluded Payments) shall be deposited directly into a Collateral Account by the payor thereof and shall be withdrawn from such Collateral Account and deposited either into the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account or, in the case of Relinquished Property Proceeds, applied in accordance with the Master Exchange Agreement within seven (7) Business Days of the deposit thereof into such Collateral Account;

 

(ii)                                   all insurance proceeds and warranty payments in respect of the Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles, other than Series 2013-G1 Excluded Payments, shall be deposited into a Collateral Account within two (2) Business Days of receipt by the Servicer and shall be withdrawn from a Collateral Account and deposited into the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account within seven (7) Business Days of the deposit thereof into a Collateral Account;

 

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(iii)                                all amounts payable to HVF pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Lease shall be remitted directly to the Trustee for deposit into the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account;

 

(iv)                               all amounts payable by the Nominee pursuant to Article X of the Nominee Agreement in respect of Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles shall be deposited directly into a Collateral Account by the Nominee and shall be withdrawn from a Collateral Account and deposited into the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account within seven (7) Business Days of the deposit thereof into a Collateral Account;

 

(v)                                  all amounts payable by RCFC to HVF pursuant to the RCFC Nominee Agreement in respect of Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles shall be deposited directly into a Collateral Account by RCFC and shall be withdrawn from a Collateral Account and deposited into the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account within seven (7) Business Days of the deposit thereof into a Collateral Account; and

 

(vi)                               all Series 2013-G1 Collections from any other source shall be either paid directly into the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account or a Collateral Account at such times as such amounts are due and, in with respect to any such deposit into a Collateral Account, thereafter deposited into the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account within seven (7) Business Days after such deposit thereof into such Collateral Account.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, insurance proceeds and warranty payments with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles shall not be required to be deposited in a Collateral Account or the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account, and may be held by HVF or paid to Hertz, unless (i) a Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event or HVF II Group I Liquidation Event has occurred and is continuing or (ii) a Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event or HVF II Group I Liquidation Event would occur as a result of the failure to make such deposit.

 

HVF agrees that if any Series 2013-G1 Collections shall be received by HVF in an account other than a Collateral Account, a Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account or the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account or in any other manner, such monies, instruments, cash and other proceeds will not be commingled by HVF with any of its other funds or property, if any, but will be held separate and apart therefrom and shall be held in trust by HVF for, and immediately paid over to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, with any necessary indorsement.  All monies, instruments, cash and other proceeds received by the Trustee pursuant to this Indenture (including amounts received from the Collateral Agent) shall be immediately deposited in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account or a Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account and shall be applied as provided in this Article VI or Article VIA .

 

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ARTICLE VIA

 

SERIES 2013-G1 HVF SEGREGATED EXCHANGE ACCOUNT

 

Section 6A.1.                         Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account .  Prior to transferring any Relinquished Property (as defined in the Master Exchange Agreement) relating to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral, the Trustee shall establish and maintain for the benefit of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder one or more Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Accounts, each in the name of the Trustee or, prior to the date of termination of the Master Exchange Agreement pursuant to Section 7.01(b) thereof, the joint name of the Trustee and the Intermediary, that shall be administered and operated as provided in the Master Exchange Agreement.  Each Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account shall be maintained (i) with a Series 2013-G1 Qualified Institution or (ii) as a segregated trust account with a Series 2013-G1 Qualified Trust Institution.  If any Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account is not maintained in accordance with the previous sentence, then within ten (10) Business Days of obtaining actual knowledge of such fact or receipt of written direction from HVF, the Trustee and the Intermediary shall establish a new Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account that complies with such sentence and transfer into the new Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account all funds from the non-qualifying Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account.  Initially, each Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account will be established with Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas or the Trustee.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

APPLICATIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS

 

With respect to the Series 2013-G1 Note, the following shall apply:

 

Section 7.1.                                  Allocations with Respect to the Series 2013-G1 Note .

 

The net proceeds from the initial sale of the Series 2013-G1 Note were deposited into the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account.  On each Business Day on which the proceeds of the initial sale of the Series 2013-G1 Note, the proceeds of any Advance or any Series 2013-G1 Collections are deposited into the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account (each such date, a “ Series 2013-G1 Deposit Date ”), the Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall direct the Trustee in writing to apply all amounts deposited into the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account in accordance with the provisions of this Article VII .

 

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Section 7.2.                                  Payment of Note Principal .  In addition to any Decreases effected pursuant to Section 2.3 , on each Series 2013-G1 Deposit Date, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator will direct the Trustee in writing to withdraw, and the Trustee shall withdraw in accordance with such written directions, all amounts on deposit in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account that consist of Series 2013-G1 Principal Collections and pay such amounts to the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder as a payment of principal of the Series 2013-G1 Note.  The entire principal amount of the Series 2013-G1 Note shall be due and payable on the Legal Final Payment Date.

 

Section 7.3.                                  Application of Series 2013-G1 Interest Collections .

 

On the fourth Business Day prior to each Payment Date, HVF shall instruct the Trustee in writing as to the amount to be applied pursuant to each of clauses (i)  through (v)  below to the extent funds are anticipated to be available from Series 2013-G1 Interest Collections processed during the Series 2013-G1 Interest Period ending on the day immediately preceding such Payment Date, and on such Payment Date the Trustee, acting in accordance with such instructions, shall withdraw from the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account and apply such amounts as follows:

 

(i)                                      first , an amount equal to the Series 2013-G1 Monthly Interest for such Series 2013-G1 Interest Period, to the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder;

 

(ii)                                   second , to the Series 2013-G1 Administrator, in an amount equal to the Series 2013-G1 Monthly Administration Fee for such Series 2013-G1 Interest Period;

 

(iii)                                third , to the Trustee, in an amount equal to the Series 2013-G1 Percentage (as of the beginning of such Series 2013-G1 Interest Period) of the Trustee’s fees for such Series 2013-G1 Interest Period;

 

(iv)                               fourth , to the Servicer, in an amount equal to the Monthly Servicing Fee with respect to such Payment Date;

 

(v)                                  fifth , on a pro rata basis, to pay any Series 2013-G1 Carrying Charges (excluding any amounts payable to the Series 2013-G1 Administrator, the Servicer or the Trustee, which amounts shall be paid pursuant to the preceding clauses) to the Persons to whom such amounts are owed for such Series 2013-G1 Interest Period;

 

provided that , it is understood and agreed that any payments of amounts constituting Series 2013-G1 Carrying Charges pursuant to clauses (ii)  through (v)  above with respect to any Payment Date shall be deemed made prior to the determination and payment of any “Indenture Carrying Charges” under and as defined in any other Series Supplement.

 

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Section 7.4.                                  Payment by Wire Transfer .

 

On each Payment Date, pursuant to Sections 7.2 and 7.3 hereof, the Trustee shall cause the amounts (to the extent received by the Trustee) set forth in Section  7.2 or 7.37.3 to be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds released from the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account for credit to the account designated by the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder.

 

Section 7.5.                                  The Series 2013-G1 Administrator’s Directions to Trustee; The Series 2013-G1 Administrator’s Failure to Instruct the Trustee to Make a Deposit or Payment .

 

When any payment or deposit hereunder or under any other Series 2013-G1 Related Document is required to be made by the Trustee at or prior to a specified time, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall deliver any applicable written instructions with respect thereto reasonably in advance of such specified time.  If the Series 2013-G1 Administrator fails to give notice or instructions to make any payment from or deposit into the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account required to be given by the Series 2013-G1 Administrator, at the time specified in the Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement or any other Series 2013-G1 Related Document (including applicable grace periods), the Trustee shall make such payment or deposit into or from such Series 2013-G1 Collection Account without such notice or instruction from the Series 2013-G1 Administrator, provided that the Series 2013-G1 Administrator promptly provides the Trustee with all information necessary to allow the Trustee to make such a payment or deposit.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

HVF hereby represents and warrants, for the benefit of the Trustee and the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder and its assigns, that the following (i) was true as of the Series 2013-G1 Closing Date (except in the case of Sections 8.4 , 8.14 and 8.17 ) and (ii) is true as of the Series 2013-G1 Restatement Effective Date (and, in the case of Section 8.8(ii) , will be true as of the date of any amendment, modification or waiver of any Series 2013-G1 Related Document):

 

Section 8.1.                                  Existence and Power .

 

HVF (a) is a limited liability company duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (b) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign limited liability company and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where the character of its property, the nature of its business or the performance of its obligations under the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents make such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to so qualify is not reasonably likely to result in a Series 2013-G1 Material Adverse Effect, and (c) has all limited liability company powers and all governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted and for purposes of the transactions contemplated by this Series

 

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Supplement and the other Series 2013-G1 Related Documents (other than any transaction relating solely to one or more Other Segregated Series of Notes and/or Series of Notes), except to the extent that the failure to so qualify is not reasonably likely to result in a Series 2013-G1 Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 8.2.                                  Limited Liability Company and Governmental Authorization .

 

The execution, delivery and performance by HVF of the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents to which it is a party (a) is within HVF’s limited liability company powers, (b) has been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action, (c) requires no action by or in respect of, or filing with, any Governmental Authority which has not been obtained, except to the extent that the failure to take such action or effect such filing is not reasonably likely to result in a Series 2013-G1 Material Adverse Effect and (d) does not contravene, or constitute a default under, any Requirements of Law with respect to HVF or any Contractual Obligation with respect to HVF or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any Series 2013-G1 Collateral (other than Series 2013-G1 Permitted Liens), except to the extent that such contravention or default is not reasonably likely to result in a Series 2013-G1 Material Adverse Effect.  Each Series 2013-G1 Related Document to which HVF is a party has been executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of HVF.

 

Section 8.3.                                  No Consent .

 

No consent, action by or in respect of, approval or other authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is required for the valid execution and delivery by HVF of any Series 2013-G1 Related Documents or for the performance by HVF of any of HVF’s obligations hereunder or thereunder other than such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations, declarations or filings as shall have been obtained by HVF or as contemplated in Section 8.13 except to the extent that the failure to so obtain any such consent, approval or authorization, take any such action or effect any such registration, declaration or filing is not reasonably likely to result in a Series 2013-G1 Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 8.4.                                  Binding Effect .

 

Each Series 2013-G1 Related Document in effect as of the close of business on the Series 2013-G1 Restatement Effective Date to which HVF is a party is a legal, valid and binding obligation of HVF enforceable against HVF in accordance with its terms (except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity and by an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing).

 

Section 8.5.                                  Litigation .

 

There is no action, suit, or proceeding pending against or, to the knowledge of HVF, threatened against or affecting HVF before any court or arbitrator or any Governmental Authority with respect to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse decision that would be reasonably likely to result in a Series 2013-G1 Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 8.6.                                  No ERISA Plan .

 

HVF has not established and does not maintain or contribute to any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA.

 

Section 8.7.                                  Tax Filings and Expenses .

 

HVF has filed all federal, state and local tax returns and all other tax returns that, to the knowledge of HVF, are required to be filed (whether informational returns or not), and has paid all taxes due, if any, pursuant to said returns or pursuant to any assessment received by HVF, except such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been set aside on its books.  HVF has paid all fees and expenses required to be paid by it in connection with the conduct of its business, the maintenance of its existence and its qualification as a foreign limited liability company authorized to do business in each jurisdiction in which it is required to so qualify, except to the extent that the failure to pay such fees and expenses is not reasonably likely to result in a Series 2013-G1 Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 8.8.                                  Disclosure .

 

All certificates, reports, statements, documents and other information (other than any certificates, reports, statements, documents or other information relating solely to one or more Other Segregated Series of Notes and/or Series of Notes and, for the avoidance of doubt, other than any certificates, reports, statements, documents or other information relating to any financial statements of Hertz and its consolidated Subsidiaries) furnished to the Trustee by or on behalf of HVF (i) pursuant to any provision of any Series 2013-G1 Related Document or (ii) in connection with or pursuant to any amendment or modification of, or waiver under, the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents, in each case, at the time the same are so furnished, shall be complete and correct to the extent necessary to give the Trustee true and accurate knowledge of the subject matter thereof in all material respects, and the furnishing of the same to the Trustee shall constitute a representation and warranty by HVF made on the date the same are furnished to the Trustee to the effect specified herein.

 

Section 8.9.                                  Investment Company Act .

 

HVF is not, and is not controlled by, an “investment company” within the meaning of, and is not required to register as an “investment company” under, the Investment Company Act.

 

Section 8.10.                           Regulations T, U and X .

 

The proceeds of the Series 2013-G1 Note will not be used to purchase or carry any “margin stock” (as defined or used in the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including Regulations T, U and X thereof).  HVF is not engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock.

 

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Section 8.11.                           Solvency .

 

Both before and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents, HVF is solvent within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Code and HVF is not the subject of any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts under any bankruptcy or insolvency law and no Event of Bankruptcy has occurred with respect to HVF.

 

Section 8.12.                           Ownership of Limited Liability Company Interests; Subsidiary .

 

All of the issued and outstanding limited liability company interests of HVF are owned by Hertz, all of which limited liability company interests have been validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned of record by Hertz, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens; provided however that , such limited liability company interests in HVF (the “ SPV Issuer Equity ”) may be pledged for the benefit of one or more Pledged Equity Secured Parties pursuant to any Pledged Equity Security Agreement as long as such Pledged Equity Security Agreement contains the Required Standstill Provisions.  HVF has no subsidiaries and owns no capital stock of, or other equity interest in, any other Person, other than the Nominee.

 

Section 8.13.                           Security Interests .

 

(a)                                  This Series Supplement constitutes a valid and continuing Lien on the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral and all Proceeds thereof in favor of the Trustee on behalf of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, which Lien on the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral has been perfected and is prior to all other Liens (other than Permitted Liens), and the Collateral Agency Agreement constitutes a valid and continuing Lien on the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral in favor of the Collateral Agent, which Lien on the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral has been perfected and is prior to all other Liens (other than Permitted Liens) and, in each case, is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from HVF in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity and by an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

 

(b)                                  HVF has received all consents and approvals required by the terms of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral to the pledge of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral to the Trustee or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be.

 

(c)                                   Other than the security interest granted to the Trustee under this Series Supplement and to the Collateral Agent under the Collateral Agency Agreement (and, for the avoidance of doubt, other than any security interest granted with respect to the Purchase Agreement, the Nominee Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement, the LLC Agreement, the HVF Credit Facility, the Master Exchange Agreement or the Escrow Agreement, which security interest in any such case is limited to the extent such agreement relates to collateral other than the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral), HVF has not pledged,

 

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assigned, sold or granted a security interest in the Series 2013-G1 Collateral.  All action necessary (including the filing of UCC-1 financing statements, the assignment of rights under the Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Programs (other than to the extent they relate solely to (i) HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral of any Other Segregated Series of Notes or (ii) Collateral) to the Collateral Agent and the notation of the Collateral Agent’s Lien on the Certificates of Title for all Vehicles constituting Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral) to protect and perfect the Trustee’s security interest in the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral and the Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral has been duly and effectively taken.

 

(d)                                  No security agreement, financing statement, equivalent security or lien instrument or continuation statement listing HVF as debtor covering all or any part of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral is on file or of record in any jurisdiction, except (i) such as may have been filed, recorded or made by HVF in favor of the Trustee on behalf of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder in connection with this Series Supplement or the Collateral Agent in connection with the Collateral Agency Agreement, (ii) for the avoidance of doubt, such as covers the Purchase Agreement, the Nominee Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement, the LLC Agreement, the HVF Credit Facility, the Master Exchange Agreement or the Escrow Agreement, which so covers any such agreement solely to the extent such agreement relates to collateral other than the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral, or (iii) such that has been terminated, and, subject to such exceptions, HVF has not authorized and is not aware of any such filing.

 

(e)                                   HVF’s legal name is Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC and its location within the meaning of Section 9-307 of the applicable UCC is the State of Delaware.

 

(f)                                    Except for a change made pursuant to Section 9.17 , (i) HVF’s sole place of business and chief executive office shall be at 225 Brae Boulevard, Park Ridge, New Jersey 07656, and the places where its records concerning the Series 2013-G1 Collateral are kept are: (A) 225 Brae Boulevard, Park Ridge, New Jersey 07656 and (B) 14501 Hertz Quail Springs Parkway, Oklahoma City, OK 73134 and (ii) HVF’s jurisdiction of organization is Delaware.  HVF does not transact, and has not transacted, business under any other name.

 

(g)                                   All authorizations in this Series Supplement for the Trustee to indorse checks, instruments and securities and to execute financing statements, continuation statements, security agreements and other instruments with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral and to take such other actions with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral authorized by this Series Supplement are powers coupled with an interest and are irrevocable.

 

(h)                                  This Series Supplement creates a valid and continuing Lien (as defined in the New York UCC) in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account Collateral, the Series 2013-G1 Collateral constituting Investment Property and the Series 2013-G1 General Intangibles Collateral and all Proceeds thereof in favor of the Trustee on behalf of the Trustee for the benefit of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, which Lien is prior to all other Liens (other than Permitted Liens) and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from HVF in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be

 

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limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity and by an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.  All action necessary to perfect such security interest has been duly taken.

 

(i)                                      The Series 2013-G1 General Intangibles Collateral constitutes “general intangibles” within the meaning of the New York UCC.

 

(j)                                     HVF owns and has good and marketable title to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral free and clear of any Liens (other than Permitted Liens).

 

(k)                                  HVF has caused or will have caused, within ten (10) days, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Series 2013-G1 General Intangibles Collateral and the Series 2013-G1 Collateral constituting Investment Property granted to the Trustee in favor of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder hereunder.

 

(l)                                      HVF is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against HVF.

 

(m)                              HVF is a Registered Organization.

 

Section 8.14.                           Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreements .

 

The provisions of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreements in effect as of the close of business on the Series 2013-G1 Restatement Effective Date relating to the Series 2013-G1 Note are in full force and effect, and, as of the Series 2013-G1 Restatement Effective Date, there is no continuing Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event or Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event.

 

Section 8.15.                           Non-Existence of Other Agreements .

 

Other than as permitted by the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents and the Related Documents, (i) HVF is not a party to any contract or agreement of any kind or nature and (ii) HVF is not subject to any material obligations or liabilities of any kind or nature in favor of any third party, including, without limitation, Contingent Obligations.  The only activities HVF has engaged in since its formation are those incidental or related to its formation, the authorization and the issue of Indenture Notes, the execution of the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents and Related Documents, in each case to which it is a party, and the performance of the activities referred to in or contemplated by such agreements.

 

Section 8.16.                           Compliance with Contractual Obligations and Laws .

 

HVF is not (i) in violation of the HVF LLC Agreement, (ii) in violation of any Requirement of Law with respect to HVF, except to the extent any such violation is not reasonably likely to result in a Series 2013-G1 Material Adverse Effect or (iii) in violation of any Contractual Obligation with respect to HVF, except to the extent any such violation is not reasonably likely to result in a Series 2013-G1 Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 8.17.                           Other Representations .

 

All representations and warranties of HVF made in each Series 2013-G1 Related Document in effect as of the close of business on the Series 2013-G1 Restatement Effective Date (other than any representations or warranties set forth in the Base Indenture and other than any representations or warranties relating solely to one or more Other Segregated Series of Notes and/or Series of Notes) to which it is a party are true and correct and are repeated herein as though fully set forth herein (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date).

 

ARTICLE IX

 

COVENANTS

 

Section 9.1.                                  Payment of Series 2013-G1 Note .

 

HVF shall pay the principal of and interest on the Series 2013-G1 Note when due pursuant to the provisions of this Series Supplement.  Principal and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder holds on that date money designated for and sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due.

 

Section 9.2.                                  Maintenance of Office or Agency .

 

HVF will maintain an office or agency where notices and demands to or upon HVF in respect of the Series 2013-G1 Note and this Series Supplement may be served, and where, at any time when HVF is obligated to make a payment of principal of, and premium, if any, upon, the Series 2013-G1 Note, the Series 2013-G1 Note may be surrendered for payment.  HVF will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency.  If at any time HVF shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office.

 

HVF may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Series 2013-G1 Note may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations.  HVF will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency.

 

HVF hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office as one such office or agency of HVF.

 

Section 9.3.                                  Payment of Taxes and Governmental Obligations .

 

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proceedings, and will maintain, in accordance with GAAP, reserves as appropriate for the accrual of any of the same.

 

Section 9.4.                                  Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence .

 

HVF will maintain its existence as a limited liability company validly existing, and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and duly qualified as a foreign limited liability company licensed under the laws of each state in which the failure to so qualify would be reasonably likely to result in a Series 2013-G1 Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 9.5.                                  Compliance with Laws .

 

HVF will comply in all respects with all Requirements of Law with respect to HVF, except where the necessity of compliance therewith is contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings or where such noncompliance is not reasonably likely to result in a Series 2013-G1 Material Adverse Effect and will not result in a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on any of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral.

 

Section 9.6.                                  Notice of Defaults .

 

Within five (5) Business Days of any Authorized Officer of HVF obtaining actual knowledge of (i) any Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event or any HVF II Group I Liquidation Event, or (ii) any default under any other Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreement (other than any Amortization Event), any Series 2013-G1 Related Documents or under any Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program, HVF shall give the Trustee notice thereof, together with an Officer’s Certificate of HVF setting forth the details thereof and any action with respect thereto taken or contemplated to be taken by HVF.

 

Section 9.7.                                  Notice of Material Proceedings .

 

Within five (5) Business Days of any Authorized Officer of HVF obtaining actual knowledge thereof, HVF shall give the Trustee written notice of the commencement or existence of any proceeding by or before any Governmental Authority against or affecting HVF that is reasonably likely to have a Series 2013-G1 Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 9.8.                                  Further Requests .

 

HVF will promptly furnish to the Trustee such other information relating to the Series 2013-G1 Note as, and in such form as, the Trustee may reasonably request in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Series Supplement.

 

Section 9.9.                                  Further Assurances .

 

(a)                                  HVF shall do such further acts and things, and execute and deliver to the Trustee such additional assignments, agreements, powers and instruments, as are necessary or desirable to maintain the security interest of the Trustee in the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral on behalf of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder and of the Collateral Agent in the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral as a perfected security

 

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interest subject to no other Liens (other than Series 2013-G1 Permitted Liens), to carry into effect the purposes of the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents or to better assure and confirm unto the Trustee or the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder their rights, powers and remedies hereunder including the filing of any financing or continuation statements under the UCC in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the liens and security interests granted hereby or in accordance with the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

(b)                                  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.9(b) , HVF shall take all actions that are required to maintain the security interest of the Trustee in the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral and of the Collateral Agent in the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral as a perfected security interest subject to no other Liens (other than Series 2013-G1 Permitted Liens), including (i) filing all UCC financing statements, continuation statements and amendments thereto necessary to achieve the foregoing, (ii) causing the Lien of the Collateral Agent to be noted on all Certificates of Title relating to Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral and (iii) causing the Collateral Servicer, as agent for the Collateral Agent, to maintain possession of such Certificates of Title for the benefit of the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 2.6(a) of the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

(c)                                   If HVF fails to perform any of its agreements or obligations under Section 9.9(a)  or (b) , then, at the written direction of the HVF II Required Series Noteholders with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes, the HVF II Trustee shall perform such agreement or obligation, and the expenses of the HVF II Trustee incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by HVF upon the HVF II Trustee’s demand therefor.  Each of the Trustee and HVF II Trustee is hereby authorized to execute and file any financing statements, continuation statements or other instruments necessary or appropriate to perfect or maintain the perfection of the Trustee’s security interest in the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral.

 

(d)                                  If any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any promissory note, chattel paper or other instrument, such note, chattel paper or instrument shall be deemed to be held in trust and immediately pledged and physically delivered to the Trustee hereunder, and shall, subject to the rights of any Person in whose favor a prior Lien has been perfected, be duly indorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Trustee and delivered to the Trustee promptly.

 

(e)                                   HVF shall warrant and defend the Trustee’s right, title and interest in and to the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral and the income, distributions and proceeds thereof, for the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever.

 

(f)                                    On or before March 31 of each calendar year, commencing with March 31, 2015, HVF shall furnish to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Series Supplement, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and with respect to the execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation statements as are necessary to maintain the perfection

 

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of the lien and security interest created by this Series Supplement in the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral and reciting the details of such action or stating that in the opinion of such counsel no such action is necessary to maintain the perfection of such lien and security interest.  Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Series Supplement, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and the execution and filing of any financing statements and continuation statements that will, in the opinion of such counsel, be required to maintain the perfection of the lien and security interest of this Series Supplement in the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral until March 31 in the following calendar year.

 

Section 9.10.                           Liens .

 

HVF will not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property other than (i) Liens in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders and (ii) other Permitted Liens.  HVF will not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien upon any of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral, other than (i) Liens in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder and (ii) other Series 2013-G1 Permitted Liens.

 

Section 9.11.                           Other Indebtedness .

 

HVF will not create, assume, incur, suffer to exist or otherwise become or remain liable in respect of any Indebtedness other than (i) Indebtedness under the Base Indenture, any Series Supplement, any Series 2013-G1 Related Document or any Related Document and (ii) Indebtedness under the HVF Credit Facility.

 

Section 9.12.                           No ERISA Plan .

 

HVF shall not establish or maintain or contribute to any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA.

 

Section 9.13.                           Mergers .

 

HVF will not be a party to any merger or consolidation, other than a merger or consolidation of HVF into or with another Person if:

 

(a)                                  the Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which HVF is merged shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America or any state or the District of Columbia, and if HVF is not the surviving entity, shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto executed and delivered to the Trustee, the performance of every covenant and obligation of HVF hereunder and under all other Series 2013-G1 Related Documents to which HVF is a party;

 

(b)                                  HVF has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation or merger and such supplemental agreement comply with this Section 9.13 ;

 

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(c)                                   the HVF II Group I Rating Agency Condition with respect to each HVF II Series of Group I Notes outstanding shall have been satisfied with respect to such merger or consolidation; and

 

(d)                                  HVF has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that HVF or the Person formed by such consolidation or merger would not be substantively consolidated with any immediate and direct parent of such Person as a result of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to any such parent.

 

Section 9.14.                           Sales of Assets .

 

(a)                                  HVF will not sell, lease, transfer, liquidate or otherwise dispose of any of its property except as contemplated by the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents or any other Related Document.

 

(b)                                  HVF will not sell any Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle to any Affiliate of HVF on any date for less than the Net Book Value of such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle as of such date.

 

Section 9.15.                           Acquisition of Assets .

 

(a)                                  HVF will not acquire, by long-term or operating lease or otherwise, any property except in accordance with the terms of the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents or any other Related Document.

 

(b)                                  HVF will not purchase any Vehicle from HGI  pursuant to the Purchase Agreement for a purchase price other than:

 

(i)                                      if such Vehicle was most recently acquired by HGI or an Affiliate thereof from an unaffiliated third party on or after the 36th calendar day preceding the date of such purchase, then an amount equal to the cash purchase price paid for such Vehicle by HGI at the time of such recent acquisition;

 

(ii)                                   if such Vehicle (other than any Vehicle included in clause (iii)  below) was most recently acquired by HGI or an Affiliate thereof from an unaffiliated third party prior to the 36th calendar day preceding the date of such purchase, then an amount equal to the Market Value (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) of such Vehicle as of the date of the Purchase Order (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) with respect to such Vehicle; and

 

(iii)                                if such Vehicle (A) was most recently acquired by HGI or an Affiliate thereof from an unaffiliated third party prior to the 36th calendar day preceding the date of such purchase and (B) would be a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle immediately after giving effect to such purchase, then an amount equal to the Capitalized Cost of such Vehicle as of the date of the Purchase Order (as defined in the Purchase Agreement) with respect to such Vehicle, assuming such Vehicle were a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle on the date of such purchase.

 

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Section 9.16.                           Dividends, Officers’ Compensation, etc.

 

HVF will not declare or pay any distributions on any of its limited liability company interests; provided however that , so long as no Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event or HVF II Group I Liquidation Event has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom, HVF may declare and pay distributions to the extent permitted under Section 18-607 of the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act.  HVF will not pay any wages or salaries or other compensation to its officers, directors, employees or others except out of earnings computed in accordance with GAAP.

 

Section 9.17.                           Legal Name; Location Under Section 9-307 .

 

HVF will neither change its location (within the meaning of Section 9-307 of the applicable UCC) or its legal name without at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent.  In the event that HVF desires to so change its location or change its legal name, HVF will make any required filings and prior to actually changing its location or its legal name HVF will deliver to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent (i) an Officer’s Certificate of HVF and an Opinion of Counsel confirming that all required filings have been made to continue the perfected interest of the Trustee on behalf of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder in the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral and the perfected interest of the Collateral Agent in the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral in respect of the new location or new legal name of HVF and (ii) copies of all such required filings with the filing information duly noted thereon by the office in which such filings were made.

 

Section 9.18.                           Investments .

 

HVF will not make, incur, or suffer to exist any loan, advance, extension of credit or other investment in any Person other than in accordance with the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents or any other Related Documents and, in addition, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, HVF will not direct the investment of funds in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account or any Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account in a manner that would have the effect of causing HVF to be an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.

 

Section 9.19.                           No Other Agreements .

 

HVF will not enter into or be a party to any agreement or instrument other than any Related Document (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Series 2013-G1 Related Document), any documents related to any Enhancement, any document to effect a merger or consolidation permitted pursuant to Section 9.13 or any documents and agreements incidental or related to any of the foregoing.

 

Section 9.20.                           Other Business .

 

HVF will not engage in any business or enterprise or enter into any transaction other than the acquisition, financing, leasing and disposition of the HVF Vehicles and HVF Segregated Vehicles, the related exercise of its rights related thereto, the borrowing of funds under the HVF Credit Facility, the incurrence and payment of ordinary course

 

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operating expenses, the issuing and selling of the Indenture Notes and other activities related to or incidental to any of the foregoing.

 

Section 9.21.                           Maintenance of Separate Existence .

 

HVF will comply with all of the covenants relating to the maintenance of its separate existence as set forth in Section 8.24 of the Base Indenture, except that all references therein to “Related Documents” shall be deemed to refer to the “Series 2013-G1 Related Documents and any other Related Documents”.

 

Section 9.22.                           Insurance .

 

HVF will obtain and maintain, or cause to be obtained and maintained, with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles (i) comprehensive public liability and property damage protection in respect of the possession, condition, maintenance, operation and use of the Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles, in the amount required to meet the minimum financial responsibility requirements mandated by applicable state law for each occurrence and (ii) catastrophic physical damage insurance, in an amount not less than $50,000,000; provided , however , that HVF may rely on the Indemnification Agreement in lieu of obtaining and maintaining the insurance required by clauses (i)  and (ii)  hereof for so long as each Lessee is permitted to self-insure by applicable law.  All insurance policies (to the extent that such policies relate to Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles with respect to which the Collateral Agent is the lienholder pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement) obtained pursuant to this Section 9.22 shall name the Collateral Agent as a loss payee as its interest may appear.  HVF shall provide that the Trustee and the Collateral Agent will receive at least 30 days’ prior written notice of any change or cancellation of such insurance policies or arrangements.  Any insurance, as opposed to self-insurance, obtained by HVF shall be obtained from a Qualified Insurer only.

 

Section 9.23.                           Actions under the Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreements .

 

(a)                                  HVF will cause the Servicer to comply, in accordance with the Servicing Standard, with respect to all of HVF’s obligations under the Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Programs and will not take or permit the Servicer to take any actions that would invalidate such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Programs with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle.

 

(b)                                  Except as permitted in Section 9.23(c) , HVF will not take any action that would permit Hertz, Hertz Vehicles LLC, HGI, the Intermediary, the Escrow Agent or any other Person to have the right to refuse to perform any of its respective obligations under any of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreements (other than the Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Programs) or any other instrument or agreement included in the Series 2013-G1 Collateral or that would result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination, termination or discharge of, or impair the validity or effectiveness of, any Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreement (other than any Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program) or any such instrument or agreement, in each case solely to the extent relating to or otherwise affecting the Series 2013-G1 Collateral or the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations.

 

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(c)                                   Except as permitted in Section 4.2(a) , HVF agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder and the HVF II Trustee, acting at the written direction of the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors, exercise any right, remedy, power or privilege available to it with respect to any obligor under a Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreement (other than a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program) or under any instrument or agreement included in the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, any Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program), take any action to compel or secure performance or observance by any such obligor of its obligations to HVF or give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension or waiver with respect to any such obligor.  Subject to Section 11.7 , HVF agrees that it will not, without the prior written consent of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder and the HVF II Trustee, acting at the written direction of the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors, amend, modify, waive, supplement, terminate or surrender, or agree to any amendment, modification, supplement, termination, waiver or surrender of, the terms of any of the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, any Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program) or consent to the assignment of any of the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, any Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program) by any other party thereto (collectively, the “ Series 2013-G1 Related Document Actions ”); provided that , with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Related Document Action that does not adversely affect in any material respect one or more HVF II Series of Group I Notes, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of HVF, each such HVF II Series of Group I Notes will be deemed not Outstanding for purposes of the foregoing consent (and the calculation of the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors (including the HVF II Aggregate Group I Principal Amount) will be modified accordingly); provided further that , if any such Series 2013-G1 Related Document Action does not materially adversely affect any HVF II Series of Group I Notes, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of HVF, HVF shall be entitled to effect such Series 2013-G1 Related Document Action without the prior written consent of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder or the HVF II Trustee.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, HVF may terminate the Master Exchange Agreement and the Escrow Agreement pursuant to their respective terms at any time.

 

(d)                                  Upon the occurrence of a Servicer Default, HVF shall not, without the prior written consent of the HVF II Trustee acting at the written direction of the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors, terminate the Servicer or appoint a successor Servicer in accordance with the Series 2013-G1 Lease or the Collateral Agency Agreement, and HVF shall terminate the Servicer and appoint a successor servicer in accordance with the Series 2013-G1 Lease and the Collateral Agency Agreement if and when so directed by the HVF II Trustee acting at the written direction of the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors.  For the avoidance of doubt, HVF shall not at any time terminate the Servicer or appoint a successor Servicer in accordance with the Series 2013-G1 Lease or the Collateral Agency Agreement, in any such case, if a Servicer Default is not continuing at such time.

 

Section 9.24.                           Inspection of Property, Books and Records .

 

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accordance with GAAP, and will permit the Trustee and the HVF II Trustee to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its officers and directors, all at such reasonable times upon reasonable notice and as often as may reasonably be requested.  In addition, HVF agrees to permit such access as is required by the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder to comply with any inspection or access provisions set forth in, and in accordance with, any Group I Related Documents (as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement).

 

Section 9.25.                           Market Value Procedures .

 

HVF shall comply with the Market Value Procedures in all material respects.

 

ARTICLE X

 

AMORTIZATION EVENTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section 10.1.                           Amortization Events .

 

If any one of the following shall occur:

 

(a)                                  HVF defaults in the payment of (i) any interest on the Series 2013-G1 Note when the same becomes due and payable and such default continues for at least five (5) consecutive Business Days or (ii) any other amount payable in respect of the Series 2013-G1 Note (other than the payments described in clause (b)  below) when the same becomes due and payable and such default continues for at least ten (10) consecutive Business Days;

 

(b)                                  all principal of and interest on the Series 2013-G1 Note is not paid in full on or before the Series 2013-G1 Commitment Termination Date;

 

(c)                                   the Series 2013-G1 Lease is terminated for any reason (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, with respect to a termination as to a Resigning Lessee as a result of such Resigning Lessee’s delivery of a Lessee Resignation Notice in accordance with Section 26 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease);

 

(d)                                  either (i) the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to the Nominee, HGI, HVF or Hertz or (ii) the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to RCFC on any date during the RCFC Nominee Applicability Period and, if such date during the RCFC Nominee Applicability Period occurs on or after the RCFC Nominee Qualification Date, the Series 2013-G1 Aggregate Asset Amount as of such date (excluding therefrom the Net Book Value of all Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles the Certificates of Title for which are then titled in the name of RCFC) shall be less than the Series 2013-G1 Asset Coverage Threshold Amount as of such date;

 

(e)                                   the Series 2013-G1 Aggregate Asset Amount shall be less than the Series 2013-G1 Asset Coverage Threshold Amount for at least ten (10) consecutive Business Days;

 

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(f)                                    either (i) the Securities and Exchange Commission or other regulatory body having jurisdiction reaches a final determination that the Nominee, HGI or HVF is an “investment company” or is under the “control” of an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act or (ii) on any date during the RCFC Nominee Applicability Period, the Securities and Exchange Commission or other regulatory body having jurisdiction reaches a final determination that RCFC is an “investment company” or is under the “control” of an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act and, if such date during the RCFC Nominee Applicability Period occurs on or after the RCFC Nominee Qualification Date, the Series 2013-G1 Aggregate Asset Amount as of such date (excluding therefrom the Net Book Value of all Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles the Certificates of Title for which are then titled in the name of RCFC) shall be less than the Series 2013-G1 Asset Coverage Threshold Amount as of such date;

 

(g)                                   any Series 2013-G1 Lease Payment Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

(h)                                  the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account, any Collateral Account containing amounts relating to Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles or any Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account shall be subject to an injunction, estoppel or other stay or a Lien (other than any Lien described in clause (iii) of the definition of Series 2013-G1 Permitted Lien) and thirty (30) consecutive days shall have elapsed without such Lien having been released or discharged;

 

(i)                                      other than as a result of a Series 2013-G1 Permitted Lien, either (i) the Trustee shall for any reason cease to have a valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral or (ii) the Collateral Agent shall for any reason cease to have a valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral (other than in an immaterial portion of the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral), or with respect to either of the foregoing clause (i) or (ii), any of any Lessee, HVF or any Affiliate of either so asserts in writing;

 

(j)                                     any Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Event of Default (other than a Series 2013-G1 Lease Payment Default) shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

(k)                                  a Servicer Default or a Series 2013-G1 Administrator Default shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

(l)                                      HVF fails to comply with any of its other agreements or covenants (other than any agreements or covenants as set forth in Article VIII of the Base Indenture or relating solely to one or more Other Segregated Series of Notes and/or Series of Notes) in any Segregated Series 2013-G1 Document and the failure to so comply materially and adversely affects the interests of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder and continues to materially and adversely affect the interests of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder for at least thirty (30) consecutive days after the earlier of (i) the date on which an Authorized Officer of HVF obtains actual knowledge thereof or (ii) the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to an Authorized Officer of HVF by

 

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the Trustee or to an Authorized Officer of HVF and the Trustee by the Series 2013-G1 Administrator;

 

(m)                              any representation (other than any representation set forth in the Base Indenture and other than any representation relating solely to one or more Other Segregated Series of Notes and/or Series of Notes) made by HVF in this Series Supplement or any other Series 2013-G1 Related Document is false and such false representation materially and adversely affects the interests of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder and the event or condition that caused such representation to have been false continues for at least thirty (30) consecutive days after the earlier of (i) the date on which an Authorized Officer of HVF obtains knowledge thereof or (ii) the date that written notice thereof is given to an Authorized Officer of HVF by the Trustee or to an Authorized Officer of HVF and the Trustee by the Series 2013-G1 Administrator;

 

(n)                                  any of (i) there shall have been filed against Hertz, the Nominee, HGI or HVF (1) a notice of a federal tax lien from the Internal Revenue Service, (2) a notice of a Lien from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under the Code or Section 302(f) of ERISA for a failure to make a required installment or other payment to a Plan to which either of such sections applies or (3) a notice of any other Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) that would reasonably be expected to attach to the assets of the Nominee or HVF or any Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account and thirty (30) consecutive days shall have elapsed without such notice having been effectively withdrawn or such Lien having been released or discharged,  (ii) on any date during the RCFC Nominee Non-Qualified Period, there shall have been filed against RCFC (1) a notice of a federal tax lien from the Internal Revenue Service, (2) a notice of a Lien from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under the Code or Section 302(f) of ERISA for a failure to make a required installment or other payment to a Plan to which either of such sections applies or (3) a notice of any other Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) that would reasonably be expected to attach to the assets of RCFC and thirty (30) consecutive days shall have elapsed without such notice having been effectively withdrawn or such Lien having been released or discharged or (iii) on any date occurring on or after the RCFC Nominee Qualification Date, there shall have been filed against RCFC (1) a notice of a federal tax lien from the Internal Revenue Service, (2) a notice of a Lien from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under the Code or Section 302(f) of ERISA for a failure to make a required installment or other payment to a Plan to which either of such sections applies or (3) a notice of any other Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) that would reasonably be expected to attach to the assets of RCFC and thirty (30) consecutive days shall have elapsed without such notice having been effectively withdrawn or such Lien having been released or discharged, and on such date on or after the RCFC Nominee Qualification Date, the Series 2013-G1 Aggregate Asset Amount as of such date (excluding therefrom the Net Book Value of all Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles the Certificates of Title for which are then titled in the name of RCFC) shall be less than the Series 2013-G1 Asset Coverage Threshold Amount as of such date; or

 

(o)                                  any of (i) any of the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents (other than the RCFC Nominee Agreement) or any material portion thereof relating to any of the Series 2013-G1 Note or the Series 2013-G1 Collateral shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms or as otherwise expressly permitted in the

 

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Series 2013-G1 Related Documents), or Hertz, the Nominee, HGI or HVF shall so assert in writing and such written assertion shall not have been rescinded within thirty (30) consecutive Business Days following the date of such written assertion, in each case, other than any such cessation (1) resulting from the application of the Bankruptcy Code (other than as a result of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to any party to any such agreement (other than HVF or Hertz in any capacity)) or (2) as a result of any waiver, supplement, modification, amendment or other action not prohibited by the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents or the Related Documents, (ii) on any date occurring during the RCFC Nominee Non-Qualified Period, the RCFC Nominee Agreement or any material portion thereof relating to any of the Series 2013-G1 Note or the Series 2013-G1 Collateral shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms or as otherwise expressly permitted in the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents), or Hertz, HVF or RCFC shall so assert in writing and such written assertion shall not have been rescinded within thirty (30) consecutive Business Days following the date of such written assertion, in each case, other than any such cessation (1) resulting from the application of the Bankruptcy Code (other than as a result of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to any party to any such agreement (other than HVF or Hertz in any capacity)) or (2) as a result of any waiver, supplement, modification, amendment or other action not prohibited by the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents or the Related Documents or (iii) on any date occurring on or after the RCFC Nominee Qualification Date, both (I) the RCFC Nominee Agreement or any material portion thereof relating to any of the Series 2013-G1 Note or the Series 2013-G1 Collateral shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms or as otherwise expressly permitted in the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents), or Hertz, HVF or RCFC shall so assert in writing and such written assertion shall not have been rescinded within thirty (30) consecutive Business Days following the date of such written assertion, in each case, other than any such cessation (1) resulting from the application of the Bankruptcy Code (other than as a result of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to any party to any such agreement (other than HVF or Hertz in any capacity)) or (2) as a result of any waiver, supplement, modification, amendment or other action not prohibited by the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents or the Related Documents and (II) the Series 2013-G1 Aggregate Asset Amount as of such date (excluding therefrom the Net Book Value of all Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles the Certificates of Title for which are then titled in the name of RCFC) shall be less than the Series 2013-G1 Asset Coverage Threshold Amount as of such date;

 

Then, in the case of:

 

(i)                                      any event described in clauses (a)  through (g)  above, a “ Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event ” shall immediately occur without any notice or other action on the part of the Trustee or any other Person; and

 

(ii)                                   any event described in clauses (h)  through (o)  above, so long as such event is continuing, either the Trustee may, by written notice to HVF, or the HVF II Required Series Noteholders with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes may, by written notice to HVF and the Trustee, declare that a “ Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event ” has occurred as of the date of such notice.

 

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A Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event described in clauses (a)  through (g) , (l)  (with respect to (I) any agreement, covenant or provision in the Base Indenture that requires the consent of Series 2013-G1 Noteholders holding 100% of the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount or that otherwise prohibits HVF from taking any action without the consent of Series 2013-G1 Noteholders holding 100% of the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount or (II) any agreement, covenant or provision in the Series 2013-G1 Note, this Series Supplement or any other Series 2013-G1 Related Document the amendment or modification of which requires the consent of each HVF II Group I Noteholder or that otherwise prohibits HVF from taking any action without the consent of each HVF II Group I Noteholder), and any Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event relating to any such Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event, may be waived solely with the written consent of each HVF II Group I Noteholder.  Any other Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event described in clauses (h) , (i) , (j) , (k) , (l)  (other than with respect to (I) any agreement, covenant or provision in the Base Indenture that requires the consent of Series 2013-G1 Noteholders holding 100% of the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount or that otherwise prohibits HVF from taking any action without the consent of Series 2013-G1 Noteholders holding 100% of the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount or (II) any agreement, covenant or provision in the Series 2013-G1 Note, this Series Supplement or any other Series 2013-G1 Related Document the amendment or modification of which requires the consent of each HVF II Group I Noteholder or that otherwise prohibits HVF from taking any action without the consent of each HVF II Group I Noteholder), (m) , (n)  or (o)  above may be waived with the written consent of both HVF II, as the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, and the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors.

 

For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event described in clauses (h)  and (i)  above shall be curable at any time.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event, if the event or condition giving rise (directly or indirectly) to such Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event ceases to be continuing (through cure, waiver or otherwise), then such Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event will cease to exist and will be deemed to have been cured for every purpose under the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents.

 

Section 10.2.                           Rights of the Trustee upon Amortization Event or Certain Other Events of Default .

 

(a)                                  General .  If any Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee may, and at the written direction of the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors, shall, direct HVF and the Collateral Agent to exercise (and HVF agrees to exercise) all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims, if any, of HVF relating to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral against any party to any Series 2013-G1 Related Documents arising as a result of the occurrence of such Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event, including the right or power to take any action to compel performance or observance by any such party of its obligations to HVF as such obligations relate to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral; provided however , that if such Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event results in an HVF II Amortization Event with respect to less than all HVF II Series of Group I Notes Outstanding, then the Trustee’s rights and remedies pursuant to the provisions of this Section 10.2(a) shall,

 

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to the extent not detrimental to the rights of the holders of the HVF II Series of Group I Notes Outstanding with respect to which no HVF II Amortization Event shall have occurred, be limited to rights and remedies pertaining only to those HVF II Series of Group I Notes with respect to which an HVF II Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing and the Trustee shall exercise such rights and remedies at the written direction of the HVF II Group I Noteholders holding in excess of 50% of the aggregate HVF II Principal Amount of all such HVF II Series of Group I Notes with respect to which an HVF II Amortization Event has occurred, to the extent that such rights and remedies relate to Series 2013-G1 Collateral or the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations.

 

(b)                                  HVF II Group I Liquidation Event .

 

(i)                                      If an HVF II Group I Liquidation Event shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to an HVF II Series of Group I Notes, then the Trustee may, and, at the written direction of the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors (in the case where such HVF II Group I Liquidation Event is with respect to all HVF II Series of Group I Notes) or at the written direction of the HVF II Required Series Noteholders of any HVF II Series of Group I Notes with respect to which such HVF II Group I Liquidation Event shall have occurred (in the case where such HVF II Group I Liquidation Event is with respect to less than all HVF II Series of Group I Notes), shall, promptly instruct the Collateral Agent to return or to cause HVF or the applicable Lessees to return Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicles to the related Series 2013-G1 Manufacturers and to sell Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicles or cause Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicles to be sold to third parties in an aggregate amount sufficient to pay the lesser of all interest on and principal of such HVF II Series of Group I Notes experiencing an HVF II Group I Liquidation Event and the amount payable in respect of such HVF II Series of Group I Notes after the occurrence of such HVF II Group I Liquidation Event as set forth in the HVF II Group I Supplement, taking into account the availability of proceeds of all other vehicles being disposed of that have been pledged to secure such HVF II Series of Group I Notes, and to the extent that any Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer fails to accept any such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicles under the terms of the applicable Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program to direct the Collateral Agent to liquidate or to cause HVF or the applicable Lessees to liquidate such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicles in accordance with the rights of HVF under the Series 2013-G1 Lease; provided , however , that the Collateral Agent, the Trustee and HVF shall not select the Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicles to be returned to the related Series 2013-G1 Manufacturers and the Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicles to be sold to third parties in a manner that adversely affects in any material respect the interests of the HVF II Group I Noteholders of any HVF II Series of Group I Notes in comparison to the interests of the HVF II Group I Noteholders of any other HVF II Series of Group I Notes.

 

(ii)                                   If and whenever an HVF II Group I Liquidation Event shall have occurred and be continuing, then the Trustee may, and, at the written direction of the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors (in the case where such HVF II Group I Liquidation Event is with respect to all HVF II Series of Group I Notes) or at the

 

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written direction of the HVF II Required Series Noteholders of any HVF II Series of Group I Notes with respect to which such HVF II Group I Liquidation Event shall have occurred (in the case where such HVF II Group I Liquidation Event is with respect to less than all HVF II Series of Group I Notes), shall, direct HVF to terminate the Power of Attorney granted to the Nominee-Servicer with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles pursuant to the Nominee Agreement and direct the Nominee to grant a Power of Attorney to or at the written direction of HVF or the applicable HVF POA Revocation Party, as the case may be, pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Nominee Agreement; provided that , upon the cessation of such HVF II Group I Liquidation Event, such Power of Attorney previously granted to the Nominee-Servicer may be restored by any means necessary (including re-executing such Power of Attorney in favor of the Nominee-Servicer) to permit the Nominee-Servicer to perform the functions performed by the Nominee-Servicer under the Nominee Agreement prior to the occurrence of such HVF II Group I Liquidation Event.

 

(iii)                                On any date during the RCFC Nominee Non-Qualified Period, if an HVF II Group I Liquidation Event shall have occurred and be continuing, then the Trustee may, and, at the written direction of the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors (in the case where such HVF II Group I Liquidation Event is with respect to all HVF II Series of Group I Notes) or at the written direction of the HVF II Required Series Noteholders of any HVF II Series of Group I Notes with respect to which such HVF II Group I Liquidation Event shall have occurred (in the case where such HVF II Group I Liquidation Event is with respect to less than all HVF II Series of Group I Notes), shall, direct HVF to terminate the Power of Attorney granted to the RCFC Nominee-Servicer pursuant to the RCFC Nominee Agreement with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles subject thereto and direct the RCFC Nominee to grant a Power of Attorney to or at the written direction of HVF or the RCFC POA Revocation Party, as the case may be, pursuant to the RCFC Nominee Agreement; provided that , upon the cessation of such HVF II Group I Liquidation Event, such Power of Attorney previously granted to the RCFC Nominee-Servicer may be restored by any means necessary (including re-executing such Power of Attorney in favor of the RCFC Nominee-Servicer) to permit the RCFC Nominee-Servicer to perform the functions performed by the RCFC Nominee-Servicer under the RCFC Nominee Agreement prior to the occurrence of such HVF II Group I Liquidation Event.

 

(iv)                               On any date occurring on or after the RCFC Nominee Qualification Date, if an HVF II Group I Liquidation Event shall have occurred and be continuing and the Series 2013-G1 Aggregate Asset Amount as of such date (excluding therefrom the Net Book Value of all Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles the Certificates of Title for which are then titled in the name of RCFC) shall be less than the Series 2013-G1 Asset Coverage Threshold Amount as of such date, then the Trustee may, and, at the written direction of the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors (in the case where such HVF II Group I Liquidation Event is with respect to all HVF II Series of Group I Notes) or at the written direction of the HVF II Required Series Noteholders of any HVF II Series of Group I Notes with respect to which such HVF II Group I Liquidation Event shall have occurred (in the case where such HVF II

 

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Group I Liquidation Event is with respect to less than all HVF II Series of Group I Notes), shall, direct HVF to terminate the Power of Attorney granted to the RCFC Nominee-Servicer pursuant to the RCFC Nominee Agreement with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles subject thereto and direct the RCFC Nominee to grant a Power of Attorney to or at the written direction of HVF or the RCFC POA Revocation Party, as the case may be, pursuant to the RCFC Nominee Agreement; provided that , upon the cessation of such HVF II Group I Liquidation Event, such Power of Attorney previously granted to the RCFC Nominee-Servicer may be restored by any means necessary (including re-executing such Power of Attorney in favor of the RCFC Nominee-Servicer) to permit the RCFC Nominee-Servicer to perform the functions performed by the RCFC Nominee-Servicer under the RCFC Nominee Agreement prior to the occurrence of such HVF II Group I Liquidation Event.

 

(c)                                   Subject to the terms and conditions of this Series Supplement, if a Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event occurs and is continuing, then any of the Trustee or HVF II Trustee may pursue any remedy available to it on behalf of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder under applicable law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Series 2013-G1 Note or to enforce the performance of any provision of such Series 2013-G1 Note or this Series Supplement.

 

(d)                                  Any of the Trustee or the HVF II Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess the Series 2013-G1 Note or does not produce any of them in the proceeding, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee or the HVF II Trustee shall be in its own name as trustee.  All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

 

(e)                                   Notwithstanding anything in this Section 10.2 to the contrary, the Trustee’s and the HVF II Trustee’s rights and remedies pursuant to the provisions of this Section 10.2 shall be exercised only to the extent that (i) such exercise is not detrimental to the rights of the holders of the Notes or the Segregated Notes of any Other Segregated Series of Notes and (ii) such rights and remedies relate solely to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral or Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations.

 

(f)                                    Any amounts relating to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral or the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations obtained by the Trustee or the HVF II Trustee (or by the Collateral Agent at the written direction of the Trustee or the HVF II Trustee) on account of or as a result of the exercise by the Trustee or the HVF II Trustee of any right shall be held by the Trustee or the HVF II Trustee as additional collateral for the repayment of Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations and shall be applied as provided in Article VII .

 

(g)                                   Failure of HVF or the Collateral Agent to Take Action .  If

 

(i)                                      HVF or the Collateral Agent shall have failed, within ten (10) Business Days of receiving the direction of the Trustee or the HVF II Trustee, to take commercially reasonable action to accomplish directions of the Trustee given pursuant to clauses (a)  or (b)  above,

 

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(ii)                                   HVF or the Collateral Agent refuses to take such action, or

 

(iii)                                subject to Section 10.2(e) , the Trustee reasonably determines that such action must be taken immediately,

 

then the Trustee may (and at the written direction of the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors (in the case where such HVF II Group I Liquidation Event is with respect to all HVF II Series of Group I Notes) or at the written direction of the HVF II Required Series Noteholders of any HVF II Series of Group I Notes with respect to which such HVF II Group I Liquidation Event shall have occurred (in the case where such HVF II Group I Liquidation Event is with respect to less than all HVF II Series of Group I Notes) shall) take such previously directed action pursuant to and in accordance with Section 10.2(a)  or (b)  (and any related action as permitted under this Series Supplement thereafter determined by the Trustee to be appropriate without the need under this provision or any other provision under this Series Supplement to direct HVF or the Collateral Agent to take such action).  The Trustee may direct the Collateral Agent to institute legal proceedings for the appointment of a receiver or receivers to take possession of the Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles pending the sale thereof pursuant either to the powers of sale granted by the this Series Supplement, the Collateral Agency Agreement and the other Series 2013-G1 Related Documents or to a judgment, order or decree made in any judicial proceeding for the foreclosure or involving the enforcement of this Series Supplement.

 

(h)                                  Sale of Series 2013-G1 Collateral .  Upon any sale of any of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral directly by the Trustee, or by the Collateral Agent at the written direction of the Trustee, whether made under the power of sale given under this Section 10.3(h)  or under judgment, order or decree in any judicial proceeding for the foreclosure or involving the enforcement of the Base Indenture or this Series Supplement:

 

(i)                                      the Trustee and any Indenture Noteholder may bid for and purchase the property being sold, and upon compliance with the terms of sale may hold, retain and possess and dispose of such property in its own absolute right without further accountability;

 

(ii)                                   the Trustee, or the Collateral Agent at the written direction of the Trustee, may make and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers a good and sufficient deed, bill of sale and instrument of assignment and transfer of the property sold;

 

(iii)                                all right, title, interest, claim and demand whatsoever, either at law or in equity or otherwise, of HVF of, in and to the property so sold shall be divested; and such sale shall be a perpetual bar both at law and in equity against HVF, its successors and assigns, and against any and all Persons claiming or who may claim the property sold or any part thereof from, through or under HVF or its successors or assigns;

 

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or their purchase money, and such purchaser or purchasers, and his or their assigns or personal representatives, shall not, after paying such purchase money and receiving such receipt of the Trustee or of such officer therefor, be obliged to see to the application of such purchase money or be in any way answerable for any loss, misapplication or nonapplication thereof; and

 

(v)                                  to the extent that it may lawfully do so, HVF agrees that it will not at any time insist upon, or plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any appraisal, valuation, stay, extension or redemption laws, or any law permitting it to direct the order in which the Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles shall be sold, now or at any time hereafter in force, that may delay, prevent or otherwise affect the performance or enforcement of this Series Supplement.

 

Section 10.3.                           Control by Series 2013-G1 Required Noteholders .

 

With respect to any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee on behalf of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee relating to the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations or the Series 2013-G1 Collateral, the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors (in the case where such remedy is with respect to all HVF II Series of Group I Notes) or the HVF II Required Series Noteholders of any HVF II Series of Group I Notes with respect to which such remedy shall benefit (in the case where such remedy is with respect to less than all HVF II Series of Group I Notes) direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee on behalf of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee relating to the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations or the Series 2013-G1 Collateral.  However, subject to Section 10.1 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law, the Base Indenture or this Series Supplement, that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Indenture Noteholders, or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.

 

Section 10.4.                           Collection Suit by the Trustee .

 

If any Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event arising from the failure to make a payment in respect of the Series 2013-G1 Note occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against HVF for the whole amount of principal and interest remaining unpaid on the Series 2013-G1 Note and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel; provided , that the Trustee shall not be permitted to recover such a judgment from any Collateral or any Series-Specific Collateral relating to any Other Segregated Series of Notes Outstanding.

 

Section 10.5.                           The Trustee May File Proofs of Claim .

 

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(including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder relating to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral or the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to HVF (or any other obligor upon the Series 2013-G1 Note), its creditors or its property, and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, to pay the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 9.5 of the Base Indenture.  To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 9.5 of the Base Indenture out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money and other properties which such Series 2013-G1 Noteholder may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.  Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any such Series 2013-G1 Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Series 2013-G1 Note or the rights of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder in any such proceeding.

 

Section 10.6.                           Priorities .

 

If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article, the Trustee shall pay out the money in accordance with the provisions of Article VII and Article X .

 

Section 10.7.                           Rights and Remedies Cumulative .

 

No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or Series 2013-G1 Noteholder is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right or remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given under this Series Supplement or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.  The assertion or employment of any right or remedy under this Series Supplement, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other appropriate right or remedy.

 

Section 10.8.                           Delay or Omission Not Waiver .

 

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any holder of any Series 2013-G1 Note to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event or an acquiescence therein.  Every right and remedy given by this Article X or Article IX of the Base Indenture or by law to the Trustee or to the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient,

 

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by the Trustee or by the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, as the case may be.  For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 10.8 shall be subject to and qualified in its entirety by the final paragraph of Section 11.7 .

 

ARTICLE XI

 

GENERAL

 

Section 11.1.                           Optional Redemption of the Series 2013-G1 Note .

 

The Series 2013-G1 Note shall be subject to repurchase (in whole) by HVF at its option on any Payment Date, upon three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Trustee at any time (the “ Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Date ”).  In connection with any such purchase, the repurchase price for the Series 2013-G1 Note shall equal the Series 2013-G1 Note Repurchase Amount as of the Series 2013-G1 Note Repurchase Date.  Not later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date set for purchase, an amount equal to the Series 2013-G1 Note Repurchase Amount will be deposited into the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account in immediately available funds.  The funds deposited into the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account or distributed to the Trustee or the Paying Agent will be passed through in full to the Series 2013-G1 Noteholders on such date.

 

Section 11.2.                           Information .

 

(a)                                  HVF shall provide HVF II with all information available to it that is necessary for HVF II to prepare or cause to be prepared all reports and statements required to be prepared and delivered by HVF II pursuant to the HVF II Group I Indenture with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Note at the times and to the Persons specified in the HVF II Group I Indenture.

 

(b)                                  HVF shall cause the Series 2013-G1 Administrator to notify HVF and the Trustee, on each Business Day, of all amounts that were paid directly to the HVF II Trustee or deposited into the HVF II Group I Collection Account pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the Master Exchange Agreement.

 

Section 11.3.                           Exhibits .

 

The following exhibits attached hereto supplement the exhibits included in the Base Indenture.

 

Exhibit A:                              Form of Series 2013-G1 Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Notes

Exhibit B:                              Form of Series 2013-G1 Monthly Servicing Certificate

Exhibit C:                              Form of Advance Request

Exhibit D:                              Form of Purchaser’s Letter

Exhibit E                                   Form of RCFC Nominee Agreement

Exhibit F                                    Form of RCFC Organizational Documents

 

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Section 11.4.                           Ratification of Base Indenture .

 

As supplemented by this Series Supplement, the Base Indenture (for the avoidance of doubt, including, without limitation, Sections 10.3, 10.7, 10.8, 10.10 and 10.11 of the Base Indenture) is in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Base Indenture as so supplemented by this Series Supplement shall be read, taken, and construed as one and the same instrument.

 

Section 11.5.                           Counterparts .

 

This Series Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute one and the same Series Supplement.

 

Section 11.6.                           Governing Law .

 

THIS SERIES SUPPLEMENT, AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SERIES SUPPLEMENT, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAW.

 

Section 11.7.                           Amendments .

 

(a)                                  The provisions of this Series Supplement may be amended, modified or waived from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Base Indenture; provided that , if, pursuant to the terms of the Base Indenture or this Series Supplement, the consent of the Required Noteholders of this Series of Indenture Notes is required for an amendment or modification of this Series Supplement, then such requirement shall be satisfied if such amendment or modification is consented to by the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder and the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors; provided further that , with respect to any such amendment or modification that does not adversely affect in any material respect one or more HVF II Series of Group I Notes, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of HVF, each such HVF II Series of Group I Notes will be deemed not Outstanding for purposes of the foregoing consent (and the calculation of the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors (including the HVF II Aggregate Group I Principal Amount) will be modified accordingly); provided further that , no consent of any Person shall be required (i) to amend, modify or supplement the definition of “Series 2013-G1 Maximum Principal Amount” to effect any increase or decrease with respect thereto (other than any decrease that would immediately thereafter result in the HVF II Aggregate Group I Leasing Company Note Principal Amount being lower than the HVF II Aggregate Group I Principal Amount) or (ii) to amend, modify or supplement the definitions of “Special Term”, “Series 2013-G1 Commitment Termination Date” or “Series 2013-G1 Advance Rate”; provided further that , any amendment or other modification to this Series Supplement or any of the other Series 2013-G1 Related Documents that would amend or modify this Section 11.7 or otherwise amend or modify any provision relating to the amendment or

 

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modification of this Series Supplement, shall require the prior written consent of each HVF II Group I Noteholder other than any HVF II Group I Noteholder not adversely affected thereby, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of HVF.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding the foregoing (but subject to the first proviso in the first sentence of Section 12.2(a) of the Base Indenture):

 

(i)                                      any change to the definition of the terms “HVF II Group I Aggregate Asset Amount Deficiency”, “HVF II Group I Liquidation Event”, “HVF II Group I Requisite Investors”, “HVF II Principal Amount” or “HVF II Required Series Noteholders” shall require the consent of each HVF II Group I Noteholder other than any HVF II Group I Noteholder not adversely affected thereby, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate from HVF;

 

(ii)                                   any amendment, waiver or other modification that would amend or otherwise modify Section 7.2 , Section 7.3 and any Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event shall require the consent of each HVF II Group I Noteholder other than any HVF II Group I Noteholder not adversely affected thereby, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate from HVF;

 

(iii)                                any amendment, waiver or other modification that would reduce the interest then payable or the principal amount of the Series 2013-G1 Note (other than any such reduction in principal amount that would not immediately thereafter result in the HVF II Aggregate Group I Leasing Company Note Principal Amount being lower than the HVF II Aggregate Group I Principal Amount) shall require the consent of each HVF II Group I Noteholder other than any HVF II Group I Noteholder not adversely affected thereby, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate from HVF; and

 

(iv)                               any amendment, waiver or other modification that would (A) approve the assignment or transfer by HVF of any of its rights or obligations under any Segregated Series 2013-G1 Document to which it is a party, except pursuant to the express terms hereof or thereof, or (B) release any obligor under any Segregated Series 2013-G1 Document to which it is a party, except pursuant to the express terms thereof, shall require in each case the consent of the HVF II Group I Required Noteholders.

 

No failure or delay on the part of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder or the Trustee in exercising any power or right under this Series Supplement or any other Series 2013-G1 Related Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right; provided that , for the avoidance of doubt, any exercise of any such right or power shall remain subject to each condition expressly specified in any Series 2013-G1 Related Document with respect to such exercise.

 

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Section 11.8.                           Electronic Execution .

 

This Series Supplement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any joinder, schedule, annex, exhibit or other attachment hereto) may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile or other electronic means ( e.g. , a “pdf” or “tiff”).  The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable law, have the same force and effect as manually signed originals and shall be binding on each party hereto.  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Series Supplement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any joinder, schedule, annex, exhibit or other attachment hereto) or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including, without limitation, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be.

 

Section 11.9.                           Termination of Series Supplement .

 

(a)                                  This Series Supplement shall cease to be of further effect when (i) the Outstanding Series 2013-G1 Note theretofore authenticated and issued has been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation, and (ii) HVF has paid all sums payable hereunder.

 

(b)                                  The representations and warranties set forth in Article VIII of this Series Supplement shall survive for so long as the Series 2013-G1 Note is Outstanding.

 

Section 11.10.                    Discharge of Indenture .

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Base Indenture, so long as this Series Supplement shall be in effect in accordance with Section 11.9 , no discharge of this Series Supplement pursuant to Section 11.1(b) of the Base Indenture shall be effective as to the Series 2013-G1 Note without the consent of the HVF II Required Series Noteholders with respect to each HVF II Series of Group I Notes.

 

Section 11.11.                    No Bankruptcy Petition Against HVF II .

 

Each of the Trustee and HVF hereby covenants and agrees that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing “Note” (as defined in the HVF II Base Indenture), it will not institute against, or join with, encourage or cooperate with any other Person in instituting, against HVF II or the HVF II General Partner any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings, under any Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law; provided , however , that, nothing in this Section 11.11 shall constitute a waiver of any right to indemnification, reimbursement or other payment from HVF II pursuant to this Series Supplement. In the event that HVF or the Trustee takes action in violation of this Section 11.11 , HVF II, the HVF II General Partner or its Independent Director, as the case may be, shall file or cause to be filed an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contesting the filing of such a petition by HVF or the Trustee against HVF II or the HVF II General Partner, as the case may be, or the commencement of such action and raising the defense that HVF or the Trustee has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be estopped and precluded

 

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therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as its counsel advises that it may assert. The provisions of this Section 11.11 shall survive the termination of this Series Supplement, and the resignation or removal of the Trustee. Nothing contained herein shall preclude participation by HVF or the Trustee in the assertion or defense of its claims in any such proceeding involving HVF II, the HVF II General Partner or its Independent Director.

 

Section 11.12.                    No Recourse .

 

The obligations of HVF hereunder are solely the obligations of HVF.  No recourse shall be had for the payment of any amount owing in respect of any fee hereunder or any other obligation or claim arising out of or based upon this Series Supplement against any member, employee, officer or director of HVF.  Fees, expenses, costs or other obligations payable by HVF hereunder shall be payable by HVF to the extent and only to the extent that HVF is reimbursed therefor pursuant to any of the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents.  In the event that HVF is not reimbursed for such fees, expenses, costs or other obligations, the excess unpaid amount of such fees, expenses, costs or other obligations shall in no event constitute a claim (as defined in Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code) against, or corporate obligation of, HVF. Nothing in this Section 11.12 shall be construed to limit the Trustee from exercising its rights hereunder with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral.

 

Section 11.13.                    Third Party Beneficiary .  The parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that the HVF II Trustee (for the benefit of the HVF II Group I Noteholders) shall be a third party beneficiary of, and shall be entitled to enforce rights and remedies under, this Series Supplement to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

Section 11.14.                    Waiver of Jury Trial .

 

EACH OF HVF AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE BASE INDENTURE OR THIS SERIES SUPPLEMENT, THE SERIES 2013-G1 NOTE OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

Section 11.15.                    Submission to Jurisdiction Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court in New York County or federal court of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Base Indenture or this Series Supplement, the Series 2013-G1 Note or the transactions contemplated hereby , or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment arising out of or relating to the Base Indenture or this Series Supplement, the Series 2013-G1 Note or the transactions contemplated hereby ; (ii) agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by law, federal court; (iii) agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law; (iv) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any

 

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such action or proceeding in any such court and any objection it may now or hereafter have that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court, and agrees not to plead or claim the same; and (v) consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 13.1 of the Base Indenture (provided that, nothing in this Series Supplement shall affect the right of any such party to serve process in any other manner permitted by law).

 

Section 11.16.                    Representations and Warranties of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder .  The Series 2013-G1 Noteholder hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in Annex 1 hereto .

 

Section 11.17.                    Additional Trustee Provisions .

 

(a)                                  HVF hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee from and against any and all losses, liabilities (including liabilities for penalties), claims, demands, actions, suits, judgments, reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses arising out of or resulting from the assignment granted by this Series Supplement or, solely with respect to the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral, by the Collateral Agency Agreement, whether arising by virtue of any act or omission on the part of HVF or otherwise, including, without limitation, the reasonable out-of-pocket costs, expenses, and disbursements (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Trustee in enforcing this Series Supplement or the Segregated Series 2013-G1 Documents or preserving any of its rights to, or realizing upon, any of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral; provided , however , the foregoing indemnification shall not extend to any action by the Trustee which constitutes gross negligence or willful misconduct by the Trustee.  The indemnification provided for in this Section 11.17(a)  shall survive the removal of, or a resignation by, such Person as Trustee as well as the termination of this Series Supplement or any Segregated Series 2013-G1 Document.

 

(b)                                  HVF shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee and their respective directors, officers, agents and employees from and against any loss, liability, claim, expense (including taxes, other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee or such predecessor Trustee), damage or injury suffered or sustained by reason of any acts, omissions or alleged acts or omissions arising out of or in connection with the activities of the Trustee or such predecessor Trustee pursuant to this Series Supplement or any Segregated Series 2013-G1 Document, including but not limited to any judgment, award, settlement, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs or expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the defense of any actual or threatened action, proceeding, claim (whether asserted by HVF or the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties under this Series Supplement, or in connection with enforcing the provisions of this Section 11.17(b) ; provided , however , that HVF shall not indemnify or hold harmless the Trustee, any predecessor Trustee or their respective directors, officers, employees or agents if such acts, omissions or alleged acts or omissions constitute bad faith or negligence by the Trustee or such predecessor Trustee, as the case may be.  The indemnity provided in this Section 11.17(b)  shall survive the termination of this Series Supplement and the resignation and removal of the Trustee.

 

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(c)                                   Solely with respect to the responsibility and liability of the Trustee under this Series Supplement, in no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, punitive, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

(d)                                  The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event or Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event unless a Trust Officer has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event or Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Series 2013-G1 Note or this Series Supplement.

 

ARTICLE XII

 

THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 12.1.                           Duties of the Trustee .

 

(a)                                  If a Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by the Base Indenture and this Series Supplement, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs; provided however that , the Trustee shall have no liability in connection with any action or inaction taken, or not taken, by it upon the deemed occurrence of a Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event of which a Trust Officer has not received written notice.  The preceding sentence shall not have the effect of insulating the Trustee from liability arising out of the Trustee’s negligence or willful misconduct.

 

(b)                                  Except during the occurrence and continuance of a Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event:

 

(i)                                      The Trustee undertakes to perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Series Supplement and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Series Supplement against the Trustee; and

 

(ii)                                   In the absence of bad faith on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Series Supplement; however, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine such certificates or opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Series Supplement (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).  Except as otherwise provided, the delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee

 

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is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including HVF’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates).

 

(c)                                   The Trustee may not be relieved from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act, or its own willful misconduct, except that:

 

(i)                                      This clause does not limit the effect of clause (b)  of this Section 12.1 .

 

(ii)                                   The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts.

 

(iii)                                The Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with a direction received by it pursuant to Section 10.3 .

 

(iv)                               The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default by any Person in the performance of its obligations under any Series 2013-G1 Related Document, unless a Trust Officer receives written notice of such failure from HVF, Hertz or the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder (or its assign) or otherwise has actual knowledge thereof.

 

(d)                                  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Series Supplement or any of the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents, no provision of this Series Supplement shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or incur any liability (financial or otherwise) if there are reasonable grounds (as determined by the Trustee in its sole discretion) for believing that the repayment of such funds is not reasonably assured to it by the security afforded to it by the terms of this Series Supplement.  The Trustee may refuse to perform any duty or exercise any right or power unless it receives indemnity satisfactory to it against any risk, loss, liability or expense.

 

(e)                                   Subject to Section 10.3 of the Base Indenture, all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law or the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents.

 

(f)                                    Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Series Supplement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 12.1 .

 

(g)                                   Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, the Trustee shall have no duty as to any Series 2013-G1 Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto and, unless

 

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directed by the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors, the Trustee shall not be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Series 2013-G1 Collateral.  The Trustee shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral in its possession if the Series 2013-G1 Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral, by reason of the act or omission or any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Trustee with due care in good faith.

 

(h)                                  The Trustee shall not be responsible for the existence, genuineness or value of any of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral or for the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Liens in any of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral, whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of any action or omission to act on its part hereunder, except to the extent such action or omission constitutes negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, for the validity or sufficiency of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral or any agreement or assignment contained therein, for the validity of the title of HVF to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral, for insuring the Series 2013-G1 Collateral or for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or Liens upon the Series 2013-G1 Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral.  Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms of this Series Supplement or the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents by HVF or the Collateral Agent.

 

Section 12.2.                           Rights of the Trustee .

 

Except as otherwise provided by Section 12.1 :

 

(a)                                  The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting based upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed by or presented by the proper person.

 

(b)                                  The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

 

(c)                                   The Trustee may act through agents, custodians and nominees and shall not be liable for any misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the supervision of, any such agent, custodian or nominee so long as such agent, custodian or nominee is appointed with due care.  The appointment of agents (other than legal counsel) pursuant to this clause (c)  shall be subject to the prior consent of HVF, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

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(d)                                  The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith which it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers conferred upon it by the Base Indenture or this Series Supplement.

 

(e)                                   The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Series Supplement, or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto, at the request, order or direction of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder or the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors, pursuant to the provisions of the Base Indenture or this Series Supplement, unless the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder or the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors, as the case may be, shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred therein or thereby; nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligations, upon the occurrence of a default by any Lessee, the Servicer, the Nominee, HGI or HVF (which, in any such case, has not been cured), to exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by the Base Indenture or this Series Supplement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, this clause (e)  shall not modify any rights or duties of the Trustee with respect to any Series of Indenture Notes other than the Series 2013 G-1 Note.

 

(f)                                    The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts of matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing so to do by the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors.  If the Trustee is so requested by the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors or determines in its own discretion to make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it sees fit, the Trustee shall be entitled, upon reasonable notice and upon reasonable request, to examine the books, records and premises of HVF, personally or by agent or attorney, at the sole cost of HVF and the Trustee shall incur no liability by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

 

(g)                                   The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses or liquidation penalties in connection with Series 2013-G1 Permitted Investments, unless such losses or liquidation penalties were incurred through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.

 

(h)                                  The Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of any successor to the Trustee so long as such acts or omissions were not the result of the negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the predecessor Trustee.

 

(i)                                      The Trustee shall not be required to take any action pursuant to any request or direction of HVF unless such request or direction is sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order.

 

(j)                                     Whenever in the administration of this Series Supplement the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically

 

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prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officer’s Certificate.

 

(k)                                  The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other person employed to act hereunder.

 

(l)                                      The Trustee may request that HVF deliver an incumbency certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to the Base Indenture or this Series Supplement, which incumbency certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officer’s Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

 

(m)                              In acting under the Base Indenture and this Series Supplement, the Trustee may obtain a written direction from the Servicer to clarify the identification of any Series 2013-G1 Collateral and the related beneficiaries thereof.

 

(n)                                  In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware services); it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts which are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

 

Section 12.3.                           Notice of Amortization Events and Potential Amortization Events .

 

If a Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event or a Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event occurs and is continuing of which a Trust Officer shall have received written notice, the Trustee shall promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days) provide the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, HVF and each Rating Agency with notice of such Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event or Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event, to the extent that the Series 2013-G1 Note is a Book-Entry Note, by telephone and facsimile and otherwise by first class mail.

 

Section 12.4.                           Compensation .

 

(a)                                  HVF shall promptly pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation for its acceptance of this Series Supplement and services hereunder as the Trustee and HVF shall from time to time agree in writing.  The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust.  HVF shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services.  Such

 

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expenses shall include (i) the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel and (ii) the reasonable expenses of the Trustee’s agents.

 

(b)                                  HVF shall not be required to reimburse any expense or indemnify the Trustee against any loss, liability, or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct or negligence.

 

(c)                                   When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after a Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Code.

 

(d)                                  The provisions of this Section 12.4 shall survive the termination of this Series Supplement and the resignation and removal of the Trustee.

 

Section 12.5.                           Replacement of the Trustee .

 

So long as no Series of Notes is Outstanding:

 

(a)                                  A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor Trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in this Section 12.5 .

 

(b)                                  The Trustee may, after giving forty-five (45) days prior written notice to HVF, the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder and each Rating Agency, resign at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created; provided , however, that no such resignation of the Trustee shall be effective until a successor trustee has assumed the obligations of the Trustee hereunder.  The HVF II Requisite Group I Investors may remove the Trustee with respect to the trust hereby created at any time by so notifying the Trustee and HVF.  So long as no Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Note, HVF may remove the Trustee at any time.  HVF shall remove the Trustee if:

 

(i)                                      the Trustee fails to comply with Section 10.8(a) of the Base Indenture;

 

(ii)                                   the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under the Bankruptcy Code;

 

(iii)                                a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

(iv)                               the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

 

If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of the Trustee for any reason, HVF shall promptly appoint a successor trustee.  Within one year after the successor trustee takes office, the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors may appoint a successor trustee to replace the successor trustee appointed by HVF.

 

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(c)                                   If a successor trustee does not take office within 30 days after the retiring Trustee resigns or is removed, the retiring Trustee, at the expense of HVF, HVF or the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor trustee.

 

(d)                                  If the Trustee after written request by the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors fails to comply with Section 10.8(b) of the Base Indenture, the HVF II Requisite Group I Investors may (i) petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor trustee or (ii) remove the Trustee pursuant to Section 12.5(b) , provided that , a successor trustee has been appointed and accepted such appointment prior to the effective date of such removal.

 

(e)                                   A successor trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee or removed Trustee and to HVF.  Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Series Supplement.  The successor trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder.  The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor trustee; provided , however, that all sums owing to the retiring Trustee hereunder have been paid.  Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 12.5 , HVF’s obligations under Section 12.4 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

 

Section 12.6.                           Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee .

 

(a)                                  Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Series Supplement, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral may at the time be located, the Trustee shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholders, such title to the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 12.6 , such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable.  No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 10.8(a) of the Base Indenture and no notice to Series 2013-G1 Noteholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under Section 12.5 .  No co-trustee shall be appointed without the consent of HVF unless such appointment is required as a matter of state law or to enable the Trustee to perform its functions hereunder.

 

(b)                                  Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

 

(i)                                      The Series 2013-G1 Note shall be authenticated and delivered solely by the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee;

 

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(ii)                                   All rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed, the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform, such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Trustee;

 

(iii)                                No trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and

 

(iv)                               The Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.

 

(c)                                   Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them.  Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Series Supplement and the conditions of this Article XII.  Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Series Supplement, specifically including every provision of this Series Supplement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee.  Every such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee and a copy thereof given to HVF.

 

(d)                                  Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect to this Series Supplement on its behalf and in its name.  If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, HVF and the Trustee have caused this Series Supplement to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC, as Issuer

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a limited

 

 

partnership, as the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder

 

 

 

 

By: HVF II GP Corp., its general partner

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

   as Trustee,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mitchell L. Brumwell

 

 

Name: Mitchell L. Brumwell

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

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ANNEX 1

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE SERIES 2013-G1 NOTEHOLDER

 

The Series 2013-G1 Noteholder represents and warrants to HVF and the Series 2013-G1 Administrator, as of the Series 2013-G1 Restatement Effective Date, that:

 

a.               it has had an opportunity to discuss HVF’s and the Series 2013-G1 Administrator’s business, management and financial affairs, and the terms and conditions of the proposed purchase, with HVF and the Series 2013-G1 Administrator and their respective representatives;

 

b.               it is an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act and has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investing in, and is able and prepared to bear the economic risk of investing in, the Series 2013-G1 Note;

 

c.                it purchased the Series 2013-G1 Note for its own account, or for the account of one or more institutional “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act that meet the criteria described in subsection (b) and for which it is acting with complete investment discretion, for investment purposes only and not with a view to distribution, subject, nevertheless, to the understanding that the disposition of its property shall at all times be and remain within its control;

 

d.               it understands that the Series 2013-G1 Note has not been and will not be registered or qualified under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and is being offered only in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and may not be resold or otherwise transferred unless so registered or qualified or unless an exemption from registration or qualification is available, that HVF is not required to register the Series 2013-G1 Note, and that any transfer must comply with the provisions of the Base Indenture and Section 2.2(e)  of the Series Supplement;

 

e.                it understands that the Series 2013-G1 Note will bear the legend set out in the form of Series 2013-G1 Note attached as Exhibit A to the Series Supplement and be subject to the restrictions on transfer described in such legend;

 

f.                 it will comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws in connection with any subsequent resale of the Series 2013-G1 Note;

 

g.                it understands that the Series 2013-G1 Note may be offered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred only:

 

i.                   to HVF,

 



 

ii.                in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act,

 

iii.             outside the United States to a foreign person in a transaction meeting the requirements of Regulation S under the Securities Act, or

 

iv.            in a transaction complying with or exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and, in each such case, in accordance with the Base Indenture and any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction; notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this clause (g) , it is hereby understood and agreed by HVF that the Series 2013-G1 Note will be pledged by the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder to the HVF II Trustee or otherwise in accordance with the HVF II Group I Indenture;

 

h.               if the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder desires to offer, sell or otherwise transfer, pledge or hypothecate the Series 2013-G1 Note as described in clause (ii)  or (iv)  of clause (g)  of this Annex 1 , and such sale, transfer or pledge does not fall within the “notwithstanding the foregoing” provision of clause (g)(iv)  of this Annex 1 , the transferee of the Series 2013-G1 Note will be required to deliver a certificate that an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act applies to such offer, sale, transfer or hypothecation, and it understands that the registrar and transfer agent for the Series 2013-G1 Note will not be required to accept for registration of transfer the Series 2013-G1 Note acquired by it, except upon presentation of an executed letter in the form described herein; and

 

i.                   it will obtain from any purchaser of the Series 2013-G1 Note substantially the same representations and warranties contained in the foregoing paragraphs.

 

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EXHIBIT A
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SERIES 2013-G1 SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF SERIES 2013-G1 VARIABLE FUNDING

 

RENTAL CAR ASSET BACKED NOTE

 



 

FORM OF VARIABLE FUNDING RENTAL CAR ASSET BACKED NOTE , SERIES 2013-G1

 

REGISTERED

$ [          ]

 

No. R- [  ]

 

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN CONDITIONS

 

THIS SERIES 2013-G1 NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ SECURITIES ACT ”), OR WITH ANY STATE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS. THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC, A SPECIAL PURPOSE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY ESTABLISHED UNDER THE LAWS OF DELAWARE (THE “ COMPANY ”), THAT SUCH SERIES 2013-G1 NOTE IS BEING ACQUIRED FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO DISTRIBUTION AND TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH NOTE ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (D) PURSUANT TO AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH SUCH CASE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE INDENTURE AND ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY, PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (C) , TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY TO IT OF A PURCHASER’S LETTER IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT D TO THE SERIES 2013-G1 SUPPLEMENT CERTIFYING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT SUCH PURCHASER IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY, PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) , TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO IT.

 



 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC

 

SERIES 2013-G1 VARIABLE FUNDING RENTAL CAR ASSET BACKED NOTE

 

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, a special purpose limited liability company established under the laws of Delaware, (herein referenced as the “ Company ”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [    ], as the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, or its registered assigns, the principal sum of [   ] ($ [         ] ) or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount shown on the schedule attached hereto (and any continuation thereof), which amount shall be payable in the amounts and at the times set forth in the Series 2013-G1 Supplement; provided , however , that the entire unpaid principal amount of this Series 2013-G1 Note shall be due on the Legal Final Payment Date. The Company will pay interest on this Series 2013-G1 Note at the Series 2013-G1 Note Rate. Such interest shall be payable on each Payment Date until the principal of this Series 2013-G1 Note is paid or made available for payment, to the extent funds are available from Series 2013-G1 Interest Collections allocable to the Series 2013-G1 Note processed from but not including the preceding Determination Date through and including the succeeding Determination Date. In addition, the Company will pay interest on this Series 2013-G1 Note, to the extent funds are available from Series 2013-G1 Interest Collections allocable to the Series 2013-G1 Note, on the dates set forth in Section 7.3 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement. Pursuant to Sections 2.2 , 2.3 and 7.2 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, the principal amount of this Series 2013-G1 Note shall be subject to Increases and Decreases on any Business Day and accordingly, such principal amount is subject to prepayment at any time. Beginning on the first Payment Date following the occurrence of a Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event, subject to cure in accordance with the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, the principal of this Series 2013-G1 Note shall be paid in installments on each subsequent Payment Date to the extent of funds available for payment therefor pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Supplement. Such principal of and interest on this Series 2013-G1 Note shall be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.

 

The principal of and interest on this Series 2013-G1 Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts. Except as otherwise provided in the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, all payments made by the Company with respect to this Series 2013-G1 Note shall be applied first to interest due and payable on this Series 2013-G1 Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Series 2013-G1 Note. This Series 2013-G1 Note does not represent an interest in, or an obligation of, The Hertz Corporation or any affiliate of The Hertz Corporation other than the Company.

 

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Series 2013-G1 Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Series 2013-G1 Note. Although a summary of certain provisions of the Indenture is set forth below and on the reverse hereof and made a part hereof, this Series 2013-G1 Note does not purport to summarize the Indenture and reference is made to the Indenture for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company and the Trustee. A copy of the Indenture may be requested from the Trustee

 



 

by writing to the Trustee at: The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois 60602, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration—Structured Finance.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Series 2013-G1 Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be signed, manually or in facsimile, by its Authorized Officer.

 

Dated: November     , 20 13

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name: Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Vice President and Treasurer

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is a Series 2013-G1 Note, a series issued under the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Dated: November     , 20 13

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 



 

REVERSE OF SERIES 2013-G1 NOTE

 

This Series 2013-G1 Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Segregated Notes of the Company, designated as its Series 2013-G1 Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Note (herein called the “ Series 2013-G1 Note ”), issued under (i) a Fourth Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2013 ( the Fourth Amended and Restated Base Indenture, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, is herein referred to as the “ Base Indenture ”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor Trustee under the Base Indenture), and (ii) a Series 2013-G1 Supplement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, is herein referred to as the “ Series 2013-G1 Supplement ”), between the Company and the Trustee. The Base Indenture and the Series 2013-G1 Supplement are referred to herein collectively as the “ Indenture ”. Except as set forth in the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, the Series 2013-G1 Note is subject to all terms of the Indenture. All terms used in this Series 2013-G1 Note that are defined in the Series 2013-G1 Supplement shall have the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

The Series 2013-G1 Note is and will be equally and ratably secured by the Series 2013-G1 Collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Payment Date ” means the 25th day of each calendar month, or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing December 26 , 20 1 3 .

 

As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Series 2013-G1 Note shall be due and payable on the Legal Final Payment Date. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Series 2013-G1 Note is subject to mandatory prepayment on each Business Day, to the extent funds have been allocated to the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account and are available therefor, in accordance with the Series 2013-G1 Supplement. In addition, principal of this Series 2013-G1 Note may be paid earlier at the election of the Company, as described in the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, or if a Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Notes shall have occurred and be continuing, in each case, as described in the Series 2013-G1 Supplement. All principal payments of the Series 2013-G1 Note shall be made to the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder.

 

Payments of interest on this Series 2013-G1 Note are due and payable on each Payment Date or such other date as may be specified in the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, together with the installment of principal then due, if any, and any payments of principal made on any Business Day in respect of any Decreases, to the extent not in full payment of this Series 2013-G1 Note, shall be made by distribution to the Holder of record of this Series 2013-G1 Note on the Note Register as of the close of business on each Record Date. Any reduction in the principal amount of this Series 2013-G1 Note (or one or more predecessor Series 2013-G1 Notes) effected by any payments made on any Payment Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Series 2013-G1 Note and of any Series 2013-G1 Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted thereon.

 

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The Company shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Series 2013-G1 Note Rate to the extent lawful.

 

As provided in the Series 2013-G1 Supplement and subject to certain limitations set forth therein, the transfer of this Series 2013-G1 Note may be registered on the Note Register upon surrender of this Series 2013-G1 Note for registration of transfer at the office or agency designated by the Company pursuant to the Indenture, duly endorsed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar by, the holder thereof and accompanied by a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D to the Series 2013-G1 Supplement. In exchange for any Series 2013-G1 Note properly presented for transfer, the Company shall duly execute and the Trustee shall properly authenticate thereupon one or more new Series 2013-G1 Notes of authorized denominations and in the same aggregate principal amount will be issued to the designated transferee or transferees.  No service charge will be charged for any registration of transfer or exchange of this Series 2013-G1 Note, but the transferor may be required to pay a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

The Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, by acceptance of a Series 2013-G1 Note, covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Trustee or the Company on the Series 2013-G1 Note or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection therewith, against the Trustee in its individual capacity, or against any stockholder, member, employee, officer, director or incorporator of the Company; provided , however , that nothing contained herein shall be taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement against, the assets of the Company constituting Series 2013-G1 Collateral for any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings contained in the Indenture or in this Series 2013-G1 Note, to the extent provided for in the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

The Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, by acceptance of the Series 2013-G1 Note, covenants and agrees that by accepting the benefits of the Indenture that such Series 2013-G1 Noteholder will not, for a period of one year and one day following payment in full of the Series 2013-G1 Note and each other Series of Indenture Notes issued under the Base Indenture, institute against the Company, or join with any other Person in instituting against the Company, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings, under any United States Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Indenture Notes, the Indenture or the Related Documents.

 

Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Series 2013-G1 Note, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Series 2013-G1 Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Series 2013-G1 Note be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

It is the intent of the Company and the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder that, for Federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes and any other tax imposed on or measured by income, the Series 2013-G1 Note will evidence indebtedness secured by the Series

 

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2013-G1 Collateral. The Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, by the acceptance of this Series 2013-G1 Note, agrees to treat this Series 2013-G1 Note for purposes of Federal, state and local income or franchise taxes and any other tax imposed on or measured by income, as indebtedness.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holder of the Series 2013-G1 Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company with the consent of the applicable Person(s) specified therein. The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the applicable Person(s) specified therein to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Note. Any such consent or waiver by such Person(s) shall be conclusive and binding upon the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder and upon all future Holders of this Series 2013-G1 Note and of any Series 2013-G1 Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Series 2013-G1 Note. The Indenture also permits the Company and the Trustee to amend or waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of any other Person.

 

The term “Company” as used in this Series 2013-G1 Note includes any successor to the Company under the Indenture.

 

The Series 2013-G1 Note is issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations set forth therein.

 

This Series 2013-G1 Note and the Indenture and all matters arising out of or relating to this Series 2013-G1 Note or the Indenture, shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the internal law of the State of New York, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereto shall be determined in accordance with such law.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Series 2013-G1 Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Series 2013-G1 Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed, subject to any duty of the Company to deduct or withhold any amounts as required by law, including any applicable U.S. withholding taxes; provided that , notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Indenture, the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder shall only have recourse to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral.

 

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INCREASES AND DECREASES

 

Date

 

Unpaid
Principal
Amount

 

Increase

 

Decrease

 

Total

 

Series
2013-G1
Note Rate

 

Interest Period
(if applicable)

 

Notation
Made By

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ASSIGNMENT

 

Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto                                                                   

 

(name and address of assignee)

 

the within Series 2013-G1 Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints                   , attorney, to transfer said Series 2013-G1 Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature Guaranteed:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 


(1)  NOTE: The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Series 2013-G1 Note in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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EXHIBIT B
TO SERIES 2013-G1 SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF MONTHLY SERVICING CERTIFICATE

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC

 

Pursuant to Section 5.1(b) of the Amended and Restated Series 2013-G1 Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (the “ Series 2013-G1 Supplement ”), by and among Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC (“ HVF ”), The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, and Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, the undersigned                     ,                       of HVF, does hereby certify to the best of his knowledge after due investigation that:

 

1.                                       Attached hereto is a true and correct copy of the monthly Noteholders’ Statement hereby delivered on or before the fourth Business Day prior to the upcoming Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.1(b) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

The undersigned has read the provisions of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement relating to the foregoing, has made due investigation into the matters discussed herein, which investigation has enabled him to express an informed opinion on the foregoing and, in the opinion of the undersigned, those conditions or covenants contained in the Series 2013-G1 Supplement which relate to the above matters have been complied with.

 

Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Series 2013-G1 Supplement and Schedule I (Definitions List) thereto.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Officer’s Certificate this           day of                ,           .

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 



 

EXHIBIT C
TO
SERIES 2013-G1 SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF ADVANCE REQUEST

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC

 

SERIES 2013-G1 VARIABLE FUNDING RENTAL CAR
ASSET BACKED NOTES

 

To:  Addressees on Schedule I hereto

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This Advance Request is delivered to you pursuant to Section 2.2 of that certain Amended and Restated Series 2013-G1 Supplement, dated as of October 31 , 2014 (as further amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Series 2013-G1 Supplement ”), by and among Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

 

Unless otherwise defined herein or as the context otherwise requires, terms used herein have the meaning assigned thereto under Schedule I of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, and if not defined therein, shall have the meaning assigned thereto in the Definition List attached to the Base Indenture as Schedule I of the Base Indenture.

 

The undersigned hereby requests that an Advance be made in the aggregate principal amount of $               on              , 20      .

 

The undersigned hereby certifies that the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount as of the date hereof is an amount equal to $                   .

 

The undersigned hereby acknowledges that the delivery of this Advance Request and the acceptance by undersigned of the proceeds of the Advance requested hereby constitute a representation and warranty by the undersigned that, on the date of such Advance, and before and after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, all conditions set forth in Section 2.2(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement have been satisfied.

 

The undersigned agrees that if prior to the time of the Advance requested hereby any matter certified to herein by it will not be true and correct at such time as if then made, it will immediately so notify you.  Except to the extent, if any, that prior to the time of the Advance requested hereby you shall receive written notice to the contrary from the undersigned, each

 



 

matter certified to herein shall be deemed once again to be certified as true and correct at the date of such Advance as if then made.

 

Please wire transfer the proceeds of the Advance to the following account pursuant to the following instructions:

 

[insert payment instructions]

 

The undersigned has caused this Advance Request to be executed and delivered, and the certification and warranties contained herein to be made, by its duly Authorized Officer this          day of             , 20          .

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

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SCHEDULE I:

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020

Chicago, IL  60602

Contact person:  Corporate Trust Administration — Structured Finance

Telephone:  (312) 827-8569
Fax:  (312) 827-8562

Email: mitchell.brumwell@bnymellon.com

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP

225 Brae Boulevard

Park Ridge, NJ 07656

Attention: Treasury Department

 

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EXHIBIT D
TO
SERIES 2013-G1 SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF PURCHASER’S LETTER

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
as Registrar
2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration—Structured Finance

 

Re:         Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC

Series 2013-G1 Rental Car Asset Backed Note

 

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Series 2013-G1 Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Series 2013-G1 Supplement ”), by and among Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, as Issuer (“ HVF ”), The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP (“ HVF II ”), to the Fourth Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2013 (as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the Base Indenture ) , by and between HVF and the Trustee.  Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

In connection with a proposed purchase of the Series 2013-G1 Note from [                   ] by the undersigned, the undersigned hereby represents and warrants that:

 

(a)           it has had an opportunity to discuss HVF’s and the Series 2013-G1 Administrator’s business, management and financial affairs, and the terms and conditions of the proposed purchase, with HVF and the Series 2013-G1 Administrator and their respective representatives;

 

(b)           it is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act and has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investing in, and is able and prepared to bear the economic risk of investing in, the Series 2013-G1 Note;

 

(c)           it is purchasing the Series 2013-G1 Note for its own account, or for the account of one or more “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act that meet the criteria described in subsection (b)  and for which it is acting with complete investment discretion, for investment purposes only and not with a view to distribution, subject, nevertheless, to the understanding that the disposition of its property shall at all times be and remain within its control;

 



 

(d)           it understands that the Series 2013-G1 Note has not been and will not be registered or qualified under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and is being offered only in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and may not be resold or otherwise transferred unless so registered or qualified or unless an exemption from registration or qualification is available, that HVF is not required to register the Series 2013-G1 Note, and that any transfer must comply with provisions of Section 2.8 of the Base Indenture;

 

(e)           it understands that the Series 2013-G1 Note will bear the legend set out in the form of Series 2013-G1 Note attached as Exhibit A to the Series 2013-G1 Supplement and be subject to the restrictions on transfer described in such legend;

 

(f)            it will comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws in connection with any subsequent resale of the Series 2013-G1 Note;

 

(g)           it understands that the Series 2013-G1 Note may be offered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred only with HVF’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, and only (A) to HVF, (B) in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act, (C) outside the United States to a foreign person in a transaction meeting the requirements of Regulation S under the Securities Act, or (D) in a transaction complying with or exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction;

 

(h)           the transferee of the Series 2013-G1 Note will be required to deliver a certificate, as described in the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, that an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act applies to such offer, sale, transfer or hypothecation.  Upon original issuance thereof, and until such time as the same may no longer be required under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the certificate evidencing the Series 2013-G1 Note (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear a legend substantially in the form set forth in the Series 2013-G1 Note included as an exhibit to the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.  The undersigned understands that the registrar and transfer agent for the Series 2013-G1 Note will not be required to accept for registration of transfer the Series 2013-G1 Note acquired by it, except upon presentation of an executed letter in the form required by the Series 2013-G1 Supplement; and

 

(i)            it will obtain from any purchaser of the Series 2013-G1 Note substantially the same representations and warranties contained in the foregoing paragraphs.

 

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This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and for the benefit of HVF.

 

 

[                                     ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

cc: Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC

 



 

VEHICLE TITLE NOMINEE AGREEMENT

 

among

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION,

 

as Nominee-Servicer,

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC,

 

[RENTAL CAR FINANCE [    ]],

 

as Nominee,

 

and

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

as Collateral Agent

 

Dated as of [   ], [  ]

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
(continued)

 

 

 

Page

 

Exhibit A: Form of Power of Attorney

 

Schedule 1: Nominee Vehicles

 

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THIS VEHICLE TITLE NOMINEE AGREEMENT (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof, this “ Agreement ”) is made as of this [     ] day of [    ], [   ], by and among [RENTAL CAR FINANCE [    ]] (the “ Nominee ”), HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ HVF ” or the “ Nominating Party ”), THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ Hertz ”), THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as Collateral Agent.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, HVF has acquired certain vehicles from the Nominee and desires to appoint the Nominee to act as its nominee titleholder with respect to such vehicles and the Nominee is willing to act as nominee titleholder with respect to such vehicles;

 

WHEREAS, Hertz has agreed to act as Nominee-Servicer and perform the tasks and functions required of the Nominee-Servicer under this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to confirm their respective interests in and obligations with respect to the Nominee Vehicles and to provide for certain other matters relating to the use and disposition of the Nominee Vehicles; and

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

AGREEMENT

 

SECTION 1.1             Definitions and Construction .

 

(a)           Definitions .  As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the Person specified.  For purposes of this definition, “control” means the power to direct the management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto.

 

Authorized Officer ” means any of the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of HVF.

 

Base Indenture ” means that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as November 25, 2013 by and between HVF, as issuer, and the Trustee.

 



 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks are authorized or required by law to be closed in New York City, New York.

 

Certificate of Title ” means, with respect to each Nominee Vehicle, the certificate of title or similar evidence of ownership applicable to such Nominee Vehicle duly issued in accordance with the certificate of title act or other applicable statute of the jurisdiction applicable to such Nominee Vehicle.

 

Collateral Agency Agreement ” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Collateral Agency Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2013, by and among HVF, as grantor, HGI, as grantor, DTG Operations, Inc., as grantor, Hertz as grantor and collateral servicer, the Collateral Agent, as secured party, and those various “Additional Grantors”, “Financing Sources” and “Beneficiaries” from time to time party thereto.

 

Collateral Agent ” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent under the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Contingent Obligation ” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person (a) with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend, letter of credit or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent thereof by such Person incurring such liability is to provide assurance to the obligee of an obligation of another Person that such obligation of such other Person will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such obligation will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof or (b) under any letter of credit issued for the account of such Person or for which such Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement thereof.  Contingent Obligations shall include (a) the direct or indirect guarantee, endorsement (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another Person and (b) any liability of such Person for the obligations of another Person through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise), (ii) to maintain the solvency of any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another Person or (iii) to make take-or-pay or similar payments if required regardless of non-performance by any other party or parties to an agreement, if in the case of any agreement described under subclause (i)  or (ii)  of this sentence the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in the preceding sentence. The amount of any Contingent Obligation of any Person shall be deemed to be equal to the amount of the obligation of another Person guaranteed or otherwise supported as described above.

 

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time set forth in the Accounting Codification Standards issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or in such other statements by such other entity as may be in general use by significant segments of the accounting profession, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.

 

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Governmental Authority ” means any Federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory body.

 

HVF ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto.

 

Indebtedness ” as applied to any Person, means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (b) that portion of obligations with respect to any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) that is properly classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP, (c) notes payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money, (d) any obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price for property or services, which purchase price is (i) due more than six months from the date of the incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof or (ii) evidenced by a note or similar written instrument, (e) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned by that Person regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by that Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person, and (f) all Contingent Obligations of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing relating to another Person.

 

Lien ” means, when used with respect to any Person, any interest in any real or personal property, asset or other right held, owned or being purchased or acquired by such Person that secures payment or performance of any obligation, and shall include any mortgage, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge, retained security title of a conditional vendor or lessor, or other security interest of any kind, whether arising under a security agreement, mortgage, lease, deed of trust, chattel mortgage, assignment, pledge, retention or security title, financing or similar statement, or notice or arising as a matter of law, judicial process or otherwise; provided that , the foregoing shall not include, as of any date of determination, any interest in or right with respect to any passenger automobile, van or light-duty truck that is being rented (as of such date) to any third-party customer of Hertz or any Affiliate thereof, which interest or right secures payment or performance of any obligation of such third-party customer.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means, with respect to any occurrence, event or condition applicable to the Nominating Party:

 

1.     a material adverse effect on the ability of HVF to perform its obligations hereunder;

 

2.     a material adverse effect on HVF’s interest in or title to the Nominee Vehicles or on the ability of HVF to grant a Lien on the Nominee Vehicles; or

 

3.     a material adverse effect on (A) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement with respect to HVF or (B) the validity, perfection or priority of any Lien granted by HVF on HVF’s interest in the Nominee Vehicles (other than in an immaterial portion of the Nominee Vehicles), other than, in each case, a material adverse effect on such priority arising due to the existence of a Permitted Lien.

 

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Nominee ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto.

 

Nominee-Servicer ” means The Hertz Corporation.

 

Nominee Determination Date ” means the date five (5) Business Days prior to each Nominee Payment Date.

 

Nominee LLC Agreement ” means the [    ] of the Nominee, dated as of [    ].

 

Nominee Payment Date ” means the 25th day of each calendar month, or if such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing on [   ], [   ].

 

Nominee Vehicle ” means each Vehicle owned by HVF that is included on Schedule 1 hereto.

 

Officer’s Certificate ” means, with respect to the Nominating Party, a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the Nominating Party.

 

Permitted Lien ” means (i) Liens for current taxes not delinquent or for taxes being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP, (ii) mechanics’, materialmen’s, landlords’, warehousemen’s and carriers’ Liens, and other Liens imposed by law, securing obligations that are not more than thirty days past due or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP, and (iii) Liens in favor of the Trustee pursuant to the Base Indenture and any Series Supplement (as defined in the Base Indenture) and Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, corporation, trust, unincorporated organization or Governmental Authority.

 

POA Revocation Party ” means the Collateral Agent.

 

Power of Attorney ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 .

 

Requirements of Law ” means, with respect to any Person or any of its property, the certificate of incorporation or articles of association and by-laws, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational or governing documents of such Person or any of its property, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation, or determination of any arbitrator or Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject, whether Federal, state or local.

 

Title Fees and Costs ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 .

 

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Trustee ” means, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee under the Base Indenture and any related series supplement.

 

Vehicle ” means a passenger automobile, van or light-duty truck.

 

SECTION 1.2             Construction .  In this Agreement, including the preamble, recitals, attachments, annexes, exhibits and joinders hereto, unless the context otherwise requires, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a)           the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

 

(b)           references to an agreement or document shall include the preamble, recitals, all attachments, annexes, exhibits and joinders to such agreement or document, and are to such agreement or document (including all such attachments, annexes, exhibits and joinders to such agreement or document) as amended, supplemented, restated and otherwise modified from time to time and to any successor or replacement agreement or document, as applicable (unless otherwise stated);

 

(c)           reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are not prohibited by this Agreement, and reference to any Person in a particular capacity only refers to such Person in such capacity;

 

(d)           reference to any gender includes the other gender;

 

(e)           reference to any Requirement of Law means such Requirement of Law as amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time;

 

(f)            “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term;

 

(g)           with respect to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including” and “to” means “to but excluding”;

 

(h)           the language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party; and

 

(i)            unless specified otherwise, “titling” will be deemed to include the acts of registering a vehicle, including the registering of the license plates of a vehicle.

 

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ARTICLE II

 

APPOINTMENT OF THE NOMINEE AS NOMINEE TITLEHOLDER, DESIGNATION AND REDESIGNATION; POWERS OF ATTORNEY

 

SECTION 2.1             Appointment of Nominee .

 

(a)           HVF hereby appoints the Nominee as nominee titleholder of each Vehicle identified on Schedule 1 hereto, and the Nominee hereby agrees to serve as the designated agent of HVF in such capacity as described and pursuant to the terms set forth herein.

 

SECTION 2.2             Powers of Attorney .

 

(a)           HVF hereby directs the Nominee to grant, and the Nominee hereby agrees to so grant, one or more powers of attorney to Hertz, as Nominee-Servicer and as Collateral Servicer under and as defined in the Collateral Agency Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (each a “ Power of Attorney ”) to:

 

(i)            execute any and all documents and instruments pertaining to the titling of all or a portion of the Nominee Vehicles in the name of the Nominee and the licensing and registration of the Nominee Vehicles, and

 

(ii)           transfer the title to any of the Nominee Vehicles from the name of the Nominee to the name of HVF or the name of a third party or any other Person at any time and to execute such other documents and instruments as may be necessary to effect any such transfer.

 

(b)           The Nominee hereby agrees to revoke such Power of Attorney at any time at the written direction of HVF or the POA Revocation Party, and if the Nominee so revokes the Power of Attorney, the Nominee hereby agrees to grant a Power of Attorney relating to the Nominee Vehicles to or at the direction of HVF or the POA Revocation Party, as applicable.

 

SECTION 2.3             Collateral Agent Powers of Attorney .  The Collateral Agent hereby grants to the Nominee a power of attorney, substantially in the form of Exhibit [C] to the Collateral Agency Agreement, to take any and all actions, in the name of the Collateral Agent, (i) to note the Collateral Agent as the holder of a first lien on the Certificates of Title for the Nominee Vehicles subject to the Collateral Agency Agreement, and/or otherwise ensure that the first lien shown on any and all such Certificates of Title is in the name of the Collateral Agent and (ii) to release the Collateral Agent’s Lien on any such Certificate of Title in connection with the release of any such Nominee Vehicle from the Lien of the Collateral Agency Agreement in accordance with Section 2.7 of the Collateral Agency Agreement.  Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as authorization from the Collateral Agent to the Nominee to release any Lien on any such Certificates of Title except in compliance with the terms of the Collateral Agency Agreement.  The parties hereto agree that Hertz, as Collateral Servicer under the Collateral Agency Agreement, will perform all activities set forth in subsections (i) and (ii) above on behalf of the Nominee.

 

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ARTICLE III

 

INTERESTS IN THE NOMINEE VEHICLES

 

SECTION 3.1             Interests in the Nominee Vehicles .  Notwithstanding the fact that title to the Nominee Vehicles will be recorded in the name of the Nominee and that the Collateral Agent will be noted as the lienholder on the titles with respect to certain of the Nominee Vehicles pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement, the parties hereto each hereby acknowledge that:

 

(a)           except as set forth in subsection (b) below, HVF is entitled to all incidents, benefits and risks of ownership of the Nominee Vehicles, including, without limitation, the sole right to operate, rent, sell, lease and otherwise transfer and dispose of the Nominee Vehicles; and

 

(b)           the Nominee has no direct or indirect ownership or other interest in the Nominee Vehicles, except such rights and obligations with respect to the Nominee Vehicles as are required by the appointment of the Nominee as nominee titleholder with respect to the Nominee Vehicles as set forth herein.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

TRANSFER OF TITLE

 

SECTION 4.1             Transfer of Title for the Nominee Vehicles Pledged .  With respect to each Nominee Vehicle that is pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement (as evidenced in the Collateral Servicer’s records pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement) as of any date of determination, the Nominee hereby agrees on any such date to transfer title to any such Nominee Vehicle at the direction of HVF, the Collateral Agent or Nominee-Servicer from the name of the Nominee to the name of HVF, any Affiliate of HVF or an unaffiliated third party identified by HVF, the Collateral Agent or the Nominee-Servicer.

 

SECTION 4.2             Transfer of Title for the Nominee Vehicles Not Pledged .  With respect to each Nominee Vehicle that is not pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement as of any date of determination, the Nominee hereby agrees on any such date to transfer title to any such Nominee Vehicle at the direction of HVF or the POA Revocation Party.

 

SECTION 4.3             Limits on Nominee Ability to Transfer Nominee Vehicles .  The Nominee hereby agrees not to transfer title to any Nominee Vehicle from the name of the Nominee other than as directed by HVF or the POA Revocation Party pursuant to Sections 4.1 and 4.2 above.

 

ARTICLE V

 

EXPENSES

 

SECTION 5.1             HVF Fees and Expenses .  HVF shall be responsible for causing the payment of any registration fees, title fees, license fees or other similar governmental fees and taxes (including the cost of any recording or registration fees or other similar governmental

 

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charges payable with respect to the notation on the title of the interest of the Collateral Agent) and all costs and expenses in connection with the transfer of title of, or reflection of the interest of any lienholder in, any of the Nominee Vehicles (collectively, “ Title Fees and Costs ”).  The Nominee-Servicer may, but is not required to, pay the Title Fees and Costs on behalf of the Nominee; provided that , if the Nominee-Servicer pays such Title Fees and Costs on behalf of the Nominee, the Nominee-Servicer shall be entitled to monies received by the Nominee in respect thereof from HVF.

 

SECTION 5.2             Submission of Monthly Bills .  The Nominee or, on behalf of the Nominee, the Nominee-Servicer, shall submit a monthly bill to HVF for any Title Fees and Costs incurred by the Nominee in respect of the Nominee Vehicles during the calendar month immediately preceding each Nominee Determination Date.  Payments shall be due on the following Nominee Payment Date.  Such payments shall be made to or at the direction of the Nominee.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

[RESERVED]

 

ARTICLE VII

 

FEES

 

SECTION 7.1             Nominee Fee .  As compensation for services performed by the Nominee pursuant to this Agreement, HVF shall pay a fee of [$  ] to the Nominee, payable [annually on an accrual basis], on the Nominee Payment Date falling in December of each calendar year during the term of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.2             Nominee-Servicer Fee .  As compensation for the services performed by the Nominee-Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, HVF shall pay a fee of $[  ] to the Nominee-Servicer on the Nominee Payment Date falling in December of each calendar year during the term of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

SECTION 8.1             Acknowledgements .  The Nominee and HVF hereby acknowledge the following with respect to each Nominee Vehicle that is pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement:

 

(a)           pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement, HVF may assign, pledge and grant to the Collateral Agent a security interest in any and all of the right, title and interest of HVF in and to, among other things, (i) any or all of the Nominee Vehicles and all proceeds thereof, (ii) any or all manufacturer programs to the extent relating to the Nominee Vehicles and (iii) this Agreement to the extent relating to the Nominee Vehicles; and

 

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(b)           the Collateral Agent, as assignee of HVF’s rights hereunder pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement, shall be entitled to enforce such rights against the Nominee.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

FURTHER ASSURANCES

 

SECTION 9.1 Further Assurances .  Each of the parties hereto shall, from time to time, execute and deliver such further instruments and render such further assistance as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the transactions contemplated herein or to protect the interests of the parties hereto in the Nominee Vehicles in accordance with the terms hereof; provided however that , such instruments will be prepared by HVF and all costs and expenses in connection with such execution, delivery or other assistance will be borne by HVF.

 

ARTICLE X

 

REMITTANCE OF PROCEEDS

 

SECTION 10.1           Remittance of Proceeds .  In the event that the Nominee receives any payments or proceeds in respect of any Nominee Vehicles other than any payments received pursuant to Section 5.2 or Section 7.1 , the Nominee shall promptly upon receipt, but in no event later than two (2) business days from receipt, (i) with respect to any such payments or proceeds that relate to a Nominee Vehicle that is pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement (as evidenced in the Collateral Servicer’s records pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement), deposit such payments or proceeds in accordance with the Collateral Agency Agreement or (ii) with respect to any payment or proceeds that relate to a Nominee Vehicle that is not pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement, remit such payments or proceeds to or at the direction of HVF with respect to such Nominee Vehicle.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

CERTAIN COVENANTS

 

SECTION 11.1           Limits on Activity of Nominee .  The Nominee hereby agrees (i) that it will not engage in any business or other activity other than (A) acting as titleholder of record for the Nominee Vehicles and (B) entering into documents related to various financing arrangements related to the Nominee Vehicles, and (ii) that it will not own any property or hold title to any vehicles other than the Nominee Vehicles (other than rights under contracts incidental to the Nominee’s appointment as nominee titleholder with respect to the Nominee Vehicles).(1)

 

SECTION 11.2           Liens and Indebtedness .  The Nominee shall not incur any Indebtedness or otherwise do any act that would subject it, the Nominee Vehicles or any of its assets to any Lien (other than Permitted Liens), and the Nominee agrees not to permit any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) to be created or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on the

 


(1)  Hertz to review and confirm.

 

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Nominee Vehicles or the proceeds thereof.  The Nominee shall use its best efforts to remove any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) that attaches to any Nominee Vehicle.

 

SECTION 11.3           Compliance .  The Nominee agrees to comply in all material respects with all Requirements of Law except to the extent that the failure to comply with such Requirements of Law is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 11.4           Notices of Proceedings .  Promptly upon becoming aware thereof, the Nominee agrees to give HVF, Hertz and the Collateral Agent written notice of the commencement or existence of any proceeding by or before any Governmental Authority against or affecting the Nominee that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 11.5           Maintenance of Separate Existence .  The Nominee acknowledges its receipt of a copy of that certain opinion letter issued by [  ] dated [  ] addressing the issue of substantive consolidation as it may relate to each of Hertz, the Nominee and HVF.  The Nominee hereby agrees to maintain in place all policies and procedures in all material respects, and take and continue to take all action, described in the factual assumptions set forth in such opinion letter and relating to such Person, except as may be confirmed as not required in a subsequent or supplemental opinion of [  ] or other law firm of recognized national standing that is counsel to Hertz, the Nominee and/or HVF addressing the issue of substantive consolidation as it may relate to each of Hertz, the Nominee and HVF.

 

ARTICLE XII

 

REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

 

SECTION 12.1           Representations, Warranties and Covenants .  The Nominee represents, warrants and covenants as follows:

 

(a)           It is a limited liability company duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of [  ].  It is duly qualified to do business as a foreign limited liability company and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where the character of its property, the nature of its business or the performance of its obligations hereunder make such qualification necessary.

 

(b)           It has all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and to carry out the provisions hereof.  Its execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action on its part, and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, except as the same may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights and (ii) general principles of equity.

 

(c)           There are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings pending or, to its knowledge after reasonable inquiry, threatened against it before any Governmental Authority that question the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any action taken or to be taken pursuant hereto, or that, if adversely determined, would materially affect its execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.

 

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(d)           Neither it nor any of its properties or assets are subject to any contract or agreement, any provision of its certificate of formation or the Nominee LLC Agreement, or other restriction, any law or any order, rule, ruling, certificate, license, regulation, judgment, injunction or demand of any country, state, territory or political subdivision thereof or of any Governmental Authority that would materially affect its execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.

 

(e)           The valid and binding execution, and delivery of, and compliance with, this Agreement will not contravene any provision of any presently effective law, rule, regulation, decree, ruling, judgment, order or injunction applicable to or binding upon it or of its certificate of formation or the Nominee LLC Agreement or any contract or agreement to which it is a party or by which its property or assets are bound, the contravention of any of which would materially impair the valid and binding nature of, or its ability to perform, any of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(f)            It is not, and is not controlled by, an “investment company” within the meaning of, and is not required to register as an “investment company” under, the Investment Company Act.

 

ARTICLE XIII

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

SECTION 13.1           No Third Party Beneficiaries .  This Agreement will not confer any rights or remedies upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

SECTION 13.2           Entire Agreement .  This Agreement and the other agreements specifically referenced herein constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto and supersede any prior understandings, agreements, or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, to the extent they related in any way to the subject matter hereof.

 

SECTION 13.3           Succession and Assignment .  This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.  Except as provided in Section 8.1 , the parties hereto may not assign either this Agreement or any of their respective rights, interest, or obligations hereunder without the prior written approval of the other parties.

 

SECTION 13.4           Delegation .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Nominee-Servicer may delegate to any Affiliate of the Nominee-Servicer the performance of the Nominee-Servicer’s obligations as Nominee-Servicer pursuant to this Agreement (but the Nominee-Servicer shall remain fully liable for its obligations under this Agreement).

 

SECTION 13.5           Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts including in electronic form and by different parties on different counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by

 

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facsimile transmission or electronic transmission (in “.pdf” format) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 13.6           Headings .  The section, subsection and other headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and will not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 13.7           Notices .  All notices, requests, demands, claims and other communications hereunder will be in writing.  Any notice, request demand, claim, or other communication hereunder will be deemed duly given if it is sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and addressed to the intended recipient as set forth below:

 

If to the Nominee-Servicer, HVF or the Nominee:

 

225 Brae Boulevard
Park Ridge, NJ 07656
Attention:  Treasury Department
Telephone no. (201) 307-2000
Facsimile no. (201) 307-2746

 

If to the Trustee:

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020
Chicago, IL 60602
Attention:  Corporate Trust Administration — Structured Finance
Telephone no. (312) 827-8569
Facsimile no. (312) 827-8562

 

Any party hereto may give any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication hereunder using any other means (including personal delivery, expedited courier, messenger service, telecopy, telex, ordinary mail, or electronic mail), but no such notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication will be deemed to have been duly given unless and until it actually is received by the intended recipient.  Any party hereto may change the address to which notices, requests, demands, claims and other communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving the other parties notice in the manner herein as set forth.

 

SECTION 13.8           GOVERNING LAW .  THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY MANNER RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOMESTIC LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 13.9           Amendments and Waivers .  No amendment of any provision of this Agreement will be valid unless the same will be in writing and signed by each of the parties hereto.  No waiver by any party hereto of any default, misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder, whether intentional or not, will be deemed to extend to any prior or

 

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subsequent default, misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent such occurrence.

 

SECTION 13.10         Severability .  Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction will not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction.

 

SECTION 13.11         Nonpetition Covenants .  Each of the Nominee, HVF, Hertz and the Collateral Agent hereby covenants and agrees that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all of the debt obligations of each of HVF, it will not institute against, or join with, encourage or cooperate with any other Person in instituting against, any of the Nominee or HVF 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.  The provisions of this Section 13.11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Vehicle Title Nominee Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

[RENTAL CAR FINANCE [     ]]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Scott Massengill

 

 

 

Vice President & Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Scott Massengill

 

 

 

Vice President & Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Scott Massengill

 

 

 

Senior Vice President & Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

Power of Attorney

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that RENTAL CAR FINANCE [  ] (the “ Nominee ”), under that certain Vehicle Title Nominee Agreement, dated as of [  ], by and among the Nominee, HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC, THE HERTZ CORPORATION and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Nominee Agreement ”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint THE HERTZ CORPORATION its true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact for it and in its name, stead and behalf, to (a) execute any and all documents and instruments pertaining to the titling of the Nominee Vehicles in the name of the Nominee and the licensing and registration of motor vehicles, (b) transfer title of the Nominee Vehicles from the name of the Nominee to the name of a third party at any time and to execute any and all documents and instruments as may be necessary to effect any such transfer, (c) appoint individual representatives of Hertz as attorneys-in-fact to fulfill the purposes of this Power of Attorney and (d) grant further powers of attorney to facilitate or effect any of the foregoing.  This power is limited to the foregoing and specifically does not authorize the creation of any liens or encumbrances on any of said motor vehicles.

 

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Nominee Agreement.

 

Each such person named as attorney-in-fact and any officers or employees of any such person shall have the full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever, requisite, necessary or proper to be done in furtherance of the foregoing.  This Power of Attorney is granted pursuant to, and governed by, the Nominee Agreement.

 

This Power of Attorney shall, unless sooner terminated, revoked or extended in accordance with the Nominee Agreement, cease upon the termination of the Nominee Agreement. All powers of attorney for this purpose filed or executed by the Nominee in respect of the Nominee Vehicles prior to the date hereof are hereby revoked.

 

THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this instrument to be executed on its behalf on this          day of            ,             .

 

 

 

RENTAL CAR FINANCE [      ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

STATE OF NEW YORK

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:

ss.:

COUNTY OF NEW YORK

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Subscribed and sworn before me, a notary public, in and for said county and state, this       day of              , 20      .

 

 

Notary Public

 

 

 

 

 

My Commission Expires:

 



 

FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY
AGREEMENT
OF
RENTAL CAR FINANCE LLC

 

This First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (together with the schedules attached hereto, this “ Agreement ”) of Rental Car Finance LLC (the “ Company ”), is entered into by Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as the sole member (the “ Member ”).  Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth on Schedule A hereto.

 

The Member, by execution of this Agreement, (i) hereby continues the Company as a limited liability company pursuant to and in accordance with the Oklahoma Limited Liability Company Act, Okla. Stat. (2011), tit. 18, §2200 et seq ., as amended from time to time, and any successor to such act (the “ Act ”), and this Agreement, (ii) hereby amends and restates in its entirety the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of                           , 20    , and (iii) hereby agrees as follows:

 

SECTION 1.                             Name .  The name of the limited liability company continued hereby is Rental Car Finance LLC.

 

SECTION 2.                             Principal Business Office .  The principal business office of the Company shall be located at 5330 East 31 st  Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135, or such other location as may hereafter be determined by the Member.

 

SECTION 3.                             Registered Office .  The address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Oklahoma is c/o The Corporation Company, 1833 South Morgan Road, in the City of Oklahoma City, County of Oklahoma, Oklahoma 73128.

 

SECTION 4.                             Registered Agent .  The name and address of the registered agent of the Company for service of process on the Company in the State of Oklahoma is The Corporation Company, 1833 South Morgan Road, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73128.

 

SECTION 5.                             Member .  (a)  The mailing address of the Member is set forth on Schedule B attached hereto.

 

(b)                                  Subject to Section 8(j) , the Member may act by written consent.

 

(c)                                   Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, if there is only one Member, upon the occurrence of any event that causes the Member to cease to be a member of the Company (other than (i) upon an assignment by the Member of all of its limited liability company interest in the Company and the admission of the transferee pursuant to Sections 20 and 22 , or (ii) the resignation of the Member and the admission of an additional member of the Company pursuant to Sections 21 and 22 ), the natural persons acting as the Independent Directors pursuant to Section 9 shall, without

 

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any action of any Person and simultaneously with the Member ceasing to be a member of the Company, automatically be admitted to the Company as Special Members and shall continue the Company without dissolution. No Special Member may resign from the Company or transfer its rights as Special Member unless (i) a successor Special Member has been admitted to the Company as Special Member by executing a counterpart to this Agreement, and (ii) such successor has also accepted its appointment as an Independent Director pursuant to Section 9 ; provided , that , any Special Member shall automatically cease to be a member of the Company upon the admission to the Company of a substitute Member but shall not thereby cease to be an Independent Director. A Special Member shall be a member of the Company that has no interest in the profits, losses and capital of the Company and has no right to receive any distributions of Company assets. Pursuant to Section 2023 of the Act, a Special Member shall not be required to make any capital contributions to the Company and shall not receive a limited liability company interest in the Company. A Special Member, in its capacity as a Special Member, may not bind the Company. Except as required by any mandatory provision of the Act, a Special Member, in its capacity as a Special Member, shall have no right to vote on, approve or otherwise consent to any action by, or matter relating to, the Company, including, without limitation, the merger, consolidation or conversion of the Company. In order to implement the future, contingent admission to the Company of Special Members, any individual acting as an Independent Director pursuant to Section 9 shall execute a counterpart to this Agreement upon his or her appointment as an Independent Director. Prior to its admission to the Company as a Special Member, any individual acting as an Independent Director pursuant to Section 9 shall not be a member of the Company.

 

SECTION 6.                             Purposes .  (a)  The purpose to be conducted or promoted by the Company is to engage in the following activities:

 

(i)                                      to hold title to passenger vehicles and light-duty trucks that are owned by the Member (the “ Vehicles ”) or any Affiliate of the Member;

 

(ii)                                   to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Basic Documents and any other agreement or instrument relating to the activity set forth in clause (i) above; and

 

(iii)                                to engage in any lawful act or activity and to exercise any powers permitted to limited liability companies organized under the laws of the State of Oklahoma that are related or incidental to the foregoing and necessary, convenient or advisable to accomplish the foregoing.

 

(b)                                  The Company, by or through any Member, Director or Officer on behalf of the Company, may enter into and perform its Obligations under the Basic Documents and all documents, agreements, certificates, or financing statements contemplated thereby or related thereto, all without any further act, vote or approval of the Member or any Director or Officer notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Act or applicable law, rule or regulation.  The foregoing authorization

 

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shall not be deemed a restriction on the powers of any Member, Director or Officer to enter into other agreements on behalf of the Company.

 

SECTION 7.                             Powers .  Subject to Section 8(j) , the Company, and the Board of Directors and the Officers on behalf of the Company, (a) shall have and exercise all powers necessary, convenient or incidental to accomplish its purposes as set forth in Section 6 , and (b) shall have and exercise all of the powers and rights conferred upon limited liability companies formed pursuant to the Act.

 

SECTION 8.                             Management .  (a)  Board of Directors .  Subject to Section 8(j) , the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of one or more Directors designated by the Member.  Subject to Section 9 , the Member may determine at any time in its sole and absolute discretion the number of Directors to constitute the Board.  The authorized number of Directors may be increased or decreased by the Member at any time in its sole and absolute discretion, upon notice to all Directors, and subject in all cases to Section 9 .  The initial number of Directors shall be four (4), two (2) of which shall be Independent Directors pursuant to Section 9 .  Each Director elected, designated or appointed by the Member shall hold office until a successor is elected and qualified or until such Director’s earlier death, resignation, expulsion or removal.  Each Director shall execute and deliver the Management Agreement.  Directors need not be a Member.  The initial Directors designated by the Member are listed on Schedule D hereto.

 

(b)                                  Powers .  Subject to Section 8(j) , the Board of Directors shall have the power to do any and all acts necessary, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purposes described herein, including all powers, statutory or otherwise.  Subject to Section 6 , the Board of Directors has the authority to bind the Company.

 

(c)                                   Meeting of the Board of Director .  The Board of Directors of the Company may hold meetings, both regular and special, within or outside the State of Oklahoma.  Regular meetings of the Board may be held at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board.  Special meetings of the Board may be called by the President on not less than one day’s notice to each Director by telephone, facsimile, mail, telegram or any other means of communication, and special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and with like notice upon the written request of any one or more of the Directors.

 

(d)                                  Quorum; Acts of the Board .  At all meetings of the Board, a majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and, except as otherwise provided in any other provision of this Agreement, the act of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board.  If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board, the Directors present at such meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.  Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the

 

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case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee, as the case may be.

 

(e)                                   Electronic Communications .  Members of the Board, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in meetings of the Board, or any committee, by means of telephone conference or similar communications equipment that allows all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.  If all the participants are participating by telephone conference or similar communications equipment, the meeting shall be deemed to be held at the principal place of business of the Company.

 

(f)                                    Committees of Directors .  (i)  The Board may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the Directors of the Company.  The Board may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.

 

(ii)                                   In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.

 

(iii)                                Any such committee, to the extent provided in a resolution of the Board, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Company.  Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board.  Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same, to the Board when required.

 

(g)                                   Compensation of Directors; Expenses .  The Board shall have the authority to fix the compensation of Directors.  The Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at meetings of the Board, which may be a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board or a stated salary as Director.  No such payment shall preclude any Director from serving the Company in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.  Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

(h)                                  Removal of Directors .  Unless otherwise restricted by law and subject to Section 9 , any Director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed or expelled, with or without cause, at any time by the Member, and any vacancy caused by any such removal or expulsion may be filled by action of the Member.

 

(i)                                      Directors as Agents .  To the extent of their powers set forth in this Agreement and subject to Section 8(j) , the Directors are agents of the Company for the purpose of the Company’s business, and the actions of the Directors taken in accordance

 

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with such powers set forth in this Agreement shall bind the Company.  Except as provided in this Agreement, a Director may not bind the Company.

 

(j)                                     Limitations on the Company’s Activities .

 

(i)                                      This Section 8(j)  is being adopted in order to comply with certain provisions required in order to qualify the Company as a “special purpose entity”.

 

(ii)                                   The Member shall not, so long as any Note Obligation is outstanding, amend, alter, change or repeal the definition of “Independent Director” or Sections 5(c) , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 15 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 or 30 or Schedule A of this Agreement without the unanimous written consent of the Board (including the Independent Directors).  Subject to this Section 8(j) , the Member reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions contained in this Agreement in accordance with Section 30 .

 

(iii)                                Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and any provision of law that otherwise so empowers the Company, the Member, the Board, any Officer or any other Person, neither the Member nor the Board nor any Officer nor any other Person shall be authorized or empowered, nor shall they permit the Company, without the prior unanimous written consent of the Member and the Board (including the Independent Directors), to take any Material Action; provided , that , the Board may not vote on, or authorize the taking of, any Material Action unless there are at least two Independent Directors then serving in such capacity.

 

(iv)                               So long as any Note Obligation is outstanding, the Board and the Member shall cause the Company to do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided , that , the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if:  (1) the Board shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable for the conduct of its business and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Company and (2) the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Notes is satisfied.  The Board also shall cause the Company to:

 

(A)                                maintain its own separate books and records and bank accounts;

 

(B)                                at all times hold itself out to the public and all other Persons as a legal entity separate from the Member and any other Person;

 

(C)                                have a Board of Directors separate from that of the Member and any other Person;

 

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(D)                                file its own tax returns, if any, as may be required under applicable law, to the extent (1) not part of a consolidated group filing a consolidated return or returns, or (2) not treated as a division for tax purposes of another taxpayer, and pay any taxes so required to be paid under applicable law;

 

(E)                                 except as contemplated by the Basic Documents, not commingle its assets with assets of any other Person;

 

(F)                                  conduct its business in its own name and strictly comply with all organizational formalities to maintain its separate existence;

 

(G)                                maintain separate financial statements;

 

(H)                               pay its own liabilities only out of its own funds;

 

(I)                                    maintain an arm’s length relationship with its Affiliates and the Member;

 

(J)                                    pay the salaries of its own employees, if any;

 

(K)                               not hold out its credit or assets as being available to satisfy the obligations of others;

 

(L)                                 allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead for shared office space;

 

(M)                             use separate invoices and checks;

 

(N)                                except as contemplated by the Basic Documents, not pledge its assets for the benefit of any other Person;

 

(O)                                correct any known misunderstanding regarding its separate identity;

 

(P)                                  maintain adequate capital in light of its contemplated business purpose, transactions and liabilities;

 

(Q)                                cause its Board of Directors to meet at least annually or act pursuant to written consent and keep minutes of such meetings and actions and observe all other Oklahoma limited liability company formalities; and

 

(R)                                not acquire any securities of the Member.

 

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Failure of the Company, or the Board on behalf of the Company, to comply with any of the foregoing covenants shall not affect the status of the Company as a separate legal entity or the limited liability of the Member, the Special Members, if any, and the Directors.

 

(v)                                  So long as any Note Obligation is outstanding, the Board shall not cause or permit the Company to:

 

(A)                                guarantee any obligation of any Person, including any Affiliate;

 

(B)                                engage, directly or indirectly, in any business other than the actions required or permitted to be performed under Section 6 , the Basic Documents or this Section 8(j) ;

 

(C)                                incur, create or assume any indebtedness other than the Obligations or as otherwise expressly permitted under the Basic Documents;

 

(D)                                make or permit to remain outstanding any loan or advance to, or own or acquire any stock or securities of, any Person except as permitted by the Basic Documents;

 

(E)                                 to the fullest extent permitted by law, engage in any consolidation, merger or asset sale other than such activities as are expressly permitted pursuant to any provision of the Basic Documents; or

 

(F)                                  form, acquire or hold any subsidiary (whether corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other).

 

SECTION 9.                             Independent Director .  As long as any Note Obligation is outstanding, the Member shall cause the Company at all times to have at least two Independent Directors who will be appointed by the Member.  To the fullest extent permitted by Section 2017 of the Act, the Independent Directors shall consider only the interests of the Company, including its respective creditors, in acting or otherwise voting on the matters referred to in Section 8(j)(iii) .  No resignation or removal of an Independent Director, and no appointment of a successor Independent Director, shall be effective until the successor Independent Director shall have accepted his or her appointment by a written instrument, which may be a counterpart signature page to the Management Agreement.  All right, power and authority of an Independent Director shall be limited to the extent necessary to exercise those rights and perform those duties specifically set forth in this Agreement.  No Independent Director shall at any time serve as trustee in bankruptcy for any Affiliate of the Company.

 

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SECTION 10.                      Officers .  (a)  Officers .  The initial Officers of the Company designated by the Member are listed on Schedule E hereto.  The additional or successor Officers of the Company shall be chosen by the Board and shall consist of at least a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer.  The Board of Directors may also choose one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers.  One or more Vice Presidents may be designated a Vice President, Fleet Operations.  Any number of offices may be held by the same person.  The Board may appoint such other Officers and agents as it shall deem necessary or advisable who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board.  The salaries of all Officers and agents of the Company shall be fixed by or in the manner prescribed by the Board.  The Officers of the Company shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified. Any Officer elected or appointed by the Board may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board.  Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company shall be filled by the Board.

 

(b)                                  President .  The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Company, shall preside at all meetings of the Board, shall be responsible for the general and active management of the business of the Company and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect.  The President or any other Officer authorized by the President or the Board shall execute all bonds, mortgages and other contracts, except:  (i) where required or permitted by law or this Agreement to be otherwise signed and executed, including Section 6(b) ; (ii) where signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board to some other Officer or agent of the Company; and (iii) as otherwise permitted in Section 10(c) .

 

(c)                                   Vice President .  In the absence of the President or in the event of the President’s inability to act, the Vice President, if any (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the Directors, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election), shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President.  The Vice Presidents, if any, shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

 

(d)                                  Secretary and Assistant Secretary .  The Secretary shall be responsible for filing legal documents and maintaining records for the Company.  The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Company and of the Board in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required.  The Secretary shall give, or shall cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Member, if any, and special meetings of the Board, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or the President, under whose supervision the Secretary shall serve.  The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board (or if there be no such determination, then in order of their election), shall, in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretary’s inability to act, perform

 

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the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

 

(e)                                   Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer .  The Treasurer shall have the custody of the Company funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Company and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Company in such depositories as may be designated by the Board.  The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Company as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and to the Board, at its regular meetings or when the Board so requires, an account of all of the Treasurer’s transactions and of the financial condition of the Company.  The Assistant Treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election), shall, in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurer’s inability to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

 

(f)                                    Officers as Agents .  The Officers, to the extent of their powers set forth in this Agreement or otherwise vested in them by action of the Board not inconsistent with this Agreement, are agents of the Company for the purpose of the Company’s business and, subject to Section 8(j) , the actions of the Officers taken in accordance with such powers shall bind the Company.

 

(g)                                   Duties of Board and Officers .  Except to the extent otherwise provided herein and as expressly modified by Section 9 hereof, in exercising his or her rights and performing his or her duties under this Agreement, each Director and Officer shall have a fiduciary duty of loyalty and care similar to that of directors and officers of business corporations organized under the Oklahoma General Corporation Act.

 

SECTION 11.                      Limited Liability .  Except as otherwise expressly provided by the Act, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be the debts, obligations and liabilities solely of the Company, and neither the Member nor the Special Members, if any, nor any Director or Officer shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Member, Special Member, Director or Officer of the Company.

 

SECTION 12.                      Capital Contributions .  The Member has made a capital contribution to the Company in the amount of $1,000, as listed on Schedule B attached hereto.  In accordance with Section 5(c) , no Special Member shall be required to make any capital contributions to the Company.

 

SECTION 13.                      Additional Contributions .  The Member is not required to make any additional capital contribution to the Company.  However, the Member may make capital contributions to the Company at any time.  The provisions of this

 

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Agreement, including this Section 13 , are intended solely to benefit the Member and the Special Members, if any, and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall not be construed. as conferring any benefit upon any creditor of the Company (and no such creditor of the Company shall be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement) and the Member and the Special Members, if any, shall not have any duty or obligation to any creditor of the Company to make any contribution to the Company or to issue any call for capital pursuant to this Agreement.  All or any part of additional capital contributions may be returned to the Member subject to the terms of the Basic Documents.

 

SECTION 14.                      Allocation of Profits and Losses .  The Company’s profits and losses shall be allocated to the Member.

 

SECTION 15.                      Distributions .  Distributions shall be made to the Member at the times and in the aggregate amounts determined by the Member.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not be permitted or required to make a distribution to the Member on account of its interest in the Company if such distribution would violate the Act or any other applicable law or any Basic Document.

 

SECTION 16.                      Books and Records .  The Board shall keep or cause to be kept complete and accurate books of account and records with respect to the Company’s business.  The books of the Company shall at all times be maintained by the Board.  The Member and its duly authorized representatives shall have the right to examine the Company books, records and documents during normal business hours.  The Company’s books of account shall be kept using the method of accounting determined by the Member.  The Company’s independent auditor, if any, shall be an independent public accounting fine selected by the Member.

 

SECTION 17.                      Reports .  (a)  The Board shall use diligent efforts to cause to be prepared and mailed to the Member, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an audited or unaudited report setting forth as of the end of such fiscal year.

 

(i)                                      a balance sheet of the Company;

 

(ii)                                   an income statement of the Company for such fiscal year; and

 

(iii)                                a statement of the Member’s capital account.

 

(b)                                  The Board shall, after the end of each fiscal year, use diligent efforts to cause to be prepared and transmitted to the Member as promptly as possible any tax information as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Member to prepare their federal, state and local income tax returns, if any, relating to such fiscal year.

 

SECTION 18.                      Other Business .  The Member and any Affiliate of the Member may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures (unconnected with the Company) of every kind and description, independently or with others.  The

 

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Company shall not have any rights in or to such independent ventures or the income or profits therefrom by virtue of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 19.                      Exculpation and Indemnification .  (a) Neither the Member nor a Special Member, if any, nor any Officer, Director, employee or agent of the Company nor any employee, representative, agent or Affiliate of the Member or a Special Member, if any (collectively, the “ Covered Persons ”) shall be liable to the Company or any other Person who has an interest in or claim against the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that a Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

(b)                                  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a Covered Person shall be entitled to indemnification from the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that no Covered Person shall be, entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions; provided , that , any indemnity under this Section 19 by the Company shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and no Member or Special Member, if any, shall have personal liability on account thereof; and provided further , that so long as any Note Obligation is outstanding no indemnity payment from funds of the Company (as distinct from funds from other sources, such as insurance) of any indemnity under this Section 19 shall be payable from amounts allocable to any other Person pursuant to the Basic Documents.

 

(c)                                   To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses (including legal fees) incurred by any Covered Person defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay such amount if it shall be determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Section 19 ; provided , that , any such advance shall be subordinated to any amounts payable to any other Person pursuant to the Basic Documents.

 

(d)                                  Each Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters such Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Company, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets,

 

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liabilities, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Member might properly be paid.

 

(e)                                   To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company or to any other Covered Person, a Covered Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or to any other Covered Person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement or any approval or authorization granted by the Company or any other Covered Person.  The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Member and the Special Members to replace such other duties and liabilities of such Covered Person.

 

(f)                                    The foregoing provisions of this Section 19 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 20.                      Assignments .  The Member may assign in whole or in part its limited liability company interest in the Company.  Subject to Section 22 , if a Member transfers all of its limited liability company interest in the Company pursuant to this Section 20 , the transferee shall be admitted to the Company as a member of the Company upon its execution of an instrument signifying its agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, which instrument may be a counterpart signature page to this Agreement.  Such admission shall be deemed effective immediately prior to the transfer and, immediately following such admission, the transferor Member shall cease to be a member of the Company.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any successor to the Member by merger or consolidation shall, without further act, be the Member hereunder, and such merger or consolidation shall not constitute an assignment for purposes of this Agreement and the Company shall continue without dissolution.

 

SECTION 21.                      Resignation .  So long as any Note Obligation is outstanding, the Member may not resign, unless as additional member of the Company shall be admitted concurrently with or prior to such resignation to the Company, upon its execution of an instrument signifying its agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, which instrument may be a counterpart signature page to this Agreement.  Upon its resignation in accordance with the requirements of this Section 21 , the resigning Member shall cease to be a member of the Company.

 

SECTION 22.                      Admission of Additional Members .  One or more additional members of the Company may be admitted to the Company with the written consent of the Member; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as any Note Obligation remains outstanding, no additional or substitute Member may be admitted to the Company pursuant to Sections 20 , 21 or 22 unless the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Notes is satisfied.

 

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SECTION 23.                      Dissolution .  (a) Subject to Section 8(j) , the Company shall be dissolved, and its affairs shall be wound up upon the first to occur of the following:  (i) the termination of the legal existence of the last remaining member or the occurrence of any other event which terminates the continued membership of the last remaining member in the Company unless the Company is continued without dissolution in a manner permitted by this Agreement or the Act, or (ii) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under Section 2038 of the Act.  Upon the occurrence of any event that causes the last remaining Member of the Company to cease to be a member of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the personal representative of such Member is hereby authorized to, and shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of the event that terminated the continued membership of such Member in the Company, agree in writing (i) to continue the Company, and (ii) to the admission of the personal representative or its nominee or designee, as the case may be, as a substitute Member of the Company, effective as of the occurrence of the event that terminated the continued membership of the last remaining Member of the Company in the Company.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Bankruptcy of the Member or a Special Member, if any, shall not cause the Member or any Special Member to cease to be a member of the Company and upon the occurrence of such an event, the Company shall continue without dissolution.

 

(c)                                   Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each of the Member and Special Members, if any, waives any right it might have to agree in writing to dissolve the Company upon the Bankruptcy of the Member or any Special Member, or the occurrence of an event that causes the Member or any Special Member to cease to be a member of the Company.

 

(d)                                  In the event of dissolution, the Company shall conduct only such activities as are necessary to wind up its affairs (including the sale of the assets of the Company in an orderly manner), and the assets of the Company shall be applied in the manner, and in the order of priority, set forth in Section 2040 of the Act.

 

(e)                                   The Company shall terminate when (i) all of the assets of the Company, after payment of or due provision for all debts, liabilities and Obligations of the Company shall have been distributed to the Member in the manner provided for in this Agreement, and (ii) the Articles of Organization shall have been canceled in the manner required by the Act.

 

SECTION 24.                      Waiver of Partition; Nature of Interest .  Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Member and Special Member, if any, hereby irrevocably waives any right or power that the Member or Special Member, if any, might have to cause the Company or any of its assets to be partitioned, to cause the appointment of a receiver for all or any portion of the assets of the Company, to compel any sale of all or any portion of the assets of the Company pursuant to any applicable law or to file a complaint or to institute any proceeding at law or in equity to cause the dissolution, liquidation, winding up or

 

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termination of the Company.  The Member shall not have any interest in any specific assets of the Company, and neither Member shall have the status of a creditor with respect to any distribution pursuant to Section 15 hereof.  The interests of the Member in the Company is personal property.

 

SECTION 25.                      Benefits of Agreement; No Third Party Rights .  None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any creditor of the Company or by any creditor of the Member or the Special Members, if any, and this Agreement shall not be construed in any respect to be a contract in whole or in part for the benefit of any third Person, except as provided in Section 28 .

 

SECTION 26.                      Severability of Provisions .  Each provision of this Agreement shall be considered severable and if for any reason any provision or provisions herein are determined to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal under any existing or future law, such invalidity, unenforceability or illegality shall not impair the operation of or affect those portions of this Agreement which are valid, enforceable and legal.

 

SECTION 27.                      Entire Agreement .  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

SECTION 28.                      Binding Agreement .  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Member agrees that this Agreement, including, without limitation, Sections 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 25 , 28 and 30 , constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Member, and is enforceable against the Member by each Independent Director, in accordance with its terms.  In addition, the Independent Directors shall be intended beneficiaries of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 29.                      Governing Law .  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Oklahoma (without regard to conflict of laws principles), all rights and remedies being governed by said laws.

 

SECTION 30.                      Amendments .  Subject to Section 8(j) , this Agreement may not be modified, altered, supplemented or amended except pursuant to a written agreement executed and delivered by the Member.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, so long as any Note Obligation is outstanding, this Agreement may not be modified, altered, supplemented or amended unless the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Notes is satisfied except:  (i) to cure any ambiguity, or (ii) to convert or supplement any provision in a manner consistent with the intent of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents.

 

SECTION 31.                      Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original of this Agreement and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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SECTION 32.                      Notices .  Any notices required to be delivered hereunder shall be in writing and personally delivered, mailed or sent by telecopy, electronic mail or other similar form of rapid transmission, and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt (a) in the case of the Company, to the Company at its address in Section 2 , (b) in the case of the Member, to the Member at its address as listed on Schedule B attached hereto, and (c) in the case of either of the foregoing at such other address as may be designated by written notice to the other party.

 

SECTION 33.                      Tax Matters .  It is intended that the Company will not be an “association” for U.S. Federal income tax purposes.  The President, Treasurer, Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer, any Vice President, or any Assistant Secretary of the Company is hereby authorized to file any election on IRS Form 8832 or successor form, or similar form under state or local law, that is necessary to treat the Company as an entity other than an association for tax purposes.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, has duly executed this First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the          day of                       , 20    .

 

 

 

MEMBER :

 

 

 

DOLLAR THRIFTY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR/SPECIAL MEMBER :

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

[                                                      ]

 

 

 

 

 

INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR/SPECIAL MEMBER :

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

[                                                      ]

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

Definitions

 

A.                                     Definitions

 

When used in this Agreement, the following terms not otherwise defined herein have the following meanings:

 

Act ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in Control of, is Controlled by or is under common Control with such Person or is a director or officer of such Person.

 

Agreement ” means this First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, together with the schedules attached hereto, as amended, restated or supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Articles of Organization ” means the Articles of Organization of the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Oklahoma on                       , 20    , as amended or amended and restated from time to time.

 

Assignment ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Bankruptcy ” means, with respect to any Person, if such Person (i) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, (ii) files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, (iii) is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or has entered against it an order for relief, in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, (iv) files a petition or answer seeking for itself any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation, (v) files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any proceeding of this nature, (vi) seeks, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of the Person or of all or any substantial part of its properties, or (vii) if 120 days after the commencement of any proceeding against the Person seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation, if the proceeding has not been dismissed, or if within 60 days after the appointment without such Person’s consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part of its properties, the appointment is not vacated or stayed, or within 60 days after the expiration of any such stay, the appointment is not vacated The foregoing definition of “Bankruptcy” is intended to replace and shall supersede and replace the definition of “Bankrupt” set forth in Section 2001(2) of the Act.

 

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Basic Documents ” means this Agreement, the Management Agreement, the Nominee Agreement, and all documents, agreements and certificates delivered in connection therewith.

 

Board ” or “ Board of Directors ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

 “ Company ” means Rental Car Finance LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company.

 

Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, or the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or general partnership or managing member interests, by contract or otherwise.  “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” shall have correlative meanings.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to Control any other Person in which it owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of the ownership interests.

 

Covered Persons ” has the meaning set forth in Section 19(a) .

 

Directors ” means the Persons elected or appointed to the Board of Directors from time to time by the Member, including the Independent Directors.  A Director is hereby designated as a “manager” of the Company within the meaning of Section 2001(13) of the Act.

 

DTAG ” means Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation and its successors.

 

 “ HVF ” means Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors.

 

Indenture ” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Base Indenture, executed as of October [29], 2013, between HVF and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as amended, restated or supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Independent Director ” means a director who is not currently and has not been during the five years prior to his or her appointment as Independent Director (a) a director, officer, employee, Affiliate, franchisee, major customer or major supplier of Hertz or any of its Affiliates (other than in his or her capacity as Independent Director hereunder or with respect to any special purpose vehicle Affiliate), (b) any Person owning beneficially, directly or indirectly, any outstanding shares of common stock of Hertz or any of its Affiliates or (c) a director, officer, employee, member, partner or member of the immediate family of, or a Person otherwise owning a direct or indirect ownership interest in, any Person described in clauses (a) or (b) .  The terms “major customer” and “major supplier” shall mean a Person who is a customer or supplier,

 

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respectively, of Hertz or any of Hertz’s Affiliates and who conducts business with Hertz or any of its Affiliates to such a significant extent as would reasonably be expected to influence the decisions of such Person or any Person described in clause (c) with respect to such Person, in any such case, in his or her capacity as a director of Hertz or any of its Affiliates (including the Company).

 

Management Agreement ” means the agreement of the Directors substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule C .  The Management Agreement shall be deemed incorporated into, and a part of, this Agreement.

 

Material Action ” means to consolidate or merge the Company with or into any Person, or sell all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or to institute proceedings to have the Company be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or consent to, encourage, or cooperate with, the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against the Company or file a petition seeking, or consent to, reorganization or relief with respect to the Company under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, or consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or a substantial part of its property, or make any assignment for the benefit of creditors of the Company, or admit in writing the Company’s inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or take action in furtherance of any such action, or, to the fullest extent permitted by law, dissolve, terminate or liquidate the Company.

 

Member ” means DTAG, and includes any Person admitted as an additional member of the Company or a substitute member of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, each in their capacity as a member of the Company; provided , that , the term “Member” shall not include any Special Member.

 

Nominee Agreement ” means the Vehicle Title Nominee Agreement, dated as of                   , 20    , among Hertz, as nominee servicer, HVF, as a nominating party, the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as collateral agent, as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

Note Obligations ” shall mean the indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of HVF under or in connection with the Indenture, the Basic Documents or any related agreement in effect as of any date of determination.

 

Notes ” means notes issued by HVF pursuant to the Indenture.

 

Obligations ” shall mean the indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of the Company under or in connection with this Agreement, the other Basic Documents or any related document in effect as of any date of determination.

 

Officer ” means an officer of the Company described in Section 10 .

 

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Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, or other organization, whether or not a legal entity, and any governmental authority.

 

Rating Agency Condition ” with respect to any Series of Notes, has the meaning set forth in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

Series ” means any series of Notes issued by HVF.

 

Series Supplement ” means a supplement to the Indenture that authorizes a particular Series of Notes.

 

Special Member ” means, upon such person’s admission to the Company as a member of the Company pursuant to Section 5(c) , any person acting as an Independent Director, in such person’s capacity as a member of the Company.  A Special Member shall only have the rights and duties expressly set forth in this Agreement.

 

Vehicles ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6 of this Agreement.

 

B.                                     Rules of Construction

 

Definitions in this Agreement apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.  The words “include” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”  The terms “herein,” “hereof’ and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section, paragraph or subdivision.  The Section titles appear as a matter of convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.  All Section, paragraph, clause, Exhibit or Schedule references not attributed to a particular document shall be references to such parts of this Agreement.

 

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SCHEDULE B

 

Members

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name

 

Mailing Address

 

Agreed Value of
Capital
Contribution

 

Membership
Interest

 

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc.

 

5330 East 31 st  Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma  74135

 

$

1,000

 

100

%

 

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SCHEDULE C

 

Management Agreement

 

[                            ], 20    

 

For good and valuable consideration, each of the undersigned persons, who have been designated as directors of Rental Car Finance LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (the “ Company ”), in accordance with the First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of                     , 20     as it may be amended or restated from time to time (the “ LLC Agreement ”), hereby agree as follows:

 

1.  Each of the undersigned accepts such person’s rights and authority as a Director (as defined in the LLC Agreement) under the LLC Agreement and agrees to perform and discharge such person’s duties and obligations as a Director under the LLC Agreement, and further agrees that such rights, authorities, duties and obligations under the LLC Agreement shall continue until such person’s successor as a Director is elected and qualified or until such person’s resignation or removal as a Director in accordance with the LLC Agreement Each of the undersigned agrees and acknowledges that it has been designated as a “manager” of the Company within the meaning of the Oklahoma Limited Liability Company Act.

 

2.  So long as any Note Obligation (as defined in the LLC Agreement) is outstanding, each of the undersigned agrees, solely in its capacity as a creditor of the Company on account of any indemnification or other payment owing to the undersigned by the Company, not to acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Company to invoke the process of any court or governmental authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Company under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any substantial part of the property of the Company, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company.

 

3.  This Management Agreement hereby replaces that certain Management Agreement of the Company, dated as of                         , 20    , by and among the Company, [                            ], [                            ], [                            ] and [                            ].

 

4.  THIS MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, AND ALL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.

 

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This Management Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall, be deemed an original of this Management Agreement and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Management Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

 

[                                                      ]

 

 

 

 

 

[                                                      ]

 

 

 

 

 

[                                                      ]

 

 

 

 

 

[                                                      ]

 

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SCHEDULE D

 

Directors

 

1.  [                            ]

 

2.  [                            ]

 

3.  [                            ]

 

4.  [                            ]

 

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SCHEDULE E

 

Officers

 

1.

Executive Vice President and Secretary

[                            ]

 

 

 

2.

Vice President

[                            ]

 

 

 

3.

Assistant Treasurer

[                            ]

 

 

 

4.

Assistant Treasurer

[                            ]

 

 

 

5.

Assistant Treasurer

[                            ]

 

 

 

6.

Assistant Secretary

[                            ]

 

 

 

7.

Assistant Secretary

[                            ]

 

 

 

8.

Assistant Secretary

[                            ]

 

 

 

9.

Assistant Secretary

[                            ]

 

 

 

10.

Assistant Secretary

[                            ]

 

 

 

11.

Assistant Secretary

[                            ]

 

 

 

12.

Assistant Secretary

[                            ]

 

 

 

13.

Assistant Secretary

[                            ]

 

 

 

14.

Assistant Secretary

[                            ]

 

 

 

15.

Assistant Secretary

[                            ]

 

 

 

16.

Assistant Secretary

[                            ]

 

 

 

17.

Assistant Secretary

[                            ]

 

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Schedule I to:

A&R HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement & A&R HVF Series 2013-G1 Lease

 

SCHEDULE I

 

10-K Report ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.5(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

10-Q Report ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.5(b) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Accumulated Depreciation ” means, with respect to any Lease Vehicle, as of any date of determination:

 

(a)            the sum of:

 

(i)           all Monthly Base Rent with respect to such Lease Vehicle paid or payable (since such Lease Vehicle’s most recent Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date) under the Series 2013-G1 Lease on or prior to the Payment Date occurring in the calendar month in which such date of determination occurs,

 

(ii)          the Final Base Rent with respect to such Lease Vehicle, if any, paid or payable (since such Lease Vehicle’s most recent Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date) under the Series 2013-G1 Lease on or prior to the Payment Date occurring in the calendar month immediately following such date,

 

(iii)         the Pre-VOLCD Program Vehicle Depreciation Amount with respect to such Lease Vehicle, if any, paid or payable (since such Lease Vehicle’s most recent Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date) under the Series 2013-G1 Lease on or prior to the Payment Date occurring in the calendar month immediately following such date,

 

(iv)         all Redesignation to Non-Program Amounts with respect to such Lease Vehicle, if any, paid or payable (since such Lease Vehicle’s most recent Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date) under the Series 2013-G1 Lease on or prior to the Payment Date occurring in the calendar month in which such date of determination occurs, and

 

(v)          the Program Vehicle Depreciation Assumption True-Up Amount with respect to such Lease Vehicle, if any, paid or payable (since such Lease Vehicle’s most recent Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date) under the Series 2013-G1 Lease by the applicable Lessee on or prior to the Payment Date occurring in the calendar month immediately following such date; minus

 

(b)            the sum of all Redesignation to Program Amounts with respect to such Lease Vehicle, if any, paid or payable (since such Lease Vehicle’s most recent Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date) under the Series 2013-G1 Lease by the Lessor on or prior to the Payment Date occurring in the calendar month in which such date of determination occurs.

 

Additional Lessee ” has the meaning specified the Preamble of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 



 

Additional Spread Percentage ” means, as of any date of determination, the greater of 1.00% or such other percentage as the Lessor and the Lessees may from time to time agree in writing shall be the Additional Spread Percentage, as evidenced by and in effect from the date of delivery of a copy of such writing duly executed by the Lessor and the Lessees to the Trustee and the Servicer.

 

Advance ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Advantage Sublease ” means that certain Master Motor Vehicle Operating Sublease Agreement, dated as of December 12, 2012, by and between Hertz, as lessor, and Simply Wheelz LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, d/b/a Advantage Rent A Car, as lessee.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any specified Person, another Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the Person specified.  For purposes of this definition, “control” means the power to direct the management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

Affiliate Joinder in Lease ” has the meaning specified in Section 12.1 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Aggregate Group I Principal Amount ” has the meaning specified in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

Alternative Lease Lessee ” means any “Lessee” under and as defined in any other Segregated Series Lease.

 

Annual Series 2013-G1 Noteholder Tax Statement ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.2(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Assumed Remaining Holding Period ” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle as of such date, the greater of (a) the number of months remaining from such date until the then-expected Disposition Date of such Lease Vehicle, as estimated by the Lessor (or its designee) on such date in its sole and absolute discretion and (b) 1.

 

Assumed Residual Value ” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle as of such date, the proceeds expected to be realized upon the disposition of such Lease Vehicle, as estimated by the Lessor (or its designee) on such date in its sole and absolute discretion.

 

Authorized Officer ” means, as to Hertz or any of its Affiliates, any of (i) the President, (ii) the Chief Financial Officer, (iii) the Treasurer, (iv) any Assistant Treasurer, or (v) any Vice President in the tax, legal or treasury department, in each case of Hertz or such Affiliate, as applicable.

 

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Bankruptcy Code ” means The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978.

 

Base Indenture ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Base Rent ” means, Monthly Base Rent and Final Base Rent, collectively.

 

Basic Lease Vehicle Information ” means the following terms specified by a Lessee in a Lease Vehicle Acquisition Schedule pursuant to Section 2.1(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease:  a list of the vehicles such Lessee desires to be made available by the Lessor to such Lessee for lease as “Lease Vehicles”, and, with respect to each such vehicle, the VIN, make, model, model year, and requested lease commencement date of each such vehicle.

 

BBA Libor Rates Page ” shall mean the display designated as Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or on any successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as determined by the Servicer from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to Dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank market).

 

Blackbook Guide ” means the Black Book Official Finance/Lease Guide.

 

Beneficiary ” has the meaning specified in the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks are authorized or required by law to be closed in New York City, New York.

 

Capitalized Cost ” means, as of any date of determination,

 

(a)            with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle as of its most recent Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date,

 

(i)             if such Lease Vehicle was initially purchased as a new vehicle by HVF or an Affiliate thereof from an unaffiliated third party and such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs thirty-six (36) days or less after the date of the delivery of such Lease Vehicle to HVF or such Affiliate by such third party, then the lesser of (X) the gross cash payments made to such unaffiliated third party in connection with such initial purchase of such Lease Vehicle, and (Y) the MSRP of such Lease Vehicle as of the date of such initial purchase, if known by the Servicer (after reasonable investigation by the Servicer);

 

(ii)            if such Lease Vehicle was initially purchased as a used vehicle by HVF or an Affiliate thereof from an unaffiliated third party and such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs thirty-six (36) or less days after the date of the delivery of such Lease Vehicle to HVF or such Affiliate by such third party, then the gross cash payments made to such unaffiliated third party in connection with such initial purchase of such Lease Vehicle;

 

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(iii)           if such Lease Vehicle (unless such Lease Vehicle is an Inter-Group Transferred Vehicle) was initially purchased by HVF or an Affiliate thereof from an unaffiliated third party and such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs more than thirty-six (36) days after the date of the delivery of such Lease Vehicle to HVF or such Affiliate by such third party, then the Market Value of such Lease Vehicle as of the date of such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date; and

 

(iv)           if such Lease Vehicle is an Inter-Group Transferred Vehicle and was initially purchased by HVF or an Affiliate thereof from an unaffiliated third party and such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs more than thirty-six (36) days after the date of the delivery of such Lease Vehicle to HVF or such Affiliate by such third party, then the lesser of (A) the Legacy FMV of such Lease Vehicle and (B) the Legacy NBV of such Lease Vehicle; and

 

(b)            with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle as of its most recent Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date,

 

(i)             if such Lease Vehicle was initially purchased as a new vehicle by HVF or an Affiliate thereof from an unaffiliated third party and such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs thirty-six (36) days or less after the date of the delivery of such Lease Vehicle to HVF or such Affiliate by such third party, then the Maximum Repurchase Price with respect to such Lease Vehicle;

 

(ii)            if (X) such Lease Vehicle was initially purchased as a used vehicle by HVF or an Affiliate thereof from an unaffiliated third party and such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs thirty-six (36) days or less after date of the delivery of such Lease Vehicle to HVF or such Affiliate by such third party and (Y) no Depreciation Charges have accrued or been applied prior to the date of such initial purchase with respect to such Lease Vehicle under its Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program, then the Maximum Repurchase Price with respect to such Lease Vehicle;

 

(iii)           if (X) such Lease Vehicle was initially purchased as a used vehicle by HVF or an Affiliate thereof from an unaffiliated third party and such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs thirty-six (36) or less days after the date of the delivery of such Lease Vehicle to HVF or such Affiliate by such third party and (Y) Depreciation Charges have accrued or been applied prior to the date of such initial purchase with respect to such Lease Vehicle under its Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program, then the amount the Manufacturer of such Lease Vehicle would be obligated to pay for such Lease Vehicle under the terms of such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program (assuming no minimum holding period would apply with respect to such Lease Vehicle) if such Lease Vehicle were returned to such Manufacturer on the last day of the calendar month prior to the month in which such Lease Vehicle’s Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs; and

 

(iv)           if such Lease Vehicle was initially purchased by HVF or an Affiliate thereof from an unaffiliated third party and such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs more than thirty-six (36) days after the date of the delivery

 

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of such Lease Vehicle to HVF or such Affiliate by such third party, then the excess of (A) the amount the Manufacturer of such Lease Vehicle would be obligated to pay for such Lease Vehicle under the terms of such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program (assuming no minimum holding period would apply with respect to such Lease Vehicle) if such Lease Vehicle were returned to such Manufacturer on the first day of the calendar month in which such Lease Vehicle’s Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs over (B) the amount of depreciation scheduled to accrue under the Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program for such Lease Vehicle for the calendar month in which such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs, pro rated for the portion of such calendar month occurring from and including such first day of such calendar month to but excluding such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date.

 

Casualty ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, that:

 

(a) such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle is destroyed, seized or otherwise rendered permanently unfit or unavailable for use, or

 

(b) such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle is lost or stolen and is not recovered for 180 days following the occurrence thereof.

 

Casualty Payment Amount ” means, with respect to any Lease Vehicle that suffers a Casualty or becomes an Ineligible Vehicle, the result of (a) the Net Book Value of such Lease Vehicle as of the later of (i) such Lease Vehicle’s Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date and (ii) the first day of the calendar month in which such Lease Vehicle became a Casualty or became an Ineligible Vehicle minus (b) the Final Base Rent for such Lease Vehicle.

 

Certificate of Title ” means, with respect to any Vehicle, the certificate of title or similar evidence of ownership applicable to such Vehicle duly issued in accordance with the certificate of title act or other applicable statute of the jurisdiction applicable to such Vehicle as determined by the Servicer, the Nominee Servicer or the Collateral Servicer, as applicable.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or otherwise modified from time to time and any successor statute of similar import, in each case as in effect from time to time.  References to sections of the Code also refer to any successor or replacement sections.

 

Collateral Account ” means a “Collateral Account” (as such term is defined in Section 2.5(a) of the Collateral Agency Agreement) into which amounts relating to Series 2013-G1 Segregated Vehicle Collateral are deposited pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Collateral Agency Agreement ” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Collateral Agency Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2013, by and among HVF, as grantor, HGI, as grantor, DTG, as grantor, Hertz as grantor and collateral servicer, the Collateral Agent, as secured party, and those various “Additional Grantors”, “Financing Sources” and “Beneficiaries” from time to time party thereto.

 

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Collateral Agent ” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent under the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Collateral Servicer ” has the meaning specified in the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Company Order ” and “ Company Request ” means a written order or request signed in the name of HVF by any one of its Authorized Officers and delivered to the Trustee.

 

Contractual Obligation ” means, with respect to any Person, any provision of any security issued by that Person or of any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any material portion of its properties is bound or to which it or any material portion of its properties is subject.

 

Controlled Group ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person, whether or not incorporated, and any corporation, trade or business that is, along with such Person, a member of a controlled group of corporations or a controlled group of trades or businesses as described in Sections 414(b) and (c), respectively, of the Code.

 

Corporate Trust Office ” shall mean the principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered which office at the date of the execution of the Series 2013-G1 Note is located at 2 North LaSalle, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois 60602, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration—Structured Finance, or at any other time at such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder and HVF.

 

Court ” has the meaning specified in Section 2(b) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Decrease ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Depreciation Charge ” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a:

 

(a) Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle as of such date, an amount at least equal to the greatest of:

 

(i) 1.0%, or such lower percentage in respect of which the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied as of such date, in each case of the Capitalized Cost of such Lease Vehicle as of such date,

 

(ii) (x) the excess, if any, of the Net Book Value of such Lease Vehicle over the Assumed Residual Value of such Lease Vehicle, in each case as of such date, divided by (y) the Assumed Remaining Holding Period with respect to such Lease Vehicle, as of such date, and

 

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(iii) such higher percentage of the Capitalized Cost of such Lease Vehicle as of such date, selected by the Lessor in its sole and absolute discretion, that would cause the weighted average of the “Depreciation Charges” (weighted by Net Book Value as of such date) with respect to all Lease Vehicles that are Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicles as of such date to be equal to or greater than 1.25%, or such lower percentage in respect of which the Rating Agency Condition has been satisfied as of such date, of the aggregate Capitalized Costs of such Lease Vehicles as of such date,

 

(b) Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle and such date occurs during the Estimation Period for such Lease Vehicle, if any, the Initially Estimated Depreciation Charge with respect to such Lease Vehicle, as of such date, and

 

(c) Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle and such date does not occur during the Estimation Period, if any, for such Lease Vehicle, the depreciation charge (expressed as a monthly dollar amount) set forth in the related Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program for such Lease Vehicle for such date.

 

Depreciation Record ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Determination Date ” means the date five (5) Business Days prior to each Payment Date.

 

Disposition Date ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle:

 

(i)             if such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle was returned to a Manufacturer for repurchase pursuant to a Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Program, the Turnback Date with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle;

 

(ii)            if such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle was subject to a Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program and not sold to any third party prior to the Series 2013-G1 Backstop Date with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, the Series 2013-G1 Backstop Date with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle;

 

(iii)           if such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle was sold to any Person (other than to the Manufacturer thereof pursuant to such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer’s Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program) the date on which the proceeds of such sale are deposited in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account or the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account; and

 

(iv)           if such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle becomes a Casualty or an Ineligible Vehicle (other than as a result of a sale thereof that would be included in any of clause (i)  through (iii)  above), the day on which such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle suffers a Casualty or becomes an Ineligible Vehicle.

 

Disposition Proceeds ” means, with respect to each Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle, the net proceeds from the sale or disposition of such Series 2013-G1 Non-Program

 

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Vehicle to any Person (other than any portion of such proceeds payable by the Lessee thereof pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Lease).

 

Dollar ” and the symbol “ $ ” mean the lawful currency of the United States.

 

DTG ” means DTG Operations, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation.

 

Due Date ” means, with respect to any payment due from a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer or auction dealer in respect of a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle turned back for repurchase or sale pursuant to the terms of the related Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program, the ninetieth (90th) day after the Disposition Date for such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle.

 

Early Program Return Payment Amount ” means, with respect to each Payment Date and each Lease Vehicle that:

 

(a) was a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle as of its Turnback Date,

 

(b) the Turnback Date for which occurred during the Related Month with respect to such Payment Date, and

 

(c) the Turnback Date for which occurred prior to the Minimum Program Term End Date for such Lease Vehicle,

 

an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the Net Book Value of such Lease Vehicle (as of its Turnback Date) over (ii) the Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Price received or receivable with respect to such Lease Vehicle (or that would have been received but for a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Event of Default, as applicable).

 

Eligible Account ” means (a) a segregated identifiable trust account established in the trust department of a Series 2013-G1 Qualified Trust Institution or (b) a separately identifiable deposit or securities account established with a Series 2013-G1 Qualified Institution.

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute of similar import, in each case as in effect from time to time.  References to sections of ERISA also refer to any successor sections.

 

Escrow Agent ” has the meaning specified in Section 1.01 of the Escrow Agreement.

 

Escrow Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Escrow Agreement, dated as of the November 25, 2013, among the Escrow Agent, the Intermediary, Hertz, HVF and HGI, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms, or any replacement escrow agreement entered into pursuant to Section 5.01(e) of such escrow agreement (or the comparable provision of a replacement escrow agreement).

 

Estimation Period ” means, with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle with respect to which the applicable depreciation charge set forth in the related Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program for such Lease Vehicle has not been recorded

 

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in the Lessor’s or its designee’s computer systems or has been recorded in such computer systems, but has not been applied to such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle therein, the period commencing on such Lease Vehicle’s Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date and terminating on the date such applicable depreciation charge has been recorded in the Lessor’s or its designee’s computer systems and applied to such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle therein.

 

Event of Bankruptcy ” shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to a Person if:

 

(a)            a case or other proceeding shall be commenced, without the application or consent of such Person, in any court, seeking the liquidation, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of debts of such Person, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, sequestrator or the like for such Person or all or any substantial part of its assets, or any similar action with respect to such Person under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or composition or adjustment of debts, and such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of 60 consecutive days; or an order for relief in respect of such Person shall be entered in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect; or

 

(b)            such Person shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

 

(c)            the board of directors of such Person (if such Person is a corporation or similar entity) shall vote to implement any of the actions set forth in clause (b)  above.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

Exchanges ” has the meaning specified in the Master Exchange Agreement.

 

FDIC ” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

 

Final Base Rent ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.3 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Financial Assets ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Financing Source ” has the meaning specified in the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

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Fitch ” means Fitch Ratings, Inc.

 

Franchisee Sublease Contractual Criteria ” means, with respect to the sublease of Lease Vehicles by a Lessee to a franchisee, the related sublease:

 

(a)          states in writing that it is subject to the terms and conditions of the Series 2013-G1 Lease and is subject and subordinate in all respects to the Series 2013-G1 Lease;

 

(b)          requires that the Lease Vehicles subleased under such sublease may only be used in furtherance of the business contemplated by any applicable franchise or license agreement entered into by the sublessee;

 

(c)           other than renting such subleased Lease Vehicles to customers in the ordinary course of such franchisee’s business, prohibits such franchisee from subleasing such Lease Vehicles or otherwise assigning any of its rights with respect to such Lease Vehicles or assigning any of its rights or obligations in, to or under such sublease;

 

(d)          does not permit the termination date for such subleased Lease Vehicles under such sublease to exceed the Maximum Termination Date with respect to such Lease Vehicle under the Series 2013-G1 Lease;

 

(e)           limits such franchisee’s use of such subleased Lease Vehicles to primarily in the United States, with limited use in Canada and Mexico (which will include all normal course movements of vehicles across borders in connection with customer rentals and following any such movements until convenient to return such Lease Vehicles to the United States, in each case in the franchisee’s course of business);

 

(f)            requires such franchisee to report the location of such subleased Lease Vehicles no less frequently than weekly and grant inspection rights to the applicable Lessee upon reasonable request of such Lessee;

 

(g)           prohibits such franchisee from using any such subleased Lease Vehicles in violation of any laws or regulations or contrary to the provisions of any applicable insurance policy;

 

(h)          contains an express acknowledgement and agreement from such franchisee that each such subleased Lease Vehicle is at all times the property of the Lessor and that such franchisee acquires no right, title or interest in or to such Lease Vehicle except a leasehold interest with respect to such subleased Lease Vehicle, subject to the Series 2013-G1 Lease;

 

(i)              allows the Lessor or such Lessee, upon the occurrence of an event of default pursuant to such sublease, to enter the premises where such subleased Lease Vehicles may be located and take possession of such subleased Lease Vehicles;

 

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(j)             contains an express covenant from such franchisee that prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment of the latest maturing HVF II Group I Note, it will not institute against or join with any other Person in instituting against the Lessor, HVF II, the Nominee or the Intermediary, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings, under any Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law;

 

(k)          states that such sublease shall terminate upon the termination of the Series 2013-G1 Lease; and

 

(l)              requires that the Lease Vehicles subleased under such sublease must primarily be used in in the course of the applicable franchisee’s daily car rental business.

 

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time set forth in the Accounting Codification Standards issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or in such other statements by such other entity as may be in general use by significant segments of the accounting profession, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.

 

Governmental Authority ” means any Federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory body.

 

Grantor Supplement ” has the meaning specified in the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Guaranteed Obligations ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.1 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Guarantor ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Guaranty ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.1 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

HERC ” means Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Hertz.

 

Hertz ” means The Hertz Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

 

Hertz Vehicles LLC ” means Hertz Vehicles LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

HGI ” means Hertz General Interest LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

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HVF ” means Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

HVF II ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

HVF II Agreements ” means the HVF II Group I Indenture, the HVF II Group I Series Supplements and any other agreements relating to the issuance of any HVF II Series of Group I Notes to which HVF II is a party.

 

HVF II Aggregate Group I Leasing Company Note Principal Amount ” means “Aggregate Group I Leasing Company Note Principal Amount” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Aggregate Group I Principal Amount ” means “Aggregate Group I Principal Amount” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Amortization Event ” means, with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes, an “Amortization Event” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement or the HVF II Group I Series Supplement with respect to such HVF II Series of Group I Notes.

 

HVF II Base Indenture ” means the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014, between HVF II and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.  The term “HVF II Base Indenture” shall not include any “Group Supplement” (as defined in the HVF II Base Indenture) or “Series Supplement” (as defined in the HVF II Base Indenture).

 

HVF II General Partner ” means HVF II GP Corp., a Delaware corporation.

 

HVF II Group I Aggregate Asset Amount Deficiency ” means “Group I Aggregate Asset Amount Deficiency” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Group I Collection Account ” means the “Group I Collection Account” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Group I Indenture ” means the HVF II Base Indenture together with the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Group I Leasing Company Note ” means “Group I Leasing Company Note” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Group I Liquidation Event ” means any one of the events with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes defined as a “Group I Liquidation Event” in the related HVF II Group I Series Supplement.

 

HVF II Group I Noteholder ” means “Group I Noteholder” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

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HVF II Group I Notes ” means “Group I Notes” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Group I Rating Agency Condition ” means “Rating Agency Condition” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Group I Required Noteholders ” means “Group I Required Noteholders” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Group I Series Supplement ” means a supplement to the HVF II Group I Supplement complying (to the extent applicable) with the terms of Section 2.3 of the HVF II Group I Supplement pursuant to which an HVF II Series of Group I Notes is issued.

 

HVF II Group I Supplement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Group I Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 by and between HVF II and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.  The term “HVF II Group I Supplement” shall not include any “Series Supplement” (as defined in the HVF II Base Indenture).

 

HVF II Potential Amortization Event ” means, with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes, a “Potential Amortization Event” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement or the HVF II Group I Series Supplement with respect to such HVF II Series of Group I Notes.

 

HVF II Principal Amount ” means “Principal Amount” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Required Series Noteholders ” means “Required Series Noteholders” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Requisite Group I Investors ” means “Requisite Group I Investors” as defined in the HVF II Group I Supplement.

 

HVF II Series of Group I Notes ” means each HVF II Series of Group I Notes issued and authenticated pursuant to the HVF II Group I Indenture and the applicable HVF II Group I Series Supplement.

 

HVF II Trustee ” means the “Trustee” under and as defined in the HVF II Base Indenture.

 

HVF POA Revocation Party ” has the meaning specified in the Nominee Agreement.

 

HVF Series 2013-1 Supplement ” means that certain Series Supplement to the Base Indenture, dated as of January 23, 2013, by and between HVF and the Trustee, without giving effect to any amendments, modifications or supplements entered into after January 23, 2013.

 

Independent Director ” has the meaning specified in the HVF II Base Indenture.

 

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Ineligible Vehicle ” means, as of any date of determination, a passenger automobile, van or light-duty truck that is owned by HVF and leased by HVF to any Lessee pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Lease that is not a Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle as of such date.

 

Initially Estimated Depreciation Charge ” means, with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle, as of any date of determination during the Estimation Period for such Lease Vehicle, the monthly depreciation charge (expressed as a monthly dollar amount), if any, for such Lease Vehicle reasonably estimated by the Lessor (or its designee) as of such date.

 

Inspection Period ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(d) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Inter-Group Transferred Vehicle ” means any Lease Vehicle that, immediately prior to its Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date, was owned by HVF and leased by HVF to an Affiliate thereof pursuant to a lease other than the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Inter-Lease Reallocation Schedule ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Inter-Lease Vehicle Reallocation ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Inter-Lease Vehicle Reallocation Effective Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Intermediary ” means the Person acting in the capacity of Qualified Intermediary pursuant to the Master Exchange Agreement.

 

Intra-Lease Lessee Transfer Schedule ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(b) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Investment Property ” has the meaning specified in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the applicable UCC.

 

Issuer’s Share ” means with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Note on any date of determination, a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is equal to the outstanding principal of such Series 2013-G1 Note and the denominator of which is equal to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all HVF II Group I Leasing Company Notes, each as of such date of determination.

 

Joinder ” has the meaning specified in Annex A of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Joinder Date ” has the meaning specified in Annex A of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

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Lease Material Adverse Effect ” means, with respect to any party to the Series 2013-G1 Lease and any occurrence, event or condition applicable to such party:

 

(i)                     a material adverse effect on the ability of such party to perform its obligations under the Series 2013-G1 Lease, the Series 2013-G1 Supplement or the Collateral Agency Agreement (solely as the Collateral Agency Agreement applies to the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral granted thereunder);

 

(ii)                    a material adverse effect on the Lessor’s beneficial ownership interest in the Lease Vehicles or on the ability of the Lessor to grant a Lien on any after-acquired property that would constitute Series 2013-G1 Collateral;

 

(iii)                   a material adverse effect on the validity or enforceability of the Series 2013-G1 Lease; or

 

(iv)                   a material adverse effect on the validity, perfection or priority of the lien of the Trustee in the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral or of the Collateral Agent in the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral (other than in an immaterial portion of the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral), other than, in each case, a material adverse effect on any priority arising due to the existence of a Series 2013-G1 Permitted Lien.

 

Lease Vehicle Acquisition Schedule ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(c) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Lease Vehicle Buyout Price ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Lease Vehicles ” means, as of any date of determination, each vehicle (i) that has been accepted by a Lessee in accordance with Section 2.1(d) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease and (ii) as of such date the Vehicle Operating Lease Expiration Date with respect to such vehicle has not occurred since such vehicle’s most recent Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date; provided that , solely with respect to the calculation and payment of Final Base Rent, any Non-Program Vehicle Special Default Payment Amount, any Program Vehicle Special Default Payment Amount, any Casualty Payment Amount, any Early Program Return Payment Amount, any Pre-VOLCD Program Vehicle Depreciation Amount, any Program Vehicle Depreciation True-up Amount, any Redesignation to Program Amount or any Redesignation to Non-Program Amount, in each case with respect to any vehicle satisfying the preceding clause (i) , such vehicle shall be deemed to be a “Lease Vehicle” (notwithstanding the occurrence of such Vehicle Operating Lease Expiration Date with respect thereto) until such Final Base Rent, Non-Program Vehicle Special Default Payment Amount, Program Vehicle Special Default Payment Amount, Casualty Payment Amount, Early Program Return Payment Amount, Pre-VOLCD Program Vehicle Depreciation Amount, Program Vehicle Depreciation True-up Amount, Redesignation to Program Amount or Redesignation to Non-Program Amount, as applicable, has been paid by the Lessee of such vehicle (as of such Vehicle Operating Lease Expiration Date with respect thereto), none of which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be payable more than once with respect to any such vehicle by such Lessee.

 

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Legacy FMV ” means, with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is an Inter-Group Transferred Vehicle, the “Third-Party Market Value” (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-1 Supplement) of such Inter-Group Transferred Vehicle immediately prior to its Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date.

 

Legacy NBV ” means, with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is an Inter-Group Transferred Vehicle, the excess of (a) the “Net Book Value” (as defined in the Base Indenture) of such Inter-Group Transferred Vehicle immediately prior to its Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date over (b) the sum of all Depreciation Charges (as defined in the Base Indenture) that accrued with respect to such Inter-Group Transferred Vehicle during the period (x) commencing on the later of the first day of the calendar month in which its Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurred and its “Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date” (as defined in the Base Indenture and with respect to the lease pursuant to which such Lease Vehicle was leased by HVF immediately prior to its Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date under the Series 2013-G1 Lease) and (y) ending on and including the day immediately preceding its Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date.

 

Legal Final Payment Date ” shall be the one (1) year anniversary of the Series 2013-G1 Commitment Termination Date.

 

Lessee ” means each of Hertz, DTG and each Additional Lessee, in each case in its capacity as a lessee under the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Lessee Resignation Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 26 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Lessee Resignation Notice Effective Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 26 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Lessor ” means HVF, in its capacity as the lessor under the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

LIBOR Rate ” means, with respect to amounts due and unpaid under the Series 2013-G1 Lease, the London Interbank Offered Rate appearing on the BBA Libor Rates Page at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) as the rate for dollar deposits with a one-month maturity that is effective on the date that such amounts are due and unpaid under the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Lien ” means, when used with respect to any Person, any interest in any real or personal property, asset or other right held, owned or being purchased or acquired by such Person that secures payment or performance of any obligation, and shall include any mortgage, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge, retained security title of a conditional vendor or lessor, or other security interest of any kind, whether arising under a security agreement, mortgage, lease, deed of trust, chattel mortgage, assignment, pledge, retention or security title, financing or similar statement, or notice or arising as a matter of law, judicial process or otherwise; provided that , the foregoing shall not include, as of any date of determination, any interest in or right with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is being rented (as of such date) to any third-party customer of

 

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any Lessee, which interest or right secures payment or performance of any obligation of such third-party customer.

 

LKE 2.02 Trigger Event ” means the amount on deposit in the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account is greater than zero on any Business Day on which an HVF II Potential Amortization Event (but only if such HVF II Potential Amortization Event is the result of a Series 2013-G1 Potential Operating Lease Event of Default with respect to any event or condition specified in Section 9.1.1, Section 9.1.5 or Section 9.1.8 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease) or HVF II Amortization Event, in each case with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes, is continuing.

 

LKE 3.01 Trigger Event ” means (a) with respect to Section 3.01(a)(ii) of the Master Exchange Agreement, the amount on deposit in the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account is greater than zero on any Business Day, and (b) with respect to Section 3.01(a)(iv) of the Master Exchange Agreement, the amount on deposit in the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account is greater than zero on any Business Day on which an HVF II Potential Amortization Event (but only if such HVF II Potential Amortization Event is the result of a Series 2013-G1 Potential Operating Lease Event of Default with respect to any event or condition specified in Section 9.1.1, Section 9.1.5 or Section 9.1.8 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease) or HVF II Amortization Event, in each case with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes, is continuing.

 

LKE 3.04 Trigger Event ” means the amount on deposit in the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account is greater than zero on any Business Day on which an HVF II Potential Amortization Event (but only if such HVF II Potential Amortization Event is the result of a Series 2013-G1 Potential Operating Lease Event of Default with respect to any event or condition specified in Section 9.1.1, Section 9.1.5 or Section 9.1.8 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease) or HVF II Amortization Event, in each case with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes, is continuing.

 

LKE 7.01 Trigger Event ” means an HVF II Amortization Event with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes.

 

Manufacturer ” means a manufacturer or distributor of passenger automobiles, vans and/or light-duty trucks.

 

Market Value ” means, with respect to each Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, as of any date of determination during a calendar month:

 

(a)          if the Market Value Procedures with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle have been completed for such month as of such date, then

 

(i)              the Monthly NADA Mark, if any, for such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle obtained in such calendar month in accordance with such Market Value Procedures;

 

(ii)           if, pursuant to the Market Value Procedures, no Monthly NADA Mark for such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle was obtained in such calendar month, then the

 

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Monthly Blackbook Mark, if any, for such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle obtained in such calendar month in accordance with such Market Value Procedures; and

 

(iii)        if, pursuant to the Market Value Procedures, neither a Monthly NADA Mark nor a Monthly Blackbook Mark for such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle was obtained for such calendar month (regardless of whether such value was not obtained because (A) neither a Monthly NADA Mark nor a Monthly Blackbook Mark was obtained in undertaking the Market Value Procedures or (B) such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle experienced its Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date on or after the first day of such calendar month), then the Servicer’s reasonable estimation of the fair market value of such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle as of such date of determination; and

 

(b)          until the Market Value Procedures have been completed for such calendar month:

 

(i)              if such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle experienced its Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date prior to the first day of such calendar month, the Market Value obtained in the immediately preceding calendar month, in accordance with the Market Value Procedures for such immediately preceding calendar month, and

 

(ii)           if such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle experienced its Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date on or after the first day of such calendar month, then the Servicer’s reasonable estimation of the fair market value of such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle as of such date of determination.

 

Market Value Procedures ” means, with respect to each calendar month and a Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle that experienced its Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date prior to the first day of such calendar month and with respect to a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle for which a Market Value is required to be known during such calendar month pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents, on or prior to the Determination Date for such calendar month:

 

(a)          HVF shall make one attempt (or cause the Series 2013-G1 Administrator to make one attempt) to obtain a Monthly NADA Mark for each such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, and

 

(b)          if no Monthly NADA Mark was obtained for any such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle described in clause (a)  above upon such attempt, then HVF shall make one attempt (or cause the Series 2013-G1 Administrator to make one attempt) to obtain a Monthly Blackbook Mark for any such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle.

 

Master Exchange Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Master Exchange Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (as amended by Amendment No.1 to the Third Amended and Restated Master Exchange Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2014), among Hertz, HVF, HGI, the Intermediary and DB Services Americas, Inc.

 

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Maximum Lease Termination Date ” means, with respect to any Lease Vehicle, the earlier of (x) the last Business Day of the month that is 48 months after the month in which the Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date occurs with respect to such Lease Vehicle and (y) the last Business Day of the month that is 72 months after December 31 of the calendar year prior to the model year of such Lease Vehicle.

 

Maximum Repurchase Price ” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle as of such date, the Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Price that would be applicable with respect to such Lease Vehicle under the terms of the related Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program, assuming that (i) no Depreciation Charges have accrued or have been applied with respect to such Lease Vehicle under such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program, (ii) the Series 2013-G1 Excess Damage Charges and Series 2013-G1 Excess Mileage Charges with respect to such Lease Vehicle are zero, (iii) no minimum holding period applies with respect to such Lease Vehicle and (iv) all other applicable requirements for return (including the return) of such Lease Vehicles under such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program have been complied with.

 

Minimum Program Term End Date ” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle as of such date, the date determined based on the terms of the related Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program, assuming compliance with all of the applicable requirements of such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program, after which either (i) the Manufacturer may become obligated to repurchase or guarantee the amount of disposition proceeds realized with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle or (ii) the price at which the related Manufacturer is obligated to repurchase such Lease Vehicle or the amount of disposition proceeds that is guaranteed by such Manufacturer in respect of such Lease Vehicle in either case pursuant to such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program is first reduced by the passage of time.

 

Monthly Base Rent ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Monthly Blackbook Mark ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, as of any date Black Book obtains market values that it intends to return to HVF (or the Series 2013-G1 Administrator on HVF’s behalf), the market value for the model class and model year of such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle (based on such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle’s actual mileage, as recorded in Hertz’s fleet management system, and based on the average equipment for such model class and model year), as quoted in the Blackbook Guide most recently available as of such date.

 

Monthly Casualty Report ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.6 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Monthly NADA Mark ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, as of any date NADA obtains market values that it intends to return to HVF (or the Series 2013-G1 Administrator on HVF’s behalf), the market value for the model class and model year of such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle (based on such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle’s actual mileage, as recorded in Hertz’s fleet management system, and based on the average

 

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equipment for such model class and model year), as quoted in the NADA Guide most recently available as of such date.

 

Monthly Servicing Fee ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.4 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Monthly Variable Rent ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.5 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service.

 

MSRP ” means as of any date of determination, with respect to each Lease Vehicle, the Manufacturer’s suggested retail price for such Lease Vehicle, as determined by the Servicer in its reasonable discretion based on such Lease Vehicle’s characteristics.

 

NADA Guide ” means the National Automobile Dealers Association, Official Used Car Guide, [Eastern Edition].

 

Net Book Value ” means, with respect to any Lease Vehicle, as of any date of determination, the excess (if any) of (i) the Capitalized Cost of such Lease Vehicle over (ii) the Accumulated Depreciation with respect to such Lease Vehicle, in each case as of such date.

 

New York UCC ” means the UCC in effect in the State of New York.

 

Nominee ” means the party named as such in the Nominee Agreement.

 

Nominee Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Vehicle Title Nominee Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2013, by and among Hertz Vehicles LLC, HGI, HVF, Hertz, the Collateral Agent and those various “Nominating Parties” from time to time party thereto.

 

Nominee-Servicer ” has the meaning specified in the Nominee Agreement.

 

Non-Franchisee Third Party Sublease Contractual Criteria ” means, with respect to the sublease of Lease Vehicles by a Lessee to a Person other than a franchisee, the related sublease:

 

(a)          states in writing that it is subject to the terms and conditions of the Series 2013-G1 Lease and is subject and subordinate in all respects to the Series 2013-G1 Lease;

 

(b)          does not permit the termination date for such subleased Lease Vehicles under such sublease to exceed the Maximum Lease Termination Date with respect to such Lease Vehicle under the Series 2013-G1 Lease;

 

(c)           other than renting such subleased Lease Vehicles to customers in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, prohibits such Person from subleasing such Lease Vehicles or otherwise assigning any of its rights

 

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with respect to such Lease Vehicles or assigning any of its rights or obligations in, to or under such sublease;

 

(d)          limits such sublessee’s use of such subleased Lease Vehicles to primarily in the United States, with limited use in Canada and Mexico (which will include all normal course movements of vehicles across borders in connection with customer rentals and following any such movements until convenient to return such Lease Vehicles to the United States, in each case in the sublessee’s course of business);

 

(e)           requires such sublessee to report the location of such subleased Lease Vehicles no less frequently than weekly and grant inspection rights to the applicable Lessee upon reasonable request of such Lessee;

 

(f)            prohibits such sublessee from using any such subleased Lease Vehicles in violation of any laws or regulations or contrary to the provisions of any applicable insurance policy;

 

(g)           contains an express acknowledgement and agreement from such sublessee that each such subleased Lease Vehicle is at all times the property of the Lessor and that such sublessee acquires no right, title or interest in or to such Lease Vehicle except a leasehold interest with respect to such subleased Lease Vehicle, subject to the Series 2013-G1 Lease;

 

(h)          allows the Lessor or such Lessee, upon the occurrence of an event of default pursuant to such sublease, to enter the premises where such subleased Lease Vehicles may be located and take possession of such subleased Lease Vehicles;

 

(i)              contains an express covenant from such sublessee that prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment of the latest maturing HVF II Group I Note, it will not institute against or join with any other Person in instituting against the Lessor, HVF II, the Nominee or the Intermediary, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings, under any Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law;

 

(j)             states that such sublease shall terminate upon the termination of the Series 2013-G1 Lease; and

 

(k)          requires that the Lease Vehicles subleased under such sublease must primarily be used in in the course of such Person’s daily car rental business.

 

Non-Program Vehicle Special Default Payment Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date and any (i) Lease Vehicle (a) that was a Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle as of its Vehicle Operating Lease Expiration Date, (b) the Vehicle Operating Lease Expiration Date for which occurred during the Related Month with respect to such Payment

 

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Date, (c) the Vehicle Operating Lease Expiration Date for which did not occur due to a sale by HVF pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Lease or the Purchase Agreement, and (d) that did not become a Casualty, an Ineligible Vehicle or a Reallocated Vehicle during such Related Month, an amount equal to (I) the sum of all Program Vehicle Special Default Payment Amounts payable by the Lessees on such Payment Date and the eleven (11) Payment Dates preceding such Payment Date divided by (II) the number of Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicles that were turned back to Manufacturers or sold through auctions conducted by or through Series 2013-G1 Manufacturers during the twelve (12) Related Months with respect to such twelve (12) Payment Dates and (ii) any other Lease Vehicle, zero.

 

Nonconforming Lease Vehicle ” means any vehicle made available for lease by the Lessor to the applicable Lessee pursuant to a Lease Vehicle Acquisition Schedule that does not conform in all material respects to the Basic Lease Vehicle Information with respect to such vehicle.

 

Noteholder ” and “ Holder ” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Note Register.

 

Note Register ” means the register of the Series 2013-G1 Note maintained by the Registrar.

 

Officer’s Certificate ” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of such Person.

 

Operating Lease Commencement Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.2 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Operating Lease Expiration Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.2 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Opinion of Counsel ” means a written and signed opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee, which counsel may be an employee of or counsel to Hertz or any Affiliate thereof.  For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Opinion of Counsel” shall not include any opinion not bearing a handwritten signature.

 

Other Segregated Series of Notes ” means all Segregated Series of Notes other than the Series 2013-G1 Note.

 

Outstanding ” means with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Note, the Series 2013-G1 Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under the Base Indenture and the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Past Due Amounts ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer, the amount that such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer shall have failed to pay when due under such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer’s Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program with respect to a Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle turned in to such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer with respect to which such failure shall have continued for more than one hundred twenty (120) days following the Due Date.

 

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Payment Date ” means the 25th day of each calendar month, or if such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing on December 26, 2013.

 

Permitted Lessee ” has the meaning specified in Section 12 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Permitted Lien ” means (i) Liens for current taxes not delinquent or for taxes being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP, (ii) mechanics’, materialmen’s, landlords’, warehousemen’s and carriers’ Liens, and other Liens imposed by law, securing obligations that are not more than thirty days past due or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP and (iii) Liens in favor of the Trustee pursuant to the Base Indenture and any Series Supplement (as defined in the Base Indenture) and Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, corporation, trust, unincorporated organization or Governmental Authority.

 

Plan ” means any “employee pension benefit plan”, as such term is defined in ERISA, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA (other than a “multiemployer plan”, as defined in Section 4001 of ERISA) and to which any company in the Controlled Group has liability, including any liability by reason of having been a substantial employer within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA for any time within the preceding five years or by reason of being deemed to be a contributing sponsor under Section 4069 of ERISA.

 

Pledged Equity Collateral Agent ” means any trustee or collateral agent acting on behalf of any Pledged Equity Secured Party with respect to any of the SPV Issuer Equity.

 

Pledged Equity Lender ” means any Person who is a lender with respect to indebtedness of Hertz or any of its Affiliates where such indebtedness is secured by any of the SPV Issuer Equity.

 

Pledged Equity Secured Party ” means any Person who is (i) a secured party under a Pledged Equity Security Agreement or (ii) a Pledged Equity Lender.

 

Pledged Equity Security Agreement ” means any security agreement or intercreditor agreement with respect to any indebtedness of Hertz or any of its Affiliates where such indebtedness is secured by any of the SPV Issuer Equity.

 

Pledged Master Collateral ” has the meaning specified in the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Pre-VOLCD Program Vehicle Depreciation Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to (a) any Lease Vehicle that was a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle as of the Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date with respect to such Lease Vehicle and

 

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was not, prior to such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date, leased by Hertz or any Affiliate thereof to Hertz or any Affiliate thereof, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the depreciation charges scheduled to accrue pursuant to the terms of the Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program with respect to such Lease Vehicle, if any, prior to such Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date over (ii) all payments in respect of clause (i)  made by the Lessee to the Lessor pursuant to Section 4.7.1 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease or Section 4.9 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease on or prior to such date and (b) any other Lease Vehicle, zero.

 

Principal Amount ” means, with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Note, the “Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount”.

 

Program Vehicle ” means a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle.

 

Program Vehicle Depreciation Assumption True-Up Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to:

 

(i) any Lease Vehicle (x) that was a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle as of the Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date for such Lease Vehicle, and (y) to which an Estimation Period applied, during which one or more calendar months ended, and which Estimation Period has ended as of such date, an amount equal to:

 

(a) an amount equal to the aggregate of all Base Rent that would have been paid with respect to such Lease Vehicle calculated utilizing the Depreciation Charge that would have been applicable to such Lease Vehicle pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program related to such Lease Vehicle for the period during which such Initially Estimated Depreciation Charges were utilized, had such Depreciation Charge been known, or otherwise available, to the Servicer during such period; minus

 

(b) the aggregate of all Monthly Base Rent with respect to such Lease Vehicle paid or payable prior to such date calculated utilizing the Initially Estimated Depreciation Charges with respect to such Lease Vehicle; and

 

(ii) any other Lease Vehicle, zero.

 

Program Vehicle Special Default Payment Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date and any Lease Vehicle (a) that was a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle on its Turnback Date and (b) with respect to which such Turnback Date occurred during the Related Month with respect to such Payment Date, an amount equal to the sum of the Series 2013-G1 Excess Damage Charges and Series 2013-G1 Excess Mileage Charges with respect to such Lease Vehicle, if any.

 

Purchase Agreement ” means the Master Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2013, by and among Hertz, HGI, HVF and those various “New Transferors” from time to time party thereto.

 

Qualified Insurer ” means a financially sound and responsible insurance company duly authorized and licensed where required by law to transact business and having a general policy rating of “A” or better by A.M. Best Company, Inc.

 

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Qualified Intermediary ” means a Person satisfying the requirements for a “qualified intermediary” within the meaning of Section 1031 of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

 

Rating Agency ” means, with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes, any “Rating Agency” as defined in the applicable HVF II Group I Series Supplement.

 

Rating Agency Condition ” means all Series-Specific Rating Agency Conditions.

 

RCFC ” means Rental Car Finance Corp., an Oklahoma corporation (for the avoidance of doubt, including its successors by operation of a statutory conversion to a limited liability company).

 

RCFC Nominee Agreement ” means the executed agreement substantively in the form attached as Exhibit E to the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

RCFC Nominee Applicability Period ” means the period commencing on and including the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date and ending on and including the date immediately preceding the RCFC Nominee Sunset Date.

 

RCFC Nominee Non-Qualified Period ” means the period commencing on and including the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date and ending on and including the date immediately preceding the RCFC Nominee Qualification Date.

 

RCFC Nominee Qualification Date ” means the first date to occur following the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date on which fewer than 500 Vehicles are titled in the name of RCFC pursuant to the RCFC Nominee Agreement.

 

RCFC Nominee Sunset Date ” means the first date to occur following the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date on which no Vehicle is titled in the name of RCFC pursuant to the RCFC Nominee Agreement.

 

RCFC Nominee Trigger Date ” means the first date on which (i) the RCFC Nominee Agreement has been executed, (ii) the organizational documents of RCFC have been revised to be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit F to the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, (iii) HVF has delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that RCFC would not be substantively consolidated with any immediate and direct parent (as of such date) of RCFC as a result of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to any such parent, (iv) RCFC has delivered to HVF and the Trustee a written acknowledgment of RCFC’s obligations under Section 15 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease, (v)  an Authorized Officer of HVF has certified in writing to the Trustee that RCFC has no Indebtedness outstanding (other than any contingent indemnification obligations to financing parties under the RCFC Securitization Documents that by their terms survive the termination thereof and other than any Indebtedness under RCFC’s Series 2010-3 Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Notes that will be refinanced with the proceeds of the issuance of a new HVF II Series of Group I Notes or an increase in the outstanding principal amount of an existing HVF II Series of Group I Notes), (vi) an Authorized Officer of HVF has certified in writing to the Trustee that RCFC is not subject to any Liens

 

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(other than Permitted Liens) and, together with such certification, has delivered UCC lien search results in its jurisdiction of incorporation consistent with such certification, and (vii) RCFC shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that a United States court of appropriate jurisdiction would determine that only bare legal title in the vehicles titled in the name of RCFC pursuant to the RCFC Nominee Agreement, as opposed to any beneficial economic interest in such vehicles, would become property of RCFC’s bankruptcy estate if RCFC were to become a debtor under the Bankruptcy Code.

 

RCFC Nominee-Servicer ” means the “Nominee-Servicer” as defined in the RCFC Nominee Agreement.

 

RCFC POA Revocation Party ” means the “POA Revocation Party” as defined in the RCFC Nominee Agreement.

 

RCFC Securitization Documents ” means the amended and restated base indenture dated as of February 14, 2007 between RCFC, as issuer and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, as amended through the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date, together with each series supplement thereunder.

 

Reallocating Lessee ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Reallocated Vehicle ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Redesignation to Non-Program Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5(e) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Redesignation to Program Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5(f) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Rejection Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(d) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Rejected Vehicle ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(d) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Related Month ” means, (i) with respect to any Payment Date or Determination Date, the most recently ended calendar month and (ii) with respect to any other date, the calendar month in which such date occurs; provided , however , that with respect to the preceding clause (i) , the initial Related Month shall be the period from and including the Series 2013-G1 Closing Date to and including the last day of the calendar month in which the Series 2013-G1 Closing Date occurs.

 

Relinquished Property Rights ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

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Relinquished Property Subject to Liability ” has the meaning specified in the Master Exchange Agreement.

 

Rent ” means Base Rent and Monthly Variable Rent, collectively.

 

Reportable Event ” has the meaning specified in Title IV of ERISA.

 

Required Rating ” means:

 

(i) for so long as DBRS is a Rating Agency with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes “Outstanding” (as such term is defined in the HVF II Group I Series Supplement with respect to such HVF II Series of Group I Notes), a short-term certificate of deposit rating of at least “R-1H” from DBRS and a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “AA(L)” from DBRS;

 

(ii) for so long as Moody’s is a Rating Agency with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes “Outstanding” (as such term is defined in the HVF II Group I Series Supplement with respect to such HVF II Series of Group I Notes), a short-term certificate of deposit rating of at least “P-1” from Moody’s and a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “A2” from Moody’s;

 

(iii) for so long as Fitch is a Rating Agency with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes “Outstanding” (as such term is defined in the HVF II Group I Series Supplement with respect to such HVF II Series of Group I Notes), a short-term certificate of deposit rating of at least “F1+” from Fitch and a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “AA-” from Fitch; and

 

(iv) for so long as S&P is a Rating Agency with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes “Outstanding” (as such term is defined in the HVF II Group I Series Supplement with respect to such HVF II Series of Group I Notes), a short-term certificate of deposit rating of at least “A-1+” from S&P and a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “AA-” from S&P.

 

Required Standstill Provisions ” means with respect to any Pledged Equity Security Agreement and with respect to any Pledged Equity Secured Party and Pledged Equity Collateral Agent thereunder, terms pursuant to which such Pledged Equity Secured Party and Pledged Equity Collateral Agent agree substantially to the effect that:

 

(a) prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all of the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations,

 

(i) such Pledged Equity Collateral Agent and each Pledged Equity Secured Party shall not be entitled at any time to (A) institute against, or join any other person in instituting against HVF any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding or other similar proceeding under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or of any foreign jurisdiction, (B) transfer and register any of the SPV Issuer Equity in the name of such Pledged Equity Collateral Agent or a Pledged Equity Secured Party or any designee or nominee thereof, (C) foreclose such security interest regardless of the

 

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bankruptcy or insolvency of Hertz or any of its Subsidiaries, (D) exercise any voting rights granted or appurtenant to such SPV Issuer Equity or (E) enforce any right that the holder such SPV Issuer Equity might otherwise have to liquidate, consolidate, combine, collapse or disregard the entity status of HVF and

 

(ii) each of such Pledged Equity Collateral Agent and each other Pledged Equity Secured Party waives and releases any right to (A) require that HVF be in any manner merged, combined, collapsed or consolidated with or into Hertz or any of its Subsidiaries, including by way of substantive consolidation in a bankruptcy case or similar proceeding, (B) require that the status of HVF as a separate entity be in any respect disregarded, (C) contest or challenge, or join any other Person in contesting or challenging, the transfers of any securitization assets from Hertz or any of its Subsidiaries to HVF, whether on grounds that such transfers were disguised financings, preferential transfers, fraudulent conveyances or otherwise or a transfer other than a “true sale” or a “true contribution” or (D) contest or challenge, or join any other Person in contesting or challenging, any agreement pursuant to which any assets are leased by HVF to any Person as other than a “true lease”;

 

(b) upon the transfer by Hertz or any of its Subsidiaries (other than HVF or any other special purpose subsidiary of Hertz) of securitization assets to HVF or any other such special purpose subsidiary in a securitization as permitted under such Pledged Equity Security Agreement, any liens with respect to such securitization assets arising under the loan and security documentation with respect to such Pledged Equity Security Agreement shall automatically be released (and the Pledged Equity Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and enter into any such releases and other documents as Hertz may reasonably request in order to give effect thereto);

 

(c) each of such Pledged Equity Collateral Agent and each Pledged Equity Secured Party shall take no action related to any SPV Issuer Equity that would cause HVF to breach any of its covenants in its certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, limited partnership agreement or in any other Series 2013-G1 Related Document or to be unable to make any representation in any such document;

 

(d) each of such Pledged Equity Collateral Agent and each Pledged Equity Secured Party acknowledges that it has no interest in, and will not assert any interest in, the assets owned by HVF other than, following a transfer of any pledged SPV Issuer Equity to the Pledged Equity Collateral Agent in connection with any exercise of remedies pursuant to such Pledged Equity Security Agreement, the right to receive lawful dividends or other distributions when paid by HVF from lawful sources and in accordance with the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents and the rights of a member of HVF; and

 

(e) each such Pledged Equity Collateral Agent and each Pledged Equity Secured Party agree and acknowledge that: (i) each of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and any other agent and/or trustee acting on behalf of the Noteholders is an express third party beneficiary with respect to the provisions set forth in clause (a)  above and (ii) each

 

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of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent and any other agent and/or trustee acting on behalf of the Noteholders shall have the right to enforce compliance by the Pledged Equity Collateral Agent and each Pledged Equity Secured Party with respect to any of the foregoing clauses (a ) through (d) .

 

Required Trust Rating ” means:

 

(i) for so long as DBRS is a Rating Agency with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes “Outstanding” (as such term is defined in the HVF II Group I Series Supplement with respect to such HVF II Series of Group I Notes), a long term deposits rating of at least “BBB(L)” from DBRS;

 

(ii) for so long as Moody’s is a Rating Agency with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes “Outstanding” (as such term is defined in the HVF II Group I Series Supplement with respect to such HVF II Series of Group I Notes), a long term deposits rating of at least “Baa3” from Moody’s;

 

(iii) for so long as Fitch is a Rating Agency with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes “Outstanding” (as such term is defined in the HVF II Group I Series Supplement with respect to such HVF II Series of Group I Notes), a long term deposits rating of at least “BBB-” from Fitch; and

 

(iv) for so long as S&P is a Rating Agency with respect to any HVF II Series of Group I Notes “Outstanding” (as such term is defined in the HVF II Group I Series Supplement with respect to such HVF II Series of Group I Notes), a long term deposits rating of at least “BBB-” from S&P.

 

Requirement of Law ” means, with respect to any Person or any of its property, the certificate of incorporation or articles of association and by-laws, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational or governing documents of such Person or any of its property, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation, or determination of any arbitrator or Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject, whether Federal, state or local.

 

Resigning Lessee ” has the meaning specified in Section 26 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

S&P ” or “ Standard & Poor’s ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

 

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Securities Intermediary ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Segregated Note ” means one or more segregated Series of Rental Car Asset Backed Notes.

 

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Segregated Noteholder ” means the Person in whose name a Segregated Note is registered in the Note Register.

 

Segregated Series 2013-G1 Documents ” means each Series 2013-G1 Related Document relating solely to the Series 2013-G1 Note or the Series 2013-G1 Collateral.

 

Segregated Series Lease ” means any lease relating to a Segregated Series of Notes, between HVF, as lessor thereunder, and Hertz, as lessee and as servicer, as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

Segregated Series of Notes ” or “ Segregated Series ” means each Series of Segregated Notes issued and authenticated pursuant to the Base Indenture and the applicable Segregated Series Supplement.

 

Segregated Series Supplement ” means any series supplement relating to a Segregated Series of Notes.

 

Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Administration Agreement, dated as of the Series 2013-G1 Restatement Effective Date, by and among the Series 2013-G1 Administrator, HVF and the Trustee.

 

Series 2013-G1 Administrator ” means Hertz, in its capacity as the administrator under the Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Administrator Default ” means any of the events described in Section 9(b) of the Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Advance Rate ” means 95%.

 

Series 2013-G1 Aggregate Asset Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the amount equal to the sum of each of the following:

 

(i)             the aggregate Net Book Value of all Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles as of such date;

 

(ii)            the aggregate amount of all Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Receivables as of such date;

 

(iii)           the Series 2013-G1 Cash Amount as of such date; and

 

(iv)           the Series 2013-G1 Due and Unpaid Lease Payment Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2013-G1 Amortization Events ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.1 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

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Series 2013-G1 Asset Coverage Threshold Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount as of such date divided by the Series 2013-G1 Advance Rate.

 

Series 2013-G1 Backstop Date ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle subject to a Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program that has been turned back under such Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program, the date on which the Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer of such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle is obligated to purchase such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle in accordance with the terms of such Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program.

 

Series 2013-G1 Carrying Charges ” means, for any Payment Date, without duplication, the sum of:

 

(a)          the product of (i) the Series 2013-G1 Percentage and (ii) all fees, expenses and other amounts payable by HVF to the Trustee under the Base Indenture or to a Qualified Intermediary under the Master Exchange Agreement,

 

(b)          the Monthly Servicing Fee payable by HVF to the Servicer pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Lease on such Payment Date,

 

(c)           all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of HVF incurred in connection with the issuance of the Series 2013-G1 Note,

 

(d)          all fees, expenses and other amounts payable by HVF under the Segregated Series 2013-G1 Documents,

 

(e)           the product of (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses of HVF incurred in connection with the execution, delivery and performance (including the enforcement, waiver or amendment) of the Related Documents (other than any Related Documents relating solely to one or more Series of Notes and/or Other Segregated Series of Notes) and (ii) the Series 2013-G1 Percentage, and

 

(f)            any accrued Series 2013-G1 Carrying Charges that remain unpaid as of the immediately preceding Payment Date (after giving effect to all distributions in respect of such Payment Date).

 

Series 2013-G1 Cash Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the amount of cash on deposit in and Permitted Investments credited to any of the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account or any Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account.

 

Series 2013-G1 Closing Date ” means November 25, 2013.

 

Series 2013-G1 Collateral ” means the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral and the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral.

 

Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreements ” means, the Series 2013-G1 Lease, the Series 2013-G1 Supplemental Documents, the Purchase Agreement, the Series 2013-G1

 

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Administration Agreement, the Nominee Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement, the LLC Agreement, the HVF Credit Facility, the Master Exchange Agreement, the Escrow Agreement and, as of any date during the RCFC Nominee Applicability Period, the RCFC Nominee Agreement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Collections ” means all payments on or in respect of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral.

 

Series 2013-G1 Collection Account ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Collection Account Collateral ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a)(ii) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Commitment Termination Date ” means November 25, 2043 or such other date as the parties hereto may agree in writing.

 

Series 2013-G1 Daily Collection Report ” has the meaning specified in Section 6.1(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Daily Interest Amount ” means, for any day in a Series 2013-G1 Interest Period, an amount equal to the result of (a) the product of (i) the Series 2013-G1 Note Rate for such Series 2013-G1 Interest Period and (ii) the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount as of the close of business on such date divided by (b) 30.

 

Series 2013-G1 Deficiency Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.2 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Deposit Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 7.1 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Due and Unpaid Lease Payment Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of all amounts known by the Servicer to be due and payable by the Lessees to HVF on either of the next two succeeding Payment Dates pursuant to Section 4.7 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease as of such date (other than (i) Monthly Base Rent payable on the second such succeeding Payment Date and (ii) Monthly Variable Rent), together with all amounts (other than Monthly Variable Rent) due and unpaid as of such date by the Lessees to HVF pursuant to Section 4.7 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle ” means a passenger automobile, van or light-duty truck that is owned by HVF and leased by HVF to any Lessee pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Lease:

 

(i)             that is not older than seventy-two (72) months from December 31 of the calendar year preceding the model year of such passenger automobile, van or light-duty truck;

 

(ii)            the Certificate of Title for which is in the name of:

 

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(a)          HVF (or, the application therefor has been submitted to the appropriate state authorities for such titling or retitling);

 

(b)          the Nominee, as nominee titleholder for HVF (or, the application therefor has been submitted to the appropriate state authorities for such titling or retitling); or

 

(c)           on any date on or after the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date, RCFC, as nominee titleholder for HVF (or, the application therefor has been submitted to the appropriate state authorities for such titling or retitling);

 

(iii)           that is owned by HVF free and clear of all Liens (other than Series 2013-G1 Permitted Liens);

 

(iv)           that is designated on the Collateral Servicer’s computer systems as leased under such Series 2013-G1 Lease in accordance with the Collateral Agency Agreement; and

 

(v)            that, if purchased by HVF pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, was purchased by HVF from HGI.

 

Series 2013-G1 Excess Damage Charges ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle, the amount charged or deducted from the Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Price by the Manufacturer of such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle due to:

 

(a)            damage over a prescribed limit,

 

(b)            if applicable, damage not subject to a prescribed limit, and

 

(c)            missing equipment,

 

in each case, with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle at the time that such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle is turned back to such Manufacturer or its agent under the applicable Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program.

 

Series 2013-G1 Excess Mileage Charges ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle, the amount charged or deducted from the Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Price, by the Manufacturer of such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle due to the fact that such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle has mileage over a prescribed limit at the time that such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle is turned back to such Manufacturer or its agent pursuant to the applicable Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program.

 

Series 2013-G1 Exchange Account Amounts ” means the amount of cash and Series 2013-G1 Permitted Investments on deposit in any Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account as of the applicable date of determination.

 

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Series 2013-G1 Excluded Payments ” means

 

(a)            all incentive payments payable by a Manufacturer to purchase Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles (but not any amounts payable by a Manufacturer as an incentive for selling Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicles outside of the related Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program),

 

(b)            all amounts payable by a Manufacturer as compensation for the preparation of newly delivered vehicles,

 

(c)            all amounts payable by a Manufacturer as compensation for interest payable after the purchase price for a Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle is paid;

 

(d)            all amounts payable by a Manufacturer in reimbursement for warranty work performed by or on behalf of HVF on the Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles; and

 

(e)            all amounts payable by a Manufacturer in connection with marketing assistance related to any Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle.

 

Series 2013-G1 Financing Source and Beneficiary Supplement ” means the Financing Source and Beneficiary Supplement to the Collateral Agency Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2013, by and among HVF, HVF II, the HVF II Trustee and the Collateral Agent.

 

Series 2013-G1 General Intangibles Collateral ” means HVF’s right, title and interest in, to and under all of the assets, property and interests in property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or created, as described in Sections 4.1(i)  and (v)  of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program ” means a guaranteed depreciation program pursuant to which a Manufacturer has agreed to:

 

(a)            facilitate the sale of Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles manufactured by it or one of its Affiliates that are turned back during a specified period (or, if not sold during such period, repurchase such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles); and

 

(b)            pay the excess, if any, of the guaranteed payment amount (for the avoidance of doubt, net of any applicable excess mileage or excess damage charges) with respect to any such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle calculated as of the Turnback Date in accordance with the provisions of such guaranteed depreciation program over the proceeds realized from such sale as calculated in accordance with such guaranteed depreciation program.

 

Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account ” means any HVF Segregated Exchange Account that receives funds relating to Relinquished Property Proceeds and Relinquished Property Subject to Liability from a Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, or if

 

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succeeded or replaced by another account, such successor or replacement account.  Each such Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account shall receive funds relating solely to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral.

 

Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral ” means, as of any date of determination, the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral other than the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Non-Liened Vehicle Collateral as of such date.

 

Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Non-Liened Vehicle Collateral ” means, as of any date of determination, the portion of the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral relating to Related Vehicles that are designated by the Collateral Servicer as of such date as “Non-Liened Vehicles” (as defined in the Collateral Agency Agreement) in accordance with the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral ” means the Related Master Collateral with respect to The Bank of New York Mellon, acting on behalf of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, as a Financing Source pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Financing Source and Beneficiary Supplement under the Collateral Agency Agreement.  The Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral shall be the HVF Segregated Vehicle Collateral with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Note.

 

Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Initial Principal Amount ” means the aggregate initial principal amount of the Series 2013-G1 Note, which is $2,350,000,000.00.

 

Series 2013-G1 Interest Collections ” means on any date of determination all Series 2013-G1 Collections which represent payments of Monthly Variable Rent under the Series 2013-G1 Lease plus any amounts earned on Series 2013-G1 Permitted Investments in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account that are available for distribution on such date.

 

Series 2013-G1 Interest Period ” means a period commencing on and including the second Business Day preceding a Determination Date and ending on and including the day preceding the second Business Day preceding the next succeeding Determination Date; provided , however , that the initial Series 2013-G1 Interest Period shall commence on and include the Series 2013-G1 Closing Date and end on and include December 15, 2013.

 

Series 2013-G1 Lease ” means the Amended and Restated Master Motor Vehicle Operating Lease and Servicing Agreement (Series 2013-G1), dated as of October 31, 2014, between HVF, as lessor thereunder, each Lessee and Hertz, as servicer and guarantor.

 

Series 2013-G1 Lease Payment Default ” means the occurrence of any event described in Section 9.1.1 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer ” means each Person that has manufactured a Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle.

 

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Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Event of Default ” means with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer:

 

(i) there shall be Past Due Amounts owing to Hertz, HGI, HVF or the Intermediary with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer in an amount equal to or greater than $50,000,000, which amount shall be calculated net of Past Due Amounts (not to exceed $50,000,000 in the aggregate) (A) that are the subject of a good faith dispute as evidenced in writing by Hertz, HGI, HVF or the Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer questioning the accuracy of amounts paid or payable in respect of certain Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles tendered for repurchase under a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program (as distinguished from any dispute relating to the repudiation by such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer generally of its obligations under such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program or the assertion by such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer of the invalidity or unenforceability as against it of such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program) and (B) with respect to which Hertz, HGI or HVF, as the case may be, has provided adequate reserves as reasonably determined by such Person;

 

(ii) the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer; provided that , a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Event of Default that occurs pursuant to this clause (ii)  shall be deemed to no longer be continuing on and after the date such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer assumes its Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program in accordance with the Bankruptcy Code; or

 

(iii) the termination of such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer’s Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program or the failure of such Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer’s Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Program or Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program to qualify as a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program.

 

Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program ” means at any time any Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Program or Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program that is in full force and effect with a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer and that, in any such case, satisfies the Series 2013-G1 Required Contractual Criteria.

 

Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Receivable ” means any amount payable to HVF or the Intermediary by a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer in respect of or in connection with the disposition of a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle, other than any such amount that does not (directly or indirectly) constitute any portion of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral.

 

Series 2013-G1 Material Adverse Effect ” means, with respect to any occurrence, event or condition applicable to any party to any Series 2013-G1 Related Document:

 

(i)             a material adverse effect on the ability of HVF or any Affiliate of HVF that is a party to any of the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents to perform its obligations under such Series 2013-G1 Related Documents;

 

(ii)            a material adverse effect on HVF’s ownership interest or beneficial ownership interest, as applicable, in the Series 2013-G1 Collateral or on the ability of HVF to grant a Lien on any after-acquired property that would constitute Series 2013-G1 Collateral; or

 

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(iii)           a material adverse effect on (A) the validity or enforceability of any Series 2013-G1 Related Document or (B) the validity, perfection or priority of the lien of the Trustee in the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral or of the Collateral Agent in the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral (other than in an immaterial portion of the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral), other than, in each case, a material adverse effect on any such priority arising due to the existence of a Series 2013-G1 Permitted Lien.

 

Series 2013-G1 Maximum Principal Amount ” means, $15,000,000,000.00, as such amount may be increased or reduced from time to time pursuant to a written agreement between HVF and HVF II; provided that , no reduction shall cause the Series 2013-G1 Maximum Principal Amount to be less than (i) the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount or (ii) the Aggregate Group I Principal Amount.

 

Series 2013-G1 Monthly Administration Fee ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the fee payable to the Series 2013-G1 Administrator on such Payment Date as compensation for the performance of the Series 2013-G1 Administrator’s obligations under the Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Monthly Interest ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum of (i) the Series 2013-G1 Daily Interest Amount for each day in the related Series 2013-G1 Interest Period, plus (ii) all previously due and unpaid amounts described in clause (i)  with respect to prior Series 2013-G1 Interest Periods (together with interest on such unpaid amounts required to be paid in this clause (ii)  at the Series 2013-G1 Note Rate).

 

Series 2013-G1 Monthly Servicing Certificate ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.1(b) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle ” means, as of any date of determination, a Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle that is not a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle as of such date.

 

Series 2013-G1 Note ” means the Series 2013-G1 Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Note, executed by HVF and authenticated by or on behalf of the Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

 

Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations ” means all principal, interest and other amounts, at any time and from time to time, owing by HVF on the Series 2013-G1 Note and all costs, fees and expenses payable by, or obligations of, HVF under the Series 2013-G1 Supplement and/or the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents (other than any portions thereof relating solely to any Series of Indenture Notes other than the Series 2013-G1 Note).

 

Series 2013-G1 Note Rate ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Interest Period, the monthly interest rate equal to the sum of:

 

(a)            1/12 of the Additional Spread Percentage as of the first day of such Series 2013-G1 Interest Period and

 

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(b)            percentage equivalent of a fraction,

 

(x)            the numerator of which is equal to the product of:

 

(A)         the sum of:

 

(1)          the aggregate amount of interest payable by HVF II on any HVF II Series of Group I Notes in respect of such Series 2013-G1 Interest Period on the next succeeding Payment Date (excluding any amounts previously paid pursuant to Section 7.3) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement,

 

(2)          all unpaid fees, costs, expenses and indemnities payable by HVF II on or prior to such Payment Date pursuant to the HVF II Group I Notes in respect of all HVF II Series of Group I Notes and any of the other HVF II Agreements (including any amounts payable by HVF II to any Person providing credit enhancement for any HVF II Series of Group I Notes),

 

(3)          all unreimbursed out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) incurred by HVF II in connection with the administration, enforcement, waiver or amendment of the HVF II Group I Indenture as it relates to any HVF II Series of HVF II Group I Notes and any of the other HVF II Agreements on or prior to such Payment Date, and

 

(4)          all other operating expenses of HVF II (including any management fees) allocable to all HVF II Series of Group I Notes, including all unreimbursed out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) incurred by HVF II in connection with the administration, enforcement, waiver or amendment of any “Group I Related Document” or “Group I Series Related Document”, in each case, as defined under the HVF II Group I Indenture prior to such Payment Date; and

 

(B) the Issuer’s Share as of the first day of such Series 2013-G1 Interest Period; and

 

(y)            the denominator of which is equal to the average daily Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount during such Series 2013-G1 Interest Period; provided , however , that the Series 2013-G1 Note Rate will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.

 

Series 2013-G1 Note Repurchase Amount ” means, as of any Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Date,

 

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(i)             an amount equal to the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount (determined after giving effect to any payments of principal of and interest on the Series 2013-G1 Note on such Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Date), plus

 

(ii)            without duplication, any other amounts then due and payable to the holders of such Series 2013-G1 Note.

 

Series 2013-G1 Note Repurchase Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.1 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Noteholder ” means the Person in whose name a Series 2013-G1 Note is registered in the Note Register.

 

Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Commencement Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.2 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Event of Default ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.1 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Expiration Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.2 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Series 2013-G1 Percentage ” means, as of any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount as of such date and the denominator of which is the sum of (a) the Aggregate Principal Amount plus (b) the sum of the Principal Amounts with respect to all Segregated Series of Notes Outstanding, in each case, as of such date.

 

Series 2013-G1 Permitted Investments ” means negotiable instruments or securities, payable in Dollars, represented by instruments in bearer or registered in book-entry form which evidence:

 

(i)             obligations the full and timely payment of which are to be made by or is fully guaranteed by the United States of America other than financial contracts whose value depends on the values or indices of asset values;

 

(ii)            demand deposits of, time deposits in, or certificates of deposit issued by, any depositary institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof whose short-term debt is rated “P-1” by Moody’s and “A-1+” by S&P and subject to supervision and examination by Federal or state banking or depositary institution authorities; provided , however , that at the earlier of (x) the time of the investment and (y) the time of the contractual commitment to invest therein, the certificates of deposit or short-term deposits, if any, or long-term unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligation whose rating is based on collateral or on the credit of a Person other than such institution or trust company) of such depositary institution or trust company shall have a credit rating from S&P of “A-1+” and a credit rating from Moody’s of “P-1” in the case of certificates of deposit or short-term deposits, or a

 

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rating from S&P not lower than “AA” and a rating from Moody’s not lower than “Aa2” in the case of unsecured obligations;

 

(iii)           commercial paper having, at the earlier of (x) the time of the investment and (y) the time of the contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from S&P of “A-1+” and a rating from Moody’s of “P-1”;

 

(iv)           bankers’ acceptances issued by any depositary institution or trust company described in clause (ii)  above;

 

(v)            investments in money market funds rated “AAAm” by S&P and “Aaa-mf” by Moody’s, or otherwise approved in writing by S&P or Moody’s, as applicable;

 

(vi)           Eurodollar time deposits having a credit rating from S&P of “A-1+” and a credit rating from Moody’s of “P-1”;

 

(vii)          repurchase agreements involving any of the Permitted Investments described in clauses (i)  and (vi)  above and the certificates of deposit described in clause (ii)  above which are entered into with a depository institution or trust company, having a commercial paper or short-term certificate of deposit rating of “A-1+” by S&P and “P-1” by Moody’s; and

 

(viii)         any other instruments or securities, subject to the satisfaction of the Series-Specific Rating Agency Condition with respect to the inclusion of such instruments or securities .

 

Series 2013-G1 Permitted Lien ” means (i) Liens for current taxes not delinquent or for taxes being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP, (ii) mechanics’, materialmen’s, landlords’, warehousemen’s and carriers’ Liens, and other Liens imposed by law, securing obligations that are not more than thirty days past due or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP and (iii) Liens in favor of the Trustee pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Supplement and Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement with respect to the Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Liened Vehicle Collateral.

 

Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event ” means any occurrence or event that, with the giving of notice, the passage of time or both, would constitute a Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event.

 

Series 2013-G1 Potential Operating Lease Event of Default ” means any occurrence or event that, with the giving of notice, the passage of time or both, would constitute a Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Event of Default.

 

Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount ” means, when used with respect to any date, an amount equal to without duplication, (a) the Series 2013-G1 Initial Principal Amount minus

 

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(b) the amount of principal payments (whether pursuant to a Decrease, a redemption or otherwise) made to the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder on or prior to such date plus (c) the amount of all Advances pursuant to Section 2.1(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement on or prior to such date; provided that , at no time may the Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount exceed the Series 2013-G1 Maximum Principal Amount.

 

Series 2013-G1 Principal Collections ” means any Series 2013-G1 Collections other than Series 2013-G1 Interest Collections.

 

Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle ” means, as of any date of determination, a Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle that is (i) eligible under, and subject to, a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program as of such date and (ii) not designated as a Series 2013-G1 Non-Program Vehicle pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Lease as of such date.

 

Series 2013-G1 Qualified Institution ” means a depository institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or incorporated under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction with a branch or agency located in the United States of America or any State thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking authorities that at all times (i) has the Required Rating and (ii) in the case of any such institution organized under the laws of the United States of America, whose deposits are insured by the FDIC (up to the then applicable legal limit).

 

Series 2013-G1 Qualified Trust Institution ” means an institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or incorporated under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction with a branch or agency located in the United States of America or any State thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking authorities that at all times (i) is authorized under such laws to act as a trustee or in any other fiduciary capacity, (ii) has capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition, and (iii) has the Required Trust Rating.

 

Series 2013-G1 Related Documents ” means, collectively, the Base Indenture, Series 2013-G1 Supplement, the Series 2013-G1 Note, the Series 2013-G1 Lease, the Purchase Agreement, the Nominee Agreement, the Collateral Agency Agreement, the Indemnification Agreement, the HVF Credit Facility, the LLC Agreement, the Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement, any other agreements relating to the issuance or the purchase of the Series 2013-G1 Note, the Series 2013-G1 Supplemental Documents, the Master Exchange Agreement and the Escrow Agreement and, as of any date during the RCFC Nominee Applicability Period, the RCFC Nominee Agreement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Price ” with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle:

 

(i) subject to a Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Program, means the gross price paid or payable by the Manufacturer thereof to repurchase such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle pursuant to such Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Program; and

 

(ii) subject to a Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program, means the gross amount that the Manufacturer thereof guarantees will be paid to the owner of such Series 

 

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2013-G1 Program Vehicle upon the disposition of such Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle pursuant to such Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program.

 

Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Program ” means a program pursuant to which a Manufacturer or one or more of its Affiliates has agreed to repurchase (prior to any attempt to sell to a third party) Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles manufactured by such Manufacturer or one or more of its Affiliates during a specified period.

 

Series 2013-G1 Required Contractual Criteria ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Program or Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program as of any date of determination, terms therein pursuant to which:

 

(i) such Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Program or Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program, as applicable, is in full force and effect as of such date with a Manufacturer,

 

(ii) the repurchase price or guaranteed auction sale price with respect to each Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle subject thereto is at least equal to the Capitalized Cost of such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, minus all Depreciation Charges accrued with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle prior to the date that such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle is submitted for repurchase or resale (after any applicable minimum holding period) in accordance with the terms of the Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Program , minus Series 2013-G1 Excess Mileage Charges with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, minus Series 2013-G1 Excess Damage Charges with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, minus Early Program Return Payment Amounts with respect to such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle,

 

(iii) such Series 2013-G1 Repurchase Program or Series 2013-G1 Guaranteed Depreciation Program, as applicable, cannot be unilaterally amended or terminated with respect to any Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle subject thereto after the purchase of such Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicle, and

 

(iv) the assignment of the benefits (but not the burdens) of which to HVF and the Collateral Agent has been acknowledged in writing by the related Manufacturer.

 

Series 2013-G1 Required Noteholders ” means, with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Note, Series 2013-G1 Noteholders holding in excess of 50% of the aggregate Series 2013-G1 Principal Amount of the Series 2013-G1 Note.  The Series 2013-G1 Required Noteholders shall be the “Required Noteholders” (as defined in the Base Indenture) with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Notes.

 

Series 2013-G1 Restatement Effective Date ” means October 31, 2014.

 

Series 2013-G1 Supplement ” means the Series Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Supplemental Documents ” means the Lease Vehicle Acquisition Schedules, the Intra-Lease Lessee Transfer Schedules, the Inter-Lease Reallocation Schedules and any other related documents attached to the Series 2013-G1 Lease, in each case solely to the

 

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extent to which such schedules and documents relate to Lease Vehicles or otherwise relate to and/or constitute Series 2013-G1 Collateral.

 

Series of Indenture Notes ” means, collectively, each Series of Notes and each Segregated Series of Notes.

 

Series of Notes ” or “ Series ” means each Series of Notes issued and authenticated pursuant to the Base Indenture and the applicable series supplement (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any Segregated Series of Notes).

 

Series-Specific Collateral ” means collateral that is to be solely for the benefit of the Segregated Noteholders of such Segregated Series of Notes.

 

Series-Specific Rating Agency Condition ” means, with respect to each HVF II Series of Group I Notes, each “Rating Agency Condition” as defined in the applicable HVF II Group I Series Supplement.

 

Series Supplement ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble to the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Servicer ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Servicer Default ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.6 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Servicing Standard ” means servicing that is performed with the promptness, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent Person would exercise in comparable circumstances and that:

 

(a)            taken as a whole (i) is usual and customary in the daily motor vehicle rental, fleet leasing and/or equipment rental or leasing industry or (ii) to the extent not usual and customary in any such industry, reflects changed circumstances, practices, technologies, tactics, strategies or implementation methods and, in each case, is behavior that the Servicer or its Affiliates would undertake were the Servicer the owner of the Lease Vehicles and that would not reasonably be expected to have a Lease Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Lessor;

 

(b)            with respect to the Lessor or any Lessee, would enable the Servicer to cause the Lessor or such Lessee to comply in all material respects with all the duties and obligations of the Lessor or such Lessee, as applicable, under the Series 2013-G1 Lease; and

 

(c)            with respect to the Lessor or any Lessee, causes the Servicer, the Lessor and/or such Lessee to remain in compliance with all Requirements of Law, except to the extent that failure to remain in such compliance would not reasonably be expected to result in a Lease Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Lessor.

 

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Special Term ” means, with respect to any Lease Vehicle titled in any state or commonwealth set forth below, the period specified in the table below opposite such state or commonwealth:

 

Jurisdiction of Title

 

Special Term

State of Illinois

 

One (1) year

State of Iowa

 

eleven (11) months

State of Maine

 

eleven (11) months

State of Maryland

 

180 days

Commonwealth of Massachusetts

 

eleven (11) months

State of Nebraska

 

thirty (30) days

State of South Dakota

 

twenty-eight (28) days

State of Texas

 

181 days

State of Vermont

 

eleven (11) months

Commonwealth of Virginia

 

eleven (11) months

State of West Virginia

 

thirty (30) days

 

SPV Issuer Equity ” has the meaning specified in Section 8.12 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person (herein referred to as the “parent”), any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, owned, controlled or held by such parent or (b) that is, at the time any determination is being made, otherwise controlled, by such parent or one or more subsidiaries of such parent or by such parent and one or more subsidiaries of such parent.

 

Term ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.2 of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Transferee Lessee ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(b) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

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Transferor Lessee ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(b) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Trustee ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Turnback Date ” means, with respect to any Lease Vehicle that is a Series 2013-G1 Program Vehicle, the date on which such Lease Vehicle is accepted for return by a Manufacturer or its agent pursuant to its Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program.

 

UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the specified jurisdiction.

 

Vehicle ” means a passenger automobile, van or light-duty truck

 

Vehicle Funding Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Vehicle Operating Lease Expiration Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(b) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease.

 

Vehicle Term ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(b) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease or Section 3.1(c) of the Series 2013-G1 Lease, as applicable.

 

VIN ” means, with respect to a Lease Vehicle, such Lease Vehicle’s vehicle identification number.

 

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Exhibit 10.12

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED SERIES 2013-G1 ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of October 31, 2014

 

among

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC,

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION,

 

as Series 2013-G1 Administrator,

 

and

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

as Trustee

 



 

Table Of Contents

 

 

Page

 

 

SECTION 1. Definitions and Rules of Construction

1

SECTION 2. Duties of Administrator

2

SECTION 3. Records

6

SECTION 4. Compensation

6

SECTION 5. Additional Information To Be Furnished to HVF

6

SECTION 6. Independence of Series 2013-G1 Administrator

7

SECTION 7. No Joint Venture

7

SECTION 8. Other Activities of Series 2013-G1 Administrator

7

SECTION 9. Term of Agreement; Removal of Series 2013-G1 Administrator

7

SECTION 10. Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal

9

SECTION 11. Notices

9

SECTION 12. Amendments

10

SECTION 13. Successors and Assigns

10

SECTION 14. GOVERNING LAW

10

SECTION 15. Headings

10

SECTION 16. Counterparts

10

SECTION 17. Severability

10

SECTION 18. Limitation of Liability of Trustee and Series 2013-G1 Administrator

10

SECTION 19. Nonpetition Covenants

11

SECTION 20. Liability of Series 2013-G1 Administrator

11

SECTION 21. Limited Recourse to HVF

11

SECTION 22. Electronic Execution

11

 

EXHIBIT A - Form of Power of Attorney

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED SERIES 2013-G1 ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”) dated as of October 31, 2014, among HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ HVF ”), THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ Hertz ”), as administrator (in such capacity, the “ Series 2013-G1 Administrator ”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. (f/k/a BNY Midwest Trust Company), a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) under the Fourth Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2013, between HVF and the Trustee (the “ Base Indenture ”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS, HVF, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator and the Trustee entered into the Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement, dated as November 25, 2013 (the “ Prior Agreement ”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents, HVF is required to perform certain duties relating to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral that has been pledged to secure the Series 2013-G1 Notes issued pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Supplement;

 

WHEREAS, HVF desires to have the Series 2013-G1 Administrator perform certain of the duties of HVF referred to in the preceding clause, and to provide such additional services consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents as HVF may from time to time request;

 

WHEREAS, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator has the capacity to provide the services required hereby and is willing to perform such services for HVF on the terms set forth herein;

 

WHEREAS, the parties to the Prior Agreement desire to amend and restate the Prior Agreement in its entirety as herein set forth;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1.  Definitions and Rules of Construction .

 

(a)                                  Definitions .  Except as otherwise specified, capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Amended and Restated Series 2013-G1 Supplement to the Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014, among HVF, HVF II and the Trustee (the “ Series 2013-G1 Supplement ”).

 

(b)                                  Rules of Construction .  In this Agreement, including the preamble, recitals, attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders hereto, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

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(i)                                      the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

 

(ii)                                   references to an agreement or document shall include the preamble, recitals, all attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders to such agreement or document, and are to such agreement or document (including all such attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders to such agreement or document) as amended, supplemented, restated and otherwise modified from time to time and to any successor or replacement agreement or document, as applicable (unless otherwise stated);

 

(iii)                                reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are not prohibited by this Agreement, and reference to any Person in a particular capacity only refers to such Person in such capacity;

 

(iv)                               reference to any gender includes the other gender;

 

(v)                                  reference to any Requirement of Law means such Requirement of Law as amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time;

 

(vi)                               “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term;

 

(vii)                            with respect to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including” and “to” means “to but excluding”;

 

(viii)                         the language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party;

 

(ix)                               references to sections of the Code also refer to any successor sections;

 

(x)                                  as used in this Agreement, the term “title” refers to a Certificate of Title or other similar form of vehicle title and is intended by each party hereto to include the terms “vehicle registration” and “vehicle license plate,” unless specified otherwise; and

 

(xi)                               unless specified otherwise, “titling” will be deemed to include the acts of registering a vehicle, including the registering of the license plates of a vehicle.

 

SECTION 2. Duties of Administrator .

 

(a)                                  Duties with Respect to the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents .  The Series 2013-G1 Administrator agrees to perform certain of HVF’s duties under the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents to the extent relating to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral or the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations.  To the extent relating to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral or the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations, the Series 2013-G1

 

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Administrator shall prepare for execution by HVF or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of HVF to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.  In furtherance of the foregoing, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall take all appropriate action that it is the duty of HVF to take pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Supplement including, such of the foregoing as are required with respect to the following matters to the extent they relate to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral or the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations (unless otherwise specified references in this Section 2(a)  are to sections of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement):

 

(A)                                the preparation of or obtaining of the documents and instruments required for authentication of the Series 2013-G1 Note, if any, and delivery of the same to the Trustee (Base Indenture Sections 2.1, 2.2 and 2.4);

 

(B)                                the duty to cause the Note Register to be kept and to give the Trustee notice of any appointment of a new Registrar and the location, or change in location, of the Note Register and the office or offices where Indenture Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange (Base Indenture Section 2.5);

 

(C)                                the duty to cause newly appointed Paying Agents, if any, to deliver to the Trustee the instrument specified in the Base Indenture regarding funds held in trust (Base Indenture Section 2.6);

 

(D)                                if so requested, the furnishing, or causing to be furnished, to any Series 2013-G1 Noteholder or prospective purchaser of the Series 2013-G1 Notes any information required pursuant to Rule 144(d)(4) under the Securities Act (Base Indenture Section 4.3);

 

(E)                                 the keeping of books of record and account in accordance with Section 8.6 of the Base Indenture (Base Indenture Section 8.6);

 

(F)                                  the preparation and the obtaining of documents and instruments required for the release of HVF from its obligation under the Base Indenture (Base Indenture Section 11.1);

 

(G)                                the preparation of Officer’s Certificates with respect to any requests by HVF to the Trustee to take any action under the Series 2013-G1 Supplement (Base Indenture Section 13.3);

 

(H)                               the taking of such further acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to compel or secure the performance and observance by Hertz Vehicles LLC, HGI, the Servicer, any Series 2013-G1 Lessee, the Escrow Agent (or such other party thereto) under any Series 2013-G1 Collateral Agreement, or by any Manufacturer under any Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program, of their respective obligations thereunder, in each case in accordance with Section 4.3 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement (Section 4.3);

 

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(I)                                    the preparation, obtaining or filing of the instruments, opinions and certificates and other documents required for the release of the Series 2013-G1 Collateral (Sections 4.4 and 4.5);

 

(J)                                    the preparation and delivery to the Trustee of each of the reports, certificates, statements and other materials required to be delivered by HVF pursuant to Section 5.1 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement (Section 5.1);

 

(K)                               the direction, if necessary, to the firm of independent certified public accountants or a nationally recognized firm of independent consultants to furnish reports to the Trustee in accordance with Section 5.1(e) and (f) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement (Section 5.1(e) and (f));

 

(L)                                 the furnishing, or causing to be furnished, to the Trustee of instructions as to withdrawals and payments from the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account, any Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Accounts, as contemplated in the Series 2013-G1 Supplement (Section 5.1(g));

 

(M)                             on or before January 31 of each calendar year, beginning with the calendar year 2014, the furnishing, or causing to be furnished, to any Series 2013-G1 Noteholder who at any time during the preceding calendar year was a Series 2013-G1 Noteholder, the Annual Series 2013-G1 Noteholder Tax Statement (Section 5.2);

 

(N)                                the preparation and delivery of written instructions with respect to the investment of funds on deposit in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account in Series 2013-G1 Permitted Investments in accordance with Section 6.1(c) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement (Section 6.1(c));

 

(O)                                the preparation and delivery of written instructions with respect to the deposit of all Series 2013-G1 Collections as set forth in Section 6.2(a) of the 2013-G1 Series Supplement (Section 6.2(a));

 

(P)                                  the preparation and delivery of written instructions with respect to the application of all amounts deposited into the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account in accordance with the provisions of Article VII of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, including the preparation and delivery of written instructions with respect to (i) the withdrawal and payment of all amounts on deposit in the Series 2013-G1 Collection Account that consist of Series 2013-G1 Principal Collections in accordance with Section 7.2 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement and (ii) the application of Series 2013-G1 Interest Collections in accordance with Section 7.3 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement (Sections 7.1, 7.2 and 7.3);

 

(Q)                                the maintenance of HVF’s qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify would be reasonably likely to result in a Series 2013-G1 Material Adverse Effect (Sections 8.1 and 9.4);

 

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(R)                                the delivery of notice to the Trustee of each default described in Section 9.6 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, and preparation and delivery of an Officer’s Certificate of HVF setting forth the details of such default and any action with respect thereto taken or contemplated to be taken by HVF (Section 9.6);

 

(S)                                  the delivery of notice to the Trustee of material proceedings (Section 9.7);

 

(T)                                 the furnishing of other information relating to the Series 2013-G1 Notes to the Trustee as the Trustee may reasonably request in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Series 2013-G1 Supplement (Section 9.8);

 

(U)                                the preparation and filing of all supplements, amendments, financing statements, continuation statements, if any, instruments of further assurance and other instruments, in accordance with Sections 9.9(a) and (b) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, necessary to protect the Series 2013-G1 Indenture Collateral (Sections 9.9 (a) and (b));

 

(V)                                the obtaining of and the annual delivery of an Opinion of Counsel, in accordance with Section 9.9(f) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, as to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral (Section 9.9(f));

 

(W)                             the preparation and obtaining of, and delivery to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent of, filings, Officer’s Certificates and Opinions of Counsel upon HVF changing its location or legal name (Section 9.17);

 

(X)                                the obtaining and the maintenance of insurance in accordance with Section 9.22 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, and the delivery of notice to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent of any change or cancellation of such insurance (Section 9.22);

 

(Y)                                the taking of such acts as may be reasonably necessary or proper to cause HVF to comply in all material respects with all of its obligations under the Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Programs in accordance with the Servicing Standard (Section 9.23);

 

(Z)                                 the preparation, delivery and furnishing of all reports and statements necessary to enable HVF II to prepare, deliver and furnish all reports and statements required to be prepared and delivered by HVF II with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Notes pursuant to the HVF II Group I Indenture to the Persons specified in the HVF II Group I Indenture in accordance with Section 11.2(a) of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement (Section 11.2(a)); and

 

(AA)                       the delivery of notice to HVF and the Trustee, on each Business Day, of all amounts that were paid directly to the HVF II Trustee or deposited into the HVF II Group I Collection Account pursuant to and in accordance with the provisions of the Master Exchange Agreement (Section 11.2(b)).

 

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(b)                                  Additional Duties .  In addition to the duties of the Series 2013-G1 Administrator set forth above, to the extent relating to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral or the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall perform such calculations and shall prepare for execution by HVF or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of HVF to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents, and shall take all appropriate action that it is the duty of HVF to take pursuant to such Series 2013-G1 Related Documents.

 

(c)                                   Power of Attorney .  HVF shall execute and deliver to the Series 2013-G1 Administrator, and to each successor Series 2013-G1 Administrator appointed pursuant to the terms hereof, one or more powers of attorney substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, appointing the Series 2013-G1 Administrator the attorney-in-fact of HVF for the purpose of executing on behalf of HVF all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions that the Series 2013-G1 Administrator has agreed to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  Certain Limitations on Series 2013-G1 Administrator Obligations .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not, (x) make any payments to the Series 2013-G1 Noteholders under the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents, (y) sell the Series 2013-G1 Collateral pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Supplement or (z) take any action as the Series 2013-G1 Administrator on behalf of HVF that HVF directs the Series 2013-G1 Administrator not to take on its behalf.

 

(e)                                   Delegation of Duties .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator may delegate to any Affiliate of the Series 2013-G1 Administrator the performance of the Series 2013-G1 Administrator’s obligations as Series 2013-G1 Administrator pursuant to this Agreement (but the Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall remain fully liable for its obligations under this Agreement).

 

SECTION 3. Records .  The Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall maintain appropriate books of account and records relating to services performed hereunder, which books of account and records shall be accessible for inspection by HVF or the Trustee upon reasonable request at any time during normal business hours.

 

SECTION 4.  Compensation .  As compensation for the performance of the Series 2013-G1 Administrator’s obligations under this Agreement, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall be entitled to $10,000.00 per month (the “ Series 2013-G1 Monthly Administration Fee ”) which shall be payable on each Payment Date in accordance with Section 7.3 of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

SECTION 5.  Additional Information To Be Furnished to HVF .  The Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall furnish to HVF from time to time such additional information regarding the Series 2013-G1 Collateral as HVF shall reasonably request.

 

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SECTION 6.  Independence of Series 2013-G1 Administrator .  For all purposes of this Agreement, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall be an independent contractor and shall not be subject to the supervision of HVF with respect to the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations hereunder.  Unless expressly authorized by HVF (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as authorized in this Agreement or in any other Series 2013-G1 Related Document), the Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall have no authority to act for or represent HVF in any way and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent of HVF.

 

SECTION 7.  No Joint Venture .  Nothing contained in this Agreement shall (i) constitute the Series 2013-G1 Administrator or HVF as members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate, unincorporated business or other separate entity, (ii) be construed to impose any liability as such on any of them or (iii) be deemed to confer on any of them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any obligation or liability on behalf of the other.

 

SECTION 8.  Other Activities of Series 2013-G1 Administrator .  (a)  Nothing herein shall prevent the Series 2013-G1 Administrator or its Affiliates from engaging in other businesses or, in the sole discretion of any such Person, from acting in a similar capacity as an administrator for any other person or entity even though such person or entity may engage in business activities similar to those of HVF or the Trustee.

 

(b)                                  The Series 2013-G1 Administrator and its Affiliates may generally engage in any kind of business with any person party to any Series 2013-G1 Related Document, any such party’s Affiliates and any person who may do business with or own securities of any such person or any of its Affiliates, without any duty to account therefor to HVF or the Trustee.

 

SECTION 9.  Term of Agreement; Removal of Series 2013-G1 Administrator .  (a)  This Agreement shall continue in force until termination of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement and the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents, in each case to the extent related to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral or the Series 2013-G1 Note Obligations, in accordance with their respective terms and the payment in full of all obligations owing thereunder, upon which event this Agreement shall automatically terminate.

 

(b)                                  Subject to Sections 9(c)  and 9(d) , the Trustee may, and at the direction of the Series 2013-G1 Required Noteholders shall, remove the Series 2013-G1 Administrator upon written notice of termination from the Trustee to the Series 2013-G1 Administrator if any of the following events shall occur (each a “ Series 2013-G1 Administrator Default ”) and, with respect to the event described in clause (i)  below, be continuing:

 

(i)                                      the Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall materially default in the performance of any of its duties with respect to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral under this Agreement and such default materially and adversely affects the interests of the Series 2013-G1 Noteholders and, after notice of such default, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall not cure such default within thirty (30) days

 

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(or, if such default cannot be cured in such time, shall not give within thirty (30) days such assurance of cure as shall be reasonably satisfactory to HVF);

 

(ii)                                   a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief, and such decree or order shall not have been vacated within sixty (60) days, in respect of the Series 2013-G1 Administrator in any involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Series 2013-G1 Administrator or any substantial part of its property or order the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs; or

 

(iii)                                the Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or similar official for the Series 2013-G1 Administrator or any substantial part of its property, shall consent to the taking of possession by any such official of any substantial part of its property, shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due.

 

The Series 2013-G1 Administrator agrees that if any of the events specified in clause (ii)  or (iii)  of this Section shall occur, it shall give written notice thereof to HVF and the Trustee within five (5) days after the happening of such event.

 

(c)                                   No resignation or removal of the Series 2013-G1 Administrator pursuant to this Section shall be effective until (i) a successor Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall have been appointed by HVF and (ii) such successor Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall have agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement in the same manner as the Series 2013-G1 Administrator is bound hereunder.  HVF shall provide written notice of any such removal to the Trustee.

 

(d)                                  A successor Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall execute, acknowledge and deliver a written acceptance of its appointment hereunder to the resigning Series 2013-G1 Administrator and to HVF.  Thereupon the resignation or removal of the resigning Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall become effective and the successor Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Series 2013-G1 Administrator under this Agreement.  The successor Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall mail a notice of its succession to the Series 2013-G1 Noteholders.  The resigning Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall promptly transfer or cause to be transferred all property and any related agreements, documents and statements held by it as Series 2013-G1 Administrator to the successor Series 2013-G1 Administrator (but, for the avoidance of doubt, any such resigning Series 2013-G1 Administrator that is an Affiliate of Hertz may retain copies of any such agreements, documents or statements) and the resigning Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall execute and deliver such instruments and do other things as may reasonably be required for fully and certainly

 

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vesting in the successor Series 2013-G1 Administrator all rights, powers, duties and obligations hereunder.

 

(e)                                   In no event shall a resigning Series 2013-G1 Administrator be liable for the acts or omissions of any successor Series 2013-G1 Administrator hereunder.

 

SECTION 10.  Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal .  Promptly upon the effective date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9(a)  or the resignation or removal of the Series 2013-G1 Administrator, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall be entitled to be paid all fees and reimbursable expenses accruing to it to the date of such termination, resignation or removal.  The Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall forthwith upon termination pursuant to Section 9(a)  deliver to HVF all property and documents of or relating to the Series 2013-G1 Collateral then in the custody of the Series 2013-G1 Administrator.  In the event of the resignation or removal of the Series 2013-G1 Administrator, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall cooperate with HVF and take all reasonable steps requested to assist HVF in making an orderly transfer of the duties of the Series 2013-G1 Administrator.

 

SECTION 11.  Notices .  Any notice, report or other communication given hereunder shall be in writing and addressed as follows:

 

(a)                                  if to HVF, to

 

Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC
225 Brae Boulevard
Park Ridge, NJ  07656
Attention:  Treasury Department

 

(b)                                  if to the Series 2013-G1 Administrator, to

 

The Hertz Corporation
225 Brae Boulevard
Park Ridge, NJ  07656
Attention:  Treasury Department

 

(c)                                   if to the Trustee, to

 

The Bank of New York Mellon, N.A.
2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020
Chicago, IL  60602
Attention:  Corporate Trust Administration — Structured Finance

 

or to such other address as any party shall have provided to the other parties in writing.  Any notice required to be in writing hereunder shall be deemed given if such notice is mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, or hand-delivered to the address of such party as provided above, except that notices to the Trustee are effective only upon receipt.

 

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SECTION 12.  Amendments .  This Agreement may be amended from time to time by a written amendment duly executed and delivered by HVF, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator and the Trustee.

 

SECTION 13.  Successors and Assigns .  The parties hereto acknowledge that the Trustee has accepted the assignment of HVF’s rights under this Agreement pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Supplement.  Subject to Section 2(e) , this Agreement may not be assigned by the Series 2013-G1 Administrator unless such assignment is previously consented to in writing by HVF, the Series 2013-G1 Required Noteholders and the Trustee.  An assignment with such consent and satisfaction, if accepted by the assignee, shall bind the assignee hereunder in the same manner as the Series 2013-G1 Administrator is bound hereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be assigned by the Series 2013-G1 Administrator without the consent of HVF, any Series 2013-G1 Noteholders or the Trustee to a corporation or other organization that is a successor (by merger, consolidation or purchase of assets) to the Series 2013-G1 Administrator; provided that , such successor organization executes and delivers to HVF and the Trustee an agreement in which such corporation or other organization agrees to be bound hereunder by the terms of said assignment in the same manner as the Series 2013-G1 Administrator is bound hereunder.

 

SECTION 14.  GOVERNING LAW .  THIS AGREEMENT, AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAW.

 

SECTION 15.  Headings .  The section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 16.  Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

 

SECTION 17.  Severability .  Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall 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.

 

SECTION 18.  Limitation of Liability of Trustee and Series 2013-G1 Administrator .  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in no event shall either the Trustee or the Series 2013-G1 Administrator have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of HVF hereunder

 

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or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of HVF.

 

SECTION 19.  Nonpetition Covenants .  Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator, HVF and the Trustee shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the payment in full of all the Indenture Notes, petition or otherwise invoke, join with, encourage or cooperate with any other party in invoking or cause HVF to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against HVF under any Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of HVF or any substantial part of its property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of HVF.

 

SECTION 20.  Liability of Series 2013-G1 Administrator .  The Series 2013-G1 Administrator agrees to indemnify HVF and the Trustee and their respective agents (the “ Indemnified Parties ”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, losses, costs, liabilities and damages, and expenses incurred therewith, including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred by the Indemnified Parties as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to the entering into and performance of the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents by the Indemnified Parties or suffered or sustained by the Indemnified Parties by reason of any acts, omissions or alleged acts or omissions arising out of the Series 2013-G1 Administrator’s activities pursuant to the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents.  Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator shall not be obligated under its agreements of indemnity contained in this Section 20 (i) for any liabilities resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnified Parties or (ii) in respect of any claim arising out of the assessment of any tax against the Indemnified Parties.  The obligations of the Series 2013-G1 Administrator and the rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 20 shall survive any termination of this Agreement, in whole or in part.

 

SECTION 21.  Limited Recourse to HVF .  The obligations of HVF under this Agreement are solely the obligations of HVF.  No recourse shall be had for the payment of any amount owing in respect of any fee hereunder or any other obligation or claim arising out of or based upon this Agreement against any member, employee, officer or director of HVF.  Fees, expenses, costs or other obligations payable by HVF hereunder shall be payable by HVF to the extent and only to the extent that HVF is reimbursed therefor pursuant to any of the Series 2013-G1 Related Documents, or funds are then available or thereafter become available for such purpose pursuant to Article VII of the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, and the amount of any fees, expenses or costs exceeding such funds shall in no event constitute a claim (as defined in Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code) against, or corporate obligation of, HVF.

 

SECTION 22.  Electronic Execution .  This Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any joinder, schedule, annex, exhibit or other attachment hereto) may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile or other electronic means ( e.g. , a “pdf” or “tiff”).  The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to

 

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applicable law, have the same force and effect as manually signed originals and shall be binding on each party hereto.  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any joinder, schedule, annex, exhibit or other attachment hereto) or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including, without limitation, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION,

 

as Series 2013-G1 Administrator

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mitchell L. Brumwell

 

Name:

Mitchell L. Brumwell

 

Title:

Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

[Form of Power of Attorney]

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

STATE OF                         )

                                            )

COUNTY OF                     )

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC (“ HVF ”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint THE HERTZ CORPORATION as Series 2013-G1 Administrator under the Amended and Restated Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement (as defined below), and its agents and attorneys, as Attorneys-in-Fact to execute on behalf of HVF all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions that the Series 2013-G1 Administrator has agreed to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Amended and Restated Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement, including, without limitation, to appear for and represent HVF in connection with the preparation, filing and audit of federal, state and local tax returns pertaining to HVF, and with full power to perform any and all acts associated with such returns and audits that HVF could perform, including without limitation, the right to distribute and receive confidential information, defend and assert positions in response to audits, initiate and defend litigation, and to execute waivers of restriction on assessments of deficiencies, consents to the extension of any statutory or regulatory time limit, and settlements.  For the purpose of this Power of Attorney, the term “ Amended and Restated Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement dated as of October 31, 2014, among HVF, The Hertz Corporation, as Series 2013-G1 Administrator, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, as such maybe amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

All powers of attorney for this purpose heretofore filed or executed by HVF are hereby revoked.

 

EXECUTED this [  ] day of [   ], 2014.

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

14


Exhibit 10.13

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP,
as Issuer

 

and

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee

 


 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BASE INDENTURE

 

Dated as of October 31, 2014

 


 

Rental Car Asset Backed Notes
(Issuable in Series)

 



 

Table of Contents

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

1

 

 

 

Section 1.1.

Definitions

1

Section 1.2.

Cross-References

1

Section 1.3.

Accounting and Financial Determinations; No Duplication

2

Section 1.4.

Rules of Construction

2

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

THE NOTES

3

 

 

 

Section 2.1.

Designation and Terms of Notes

3

Section 2.2.

Notes Issuable in Series Within Groups

3

Section 2.3.

Group Supplement for each Group of Notes

4

Section 2.4.

Execution and Authentication

6

Section 2.5.

Registrar and Paying Agent

6

Section 2.6.

Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust

6

Section 2.7.

Noteholder List

7

Section 2.8.

Transfer and Exchange

8

Section 2.9.

Persons Deemed Owners

9

Section 2.10.

Replacement Notes

9

Section 2.11.

Treasury Notes

10

Section 2.12.

Book-Entry Notes

10

Section 2.13.

Definitive Notes

12

Section 2.14.

Cancellation

13

Section 2.15.

Principal and Interest

13

Section 2.16.

Tax Treatment

14

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

SECURITY

14

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

RULE 144A INFORMATION

14

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

14

 

 

 

Section 5.1.

Existence and Power

14

Section 5.2.

Limited Partnership and Governmental Authorization

15

Section 5.3.

No Consent

15

Section 5.4.

Binding Effect

16

Section 5.5.

Litigation

16

Section 5.6.

No ERISA Plan

16

Section 5.7.

Tax Filings and Expenses

16

Section 5.8.

Disclosure

16

Section 5.9.

Solvency

17

Section 5.10.

Investment Company Act

17

Section 5.11.

Regulations T, U and X

17

Section 5.12.

Ownership of Limited Partnership Interests; Subsidiary

17

Section 5.13.

Non-Existence of Other Agreements

17

Section 5.14.

Compliance with Contractual Obligations and Laws

17

 

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Table of Contents
(Continued)

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

COVENANTS

18

 

 

 

Section 6.1.

Maintenance of Office or Agency

18

Section 6.2.

Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence

18

Section 6.3.

Compliance with Laws

18

Section 6.4.

Inspection of Property, Books and Records

19

Section 6.5.

Notice of Material Proceedings

19

Section 6.6.

Liens

19

Section 6.7.

Other Indebtedness

19

Section 6.8.

No ERISA Plan

19

Section 6.9.

Mergers

19

Section 6.10.

Sales of Assets

20

Section 6.11.

Acquisition of Assets

20

Section 6.12.

Organizational Documents

20

Section 6.13.

Investments

20

Section 6.14.

No Other Agreements

20

Section 6.15.

Other Business

21

Section 6.16.

Maintenance of Separate Existence

21

Section 6.17.

Purchase and Sale of Assets

22

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

THE TRUSTEE

22

 

 

 

Section 7.1.

Duties of the Trustee

22

Section 7.2.

Rights of the Trustee

24

Section 7.3.

Individual Rights of the Trustee

26

Section 7.4.

Notice of Amortization Events and Potential Amortization Events

27

Section 7.5.

Compensation

27

Section 7.6.

Replacement of the Trustee

27

Section 7.7.

Successor Trustee by Merger, etc.

28

Section 7.8.

Eligibility Disqualification

28

Section 7.9.

Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee

29

Section 7.10.

Representations and Warranties of Trustee

30

Section 7.11.

HVF II Indemnification of the Trustee

30

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

31

 

 

 

Section 8.1.

Termination of HVF II’s Obligations

31

Section 8.2.

Application of Trust Money

32

Section 8.3.

Repayment to HVF II

32

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENTS

33

 

 

 

Section 9.1.

Without Consent of the Noteholders

33

Section 9.2.

With Consent of the Noteholders

34

 

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Table of Contents
(Continued)

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

Section 9.3.

Supplements and Amendments

34

Section 9.4.

Revocation and Effect of Consents

35

Section 9.5.

Notation on or Exchange of Notes

35

Section 9.6.

The Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc.

35

 

 

 

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

35

 

 

 

Section 10.1.

Notices

35

Section 10.2.

Certificate as to Conditions Precedent

37

Section 10.3.

Statements Required in Certificate

38

Section 10.4.

Rules by the Trustee

38

Section 10.5.

Duplicate Originals

38

Section 10.6.

Benefits of Indenture

38

Section 10.7.

Payment on Business Day

38

Section 10.8.

Governing Law

39

Section 10.9.

Successors

39

Section 10.10.

Severability

39

Section 10.11.

Counterpart Originals

39

Section 10.12.

Table of Contents, Headings, etc.

39

Section 10.13.

Termination; Collateral

39

Section 10.14.

No Bankruptcy Petition Against HVF II

40

Section 10.15.

No Recourse

40

Section 10.16.

Electronic Execution

40

Section 10.17.

Waiver of Jury Trial

41

Section 10.18.

Submission to Jurisdiction

41

 

 

 

Schedule

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule I

Definitions List

 

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED BASE INDENTURE, dated as of October 31, 2014, between HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a special purpose limited partnership established under the laws of Delaware, as issuer (“ HVF II ”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (in such capacity, the “ Trustee ”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, HVF II and the Trustee entered into a Base Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2013 (the “ Prior Indenture ”);

 

WHEREAS, HVF II and the Trustee desire to amend and restate the Prior Indenture in its entirety as herein set forth;

 

WHEREAS, HVF II has duly authorized the execution and delivery of this Indenture to provide for the issuance from time to time of one or more Series of Rental Car Asset Backed Notes (the “ Notes ”), issuable as provided in this Indenture; and

 

WHEREAS, all things necessary to make this Indenture a legal, valid and binding agreement of HVF II, in accordance with its terms, have been done, and HVF II proposes to do all the things necessary to make the Notes, when executed by HVF II and authenticated and delivered by the Trustee hereunder and duly issued by HVF II, the legal, valid and binding obligations of HVF II as hereinafter provided;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for and in consideration of the premises and the receipt of the Notes by the Noteholders, it is mutually covenanted and agreed, for the equal and proportionate benefit of all Noteholders, as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.1.                                  Definitions .

 

Capitalized terms used herein (including the preamble and the recitals hereto) shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Definitions List attached hereto as Schedule I (the “ Definitions List ”), as such Definitions List may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

Section 1.2.                                  Cross-References .

 

Unless otherwise specified, references in this Base Indenture to any Article or Section are references to such Article or Section of this Base Indenture and, unless otherwise specified, references in any Article, Section or definition to any clause are references to such clause of such Article, Section or definition.

 



 

Section 1.3.                                  Accounting and Financial Determinations; No Duplication .

 

Where the character or amount of any asset or liability or item of income or expense is required to be determined, or any accounting computation is required to be made, for the purpose of this Base Indenture, such determination or calculation shall be made, to the extent applicable and except as otherwise specified in this Base Indenture, in accordance with GAAP.  When used herein, the term “financial statement” shall include the notes and schedules thereto.  All accounting determinations and computations hereunder or under any other Master Related Documents shall be made without duplication.

 

Section 1.4.                                  Rules of Construction .

 

In this Base Indenture, including the preamble, recitals, attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders hereto, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a) the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

 

(b) references to an agreement or document shall include the preamble, recitals, all attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders to such agreement or document, and are to such agreement or document (including all such attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders to such agreement or document) as amended, supplemented, restated and otherwise modified from time to time and to any successor or replacement agreement or document, as applicable (unless otherwise stated);

 

(c) reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are not prohibited by this Base Indenture, and reference to any Person in a particular capacity only refers to such Person in such capacity;

 

(d) reference to any gender includes the other gender;

 

(e) reference to any Requirement of Law means such Requirement of Law as amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time;

 

(f) “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term;

 

(g) with respect to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including” and “to” means “to but excluding”;

 

(h) references to sections of the Code also refer to any successor sections; and

 

(i) the language used in this Base Indenture will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

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ARTICLE II

 

THE NOTES

 

Section 2.1.                                  Designation and Terms of Notes .

 

Each Series of Notes shall be substantially in the form specified in the applicable Group/Series Supplement and shall bear, upon its face, the designation for such Series of Notes to which it belongs as selected by HVF II, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted hereby or by the applicable Group/Series Supplement and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined to be appropriate by the Authorized Officer executing such Notes, as evidenced by his execution of the Notes.  All Notes of any Series of Notes, except as specified in the applicable Group/Series Supplement, shall be equally and ratably entitled as provided herein to the benefits hereof without preference, priority or distinction on account of the actual time or times of authentication and delivery, all in accordance with the terms and provisions of this Base Indenture and the applicable Group/Series Supplement.  The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Base Indenture is unlimited.  The Notes of each Series of Notes shall be issued in the denominations set forth in the applicable Group/Series Supplement.

 

Section 2.2.                                  Notes Issuable in Series Within Groups .

 

(a) The Notes may be issued in one or more Series of Notes.  Each Series of Notes shall be created by a Group/Series Supplement.

 

(b) A Group Supplement from time to time may be executed by HVF II in connection with the issuance of the first Series of Notes forming a part of the applicable Group upon delivery by HVF II to the Trustee, and receipt by the Trustee, of the following:

 

(i)                                      a Group Supplement satisfying the criteria set forth in Section 2.3 executed by HVF II and the Trustee;

 

(ii)                                   an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II to the effect that the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Notes Outstanding (other than any such Series of Notes (i) with respect to which an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event is continuing as of the date of the issuance of the new Series of Notes or will occur as a result of the issuance of the new Series of Notes or (ii) that is being repaid in full with the proceeds of the Notes issued pursuant to such Group Supplement) shall have been satisfied with respect to such execution;

 

(iii)                                with respect to each Group Related Document (other than the Group Supplement or the HVF II LP Agreement) with respect to such Group to which HVF II or the HVF II General Partner is a party, evidence (in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II) that each party to such Group Related Document has covenanted and agreed in such Group Related Document that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing Note, it will not institute against,

 

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or join with any other Person in instituting, against HVF II or the HVF II General Partner any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings, under any Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law;

 

(iv)                               an Opinion of Counsel, subject to the assumptions and qualifications stated therein, and in a form substantially acceptable to the Trustee, dated the initial Series Closing Date with respect to such Group, substantially to the effect that such Group Supplement is a legal, valid and binding agreement of HVF II, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity; and

 

(v)                                  such other documents, instruments, certifications, agreements or other items specified in the Group Related Documents and Series Related Documents with respect to such Series of Notes.

 

Section 2.3.                                  Group Supplement for each Group of Notes .

 

All Notes issued by HVF II shall be part of a Group. To establish any Group, the parties hereto shall execute a Group Supplement, which shall specify the relevant terms with respect to such new Group, which shall include:

 

(i)                                      its name or designation;

 

(ii)                                   the Initial Series Closing Date with respect to such Group;

 

(iii)                                the method of allocating Group-Specific Collections with respect to such Group among the Series belonging to such Group;

 

(iv)                               the names of any Group Accounts to be used by such Group and the terms governing the operation of any such account and the use of moneys therein;

 

(v)                                  any deposit of funds to be made in any Group Account with respect to such Group on the Initial Series Closing Date with respect to such Group;

 

(vi)                               terms with respect to such Group’s Group-Specific Collateral providing:

 

(A)                                for the definition of such Group-Specific Collateral;

 

(B)                                that such Group-Specific Collateral shall secure only those Series issued pursuant to such Group Supplement;

 

(C)                                that no other Group shall be entitled to the benefit of such Group-Specific Collateral; and

 

(D)                                that if it is determined that the Noteholders of such Group have any right, title or interest in, to or under the Group-Specific Collateral

 

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with respect to any other Group (“ Other Group Collateral ”), then such Noteholders agree that their right, title and interest in, to or under such Other Group Collateral shall be subordinate in all respects to the claims or rights of the Noteholders with respect to such Other Group Collateral, and in such case, such Group Supplement shall constitute a subordination agreement for purposes of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code;

 

(vii)                            a condition precedent to the issuance of any Series of Notes pursuant to such Group Supplement requiring delivery by HVF II to the Trustee, and receipt by the Trustee, of the following:

 

(A)                                an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II to the effect that the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Notes Outstanding of such Group (other than any such Series of Notes (i) with respect to which an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event is continuing as of the date of the issuance of the new Series of Notes or will occur as a result of the issuance of the new Series of Notes or (ii) that is being repaid in full with the proceeds of the Notes issued pursuant to such Group Supplement) shall have been satisfied with respect to such issuance;

 

(B)                                with respect to each Series Related Document (other than the Group Supplement, the Series Supplement or the HVF II LP Agreement) with respect to such Series to which HVF II or the HVF II General Partner is a party, evidence (in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II) that each party to such Series Related Document has covenanted and agreed in such Series Related Document that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing Note, it will not institute against, or join with any other Person in instituting, against HVF II or the HVF II General Partner any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings, under any Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law; and

 

(C)                                a Tax Opinion; and

 

(viii)                         any other relevant terms of such Group that do not change the terms of any Series of Notes Outstanding and that do not prevent the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition referenced in Section 2.3(vii)(A)  above (all such terms, the “ Principal Group Terms ” of such Group).

 

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Section 2.4.                                  Execution and Authentication .

 

The Notes, upon issuance pursuant to the Group/Series Supplement, shall be executed on behalf of HVF II by an Authorized Officer and delivered by HVF II to the Trustee for authentication and delivery as provided in such Group/Series Supplement.

 

Section 2.5.                                  Registrar and Paying Agent .

 

HVF II shall (i) maintain an office or agency where Notes may be presented for registration of transfer or for exchange (the “ Registrar ”) and (ii) appoint a paying agent (which shall satisfy the eligibility criteria set forth in Section 7.8(a) ) (“ Paying Agent ”) at whose office or agency Notes may be presented for payment.  The Registrar shall keep a register of the Notes and of their transfer and exchange (the “ Note Register ”).  HVF II may appoint one or more co-registrars and one or more additional paying agents.  The term “Paying Agent” includes any additional paying agent and the term “Registrar” includes any co-registrars.  HVF II may change any Paying Agent or Registrar without prior notice to any Noteholder.  HVF II shall notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of any Agent not a party to this Base Indenture.  The Trustee is hereby initially appointed as the Registrar, Paying Agent and agent for service of notices and demands in connection with the Notes.

 

Section 2.6.                                  Paying Agent to Hold Money in Trust .

 

(a) HVF II shall cause each Paying Agent other than the Trustee to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such Paying Agent shall agree with the Trustee (and if the Trustee acts as Paying Agent, it hereby so agrees), subject to the provisions of this Section, that such Paying Agent shall:

 

(i)              hold all sums held by it for the payment of amounts due with respect to the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled thereto until such sums shall be paid to such Persons or otherwise disposed of as herein provided and pay such sums to such Persons as herein provided;

 

(ii)           give the Trustee notice of any default by HVF II of which it has actual knowledge in the making of any payment required to be made with respect to the Notes;

 

(iii)        at any time during the continuance of any such default, upon the written request of the Trustee, forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust by such Paying Agent;

 

(iv)       immediately resign as a Paying Agent and forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums held by it in trust for the payment of Notes if at any time it ceases to meet the standards required to be met by a Trustee hereunder at the time of its appointment; and

 

(v)          comply with all requirements of the Code with respect to the withholding from any payments made by it on any Notes of any applicable withholding

 

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taxes imposed thereon and with respect to any applicable reporting requirements in connection therewith.

 

(b) HVF II at any time, for the purpose of obtaining the satisfaction and discharge of this Base Indenture or for any other purpose, by Company Order may direct any Paying Agent to pay to the Trustee all sums held in trust by such Paying Agent, such sums to be held by the Trustee upon the same trusts as those upon which the sums were held by such Paying Agent; and upon such payment by any Paying Agent to the Trustee, such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability with respect to such money.

 

(c) Subject to applicable laws with respect to escheat of funds, any money held by the Trustee or any Paying Agent in trust for the payment of any amount due with respect to any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such amount has become due and payable shall be discharged from such trust and be paid to HVF II on Company Request; and the Noteholder of such Note shall thereafter, as an unsecured general creditor, look only to HVF II for payment thereof (but only to the extent of the amounts so paid to HVF II), and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money shall thereupon cease; provided , however , that the Trustee or such Paying Agent, before being required to make any such repayment, at the expense of HVF II, may cause to be published once, in a newspaper published in the English language, customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in New York City, and in a newspaper customarily published on each Business Day and of general circulation in London and Luxembourg (if the related Series of Notes has been listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange), if applicable, notice that such money remains unclaimed and that, after a date specified therein, which shall not be less than 30 days from the date of such publication, any unclaimed balance of such money then remaining will be repaid to HVF II.  The Trustee may also adopt and employ, at the expense of HVF II, any other reasonable means of notification of such repayment.

 

Section 2.7.                                  Noteholder List .

 

The Trustee shall furnish or cause to be furnished by the Registrar to HVF II or the Paying Agent, within five Business Days after receipt by the Trustee of a request therefor from HVF II or the Paying Agent, respectively, in writing, a list in such form as HVF II or the Paying Agent may reasonably require, of the names and addresses of the Noteholders of each Series of Notes as of the most recent Record Date for payments to such Noteholders.  Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Series Supplement, holders of Notes of any Series of Notes having an aggregate Principal Amount of not less than 25% of the aggregate Principal Amount of such Series of Notes (the “ Applicants ”) may apply in writing to the Trustee, and if such application states that the Applicants desire to communicate with other Noteholders of any Series of Notes with respect to their rights under this Base Indenture or under the Notes and is accompanied by a copy of the communication that such Applicants propose to transmit, then the Trustee, after having been adequately indemnified by such Applicants for its costs and expenses and thereafter promptly after the receipt of such application (but in no event later than five (5) Business Days after having been so indemnified following such receipt), shall afford or shall cause the Registrar to afford such Applicants access during normal business hours to the most recent list of Noteholders held by the Trustee and shall give HVF II notice that such request has been made.  Such list shall be as of a date no more than 45 days prior to the date of receipt of

 

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such Applicants’ request.  Every Noteholder, by receiving and holding a Note, agrees with the Trustee that none of the Trustee, the Registrar, or any of their respective agents shall be held accountable by reason of the disclosure of any such information as to the names and addresses of the Noteholders hereunder, regardless of the source from which such information was obtained.

 

The Trustee shall preserve in as current a form as is reasonably practicable the most recent list available to it of the names and addresses of Noteholders of each Series of Notes.  If the Trustee is not the Registrar, HVF II shall furnish to the Trustee at least seven Business Days before each Payment Date and at such other time as the Trustee may request in writing, a list in such form and as of such date as the Trustee may reasonably require of the names and addresses of the Noteholders of each Series of Notes.

 

Section 2.8.                                  Transfer and Exchange .

 

(a) Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the office or agency of the Registrar, if the requirements of Section 2.8(f)  and Section 8-401(a) of the UCC are met, HVF II shall execute and after HVF II has executed, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Noteholder, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes, in any authorized denominations, of the same Class and a like Principal Amount.  At the option of any Noteholder, Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of the same Series of Notes and Class in authorized denominations of like Principal Amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at any office or agency of the Registrar maintained for such purpose.  Whenever Notes of any Series of Notes are so surrendered for exchange, if the requirements of Section 8-401(a) of the UCC are met, HVF II shall execute and after HVF II has executed, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver to the Noteholder, the Notes that the Noteholder making the exchange is entitled to receive.

 

(b) Every Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange shall be (i) duly endorsed by, or be accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in a form satisfactory to the Trustee duly executed by, the Noteholder thereof or such Noteholder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, with a medallion signature guarantee, and (ii) accompanied by such other documents as the Trustee may require.  HVF II shall execute and deliver to the Trustee or the Registrar, as applicable, Notes in such amounts and at such times as are necessary to enable the Trustee to fulfill its responsibilities under this Base Indenture and the Notes.

 

(c) All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of the Notes shall be the valid obligations of HVF II, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Base Indenture, as the related Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.

 

(d) The preceding provisions of this Section 2.8 notwithstanding, the Trustee or the Registrar, as the case may be, shall not be required to register the transfer or exchange of any Note of any Series of Notes for a period of 15 days preceding the due date for payment in full of the Notes of such Series of Notes.

 

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Notes, but HVF II or the Registrar may require payment by the Noteholder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or governmental charge that may be imposed in connection with any transfer or exchange of Notes.

 

(f) Unless otherwise provided in the applicable Group Supplement or Series Supplement, registration of transfer of Notes containing a legend relating to the restrictions on transfer of such Notes (which legend shall be set forth in the applicable Group/Series Supplement) shall be effected only if the conditions set forth in such applicable Series Supplement are satisfied. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 2.8 and except as otherwise provided in Section 2.13 , the typewritten Note or Notes representing Book-Entry Notes for any Series of Notes may be transferred, in whole but not in part, only to another nominee of the Clearing Agency for such Series of Notes, or to a successor Clearing Agency for such Series of Notes selected or approved by HVF II or to a nominee of such successor Clearing Agency, only if in accordance with this Section 2.8 and Section 2.12 .

 

(g) If the Notes are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange, the Trustee or the Luxembourg Agent, as the case may be, shall send to HVF II upon any transfer or exchange of any Note information reflected in the copy of the register for the Notes maintained by the Registrar or the Luxembourg Agent, as the case may be.

 

(h) The Trustee shall have no obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note (including any transfers between or among Clearing Agency Participants or beneficial owners of interests in any global Note) other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by the terms of, this Indenture, and to examine the same to determine substantial compliance as to form with the express requirements hereof.

 

(i) Neither the Trustee nor any Agent shall have any responsibility for any actions taken or not taken by the Clearing Agency.

 

Section 2.9.                                  Persons Deemed Owners .

 

Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Note, the Trustee, any Agent and HVF II may deem and treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered (as of the day of determination) as the absolute owner of such Note for the purpose of receiving payment of principal of and interest on such Note and for all other purposes whatsoever, whether or not such Note is overdue, and neither the Trustee, any Agent nor HVF II shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

Section 2.10.                           Replacement Notes .

 

(a) If (i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Trustee, or the Trustee receives evidence to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note, and (ii) there is delivered to the Trustee such security or indemnity as may be required by it to hold HVF II and the Trustee harmless then, provided that the requirements of Section 8-405 of the UCC are met, HVF II shall execute and upon its request the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in exchange for or in lieu

 

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of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note, a replacement Note; provided , however , that if any such destroyed, lost or stolen Note, but not a mutilated Note, shall have become or within seven (7) days shall be due and payable, instead of issuing a replacement Note, HVF II may pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note when so due or payable without surrender thereof.  If, after the delivery of such replacement Note or payment of a destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to the proviso to the preceding sentence, a protected purchaser (within the meaning of Section 8-303 of the UCC) of the original Note in lieu of which such replacement Note was issued presents for payment such original Note, HVF II and the Trustee shall be entitled to recover such replacement Note (or such payment) from the Person to whom it was delivered or any Person taking such replacement Note from such Person to whom such replacement Note was delivered or any assignee of such Person, except a protected purchaser, and shall be entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided therefor to the extent of any loss, damage, cost or expense incurred by HVF II or the Trustee in connection therewith.

 

(b) Upon the issuance of any replacement Note under this Section 2.10 , HVF II may require the payment by the Noteholder of such Note of a sum sufficient to cover any tax or other governmental charge that may be imposed in relation thereto and any other reasonable expenses (including the fees and expenses of the Trustee) connected therewith.

 

(c) Every replacement Note issued pursuant to this Section 2.10 in replacement of any mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be entitled to all the benefits of this Base Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes of the same Class and Series of Notes duly issued hereunder.

 

(d) The provisions of this Section 2.10 are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.

 

Section 2.11.                           Treasury Notes .

 

In determining whether the Noteholders of the required Principal Amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, waiver or consent, Notes owned by HVF II or any Affiliate of HVF II (other than an Affiliate Issuer) shall be considered as though they are not Outstanding, except that for the purpose of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, waiver or consent, only Notes of which a Trust Officer has received written notice of such ownership shall be so disregarded.  Absent written notice to the Trustee of such ownership, the Trustee shall not be deemed to have knowledge of the identity of the individual owners of the Notes.

 

Section 2.12.                           Book-Entry Notes .

 

(a) Unless otherwise provided in any applicable Group/Series Supplement, the Notes of each Series of Notes, upon original issuance, shall be issued in the form of typewritten Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes, to be delivered to the depository specified in such Series Supplement (the “ Depository ”) which shall be the Clearing Agency on behalf of such Series of Notes.  The Notes of each Series of Notes shall, unless otherwise provided in the applicable Group/Series Supplement, initially be registered on the Note Register in the name of

 

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the Clearing Agency or the nominee of the Clearing Agency.  No Note Owner will receive a definitive note representing such Note Owner’s interest in the related Series of Notes, except as provided in Section 2.13 .  Unless and until definitive, fully registered Notes of any Series of Notes (“ Definitive Notes ”) have been issued to Note Owners pursuant to Section 2.13 :

 

(i)              the provisions of this Section 2.12 shall be in full force and effect with respect to each such Series of Notes;

 

(ii)           HVF II, the Paying Agent, the Registrar and the Trustee may deal with the Clearing Agency and the applicable Clearing Agency Participants for all purposes (including the payment of principal of and interest on the Notes and the giving of instructions or directions hereunder) as the sole Noteholder of such Series of Notes, and shall have no obligation to the Note Owners;

 

(iii)        to the extent that the provisions of this Section 2.12 conflict with any other provisions of this Base Indenture, the provisions of this Section 2.12 shall control with respect to each such Series of Notes;

 

(iv)       the rights of Note Owners of each such Series of Notes shall be exercised only through the Clearing Agency and the applicable Clearing Agency Participants and shall be limited to those established by law and agreements between such Note Owners and the Clearing Agency and/or the Clearing Agency Participants, and all references in this Base Indenture to actions by the Noteholders (or the portion of the Noteholders represented by the Noteholders of such Series of Notes) shall refer to actions taken by the Clearing Agency upon instructions from the Clearing Agency Participants, and all references in this Base Indenture to distributions, notices, reports and statements to the Noteholders (or the portion of the Noteholders represented by the Noteholders of such Series of Notes) shall refer to distributions, notices, reports and statements to the Clearing Agency, as registered holder of the Notes of such Series of Notes, for distribution to the Note Owners in accordance with the procedures of the Clearing Agency; and

 

(v)          whenever this Base Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken based upon instructions or directions of Noteholders evidencing a specified percentage of the principal amount of the Outstanding Notes, the applicable Clearing Agency shall be deemed to represent such percentage only to the extent that it has received instructions to such effect from Note Owners and/or their related Clearing Agency Participants owning or representing, respectively, such required percentage of the beneficial interest in the Outstanding Notes and has delivered such instructions to the Trustee.

 

Pursuant to the Depository Agreement applicable to a Series of Notes, unless and until Definitive Notes of such Series of Notes are issued pursuant to Section 2.13 , the initial Clearing Agency will make book-entry transfers among the Clearing Agency Participants and receive and transmit distributions of principal and interest on the Notes to such Clearing Agency Participants.

 

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(b) Whenever notice or other communication to any Noteholder is required under this Base Indenture, unless and until Definitive Notes shall have been issued to the Note Owner with respect thereto pursuant to Section 2.13 , the Trustee and HVF II shall give all such notices and communications specified herein to be given to such Noteholder to the applicable Clearing Agency for distribution to such Note Owner.

 

Section 2.13.                           Definitive Notes .

 

(a) The Notes of any Series of Notes, to the extent provided in the related Group/Series Supplement, upon original issuance, may be issued in the form of Definitive Notes. The applicable Group/Series Supplement shall set forth the legend relating to the restrictions on transfer of such Definitive Notes and such other restrictions as may be applicable.

 

(b) With respect to the Notes of any Series of Notes issued in the form of typewritten Notes representing the Book-Entry Notes, if:

 

(i) both (A) HVF II advises the Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency with respect to any Series of Notes is no longer willing or able to discharge properly its responsibilities under the applicable Depository Agreement and (B) the Trustee or HVF II is unable to locate a qualified successor;

 

(ii) HVF II, at its option, advises the Trustee in writing that it elects to terminate the book-entry system through the Clearing Agency with respect to any Series of Notes Outstanding; or

 

(iii) during the continuance of an Amortization Event with respect to any Series of Notes Outstanding, Note Owners holding a beneficial interest in excess of 50% of the aggregate Principal Amount of such Series of Notes advise the Trustee and the applicable Clearing Agency through the applicable Clearing Agency Participants in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the applicable Clearing Agency is no longer in the best interests of such Note Owners,

 

then the Trustee shall notify all Note Owners of such Series of Notes, through the applicable Clearing Agency Participants, of the occurrence of any such event and of the availability of Definitive Notes to Note Owners of such Series of Notes.  Upon surrender to the Trustee of the Notes of such Series of Notes by the applicable Clearing Agency, accompanied by registration instructions from the applicable Clearing Agency for registration, HVF II shall execute and the Trustee shall authenticate, upon receipt of a Company Order, and deliver Definitive Notes in accordance with the instructions of the Clearing Agency.  Neither HVF II nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions and may each conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.  Upon the issuance of Definitive Notes of such Series of Notes all references herein to obligations imposed upon or to be performed by the applicable Clearing Agency shall be deemed to be imposed upon and performed by the Trustee, to the extent applicable with respect to such Definitive Notes, and the Trustee shall

 

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recognize the Noteholders of the Definitive Notes of such Series of Notes as Noteholders of such Series of Notes hereunder.

 

Section 2.14.                           Cancellation .

 

HVF II may at any time deliver to the Trustee for cancellation any Notes previously authenticated and delivered hereunder which HVF II may have acquired in any manner whatsoever, and all Notes so delivered shall be promptly cancelled by the Trustee.  The Registrar and Paying Agent shall forward to the Trustee any Notes surrendered to them for registration of transfer, exchange or payment.  The Trustee shall cancel all Notes surrendered for registration of transfer, exchange, payment, replacement or cancellation and the principal of and all accrued interest on all such cancelled Notes shall be deemed to have been paid in full (and such payment of principal and interest shall be deemed to have been made to the relevant Noteholders) and such cancelled Notes shall be deemed no longer to be outstanding for all purposes hereunder.  HVF II may not issue new Notes to replace Notes that it has redeemed or paid or that have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation.  All cancelled Notes held by the Trustee shall be disposed of in accordance with the Trustee’s standard disposition procedures unless HVF II shall direct that cancelled Notes be returned to it pursuant to a Company Order.

 

Section 2.15.                           Principal and Interest .

 

(a) The principal of each Series of Notes shall be payable at the times and in the amount set forth in the applicable Group/Series Supplement.

 

(b) Each Series of Notes shall accrue interest as provided in the applicable Group/Series Supplement and such interest shall be payable at the times and in the amount set forth in the applicable Group/Series Supplement.

 

(c) Except as provided in the following sentence, the Person in whose name any Note is registered at the close of business on any Record Date with respect to a Payment Date for such Note shall be entitled to receive the principal and interest payable on such Payment Date notwithstanding the cancellation of such Note upon any registration of transfer, exchange or substitution of such Note subsequent to such Record Date.  Any interest payable at maturity shall be paid to the Person to whom the principal of such Note is payable.

 

(d) If HVF II defaults in the payment of interest on the Notes of any Series of Notes, such interest, to the extent paid on any date that is more than five (5) Business Days after the applicable due date, at the option of HVF II, shall cease to be payable to the Persons who were Noteholders of such Series of Notes on the applicable Record Date and HVF II shall pay the defaulted interest in any lawful manner, plus, to the extent lawful, interest payable on the defaulted interest, to the Persons who are Noteholders of such Series of Notes on a subsequent special record date which date shall be at least five (5) Business Days prior to the payment date, at the rate provided in the applicable Group/Series Supplement and in the Notes of such Series of Notes.  HVF II shall fix or cause to be fixed each such special record date and payment date, and at least fifteen (15) days before the special record date, HVF II (or the Trustee, in the name of and at the expense of HVF II) shall mail to the Noteholders of such Series of Notes a notice

 

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that states the special record date, the related payment date and the amount of such interest to be paid.

 

Section 2.16.                           Tax Treatment .

 

HVF II has structured this Base Indenture and each existing Group/Series Supplement and will structure each future Group/Series Supplement and the Notes have been (or will be) issued with the intention that the Notes will qualify under applicable tax law as indebtedness and any entity acquiring any direct or indirect interest in any Note by acceptance of its Notes (or, in the case of a Note Owner, by virtue of such Note Owner’s acquisition of a beneficial interest therein) agrees to treat the Notes (or beneficial interests therein) for purposes of Federal, state and local and income or franchise taxes and any other tax imposed on or measured by income, as indebtedness.

 

ARTICLE III

 

SECURITY

 

Each Series of Notes shall be secured in accordance with its related Group/Series Supplement and the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

RULE 144A INFORMATION

 

For so long as any of the Notes are “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, HVF II agrees to provide or cause to be provided to any Noteholder or Note Owner and to any prospective purchaser of Notes designated by such Noteholder or Note Owner upon the request of such Noteholder or Note Owner or prospective purchaser, any information required to be provided to such holder or prospective purchaser to satisfy the conditions set forth in Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act.

 

ARTICLE V

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

HVF II hereby represents and warrants, for the benefit of the Trustee and the Noteholders, that the following (i) was true as of the Initial Series Closing Date and (ii) is true as of each Closing Date:

 

Section 5.1.                                  Existence and Power .

 

(a) HVF II (i) is a limited partnership duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (ii) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign limited partnership and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where the character of its property, the nature of its business or the performance of its obligations under the Base Related Documents with respect to such date make such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to so qualify is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect,

 

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and (iii) has all limited partnership powers and all governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted and for purposes of the transactions contemplated by the Base Related Documents with respect to such date, except to the extent that the failure to so qualify is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b) The HVF II General Partner (i) is the sole general partner of HVF II, (ii) is a corporation duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (iii) is duly qualified to do business as a foreign corporation and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where the character of its property, the nature of its business or the performance of its obligations under the Base Related Documents with respect to such date make such qualification necessary, except to the extent that the failure to so qualify is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and (iv) has all corporate powers and all governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals required to carry on its business as now conducted and for purposes of the transactions contemplated by the Base Related Documents with respect to such date, except to the extent that the failure to so qualify is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 5.2.                                  Limited Partnership and Governmental Authorization .

 

The execution, delivery and performance by HVF II of this Base Indenture and the Base Related Documents with respect to such date to which it is a party (a) is within HVF II’s limited partnership powers, (b) have been duly authorized by all necessary limited partnership action, (c) requires no action by or in respect of, or filing with any Governmental Authority that has not been obtained, except to the extent that the failure to take such action or effect such filing is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (d) does not contravene, or constitute a default under, any Requirements of Law with respect to HVF II or any Contractual Obligation with respect to HVF II or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (other than Base Permitted Liens) on any property of HVF II, except to the extent that such contravention or default is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.  This Base Indenture and each of the other Base Related Documents with respect to such date to which HVF II is a party have been executed and delivered by a duly authorized officer of HVF II.

 

Section 5.3.                                  No Consent .

 

No consent, action by or in respect of, approval or other authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is required for the valid execution and delivery by HVF II of this Base Indenture or any other applicable Base Related Documents with respect to such date or for the performance of any of HVF II’s obligations hereunder or thereunder other than such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations, declarations or filings as shall have been obtained by HVF II prior to such date and except to the extent that the failure to so obtain any such consent, approval or authorization, take any such action or effect any such registration, declaration or filing is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 5.4.                                  Binding Effect .

 

This Base Indenture and each other Base Related Document is a legal, valid and binding obligation of HVF II enforceable against HVF II in accordance with its terms (except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity and by an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing).

 

Section 5.5.                                  Litigation .

 

There is no action, suit or proceeding pending against or, to the knowledge of HVF II, threatened against or affecting HVF II before any court or arbitrator or any Governmental Authority with respect to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse decision that would be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 5.6.                                  No ERISA Plan .

 

HVF II has not established and does not maintain or contribute to any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA.

 

Section 5.7.                                  Tax Filings and Expenses .

 

HVF II has filed all federal, state and local tax returns and all other tax returns that, to the knowledge of HVF II, are required to be filed (whether informational returns or not), and has paid all taxes due, if any, pursuant to said returns or pursuant to any assessment received by HVF II, except such taxes, if any, as are being contested in good faith and for which adequate reserves have been set aside on its books.  HVF II has paid all fees and expenses required to be paid by it in connection with the conduct of its business, the maintenance of its existence and its qualification as a foreign limited partnership authorized to do business in each State in which it is required to so qualify, except to the extent that the failure to pay such fees and expenses is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 5.8.                                  Disclosure .

 

All certificates, reports, statements, documents and other information (other than any certificates, reports, statements, documents or other information relating to any financial statements of Hertz and its consolidated Subsidiaries) furnished to the Trustee by or on behalf of HVF II pursuant to any provision of this Base Indenture or any other Base Related Documents with respect to such date, or in connection with or pursuant to any amendment or modification of, or waiver under, this Base Indenture or any other Base Related Document with respect to such date, shall, at the time the same are so furnished, be complete and correct to the extent necessary to give the Trustee true and accurate knowledge of the subject matter thereof in all material respects, and the furnishing of the same to the Trustee shall constitute a representation and warranty by HVF II made on the date the same are furnished to the Trustee to the effect specified herein.

 

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Section 5.9.                                  Solvency .

 

Both before and after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Base Related Documents, HVF II is solvent within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Code and HVF II is not the subject of any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to itself or its debts under any bankruptcy or insolvency law and no Event of Bankruptcy has occurred with respect to HVF II.

 

Section 5.10.                           Investment Company Act .

 

HVF II is not, and is not controlled by, an “investment company” within the meaning of, and is not required to register as an “investment company” under, the Investment Company Act.

 

Section 5.11.                           Regulations T, U and X .

 

The proceeds of the Notes will not be used to purchase or carry any “margin stock” (as defined or used in the regulations of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, including Regulations T, U and X thereof).  HVF II is not engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock.

 

Section 5.12.                           Ownership of Limited Partnership Interests; Subsidiary .

 

The sole general partner of HVF II is the HVF II General Partner and the sole limited partner of HVF II is Hertz, all of the issued and outstanding membership interests in the HVF II General Partner are owned by Hertz, all of which interests have been validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and are owned of record by Hertz, free and clear of all Liens other than Base Permitted Liens; provided , however , that such limited partnership interests in HVF II and/or such membership interest in the General Partner (collectively, the “ SPV Issuer Equity ”) may be pledged for the benefit of one or more Pledged Equity Secured Parties pursuant to any Pledged Equity Security Agreement as long as such Pledged Equity Security Agreement contains the Required Standstill Provisions.  HVF II has no subsidiaries and owns no capital stock of, or other equity interest in, any other Person.

 

Section 5.13.                           Non-Existence of Other Agreements .

 

As of the date of the issuance of the first Series of Notes, other than as permitted by Section 6.14 , (i) HVF II is not a party to any contract or agreement of any kind or nature and (ii) HVF II is not subject to any material obligations or liabilities of any kind or nature in favor of any third party, including Contingent Obligations.  As of the date of the issuance of the first Series of Notes, HVF II has not engaged in any business or enterprise or entered into any transaction, other than, in each case, as permitted by Section 6.15 .

 

Section 5.14.                           Compliance with Contractual Obligations and Laws .

 

HVF II is not (i) in violation of the HVF II LP Agreement, (ii) in violation of any Requirement of Law with respect to HVF II, except to the extent any such violation is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (iii) in violation of any Contractual

 

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Obligation with respect to HVF II, except to the extent any such violation is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

COVENANTS

 

Section 6.1.                                  Maintenance of Office or Agency .

 

HVF II will maintain an office or agency (that may be an office of the Trustee, the Registrar or co-registrar) where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange, where notices and demands to or upon HVF II in respect of the Notes and this Base Indenture may be served, and where, at any time when HVF II is obligated to make a payment of principal of, and premium, if any, upon, the Notes, the Notes may be surrendered for payment.  HVF II will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency.  If at any time HVF II shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office, and HVF II hereby appoints the Trustee as its agent to receive all surrenders, notices and demands.

 

HVF II may also from time to time designate one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations.  HVF II will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission.

 

HVF II hereby designates the Corporate Trust Office as one such office or agency of HVF II.

 

Section 6.2.                                  Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence .

 

HVF II will maintain its existence as a limited partnership under the laws of the State of Delaware and will obtain and preserve its qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify would be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 6.3.                                  Compliance with Laws .

 

HVF II will comply in all respects with all Requirements of Law with respect to HVF II, except where the necessity of compliance therewith is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and where such noncompliance is not reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect and will not result in a Lien (other than (i) with respect to any such Lien on the property of HVF II not constituting (A) Group-Specific Collateral with respect to any Group of Notes or (B) Series-Specific Collateral with respect to any Series of Notes, Base Permitted Liens, (ii) with respect to any such Lien on the property of HVF II constituting Group-Specific Collateral with respect to any Group of Notes, Group Permitted Liens for such Group of Notes and (iii) with respect to any such Lien on the property of HVF II constituting

 

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Series-Specific Collateral with respect to any Series of Notes, Series Permitted Liens for such Series of Notes).

 

Section 6.4.                                  Inspection of Property, Books and Records .

 

HVF II will keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries shall be made of all its dealings, transactions in relation to the Collateral and its business activities sufficient to prepare financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and will permit the Trustee to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine and make abstracts from any of its books and records and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its officers and directors, all at such reasonable times upon reasonable notice and as often as may reasonably be requested.

 

Section 6.5.                                  Notice of Material Proceedings .

 

Within five (5) Business Days of any Authorized Officer of HVF II obtaining actual knowledge thereof, HVF II shall give the Trustee and the Rating Agencies written notice of the commencement or existence of any proceeding by or before any Governmental Authority against or affecting HVF II that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 6.6.                                  Liens .

 

HVF II will not create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien upon any of its property (including the Collateral), other than: (i) with respect to any such property not constituting (A) Group-Specific Collateral with respect to any Group of Notes or (B) Series-Specific Collateral with respect to any Series of Notes, Base Permitted Liens, (ii) with respect any such property constituting Group-Specific Collateral with respect to any Group of Notes, Group Permitted Liens for such Group of Notes and (iii) with respect to any such property constituting Series-Specific Collateral with respect to any Series of Notes, Series Permitted Liens for such Series of Notes.

 

Section 6.7.                                  Other Indebtedness .

 

HVF II will not create, assume, incur, suffer to exist or otherwise become or remain liable in respect of any Indebtedness other than under any Master Related Document.

 

Section 6.8.                                  No ERISA Plan .

 

HVF II shall not establish or maintain or contribute to any Plan that is covered by Title IV of ERISA.

 

Section 6.9.                                  Mergers .

 

HVF II will not be a party to any merger or consolidation, other than a merger or consolidation of HVF II into or with another Person if:

 

(a) the Person formed by such consolidation or into or with which HVF II is merged shall be a Person organized and existing under the laws of the United States of America

 

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or any state or the District of Columbia, and if HVF II is not the surviving entity, shall expressly assume, by an indenture supplemental hereto executed and delivered to the Trustee, the performance of every covenant and obligation of HVF II hereunder and under all other Master Related Documents to which HVF II is a party;

 

(b) HVF II has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such consolidation or merger and such supplemental agreement comply with this Section 6.9 ;

 

(c) the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Notes Outstanding shall have been satisfied with respect to such merger or consolidation; and

 

(d) HVF II has delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that HVF II would not be substantively consolidated with any immediate and direct parent of such Person as a result of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to any such parent.

 

Section 6.10.                           Sales of Assets .

 

HVF II will not sell, lease, transfer, liquidate or otherwise dispose of any of its property except as contemplated by the Master Related Documents.

 

Section 6.11.                           Acquisition of Assets .

 

HVF II will not acquire, by long-term or operating lease or otherwise, any property except in accordance with the terms of the Master Related Documents.

 

Section 6.12.                           Organizational Documents .

 

Neither HVF II nor the HVF II General Partner will amend any of its organizational documents, including the certificate of limited partnership or the limited partnership agreement of HVF II and the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the HVF II General Partner unless, prior to such amendment, the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Notes Outstanding shall have been satisfied with respect to such amendment.

 

Section 6.13.                           Investments .

 

Neither HVF II nor the HVF II General Partner will make, incur, or suffer to exist any loan, advance, extension of credit or other investment in any Person other than in accordance with the Master Related Documents and, in addition, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, HVF II will not direct the investment of funds in any Group-Specific Collection Account or Series-Specific Collection Account in a manner that would have the effect of causing HVF II to be an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act.

 

Section 6.14.                           No Other Agreements .

 

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effect a merger or consolidation permitted pursuant to Section 6.9 or any documents and agreements incidental or related to any of the foregoing.

 

Section 6.15.                           Other Business .

 

HVF II will not engage in any business or enterprise or enter into any transaction other than the acquisition and funding of Group-Specific Collateral and Series-Specific Collateral, the related exercise of its rights under Group-Specific Collateral, Series-Specific Collateral and the Master Related Documents, the incurrence and payment of ordinary course operating expenses, the issuing and selling of the Notes and other activities related to or incidental to any of the foregoing.

 

Section 6.16.                           Maintenance of Separate Existence .

 

Each of HVF II and the HVF II General Partner will:

 

(a) maintain its own deposit account or accounts, separate from those of any Affiliate, with commercial banking institutions and ensure that the funds of HVF II will not be diverted to any other Person or for other than the use of HVF II, nor will such funds be commingled with the funds of Hertz or any other Subsidiary or Affiliate of Hertz other than as provided in the Master Related Documents;

 

(b) ensure that all transactions between HVF II and any of its Affiliates, whether currently existing or hereafter entered into, shall be only on an arm’s length basis, it being understood and agreed that the transactions contemplated in the Master Related Documents meet the requirements of this clause (b) ;

 

(c) to the extent that it requires an office to conduct its business, conduct its business from an office at a separate address from that of Hertz and its Affiliates (other than Hertz Vehicles LLC or any other affiliated special purpose company (other than HGI)); provided , that segregated offices in the same building shall constitute separate addresses for purposes of this clause (c) .  To the extent that HVF II and any of its members or Affiliates have offices in the same location, there shall be a fair and appropriate allocation of overhead costs among them, and each such entity shall bear its fair share of such expenses;

 

(d)  conduct its affairs in its own name and in accordance with the HVF II LP Agreement or the HVF II General Partner Certificate of Incorporation and by-laws, as applicable, and observe all necessary, appropriate and customary limited partnership or corporate formalities, as applicable, including, but not limited to, holding all regular and special meetings and/or adopting all written consents appropriate to authorize all actions of HVF II or the HVF II General Partner, as applicable, keeping separate and accurate minutes of its meetings, passing all resolutions or consents necessary to authorize actions taken or to be taken, and maintaining accurate and separate books, records and accounts, including, but not limited to, payroll and intercompany transaction accounts;

 

(e) not assume or guarantee any of the liabilities of Hertz or any Affiliate thereof (other than any liability of HVF II that may be deemed assumed or guaranteed by the HVF II General Partner solely due to the HVF II

 

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General Partner’s status as a general partner of HVF II under the law of the State of Delaware);

 

(f) only in the case of the HVF II General Partner, maintain at least two (2) Independent Directors on its Board of Directors; and

 

(g) maintain separate financial statements in accordance with GAAP, or, if financial statements are prepared on a consolidated basis with Hertz or any Affiliate thereof, such financial statements shall contain notes clearly (i) disclosing the separate legal existence of each of HVF II and the HVF II General Partner and (ii) stating that the assets of HVF II and the assets of the HVF II General Partner are owned by HVF II or the HVF II General Partner, as applicable, and are not available to satisfy obligations of Hertz or such Affiliate and identifying the amounts of the assets so owned.

 

Section 6.17.                           Purchase and Sale of Assets .

 

The Issuer will not acquire or dispose of assets for the primary purpose of recognizing gains or decreasing losses resulting from market value changes.  The Issuer will not purchase or otherwise acquire any asset that is not an “eligible asset” within the meaning of Rule 3a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act; provided, however, that the Issuer may purchase or otherwise acquire an asset that is not an “eligible asset” to the extent that the purchase or acquisition of such asset is considered an activity that is related or incidental to the business of purchasing or otherwise acquiring “eligible assets” under Rule 3a-7.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

THE TRUSTEE

 

Section 7.1.                                  Duties of the Trustee .

 

(a) If an Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Base Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise, as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.  The preceding sentence shall not have the effect of insulating the Trustee from liability arising out of the Trustee’s negligence or willful misconduct.

 

(b) Except during the occurrence and continuance of an Amortization Event:

 

(i)              The Trustee undertakes to perform only those duties that are specifically set forth in this Indenture and the Master Related Documents to which it is a party and no others, and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture or such Master Related Documents against the Trustee; and

 

(ii)           In the absence of negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on its part, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture or any applicable

 

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Master Related Document; however, in the case of any such certificates or opinions which by any provision hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine such certificates or opinions to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture or such Master Related Document (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein).  Except as otherwise provided, the delivery of reports, information and documents to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including HVF II’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder or thereunder, as the case may be (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates).

 

(c) Subject to Section 7.1(a) , no provision of the Base Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own negligent action, its own negligent failure to act or willful misconduct, provided , however , that:

 

(i)              This clause does not limit the effect of clause (b)  of this Section 7.1 .

 

(ii)           The Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Trust Officer, unless it is proved that the Trustee was negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts nor shall the Trustee be liable with respect to any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in accordance with the Base Indenture.

 

(iii)        The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any default by any Person in the performance of its obligations under any Master Related Document, unless a Trust Officer receives written notice of such failure from HVF II, Hertz, any Leasing Company Trustee or any Noteholder or otherwise has actual knowledge thereof.

 

(iv)       Prior to occurrence of an Amortization Event with respect to any Series of Notes, and after curing all such Amortization Events which may have occurred, the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of the Base Indenture, the Trustee shall be obligated to perform only such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in the Base Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into the Base Indenture against the Trustee.

 

(v)          The Trustee shall not be required to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder, or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers, if there is reasonable ground for believing that the repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it, and none of the provisions contained in the Base Indenture shall in any event require the Trustee to perform, or be responsible for the manner of performance of, any of the obligations of any Person under any of the Master Related Documents.

 

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Paying Agent or the Registrar, as the case may be, under this Base Indenture, the Trustee shall be obligated as soon as practicable upon actual knowledge of a Trust Officer thereof and receipt of appropriate records and information, if any, to perform such obligation, duty or agreement in the manner so required.

 

(e) Subject to Section 7.3 , all moneys received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received, but need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law or the Master Related Documents.

 

(f) Whether or not therein expressly so provided, every provision of this Base Indenture relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of or affording protection to the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.1 .

 

(g) Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody thereof, the Trustee shall have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto and, unless directed by the Required Noteholders of any Series of Notes Outstanding, the Trustee shall not be responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection of any security interest in the Collateral.  The Trustee shall be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property and shall not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Collateral, by reason of the act or omission or any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the Trustee with due care in good faith.

 

(h) The Trustee shall not be responsible for the existence, genuineness or value of any of the Collateral or for the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Liens in any of the Collateral, whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of any action or omission to act on its part hereunder, except to the extent such action or omission constitutes negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, for the validity or sufficiency of the Collateral or any agreement or assignment contained therein, for the validity of the title of HVF II to the Collateral, for insuring the Collateral or for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or Liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Collateral.  Except as otherwise provided herein, the Trustee shall have no duty to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms of this Base Indenture or any other Master Related Document by HVF II or the Collateral Agent.

 

Section 7.2.                                  Rights of the Trustee .

 

Except as otherwise provided by Section 7.1 :

 

(a) The Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting based upon any document believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed by or presented by the proper person.

 

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(b) The Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice of such counsel or any Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, suffered or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in reliance thereon.

 

(c) The Trustee may act through agents, custodians and nominees and shall not be liable for any misconduct or negligence on the part of, or for the supervision of, any such agent, custodian or nominee so long as such agent, custodian or nominee is appointed with due care.  The appointment of agents (other than legal counsel) pursuant to this subsection (c)  shall be subject to the prior consent of HVF II, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within its rights or powers conferred upon it by this Base Indenture; provided that , the Trustee’s conduct does not constitute willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.

 

(e) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Base Indenture, any Group Supplement or any Series Supplement, or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation hereunder or in relation hereto, at the request, order or direction of any of the Noteholders, pursuant to the provisions of this Base Indenture, any Group Supplement or any Series Supplement, unless such Noteholders shall have offered to the Trustee reasonable security or indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred therein or thereby.  Nothing contained herein shall, however, relieve the Trustee of the obligations, upon the occurrence of a default by any Leasing Company or HVF II (that, in any such case, has not been cured), to exercise such rights and powers vested in it by this Base Indenture, any Group Supplement or any Series Supplement, and to use the same degree of care and skill in their exercise as a prudent man would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of his own affairs.

 

(f) The Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts of matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, approval, bond or other paper or document, unless requested in writing to do so by the Required Noteholders of any Series of Notes. If the Trustee is so requested by the Required Noteholders or determines in its own discretion to make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it sees fit, the Trustee shall be entitled, upon reasonable notice and upon reasonable request, to examine the books, records and premises of HVF II, personally or by agent or attorney, at the sole cost of HVF II and the Trustee shall incur no liability by reason of such inquiry or investigation.

 

(g) The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses or liquidation penalties in connection with Permitted Investments, unless such losses or liquidation penalties were incurred through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct, negligence or bad faith.

 

(h) The Trustee shall not be liable for the acts or omissions of any successor to the Trustee so long as such acts or omissions were not the result of the negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of the predecessor Trustee.

 

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(i) The Trustee shall not be required to take any action pursuant to any request or direction of HVF II unless such request or direction is sufficiently evidenced by a Company Request or Company Order.

 

(j) Whenever in the administration of this Base Indenture the Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, the Trustee (unless other evidence be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of bad faith on its part, conclusively rely upon an Officer’s Certificate.

 

(k) The rights, privileges, protections, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including its right to be indemnified, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other person employed to act hereunder.

 

(l) The Trustee may request that HVF II deliver an incumbency certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Base Indenture, which incumbency certificate may be signed by any person authorized to sign an Officer’s Certificate, including any person specified as so authorized in any such certificate previously delivered and not superseded.

 

(m) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software or hardware) services; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts that are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.

 

(n) In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for special, punitive, indirect, or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including, but not limited to, loss of profit) irrespective of whether the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action.

 

(o) The Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Potential Amortization Event or Amortization Event unless a Trust Officer has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee and such notice references the Notes or this Indenture.

 

Section 7.3.                                  Individual Rights of the Trustee .

 

The Trustee in its individual or any other capacity may become the owner or pledgee of Notes and may otherwise deal with HVF II or an Affiliate of HVF II with the same rights it would have if it were not Trustee.  Any Agent may do the same with like rights.

 

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Section 7.4.                                  Notice of Amortization Events and Potential Amortization Events .

 

If an Amortization Event or a Potential Amortization Event with respect to any Series of Notes Outstanding occurs and is continuing of which a Trust Officer shall have received written notice, the Trustee shall promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days after the receipt of such notice) provide the Noteholders, HVF II and each Rating Agency with notice of such Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, to the extent that the Notes of such Series are Book-Entry Notes, by telephone and facsimile and otherwise by first class mail.

 

Section 7.5.                                  Compensation .

 

(a) HVF II shall promptly pay to the Trustee from time to time compensation for its acceptance of this Base Indenture and services hereunder as the Trustee and HVF II shall from time to time agree in writing.  The Trustee’s compensation shall not be limited by any law on compensation of a trustee of an express trust.  HVF II shall reimburse the Trustee promptly upon request for all reasonable disbursements, advances and expenses incurred or made by it in addition to the compensation for its services.  Such expenses shall include the reasonable compensation, disbursements and expenses of the Trustee’s agents and counsel.

 

(b) HVF II shall not be required to reimburse any expense or indemnify the Trustee against any loss, liability, or expense incurred by the Trustee through the Trustee’s own willful misconduct or negligence.

 

(c) When the Trustee incurs expenses or renders services after an Amortization Event occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under the Bankruptcy Code.

 

(d) The provisions of this Section 7.5 shall survive the termination of this Base Indenture and the resignation and removal of the Trustee.

 

Section 7.6.                                  Replacement of the Trustee .

 

(a) The Trustee may, after giving forty-five (45) days prior written notice to HVF II, each Noteholder and each Rating Agency, resign at any time and be discharged from the trust hereby created.  The Requisite Indenture Investors, acting together, may remove the Trustee with respect to the trust hereby created at any time by so notifying the Trustee and HVF II.  So long as no Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Series of Notes Outstanding, HVF II may remove the Trustee at any time.  HVF II shall remove the Trustee if:

 

(i)              the Trustee fails to comply with Section 7.8 ;

 

(ii)           the Trustee is adjudged a bankrupt or an insolvent or an order for relief is entered with respect to the Trustee under the Bankruptcy Code;

 

(iii)        a custodian or public officer takes charge of the Trustee or its property; or

 

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(iv)       the Trustee becomes incapable of acting.

 

(b) If the Trustee resigns or is removed or if a vacancy exists in the office of the Trustee for any reason, HVF II shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee.  Within one year after the successor Trustee takes office, the Requisite Indenture Investors, acting together, may appoint a successor Trustee to replace the successor Trustee appointed by HVF II.

 

(c) If a successor Trustee does not take office within forty-five (45) days after the retiring Trustee gives notice of its intent to resign or is removed, the retiring Trustee or any Noteholder, at the expense of HVF II, may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

(d) If the Trustee, after written request by any Noteholder to comply with Section 7.8 , fails to comply with Section 7.8 , such Noteholder may petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

(e) A successor Trustee shall deliver a written acceptance of its appointment to the retiring Trustee or removed Trustee and to HVF II.  Thereupon the resignation or removal of the retiring Trustee shall become effective, and the successor Trustee shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Trustee under this Base Indenture and any Series Supplement.  The successor Trustee shall mail a notice of its succession to the Noteholders.  The retiring Trustee shall promptly transfer all property held by it as Trustee to the successor Trustee; provided , however , that all sums owing to the retiring Trustee hereunder have been paid.  Notwithstanding replacement of the Trustee pursuant to this Section 7.6 , HVF II’s obligations under Section 7.5 shall continue for the benefit of the retiring Trustee.

 

(f) A resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall become effective only upon the successor trustee’s acceptance of appointment as provided in Section 7.6(e)  and the assumption of obligations of the Trustee hereunder by such successor trustee.

 

Section 7.7.                                  Successor Trustee by Merger, etc .

 

Subject to Section 7.8 , if the Trustee consolidates, merges or converts into, or transfers all or substantially all of its corporate trust business to, another corporation, the successor corporation without any further act shall be the successor Trustee.

 

Section 7.8.                                  Eligibility Disqualification .

 

(a) There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder which shall (i) be a corporation organized and doing business under the laws of the United States or of any state thereof that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power, (ii) be subject to supervision or examination by Federal or state authority and shall have a combined capital and surplus of at least $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition and (iii)  satisfy the requirements for a trustee set forth in paragraph (a)(4)(i) of Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act.

 

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(b) If at any time the Trustee shall cease to satisfy the eligibility requirements of Section 7.8(a)  above, the Trustee shall resign immediately in the manner and with the effect specified in Section 7.6 .

 

Section 7.9.                                  Appointment of Co-Trustee or Separate Trustee .

 

(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Base Indenture or any Series Supplement, at any time, for the purpose of meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in which any part of the Collateral may at the time be located, the Trustee shall have the power and may execute and deliver all instruments to appoint one or more persons to act as a co-trustee or co-trustees, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of all or any part of the Collateral, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in such capacity and for the benefit of the Noteholders, such title to the Collateral, or any part thereof, and, subject to the other provisions of this Section 7.9 , such powers, duties, obligations, rights and trusts as the Trustee may consider necessary or desirable.  No co-trustee or separate trustee hereunder shall be required to meet the terms of eligibility as a successor trustee under Section 7.8 and no notice to Noteholders of the appointment of any co-trustee or separate trustee shall be required under Section 7.6 .  No co-trustee shall be appointed without the consent of HVF II unless such appointment is required as a matter of state law or to enable the Trustee to perform its functions hereunder.

 

(b) Every separate trustee and co-trustee shall, to the extent permitted by law, be appointed and act subject to the following provisions and conditions:

 

(i)              The Notes of each Series of Notes shall be authenticated and delivered solely by the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee;

 

(ii)           All rights, powers, duties and obligations conferred or imposed upon the Trustee shall be conferred or imposed upon and exercised or performed by the Trustee and such separate trustee or co-trustee jointly (it being understood that such separate trustee or co-trustee is not authorized to act separately without the Trustee joining in such act), except to the extent that under any law of any jurisdiction in which any particular act or acts are to be performed, the Trustee shall be incompetent or unqualified to perform, such act or acts, in which event such rights, powers, duties and obligations (including the holding of title to the Collateral or any portion thereof in any such jurisdiction) shall be exercised and performed singly by such separate trustee or co-trustee, but solely at the direction of the Trustee;

 

(iii)        No trustee hereunder shall be personally liable by reason of any act or omission of any other trustee hereunder; and

 

(iv)       The Trustee may at any time accept the resignation of or remove any separate trustee or co-trustee.

 

(c) Any notice, request or other writing given to the Trustee shall be deemed to have been given to each of the then separate trustees and co-trustees, as effectively as if given to each of them.  Every instrument appointing any separate trustee or co-trustee shall refer to this Base Indenture and the conditions of this Article VII .  Each separate trustee and co-trustee, upon its acceptance of the trusts conferred, shall be vested with the estates or property specified

 

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in its instrument of appointment, either jointly with the Trustee or separately, as may be provided therein, subject to all the provisions of this Base Indenture, any Group Supplement and any Series Supplement, specifically including every provision of this Base Indenture or any Series Supplement relating to the conduct of, affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee.  Every such instrument shall be filed with the Trustee and a copy thereof given to HVF II.

 

(d) Any separate trustee or co-trustee may at any time constitute the Trustee, its agent or attorney-in-fact with full power and authority, to the extent not prohibited by law, to do any lawful act under or in respect to this Base Indenture or any Series Supplement on its behalf and in its name.  If any separate trustee or co-trustee shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all of its estates, properties, rights, remedies and trusts shall vest in and be exercised by the Trustee, to the extent permitted by law, without the appointment of a new or successor trustee.

 

Section 7.10.                           Representations and Warranties of Trustee .

 

The Trustee represents and warrants to HVF II and the Noteholders that:

 

(i)              The Trustee is a national banking association, organized, existing and in good standing under the laws of the United States;

 

(ii)           The Trustee has full power, authority and right to execute, deliver and perform this Base Indenture and any Series Supplement issued concurrently with this Base Indenture and to authenticate the Notes, and has taken all necessary action to authorize the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Base Indenture and any Series Supplement issued concurrently with this Base Indenture and to authenticate the Notes;

 

(iii)        This Base Indenture has been duly executed and delivered by the Trustee;

 

(iv)       The Trustee meets the requirements of eligibility as a trustee hereunder set forth in Section 7.8 ; and

 

(v)          The Trustee shall remain primarily liable for the actions of any co-trustees.

 

Section 7.11.                           HVF II Indemnification of the Trustee .

 

HVF II shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee or any predecessor Trustee and their respective directors, officers, agents and employees from and against any loss, liability, claim, expense (including taxes, other than taxes based upon, measured by or determined by the income of the Trustee or such predecessor Trustee), damage or injury suffered or sustained by reason of any acts, omissions or alleged acts or omissions arising out of or in connection with the activities of the Trustee or such predecessor Trustee pursuant to this Base Indenture or any other Master Related Document, including but not limited to any judgment, award, settlement, reasonable attorneys’ fees and other costs or expenses reasonably incurred in connection with the

 

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defense of any actual or threatened action, proceeding, claim (whether asserted by HVF II, any Noteholder or any other Person) or liability in connection with the exercise or performance of any of its powers or duties hereunder, or in connection with enforcing the provisions of this Section 7.11 ; provided , however , that , HVF II shall not indemnify the Trustee, any predecessor Trustee or their respective directors, officers, employees or agents if such acts, omissions or alleged acts or omissions constitute bad faith or negligence by the Trustee or such predecessor Trustee, as the case may be.  The indemnity provided herein shall survive the termination of this Base Indenture and the resignation and removal of the Trustee.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE

 

Section 8.1.                                  Termination of HVF II’s Obligations .

 

(a) This Base Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except that (i) HVF II’s obligations under Section 7.5 and Section 7.11 , (ii) the Trustee’s and Paying Agent’s obligations under Section 8.3 and (iii) the Noteholders’ and the Trustee’s obligations under Section 10.14 shall survive) when all Outstanding Notes theretofore authenticated and issued (other than destroyed, lost or stolen Notes which have been replaced or paid) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation and HVF II has paid all sums payable hereunder.

 

(b) In addition, except as may be provided to the contrary in any Series Supplement, HVF II may terminate all of its obligations under this Base Indenture if:

 

(i)              HVF II irrevocably deposits in trust with the Trustee or at the option of the Trustee, with a trustee reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee and HVF II under the terms of an irrevocable trust agreement in form and substance satisfactory to the Trustee, money or U.S. Government Obligations in an amount sufficient, in the opinion of a nationally recognized firm of independent certified public accountants expressed in a written certification thereof delivered to the Trustee, to pay, when due, principal and interest on the Notes to maturity or redemption, as the case may be, and to pay all other sums payable by it hereunder; provided , however , that (1) such trustee of the irrevocable trust shall have been irrevocably instructed to pay such money or the proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations to the Trustee and (2) the Trustee shall have been irrevocably instructed to apply such money or the proceeds of such U.S. Government Obligations to the payment of said principal and interest with respect to the Notes;

 

(ii)           HVF II delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of HVF II stating that all conditions precedent to satisfaction and discharge of this Base Indenture have been complied with, and an Opinion of Counsel to the same effect;

 

(iii)        HVF II delivers to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of HVF II stating that no Potential Amortization Event or

 

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Amortization Event shall have occurred and be continuing on the date of such deposit; and

 

(iv)       the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Notes Outstanding shall have been satisfied with respect to such deposit and termination of obligations pursuant to this Section 8.1 .

 

Then, this Base Indenture shall cease to be of further effect (except as provided in this Section 8.1 ), and the Trustee, on demand of HVF II, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging confirmation of and discharge under this Base Indenture.

 

(c) After such irrevocable deposit made pursuant to Section 8.1(b)  and satisfaction of the other conditions set forth herein, the Trustee upon request shall acknowledge in writing the discharge of HVF II’s obligations under this Base Indenture except for those surviving obligations specified above.

 

In order to have money available on a payment date to pay principal or interest on the Notes, the U.S. Government Obligations shall be payable as to principal or interest at least one Business Day before such payment date in such amounts as will provide the necessary money.  U.S. Government Obligations shall not be callable at the issuer’s option.

 

Section 8.2.                                  Application of Trust Money .

 

The Trustee or a trustee satisfactory to the Trustee and HVF II shall hold in trust money or U.S. Government Obligations deposited with it pursuant to Section 8.1.   The Trustee shall apply the deposited money and the money from U.S. Government Obligations through the Paying Agent in accordance with this Base Indenture to the payment of principal and interest on the Notes.  The provisions of this Section 8.2 shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Base Indenture.

 

Section 8.3.                                  Repayment to HVF II .

 

The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly pay to HVF II upon written request any excess money or, pursuant to Sections 2.10 and 2.14 , return any Notes held by them at any time.

 

Subject to Section 2.6(c) , the Trustee and the Paying Agent shall pay to HVF II upon written request any money held by them for the payment of principal or interest that remains unclaimed for two years after the date upon which such payment shall have become due.

 

The provisions of this Section 8.3 shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of this Base Indenture.

 

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ARTICLE IX

 

AMENDMENTS

 

Section 9.1.                                  Without Consent of the Noteholders .

 

(a) Without the consent of any Noteholder, HVF II and the Trustee, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more Indenture Supplements hereto, in form satisfactory to the Trustee, for any of the following purposes:

 

(i)                        to create a new Group of Notes;

 

(ii)                     to create a new Series of Notes;

 

(iii)                  to add to the covenants of HVF II for the benefit of any Noteholders (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all Series of Notes, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such Series of Notes) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon HVF II ( provided , however , that HVF II will not pursuant to this subsection 9.1(a)(iii)  surrender any right or power it has under any Group Related Document or Series Related Document);

 

(iv)                 to mortgage, pledge, convey, assign and transfer to the Trustee any property or assets as security for the Notes and to specify the terms and conditions upon which such property or assets are to be held and dealt with by the Trustee and to set forth such other provisions in respect thereof as may be required by the Base Indenture or as may, consistent with the provisions of the Base Indenture, be deemed appropriate by HVF II and the Trustee, or to correct or amplify the description of any such property or assets at any time so mortgaged, pledged, conveyed, assigned and transferred to the Trustee;

 

(v)                    to cure any mistake, ambiguity, defect, or inconsistency or to correct or supplement any provision contained herein;

 

(vi)                 to provide for uncertificated Notes in addition to certificated Notes;

 

(vii)              to add to or change any of the provisions of the Base Indenture to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Notes in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons;

 

(viii)           to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Notes of one or more Series of Notes and to add to or change any of the provisions of the Base Indenture as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee; or

 

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(ix)                 to correct or supplement any provision herein that may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or therein or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Base Indenture;

 

provided , however , that, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II, such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Noteholder.

 

Section 9.2.                                  With Consent of the Noteholders .

 

(a) Except as provided in Section 9.1 or any related provision in a Group Supplement, the provisions of this Base Indenture may from time to time be amended, modified or waived, if such amendment, modification or waiver is in writing and consented to in writing by HVF II, the Trustee and the Requisite Indenture Investors (or the Requisite Group Investors of each Outstanding Group of Notes, in respect of any amendment, modification or waiver to the Base Indenture that materially adversely affects only the Noteholders of such Group of Notes and does not materially adversely affect the Noteholders of any other Group of Notes, as substantiated by an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II to such effect); provided , that the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Notes Outstanding shall have been satisfied with respect to each such amendment or modification.

 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing (but subject to the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence):

 

(i)              any modification of this Section 9.2 or any requirement hereunder that any particular action be taken by Noteholders holding the relevant percentage in Principal Amount of the Notes shall require the consent of each Noteholder materially adversely affected thereby; and

 

(ii)           any amendment, waiver or other modification to this Base Indenture that would (A) extend the due date for, or reduce the amount of any scheduled repayment or prepayment of principal of or interest on any Note (or reduce the principal amount of or rate of interest on any Note) shall require the consent of each materially adversely affected Noteholder; or (B) affect adversely in any material respect the interests, rights or obligations of any Noteholder individually in comparison to any other Noteholder shall require the consent of such Noteholder.

 

(c) No failure or delay on the part of any Noteholder or the Trustee in exercising any power or right under this Base Indenture or any other Base Related Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right; provided that , for the avoidance of doubt, any exercise of any such right or power shall remain subject to each condition expressly specified in any Group I Related Document with respect to such exercise.

 

Section 9.3.                                  Supplements and Amendments .

 

Each amendment or other modification to this Base Indenture shall be set forth in an Indenture Supplement.  The initial effectiveness of each Indenture Supplement shall be

 

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subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Notes Outstanding.

 

Section 9.4.                                  Revocation and Effect of Consents .

 

Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Noteholder of a Note is a continuing consent by the Noteholder and every subsequent Noteholder of a Note or portion of a Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Noteholder’s Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Note.  However, any such Noteholder or subsequent Noteholder may revoke the consent as to his Note or portion of a Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective, unless otherwise expressly set forth in such consent or in any solicitation statement or similar document delivered in connection with such consent.  An amendment or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Noteholder.  HVF II may fix a record date for determining which Noteholders must consent to such amendment or waiver.

 

Section 9.5.                                  Notation on or Exchange of Notes .

 

The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment or waiver on any Note thereafter authenticated.  HVF II, in exchange for all Notes, may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate new Notes that reflect the amendment or waiver.  Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment or waiver.

 

Section 9.6.                                  The Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc .

 

The Trustee shall sign any Indenture Supplement authorized pursuant to this Article IX if such Indenture Supplement does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee.  If it does, the Trustee may, but need not, sign it.  In signing any amendment hereto or Indenture Supplement, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, if requested, an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and to receive and, subject to Section 7.1 , shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that such Indenture Supplement is authorized or permitted by this Base Indenture and that all conditions precedent have been satisfied, and that it will be valid and binding upon HVF II in accordance with its terms.

 

ARTICLE X

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 10.1.                           Notices .

 

(a) Any notice or communication by HVF II or the Trustee to the other shall be in writing and delivered in person or mailed by first-class mail (registered or certified, return receipt requested), telex, telecopier or overnight air courier guaranteeing next day delivery, to the other’s address:

 

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If to HVF II:

 

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP

 

c/o

The Hertz Corporation

 

 

225 Brae Boulevard

 

 

Park Ridge, NJ 07656

 

 

 

 

Attn:

Treasury Department

 

Phone:

(201) 307-2000

 

Fax:

(201) 307-2746

 

 

 

 

If to the HVF II General Partner:

 

 

 

 

HVF II GP Corp.

 

c/o

The Hertz Corporation

 

 

225 Brae Boulevard

 

 

Park Ridge, NJ 07656

 

 

 

 

Attn:

Treasury Department

 

Phone:

(201) 307-2000

 

Fax:

(201) 307-2746

 

 

 

 

If to the Trustee:

 

 

 

 

2 North LaSalle, Suite 1020

 

Chicago, Illinois 60602

 

Attn: Corporate Trust Administrator — Structured Finance

 

Phone:  (312) 827-8569

 

Fax:  (312) 827-8562

 

HVF II or the Trustee by notice to the other may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications; provided , however , HVF II may not at any time designate more than a total of three (3) addresses to which notices must be sent in order to be effective.

 

Any notice (i) given in person shall be deemed delivered on the date of delivery of such notice, (ii) given by first class mail shall be deemed given five (5) days after the date that such notice is mailed, (iii) delivered by telex or telecopier shall be deemed given on the date of delivery of such notice, and (iv) delivered by overnight air courier shall be deemed delivered one Business Day after the date that such notice is delivered to such overnight courier.

 

Notwithstanding any provisions of this Base Indenture to the contrary, the Trustee shall have no liability based upon or arising from the failure to receive any notice required by or relating to this Base Indenture or the Notes.

 

If HVF II mails a notice or communication to the Noteholders, it shall mail a copy to the Trustee at the same time.

 

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In addition to the foregoing, the Trustee agrees to accept and act upon notice, instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail, facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods.  If the party elects to give the Trustee e-mail or facsimile instructions (or instructions by a similar electronic method) and the Trustee in its discretion elects to act upon such instructions, the Trustee’s understanding of such instructions shall be deemed controlling.  The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions notwithstanding such instructions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction.  The party providing electronic instructions agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk or interception and misuse by third parties.

 

(b) Where the Base Indenture provides for notice to Noteholders of any event, such notice shall be sufficiently given (unless otherwise herein expressly provided) if sent in writing and mailed, first-class postage prepaid, to each Noteholder affected by such event, at its address as it appears in the Note Register, not later than the latest date, and not earlier than the earliest date, prescribed (if any) for the giving of such notice.  In any case where notice to a Noteholder is given by mail, neither the failure to mail such notice, nor any defect in any notice so mailed, to any particular Noteholder shall affect the sufficiency of such notice with respect to other Noteholders, and any notice that is mailed in the manner herein provided shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given.  Where this Base Indenture provides for notice in any manner, such notice may be waived in writing by any Person entitled to receive such notice, either before or after the event, and such waiver shall be the equivalent of such notice.  Waivers of notice by Noteholders shall be filed with the Trustee, but such filing shall not be a condition precedent to the validity of any action taken in reliance upon such waiver.

 

In the case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice by mail, then such notification as shall be made that is satisfactory to the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.

 

Section 10.2.                           Certificate as to Conditions Precedent .

 

Upon any request or application by HVF II to the Trustee to take any action under this Base Indenture, HVF II shall furnish to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee (which shall include the statements set forth in Section 10.3 ) stating that, in the opinion of the signers, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Base Indenture relating to the proposed action have been complied with.

 

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Section 10.3.                           Statements Required in Certificate .

 

Each certificate with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided for in this Base Indenture shall include:

 

(a) a statement that the Person giving such certificate has read such covenant or condition;

 

(b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statements contained in such certificate are based;

 

(c) a statement that, in the opinion of such Person, he has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant or condition has been complied with; and

 

(d) a statement as to whether, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or covenant has been complied with.

 

Section 10.4.                           Rules by the Trustee .

 

The Trustee may make reasonable rules for action by or at a meeting of the Noteholders.

 

Section 10.5.                           Duplicate Originals.

 

The parties may sign any number of copies of this Base Indenture.  One signed copy is enough to prove this Base Indenture.

 

Section 10.6.                           Benefits of Indenture .

 

Except as set forth in a Group/Series Supplement, nothing in this Base Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Noteholders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under the Base Indenture.

 

Section 10.7.                           Payment on Business Day .

 

In any case where any Payment Date, redemption date or maturity date of any Note shall not be a Business Day, then (notwithstanding any other provision of this Base Indenture) payment of interest or principal (and premium, if any), as the case may be, need not be made on such date but may be made on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if made on the Payment Date, redemption date, or maturity date; provided , however . that no interest shall accrue for the period from and after such Payment Date, redemption date, or maturity date, as the case may be.

 

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Section 10.8.                           Governing Law .

 

THIS BASE INDENTURE AND EACH GROUP/SERIES SUPPLEMENT, AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS BASE INDENTURE OR ANY GROUP/SERIES SUPPLEMENT, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAW.

 

Section 10.9.                           Successors .

 

All agreements of HVF II in this Base Indenture and the Notes shall bind its successor; provided , however , except as provided in Section 9.2(b)(iii) , HVF II may not assign its obligations or rights under this Base Indenture or any Base Related Document.  All agreements of the Trustee in this Base Indenture shall bind its successor.

 

Section 10.10.                    Severability .

 

In case any provision in this Base Indenture or in the Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 10.11.                    Counterpart Originals .

 

This Base Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute one and the same Base Indenture.

 

Section 10.12.                    Table of Contents, Headings, etc .

 

The Table of Contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Base Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Section 10.13.                    Termination; Collateral .

 

This Base Indenture, and any grants, pledges and assignments hereunder, shall become effective concurrently with the issuance of the first Series of Notes and shall terminate when all Note Obligations have been fully paid and satisfied, at which time the Trustee, at the request of HVF II and upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II to the effect that all Note Obligations have been fully paid and satisfied, shall reassign (without recourse upon, or any representation or warranty whatsoever by, the Trustee) and deliver all Collateral and documents then in the custody or possession of the Trustee promptly to HVF II.

 

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Section 10.14.                                No Bankruptcy Petition Against HVF II .

 

Each of the Trustee and each Noteholder, by accepting a Note, hereby covenants and agrees that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing Note, it will not institute against, or join with, encourage or cooperate with any other Person in instituting, against HVF II, the HVF II General Partner, the Nominee or RCFC any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings, under any Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law; provided , however , that , nothing in this Section 10.14 shall constitute a waiver of any right to indemnification, reimbursement or other payment from HVF II pursuant to this Base Indenture.  In the event that any such Noteholder or the Trustee takes action in violation of this Section 10.14 , HVF II, the HVF II General Partner or its Independent Director, as the case may be, shall file or cause to be filed an answer with the bankruptcy court or otherwise properly contesting the filing of such a petition by any such Noteholder or the Trustee against HVF II or the HVF II General Partner, as the case may be, or the commencement of such action and raising the defense that such Noteholder or the Trustee has agreed in writing not to take such action and should be estopped and precluded therefrom and such other defenses, if any, as its counsel advises that it may assert.  The provisions of this Section 10.14 shall survive the termination of this Base Indenture, and the resignation or removal of the Trustee.  Nothing contained herein shall preclude participation by any Noteholder or the Trustee in the assertion or defense of its claims in any such proceeding involving HVF II, the HVF II General Partner or its Independent Director.

 

Section 10.15.                                No Recourse .

 

The obligations of HVF II under this Base Indenture and any Group/Series Supplement are solely the obligations of HVF II.  No recourse shall be had for the payment of any amount owing in respect of any fee hereunder or any other obligation or claim arising out of or based upon this Base Indenture or any Group/Series Supplement against any member, employee, officer or director of HVF II.  Fees, expenses, costs or other obligations payable by HVF II hereunder shall be payable by HVF II to the extent and only to the extent that HVF II is reimbursed therefor pursuant to any of the Master Related Documents, or funds are then available or thereafter become available for such purpose pursuant to the Master Related Documents.  In the event that HVF II is not reimbursed for such fees, expenses, costs or other obligations or that sufficient funds are not available for their payment pursuant to the Master Related Documents, the excess unpaid amount of such fees, expenses, costs or other obligations shall in no event constitute a claim (as defined in Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code) against, or corporate obligation of, HVF II. Nothing in this Section 10.15 shall be construed to limit the Trustee from exercising its rights hereunder with respect to the Collateral.

 

Section 10.16.                                Electronic Execution .

 

This Base Indenture may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile or other electronic means ( i.e. , a “pdf” or “tiff”).  The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable law, have the same force and effect as manually signed originals and shall be binding on each party hereto.  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Base Indenture or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including, without limitation, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to

 

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include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be.

 

Section 10.17.                                Waiver of Jury Trial .

 

EACH OF HVF II AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS BASE INDENTURE OR ANY GROUP/SERIES SUPPLEMENT, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

Section 10.18.                                Submission to Jurisdiction .  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court in New York County or federal court of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Base Indenture or any Group/Series Supplement, the Notes or the transactions contemplated hereby, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment arising out of or relating to this Base Indenture or any Group/Series Supplement, the Notes or the transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by law, federal court; (iii) agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law; (iv) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court and any objection it may now or hereafter have that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court, and agrees not to plead or claim the same; and (v) consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 10.1 (provided that, nothing in this Base Indenture shall affect the right of any such party to serve process in any other manner permitted by law).

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee and HVF II have caused this Base Indenture to be duly executed by their respective duly authorized officers as of the day and year first written above.

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP,

 

as Issuer

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

HVF II GP Corp.,

 

 

its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mitchell L. Brumwell

 

Name:

Mitchell L. Brumwell

 

Title:

Vice President

 



 

SCHEDULE I

TO THE

BASE INDENTURE

 

DEFINITIONS LIST

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any specified Person, another Person that directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the Person specified.  For purposes of this definition, “control” means the power to direct the management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

Affiliate Issuer ” means any special purpose entity that is an Affiliate of Hertz that has entered into financing arrangements secured by one or more Series of Notes and has assigned all of its voting, consent and control rights associated with such Notes ultimately to Persons that are not Affiliates of Hertz.

 

Agent ” means any Registrar or Paying Agent.

 

Aggregate Indenture Principal Amount ” means the sum of the Principal Amounts with respect to each Series of Notes Outstanding.

 

Amortization Event ” has the meaning specified, with respect to any Group of Notes or Series of Notes, in the applicable Group/Series Supplement.

 

Applicants ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.7 .

 

Authorized Officer ” means, as to Hertz or any of its Affiliates, any of (i) the President, (ii) the Chief Financial Officer, (iii) the Treasurer, (iv) any Assistant Treasurer, or (v) any Vice President in the tax, legal or treasury department, in each case of Hertz or such Affiliate, as applicable; provided , that an Authorized Officer of HVF II GP Corp. shall be deemed to be an Authorized Officer of HVF II.

 

Bankruptcy Code ” means The Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978.

 

Base Indenture ” means the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014, between HVF II and the Trustee, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, exclusive of Group Supplements and Series Supplements.

 

Base Permitted Lien ” means (i) Liens for current taxes not delinquent or for taxes being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP, (ii) mechanics’, materialmen’s, landlords’, warehousemen’s and carriers’ Liens, and other Liens imposed by law, securing obligations that are not more than thirty days past due or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP and (iii)

 

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Liens in favor of the Trustee pursuant to any Base Related Document and Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Base Related Documents ” means the Base Indenture, the HVF II LP Agreement, the HVF II General Partner Certificate of Incorporation and the by-laws of the HVF II General Partner, collectively.

 

Board of Directors ” means the Board of Directors of the HVF II General Partner or any authorized committee of the Board of Directors.

 

Book-Entry Notes ” means beneficial interests in the Notes, ownership and transfers of which shall be evidenced or made through book entries by a Clearing Agency as described in Section 2.12 of the Base Indenture; provided that after the occurrence of a condition whereupon book-entry registration and transfer are no longer permitted and Definitive Notes are issued to the Note Owners, such Definitive Notes shall replace Book-Entry Notes.

 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks are authorized or required by law to be closed in New York City, New York.

 

Certificated Security ” means a “certificated security” within the meaning of Section 8-102 of the applicable UCC.

 

Chapter 11 Proceedings ” means proceedings under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Class ” means, with respect to any Series of Notes, any one of the classes of Notes of that Series of Notes as specified in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

Clearing Agency ” means an organization registered as a “clearing agency” pursuant to Section 17A of the Exchange Act or any successor provision thereto or Euroclear or Clearstream.

 

Clearing Agency Participant ” means a broker, dealer, bank, other financial institution or other Person for whom from time to time a Clearing Agency effects book entry transfers and pledges of securities deposited with the Clearing Agency.

 

Clearstream ” means Clearstream Banking, societe anonyme.

 

Closing Date ” means the Restatement Effective Date and each Series Closing Date after the Restatement Effective Date, as applicable.

 

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, reformed or otherwise modified from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import, in each case as in effect from time to time. References to sections of the Code also refer to any successor or replacement sections.

 

Collateral ” means, collectively, the Group-Specific Collateral with respect to each Group of Notes and the Series-Specific Collateral with respect to each Series of Notes.

 

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Collateral Agency Agreement ” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Collateral Agency Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2013, among HVF, as grantor, HGI, as grantor, DTG Operations, Inc., as grantor, Hertz as grantor and collateral servicer, the Collateral Agent, and those various “Additional Grantors”, “Financing Sources” and “Beneficiaries” from time to time party thereto.

 

Collateral Agent ” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent under the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Company Order ” and “ Company Request ” means a written order or request signed in the name of HVF II by any one of its Authorized Officers and delivered to the Trustee.

 

Consolidated Subsidiary ” means, at any time, any Subsidiary or other entity the accounts of which are consolidated with those of Hertz in its consolidated financial statements as of such time.

 

Contingent Obligation ” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person (a) with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend, letter of credit or other obligation of another if the primary purpose or intent thereof by the Person incurring the Contingent Obligation is to provide assurance to the obligee of such obligation of another that such obligation of another will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such obligation will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof or (b) under any letter of credit issued for the account of that Person or for which that Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement thereof.  Contingent Obligations shall include (a) the direct or indirect guarantee, endorsement (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another and (b) any liability of such Person for the obligations of another through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise), (ii) to maintain the solvency of any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another or (iii) to make take-or-pay or similar payments if required regardless of non-performance by any other party or parties to an agreement, if in the case of any agreement described under subclause (i)  or (ii)  of this sentence the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in the preceding sentence. The amount of any Contingent Obligation shall be equal to the amount of the obligation so guaranteed or otherwise supported.

 

Contractual Obligation ” means, with respect to any Person, any provision of any security issued by that Person or of any material indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract, undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any material portion of its properties is bound or to which it or any material portion of its properties is subject.

 

Controlled Group ” means, with respect to any Person, such Person, whether or not incorporated, and any corporation, trade or business that is, along with such Person, a

 

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member of a controlled group of corporations or a controlled group of trades or businesses as described in Sections 414(b) and (c), respectively, of the Code.

 

Corporate Trust Office ” shall mean the principal office of the Trustee at which at any particular time its corporate trust business shall be administered which office at the date of the execution of the Base Indenture is located at 2 North LaSalle Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois 60602, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration—Structured Finance, or at any other time at such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Noteholders and HVF II.

 

DBRS ” means DBRS, Inc.

 

Definitions List ” means Schedule I to the Base Indenture.

 

Definitive Notes ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.12 .

 

Depository ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.12 .

 

Depository Agreement ” means, with respect to a Series of Notes having Book-Entry Notes, the agreement among HVF II, the Trustee and the Clearing Agency, or as otherwise provided in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

Dollar ” and the symbol “ $ ” mean the lawful currency of the United States.

 

DTC ” means The Depository Trust Company.

 

Enhancement ” means, with respect to any Series of Notes, the rights and benefits provided to the Noteholders of such Series of Notes pursuant to any letter of credit, surety bond, cash collateral account, overcollateralization, issuance of subordinated Notes, spread account, guaranteed rate agreement, maturity guaranty facility, tax protection agreement, interest rate swap, hedging instrument or any other similar agreement.

 

Enhancement Provider ” means the Person providing any Enhancement as designated in the applicable Series Supplement, other than any Noteholders the Notes of which are subordinated to any Class of the Notes of the same Series of Notes.

 

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and any successor statute of similar import, in each case as in effect from time to time. References to sections of ERISA also refer to any successor sections.

 

Euroclear ” means Euroclear Bank, S.A./N.V., as operator of the Euroclear System.

 

Event of Bankruptcy ” shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to a Person if:

 

(a)  a case or other proceeding shall be commenced, without the application or consent of such Person, in any court, seeking the liquidation,

 

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reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of debts of such Person, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, sequestrator or the like for such Person or all or any substantial part of its assets, or any similar action with respect to such Person under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or composition or adjustment of debts, and such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of 60 consecutive days; or an order for relief in respect of such Person shall be entered in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws or other similar laws now or hereafter in effect; or

 

(b)  such Person shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) for such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or

 

(c)  the board of directors of such Person (if such Person is a corporation or similar entity) shall vote to implement any of the actions set forth in clause (b) above.

 

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

FDIC ” means the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

 

Fitch ” means Fitch Ratings, Inc.

 

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time set forth in the Accounting Codification Standards issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or in such other statements by such other entity as may be in general use by significant segments of the accounting profession, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.

 

Governmental Authority ” means any Federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory body.

 

Group ” or “ Group of Notes ” means a Group of Notes established pursuant to the Base Indenture and the applicable Group Supplement.

 

Group Account ” means, with respect to any Group, the account or accounts established pursuant to the related Group Supplement for the benefit of a Group of Notes.

 

Group Permitted Lien ” shall have the meaning, with respect to any Group, set forth in the Group Supplement with respect to such Group.

 

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Group Related Documents ” shall have the meaning, with respect to any Group, set forth in the Group Supplement with respect to such Group.

 

Group Supplement ” means a supplement to the Base Indenture complying (to the extent applicable) with the terms of Section 2.3 of the Base Indenture.

 

Group/Series Supplement ” means a Series Supplement to a Group Supplement, together with such Group Supplement.

 

Group-Specific Collateral ” means, with respect to any Group, the collateral specified in the related Group Supplement as solely for the benefit of such Group of Notes.

 

Group-Specific Collection Account ” shall have the meaning, with respect to any Group, set forth in the Group Supplement with respect to such Group.

 

Group-Specific Collections ” means, with respect to any Group-Specific Collateral, all payments with respect to such Group-Specific Collateral, as further specified in the related Group Supplement.

 

Hertz ” means The Hertz Corporation, a Delaware corporation.

 

Hertz Vehicles LLC ” means Hertz Vehicles LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

HGI ” means Hertz General Interest LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

HVF ” means Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

HVF II ” means Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, a Delaware limited partnership.

 

HVF II General Partner ” means HVF II GP Corp., a Delaware corporation.

 

HVF II General Partner Certificate of Incorporation ” means the Certificate of Incorporation of HVF II GP Corp., dated as of September 27, 2013.

 

HVF II LP Agreement ” means the Limited Partnership Agreement of HVF II, dated as of November 25, 2013.

 

Indebtedness ” means, as applied to any Person, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (b) that portion of obligations with respect to any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) that is properly classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP, (c) notes payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money, (d) any obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price for property or services, which purchase price is (i) due more than six months from the date of the incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof or (ii) evidenced by a note or similar written instrument, (e) all indebtedness in respect of any of the foregoing secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned by that Person regardless of

 

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whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by that Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person, and (f) all Contingent Obligations of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.

 

Indenture ” means the Base Indenture.

 

Indenture Supplement ” means a supplement to the Base Indenture complying (to the extent applicable) with the terms of Article 9 of the Base Indenture.

 

Independent Director ” has the meaning specified in the HVF II General Partner Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Initial Series Closing Date ” means the date on which the initial Series of Notes are issued under the Base Indenture.

 

Investment Company Act ” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

Investment Property ” has the meaning specified in Section 9-102(a)(49) of the applicable UCC.

 

Leasing Company ” shall have the meaning, if any, specified, with respect to any Group, in the applicable Group Supplement.

 

Leasing Company Trustee ” shall have the meaning, if any, specified, with respect to any Group, in the applicable Group Supplement.

 

Lien ” means, when used with respect to any Person, any interest in any real or personal property, asset or other right held, owned or being purchased or acquired by such Person that secures payment or performance of any obligation, and shall include any mortgage, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge, retained security title of a conditional vendor or lessor, or other security interest of any kind, whether arising under a security agreement, mortgage, lease, deed of trust, chattel mortgage, assignment, pledge, retention or security title, financing or similar statement, or notice or arising as a matter of law, judicial process or otherwise; provided that , the foregoing shall not include, as of any date of determination, any interest in or right with respect to any passenger automobile, van or light-duty truck that is being rented (as of such date) to any third-party customer of Hertz or any Affiliate thereof, which interest or right secures payment or performance of any obligation of such third-party customer.

 

Master Related Documents ” means the Base Related Documents, the Group Related Documents and the Series Related Documents, collectively.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means, with respect to any occurrence, event or condition, applicable to any party to any of the Base Related Documents:

 

1.                                       a material adverse effect on the ability of HVF II or any Affiliate of HVF II that is a party to any of the Base Related Documents to perform its obligations under such Base Related Documents; or

 

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2.                                       a material adverse effect on the validity or enforceability of any Base Related Documents.

 

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service.

 

Nominee ” means the party named as such in the Nominee Agreement.

 

Nominee Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Vehicle Title Nominee Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2013, by and among Hertz Vehicles LLC, HGI, Hertz, the Collateral Agent and those various “Nominating Parties” from time to time party thereto.

 

Note ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Note Obligations ” means all principal and interest, at any time and from time to time, owing by HVF II on the Notes and all costs, fees and expenses payable by, or obligations of, HVF II under the Base Indenture and each other Master Related Documents.

 

Note Owner ” means, with respect to a Book-Entry Note, the Person who is the beneficial owner of such Book-Entry Note, as reflected on the books of the Clearing Agency, or on the books of a Person maintaining an account with such Clearing Agency (directly or as an indirect participant, in accordance with the rules of such Clearing Agency).

 

Note Register ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5 .

 

Noteholder ” and “ Holder ” means the Person in whose name a Note is registered in the Note Register.

 

Officer’s Certificate ” means a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of HVF II.

 

Opinion of Counsel ” means a written and signed opinion from legal counsel who is acceptable to the Trustee.  The counsel may be an employee of or counsel to Hertz or any of its Affiliates, as the case may be.  For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Opinion of Counsel” shall not include any opinion not bearing a handwritten signature.

 

Other Group Collateral ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 of this Base Indenture.

 

Outstanding ” has the meaning specified, with respect to any Series of Notes, in the applicable Group/Series Supplement.

 

Paying Agent ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.5 .

 

Payment Date ” means, unless otherwise specified in any Group/Series Supplement for the related Series of Notes, the 25th day of each calendar month, or if such day is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing on December 26, 2013.

 

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Permitted Investments ” has the meaning specified (a) with respect to any Series of Notes, in the applicable Series Supplement and (b) with respect to any Group, in the applicable Group Supplement.

 

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, corporation, trust, unincorporated organization or Governmental Authority.

 

Physical Property ” means banker’s acceptances, commercial paper, negotiable certificates of deposits and other obligations that constitute “instruments” within the meaning of Section 9-102(a)(47) of the applicable UCC and are susceptible to physical delivery and Certificated Securities.

 

Plan ” means any “employee pension benefit plan”, as such term is defined in ERISA, that is subject to Title IV of ERISA (other than a “multiemployer plan”, as defined in Section 4001 of ERISA) and to which any company in the Controlled Group has liability, including any liability by reason of having been a substantial employer within the meaning of Section 4063 of ERISA for any time within the preceding five years or by reason of being deemed to be a contributing sponsor under Section 4069 of ERISA.

 

Pledged Equity Collateral Agent ” means any trustee or collateral agent acting on behalf of any Pledged Equity Secured Party with respect to any of the SPV Issuer Equity.

 

Pledged Equity Lender ” means any Person who is a lender with respect to indebtedness of Hertz or any of its Affiliates where such indebtedness is secured by any of the SPV Issuer Equity.

 

Pledged Equity Secured Party ” means any Person who is (i) a secured party under a Pledged Equity Security Agreement or (ii) a Pledged Equity Lender.

 

Pledged Equity Security Agreement ” means any security agreement or intercreditor agreement with respect to any indebtedness of Hertz or any of its Affiliates where such indebtedness is secured by any of the SPV Issuer Equity.

 

Potential Amortization Event ” has the meaning specified, with respect to any Group of Notes or Series of Notes, in the applicable Group/Series Supplement.

 

Principal Amount ” has the meaning specified, with respect to any Series of Notes, in the applicable Group/Series Supplement.

 

Principal Group Terms ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 .

 

Proceeds ” has the meaning specified in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the applicable UCC.

 

Qualified Intermediary ” means a Person satisfying the requirements for a “qualified intermediary” within the meaning of Section 1031 of the Code and the regulations thereunder.

 

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Rating Agency ” with respect to any Series of Notes, has the meaning specified in the applicable Group/Series Supplement; provided , that, if a Rating Agency ceases to rate the Notes of any Series of Notes, such Rating Agency shall be deemed to no longer constitute a Rating Agency for all purposes with respect to such Series of Notes.

 

Rating Agency Condition ” with respect to any Series of Notes, has the meaning, if any, specified in the applicable Group/Series Supplement.

 

RCFC ” means Rental Car Finance Corp., an Oklahoma corporation (for the avoidance of doubt, including its successors by operation of a statutory conversion to a limited liability company).

 

Record Date ” means, with respect to any Series of Notes and any Payment Date, the date specified in the applicable Group/Series Supplement.

 

Registrar ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5 .

 

Reportable Event ” has the meaning set forth in Title IV of ERISA.

 

Required Noteholders ” has the meaning specified, with respect to any Series of Notes, in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

Required Standstill Provisions ” means with respect to any Pledged Equity Security Agreement and with respect to any Pledged Equity Secured Party and Pledged Equity Collateral Agent thereunder, terms pursuant to which such Pledged Equity Secured Party and Pledged Equity Collateral Agent agree substantially to the effect that:

 

(a) prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in fill of all of the Note Obligations,

 

(i) such Pledged Equity Collateral Agent and each Pledged Equity Secured Party shall not be entitled at any time to (A) institute against, or join any other person in instituting against, HVF II or the HVF II General Partner any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding or other similar proceeding under the laws of the United States or any State thereof or of any foreign jurisdiction, (B) transfer and register any of the SPV Issuer Equity in the name of such Pledged Equity Collateral Agent or a Pledged Equity Secured Party or any designee or nominee thereof, (C) foreclose such security interest regardless of the bankruptcy or insolvency of Hertz or any of its Subsidiaries, (D) exercise any voting rights granted or appurtenant to such SPV Issuer Equity or (E) enforce any right that the holder such SPV Issuer Equity might otherwise have to liquidate, consolidate, combine, collapse or disregard the entity status of HVF II or the HVF II General Partner and

 

(ii) each of such Pledged Equity Collateral Agent and each other Pledged Equity Secured Party waives and releases any right to (A) require that HVF II or the HVF II General Partner be in any manner merged, combined, collapsed or consolidated with or into Hertz or any of its Subsidiaries, including

 

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by way of substantive consolidation in a bankruptcy case or similar proceeding, (B) require that the status of HVF II or the HVF II General Partner as a separate entity be in any respect disregarded, (C) contest or challenge, or join any other Person in contesting or challenging, the transfers of any securitization assets from Hertz or any of its Subsidiaries to HVF II or the HVF II General Partner, whether on grounds that such transfers were disguised financings, preferential transfers, fraudulent conveyances or otherwise or a transfer other than a “true sale” or a “true contribution” or (D) contest or challenge, or join any other Person in contesting or challenging, any agreement pursuant to which any assets are leased by HVF II or the HVF II General Partner to any Person as other than a “true lease”;

 

(b) upon the transfer by Hertz or any of its Subsidiaries (other than HVF II or the HVF II General Partner or any other special purpose subsidiary of Hertz) of securitization assets to HVF II or the HVF II General Partner or any other such special purpose subsidiary in a securitization as permitted under such Pledged Equity Security Agreement, any liens with respect to such securitization assets arising under the loan and security documentation with respect to such Pledged Equity Security Agreement shall automatically be released (and the Pledged Equity Collateral Agent is authorized to execute and enter into any such releases and other documents as Hertz may reasonably request in order to give effect thereto);

 

(c) each of such Pledged Equity Collateral Agent and each Pledged Equity Secured Party shall take no action related to any SPV Issuer Equity that would cause HVF II or the HVF II General Partner to breach any of its covenants in its certificate of limited partnership or limited partnership agreement (each in the case of HVF II), certificate of incorporation or by-laws (each in the case of the HVF II General Partner) or in any other Master Related Document or to be unable to make any representation in any such document;

 

(d) each of such Pledged Equity Collateral Agent and each Pledged Equity Secured Party acknowledges that it has no interest in, and will not assert any interest in, the assets owned by HVF II or the HVF II General Partner other than, following a transfer of any pledged SPV Issuer Equity to the Pledged Equity Collateral Agent in connection with any exercise of remedies pursuant to such Pledged Equity Security Agreement, the right to receive lawful dividends or other distributions when paid by HVF II or the HVF II General Partner from lawful sources and in accordance with the Master Related Documents and the rights of a partner of HVF II or a member of the HVF II General Partner; and

 

(e) each such Pledged Equity Collateral Agent and each Pledged Equity Secured Party agree and acknowledge that: (i) each of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, each Enhancement Provider and any other agent and/or trustee acting on behalf of the Noteholders is an express third party beneficiary with respect to the provisions set forth in clause (a)  above and (ii) each of the Trustee, the Collateral Agent, each Enhancement Provider and any other agent and/or trustee acting on behalf of the Noteholders shall have

 

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the right to enforce compliance by the Pledged Equity Collateral Agent and each Pledged Equity Secured Party with respect to any of the foregoing clauses (a ) through (d) .

 

Requirements of Law ” means, with respect to any Person or any of its property (other than its Subsidiaries), the certificate of incorporation or articles of association and by-laws, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational or governing documents of such Person or any of its property (other than its Subsidiaries), and any law, treaty, rule or regulation, or determination of any arbitrator or Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property (other than its Subsidiaries) or to which such Person or any of its property (other than its Subsidiaries) is subject, whether Federal, state or local.

 

Requisite Group Investors ” has the meaning specified, with respect to any Group, in the applicable Group Supplement.

 

Requisite Indenture Investors ” means Noteholders holding in excess of 50% of the Aggregate Indenture Principal Amount; provided , however , that, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Amortization Event with respect to any Series of Notes held by a Committed Purchaser, the purchase commitment of such Committed Purchaser shall be deemed to be zero.

 

Responsible Officer ” means, with respect to the Collateral Agent, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Collateral Agent, including any Vice President, Assistant Vice President or Assistant Treasurer of the Corporate Trust Office, or any trust officer, or any officer customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the person who at the time shall be such officers, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with a particular subject, or any successor thereto responsible for the administration of the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Restatement Effective Date ” means October 31, 2014.

 

Revised Article 8 ” means Article 8 of the New York UCC.

 

Revised Article 9 ” means Article 9 of the New York UCC.

 

S&P ” or “ Standard & Poor’s ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

 

Securities Act ” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Series Closing Date ” means, with respect to any Series of Notes, the date specified as such in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

Series of Notes ” means, each Series of Notes issued and authenticated pursuant to the Base Indenture and a Group/Series Supplement.

 

Series Permitted Lien ” shall have the meaning, with respect to any Series of Notes, set forth in the Series Supplement with respect to such Series.

 

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Series Related Documents ” shall have the meaning, with respect to any Series of Notes, set forth in the Series Supplement with respect to such Series.

 

Series Supplement ” means, with respect to any Group Supplement, a supplement to such Group Supplement complying (to the extent applicable) with the terms of such Group Supplement pursuant to which a Series of Notes is issued.

 

Series-Specific Collateral ” means, with respect to any Series of Notes, the collateral specified in the related Series Supplement as solely for the benefit of such Series of Notes.

 

Series-Specific Collection Account ” shall have the meaning, with respect to any Series of Notes, set forth in the Series Supplement with respect to such Series of Notes.

 

SPV Issuer Equity ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.12 .

 

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person (herein referred to as the “parent”), any corporation, partnership, association or other business entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the equity or more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, at the time any determination is being made, owned, controlled or held by such parent or (b) that is, at the time any determination is being made, otherwise controlled, by such parent or one or more subsidiaries of such parent or by such parent and one or more subsidiaries of such parent.

 

Tax Opinion ” means an Opinion of Counsel to be delivered in connection with the issuance of a new Series of Notes to the effect that, for United States federal income tax purposes, (i) the issuance of such new Series of Notes will not affect adversely the United States federal income tax characterization of any Series of Notes Outstanding or Class thereof that was (based upon an Opinion of Counsel) characterized as debt at the time of their issuance and (ii) HVF II will not be classified as an association or as a publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation for United States federal income tax purposes.

 

Trust Officer ” means any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant secretary, associate, senior associate, or any trust officer, or any officer customarily performing functions similar to those performed by the person who at the time shall be such officers, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of his knowledge of and familiarity with a particular subject, or any successor thereto responsible for the administration of the Base Indenture.

 

Trustee ” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee under the Base Indenture and under each Group/Series Supplement.

 

U.S. Government Obligations ” means direct obligations of the United States of America, or any agency or instrumentality thereof for the payment of which the full faith and credit of the United States of America is pledged as to full and timely payment of such obligations.

 

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UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the specified jurisdiction.

 

United States ” or “ U.S. ” means the United States of America, its fifty States and the District of Columbia.

 

written ” or “ in writing ” means any form of written communication, including, without limitation, by means of telex, telecopier device, telegraph or cable.

 

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Exhibit 10.14

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP,
as Issuer

 

and

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee and as Securities Intermediary

 


 

AMENDED AND RESTATED GROUP I SUPPLEMENT

 

dated as of October 31, 2014

 

to

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BASE INDENTURE

 

dated as of October 31, 2014

 


 

Rental Car Asset Backed Notes
(Issuable in Series)

 



 

Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

2

 

 

 

 

Section 1.1.

Definitions

 

2

Section 1.2.

Cross-References

 

2

Section 1.3.

Accounting and Financial Determinations; No Duplication

 

2

Section 1.4.

Rules of Construction

 

2

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

THE NOTES

 

3

 

 

 

 

Section 2.1.

Designation and Terms of Group I Notes

 

3

Section 2.2.

Group I Notes Issuable in Series

 

4

Section 2.3.

Series Supplement for Each Series of Notes

 

6

Section 2.4.

Execution and Authentication

 

7

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

SECURITY

 

8

 

 

 

 

Section 3.1.

Grant of Security Interest

 

8

Section 3.2.

Certain Rights and Obligations of HVF II Unaffected

 

10

Section 3.3.

Performance of Group I Leasing Company Related Documents

 

10

Section 3.4.

Release of Collateral

 

11

Section 3.5.

Opinions of Counsel

 

11

Section 3.6.

Stamp, Other Similar Taxes and Filing Fees

 

12

Section 3.7.

Duty of the Trustee

 

12

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

REPORTS

 

12

 

 

 

 

Section 4.1.

Reports and Instructions to Trustee

 

12

Section 4.2.

Reports to Noteholders

 

13

Section 4.3.

Group I Administrator

 

13

Section 4.4.

Reports

 

14

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

ALLOCATION AND APPLICATION OF COLLECTIONS

 

14

 

 

 

 

Section 5.1.

Group I Collection Account

 

14

Section 5.2.

Trustee as Securities Intermediary

 

15

Section 5.3.

Group I Collections and Allocations

 

17

Section 5.4.

Determination of Monthly Interest

 

18

Section 5.5.

Determination of Monthly Principal

 

18

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

DISTRIBUTIONS

 

18

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

18

 

 

 

 

Section 7.1.

Security Interests

 

18

Section 7.2.

Group I Leasing Company Related Documents

 

20

Section 7.3.

Other Representations

 

20

 

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Table of Contents
(Continued)

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

COVENANTS

 

20

 

 

 

 

Section 8.1.

Payment of Notes

 

20

Section 8.2.

Compliance with Related Documents

 

21

Section 8.3.

Notice of Defaults

 

21

Section 8.4.

Further Requests

 

22

Section 8.5.

Further Assurances

 

22

Section 8.6.

Dividends, Officers’ Compensation, etc

 

23

Section 8.7.

Legal Name; Location Under Section 9-307

 

23

Section 8.8.

Information

 

23

Section 8.9.

Additional Leasing Companies

 

23

Section 8.10.

Payment of Taxes and Governmental Obligations

 

24

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX

AMORTIZATION EVENTS AND REMEDIES

 

24

 

 

 

 

Section 9.1.

Amortization Events

 

24

Section 9.2.

Rights of the Trustee upon Amortization Event or Certain Other Events of Default

 

24

Section 9.3.

Other Remedies

 

26

Section 9.4.

Waiver of Past Events

 

26

Section 9.5.

Control by Requisite Investors

 

27

Section 9.6.

Limitation on Suits

 

27

Section 9.7.

Right of Holders to Bring Suit

 

28

Section 9.8.

Collection Suit by the Trustee

 

28

Section 9.9.

The Trustee May File Proofs of Claim

 

28

Section 9.10.

Priorities

 

29

Section 9.11.

Rights and Remedies Cumulative

 

29

Section 9.12.

Delay or Omission Not Waiver

 

29

Section 9.13.

Reassignment of Surplus

 

29

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE X

AMENDMENTS

 

29

 

 

 

 

Section 10.1.

Without Consent of the Noteholders

 

29

Section 10.2.

With Consent of the Noteholders

 

31

Section 10.3.

Supplements and Amendments

 

32

Section 10.4.

Revocation and Effect of Consents

 

32

Section 10.5.

Notation on or Exchange of Notes

 

32

Section 10.6.

The Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc

 

33

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

 

33

 

 

 

 

Section 11.1.

Benefits of Indenture

 

33

Section 11.2.

Successors

 

33

Section 11.3.

Severability

 

33

Section 11.4.

Counterpart Originals

 

33

Section 11.5.

Table of Contents, Headings, etc

 

34

 

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Table of Contents
(Continued)

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

Section 11.6.

Termination; Collateral

 

34

Section 11.7.

Governing Law

 

35

Section 11.8.

Electronic Execution

 

35

Section 11.9.

Notices

 

35

 

Schedule

 

SCHEDULE I TO THE GROUP I SUPPLEMENT - DEFINITIONS LIST

 

Exhibits

 

Exhibit A               Form of RCFC Nominee Agreement

Exhibit B               Form of RCFC Organizational Documents

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED GROUP I SUPPLEMENT, dated as of October 31, 2014 (this “ Group I Supplement ”), between HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a special purpose limited partnership established under the laws of Delaware, as issuer (“ HVF II ”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (in such capacity, the “ Trustee ”) and as securities intermediary (in such capacity, the “ Securities Intermediary ”) to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014, between HVF II and the Trustee (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, exclusive of Group Supplements and Series Supplements,  the “ Base Indenture ”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS, Sections 2.2 and 9.1 of the Base Indenture provide, among other things, that HVF II and the Trustee may at any time and from time to time enter into a supplement to the Base Indenture for the purpose of authorizing the creation of one or more Groups of Notes;

 

WHEREAS, HVF II and the Trustee previously entered into the Group I Supplement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (the “ Initial Group I Supplement ”), to the Base Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2013 (the “ Initial Base Indenture ”), between HVF II and the Trustee;

 

WHEREAS, the Initial Group I Supplement permits HVF II to make amendments to the Initial Group I Supplement subject to certain conditions set forth therein;

 

WHEREAS, HVF II and the Trustee, in accordance with the Initial Group I Supplement, desire to amend and restate the Initial Group I Supplement on the date hereof in its entirety as set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing premises, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties hereto, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

DESIGNATION

 

There was created a Group under which various Series of Notes have been and may from time to time be issued pursuant to the Initial Base Indenture and the Initial Group I Supplement, and such Group was designated generally as Group I.  Each Series of Notes issued pursuant to the Initial Group I Indenture and a Group I Series Supplement was designated as and shall remain a Series of Group I Notes, and each Series of Notes issued pursuant to the Group I Indenture and a Group I Series Supplement shall be designated as a Series of Group I Notes (such notes, collectively, the “ Group I Notes ”).

 



 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS AND INCORPORATION BY REFERENCE

 

Section 1.1.           Definitions.

 

(a)           Certain capitalized terms used herein (including the preamble and the recitals hereto) shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Definitions List attached hereto as Schedule I (the “ Definitions List ”), as such Definitions List may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof, and all capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Base Indenture Definitions List, as amended, modified, restated or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Base Indenture.  All Article, Section or Subsection references herein shall refer to Articles, Sections or Subsections of this Group I Supplement, except as otherwise provided herein.  Unless otherwise stated herein, as the context otherwise requires or if such term is otherwise defined in the Base Indenture, each capitalized term used or defined herein shall relate only to the Group I Notes and not to any other Group of Notes issued by HVF II.

 

Section 1.2.           Cross-References .

 

Unless otherwise specified, references in this Group I Supplement and in each other Group I Related Document to any Article or Section are references to such Article or Section of this Group I Supplement or such other Group I Related Document, as the case may be and, unless otherwise specified, references in any Article, Section or definition to any clause are references to such clause of such Article, Section or definition.

 

Section 1.3.           Accounting and Financial Determinations; No Duplication .

 

Where the character or amount of any asset or liability or item of income or expense is required to be determined, or any accounting computation is required to be made, for the purpose of this Group I Supplement, such determination or calculation shall be made, to the extent applicable and except as otherwise specified in this Group I Supplement, in accordance with GAAP.  When used herein, the term “financial statement” shall include the notes and schedules thereto.  All accounting determinations and computations hereunder or under any other Group I Related Documents shall be made without duplication.

 

Section 1.4.           Rules of Construction .

 

In this Group I Supplement, including the preamble, recitals, attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders hereto, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a)           the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

 

(b)           references to an agreement or document shall include the preamble, recitals, all attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders to such agreement or document, and are to such agreement or document (including all such attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders to such agreement or document) as amended, supplemented,

 

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restated and otherwise modified from time to time and to any successor or replacement agreement or document, as applicable (unless otherwise stated);

 

(c)           reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are not prohibited by this Group I Supplement, and reference to any Person in a particular capacity only refers to such Person in such capacity;

 

(d)           reference to any gender includes the other gender;

 

(e)           reference to any Requirement of Law means such Requirement of Law as amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time;

 

(f)            “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term;

 

(g)           with respect to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including” and “to” means “to but excluding”;

 

(h)           references to sections of the Code also refer to any successor sections; and

 

(i)            the language used in this Group I Supplement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

ARTICLE II

 

THE NOTES

 

Section 2.1.           Designation and Terms of Group I Notes .

 

Each Series of Group I Notes shall be substantially in the form specified in the applicable Group I Series Supplement and shall bear, upon its face, the designation for such Series of Group I Notes to which it belongs as selected by HVF II, with such appropriate insertions, omissions, substitutions and other variations as are required or permitted hereby or by the applicable Group I Series Supplement and may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or indorsements placed thereon as may, consistently herewith, be determined to be appropriate by the Authorized Officer executing such Group I Notes, as evidenced by his execution of the Group I Notes.  All Group I Notes of any Series of Group I Notes shall, except as specified in the applicable Group I Series Supplement, be equally and ratably entitled as provided herein to the benefits hereof without preference, priority or distinction on account of the actual time or times of authentication and delivery, all in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Group I Indenture and the applicable Group I Series Supplement.  The aggregate principal amount of Group I Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Group I Supplement is unlimited.  The Group I Notes of each Series of Group I Notes shall be issued in the denominations set forth in the applicable Group I Series Supplement.  Each Series of Group I Notes which are designated as a Series of Group I Notes in the applicable Group I Series Supplement shall be secured by the Group I Indenture Collateral.

 

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Section 2.2.           Group I Notes Issuable in Series .

 

(a)           The Group I Notes shall be issued in one or more Series of Group I Notes.  Each Series of Group I Notes shall be created by a Group I Series Supplement.

 

(b)           Group I Notes of a new Series of Group I Notes may from time to time be executed by HVF II and delivered to the Trustee for authentication and thereupon the same shall be authenticated and delivered by the Trustee upon delivery by HVF II to the Trustee, and receipt by the Trustee, of the following:

 

(i)            a Company Order authorizing and directing the authentication and delivery of the Group I Notes of such new Series of Group I Notes by the Trustee and specifying the designation of such new Series of Group I Notes, the Initial Principal Amount (or the method for calculating the Initial Principal Amount) of such new Series of Group I Notes to be authenticated and the Note Rate with respect to such new Series of Group I Notes;

 

(ii)           a Group I Series Supplement satisfying the criteria set forth in Section 2.3 executed by HVF II, the Trustee and any other parties thereto and specifying the Group I Series Principal Terms of such new Series of Group I Notes;

 

(iii)          each related Group I Series Enhancement Agreement, if any, executed by each of the parties thereto, other than the Trustee;

 

(iv)          an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II to the effect that the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Group I Notes Outstanding (other than any such Series of Group I Notes (A) with respect to which an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event is continuing as of the date of the issuance of the new Series of Group I Notes or will occur as a result of the issuance of the new Series of Group I Notes or (B) that is being repaid in full with the proceeds of the Notes issued pursuant to such Group I Series Supplement) shall have been satisfied with respect to such issuance;

 

(v)           an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II dated as of the applicable Series Closing Date to the effect that (A) consent has been obtained from the Required Series Noteholders of each Series of Group I Notes with respect to which an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event is continuing as of the date of the issuance of the new Series of Group I Notes or will occur as a result of the issuance of the new Series of Group I Notes, if, in any such case, such existing Series of Group I Notes will not be refinanced with the proceeds of the issuance of such new Series of Notes, (B) all conditions precedent set forth in the Group I Indenture and the related Group I Series Supplement with respect to the authentication and delivery of the new Series of Group I Notes have been satisfied and (C) all conditions precedent set forth in the Group I Indenture with respect to the execution of the related Group I Series Supplement have been complied with in all material respects;

 

(vi)          a Tax Opinion;

 

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(vii)         with respect to each Series Related Document (other than the Group I Supplement, the Series Supplement or the HVF II LP Agreement) with respect to such Series to which HVF II or the HVF II General Partner is a party, evidence (in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II) that each party to such Series Related Document has covenanted and agreed in such Series Related Document that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of the latest maturing Note, it will not institute against, or join with any other Person in instituting, against HVF II or the HVF II General Partner any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings, under any Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law;

 

(viii)        unless otherwise specified in the related Group I Series Supplement, an Opinion of Counsel, subject to the assumptions and qualifications stated therein, and in a form substantially acceptable to the Trustee, dated the applicable Closing Date, substantially to the effect that:

 

(A)                                all conditions precedent provided for in the Group I Indenture and the related Group I Series Supplement with respect to the authentication and delivery of the new Series of Group I Notes have been complied with in all material respects, and all conditions precedent set forth in the Group I Indenture with respect to the execution of the related Group I Series Supplement have been complied with in all material respects;

 

(B)                                the related Group I Series Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by HVF II and the HVF II General Partner;

 

(C)                                the new Series of Group I Notes has been duly authorized and executed and, when authenticated and delivered in accordance with the provisions of the Group I Indenture and the related Group I Series Supplement, will constitute valid, binding and enforceable obligations of HVF II entitled to the benefits of the Group I Indenture and the related Group I Series Supplement, subject, in the case of enforcement, to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity;

 

(D)                                the related Group I Series Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered, and is a legal, valid and binding agreement of HVF II, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to general principles of equity; and

 

(E)                                 that the new Series of Group I Notes is secured by a valid and perfected security interest in the Group I Indenture Collateral; and

 

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(ix)          such other documents, instruments, certifications, agreements or other items as the Trustee may reasonably require.

 

Upon satisfaction of such conditions, the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, as provided above, such Series of Group I Notes upon execution thereof by HVF II.

 

Section 2.3.           Series Supplement for Each Series of Notes .  In conjunction with the issuance of a new Series of Group I Notes, the parties hereto shall execute a Group I Series Supplement, which shall specify the relevant terms with respect to such new Series of Group I Notes, which may include:

 

(i)            its name or designation;

 

(ii)           its Initial Principal Amount or the method of calculating its Initial Principal Amount;

 

(iii)          its Note Rate;

 

(iv)          its Series Closing Date;

 

(v)           each Rating Agency rating such Series of Group I Notes;

 

(vi)          the name of the Clearing Agency, if any;

 

(vii)         the interest payment date or dates and the date or dates from which interest shall accrue;

 

(viii)        the method of allocating Group I Collections to such Series of Group I Notes;

 

(ix)          whether the Group I Notes of such Group I Series will be issued in multiple Classes and, if so, the method of allocating Group I Collections allocated to such Group I Series among such Classes and the rights and priorities of each such Class;

 

(x)           the method by which the principal amount of the Group I Notes of such Series of Group I Notes shall amortize or accrete;

 

(xi)          the names of any Group I Series Accounts to be used by such Series of Group I Notes and the terms governing the operation of any such account and the use of moneys therein;

 

(xii)         any deposit of funds to be made in any Group I Series Account on the applicable Series Closing Date;

 

(xiii)        the terms of any related Group I Series Enhancement and the Group I Series Enhancement Provider thereof, if any;

 

(xiv)        whether the Group I Notes of such Series of Group I Notes may be issued in bearer form and any limitations imposed thereon;

 

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(xv)          its Legal Final Payment Date; and

 

(xvi)         any other relevant terms of such Series of Group I Notes that do not change the terms of any Series of Group I Notes Outstanding (all such terms, the “ Group I Series Principal Terms ” of such Series of Group I Notes).

 

Section 2.4.            Execution and Authentication .

 

(a)            Each Series of Group I Notes shall, upon issue pursuant to Section 2.2 , be executed on behalf of HVF II by an Authorized Officer and delivered by HVF II to the Trustee for authentication and redelivery as provided herein.  If an Authorized Officer whose signature is on a Group I Note no longer holds that office at the time the Group I Note is authenticated, such Group I Note shall nevertheless be valid.

 

(b)            At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Group I Supplement, HVF II may deliver Group I Notes of any particular Series of Group I Notes executed by HVF II to the Trustee for authentication, together with one or more Company Orders for the authentication and delivery of such Group I Notes, and the Trustee, in accordance with such Company Order and this Group I Supplement, shall authenticate and deliver such Group I Notes.

 

(c)            No Group I Note shall be entitled to any benefit under the Group I Indenture or be valid for any purpose unless there appears on such Group I Note a certificate of authentication substantially in the form provided for herein, duly executed by the Trustee by the manual signature of a Trust Officer (and the Luxembourg agent (the “ Luxembourg Agent ”), if the Group I Notes of the Series of Group I Notes to which such Group I Note belongs are listed on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange).  Such signatures on such certificate shall be conclusive evidence, and the only evidence, that the Group I Note has been duly authenticated under this Group I Supplement.  The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent acceptable to HVF II to authenticate Group I Notes.  Unless limited by the term of such appointment, an authenticating agent may authenticate Group I Notes whenever the Trustee may do so.  Each reference in this Group I Supplement to authentication by the Trustee includes authentication by such agent.  The Trustee’s certificate of authentication shall be in substantially the following form:

 

This is one of the Group I Notes of a Series of Group I Notes issued under the within mentioned Group I Indenture.

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 

(d)            Each Group I Note shall be dated and issued as of the date of its authentication by the Trustee.

 

(e)            Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any Group I Note shall have been authenticated and delivered hereunder but never issued and sold by HVF II, and HVF II shall

 

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deliver such Group I Note to the Trustee for cancellation as provided in Section 2.4 of the Base Indenture together with a written statement (which need not comply with Section 10.3 of the Base Indenture and need not be accompanied by an Opinion of Counsel) stating that such Group I Note has never been issued and sold by HVF II, for all purposes of the Group I Indenture such Group I Note shall be deemed never to have been authenticated and delivered hereunder and shall not be entitled to the benefits of the Group I Indenture.

 

(f)             The Trustee shall have the right to decline to authenticate and deliver any Group I Notes under this Section 2.4 if the Trustee, based on the written advice of counsel, determines that such action may not lawfully be taken.

 

ARTICLE III

 

SECURITY

 

Section 3.1.            Grant of Security Interest .

 

(a)            To secure the Group I Note Obligations, HVF II hereby affirms the security interests granted in the Initial Group I Supplement and pledges, assigns, conveys, delivers, transfers and sets over to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Group I Noteholders, and hereby grants to the Trustee, for the benefit of such Group I Noteholders, a security interest in, all of the following property now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by HVF II or in which HVF II now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “ Group I Indenture Collateral ”):

 

(i)             the Group I Leasing Company Notes, including, without limitation, all monies due and to become due to HVF II from any Group I Leasing Company under or in connection with any Group I Leasing Company Note, whether payable as principal, interest, fees, expenses, costs, indemnities, insurance recoveries, damages for the breach of any provision of any Group I Leasing Company Note or otherwise, all security for amounts payable thereunder and all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of HVF II against any other party under or with respect to any Group I Leasing Company Note (whether arising pursuant to the terms of such Group I Leasing Company Note or otherwise available to HVF II at law or in equity), the right to enforce any Group I Leasing Company Note as provided herein and to give or withhold any and all consents, requests, notices, directions, approvals, extensions or waivers under or with respect to any Group I Leasing Company Note or the obligations of any party thereunder;

 

(ii)            the Group I Related Documents (other than the Group I Indenture), including all monies due and to become due to HVF II under or in connection with any Group I Related Document, whether payable as fees, expenses, costs, indemnities, insurance recoveries, damages for the breach of any provision of any Group I Related Document, all security for amounts payable thereunder and all rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of HVF II against any other party under or with respect to any Group I Related Document (whether arising pursuant to the terms of such Group I Related Document or otherwise available to HVF II at law or in equity), the right to enforce any Group I Related Document as provided herein and to give or withhold any

 

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and all consents, requests, notices, directions, approvals, extensions or waivers under or with respect to any Group I Related Document or the obligations of any party thereunder;

 

(iii)           the Group I Collection Account, all monies on deposit from time to time in the Group I Collection Account and all proceeds thereof;

 

(iv)           all additional property that may from time to time hereafter (pursuant to the terms of the Group I Supplement or otherwise) be subjected to the grant and pledge hereof by HVF II or by anyone on its behalf; and

 

(v)            to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

(b)            The foregoing grant is made in trust to secure the Group I Note Obligations and to secure compliance with the provisions of the Group I Indenture and any Group I Series Supplement, all as provided in the Group I Indenture.  The Trustee, as trustee on behalf of the Group I Noteholders, acknowledges such grant, accepts the trusts under the Group I Indenture in accordance with the provisions of the Group I Indenture agrees to perform its duties required in the Group I Indenture.  Except as otherwise stated in any Group I Series Supplement, the Group I Indenture Collateral shall secure the Group I Notes equally and ratably without prejudice, priority or distinction.

 

(c)            The Group I Indenture Collateral has been pledged to the Trustee to secure each Series of Group I Notes.  For all purposes hereunder and for the avoidance of doubt, the Group I Indenture Collateral will be held by the Trustee solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Group I Notes, and no Noteholder of any Series of Notes that is not a Series of Group I Notes will have any right, title or interest in, to or under the Group I Indenture Collateral.  For the avoidance of doubt, if it is determined that the Group I Noteholders have any right, title or interest in, to or under the Group-Specific Collateral with respect to any Group of Notes other than Group I Notes, then the Group I Noteholders agree that their right, title and interest in, to or under such Group-Specific Collateral shall be subordinate in all respects to the claims or rights of the Noteholders with respect to such other Group of Notes, and in such case, this Group I Supplement shall constitute a subordination agreement for purposes of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

(d)            On the Initial Group I Closing Date, HVF II shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee as security for the Group I Note Obligations, the HVF Series 2013-G1 Note.  The Trustee shall take possession of the HVF Series 2013-G1 Note in New York, New York and shall at all times during the period of the Group I Indenture maintain custody of the HVF Series 2013-G1 Note in New York, New York. The HVF Series 2013-G1 Note shall be accompanied by the indorsement of the HVF Series 2013-G1 Note in blank by an effective indorsement.

 

(e)            On any date after the Initial Group I Closing Date on which HVF II acquires an Additional Group I Leasing Company Note, HVF II shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee as security for the Group I Note Obligations, such Additional Group I

 

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Leasing Company Note.  The Trustee shall take possession of such Additional Group I Leasing Company Note in New York, New York and shall at all times during the period of the Group I Indenture maintain custody of such Additional Group I Leasing Company Note in New York, New York. Such Additional Group I Leasing Company Note shall be accompanied by the indorsement of such Additional Group I Leasing Company Note in blank by an effective indorsement.

 

Section 3.2.            Certain Rights and Obligations of HVF II Unaffected .

 

(a)            Actions With Respect to Base Related Documents and Group I Related Documents .  Without derogating from the absolute nature of the assignment granted to the Trustee under this Group I Supplement or the rights of the Trustee hereunder, unless a Group I Liquidation Event has occurred and is continuing and except to the extent prohibited by Section 8.2 , HVF II shall be permitted to give all requests, notices, directions or approvals, if any, that are required to be given in the normal course of business (which, for the avoidance of doubt, does not include waivers of defaults under, or consent to amendments or modifications of, any of the Base Related Documents and Group I Related Documents) to any Person in accordance with the terms of the Base Related Documents and Group I Related Documents.

 

(b)            Assignment of Group I Indenture Collateral to Trustee .  The assignment of the Group I Indenture Collateral to the Trustee on behalf of the Group I Noteholders shall not (i) relieve HVF II from the performance of any term, covenant, condition or agreement on HVF II’s part to be performed or observed under or in connection with any of the Group I Leasing Company Related Documents or from any liability to any Person thereunder or (ii) impose any obligation on the Trustee or any such Group I Noteholders to perform or observe any such term, covenant, condition or agreement on HVF II’s part to be so performed or observed or impose any liability on the Trustee or any of the Group I Noteholders for any act or omission on the part of HVF II or from any breach of any representation or warranty on the part of HVF II.

 

(c)            Indemnification of Trustee .  HVF II shall indemnify the Trustee against any and all loss, liability or expense (including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel) incurred by it in connection with enforcing the Group I Indenture or any Group I Related Document or preserving any of its rights to, or realizing upon, any of the Group I Indenture Collateral; provided , however , the foregoing indemnification shall not extend to any action by the Trustee that constitutes negligence or willful misconduct by the Trustee or any other indemnified person hereunder.  The indemnification provided for in this Section 3.2(c)  shall survive the removal of, or a resignation by, such Person as Trustee as well as the termination of this Group I Supplement or any Group I Series Supplement.

 

Section 3.3.            Performance of Group I Leasing Company Related Documents .

 

Upon the occurrence of a Group I Leasing Company Amortization Event, promptly following a request from the Trustee to do so and at HVF II’s expense, HVF II agrees to take all such lawful action as the Trustee may request to compel or secure the performance and observance by such party to any of the Base Related Documents and Group I Related Documents, in each case, in accordance with the applicable terms thereof, and to exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to HVF II to the extent and in

 

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the manner directed by the Trustee, including the transmission of notices of default thereunder and the institution of legal or administrative actions or proceedings to compel or secure performance by such party to any of the Base Related Documents and Group I Related Documents, as applicable, of each of its obligations under such Base Related Documents and Group I Related Documents, as applicable.

 

If (i) HVF II shall have failed, within five (5) Business Days of receiving the direction of the Trustee, to take commercially reasonable action to accomplish such directions of the Trustee, (ii) HVF II refuses to take any such action, (iii) the Trustee reasonably determines that such action must be taken immediately or (iv) an Amortization Event with respect to any Series of Group I Notes or any Group I Liquidation Event has occurred and is continuing, then the Trustee may take such previously directed action and any related action permitted under the Group I Indenture that the Trustee thereafter determines is appropriate (without the need under this provision or any other provision under the Group I Indenture to direct HVF II to take such action), on behalf of HVF II and the Group I Noteholders.

 

HVF II does hereby make, constitute and appoint the Trustee its true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact for it and in its name, stead and behalf to exercise any and all rights, remedies, powers and privileges lawfully available to HVF II with respect to any Group I Leasing Company Note pursuant to this Section 3.3 .

 

Section 3.4.            Release of Collateral .

 

(a)            The Trustee shall, when required by the provisions of this Group I Supplement or any Group I Series Supplement, execute instruments to release property from the lien of this Group I Supplement or any or all Group I Series Supplements, as applicable, or convey the Trustee’s interest in the same, in a manner and under circumstances that are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Group I Supplement or such Group I Series Supplements, as applicable.  No party relying upon an instrument executed by the Trustee as provided in this Section 3.4 shall be bound to ascertain the Trustee’s authority, inquire into the satisfaction of any conditions precedent or see to the application of any moneys.

 

(b)            The Trustee shall, at such time as there are no Group I Notes Outstanding, release any remaining portion of the Group I Indenture Collateral from the lien of the Group I Supplement and release to HVF II any amounts then on deposit in or credited to the Group I Collection Account.  The Trustee shall release property from the lien of this Group I Supplement pursuant to this Section 3.4(b)  only upon receipt of a Company Order accompanied by an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel meeting the applicable requirements of Section 3.5 .

 

Section 3.5.            Opinions of Counsel .

 

The Trustee shall receive at least seven (7) days’ notice when requested by HVF II to take any action pursuant to Section 3.4 , accompanied by copies of any instruments involved and an Opinion of Counsel (which may be based on an Officer’s Certificate), in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee, concluding that all such action will not materially and adversely impair the security for the Group I Notes or the rights of the Group I

 

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Noteholders in a manner not permitted under the Master Related Documents; provided , however that such Opinion of Counsel shall not be required to express an opinion as to the fair value of the Group I Indenture Collateral.  Counsel rendering any such opinion may rely, without independent investigation, on the accuracy and validity of any certificate or other instrument delivered to the Trustee in connection with any such action.  For the avoidance of doubt, any action pursuant to Section 3.4(a)  relating to the release of Group I Indenture Collateral or the conveyance by the Trustee of its security interest in the same shall be deemed not to materially and adversely impair the security for any Series of Notes that is not a Series of Group I Notes.

 

Section 3.6.            Stamp, Other Similar Taxes and Filing Fees .

 

HVF II shall indemnify and hold harmless the Trustee and each Group I Noteholder from any present or future claim for liability for any stamp or other similar tax and any penalties or interest with respect thereto, that may be assessed, levied or collected by any jurisdiction in connection with the Group I Indenture.  HVF II shall pay, or reimburse the Trustee for, any and all amounts in respect of, all search, filing, recording and registration fees, taxes, excise taxes and other similar imposts that may be payable or reasonably determined to be payable in respect of the execution, delivery, performance and/or enforcement of the Group I Indenture.

 

Section 3.7.            Duty of the Trustee .

 

Except for actions expressly authorized by the Group I Indenture, the Trustee shall take no action reasonably likely to impair the security interests created hereunder in any of the Group I Indenture Collateral now existing or hereafter created or to impair the value of any of the Group I Indenture Collateral now existing or hereafter created.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

REPORTS

 

Section 4.1.            Reports and Instructions to Trustee .

 

(a)            Daily Collection Reports .  On each Business Day commencing on November 25, 2013, HVF II shall prepare and maintain, or cause to be prepared and maintained, a record (each, a “ Daily Group I Collection Report ”) setting forth the aggregate of the amounts deposited in the Group I Collection Account on the immediately preceding Business Day.  HVF II shall deliver a copy of the Daily Group I Collection Report for each Business Day to the Trustee.

 

(b)            Quarterly Compliance Certificates .  On the Payment Date in each of March, June, September and December, commencing in December 2014, HVF II shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II to the effect that, except as provided in a notice delivered pursuant to Section 8.3 , no Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event with respect to any Series of Group I Notes Outstanding has occurred or is continuing.

 

(c)            Instructions as to Withdrawals and Payments .  HVF II will furnish, or cause to be furnished, to the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as applicable, written instructions to

 

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make withdrawals and payments from the Group I Collection Account and any other accounts specified in a Group I Series Supplement and to make drawings under any Group I Series Enhancement, as contemplated herein and in any Group I Series Supplement.  The Trustee and the Paying Agent shall promptly follow any such written instructions.

 

Section 4.2.            Reports to Noteholders .

 

(a)            On each Payment Date, the Paying Agent shall forward to each Group I Noteholder of record as of the immediately preceding Record Date of each Series of Group I Notes Outstanding the Monthly Noteholders’ Statement with respect to such Series of Group I Notes, with a copy to the Rating Agencies and any Group I Series Enhancement Provider with respect to such Series of Group I Notes, which delivery may be satisfied by the Paying Agent posting, or causing to be posted, such Monthly Noteholders’ Statement to a password-protected website made available to such Group I Noteholders, the Rating Agencies and such Group I Series Enhancement Providers or by any other reasonable means of electronic transmission (including, without limitation, e-mail, file transfer protocol or otherwise).

 

(b)            Annual Noteholders’ Tax Statement .  Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Group I Series Supplement, on or before January 31 of each calendar year, beginning with calendar year 2013, the Paying Agent shall furnish to each Person who at any time during the preceding calendar year was a Group I Noteholder a statement prepared by or on behalf of HVF II containing the information that is required to be contained in the Monthly Noteholders’ Statements with respect to such Series of Group I Notes aggregated for such calendar year or the applicable portion thereof during which such Person was a Group I Noteholder, together with such other customary information (consistent with the treatment of the Group I Notes as debt) as HVF II deems necessary or desirable to enable the Group I Noteholders to prepare their tax returns (each such statement, an “ Annual Noteholders’ Tax Statement ”).  Such obligations of HVF II to prepare and the Paying Agent to distribute the Annual Noteholders’ Tax Statement shall be deemed to have been satisfied to the extent that substantially comparable information shall be provided by the Paying Agent pursuant to any requirements of the Code as from time to time in effect.

 

Section 4.3.            Group I Administrator .

 

Pursuant to the Group I Administration Agreement, the Group I Administrator has agreed to provide certain services to HVF II and to take certain actions on behalf of HVF II, including performing or otherwise satisfying any action, determination, calculation, direction, instruction, notice, delivery or other performance obligation, in each case, permitted or required by HVF II pursuant to this Group I Supplement.  Each Group I Noteholder by its acceptance of a Group I Note and each of the parties hereto by its execution hereof, hereby consents to the provision of such services and the taking of such action by the Group I Administrator in lieu of HVF II and hereby agrees that HVF II’s obligations hereunder with respect to any such services performed or action taken shall be deemed satisfied to the extent performed or taken by the Group I Administrator and to the extent so performed or taken by the Group I Administrator shall be deemed for all purposes hereunder to have been so performed or taken by HVF II; provided that , for the avoidance of doubt, none of the foregoing shall create any payment obligation of the Group I Administrator or relieve HVF II of any payment obligation hereunder.

 

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Section 4.4.            Reports .

 

Delivery of reports to the Trustee is for informational purposes only and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including HVF II’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on Officer’s Certificates).

 

ARTICLE V

 

ALLOCATION AND APPLICATION OF COLLECTIONS

 

Section 5.1.            Group I Collection Account .

 

(a)            Establishment of Group I Collection Account .  On or prior to November 25, 2013, HVF II, the Securities Intermediary and the Trustee shall have established a securities account (such account, or if succeeded or replaced by another account then such successor or replacement account, the “ Group I Collection Account ”) in the name of, and under the control of, the Trustee that shall be maintained for the benefit of the Group I Noteholders.  If at any time a Trust Officer obtains actual knowledge or receives written notice that the Group I Collection Account is no longer an Eligible Account, the Trustee, within ten (10) Business Days of obtaining such knowledge, shall cause the Group I Collection Account to be moved to a Qualified Institution or a Qualified Trust Institution and cause the depositary maintaining the new Group I Collection Account to assume the obligations of the existing Securities Intermediary hereunder.

 

(b)            Administration of the Group I Collection Account .  HVF II may instruct (by standing instructions or otherwise) the institution maintaining the Group I Collection Account to invest funds on deposit in such Group I Collection Account from time to time in Permitted Investments; provided , however , that any such investment in the Group I Collection Account shall mature not later than the Business Day following the date on which such funds were received (including funds received upon a payment in respect of a Permitted Investment made with funds on deposit in the Group I Collection Account).  Investments of funds on deposit in administrative sub-accounts of the Group I Collection Account established in respect of particular Group I Notes shall be required to mature on or before the dates specified in the applicable Group I Series Supplement.  In the absence of written investment instructions hereunder, funds on deposit in the Group I Collection Account shall remain uninvested.  HVF II shall not direct the disposal of any Permitted Investments prior to the maturity thereof to the extent such disposal would result in a loss of the initial purchase price of such Permitted Investment.  The Trustee shall have no liability for any losses incurred as a result of investments made at the direction of HVF II, and the Trustee shall have no responsibility to monitor the investment rating of any Permitted Investment.

 

(c)            Earnings from Group I Collection Account .  All interest and earnings (net of losses and investment expenses) paid on amounts on deposit in or credited to the Group I Collection Account shall be deemed to be available and on deposit for distribution.

 

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(d)            Establishment of Group I Series Accounts .  To the extent specified in the Group I Series Supplement with respect to any Series of Group I Notes, the Trustee may establish and maintain one or more Group I Series Accounts and/or administrative sub-accounts of the Group I Collection Account to facilitate the proper allocation of Group I Collections in accordance with the terms of such Group I Series Supplement.

 

Section 5.2.            Trustee as Securities Intermediary .

 

(a)            With respect to the Group I Collection Account, the Trustee or other Person maintaining such Group I Collection Account shall be the “securities intermediary” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the New York UCC and a “bank” (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(8) of the New York UCC), in such capacities, the “ Securities Intermediary ”) with respect to the Group I Collection Account.  If the Securities Intermediary is not the Trustee, HVF II shall obtain the express agreement of such Person to the obligations of the Securities Intermediary set forth in this Section 5.2 .

 

(b)            The Securities Intermediary agrees that:

 

(i)             The Group I Collection Account is an account to which Financial Assets will be credited;

 

(ii)            All securities or other property underlying any Financial Assets credited to the Group I Collection Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another securities account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any Financial Asset credited to the Group I Collection Account be registered in the name of HVF II, payable to the order of HVF II or specially indorsed to HVF II;

 

(iii)           All property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Group I Supplement and all Permitted Investments thereof will be promptly credited to the Group I Collection Account;

 

(iv)           Each item of property (whether investment property, security, instrument or cash) credited to the Group I Collection Account shall be treated as a Financial Asset;

 

(v)            If at any time the Securities Intermediary shall receive any order or instruction from the Trustee directing transfer or redemption of any Financial Asset relating to the Group I Collection Account or any instruction with respect to the disposition of funds therein, the Securities Intermediary shall comply with such entitlement order on instruction without further consent by HVF II or the Group I Administrator;

 

(vi)           The Group I Collection Account shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, regardless of any provision of any other agreement.  For purposes of the New York UCC, New York shall be deemed to be the Securities Intermediary’s jurisdiction within the meaning of Section 9-304 and Section 8-110 of the New York

 

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UCC and the Group I Collection Account (as well as the Securities Entitlements related thereto) shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York;

 

(vii)          The Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until termination of this Group I Supplement, will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Group I Collection Account and/or any Financial Assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with Entitlement Orders or instructions (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the New York UCC) of such other Person and the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Group I Supplement will not enter into, any agreement with HVF II purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with Entitlement Orders or instructions (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the New York UCC) as set forth in Section 5.2(b)(v) ; and

 

(viii)         Except for the claims and interest of the Trustee and HVF II in the Group I Collection Account, the Securities Intermediary knows of no claim to, or interest in, the Group I Collection Account or in any Financial Asset credited thereto.  If the Securities Intermediary has actual knowledge of the assertion by any other person of any lien, encumbrance, or adverse claim (including any writ, garnishment, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process) against the Group I Collection Account or in any Financial Asset carried therein, the Securities Intermediary will promptly notify the Trustee, the Group I Administrator and HVF II thereof.

 

(c)            The Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds on deposit from time to time in the Group I Collection Account and in all Proceeds thereof, and shall be the only person authorized to originate Entitlement Orders in respect of the Group I Collection Account.

 

(d)            The Securities Intermediary will promptly send copies of all statements for the Group I Collection Account, which statements shall reflect any financial assets credited thereto simultaneously to each of HVF II, the Group I Administrator, and the Trustee at the addresses set forth in Section 11.9 .

 

(e)            In the event that the Securities Intermediary has or subsequently obtains by agreement, operation of law or otherwise a security interest in the Group I Collection Account or any security entitlement credited thereto, the Securities Intermediary hereby agrees that such security interest shall be subordinate to the security interest of the Trustee for the benefit of the Group I Noteholders.  The financial assets and other items deposited to the Group I Collection Account will not be subject to deduction, set-off, banker’s lien, or any other right in favor of any Person other than the Trustee for the benefit of the Group I Noteholders.

 

(f)             Notwithstanding anything in Section 5.1 or this Section 5.2 to the contrary, the parties hereto agree that as permitted by Section 8-504(c)(1) of the New York UCC, with respect to the Group I Collection Account, the Securities Intermediary may satisfy the duty in Section 8-504(a) of the New York UCC with respect to any cash to be credited to the Group I Collection Account by crediting to such Group I Collection Account a general unsecured claim against the Securities Intermediary, as a bank, payable on demand, for the amount of such cash.

 

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(g)            Notwithstanding anything in Section 5.1 or this Section 5.2 to the contrary, with respect to the Group I Collection Account and any credit balances not constituting Financial Assets credited thereto, the Securities Intermediary shall be acting as a bank (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(8) of the New York UCC) if the Group I Collection Account is deemed not to constitute a securities account.

 

Section 5.3.            Group I Collections and Allocations .

 

(a)            Group I Collections in General .  Until this Group I Supplement is terminated pursuant to Section 11.6 , HVF II shall, and the Trustee is authorized (upon written instructions) to, cause all Group I Collections due and to become due to HVF II or the Trustee, as the case may be, to be deposited to the Group I Collection Account at such times as such amounts are due.  HVF II agrees that if any such monies, instruments, cash or other proceeds shall be received by HVF II in an account other than the Group I Collection Account or in any other manner, such monies, instruments, cash and other proceeds will not be commingled by HVF II with any of its other funds or property, if any, but will be held separate and apart therefrom and shall be held in trust by HVF II for, and immediately (but in any event within two (2) Business Days from receipt) remitted to, the Trustee, with any necessary indorsement.  Subject to Section 9.11 , all monies, instruments, cash and other proceeds received by the Trustee pursuant to this Group I Supplement shall be promptly deposited in the Group I Collection Account and shall be applied as provided in this Article V .

 

(b)            Allocations for Group I Noteholders .  On each day on which Group I Collections are deposited into the Group I Collection Account, HVF II shall allocate Group I Collections deposited into the Group I Collection Account in accordance with this Article V and shall instruct the Trustee in writing to withdraw the required amounts from the Group I Collection Account and make the required deposits in any Group I Series Account in accordance with this Article V , as modified by each Group I Series Supplement.  HVF II shall make such deposits or payments on the date indicated therein in immediately available funds or as otherwise provided in the applicable Group I Series Supplement for any Series of Group I Notes.

 

(c)            Sharing Group I Collections .  In the manner described in the applicable Group I Series Supplement, to the extent that Group I Principal Collections that are allocated to any Series of Group I Notes on a Payment Date are not needed to make payments to Group I Noteholders of such Series of Group I Notes or required to be deposited in a Group I Series Account for such Series of Group I Notes on such Payment Date, such Group I Principal Collections may, at the direction of HVF II, be applied to cover principal payments due to or for the benefit of Group I Noteholders of another Series of Group I Notes.  Any such reallocation will not result in a reduction in the Principal Amount of the Series of Group I Notes to which such Group I Principal Collections were initially allocated.

 

(d)            Unallocated Group I Principal Collections .  If, after giving effect to Section 5.3(c) , Group I Principal Collections allocated to any Series of Group I Notes on any Payment Date are in excess of the amount required to be paid in respect of such Series of Group I Notes on such Payment Date, then any such excess Group I Principal Collections shall be allocated to HVF II or such other party as may be entitled thereto as set forth in any Group I Series Supplement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Series of

 

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Notes that are not Group I Notes shall have any right or claim to any such excess Group I Principal Collections.

 

Section 5.4.            Determination of Monthly Interest .

 

Monthly payments of interest on each Series of Group I Notes shall be determined, allocated and distributed in accordance with the procedures set forth in the applicable Group I Series Supplement.

 

Section 5.5.            Determination of Monthly Principal .

 

Monthly payments of principal of each Series of Group I Notes shall be determined, allocated and distributed in accordance with the procedures set forth in the applicable Group I Series Supplement.  All principal of or interest on any Series of Group I Notes, however, shall be due and payable no later than the Legal Final Payment Date with respect to such Series of Group I Notes.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

DISTRIBUTIONS

 

Unless otherwise specified in the applicable Group I Series Supplement, on each Payment Date, the Paying Agent shall pay to the Group I Noteholders of each Series of Group I Notes of record on the preceding Record Date the amounts payable thereto hereunder by check mailed first-class postage prepaid to such Group I Noteholder at the address for such Group I Noteholder appearing in the Note Register except that with respect to Group I Notes registered in the name of a Clearing Agency or its nominee, such amounts shall be payable by wire transfer of immediately available funds released by the Trustee or the Paying Agent from the applicable Group I Series Account no later than Noon (New York City time) on the Payment Date for credit to the account designated by such Clearing Agency or its nominee, as applicable; provided , however , that, the final principal payment due on a Group I Note shall only be paid to the Group I Noteholder of a Definitive Note on due presentment of such Definitive Note for cancellation in accordance with the provisions of the Group I Note.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

HVF II hereby represents and warrants, for the benefit of the Trustee and the Group I Noteholders, as follows as of the Initial Group I Closing Date and each Series Closing Date with respect to any Series of Group I Notes:

 

Section 7.1.            Security Interests .

 

(a)            This Group I Supplement creates a valid and continuing Lien on the Group I Indenture Collateral in favor of the Trustee on behalf of the Group I Noteholders, which Lien on the Group I Indenture Collateral has been perfected and is prior to all other Liens (other than Group I Permitted Liens), and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from

 

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HVF II in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles, whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity and by an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

 

(b)            HVF II has received all consents and approvals required by the terms of the Group I Indenture Collateral to the pledge of the Group I Indenture Collateral to the Trustee.

 

(c)            Each of the Group I Leasing Company Notes is registered in the name of the Trustee and has been delivered to the Trustee.  All other action necessary (including the filing of UCC-1 financing statements) to protect and perfect the Trustee’s security interest for the benefit of the Group I Noteholders in the Group I Indenture Collateral now in existence and hereafter acquired or created has been duly and effectively taken.

 

(d)            Other than the security interest granted to the Trustee hereunder, HVF II has not pledged, assigned, sold or granted a security interest in the Group I Indenture Collateral.  No security agreement, financing statement, equivalent security or lien instrument or continuation statement listing HVF II as debtor covering all or any part of the Group I Indenture Collateral is on file or of record in any jurisdiction, except such as may have been filed, recorded or made by HVF II in favor of the Trustee on behalf of the Group I Noteholders in connection with this Group I Supplement, and HVF II has not authorized any such filing.

 

(e)            HVF II’s legal name is Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP and its location within the meaning of Section 9-307 of the applicable UCC is the State of Delaware.

 

(f)             Except for a change made pursuant to Section 8.7 , (i) HVF II’s sole place of business and chief executive office shall be at 225 Brae Boulevard, Park Ridge, New Jersey 07656, and the places where its records concerning the Collateral are kept are at: (A) 225 Brae Boulevard, Park Ridge, New Jersey 07656 and (B) 14501 Hertz Quail Springs Parkway, Oklahoma City, OK 73134 and (ii) HVF II’s jurisdiction of organization is Delaware.  HVF II does not transact, and has not transacted, business under any other name.

 

(g)            All authorizations in this Group I Supplement for the Trustee to indorse checks, instruments and securities and to execute financing statements, continuation statements, security agreements and other instruments with respect to the Group I Indenture Collateral and to take such other actions with respect to the Group I Indenture Collateral authorized by this Indenture are powers coupled with an interest and are irrevocable.

 

(h)            The Group I General Intangibles Collateral constitutes “general intangibles” within the meaning of the New York UCC.

 

(i)             HVF II owns and has good and marketable title to the Group I Indenture Collateral free and clear of any Liens (other than Group I Permitted Liens).

 

(j)             HVF II has caused or will have caused, within ten (10) days of the date hereof, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the

 

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Group I General Intangibles Collateral and the Group I Indenture Collateral constituting Investment Property granted to the Trustee in favor of the Group I Noteholders hereunder.

 

(k)            HVF II has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against HVF II that include a description of collateral covering the Group I Indenture Collateral other than any financing statement relating to the security interest granted to the Trustee in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Group I Noteholders hereunder or that has been terminated.  HVF II is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against HVF II.

 

(l)             HVF II is a Registered Organization.

 

Section 7.2.            Group I Leasing Company Related Documents .

 

There are no Group I Leasing Company Amortization Events or Group I Potential Leasing Company Amortization Events continuing, in each case, as of October 31, 2014 (in each case, for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to all waivers obtained by HVF II as of such date).

 

Section 7.3.            Other Representations .

 

All representations and warranties of HVF II made in each Group I Related Document to which it is a party are true and correct (in all material respects to the extent any such representations and warranties do not incorporate a materiality limitation in their terms) as of such date (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date) and are repeated herein as though fully set forth herein.  All representations and warranties of HVF II made in the Base Indenture are true and correct (in all material respects to the extent any such representations and warranties do not incorporate a materiality limitation in their terms) as of such date (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date) and are repeated herein as though fully set forth herein, but replacing each reference therein to “Base Related Documents” with “Base Related Documents and Group I Related Documents”.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

COVENANTS

 

Section 8.1.            Payment of Notes .

 

HVF II shall pay the principal of and interest on the Group I Notes pursuant to the provisions of the Group I Indenture and any applicable Group I Series Supplement.  Principal and interest shall be considered paid on the date due if the Paying Agent holds on that date money designated for and sufficient to pay all principal and interest then due.

 

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Section 8.2.            Compliance with Related Documents .

 

HVF II agrees that it will not:

 

(i)             amend, modify, waive, supplement, terminate, surrender, or discharge, or agree to any amendment, modification, supplement, termination, waiver, surrender, or discharge of, the terms of any Group I Indenture Collateral, including any of the Group I Related Documents (other than the Group I Indenture in accordance with the provisions of Article X ),

 

(ii)            take any action to compel or secure performance or observation by any such obligor of its obligations applicable to any Group I Leasing Company or HVF II, or

 

(iii)           consent to the assignment of any such Group I Related Document by any other party thereto

 

(each action described in foregoing clauses (i) , (ii)  and (iii) , the “ Group I Related Document Actions ”), in each case, without (A) the prior written consent of the Requisite Group I Investors, (B) satisfying the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Group I Notes Outstanding and (C) satisfaction of any other applicable conditions and compliance with any applicable covenants, in each case, as may be set forth in any Group I Series Supplement; provided that , if any such Group I Related Document Action does not materially adversely affect the Group I Noteholders of one or more, but not all, Series of Group I Notes, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II, any such Series of Group I Notes that is not materially adversely affected by such Group I Related Document Action shall be deemed not Outstanding for purposes of obtaining such consent (and the related calculation of Requisite Group I Investors shall be modified accordingly); provided further that , if any such Group I Related Document Action does not materially adversely affect any Group I Noteholders, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II, HVF II shall be entitled to effect such Group I Related Document Action without the prior written consent of the Trustee or any Group I Noteholder.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding anything herein or in any Group I Related Document to the contrary, any amendment, modification, waiver, supplement, termination or surrender of any Group I Related Document relating solely to a particular Series of Group I Notes shall be deemed not to materially adversely affect the Group I Noteholders of any other Series of Group I Notes.

 

Section 8.3.            Notice of Defaults .

 

Within five (5) Business Days of any Authorized Officer of HVF II obtaining actual knowledge of any Potential Amortization Event or Amortization Event with respect to any Series of Group I Notes Outstanding, HVF II shall give the Trustee and the Rating Agencies with respect to each Series of Group I Notes Outstanding notice thereof, together with an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II setting forth the details thereof and any action with respect thereto taken or contemplated to be taken by HVF II.

 

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Section 8.4.           Further Requests .

 

HVF II will promptly furnish to the Trustee such other information relating to the Group I Notes as, and in such form as, the Trustee may reasonably request in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or by any Group I Series Supplement.

 

Section 8.5.           Further Assurances .

 

(a)           HVF II shall do such further acts and things, and execute and deliver to the Trustee such additional assignments, agreements, powers and instruments, as are necessary or desirable to maintain the security interest of the Trustee in the Group I Indenture Collateral on behalf of the Group I Noteholders as a perfected security interest subject to no prior Liens (other than Group I Permitted Liens) and to carry into effect the purposes of this Group I Supplement or the other Group I Related Documents or to better assure and confirm unto the Trustee or the Group I Noteholders their rights, powers and remedies hereunder, including, without limitation filing all UCC financing statements, continuation statements and amendments thereto necessary to achieve the foregoing.  If HVF II fails to perform any of its agreements or obligations under this Section 8.5(a) , the Trustee shall, at the direction of the Required Series Noteholders of any Series of Group I Notes, itself perform such agreement or obligation, and the expenses of the Trustee incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by HVF II upon the Trustee’s demand therefor.  The Trustee is hereby authorized to execute and file any financing statements, continuation statements or other instruments necessary or appropriate to perfect or maintain the perfection of the Trustee’s security interest in the Group I Indenture Collateral.

 

(b)           Unless otherwise specified in a Group I Series Supplement, if any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Group I Indenture Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any promissory note, chattel paper or other instrument, such note, chattel paper or instrument shall be deemed to be held in trust and immediately pledged and physically delivered to the Trustee hereunder, and shall, subject to the rights of any Person in whose favor a prior Lien has been perfected, be duly indorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Trustee and delivered to the Trustee promptly.

 

(c)           HVF II shall warrant and defend the Trustee’s right, title and interest in and to the Group I Indenture Collateral and the income, distributions and proceeds thereof, for the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of the Group I Noteholders, against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever.

 

(d)           On or before March 31 of each calendar year, commencing with March 31, 2015, HVF II shall furnish to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Group I Supplement, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and with respect to the execution and filing of any financing statements, continuation statements and amendments thereto as are necessary to maintain the perfection of the lien and security interest created by this Group I Supplement in the Group I Indenture Collateral and reciting the details of such action or stating that in the opinion of such counsel no such action is necessary to maintain the perfection of such lien and security interest.  Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of

 

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this Group I Supplement, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and the execution and filing of any financing statements, continuation statements and amendments thereto that will, in the opinion of such counsel, be required to maintain the perfection of the lien and security interest of this Group I Supplement in the Group I Indenture Collateral until March 31 in the following calendar year.

 

Section 8.6.           Dividends, Officers’ Compensation, etc .

 

HVF II will not declare or pay any distributions on any of its partnership interests or membership interest; provided , however , that so long as no Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing with respect to any Series of Group I Notes Outstanding or would result therefrom, HVF II and the HVF II General Partner may declare and pay distributions out of capital or earnings computed in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis.  HVF II will not pay any wages or salaries or other compensation to its officers, directors, employees or others except out of earnings computed in accordance with GAAP.

 

Section 8.7.           Legal Name; Location Under Section 9-307 .

 

HVF II will neither change its location (within the meaning of Section 9-307 of the applicable UCC) or its legal name without at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Trustee and the Collateral Agent.  In the event that HVF II desires to so change its location or change its legal name, HVF II will make any required filings and prior to actually changing its location or its legal name HVF II will deliver to the Trustee (i) an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II and an Opinion of Counsel confirming that all required filings have been made to continue the perfected interest of the Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders in the Collateral in respect of the new location or new legal name of HVF II and (ii) copies of all such required filings with the filing information duly noted thereon by the office in which such filings were made.

 

Section 8.8.           Information .  Upon request by the Trustee, HVF II will deliver or cause to be delivered to the Trustee:

 

(a)           a copy of any notice, financial information, certificates, statements, reports and other materials delivered by any Group I Leasing Company to HVF II pursuant to the related Group I Leasing Company Related Documents; and

 

(b)           such additional information regarding the financial position, results of operations or business of any Group I Leasing Company or any Group I Lessee as the Trustee may reasonably request to the extent that such Group I Leasing Company or Group I Lessee, as the case may be, delivers such information to HVF II pursuant to any Group I Leasing Company Related Documents.

 

Section 8.9.           Additional Leasing Companies.

 

HVF II will not designate any Additional Group I Leasing Company or acquire any Additional Group I Leasing Company Notes, in each case, without first satisfying the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Group I Notes Outstanding.

 

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Section 8.10.         Payment of Taxes and Governmental Obligations.

 

HVF II will pay and discharge, at or before maturity, its tax liabilities and other governmental obligations, except where the same may be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, and will maintain, in accordance with GAAP, reserves as appropriate for the accrual of any of the same.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

AMORTIZATION EVENTS AND REMEDIES

 

Section 9.1.           Amortization Events .

 

If any one of the following events shall occur during the Revolving Period or the Controlled Amortization Period, if any, with respect to any Series of Group I Notes:

 

(a)           the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to HVF II or the HVF II General Partner;

 

(b)           the Securities and Exchange Commission or other regulatory body having jurisdiction reaches a final determination that HVF II is an “investment company” or is under the “control” of an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act; or

 

(c)           any other event shall occur that may be specified in any Group I Series Supplement as an “Amortization Event” with respect to the related Series of Group I Notes;

 

Then,

 

(i)            in the case of any event described in clause (a)  or (b)  above, an “ Amortization Event ” with respect to all Series of Group I Notes then outstanding shall immediately occur without any notice or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Noteholder, and

 

(ii)           in the case of any event described in clause (c)  above, an “ Amortization Event ” with respect to such Series of Group I Notes shall occur in accordance with, and subject to the conditions (including, without limitation, any conditions with respect to notice, other action, the continuation of such event, grace or cure periods, or otherwise) specified in, the Group I Series Supplement with respect to such Series of Group I Notes.

 

Section 9.2.           Rights of the Trustee upon Amortization Event or Certain Other Events of Default .

 

(a)           General and Group I Leasing Company Related Documents .  If any Amortization Event shall have occurred and be continuing, then the Trustee, at the written direction of the Requisite Group I Investors (in the case where such Amortization Event is with respect to all Series of Group I Notes) or Required Series Noteholders with respect to any Series of Group I Notes with respect to which such Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing

 

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(in the case where such Amortization Event is with respect to less than all Series of Group I Notes), shall exercise (and HVF II agrees to exercise) from time to time any rights and remedies available to it on behalf of the applicable Group I Noteholders under applicable law or any Group I Related Documents, including the rights and remedies available to the Trustee as a Beneficiary under the Collateral Agency Agreement, and all other rights, remedies, powers, privileges and claims of HVF II relating to the Group I Indenture Collateral against any party to any Group I Leasing Company Related Documents, including the right or power to take any action to compel performance or observance by any Group I Leasing Company and to give any consent, request, notice, direction, approval, extension or waiver in respect of the Group I Leasing Company Related Documents.

 

(b)           Group I Liquidation Event .  If any Group I Liquidation Event shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to any Series of Group I Notes, then the Trustee may or, at the direction of the Requisite Group I Investors (in the case where such Group I Liquidation Event is with respect to all Series of Group I Notes) or at the direction of the Required Series Noteholders of any Series of Group I Notes with respect to which such Group I Liquidation Event shall have occurred (in the case where such Group I Liquidation Event is with respect to less than all Series of Group I Notes), shall, exercise from time to time any rights and remedies available to it as the result of such occurrence under the Group I Leasing Company Related Documents (including the rights and remedies available to it as a Beneficiary under the Collateral Agency Agreement).

 

(c)           Failure of Leasing Company Trustee, Leasing Companies, Collateral Agent or Lessees to Take Action .  If, after the occurrence of any Group I Liquidation Event with respect to any Series of Group I Notes, any Group I Leasing Company Trustee, the Collateral Agent or any Group I Lessee fails to take action to accomplish any instructions given to it by the Trustee within fifteen (15) Business Days of receipt thereof, then the Trustee may or, at the direction of the Requisite Group I Investors (in the case where such Group I Liquidation Event is with respect to all Series of Group I Notes) or at the direction of the Required Series Noteholders of any Series of Group I Notes with respect to which such Group I Liquidation Event shall have occurred (in the case where such Group I Liquidation Event is with respect to less than all Series of Group I Notes), shall take such action or such other appropriate action on behalf of such Group I Leasing Company Trustee, the Collateral Agent or such Group I Lessee.  In the event that the Trustee determines to take action pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the Trustee may direct the Collateral Agent to institute legal proceedings for the appointment of a receiver or receivers to take possession of some or all of the Group I Eligible Vehicles pending the sale thereof, and the Trustee may institute legal proceedings for the appointment of a receiver or receivers pursuant to the powers of sale granted by this Group I Supplement or to a judgment, order or decree made in any judicial proceeding for the foreclosure or involving the enforcement of this Group I Supplement.

 

(d)           Additional Remedies .  In addition to any rights and remedies now or hereafter granted hereunder or under applicable law with respect to the Group I Indenture Collateral, the Trustee shall have all of the rights and remedies of a secured party under the UCC as enacted in any applicable jurisdiction.

 

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(e)           Amortization Event .

 

(i)            Upon the occurrence of an Amortization Event with respect to one or more, but not all, Outstanding Series of Group I Notes, the Trustee shall exercise all remedies hereunder to the extent necessary to pay all interest on and principal of the related Series of Group I Notes up to the Principal Amount of each such Series of Group I Notes; provided that , any such actions shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of the Group I Noteholders of any Series of Group I Notes Outstanding with respect to which no Amortization Event shall have occurred.

 

(ii)           Any amounts relating to the Group I Indenture Collateral or the Group I Note Obligations obtained by the Trustee on account of or as a result of the exercise by the Trustee of any rights or remedies specified in this Article IX shall be held by the Trustee as additional collateral for the repayment of Group I Note Obligations with respect to each Series of Group I Notes with respect to which such rights or remedies were exercised and shall be applied as provided in Article V .  If so specified in the applicable Group I Series Supplement, the Trustee may agree not to exercise any rights or remedies available to it as a result of the occurrence of an Amortization Event with respect to a Series of Group I Notes to the extent set forth therein.

 

Section 9.3.           Other Remedies .

 

Subject to the terms and conditions of the Group I Indenture, if an Amortization Event occurs and is continuing, the Trustee may pursue any remedy available to it on behalf of the Group I Noteholders under applicable law or in equity to collect the payment of principal of or interest on the Group I Notes (or the applicable Series of Group I Notes, in the case of an Amortization Event with respect to less than all Series of Group I Notes) or to enforce the performance of any provision of such Group I Notes, the Group I Indenture, any Group I Series Supplement or any other Group I Related Document, in each case, with respect to such Series of Group I Notes.

 

The Trustee may maintain a proceeding even if it does not possess any of the Group I Notes or does not produce any of them in the proceeding, and any such proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be in its own name as trustee.  All remedies are cumulative to the extent permitted by law.

 

Section 9.4.           Waiver of Past Events .

 

With respect to any existing Potential Amortization Event or Amortization Event described in Section 9.1(c) , any such Potential Amortization Event or Amortization Event (and, in any such case, any consequences thereof) with respect to such Series of Group I Notes may be waived as set forth in the related Group I Series Supplement.  Upon any such waiver, such Potential Amortization Event shall cease to exist with respect to such Series of Group I Notes, and any Amortization Event with respect to such Series of Group I Notes arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of the Group I Indenture and related Group I Series Supplement, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Potential Amortization Event or Amortization Event or impair any right consequent thereon.  With respect

 

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to any existing Potential Amortization Event or Amortization Event described in Section 9.1(a)  or (b) , any such Potential Amortization Event or Amortization Event (and, in any such case, the consequences thereof) with respect to the Group I Notes shall only be waived with the written consent of each Group I Noteholder.  Upon any such waiver, such Potential Amortization Event shall cease to exist with respect to each Series of Group I Notes, and any Amortization Event with respect to each Series of Group I Notes arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of the Group I Indenture and each Group I Series Supplement, but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Potential Amortization Event or Amortization Event or impair any right consequent thereon.  The Trustee shall provide notice to each Rating Agency of any waiver by the Group I Noteholders of any Series of Group I Notes pursuant to this Section 9.4 .

 

Section 9.5.           Control by Requisite Investors .

 

The Requisite Group I Investors (or, where such remedy relates only to one or more particular Series of Group I Notes, the Required Series Noteholders of any such Series of Group I Notes) may direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee on behalf of such Group I Noteholders or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee.  Subject to Section 7.1 of the Base Indenture, the Trustee may, however, refuse to follow any direction that conflicts with law or the Group I Indenture, that the Trustee determines may be unduly prejudicial to the rights of other Group I Noteholders, or that may involve the Trustee in personal liability.

 

Section 9.6.           Limitation on Suits .

 

Any other provision of the Group I Indenture to the contrary notwithstanding, no Group I Noteholder of any Series of Group I Notes shall have any right to institute a proceeding, judicial or otherwise, (x) with respect to the Group I Indenture or (y) for any other remedy with respect to the Group I Indenture or such Series of Group I Notes unless:

 

(a)           such Group I Noteholder gives to the Trustee written notice of a continuing Amortization Event with respect to such Series of Group I Notes;

 

(b)           the Group I Noteholders of at least 25% of the Aggregate Group I Principal Amount of such Series of Group I Notes make a written request to the Trustee to pursue the remedy;

 

(c)           such Group I Noteholder or Group I Noteholders offer and, if requested, provide to the Trustee indemnity satisfactory to the Trustee against any loss, liability or expense;

 

(d)           the Trustee does not comply with the request within 60 days after receipt of the request and the offer and, if requested, the provision of indemnity; and

 

(e)           during such 60-day period the Required Noteholders of such Series of Group I Notes do not give the Trustee a direction inconsistent with the request.

 

A Group I Noteholder may not use the Group I Indenture to prejudice the rights of another Group I Noteholder or to obtain a preference or priority over another Group I Noteholder.

 

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Section 9.7.           Right of Holders to Bring Suit.

 

Subject to Section 9.6 and Section 10.15 of the Base Indenture, the right of any Group I Noteholder to bring suit for the enforcement of any payment of principal of or interest on any Group I Note, in each case, on or after the respective due dates therefor expressed in such Group I Note, is absolute and unconditional and shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Group I Noteholder.

 

Section 9.8.           Collection Suit by the Trustee .

 

If any Amortization Event arising from the failure to make a payment in respect of a Series of Group I Notes occurs and is continuing, the Trustee is authorized to recover judgment in its own name and as trustee of an express trust against HVF II for the whole amount of principal and interest remaining unpaid on the Group I Notes of such Series of Group I Notes and interest on overdue principal and, to the extent lawful, interest and such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover the costs and expenses of collection, including the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel.

 

Section 9.9.           The Trustee May File Proofs of Claim .

 

The Trustee is authorized to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and the Group I Noteholders relating to the Group I Indenture Collateral or the Group I Note Obligations allowed in any judicial proceedings relative to HVF II (or any other obligor upon the Group I Notes), its creditors or its property, and shall be entitled and empowered to collect, receive and distribute any money or other property payable or deliverable on any such claim and any custodian in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Group I Noteholder to make such payments to the Trustee and, in the event that the Trustee shall consent to the making of such payments directly to such Group I Noteholders, to pay the Trustee any amount due to it for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.5 of the Base Indenture.  To the extent that the payment of any such compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Trustee under Section 7.5 of the Base Indenture out of the estate in any such proceeding, shall be denied for any reason, payment of the same shall be secured by a Lien on, and shall be paid out of, any and all distributions, dividends, money and other properties which such Group I Noteholders may be entitled to receive in such proceeding whether in liquidation or under any plan of reorganization or arrangement or otherwise.  Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any such Group I Noteholder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Group I Notes of any Group I Noteholder or the rights of any such Group I Noteholder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any such Group I Noteholder in any such proceeding.

 

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Section 9.10.         Priorities.

 

If the Trustee collects any money pursuant to this Article, the Trustee shall pay out the money in accordance with the provisions of Article V .

 

Section 9.11.         Rights and Remedies Cumulative .

 

No right or remedy herein conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the holders of Group I Notes is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every right or remedy shall, to the extent permitted by law, be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given under the Group I Indenture or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise.  The assertion or employment of any right or remedy under the Group I Indenture, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other valid right or remedy.

 

Section 9.12.         Delay or Omission Not Waiver .

 

No delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Group I Noteholder to exercise any right or remedy accruing upon any Amortization Event shall impair any such right or remedy or constitute a waiver of any such Amortization Event or acquiescence thereto (other than any such right or remedy that by its terms requires such Amortization Event to be continuing at the time of exercising such right or remedy).  Every right and remedy given by this Article IX or by law to the Trustee or to each Group I Noteholder may be exercised from time to time, and as often as may be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or such Group I Noteholder, as the case may be.  For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 9.12 shall be subject to and qualified in its entirety by Section 10.2(c) .

 

Section 9.13.         Reassignment of Surplus .

 

After termination of this Group I Supplement and the payment in full of the Group I Note Obligations, any proceeds of the Group I Indenture Collateral received or held by the Trustee shall be turned over to HVF II and the Group I Indenture Collateral shall be reassigned to HVF II by the Trustee without recourse to the Trustee and without any representations, warranties or agreements of any kind.

 

ARTICLE X

 

AMENDMENTS

 

Section 10.1.         Without Consent of the Noteholders .

 

(a)           Without the consent of any Group I Noteholder, at any time and from time to time, HVF II and the Trustee may amend, modify, or waive the provisions of this Group I Supplement or any Group I Series Supplement:

 

(i)            to create a new Series of Group I Notes;

 

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(ii)           to add to the covenants of HVF II for the benefit of any Group I Noteholders (and if such covenants are to be for the benefit of less than all Series of Group I Notes, stating that such covenants are expressly being included solely for the benefit of such Series of Group I Notes) or to surrender any right or power herein conferred upon HVF II (provided, however, that HVF II will not pursuant to this Section 10.1(a)(ii)  surrender any right or power it has under any Group I Related Documents);

 

(iii)          to mortgage, pledge, convey, assign and transfer to the Trustee any additional property or assets, or increase the amount of such property or assets that are required as security for the Group I Notes and to specify the terms and conditions upon which such additional property or assets are to be held and dealt with by the Trustee and to set forth such other provisions in respect thereof as may be required by the Group I Supplement or as may, consistent with the provisions of the Group I Supplement, be deemed appropriate by HVF II and the Trustee, or to correct or amplify the description of any such property or assets at any time so mortgaged, pledged, conveyed and transferred to the Trustee on behalf of the Group I Noteholders;

 

(iv)          to cure any mistake, ambiguity, defect, or inconsistency or to correct or supplement any provision contained in this Group I Supplement or in any Group I Series Supplement or in any Group I Notes issued hereunder;

 

(v)           to provide for uncertificated Group I Notes in addition to certificated Group I Notes;

 

(vi)          to add to or change any of the provisions of this Group I Supplement to such extent as shall be necessary to permit or facilitate the issuance of Group I Notes in bearer form, registrable or not registrable as to principal, and with or without interest coupons;

 

(vii)         to evidence and provide for the acceptance of appointment hereunder by a successor Trustee with respect to the Group I Notes of one or more Series of Group I Notes and to add to or change any of the provisions of this Group I Supplement as shall be necessary to provide for or facilitate the administration of the trusts hereunder by more than one Trustee;

 

(viii)        to correct or supplement any provision herein that may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or therein or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Group I Supplement or in any Group I Series Supplement; or

 

(ix)          to effect any amendments hereto reasonably necessary to accommodate the purchase of any Additional Group I Leasing Company Note purchased in accordance with Section 8.9 hereof;

 

provided , however , that, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II, such action shall not adversely affect in any material respect the interests of any Group I Noteholder or Group I Series Enhancement Provider.

 

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(b)           Group I Series Supplements .  Upon the request of HVF II and receipt by the Trustee of the documents described in Section 2.2 , the Trustee shall join with HVF II in the execution of any Group I Series Supplement authorized or permitted by the terms of the Group I Supplement and shall make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee shall not be obligated to enter into such Group I Series Supplement that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under the Group I Indenture or otherwise.

 

Section 10.2.         With Consent of the Noteholders .

 

(a)           Except as provided in Section 10.1 , the provisions of this Group I Supplement may from time to time be amended, modified or waived, if (i) such amendment, modification or waiver is in writing and is consented to in writing by HVF II, the Trustee and the Requisite Group I Investors, provided that , with respect to any such amendment, modification or waiver that does not adversely affect in any material respect one or more Series of Group I Notes, as evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II, each such Series of Group I Notes will be deemed not Outstanding for purposes of the foregoing consent (and the calculation of the Requisite Group I Investors (including the Aggregate Group I Principal Amount) will be modified accordingly) and (ii) the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Group I Notes Outstanding is satisfied with respect to such amendment, modification, or waiver; provided that , HVF II shall be permitted to issue any Subordinated Series of Group I Notes and effect any amendments hereto reasonably necessary to effect such issuance without the consent of any Group I Noteholder (other than the Required Noteholders of each such previously issued Subordinated Series of Group I Notes); provided further that , the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Group I Notes Outstanding shall have been satisfied with respect to such issuance of such Subordinated Series of Group I Notes and that each Subordinated Series of Group I Notes shall be deemed to be subordinated in all material respects to each Series of Group I Notes.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding the foregoing (but subject, in each case, to satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Group I Notes Outstanding):

 

(i)            any modification of this Section 10.2 or any requirement hereunder that any particular action be taken by Group I Noteholders holding the relevant percentage in Principal Amount of the Group I Notes shall require the consent of each Group I Noteholder materially adversely affected thereby; and

 

(ii)           any amendment, waiver or other modification to this Group I Supplement or any Group I Series Supplement that would (A) extend the due date for, or reduce the interest rate or principal amount of any Group I Note, or the amount of any scheduled repayment or prepayment of interest on any Group I Note (or reduce the principal amount of or rate of interest on any Group I Note) shall require the consent of each holder of such Group I Note materially adversely affected thereby; (B) affect adversely in any material respect the interests, rights or obligations of any Group I Noteholder individually in comparison to any other Group I Noteholder shall require the consent of such Group I Noteholder; or (C) amend or otherwise modify any Amortization

 

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Event shall require the consent of each Group I Noteholder to which such Amortization Event applies that would be materially adversely affected thereby.

 

(c)           No failure or delay on the part of any Group I Noteholder or the Trustee in exercising any power or right under this Group I Supplement or any other Group I Related Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right; provided that , for the avoidance of doubt, any exercise of any such right or power shall remain subject to each condition expressly specified in any Group I Related Document with respect to such exercise.

 

(d)           It shall not be necessary for the consent of any Person pursuant to this Section for such Person to approve the particular form of any proposed amendment, but it shall be sufficient if such Person consents to the substance thereof.

 

(e)           HVF II will not consent to the issuance of any series of notes by a Group I Leasing Company under its Group I Leasing Company Related Documents that is secured by the same pool of assets that is direct collateral for a Group I Leasing Company Note without the prior written consent of the Requisite Group I Investors.

 

Section 10.3.         Supplements and Amendments .

 

Each amendment or other modification to this Group I Supplement shall be set forth in a Group I Supplemental Indenture.  The initial effectiveness of each Group I Supplemental Indenture shall be subject to the satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Group I Notes Outstanding and the delivery to the Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel that such Group I Supplemental Indenture is authorized or permitted by this Group I Supplement.  Subject to the terms hereof, each Group I Series Supplement may be amended as provided in such Group I Series Supplement.

 

Section 10.4.         Revocation and Effect of Consents .

 

Until an amendment or waiver becomes effective, a consent to it by a Group I Noteholder of a Group I Note is a continuing consent by the Group I Noteholder and every subsequent Group I Noteholder of a Group I Note or portion of a Group I Note that evidences the same debt as the consenting Group I Noteholder’s Group I Note, even if notation of the consent is not made on any Group I Note.  Any such Group I Noteholder or subsequent Group I Noteholder may, however, revoke the consent as to his Group I Note or portion of a Group I Note if the Trustee receives written notice of revocation before the date the amendment or waiver becomes effective.  An amendment or waiver becomes effective in accordance with its terms and thereafter binds every Group I Noteholder.  HVF II may fix a record date for determining which Group I Noteholders are eligible to consent to any amendment or waiver.

 

Section 10.5.         Notation on or Exchange of Notes .

 

The Trustee may place an appropriate notation about an amendment or waiver on any Group I Note thereafter authenticated.  HVF II, in exchange for all Group I Notes, may issue and the Trustee shall authenticate new Group I Notes that reflect the amendment or waiver.

 

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Failure to make the appropriate notation or issue a new Group I Note shall not affect the validity and effect of such amendment or waiver.

 

Section 10.6.         The Trustee to Sign Amendments, etc .

 

The Trustee shall sign any Group I Supplemental Indenture authorized pursuant to this Article X if the Group I Supplemental Indenture does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee.  If it does, the Trustee may, but need not, sign it.  In signing any amendment hereto or Group I Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, if requested, an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it and to receive and, subject to Section 7.2 of the Base Indenture, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that such Group I Supplemental Indenture is authorized or permitted by this Group I Supplement and that all conditions precedent have been satisfied, and that it will be valid and binding upon HVF II in accordance with its terms.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 11.1.         Benefits of Indenture .

 

Except as set forth in a Group I Series Supplement, nothing in the Group I Indenture or in the Group I Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the parties hereto and their successors hereunder and the Group I Noteholders, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under the Group I Indenture.

 

Section 11.2.         Successors .

 

All agreements of HVF II in this Group I Supplement and each Group I Related Document shall bind its successor; provided , however , that except as provided in Section 10.2(b)(iii) , HVF II may not assign its obligations or rights under this Group I Supplement or any Group I Related Document.  All agreements of the Trustee in this Group I Supplement shall bind its successor.

 

Section 11.3.         Severability .

 

In case any provision in this Group I Supplement or in the Group I Notes shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 11.4.         Counterpart Originals .

 

This Group I Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute one and the same Group I Supplement.

 

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Section 11.5.         Table of Contents, Headings, etc .

 

The Table of Contents and headings of the Articles and Sections of this Group I Supplement have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.

 

Section 11.6.         Termination; Collateral .

 

This Group I Supplement, and any grants, pledges and assignments hereunder, shall become effective concurrently with the issuance of the first Series of Group I Notes and shall terminate when (a) all Group I Note Obligations shall have been fully paid and satisfied, (b) the obligations of each Group I Series Enhancement Provider under any Group I Series Enhancement, Group I Related Documents and each Group I Series Supplement have terminated, and (c) any Group I Series Enhancement shall have terminated, at which time the Trustee, at the request of HVF II and upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II to the effect that the conditions in clauses (a) , (b)  and (c)  above have been complied with and upon receipt of a certificate from the Trustee and each Group I Series Enhancement Provider to the effect that the conditions in clauses (a) , (b)  and (c)  above have been complied with, shall reassign (without recourse upon, or any warranty whatsoever by, the Trustee) and deliver all Group I Indenture Collateral and documents then in the custody or possession of the Trustee promptly to HVF II.

 

HVF II and the Group I Noteholders hereby agree that, if any funds remain on deposit in or credited to the Group I Collection Account on any date on which no Series of Group I Notes is Outstanding or each Group I Series Supplement related to a Series of Group I Notes has been terminated, such amounts shall be released by the Trustee and paid to HVF II.

 

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Section 11.7.         Governing Law .  THIS GROUP I SUPPLEMENT, AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GROUP I SUPPLEMENT, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAW.

 

Section 11.8.         Electronic Execution .  This Group I Supplement may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile or other electronic means ( i.e. , a “pdf” or “tiff”).  The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable law, have the same force and effect as manually signed originals and shall be binding on each party hereto.  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Group I Supplement or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including, without limitation, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be.

 

Section 11.9.         Notices .

 

Any notice or communication by any party hereunder shall be delivered in accordance with Section 10.1 of the Base Indenture.  The address for notices to be delivered to the Securities Intermediary or the Group I Administrator shall be:

 

If to the Group I Administrator:

 

The Hertz Corporation
225 Brae Boulevard
Park Ridge, NJ  07656

 

Attn:       Treasury Department
Phone:  (201) 307-2000
Fax:  (201) 307-2746

 

If to the Securities Intermediary:

 

2 North LaSalle, Suite 1020
Chicago, Illinois  60602
Attn: Corporate Trust Administrator — Structured Finance
Phone:  (312) 827-8569
Fax:  (312) 827-8562

 

The Securities Intermediary and the Group I Administrator from time to time may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications by notice to each of the parties hereto.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee and HVF II have caused this Indenture to be duly executed by their respective duly authorized officers as of the day and year first written above.

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP,

 

as Issuer

 

 

 

By:

HVF II GP Corp., its General Partner

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mitchell L. Brumwell

 

 

Name:

Mitchell L. Brumwell

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 



 

SCHEDULE I

TO THE

GROUP I SUPPLEMENT

 

DEFINITIONS LIST

 

Additional Group I Lease ” means a master motor vehicle lease and servicing agreement among an Additional Group I Leasing Company, one or more Additional Group I Lessees, and Hertz or an Affiliate of Hertz), as servicer (provided such Affiliate’s obligations as servicer are guaranteed by Hertz).

 

Additional Group I Leasing Company ” means a special purpose Affiliate of Hertz (other than HVF) that is engaged in the business of acquiring, financing, refinancing and/or leasing Vehicles designated as such by HVF II subject to Section 8.9 .

 

Additional Group I Leasing Company Indenture ” means an indenture, base indenture and supplement, credit agreement or other documented financing arrangement entered into by an Additional Group I Leasing Company, pursuant to which such Additional Group I Leasing Company can issue or incur indebtedness that is secured by such Additional Group I Leasing Company’s rights under an Additional Group I Lease.

 

Additional Group I Leasing Company Note ” means a variable funding rental car asset backed note or other indebtedness owing from an Additional Group I Leasing Company to HVF II and issued or incurred pursuant to an Additional Group I Leasing Company Indenture.

 

Additional Group I Lessee ” means any Affiliate of Hertz that has entered into any Group I Lease, whose obligations under such Group I Lease are guaranteed by Hertz.

 

Aggregate Group I Leasing Company Note Principal Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of the Group I Leasing Company Note Principal Amounts with respect to each Group I Leasing Company Note Outstanding as of such date.

 

Aggregate Group I Principal Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of the Principal Amounts with respect to each Series of Group I Notes Outstanding as of such date.

 

Aggregate Group I Series Adjusted Principal Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of the Group I Adjusted Series Principal Amounts with respect to each Series of Group I Notes Outstanding as of such date.

 

Amortization Event ” has the meaning specified, with respect to each Series of Group I Notes, in Section 9 of the Group I Supplement and with respect to any Series of Group I Notes, in the related Group I Series Supplement.

 

Amortization Period ” means, with respect to any Series of Group I Notes, the period following the Revolving Period, which shall be the Controlled Amortization Period or the Rapid Amortization Period, each as defined in the applicable Group I Series Supplement.

 



 

Annual Noteholders’ Tax Statement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.2 .

 

Base Indenture ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Beneficiary ” has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Certificate of Title ” means, with respect to any Vehicle, the certificate of title or similar evidence of ownership applicable to such Vehicle duly issued in accordance with the certificate of title act or statute of the jurisdiction applicable to such Vehicle.

 

Class(es) ” means, with respect to any Series of Group I Notes, any one of the classes of Group I Notes of that Series of Group I Notes as specified in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

Collateral Account ” has the meaning set forth in the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Committed Note Purchaser ” has the meaning specified, with respect to each Series of Group I Notes, in the Group I Series Supplement with respect to such Series of Group I Notes.

 

Controlled Amortization Period ” means, with respect to any Series of Group I Notes, the period specified in the applicable Group I Series Supplement.

 

Daily Group I Collection Report ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1 .

 

Disposition Date ” means, with respect to any Group I Eligible Vehicle:

 

(i) if such Group I Eligible Vehicle was returned to a Manufacturer for repurchase pursuant to a Group I Repurchase Program, the Group I Turnback Date with respect to such Group I Eligible Vehicle;

 

(ii) if such Group I Eligible Vehicle was sold to the Manufacturer thereof pursuant to such Group I Manufacturer’s Group I Guaranteed Depreciation Program, the Group I Backstop Date with respect to such Group I Eligible Vehicle;

 

(iii) if such Group I Eligible Vehicle was sold to any Person (other than to the Manufacturer thereof pursuant to such Group I Manufacturer’s Group I Manufacturer Program) the date on which the proceeds of such sale are deposited in the Group I Collection Account or the Group I Exchange Account; and

 

(iv) if such Group I Eligible Vehicle becomes a Group I Casualty or a Group I Ineligible Vehicle (except as a result of a sale thereof), the last day of the calendar month in which such Group I Eligible Vehicle suffers a Group I Casualty or becomes a Group I Ineligible Vehicle.

 

Disposition Proceeds ” means, with respect to each Group I Non-Program Vehicle, the net proceeds from the sale or disposition of such Group I Eligible Vehicle to any Person (other than

 

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any portion of such proceeds payable by the Group I Lessee thereof pursuant to any Group I Lease).

 

DTG Operations ” means DTG Operations, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation.

 

Eligible Account ” means (a) a segregated identifiable trust account established in the trust department of a Qualified Trust Institution or (b) a separately identifiable deposit or securities account established with a Qualified Institution.

 

Entitlement Order ” means “entitlement order” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(8) of the New York UCC.

 

Final Base Rent ” has the meaning specified, with respect to any Group I Lease, in such Group I Lease.

 

Financial Asset ” means “financial asset” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the New York UCC.

 

Group I Account Collateral ” means HVF II’s right, title and interest in, to and under all of the assets, property and interests in property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired or created, in Section 3.1(a)(iii)  of the Group I Supplement.

 

Group I Accrued Amounts ” means, with respect to any Series of Group I Notes (or any class of such Series of Group I Notes), the amount, if any, specified in the applicable Group I Series Supplement.

 

Group I Administration Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Group I Administration Agreement, dated as October 31, 2014, by and among the Group I Administrator, HVF II and the Trustee.

 

Group I Administrator ” means Hertz, in its capacity as the administrator under the Group I Administration Agreement.

 

Group I Administrator Default ” means any of the events described in Section 9(c)  of the Group I Administration Agreement.

 

Group I Aggregate Asset Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the amount equal to the sum of each of the following:

 

i.                         the aggregate Group I Net Book Value of all Group I Eligible Vehicles as of such date;

 

ii.                      the aggregate amount of all Group I Manufacturer Receivables as of such date;

 

iii.                   the Group I Cash Amount as of such date; and

 

iv.                  the Group I Due and Unpaid Lease Payment Amount as of such date.

 

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Group I Aggregate Asset Amount Deficiency ” means, as of any date of determination, the Group I Aggregate Asset Coverage Threshold Amount as of such date is greater than the Group I Aggregate Asset Amount as of such date.

 

Group I Aggregate Asset Coverage Threshold Amount ” means, on any date of determination, the sum of the Group I Asset Coverage Threshold Amounts with respect to each Series of Group I Notes Outstanding as of such date.

 

Group I Asset Coverage Threshold Amount ” has the meaning specified, with respect to each Series of Group I Notes, in the Group I Series Supplement with respect to such Series of Group I Notes.

 

Group I Backstop Date ” means, with respect to any Group I Program Vehicle that has been turned back under the related Group I Manufacturer Program, the date on which the Group I Manufacturer of such Group I Program Vehicle is obligated to purchase such Group I Program Vehicle in accordance with the terms of such Group I Manufacturer Program.

 

Group I Back-Up Administration Agreement ” means that certain Group I Back-Up Administration Agreement dated as of November 25, 2013, by and among the Group I Administrator, HVF II and Lord Securities Corporation, as back-up administrator.

 

Group I Capitalized Cost ” means, with respect to each Group I Eligible Vehicle, “Capitalized Cost” under and as defined in the Group I Leasing Company Related Documents that include the Group I Lease with respect to such Group I Eligible Vehicle.

 

Group I Carrying Charges ” means for any Payment Date, without duplication, the aggregate of:

 

(i) all Trustee fees and other fees and expenses and indemnity amounts, if any, payable by HVF II under the Group I Related Documents,

 

(ii) the Group I Percentage of all Trustee fees and other fees and expenses and indemnity amounts, if any, payable by HVF II under the Base Related Documents, and

 

(iii) the Group I Percentage of all other operating expenses of HVF II (including any management fees) arising in connection therewith, in each case, that have become payable since the immediately preceding Determination Date and any such amounts that had become payable as of such immediately preceding Determination Date and remain unpaid.

 

Group I Cash Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of the amount of cash on deposit in and Permitted Investments credited to any of the Group I Collection Account and any Group I Leasing Company Collection Account and the amount of cash on deposit in and Permitted Investments credited to any Group I Exchange Account.

 

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Group I Casualty ” means, with respect to any Group I Eligible Vehicle, that

 

(a)           such Group I Eligible Vehicle is destroyed, seized or otherwise rendered permanently unfit or unavailable for use, or

 

(b)           such Group I Eligible Vehicle is lost or stolen and is not recovered for 180 days following the occurrence thereof.

 

Group I Collection Account ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(a) .  The Group I Collection Account shall be the “Group-Specific Collection Account” with respect to the Group I Notes.

 

Group I Collections ” means all payments on or in respect of the Group I Indenture Collateral.

 

Group I Depreciation Charge ” means, with respect to each Group I Eligible Vehicle, “Depreciation Charge” under and as defined in the Group I Leasing Company Related Documents that include the Group I Lease with respect to such Group I Eligible Vehicle.

 

Group I Due and Unpaid Lease Payment Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of:

 

(a)          all amounts (other than Monthly Variable Rent) known by the Group I Servicer with respect to the Group I HVF Lease to be due and payable by the Group I Lessees to HVF on either of the next two succeeding Payment Dates pursuant to Section 4.7 of the Group I HVF Lease as of such date (other than (i) Monthly Base Rent payable on the second such succeeding Payment Date and (ii) Monthly Variable Rent), together with all amounts (other than Monthly Variable Rent) due and unpaid as of such date by the Group I Lessees to HVF pursuant to Section 4.7 of the Group I HVF Lease; and

 

(b)          all amounts (other than Monthly Variable Rent) known by the applicable Group I Servicer to be due and payable by any Group I Lessee to any Group I Leasing Company on either of the next two succeeding Payment Dates pursuant any Group I Lease (other than the Group I HVF Lease) as of such date (other than (i) Monthly Base Rent payable on the second such succeeding Payment Date and (ii) Monthly Variable Rent), together with all amounts (other than Monthly Variable Rent) due and unpaid as of such date by any Group I Lessee to any Group I Leasing Company pursuant to any Group I Lease (other than the Group I HVF Lease).

 

Group I Eligible Vehicle ” means a passenger automobile, van or light-duty truck that is owned by a Group I Leasing Company and leased by such Group I Leasing Company to any Group I Lessee pursuant to a Group I Lease:

 

i.                   that is not older than seventy-two (72) months from December 31 of the calendar year preceding the model year of such passenger automobile, van or light-duty truck;

 

ii.                the Certificate of Title for which is in the name of:

 

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a.               such Group I Leasing Company (or, the application therefor has been submitted to the appropriate state authorities for such titling or retitling);

 

b.               the Nominee, as nominee titleholder for such Group I Leasing Company (or, the application therefor has been submitted to the appropriate state authorities for such titling or retitling); or

 

c.                on any date on or after the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date, RCFC, as nominee titleholder for such Group I Leasing Company (or, the application therefor has been submitted to the appropriate state authorities for such titling or retitling);

 

iii.             that is owned by such Group I Leasing Company free and clear of all Liens other than Group I Permitted Liens; and

 

iv.            that is designated on the Collateral Servicer’s (as defined under the Collateral Agency Agreement) computer systems as leased under such Group I Lease in accordance with the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Group I Exchange Account ” means (i) the “Series 2013-G1 HVF Segregated Exchange Account” as defined in the Group I Leasing Company Related Documents with respect to the HVF Series 2013-G1 Note and (ii) any Exchange Account (as defined in the Master Exchange Agreement) that receives funds from a Joint Collection Account (as defined in the Master Exchange Agreement) or another Exchange Account relating solely to Relinquished Property Proceeds (as defined in the Master Exchange Agreement) of Group I Eligible Vehicles.

 

Group I General Intangibles Collateral ” means the Group I Indenture Collateral described in Sections 3.1(a)(i) and (ii) .

 

Group I Guaranteed Depreciation Program ” means a guaranteed depreciation program pursuant to which a Group I Manufacturer has agreed to:

 

(a)           cause Group I Eligible Vehicles manufactured by it or one of its Affiliates that are turned back during a specified period to be sold by the buyer, or any agent of the buyer, of such Group I Eligible Vehicle,

 

(b)           cause the proceeds of any such sale to be deposited in a Collateral Account by the buyer, or any agent of the buyer, of such Group I Eligible Vehicle, promptly following such sale and

 

(c)           pay to HVF II or the Intermediary the excess, if any, of the guaranteed payment amount with respect to any such Group I Eligible Vehicle calculated as of the Group I Turnback Date in accordance with the provisions of such guaranteed depreciation program over the amount deposited in a Collateral Account by the buyer, or any agent of the buyer, of such Group I Eligible Vehicle pursuant to clause (b) above.

 

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Group I HVF Lease ” means that certain Amended and Restated Master Motor Vehicle Operating Lease and Servicing Agreement (Series 2013-G1), dated as of October 31, 2014, by and among HVF, as lessor, DTG Operations, as a lessee, Hertz as a lessee, as servicer and as guarantor, and those other “Permitted Lessees” from time to time becoming “Lessees” thereunder, if any.

 

Group I Indenture ” means the Base Indenture together with this Group I Supplement.

 

Group I Indenture Collateral ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 .

 

Group I Ineligible Vehicle ” means a passenger automobile, van or light-duty truck that is owned by a Group I Leasing Company and leased by such Group I Leasing Company to any Group I Lessee pursuant to a Group I Lease that is not a Group I Eligible Vehicle.

 

Group I Interest Collections ” means on any date of determination, all Group I Collections that represent interest payments on the Group I Leasing Company Notes plus any amounts earned on Permitted Investments in the Group I Collection Account that are available for distribution on such date.

 

Group I Lease ” means each of the Group I HVF Lease and each Additional Group I Lease, if any.

 

Group I Lease Servicer ” means, with respect to any Group I Lease, the “Servicer” under and as defined in such Group I Lease.

 

Group I Leasing Company ” means each of HVF and each Additional Group I Leasing Company.

 

Group I Leasing Company Amortization Event ” means, with respect to any Group I Leasing Company Note, an “Amortization Event” as defined in the Group I Leasing Company Related Documents with respect to such Group I Leasing Company Note.

 

Group I Leasing Company Collection Account ” means (i) the “Series 2013-G1 Collection Account” as defined in the Group I Leasing Company Related Documents with respect to the HVF Series 2013-G1 Note and (ii) with respect to any Additional Group I Leasing Company Note, any “Collection Account” under and as defined in the Group I Leasing Company Related Documents with respect to such Additional Group I Leasing Company Note.

 

Group I Leasing Company Note ” means the HVF Series 2013-G1 Note and any Additional Group I Leasing Company Note.

 

Group I Leasing Company Note Principal Amount ” means with respect to each Group I Leasing Company Note, the “Principal Amount” as defined in such Group I Leasing Company Note.

 

Group I Leasing Company Related Documents ” means (i) with respect to the HVF Series 2013-G1 Note, the “Series 2013-G1 Related Documents” (under and as defined in the HVF Series

 

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2013-G1 Supplement), and (ii) with respect to any other Group I Leasing Company Note, the “Related Documents” under and as defined in the Additional Group I Leasing Company Indenture pursuant to which such Group I Leasing Company Note was issued.

 

Group I Lessee ” means, as of any date of determination, each “Lessee” under any Group I Lease, in each case as of such date.

 

Group I Liquidation Event ” has the meaning specified, with respect to each Series of Group I Notes, in the applicable Group I Series Supplement.

 

Group I Manufacturer ” means each Person that has manufactured a Group I Eligible Vehicle.

 

Group I Manufacturer Program ” means at any time any Group I Repurchase Program or Group I Guaranteed Depreciation Program that is in full force and effect with a Group I Manufacturer and that, in any such case, satisfies the Group I Required Contractual Criteria.

 

Group I Manufacturer Receivable ” means any amount payable to a Group I Leasing Company or the Intermediary by a Group I Manufacturer in respect of or in connection with the disposition of a Group I Program Vehicle, other than any such amount that does not (directly or indirectly) constitute any portion of the Group I Indenture Collateral.

 

Group I Net Book Value ” means, with respect to each Group I Eligible Vehicle, “Net Book Value” under and as defined in the Group I Leasing Company Related Documents that include Group I Lease with respect to such Group I Eligible Vehicle.

 

Group I Non-Program Vehicle ” means, as of any date of determination, a Group I Eligible Vehicle that is not a Group I Program Vehicle as of such date.

 

Group I Note Obligations ” means all principal and interest, at any time and from time to time, owing by HVF II on the Group I Notes and all costs, fees and expenses payable by, or obligations of, HVF II under the Group I Indenture and/or the Group I Related Documents and/or the Group I Series Supplements.

 

Group I Noteholder ” means the Person in whose name a Group I Note is registered in the Note Register.

 

Group I Notes ” has the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

 

Group I Percentage ” means, as of any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Aggregate Group I Principal Amount as of such date and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Indenture Principal Amount as of such date.

 

Group I Permitted Liens ” means (i) Liens for current taxes not delinquent or for taxes being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP, (ii) mechanics’, materialmen’s, landlords’, warehousemen’s and carriers’ Liens, and other Liens

 

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imposed by law, securing obligations that are not more than thirty days past due or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP and (iii) Liens in favor of the Trustee pursuant to any Group I Related Document or Base Related Document and Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement.  Group I Permitted Liens shall be “Group Permitted Liens” with respect to the Group I Notes.

 

Group I Potential Leasing Company Amortization Event ” means any occurrence or event that, with the giving of notice, the passage of time or both, would constitute a Group I Leasing Company Amortization Event.

 

Group I Principal Collections ” means any Group I Collections other than Group I Interest Collections.

 

Group I Program Vehicle ” means, as of any date of determination, a Group I Eligible Vehicle that is a “Program Vehicle” (as defined in the Group I Leasing Company Related Documents with respect to such Group I Eligible Vehicle) as of such date.

 

Group I Related Document Actions ” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.2 .

 

Group I Related Documents ” means the Group I Supplement, the Group I Administration Agreement, the Group I Back-up Administration Agreement, the Group I Leasing Company Related Documents and, to the extent it relates to the Group I Eligible Vehicles and the Related Master Collateral with respect thereto, the Collateral Agency Agreement.  The Group I Related Documents shall be the “Group Related Documents” with respect to the Group I Notes.

 

Group I Repurchase Program ” means a program pursuant to which a Group I Manufacturer or one or more of its Affiliates has agreed to repurchase (prior to any attempt to sell to an unaffiliated third party) Group I Eligible Vehicles manufactured by such Group I Manufacturer or one or more of its Affiliates during a specified period.

 

Group I Required Contractual Criteria ” means, with respect to any Group I Repurchase Program or Group I Guaranteed Depreciation Program as of any date of determination, terms therein pursuant to which:

 

(i) such Group I Repurchase Program or Group I Guaranteed Depreciation Program, as applicable, is in full force and effect as of such date with a Manufacturer,

 

(ii) the repurchase price or guaranteed auction sale price with respect to each Group I Eligible Vehicle subject thereto is at least equal to the Group I Capitalized Cost of such Group I Eligible Vehicle, minus all Group I Depreciation Charges accrued with respect to such Group I Eligible Vehicle prior to the date that such Group I Eligible Vehicle is submitted for repurchase or resale (after any applicable minimum holding period) in accordance with the terms of the Group I Repurchase Program, minus Group I Excess Mileage Charges, minus Group I Excess Damage Charges,

 

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(iii) such Group I Repurchase Program or Group I Guaranteed Depreciation Program, as applicable, cannot be unilaterally amended or terminated with respect to any Group I Eligible Vehicle subject thereto after the purchase of such Group I Eligible Vehicle, and

 

(iv) the assignment of the benefits (but not the burdens) of which to a Group I Leasing Company and the Collateral Agent has been acknowledged in writing by the related Manufacturer.

 

Group I Required Noteholders ” means, with respect to an amendment, waiver or other modification, Group I Noteholders materially and adversely affected thereby holding not less than 66 2 / 3 % of the sum of (a) the Aggregate Group I Principal Amount held by all Group I Noteholders materially and adversely affected thereby and (b) the sum of the unutilized purchase commitments of all Committed Note Purchasers materially and adversely affected thereby (excluding, for the purposes of making the foregoing calculation, any Group I Notes held by any Affiliate of HVF II  (other than an Affiliate Issuer)); provided , however , that, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Amortization Event with respect to any Series of Group I Notes held by a Committed Note Purchaser, the unutilized purchase commitment of such Committed Note Purchaser with respect to such Series of Group I Notes shall be deemed to be zero.

 

Group I Series Account ” means any account or accounts established pursuant to a Group I Series Supplement for the benefit of the related Series of Group I Notes.

 

Group I Series Adjusted Principal Amount ” means, with respect to any Series of Group I Notes (or any class of such Series of Group I Notes), the “Adjusted Principal Amount” as defined in such Series of Group I Notes.

 

Group I Series Enhancement ” means, with respect to any Series of Group I Notes, the rights and benefits provided to the Group I Noteholders of such Series of Group I Notes pursuant to any letter of credit, surety bond, cash collateral account, overcollateralization, issuance of Subordinated Series of Group I Notes, spread account, guaranteed rate agreement, maturity guaranty facility, tax protection agreement, interest rate swap, hedging instrument or any other similar arrangement.

 

Group I Series Enhancement Agreement ” means any contract, agreement, instrument or document governing the terms of any Group I Series Enhancement or pursuant to which any Group I Series Enhancement is issued or outstanding.

 

Group I Series Enhancement Provider ” means the Person providing any Group I Series Enhancement as designated in the applicable Group I Series Supplement, other than any Group I Noteholders the Group I Notes of which are subordinated to any Class of the Group I Notes of the same Series of Group I Notes.

 

Group I Series Principal Terms ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3 .

 

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Group I Series Supplement ” means a supplement to the Group I Supplement complying (to the extent applicable) with the terms of Section 2.3 of the Group I Supplement.

 

Group I Series-Specific Collateral ” means, with respect to any Series of Group I Notes, the collateral specified in the related Group I Series Supplement as solely for the benefit of such Series of Group I Notes.

 

Group I Supplement ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Group I Supplemental Indenture ” means a supplement to the Group I Indenture complying (to the extent applicable) with the terms of Article X of this Group I Supplement.

 

Group I Turnback Date ” means, with respect to any Group I Program Vehicle, the date on which such Group I Eligible Vehicle is accepted for return by a Group I Manufacturer or its agent pursuant to its Group I Manufacturer Program and the Group I Depreciation Charges cease to accrue pursuant to its Group I Manufacturer Program.

 

Group I Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date ” means, with respect to each Group I Eligible Vehicle, “Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date” under and as defined in the Group I Lease with respect to such Group I Eligible Vehicle.

 

HVF Series 2013-G1 Note ” means that certain Series 2013-G1 Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Note, dated as of November 25, 2013, issued by HVF to HVF II.

 

HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement ” means that certain Amended and Restated Series 2013-G1 Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014, by and among HVF, HVF II and the Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee.

 

Initial Group I Closing Date ” means November 25, 2013.

 

Initial Group I Indenture ” means the Initial Base Indenture together with the Initial Group I Supplement.

 

Initial Principal Amount ” has the meaning specified, with respect to each Series of Group I Notes, in the Group I Series Supplement with respect to such Series of Group I Notes.

 

Intermediary ” means the Person acting in the capacity of Qualified Intermediary pursuant to the Master Exchange Agreement.

 

Investment Property ” means “investment property” within the meaning of Section 9-102(49) of the New York UCC.

 

Legal Final Payment Date ” has the meaning specified, with respect to each Series of Group I Notes, in the Group I Series Supplement with respect to such Series of Group I Notes.

 

Luxembourg Agent ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.4 .

 

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Majority in Interest ” has the meaning specified, with respect to any Series of Group I Notes, in the applicable Group I Series Supplement.

 

Manufacturer ” means a manufacturer or distributor of passenger automobiles and/or light-duty trucks.

 

Master Exchange Agreement ” means the Third Amended and Restated Master Exchange Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the Third Amended and Restated Master Exchange Agreement, dated as of August 8, 2014), among Hertz, HVF, HGI, the Intermediary and DB Services Americas, Inc.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means, with respect to any occurrence, event or condition, applicable to any party to any of the Group I Related Documents:

 

1.                 a material adverse effect on the ability of HVF II or any Affiliate of HVF II that is a party to any of the Group I Related Documents to perform its obligations under such Group I Related Documents; or

 

2.                 a material adverse effect on (i) the validity or enforceability of any Group I Related Documents or (ii) on the validity, perfection or priority of the lien of the trustee in the Group I Indenture Collateral, other than, in each case, a material adverse effect on any such priority arising due to the existence of a Group I Permitted Lien.

 

Monthly Base Rent ” has the meaning specified, with respect to any Group I Lease, in such Group I Lease.

 

Monthly Noteholders’ Statement ” means, with respect to any Series of Group I Notes, a statement substantially in the form of the applicable exhibit to the applicable Group I Series Supplement.

 

Monthly Variable Rent ” has the meaning specified, with respect to each Group I Lease, in such Group I Lease.

 

New York UCC ” means the UCC in effect in the State of New York.

 

Note Rate ” has the meaning specified, with respect to each Series of Group I Notes, in the Group I Series Supplement with respect to such Series of Group I Notes.

 

Permitted Investments ” means negotiable instruments or securities, payable in Dollars, represented by instruments in bearer or registered in book-entry form which evidence:

 

(i)            obligations the full and timely payment of which are to be made by or is fully guaranteed by the United States of America other than financial contracts whose value depends on the values or indices of asset values;

 

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(ii)           demand deposits of, time deposits in, or certificates of deposit issued by, any depositary institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof whose short-term debt is rated “P-1” by Moody’s and “A-1+” by S&P and subject to supervision and examination by Federal or state banking or depositary institution authorities; provided , however , that at the earlier of (x) the time of the investment and (y) the time of the contractual commitment to invest therein, the certificates of deposit or short-term deposits, if any, or long-term unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligation whose rating is based on collateral or on the credit of a Person other than such institution or trust company) of such depositary institution or trust company shall have a credit rating from S&P of “A-1+” and a credit rating from Moody’s of “P-1” in the case of certificates of deposit or short-term deposits, or a rating from S&P not lower than “AA” and a rating from Moody’s not lower than “Aa2” in the case of long-term unsecured obligations;

 

(iii)          commercial paper having, at the earlier of (x) the time of the investment and (y) the time of the contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from S&P of “A-1+” and a rating from Moody’s of “P-1”;

 

(iv)          bankers’ acceptances issued by any depositary institution or trust company described in clause (ii) above;

 

(v)           investments in money market funds rated “AAAm” by S&P and “Aaa-mf” by Moody’s, or otherwise approved in writing by S&P or Moody’s, as applicable;

 

(vi)          Eurodollar time deposits having a credit rating from S&P of “A-1+” and a credit rating from Moody’s of “P-1”;

 

(vii)         repurchase agreements involving any of the Permitted Investments described in clauses (i) and (vi) above and the certificates of deposit described in clause (ii) above which are entered into with a depository institution or trust company, having a commercial paper or short-term certificate of deposit rating of “A-1+” by S&P and “P-1” by Moody’s; and

 

(viii)        any other instruments or securities, if the Rating Agencies confirm in writing that the investment in such instruments or securities will not adversely affect the then-current ratings with respect to any Series of Group I Notes.

 

Potential Amortization Event ” means, with respect to any Series of Group I Notes, any occurrence or event that, with the giving of notice, the passage of time or both, would constitute an Amortization Event with respect to such Series of Group I Notes.

 

Principal Amount ” means, with respect to each Series of Group I Notes, the amount specified in the applicable Group I Series Supplement.

 

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Qualified Institution ” means a depository institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or incorporated under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction with a branch or agency located in the United States of America or any State thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking authorities that at all times (i) has the Required Rating and (ii) in the case of any such institution organized under the laws of the United States of America, whose deposits are insured by the FDIC.

 

Qualified Trust Institution ” means an institution organized under the laws of the United States of America or any State thereof or incorporated under the laws of a foreign jurisdiction with a branch or agency located in the United States of America or any State thereof and subject to supervision and examination by federal or state banking authorities that at all times (i) is authorized under such laws to act as a trustee or in any other fiduciary capacity, (ii) has capital, surplus and undivided profits of not less than $50,000,000 as set forth in its most recent published annual report of condition, and (iii) has the Required Trust Rating.

 

Rapid Amortization Period ” means, with respect to any Series of Group I Notes, the period specified in the applicable Group I Series Supplement.

 

Rating Agency ” with respect to any Series of Group I Notes, has the meaning, if any, specified in the applicable Group I Series Supplement; provided that , if a Rating Agency ceases to rate the Group I Notes of any Series of Group I Notes, such Rating Agency shall be deemed to no longer constitute a Rating Agency for all purposes with respect to such Series of Group I Notes.

 

Rating Agency Condition ” with respect to any Series of Group I Notes, has the meaning, if any, specified in the applicable Group I Series Supplement.

 

RCFC Nominee Agreement ” means the executed agreement substantively in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto.

 

RCFC Nominee Applicability Period ” means the period commencing on and including the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date and ending on and including the date immediately preceding the RCFC Nominee Sunset Date.

 

RCFC Nominee Non-Qualified Period ” means the period commencing on and including the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date and ending on and including the date immediately preceding the RCFC Nominee Qualification Date.

 

RCFC Nominee Qualification Date ” means the first date to occur following the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date on which fewer than 500 Vehicles are titled in the name of RCFC pursuant to the RCFC Nominee Agreement.

 

RCFC Nominee Sunset Date ” means the first date to occur following the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date on which no Vehicle is titled in the name of RCFC pursuant to the RCFC Nominee Agreement.

 

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RCFC Nominee Trigger Date ” means the first date on which (i) the RCFC Nominee Agreement has been executed, (ii) the organizational documents of RCFC have been revised to be substantially in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto, (iii) HVF II has delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that RCFC would not be substantively consolidated with any immediate and direct parent (as of such date) of RCFC as a result of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to any such parent, (iv) RCFC has delivered to HVF and the Trustee a written acknowledgment of RCFC’s obligations under Section 15 of the Group I HVF Lease, (v) an Authorized Officer of HVF II has certified in writing to the Trustee that RCFC has no Indebtedness outstanding (other than any contingent indemnification obligations to financing parties under the RCFC Securitization Documents that by their terms survive the termination thereof and other than any Indebtedness under RCFC’s Series 2010-3 Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Notes that will be refinanced with the proceeds of the issuance of a new Series of Group I Notes or an increase in the outstanding principal amount of an existing Series of Group I Notes on such date), (vi) an Authorized Officer of HVF II has certified in writing to the Trustee that RCFC is not subject to any Liens (other than Group I Permitted Liens) and, together with such certification, has delivered UCC lien search results in its jurisdiction of incorporation consistent with such certification, and (vii) RCFC shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel stating that a United States court of appropriate jurisdiction would determine that only bare legal title in the vehicles titled in the name of RCFC pursuant to the RCFC Nominee Agreement, as opposed to any beneficial economic interest in such vehicles, would become property of RCFC’s bankruptcy estate if RCFC were to become a debtor under the Bankruptcy Code.

 

RCFC Securitization Documents ” means the amended and restated base indenture dated as of February 14, 2007 between RCFC, as issuer and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee, as amended through the RCFC Nominee Trigger Date, together with each series supplement thereunder.

 

Record Date ” means, with respect to any Series of Group I Notes and any Payment Date related thereto, the date specified in the applicable Group I Series Supplement.

 

Registered Organization ” means “registered organization” within the meaning of Section 9-102(a)(70) of Revised Article 9.

 

Required Rating ” means:

 

(i) for so long as DBRS is a Rating Agency with respect to any Series of Group I Notes Outstanding, a short-term certificate of deposit rating of at least “R-1H” from DBRS and a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “AA(L)” from DBRS;

 

(ii) for so long as Moody’s is a Rating Agency with respect to any Series of Group I Notes Outstanding, a short-term certificate of deposit rating of at least “P-1” from Moody’s and a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “A2” from Moody’s;

 

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(iii) for so long as Fitch is a Rating Agency with respect to any Series of Group I Notes Outstanding, a short-term certificate of deposit rating of at least “F1+” from Fitch and a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “AA-” from Fitch; and

 

(iv) for so long as S&P is a Rating Agency with respect to any Series of Group I Notes Outstanding, a short-term certificate of deposit rating of at least “A-1+” from S&P and a long-term unsecured debt rating of at least “AA-” from S&P.

 

Required Series Noteholders ” has the meaning specified, with respect to each Series of Group I Notes, in the Group I Series Supplement with respect to such Series of Group I Notes.

 

Required Trust Rating ” means:

 

(i) for so long as DBRS is a Rating Agency with respect to any Series of Group I Notes Outstanding, a long term deposits rating of at least “BBB(L)” from DBRS;

 

(ii) for so long as Moody’s is a Rating Agency with respect to any Series of Group I Notes Outstanding, a long term deposits rating of at least “Baa3” from Moody’s;

 

(iii) for so long as Fitch is a Rating Agency with respect to any Series of Group I Notes Outstanding, a long term deposits rating of at least “BBB-” from Fitch; and

 

(iv) for so long as S&P is a Rating Agency with respect to any Series of Group I Notes Outstanding, a long term deposits rating of at least “BBB-” from S&P.

 

Requisite Group I Investors ” means Group I Noteholders holding in excess of 50% of the Aggregate Group I Principal Amount (voting in a single class); provided , however , that, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Amortization Event with respect to any Series of Group I Notes held by a Committed Note Purchaser, the purchase commitment of such Committed Note Purchaser shall be deemed to be zero.  The Requisite Group I Investors shall be the “Requisite Group Investors” with respect to the Group I Notes.

 

Revised Article 8 ” means Article 8 of the New York UCC.

 

Revised Article 9 ” means Article 9 of the New York UCC.

 

Revolving Period ” has the meaning specified, with respect to each Series of Group I Notes, in the Group I Series Supplement with respect to such Series of Group I Notes.

 

Securities Intermediary ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2 .

 

Security Entitlement ” means “security entitlement” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(17) of the New York UCC.

 

Series of Group I Notes ” means each Series of Group I Notes issued and authenticated pursuant to the Group I Indenture and the applicable Group I Series Supplement.

 

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Subordinated Series of Group I Notes ” means a subordinated Series of Group I Notes (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, a subordinated Class of Group I Notes issued pursuant to a Group I Series Supplement) which is fully subordinated to each Series of Group I Notes Outstanding (other than any other previously issued Subordinated Series of Group I Notes).

 

Vehicle ” means a passenger automobile, van or light-duty truck.

 

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Exhibit A

 

VEHICLE TITLE NOMINEE AGREEMENT

 

among

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION,

 

as Nominee-Servicer,

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC,

 

[RENTAL CAR FINANCE [    ]],

 

as Nominee,

 

and

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

as Collateral Agent

 

Dated as of [   ], [   ]

 



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Exhibit A: Form of Power of Attorney

 

 

 

 

 

Schedule 1: Nominee Vehicles

 

 

 

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THIS VEHICLE TITLE NOMINEE AGREEMENT (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof, this “ Agreement ”) is made as of this [  ] day of [  ], [  ], by and among [RENTAL CAR FINANCE [    ]] (the “ Nominee ”), HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ HVF ” or the “ Nominating Party ”), THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ Hertz ”), THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as Collateral Agent.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, HVF has acquired certain vehicles from the Nominee and desires to appoint the Nominee to act as its nominee titleholder with respect to such vehicles and the Nominee is willing to act as nominee titleholder with respect to such vehicles;

 

WHEREAS, Hertz has agreed to act as Nominee-Servicer and perform the tasks and functions required of the Nominee-Servicer under this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to confirm their respective interests in and obligations with respect to the Nominee Vehicles and to provide for certain other matters relating to the use and disposition of the Nominee Vehicles; and

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises herein contained and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

AGREEMENT

 

SECTION 1.1             Definitions and Construction .

 

(a)           Definitions .  As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by or is under common control with the Person specified.  For purposes of this definition, “control” means the power to direct the management and policies of a Person, directly or indirectly, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative to the foregoing.

 

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto.

 

Authorized Officer ” means any of the President, any Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of HVF.

 

Base Indenture ” means that certain Fourth Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as November 25, 2013 by and between HVF, as issuer, and the Trustee.

 



 

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks are authorized or required by law to be closed in New York City, New York.

 

Certificate of Title ” means, with respect to each Nominee Vehicle, the certificate of title or similar evidence of ownership applicable to such Nominee Vehicle duly issued in accordance with the certificate of title act or other applicable statute of the jurisdiction applicable to such Nominee Vehicle.

 

Collateral Agency Agreement ” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Collateral Agency Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2013, by and among HVF, as grantor, HGI, as grantor, DTG Operations, Inc., as grantor, Hertz as grantor and collateral servicer, the Collateral Agent, as secured party, and those various “Additional Grantors”, “Financing Sources” and “Beneficiaries” from time to time party thereto.

 

Collateral Agent ” means The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent under the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Contingent Obligation ” means, as applied to any Person, any direct or indirect liability, contingent or otherwise, of that Person (a) with respect to any indebtedness, lease, dividend, letter of credit or other obligation of another Person if the primary purpose or intent thereof by such Person incurring such liability is to provide assurance to the obligee of an obligation of another Person that such obligation of such other Person will be paid or discharged, or that any agreements relating thereto will be complied with, or that the holders of such obligation will be protected (in whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof or (b) under any letter of credit issued for the account of such Person or for which such Person is otherwise liable for reimbursement thereof.  Contingent Obligations shall include (a) the direct or indirect guarantee, endorsement (otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making, discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the obligation of another Person and (b) any liability of such Person for the obligations of another Person through any agreement (contingent or otherwise) (i) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or any security therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation (whether in the form of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise), (ii) to maintain the solvency of any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another Person or (iii) to make take-or-pay or similar payments if required regardless of non-performance by any other party or parties to an agreement, if in the case of any agreement described under subclause (i)  or (ii)  of this sentence the primary purpose or intent thereof is as described in the preceding sentence. The amount of any Contingent Obligation of any Person shall be deemed to be equal to the amount of the obligation of another Person guaranteed or otherwise supported as described above.

 

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America as in effect from time to time set forth in the Accounting Codification Standards issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or in such other statements by such other entity as may be in general use by significant segments of the accounting profession, that are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.

 

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Governmental Authority ” means any Federal, state, local or foreign court or governmental department, commission, board, bureau, agency, authority, instrumentality or regulatory body.

 

HVF ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto.

 

Indebtedness ” as applied to any Person, means, without duplication, (a) all indebtedness for borrowed money, (b) that portion of obligations with respect to any lease of any property (whether real, personal or mixed) that is properly classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP, (c) notes payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not representing obligations for borrowed money, (d) any obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred purchase price for property or services, which purchase price is (i) due more than six months from the date of the incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof or (ii) evidenced by a note or similar written instrument, (e) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on any property or asset owned by that Person regardless of whether the indebtedness secured thereby shall have been assumed by that Person or is nonrecourse to the credit of that Person, and (f) all Contingent Obligations of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing relating to another Person.

 

Lien ” means, when used with respect to any Person, any interest in any real or personal property, asset or other right held, owned or being purchased or acquired by such Person that secures payment or performance of any obligation, and shall include any mortgage, lien, pledge, encumbrance, charge, retained security title of a conditional vendor or lessor, or other security interest of any kind, whether arising under a security agreement, mortgage, lease, deed of trust, chattel mortgage, assignment, pledge, retention or security title, financing or similar statement, or notice or arising as a matter of law, judicial process or otherwise; provided that , the foregoing shall not include, as of any date of determination, any interest in or right with respect to any passenger automobile, van or light-duty truck that is being rented (as of such date) to any third-party customer of Hertz or any Affiliate thereof, which interest or right secures payment or performance of any obligation of such third-party customer.

 

Material Adverse Effect ” means, with respect to any occurrence, event or condition applicable to the Nominating Party:

 

1.     a material adverse effect on the ability of HVF to perform its obligations hereunder;

 

2.     a material adverse effect on HVF’s interest in or title to the Nominee Vehicles or on the ability of HVF to grant a Lien on the Nominee Vehicles; or

 

3.     a material adverse effect on (A) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement with respect to HVF or (B) the validity, perfection or priority of any Lien granted by HVF on HVF’s interest in the Nominee Vehicles (other than in an immaterial portion of the Nominee Vehicles), other than, in each case, a material adverse effect on such priority arising due to the existence of a Permitted Lien.

 

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Nominee ” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble hereto.

 

Nominee-Servicer ” means The Hertz Corporation.

 

Nominee Determination Date ” means the date five (5) Business Days prior to each Nominee Payment Date.

 

Nominee LLC Agreement ” means the [  ] of the Nominee, dated as of [  ].

 

Nominee Payment Date ” means the 25th day of each calendar month, or if such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing on [  ], [  ].

 

Nominee Vehicle ” means each Vehicle owned by HVF that is included on Schedule 1 hereto.

 

Officer’s Certificate ” means, with respect to the Nominating Party, a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of the Nominating Party.

 

Permitted Lien ” means (i) Liens for current taxes not delinquent or for taxes being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP, (ii) mechanics’, materialmen’s, landlords’, warehousemen’s and carriers’ Liens, and other Liens imposed by law, securing obligations that are not more than thirty days past due or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP, and (iii) Liens in favor of the Trustee pursuant to the Base Indenture and any Series Supplement (as defined in the Base Indenture) and Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement.

 

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, business trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, limited liability company, joint stock company, corporation, trust, unincorporated organization or Governmental Authority.

 

POA Revocation Party ” means the Collateral Agent.

 

Power of Attorney ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2 .

 

Requirements of Law ” means, with respect to any Person or any of its property, the certificate of incorporation or articles of association and by-laws, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational or governing documents of such Person or any of its property, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation, or determination of any arbitrator or Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject, whether Federal, state or local.

 

Title Fees and Costs ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 .

 

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Trustee ” means, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee under the Base Indenture and any related series supplement.

 

Vehicle ” means a passenger automobile, van or light-duty truck.

 

SECTION 1.2             Construction .  In this Agreement, including the preamble, recitals, attachments, annexes, exhibits and joinders hereto, unless the context otherwise requires, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a)           the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

 

(b)           references to an agreement or document shall include the preamble, recitals, all attachments, annexes, exhibits and joinders to such agreement or document, and are to such agreement or document (including all such attachments, annexes, exhibits and joinders to such agreement or document) as amended, supplemented, restated and otherwise modified from time to time and to any successor or replacement agreement or document, as applicable (unless otherwise stated);

 

(c)           reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are not prohibited by this Agreement, and reference to any Person in a particular capacity only refers to such Person in such capacity;

 

(d)           reference to any gender includes the other gender;

 

(e)           reference to any Requirement of Law means such Requirement of Law as amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time;

 

(f)            “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term;

 

(g)           with respect to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including” and “to” means “to but excluding”;

 

(h)           the language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party; and

 

(i)            unless specified otherwise, “titling” will be deemed to include the acts of registering a vehicle, including the registering of the license plates of a vehicle.

 

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ARTICLE II

 

APPOINTMENT OF THE NOMINEE AS NOMINEE TITLEHOLDER, DESIGNATION AND REDESIGNATION; POWERS OF ATTORNEY

 

SECTION 2.1             Appointment of Nominee .

 

(a)           HVF hereby appoints the Nominee as nominee titleholder of each Vehicle identified on Schedule 1 hereto, and the Nominee hereby agrees to serve as the designated agent of HVF in such capacity as described and pursuant to the terms set forth herein.

 

SECTION 2.2             Powers of Attorney .

 

(a)           HVF hereby directs the Nominee to grant, and the Nominee hereby agrees to so grant, one or more powers of attorney to Hertz, as Nominee-Servicer and as Collateral Servicer under and as defined in the Collateral Agency Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (each a “ Power of Attorney ”) to:

 

(i)            execute any and all documents and instruments pertaining to the titling of all or a portion of the Nominee Vehicles in the name of the Nominee and the licensing and registration of the Nominee Vehicles, and

 

(ii)           transfer the title to any of the Nominee Vehicles from the name of the Nominee to the name of HVF or the name of a third party or any other Person at any time and to execute such other documents and instruments as may be necessary to effect any such transfer.

 

(b)           The Nominee hereby agrees to revoke such Power of Attorney at any time at the written direction of HVF or the POA Revocation Party, and if the Nominee so revokes the Power of Attorney, the Nominee hereby agrees to grant a Power of Attorney relating to the Nominee Vehicles to or at the direction of HVF or the POA Revocation Party, as applicable.

 

SECTION 2.3             Collateral Agent Powers of Attorney .  The Collateral Agent hereby grants to the Nominee a power of attorney, substantially in the form of Exhibit [C] to the Collateral Agency Agreement, to take any and all actions, in the name of the Collateral Agent, (i) to note the Collateral Agent as the holder of a first lien on the Certificates of Title for the Nominee Vehicles subject to the Collateral Agency Agreement, and/or otherwise ensure that the first lien shown on any and all such Certificates of Title is in the name of the Collateral Agent and (ii) to release the Collateral Agent’s Lien on any such Certificate of Title in connection with the release of any such Nominee Vehicle from the Lien of the Collateral Agency Agreement in accordance with Section 2.7 of the Collateral Agency Agreement.  Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed as authorization from the Collateral Agent to the Nominee to release any Lien on any such Certificates of Title except in compliance with the terms of the Collateral Agency Agreement.  The parties hereto agree that Hertz, as Collateral Servicer under the Collateral Agency Agreement, will perform all activities set forth in subsections (i) and (ii) above on behalf of the Nominee.

 

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ARTICLE III

 

INTERESTS IN THE NOMINEE VEHICLES

 

SECTION 3.1             Interests in the Nominee Vehicles .  Notwithstanding the fact that title to the Nominee Vehicles will be recorded in the name of the Nominee and that the Collateral Agent will be noted as the lienholder on the titles with respect to certain of the Nominee Vehicles pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement, the parties hereto each hereby acknowledge that:

 

(a)           except as set forth in subsection (b) below, HVF is entitled to all incidents, benefits and risks of ownership of the Nominee Vehicles, including, without limitation, the sole right to operate, rent, sell, lease and otherwise transfer and dispose of the Nominee Vehicles; and

 

(b)           the Nominee has no direct or indirect ownership or other interest in the Nominee Vehicles, except such rights and obligations with respect to the Nominee Vehicles as are required by the appointment of the Nominee as nominee titleholder with respect to the Nominee Vehicles as set forth herein.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

TRANSFER OF TITLE

 

SECTION 4.1             Transfer of Title for the Nominee Vehicles Pledged .  With respect to each Nominee Vehicle that is pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement (as evidenced in the Collateral Servicer’s records pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement) as of any date of determination, the Nominee hereby agrees on any such date to transfer title to any such Nominee Vehicle at the direction of HVF, the Collateral Agent or Nominee-Servicer from the name of the Nominee to the name of HVF, any Affiliate of HVF or an unaffiliated third party identified by HVF, the Collateral Agent or the Nominee-Servicer.

 

SECTION 4.2             Transfer of Title for the Nominee Vehicles Not Pledged .  With respect to each Nominee Vehicle that is not pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement as of any date of determination, the Nominee hereby agrees on any such date to transfer title to any such Nominee Vehicle at the direction of HVF or the POA Revocation Party.

 

SECTION 4.3             Limits on Nominee Ability to Transfer Nominee Vehicles .  The Nominee hereby agrees not to transfer title to any Nominee Vehicle from the name of the Nominee other than as directed by HVF or the POA Revocation Party pursuant to Sections 4.1 and 4.2 above.

 

ARTICLE V

 

EXPENSES

 

SECTION 5.1             HVF Fees and Expenses .  HVF shall be responsible for causing the payment of any registration fees, title fees, license fees or other similar governmental fees and taxes (including the cost of any recording or registration fees or other similar governmental

 

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charges payable with respect to the notation on the title of the interest of the Collateral Agent) and all costs and expenses in connection with the transfer of title of, or reflection of the interest of any lienholder in, any of the Nominee Vehicles (collectively, “ Title Fees and Costs ”).  The Nominee-Servicer may, but is not required to, pay the Title Fees and Costs on behalf of the Nominee; provided that , if the Nominee-Servicer pays such Title Fees and Costs on behalf of the Nominee, the Nominee-Servicer shall be entitled to monies received by the Nominee in respect thereof from HVF.

 

SECTION 5.2             Submission of Monthly Bills .  The Nominee or, on behalf of the Nominee, the Nominee-Servicer, shall submit a monthly bill to HVF for any Title Fees and Costs incurred by the Nominee in respect of the Nominee Vehicles during the calendar month immediately preceding each Nominee Determination Date.  Payments shall be due on the following Nominee Payment Date.  Such payments shall be made to or at the direction of the Nominee.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

[RESERVED]

 

ARTICLE VII

 

FEES

 

SECTION 7.1             Nominee Fee .  As compensation for services performed by the Nominee pursuant to this Agreement, HVF shall pay a fee of [$  ] to the Nominee, payable [annually on an accrual basis], on the Nominee Payment Date falling in December of each calendar year during the term of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.2             Nominee-Servicer Fee .  As compensation for the services performed by the Nominee-Servicer pursuant to this Agreement, HVF shall pay a fee of $[  ] to the Nominee-Servicer on the Nominee Payment Date falling in December of each calendar year during the term of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

 

SECTION 8.1             Acknowledgements .  The Nominee and HVF hereby acknowledge the following with respect to each Nominee Vehicle that is pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement:

 

(a)           pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement, HVF may assign, pledge and grant to the Collateral Agent a security interest in any and all of the right, title and interest of HVF in and to, among other things, (i) any or all of the Nominee Vehicles and all proceeds thereof, (ii) any or all manufacturer programs to the extent relating to the Nominee Vehicles and (iii) this Agreement to the extent relating to the Nominee Vehicles; and

 

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(b)                                  the Collateral Agent, as assignee of HVF’s rights hereunder pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement, shall be entitled to enforce such rights against the Nominee.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

FURTHER ASSURANCES

 

SECTION 9.1                      Further Assurances .  Each of the parties hereto shall, from time to time, execute and deliver such further instruments and render such further assistance as any other party may reasonably request in order to carry out the transactions contemplated herein or to protect the interests of the parties hereto in the Nominee Vehicles in accordance with the terms hereof; provided however that , such instruments will be prepared by HVF and all costs and expenses in connection with such execution, delivery or other assistance will be borne by HVF.

 

ARTICLE X

 

REMITTANCE OF PROCEEDS

 

SECTION 10.1               Remittance of Proceeds .  In the event that the Nominee receives any payments or proceeds in respect of any Nominee Vehicles other than any payments received pursuant to Section 5.2 or Section 7.1 , the Nominee shall promptly upon receipt, but in no event later than two (2) business days from receipt, (i) with respect to any such payments or proceeds that relate to a Nominee Vehicle that is pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement (as evidenced in the Collateral Servicer’s records pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement), deposit such payments or proceeds in accordance with the Collateral Agency Agreement or (ii) with respect to any payment or proceeds that relate to a Nominee Vehicle that is not pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement, remit such payments or proceeds to or at the direction of HVF with respect to such Nominee Vehicle.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

CERTAIN COVENANTS

 

SECTION 11.1               Limits on Activity of Nominee .  The Nominee hereby agrees (i) that it will not engage in any business or other activity other than (A) acting as titleholder of record for the Nominee Vehicles and (B) entering into documents related to various financing arrangements related to the Nominee Vehicles, and (ii) that it will not own any property or hold title to any vehicles other than the Nominee Vehicles (other than rights under contracts incidental to the Nominee’s appointment as nominee titleholder with respect to the Nominee Vehicles).(1)

 

SECTION 11.2               Liens and Indebtedness .  The Nominee shall not incur any Indebtedness or otherwise do any act that would subject it, the Nominee Vehicles or any of its assets to any Lien (other than Permitted Liens), and the Nominee agrees not to permit any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) to be created or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on the

 


(1)  Hertz to review and confirm.

 

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Nominee Vehicles or the proceeds thereof.  The Nominee shall use its best efforts to remove any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) that attaches to any Nominee Vehicle.

 

SECTION 11.3               Compliance .  The Nominee agrees to comply in all material respects with all Requirements of Law except to the extent that the failure to comply with such Requirements of Law is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 11.4               Notices of Proceedings .  Promptly upon becoming aware thereof, the Nominee agrees to give HVF, Hertz and the Collateral Agent written notice of the commencement or existence of any proceeding by or before any Governmental Authority against or affecting the Nominee that is reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

SECTION 11.5               Maintenance of Separate Existence .  The Nominee acknowledges its receipt of a copy of that certain opinion letter issued by [  ] dated [  ] addressing the issue of substantive consolidation as it may relate to each of Hertz, the Nominee and HVF.  The Nominee hereby agrees to maintain in place all policies and procedures in all material respects, and take and continue to take all action, described in the factual assumptions set forth in such opinion letter and relating to such Person, except as may be confirmed as not required in a subsequent or supplemental opinion of [  ] or other law firm of recognized national standing that is counsel to Hertz, the Nominee and/or HVF addressing the issue of substantive consolidation as it may relate to each of Hertz, the Nominee and HVF.

 

ARTICLE XII

 

REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

 

SECTION 12.1               Representations, Warranties and Covenants .  The Nominee represents, warrants and covenants as follows:

 

(a)                                  It is a limited liability company duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of [  ].  It is duly qualified to do business as a foreign limited liability company and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction where the character of its property, the nature of its business or the performance of its obligations hereunder make such qualification necessary.

 

(b)                                  It has all requisite power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and to carry out the provisions hereof.  Its execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been duly authorized by all necessary action on its part, and this Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, except as the same may be limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors rights and (ii) general principles of equity.

 

(c)                                   There are no actions, suits, investigations or proceedings pending or, to its knowledge after reasonable inquiry, threatened against it before any Governmental Authority that question the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any action taken or to be taken pursuant hereto, or that, if adversely determined, would materially affect its execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.

 

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(d)                                  Neither it nor any of its properties or assets are subject to any contract or agreement, any provision of its certificate of formation or the Nominee LLC Agreement, or other restriction, any law or any order, rule, ruling, certificate, license, regulation, judgment, injunction or demand of any country, state, territory or political subdivision thereof or of any Governmental Authority that would materially affect its execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.

 

(e)                                   The valid and binding execution, and delivery of, and compliance with, this Agreement will not contravene any provision of any presently effective law, rule, regulation, decree, ruling, judgment, order or injunction applicable to or binding upon it or of its certificate of formation or the Nominee LLC Agreement or any contract or agreement to which it is a party or by which its property or assets are bound, the contravention of any of which would materially impair the valid and binding nature of, or its ability to perform, any of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(f)                                    It is not, and is not controlled by, an “investment company” within the meaning of, and is not required to register as an “investment company” under, the Investment Company Act.

 

ARTICLE XIII

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

SECTION 13.1               No Third Party Beneficiaries .  This Agreement will not confer any rights or remedies upon any Person other than the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

SECTION 13.2               Entire Agreement .  This Agreement and the other agreements specifically referenced herein constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto and supersede any prior understandings, agreements, or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, to the extent they related in any way to the subject matter hereof.

 

SECTION 13.3               Succession and Assignment .  This Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.  Except as provided in Section 8.1 , the parties hereto may not assign either this Agreement or any of their respective rights, interest, or obligations hereunder without the prior written approval of the other parties.

 

SECTION 13.4               Delegation .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Nominee-Servicer may delegate to any Affiliate of the Nominee-Servicer the performance of the Nominee-Servicer’s obligations as Nominee-Servicer pursuant to this Agreement (but the Nominee-Servicer shall remain fully liable for its obligations under this Agreement).

 

SECTION 13.5               Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in separate counterparts including in electronic form and by different parties on different counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by

 

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facsimile transmission or electronic transmission (in “.pdf” format) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 13.6               Headings .  The section, subsection and other headings contained in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and will not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 13.7               Notices .  All notices, requests, demands, claims and other communications hereunder will be in writing.  Any notice, request demand, claim, or other communication hereunder will be deemed duly given if it is sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, and addressed to the intended recipient as set forth below:

 

If to the Nominee-Servicer, HVF or the Nominee:

 

225 Brae Boulevard
Park Ridge, NJ 07656
Attention:  Treasury Department
Telephone no. (201) 307-2000
Facsimile no. (201) 307-2746

 

If to the Trustee:

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020
Chicago, IL 60602
Attention:  Corporate Trust Administration — Structured Finance
Telephone no. (312) 827-8569
Facsimile no. (312) 827-8562

 

Any party hereto may give any notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication hereunder using any other means (including personal delivery, expedited courier, messenger service, telecopy, telex, ordinary mail, or electronic mail), but no such notice, request, demand, claim, or other communication will be deemed to have been duly given unless and until it actually is received by the intended recipient.  Any party hereto may change the address to which notices, requests, demands, claims and other communications hereunder are to be delivered by giving the other parties notice in the manner herein as set forth.

 

SECTION 13.8               GOVERNING LAW .  THIS AGREEMENT AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR IN ANY MANNER RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DOMESTIC LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 13.9               Amendments and Waivers .  No amendment of any provision of this Agreement will be valid unless the same will be in writing and signed by each of the parties hereto.  No waiver by any party hereto of any default, misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder, whether intentional or not, will be deemed to extend to any prior or

 

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subsequent default, misrepresentation, or breach of warranty or covenant hereunder or affect in any way any rights arising by virtue of any prior or subsequent such occurrence.

 

SECTION 13.10        Severability .  Any term or provision of this Agreement that is invalid or unenforceable in any situation in any jurisdiction will not affect the validity or enforceability of the remaining terms and provisions hereof or the validity or enforceability of the offending term or provision in any other situation or in any other jurisdiction.

 

SECTION 13.11        Nonpetition Covenants .  Each of the Nominee, HVF, Hertz and the Collateral Agent hereby covenants and agrees that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all of the debt obligations of each of HVF, it will not institute against, or join with, encourage or cooperate with any other Person in instituting against, any of the Nominee or HVF 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.  The provisions of this Section 13.11 shall survive the termination of this Agreement

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Vehicle Title Nominee Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

 

[RENTAL CAR FINANCE [      ]]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Scott Massengill

 

 

 

Vice President & Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Scott Massengill

 

 

 

Vice President & Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Scott Massengill

 

 

 

Senior Vice President & Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

Power of Attorney

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that RENTAL CAR FINANCE [  ] (the “ Nominee ”), under that certain Vehicle Title Nominee Agreement, dated as of [  ], by and among the Nominee, HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC, THE HERTZ CORPORATION and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Nominee Agreement ”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint THE HERTZ CORPORATION its true and lawful Attorney-in-Fact for it and in its name, stead and behalf, to (a) execute any and all documents and instruments pertaining to the titling of the Nominee Vehicles in the name of the Nominee and the licensing and registration of motor vehicles, (b) transfer title of the Nominee Vehicles from the name of the Nominee to the name of a third party at any time and to execute any and all documents and instruments as may be necessary to effect any such transfer, (c) appoint individual representatives of Hertz as attorneys-in-fact to fulfill the purposes of this Power of Attorney and (d) grant further powers of attorney to facilitate or effect any of the foregoing.  This power is limited to the foregoing and specifically does not authorize the creation of any liens or encumbrances on any of said motor vehicles.

 

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Nominee Agreement.

 

Each such person named as attorney-in-fact and any officers or employees of any such person shall have the full power and authority to do and perform each and every act and thing whatsoever, requisite, necessary or proper to be done in furtherance of the foregoing.  This Power of Attorney is granted pursuant to, and governed by, the Nominee Agreement.

 

This Power of Attorney shall, unless sooner terminated, revoked or extended in accordance with the Nominee Agreement, cease upon the termination of the Nominee Agreement. All powers of attorney for this purpose filed or executed by the Nominee in respect of the Nominee Vehicles prior to the date hereof are hereby revoked.

 

THIS POWER OF ATTORNEY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this instrument to be executed on its behalf on this            day of                 ,           .

 

 

RENTAL CAR FINANCE [  ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

STATE OF NEW YORK

)

 

: ss.:

COUNTY OF NEW YORK

)

 

Subscribed and sworn before me, a notary public, in and for said county and state, this         day of                   , 20    .

 

 

Notary Public

 

 

 

 

 

My Commission Expires:

 



 

Exhibit B

 

FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY AGREEMENT
OF
RENTAL CAR FINANCE LLC

 

This First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement (together with the schedules attached hereto, this “ Agreement ”) of Rental Car Finance LLC (the “ Company ”), is entered into by Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as the sole member (the “ Member ”).  Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth on Schedule A hereto.

 

The Member, by execution of this Agreement, (i) hereby continues the Company as a limited liability company pursuant to and in accordance with the Oklahoma Limited Liability Company Act, Okla. Stat. (2011), tit. 18, §2200 et seq ., as amended from time to time, and any successor to such act (the “ Act ”), and this Agreement, (ii) hereby amends and restates in its entirety the Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of                           , 20    , and (iii) hereby agrees as follows:

 

SECTION 1.                             Name .  The name of the limited liability company continued hereby is Rental Car Finance LLC.

 

SECTION 2.                             Principal Business Office .  The principal business office of the Company shall be located at 5330 East 31 st  Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135, or such other location as may hereafter be determined by the Member.

 

SECTION 3.                             Registered Office .  The address of the registered office of the Company in the State of Oklahoma is c/o The Corporation Company, 1833 South Morgan Road, in the City of Oklahoma City, County of Oklahoma, Oklahoma 73128.

 

SECTION 4.                             Registered Agent .  The name and address of the registered agent of the Company for service of process on the Company in the State of Oklahoma is The Corporation Company, 1833 South Morgan Road, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73128.

 

SECTION 5.                             Member .  (a)  The mailing address of the Member is set forth on Schedule B attached hereto.

 

(b)                                  Subject to Section 8(j) , the Member may act by written consent.

 

(c)                                   Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary, if there is only one Member, upon the occurrence of any event that causes the Member to cease to be a member of the Company (other than (i) upon an assignment by the Member of all of its limited liability company interest in the Company and the admission of the transferee pursuant to Sections 20 and 22 , or (ii) the resignation of the Member and the admission of an additional member of the Company pursuant to Sections 21 and 22 ), the natural persons acting as the Independent Directors pursuant to Section 9 shall, without

 

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any action of any Person and simultaneously with the Member ceasing to be a member of the Company, automatically be admitted to the Company as Special Members and shall continue the Company without dissolution. No Special Member may resign from the Company or transfer its rights as Special Member unless (i) a successor Special Member has been admitted to the Company as Special Member by executing a counterpart to this Agreement, and (ii) such successor has also accepted its appointment as an Independent Director pursuant to Section 9 ; provided , that , any Special Member shall automatically cease to be a member of the Company upon the admission to the Company of a substitute Member but shall not thereby cease to be an Independent Director. A Special Member shall be a member of the Company that has no interest in the profits, losses and capital of the Company and has no right to receive any distributions of Company assets. Pursuant to Section 2023 of the Act, a Special Member shall not be required to make any capital contributions to the Company and shall not receive a limited liability company interest in the Company. A Special Member, in its capacity as a Special Member, may not bind the Company. Except as required by any mandatory provision of the Act, a Special Member, in its capacity as a Special Member, shall have no right to vote on, approve or otherwise consent to any action by, or matter relating to, the Company, including, without limitation, the merger, consolidation or conversion of the Company. In order to implement the future, contingent admission to the Company of Special Members, any individual acting as an Independent Director pursuant to Section 9 shall execute a counterpart to this Agreement upon his or her appointment as an Independent Director. Prior to its admission to the Company as a Special Member, any individual acting as an Independent Director pursuant to Section 9 shall not be a member of the Company.

 

SECTION 6.                             Purposes .  (a)  The purpose to be conducted or promoted by the Company is to engage in the following activities:

 

(i)                                      to hold title to passenger vehicles and light-duty trucks that are owned by the Member (the “ Vehicles ”) or any Affiliate of the Member;

 

(ii)                                   to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Basic Documents and any other agreement or instrument relating to the activity set forth in clause (i) above; and

 

(iii)                                to engage in any lawful act or activity and to exercise any powers permitted to limited liability companies organized under the laws of the State of Oklahoma that are related or incidental to the foregoing and necessary, convenient or advisable to accomplish the foregoing.

 

(b)                                  The Company, by or through any Member, Director or Officer on behalf of the Company, may enter into and perform its Obligations under the Basic Documents and all documents, agreements, certificates, or financing statements contemplated thereby or related thereto, all without any further act, vote or approval of the Member or any Director or Officer notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Act or applicable law, rule or regulation.  The foregoing authorization

 

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shall not be deemed a restriction on the powers of any Member, Director or Officer to enter into other agreements on behalf of the Company.

 

SECTION 7.                             Powers .  Subject to Section 8(j) , the Company, and the Board of Directors and the Officers on behalf of the Company, (a) shall have and exercise all powers necessary, convenient or incidental to accomplish its purposes as set forth in Section 6 , and (b) shall have and exercise all of the powers and rights conferred upon limited liability companies formed pursuant to the Act.

 

SECTION 8.                             Management .  (a)  Board of Directors .  Subject to Section 8(j) , the business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of a Board of one or more Directors designated by the Member.  Subject to Section 9 , the Member may determine at any time in its sole and absolute discretion the number of Directors to constitute the Board.  The authorized number of Directors may be increased or decreased by the Member at any time in its sole and absolute discretion, upon notice to all Directors, and subject in all cases to Section 9 .  The initial number of Directors shall be four (4), two (2) of which shall be Independent Directors pursuant to Section 9 .  Each Director elected, designated or appointed by the Member shall hold office until a successor is elected and qualified or until such Director’s earlier death, resignation, expulsion or removal.  Each Director shall execute and deliver the Management Agreement.  Directors need not be a Member.  The initial Directors designated by the Member are listed on Schedule D hereto.

 

(b)                                  Powers .  Subject to Section 8(j) , the Board of Directors shall have the power to do any and all acts necessary, convenient or incidental to or for the furtherance of the purposes described herein, including all powers, statutory or otherwise.  Subject to Section 6 , the Board of Directors has the authority to bind the Company.

 

(c)                                   Meeting of the Board of Director .  The Board of Directors of the Company may hold meetings, both regular and special, within or outside the State of Oklahoma.  Regular meetings of the Board may be held at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board.  Special meetings of the Board may be called by the President on not less than one day’s notice to each Director by telephone, facsimile, mail, telegram or any other means of communication, and special meetings shall be called by the President or Secretary in like manner and with like notice upon the written request of any one or more of the Directors.

 

(d)                                  Quorum; Acts of the Board .  At all meetings of the Board, a majority of the Directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and, except as otherwise provided in any other provision of this Agreement, the act of a majority of the Directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board.  If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting of the Board, the Directors present at such meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum shall be present.  Any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or of any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the

 

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case may be, consent thereto in writing, and the writing or writings are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee, as the case may be.

 

(e)                                   Electronic Communications .  Members of the Board, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in meetings of the Board, or any committee, by means of telephone conference or similar communications equipment that allows all persons participating in the meeting to hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.  If all the participants are participating by telephone conference or similar communications equipment, the meeting shall be deemed to be held at the principal place of business of the Company.

 

(f)                                    Committees of Directors .  (i)  The Board may, by resolution passed by a majority of the whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the Directors of the Company.  The Board may designate one or more Directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee.

 

(ii)                                   In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member.

 

(iii)                                Any such committee, to the extent provided in a resolution of the Board, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Company.  Such committee or committees shall have such name or names as may be determined from time to time by resolution adopted by the Board.  Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same, to the Board when required.

 

(g)                                   Compensation of Directors; Expenses .  The Board shall have the authority to fix the compensation of Directors.  The Directors may be paid their expenses, if any, of attendance at meetings of the Board, which may be a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board or a stated salary as Director.  No such payment shall preclude any Director from serving the Company in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor.  Members of special or standing committees may be allowed like compensation for attending committee meetings.

 

(h)                                  Removal of Directors .  Unless otherwise restricted by law and subject to Section 9 , any Director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed or expelled, with or without cause, at any time by the Member, and any vacancy caused by any such removal or expulsion may be filled by action of the Member.

 

(i)                                      Directors as Agents .  To the extent of their powers set forth in this Agreement and subject to Section 8(j) , the Directors are agents of the Company for the purpose of the Company’s business, and the actions of the Directors taken in accordance

 

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with such powers set forth in this Agreement shall bind the Company.  Except as provided in this Agreement, a Director may not bind the Company.

 

(j)                                     Limitations on the Company’s Activities .

 

(i)                                      This Section 8(j)  is being adopted in order to comply with certain provisions required in order to qualify the Company as a “special purpose entity”.

 

(ii)                                   The Member shall not, so long as any Note Obligation is outstanding, amend, alter, change or repeal the definition of “Independent Director” or Sections 5(c) , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 15 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 24 , 25 or 30 or Schedule A of this Agreement without the unanimous written consent of the Board (including the Independent Directors).  Subject to this Section 8(j) , the Member reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provisions contained in this Agreement in accordance with Section 30 .

 

(iii)                                Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement and any provision of law that otherwise so empowers the Company, the Member, the Board, any Officer or any other Person, neither the Member nor the Board nor any Officer nor any other Person shall be authorized or empowered, nor shall they permit the Company, without the prior unanimous written consent of the Member and the Board (including the Independent Directors), to take any Material Action; provided , that , the Board may not vote on, or authorize the taking of, any Material Action unless there are at least two Independent Directors then serving in such capacity.

 

(iv)                               So long as any Note Obligation is outstanding, the Board and the Member shall cause the Company to do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence, rights (charter and statutory) and franchises; provided , that , the Company shall not be required to preserve any such right or franchise if:  (1) the Board shall determine that the preservation thereof is no longer desirable for the conduct of its business and that the loss thereof is not disadvantageous in any material respect to the Company and (2) the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Notes is satisfied.  The Board also shall cause the Company to:

 

(A)                                maintain its own separate books and records and bank accounts;

 

(B)                                at all times hold itself out to the public and all other Persons as a legal entity separate from the Member and any other Person;

 

(C)                                have a Board of Directors separate from that of the Member and any other Person;

 

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(D)                                file its own tax returns, if any, as may be required under applicable law, to the extent (1) not part of a consolidated group filing a consolidated return or returns, or (2) not treated as a division for tax purposes of another taxpayer, and pay any taxes so required to be paid under applicable law;

 

(E)                                 except as contemplated by the Basic Documents, not commingle its assets with assets of any other Person;

 

(F)                                  conduct its business in its own name and strictly comply with all organizational formalities to maintain its separate existence;

 

(G)                                maintain separate financial statements;

 

(H)                               pay its own liabilities only out of its own funds;

 

(I)                                    maintain an arm’s length relationship with its Affiliates and the Member;

 

(J)                                    pay the salaries of its own employees, if any;

 

(K)                               not hold out its credit or assets as being available to satisfy the obligations of others;

 

(L)                                 allocate fairly and reasonably any overhead for shared office space;

 

(M)                             use separate invoices and checks;

 

(N)                                except as contemplated by the Basic Documents, not pledge its assets for the benefit of any other Person;

 

(O)                                correct any known misunderstanding regarding its separate identity;

 

(P)                                  maintain adequate capital in light of its contemplated business purpose, transactions and liabilities;

 

(Q)                                cause its Board of Directors to meet at least annually or act pursuant to written consent and keep minutes of such meetings and actions and observe all other Oklahoma limited liability company formalities; and

 

(R)                                not acquire any securities of the Member.

 

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Failure of the Company, or the Board on behalf of the Company, to comply with any of the foregoing covenants shall not affect the status of the Company as a separate legal entity or the limited liability of the Member, the Special Members, if any, and the Directors.

 

(v)                                  So long as any Note Obligation is outstanding, the Board shall not cause or permit the Company to:

 

(A)                                guarantee any obligation of any Person, including any Affiliate;

 

(B)                                engage, directly or indirectly, in any business other than the actions required or permitted to be performed under Section 6 , the Basic Documents or this Section 8(j) ;

 

(C)                                incur, create or assume any indebtedness other than the Obligations or as otherwise expressly permitted under the Basic Documents;

 

(D)                                make or permit to remain outstanding any loan or advance to, or own or acquire any stock or securities of, any Person except as permitted by the Basic Documents;

 

(E)                                 to the fullest extent permitted by law, engage in any consolidation, merger or asset sale other than such activities as are expressly permitted pursuant to any provision of the Basic Documents; or

 

(F)                                  form, acquire or hold any subsidiary (whether corporate, partnership, limited liability company or other).

 

SECTION 9.                             Independent Director .  As long as any Note Obligation is outstanding, the Member shall cause the Company at all times to have at least two Independent Directors who will be appointed by the Member.  To the fullest extent permitted by Section 2017 of the Act, the Independent Directors shall consider only the interests of the Company, including its respective creditors, in acting or otherwise voting on the matters referred to in Section 8(j)(iii) .  No resignation or removal of an Independent Director, and no appointment of a successor Independent Director, shall be effective until the successor Independent Director shall have accepted his or her appointment by a written instrument, which may be a counterpart signature page to the Management Agreement.  All right, power and authority of an Independent Director shall be limited to the extent necessary to exercise those rights and perform those duties specifically set forth in this Agreement.  No Independent Director shall at any time serve as trustee in bankruptcy for any Affiliate of the Company.

 

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SECTION 10.                      Officers .  (a)  Officers .  The initial Officers of the Company designated by the Member are listed on Schedule E hereto.  The additional or successor Officers of the Company shall be chosen by the Board and shall consist of at least a President, a Secretary and a Treasurer.  The Board of Directors may also choose one or more Vice Presidents, Assistant Secretaries and Assistant Treasurers.  One or more Vice Presidents may be designated a Vice President, Fleet Operations.  Any number of offices may be held by the same person.  The Board may appoint such other Officers and agents as it shall deem necessary or advisable who shall hold their offices for such terms and shall exercise such powers and perform such duties as shall be determined from time to time by the Board.  The salaries of all Officers and agents of the Company shall be fixed by or in the manner prescribed by the Board.  The Officers of the Company shall hold office until their successors are chosen and qualified. Any Officer elected or appointed by the Board may be removed at any time, with or without cause, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board.  Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company shall be filled by the Board.

 

(b)                                  President .  The President shall be the chief executive officer of the Company, shall preside at all meetings of the Board, shall be responsible for the general and active management of the business of the Company and shall see that all orders and resolutions of the Board are carried into effect.  The President or any other Officer authorized by the President or the Board shall execute all bonds, mortgages and other contracts, except:  (i) where required or permitted by law or this Agreement to be otherwise signed and executed, including Section 6(b) ; (ii) where signing and execution thereof shall be expressly delegated by the Board to some other Officer or agent of the Company; and (iii) as otherwise permitted in Section 10(c) .

 

(c)                                   Vice President .  In the absence of the President or in the event of the President’s inability to act, the Vice President, if any (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the Directors, or in the absence of any designation, then in the order of their election), shall perform the duties of the President, and when so acting, shall have all the powers of and be subject to all the restrictions upon the President.  The Vice Presidents, if any, shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

 

(d)                                  Secretary and Assistant Secretary .  The Secretary shall be responsible for filing legal documents and maintaining records for the Company.  The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the Board and record all the proceedings of the meetings of the Company and of the Board in a book to be kept for that purpose and shall perform like duties for the standing committees when required.  The Secretary shall give, or shall cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the Member, if any, and special meetings of the Board, and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board or the President, under whose supervision the Secretary shall serve.  The Assistant Secretary, or if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board (or if there be no such determination, then in order of their election), shall, in the absence of the Secretary or in the event of the Secretary’s inability to act, perform

 

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the duties and exercise the powers of the Secretary and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

 

(e)                                   Treasurer and Assistant Treasurer .  The Treasurer shall have the custody of the Company funds and securities and shall keep full and accurate accounts of receipts and disbursements in books belonging to the Company and shall deposit all moneys and other valuable effects in the name and to the credit of the Company in such depositories as may be designated by the Board.  The Treasurer shall disburse the funds of the Company as may be ordered by the Board, taking proper vouchers for such disbursements, and shall render to the President and to the Board, at its regular meetings or when the Board so requires, an account of all of the Treasurer’s transactions and of the financial condition of the Company.  The Assistant Treasurer, or if there shall be more than one, the Assistant Treasurers in the order determined by the Board (or if there be no such determination, then in the order of their election), shall, in the absence of the Treasurer or in the event of the Treasurer’s inability to act, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Treasurer and shall perform such other duties and have such other powers as the Board may from time to time prescribe.

 

(f)                                    Officers as Agents .  The Officers, to the extent of their powers set forth in this Agreement or otherwise vested in them by action of the Board not inconsistent with this Agreement, are agents of the Company for the purpose of the Company’s business and, subject to Section 8(j) , the actions of the Officers taken in accordance with such powers shall bind the Company.

 

(g)                                   Duties of Board and Officers .  Except to the extent otherwise provided herein and as expressly modified by Section 9 hereof, in exercising his or her rights and performing his or her duties under this Agreement, each Director and Officer shall have a fiduciary duty of loyalty and care similar to that of directors and officers of business corporations organized under the Oklahoma General Corporation Act.

 

SECTION 11.                      Limited Liability .  Except as otherwise expressly provided by the Act, the debts, obligations and liabilities of the Company, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, shall be the debts, obligations and liabilities solely of the Company, and neither the Member nor the Special Members, if any, nor any Director or Officer shall be obligated personally for any such debt, obligation or liability of the Company solely by reason of being a Member, Special Member, Director or Officer of the Company.

 

SECTION 12.                      Capital Contributions .  The Member has made a capital contribution to the Company in the amount of $1,000, as listed on Schedule B attached hereto.  In accordance with Section 5(c) , no Special Member shall be required to make any capital contributions to the Company.

 

SECTION 13.                      Additional Contributions .  The Member is not required to make any additional capital contribution to the Company.  However, the Member may make capital contributions to the Company at any time.  The provisions of this

 

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Agreement, including this Section 13 , are intended solely to benefit the Member and the Special Members, if any, and, to the fullest extent permitted by law, shall not be construed. as conferring any benefit upon any creditor of the Company (and no such creditor of the Company shall be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement) and the Member and the Special Members, if any, shall not have any duty or obligation to any creditor of the Company to make any contribution to the Company or to issue any call for capital pursuant to this Agreement.  All or any part of additional capital contributions may be returned to the Member subject to the terms of the Basic Documents.

 

SECTION 14.                      Allocation of Profits and Losses .  The Company’s profits and losses shall be allocated to the Member.

 

SECTION 15.                      Distributions .  Distributions shall be made to the Member at the times and in the aggregate amounts determined by the Member.  Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company shall not be permitted or required to make a distribution to the Member on account of its interest in the Company if such distribution would violate the Act or any other applicable law or any Basic Document.

 

SECTION 16.                      Books and Records .  The Board shall keep or cause to be kept complete and accurate books of account and records with respect to the Company’s business.  The books of the Company shall at all times be maintained by the Board.  The Member and its duly authorized representatives shall have the right to examine the Company books, records and documents during normal business hours.  The Company’s books of account shall be kept using the method of accounting determined by the Member.  The Company’s independent auditor, if any, shall be an independent public accounting fine selected by the Member.

 

SECTION 17.                      Reports .  (a)  The Board shall use diligent efforts to cause to be prepared and mailed to the Member, within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year, an audited or unaudited report setting forth as of the end of such fiscal year.

 

(i)                                      a balance sheet of the Company;

 

(ii)                                   an income statement of the Company for such fiscal year; and

 

(iii)                                a statement of the Member’s capital account.

 

(b)                                  The Board shall, after the end of each fiscal year, use diligent efforts to cause to be prepared and transmitted to the Member as promptly as possible any tax information as may be reasonably necessary to enable the Member to prepare their federal, state and local income tax returns, if any, relating to such fiscal year.

 

SECTION 18.                      Other Business .  The Member and any Affiliate of the Member may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures (unconnected with the Company) of every kind and description, independently or with others.  The

 

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Company shall not have any rights in or to such independent ventures or the income or profits therefrom by virtue of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 19.                      Exculpation and Indemnification .  (a) Neither the Member nor a Special Member, if any, nor any Officer, Director, employee or agent of the Company nor any employee, representative, agent or Affiliate of the Member or a Special Member, if any (collectively, the “ Covered Persons ”) shall be liable to the Company or any other Person who has an interest in or claim against the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that a Covered Person shall be liable for any such loss, damage or claim incurred by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

(b)                                  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, a Covered Person shall be entitled to indemnification from the Company for any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of any act or omission performed or omitted by such Covered Person in good faith on behalf of the Company and in a manner reasonably believed to be within the scope of the authority conferred on such Covered Person by this Agreement, except that no Covered Person shall be, entitled to be indemnified in respect of any loss, damage or claim incurred by such Covered Person by reason of such Covered Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct with respect to such acts or omissions; provided , that , any indemnity under this Section 19 by the Company shall be provided out of and to the extent of Company assets only, and no Member or Special Member, if any, shall have personal liability on account thereof; and provided further , that so long as any Note Obligation is outstanding no indemnity payment from funds of the Company (as distinct from funds from other sources, such as insurance) of any indemnity under this Section 19 shall be payable from amounts allocable to any other Person pursuant to the Basic Documents.

 

(c)                                   To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, expenses (including legal fees) incurred by any Covered Person defending any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding shall, from time to time, be advanced by the Company prior to the final disposition of such claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding upon receipt by the Company of an undertaking by or on behalf of the Covered Person to repay such amount if it shall be determined that the Covered Person is not entitled to be indemnified as authorized in this Section 19 ; provided , that , any such advance shall be subordinated to any amounts payable to any other Person pursuant to the Basic Documents.

 

(d)                                  Each Covered Person shall be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Company and upon such information, opinions, reports or statements presented to the Company by any Person as to matters such Covered Person reasonably believes are within such other Person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Company, including information, opinions, reports or statements as to the value and amount of the assets,

 

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liabilities, or any other facts pertinent to the existence and amount of assets from which distributions to the Member might properly be paid.

 

(e)                                   To the extent that, at law or in equity, a Covered Person has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Company or to any other Covered Person, a Covered Person acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Company or to any other Covered Person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement or any approval or authorization granted by the Company or any other Covered Person.  The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict the duties and liabilities of a Covered Person otherwise existing at law or in equity, are agreed by the Member and the Special Members to replace such other duties and liabilities of such Covered Person.

 

(f)                                    The foregoing provisions of this Section 19 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 20.                      Assignments .  The Member may assign in whole or in part its limited liability company interest in the Company.  Subject to Section 22 , if a Member transfers all of its limited liability company interest in the Company pursuant to this Section 20 , the transferee shall be admitted to the Company as a member of the Company upon its execution of an instrument signifying its agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, which instrument may be a counterpart signature page to this Agreement.  Such admission shall be deemed effective immediately prior to the transfer and, immediately following such admission, the transferor Member shall cease to be a member of the Company.  Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, any successor to the Member by merger or consolidation shall, without further act, be the Member hereunder, and such merger or consolidation shall not constitute an assignment for purposes of this Agreement and the Company shall continue without dissolution.

 

SECTION 21.                      Resignation .  So long as any Note Obligation is outstanding, the Member may not resign, unless as additional member of the Company shall be admitted concurrently with or prior to such resignation to the Company, upon its execution of an instrument signifying its agreement to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, which instrument may be a counterpart signature page to this Agreement.  Upon its resignation in accordance with the requirements of this Section 21 , the resigning Member shall cease to be a member of the Company.

 

SECTION 22.                      Admission of Additional Members .  One or more additional members of the Company may be admitted to the Company with the written consent of the Member; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as any Note Obligation remains outstanding, no additional or substitute Member may be admitted to the Company pursuant to Sections 20 , 21 or 22 unless the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Notes is satisfied.

 

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SECTION 23.                      Dissolution .  (a) Subject to Section 8(j) , the Company shall be dissolved, and its affairs shall be wound up upon the first to occur of the following:  (i) the termination of the legal existence of the last remaining member or the occurrence of any other event which terminates the continued membership of the last remaining member in the Company unless the Company is continued without dissolution in a manner permitted by this Agreement or the Act, or (ii) the entry of a decree of judicial dissolution under Section 2038 of the Act.  Upon the occurrence of any event that causes the last remaining Member of the Company to cease to be a member of the Company, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the personal representative of such Member is hereby authorized to, and shall, within 90 days after the occurrence of the event that terminated the continued membership of such Member in the Company, agree in writing (i) to continue the Company, and (ii) to the admission of the personal representative or its nominee or designee, as the case may be, as a substitute Member of the Company, effective as of the occurrence of the event that terminated the continued membership of the last remaining Member of the Company in the Company.

 

(b)                                  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Bankruptcy of the Member or a Special Member, if any, shall not cause the Member or any Special Member to cease to be a member of the Company and upon the occurrence of such an event, the Company shall continue without dissolution.

 

(c)                                   Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each of the Member and Special Members, if any, waives any right it might have to agree in writing to dissolve the Company upon the Bankruptcy of the Member or any Special Member, or the occurrence of an event that causes the Member or any Special Member to cease to be a member of the Company.

 

(d)                                  In the event of dissolution, the Company shall conduct only such activities as are necessary to wind up its affairs (including the sale of the assets of the Company in an orderly manner), and the assets of the Company shall be applied in the manner, and in the order of priority, set forth in Section 2040 of the Act.

 

(e)                                   The Company shall terminate when (i) all of the assets of the Company, after payment of or due provision for all debts, liabilities and Obligations of the Company shall have been distributed to the Member in the manner provided for in this Agreement, and (ii) the Articles of Organization shall have been canceled in the manner required by the Act.

 

SECTION 24.                      Waiver of Partition; Nature of Interest .  Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, to the fullest extent permitted by law, each of the Member and Special Member, if any, hereby irrevocably waives any right or power that the Member or Special Member, if any, might have to cause the Company or any of its assets to be partitioned, to cause the appointment of a receiver for all or any portion of the assets of the Company, to compel any sale of all or any portion of the assets of the Company pursuant to any applicable law or to file a complaint or to institute any proceeding at law or in equity to cause the dissolution, liquidation, winding up or

 

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termination of the Company.  The Member shall not have any interest in any specific assets of the Company, and neither Member shall have the status of a creditor with respect to any distribution pursuant to Section 15 hereof.  The interests of the Member in the Company is personal property.

 

SECTION 25.                      Benefits of Agreement; No Third Party Rights .  None of the provisions of this Agreement shall be for the benefit of or enforceable by any creditor of the Company or by any creditor of the Member or the Special Members, if any, and this Agreement shall not be construed in any respect to be a contract in whole or in part for the benefit of any third Person, except as provided in Section 28 .

 

SECTION 26.                      Severability of Provisions .  Each provision of this Agreement shall be considered severable and if for any reason any provision or provisions herein are determined to be invalid, unenforceable or illegal under any existing or future law, such invalidity, unenforceability or illegality shall not impair the operation of or affect those portions of this Agreement which are valid, enforceable and legal.

 

SECTION 27.                      Entire Agreement .  This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

SECTION 28.                      Binding Agreement .  Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Member agrees that this Agreement, including, without limitation, Sections 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 25 , 28 and 30 , constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Member, and is enforceable against the Member by each Independent Director, in accordance with its terms.  In addition, the Independent Directors shall be intended beneficiaries of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 29.                      Governing Law .  This Agreement shall be governed by and construed under the laws of the State of Oklahoma (without regard to conflict of laws principles), all rights and remedies being governed by said laws.

 

SECTION 30.                      Amendments .  Subject to Section 8(j) , this Agreement may not be modified, altered, supplemented or amended except pursuant to a written agreement executed and delivered by the Member.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, so long as any Note Obligation is outstanding, this Agreement may not be modified, altered, supplemented or amended unless the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Notes is satisfied except:  (i) to cure any ambiguity, or (ii) to convert or supplement any provision in a manner consistent with the intent of this Agreement and the other Basic Documents.

 

SECTION 31.                      Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original of this Agreement and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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SECTION 32.                      Notices .  Any notices required to be delivered hereunder shall be in writing and personally delivered, mailed or sent by telecopy, electronic mail or other similar form of rapid transmission, and shall be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt (a) in the case of the Company, to the Company at its address in Section 2 , (b) in the case of the Member, to the Member at its address as listed on Schedule B attached hereto, and (c) in the case of either of the foregoing at such other address as may be designated by written notice to the other party.

 

SECTION 33.                      Tax Matters .  It is intended that the Company will not be an “association” for U.S. Federal income tax purposes.  The President, Treasurer, Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer, any Vice President, or any Assistant Secretary of the Company is hereby authorized to file any election on IRS Form 8832 or successor form, or similar form under state or local law, that is necessary to treat the Company as an entity other than an association for tax purposes.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, has duly executed this First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement as of the          day of                       , 20    .

 

 

MEMBER :

 

 

 

 

DOLLAR THRIFTY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR/SPECIAL MEMBER :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

[                                     ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INDEPENDENT DIRECTOR/SPECIAL MEMBER :

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

[                                     ]

 

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SCHEDULE A

 

Definitions

 

A.                                     Definitions

 

When used in this Agreement, the following terms not otherwise defined herein have the following meanings:

 

Act ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, is in Control of, is Controlled by or is under common Control with such Person or is a director or officer of such Person.

 

Agreement ” means this First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, together with the schedules attached hereto, as amended, restated or supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Articles of Organization ” means the Articles of Organization of the Company filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Oklahoma on                       , 20    , as amended or amended and restated from time to time.

 

Assignment ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

Bankruptcy ” means, with respect to any Person, if such Person (i) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, (ii) files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, (iii) is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or has entered against it an order for relief, in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings, (iv) files a petition or answer seeking for itself any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation, (v) files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any proceeding of this nature, (vi) seeks, consents to or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of the Person or of all or any substantial part of its properties, or (vii) if 120 days after the commencement of any proceeding against the Person seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation, if the proceeding has not been dismissed, or if within 60 days after the appointment without such Person’s consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part of its properties, the appointment is not vacated or stayed, or within 60 days after the expiration of any such stay, the appointment is not vacated The foregoing definition of “Bankruptcy” is intended to replace and shall supersede and replace the definition of “Bankrupt” set forth in Section 2001(2) of the Act.

 

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Basic Documents ” means this Agreement, the Management Agreement, the Nominee Agreement, and all documents, agreements and certificates delivered in connection therewith.

 

Board ” or “ Board of Directors ” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

Company ” means Rental Car Finance LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company.

 

Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, or the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities or general partnership or managing member interests, by contract or otherwise.  “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” shall have correlative meanings.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to Control any other Person in which it owns, directly or indirectly, a majority of the ownership interests.

 

Covered Persons ” has the meaning set forth in Section 19(a) .

 

Directors ” means the Persons elected or appointed to the Board of Directors from time to time by the Member, including the Independent Directors.  A Director is hereby designated as a “manager” of the Company within the meaning of Section 2001(13) of the Act.

 

DTAG ” means Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation and its successors.

 

HVF ” means Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, and its successors.

 

Indenture ” means the Fourth Amended and Restated Base Indenture, executed as of October [29], 2013, between HVF and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, as amended, restated or supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

 

Independent Director ” means a director who is not currently and has not been during the five years prior to his or her appointment as Independent Director (a) a director, officer, employee, Affiliate, franchisee, major customer or major supplier of Hertz or any of its Affiliates (other than in his or her capacity as Independent Director hereunder or with respect to any special purpose vehicle Affiliate), (b) any Person owning beneficially, directly or indirectly, any outstanding shares of common stock of Hertz or any of its Affiliates or (c) a director, officer, employee, member, partner or member of the immediate family of, or a Person otherwise owning a direct or indirect ownership interest in, any Person described in clauses (a)  or (b) .  The terms “major customer” and “major supplier” shall mean a Person who is a customer or supplier,

 

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respectively, of Hertz or any of Hertz’s Affiliates and who conducts business with Hertz or any of its Affiliates to such a significant extent as would reasonably be expected to influence the decisions of such Person or any Person described in clause (c)  with respect to such Person, in any such case, in his or her capacity as a director of Hertz or any of its Affiliates (including the Company).

 

Management Agreement ” means the agreement of the Directors substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule C .  The Management Agreement shall be deemed incorporated into, and a part of, this Agreement.

 

Material Action ” means to consolidate or merge the Company with or into any Person, or sell all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, or to institute proceedings to have the Company be adjudicated bankrupt or insolvent, or consent to, encourage, or cooperate with, the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against the Company or file a petition seeking, or consent to, reorganization or relief with respect to the Company under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy, or consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Company or a substantial part of its property, or make any assignment for the benefit of creditors of the Company, or admit in writing the Company’s inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or take action in furtherance of any such action, or, to the fullest extent permitted by law, dissolve, terminate or liquidate the Company.

 

Member ” means DTAG, and includes any Person admitted as an additional member of the Company or a substitute member of the Company pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, each in their capacity as a member of the Company; provided , that , the term “Member” shall not include any Special Member.

 

Nominee Agreement ” means the Vehicle Title Nominee Agreement, dated as of                   , 20    , among Hertz, as nominee servicer, HVF, as a nominating party, the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as collateral agent, as amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms.

 

Note Obligations ” shall mean the indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of HVF under or in connection with the Indenture, the Basic Documents or any related agreement in effect as of any date of determination.

 

Notes ” means notes issued by HVF pursuant to the Indenture.

 

Obligations ” shall mean the indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of the Company under or in connection with this Agreement, the other Basic Documents or any related document in effect as of any date of determination.

 

Officer ” means an officer of the Company described in Section 10 .

 

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Person ” means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, association, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, or other organization, whether or not a legal entity, and any governmental authority.

 

Rating Agency Condition ” with respect to any Series of Notes, has the meaning set forth in the applicable Series Supplement.

 

Series ” means any series of Notes issued by HVF.

 

Series Supplement ” means a supplement to the Indenture that authorizes a particular Series of Notes.

 

Special Member ” means, upon such person’s admission to the Company as a member of the Company pursuant to Section 5(c) , any person acting as an Independent Director, in such person’s capacity as a member of the Company.  A Special Member shall only have the rights and duties expressly set forth in this Agreement.

 

Vehicles ” has the meaning set forth in Section 6 of this Agreement.

 

B.                                     Rules of Construction

 

Definitions in this Agreement apply equally to both the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.  The words “include” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.”  The terms “herein,” “hereof’ and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Section, paragraph or subdivision.  The Section titles appear as a matter of convenience only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement.  All Section, paragraph, clause, Exhibit or Schedule references not attributed to a particular document shall be references to such parts of this Agreement.

 

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SCHEDULE B

 

Members

 

Name

 

Mailing Address

 

Agreed Value of
Capital
Contribution

 

Membership
Interest

 

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc.

 

5330 East 31 st  Street
Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135

 

$

1,000

 

100

%

 

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SCHEDULE C

 

Management Agreement

 

[                            ], 20    

 

For good and valuable consideration, each of the undersigned persons, who have been designated as directors of Rental Car Finance LLC, an Oklahoma limited liability company (the “ Company ”), in accordance with the First Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company, dated as of                     , 20     as it may be amended or restated from time to time (the “ LLC Agreement ”), hereby agree as follows:

 

1.  Each of the undersigned accepts such person’s rights and authority as a Director (as defined in the LLC Agreement) under the LLC Agreement and agrees to perform and discharge such person’s duties and obligations as a Director under the LLC Agreement, and further agrees that such rights, authorities, duties and obligations under the LLC Agreement shall continue until such person’s successor as a Director is elected and qualified or until such person’s resignation or removal as a Director in accordance with the LLC Agreement Each of the undersigned agrees and acknowledges that it has been designated as a “manager” of the Company within the meaning of the Oklahoma Limited Liability Company Act.

 

2.  So long as any Note Obligation (as defined in the LLC Agreement) is outstanding, each of the undersigned agrees, solely in its capacity as a creditor of the Company on account of any indemnification or other payment owing to the undersigned by the Company, not to acquiesce, petition or otherwise invoke or cause the Company to invoke the process of any court or governmental authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Company under any federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Company or any substantial part of the property of the Company, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Company.

 

3.  This Management Agreement hereby replaces that certain Management Agreement of the Company, dated as of                         , 20    , by and among the Company, [                     ], [                               ], [                               ] and [                     ].

 

4.  THIS MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA, AND ALL RIGHTS AND REMEDIES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY SUCH LAWS WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAWS.

 

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This Management Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall, be deemed an original of this Management Agreement and all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Management Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

 

[                               ]

 

 

 

 

 

[                               ]

 

 

 

 

 

[                               ]

 

 

 

 

 

[                               ]

 

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SCHEDULE D

 

Directors

 

1.  [                               ]

 

2.  [                               ]

 

3.  [                               ]

 

4.  [                               ]

 

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SCHEDULE E

 

Officers

 

1.

Executive Vice President and Secretary

 

[                               ]

 

 

 

 

2.

Vice President

 

[                               ]

 

 

 

 

3.

Assistant Treasurer

 

[                               ]

 

 

 

 

4.

Assistant Treasurer

 

[                               ]

 

 

 

 

5.

Assistant Treasurer

 

[                               ]

 

 

 

 

6.

Assistant Secretary

 

[                               ]

 

 

 

 

7.

Assistant Secretary

 

[                               ]

 

 

 

 

8.

Assistant Secretary

 

[                               ]

 

 

 

 

9.

Assistant Secretary

 

[                               ]

 

 

 

 

10.

Assistant Secretary

 

[                               ]

 

 

 

 

11.

Assistant Secretary

 

[                               ]

 

 

 

 

12.

Assistant Secretary

 

[                               ]

 

 

 

 

13.

Assistant Secretary

 

[                               ]

 

 

 

 

14.

Assistant Secretary

 

[                               ]

 

 

 

 

15.

Assistant Secretary

 

[                               ]

 

 

 

 

16.

Assistant Secretary

 

[                               ]

 

 

 

 

17.

Assistant Secretary

 

[                               ]

 

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Exhibit 10.15

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP,

 

as Issuer,

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION,

 

as Group I Administrator,

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Administrative Agent,

 

CERTAIN COMMITTED NOTE PURCHASERS,

 

CERTAIN CONDUIT INVESTORS,

 

CERTAIN FUNDING AGENTS FOR THE INVESTOR GROUPS,

 

and

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee and Securities Intermediary

 


 

AMENDED AND RESTATED SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT

 

dated as of October 31, 2014

 

to

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED GROUP I SUPPLEMENT

 

dated as of October 31, 2014

 

to

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BASE INDENTURE
dated as of October 31, 2014


 

$2,696,653,540.00 Series 2013-A Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Notes



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION

2

 

 

 

Section 1.1.

Defined Terms and References

2

Section 1.2.

Rules of Construction

3

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

INITIAL ISSUANCE; INCREASES AND DECREASES OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SERIES 2013-A NOTES

 

 

 

3

Section 2.1.

Initial Purchase; Additional Series 2013-A Notes

3

Section 2.2.

Advances

7

Section 2.3.

Procedure for Decreasing the Series 2013-A Principal Amount

12

Section 2.4.

Funding Agent Register

14

Section 2.5.

Reduction of Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount

14

Section 2.6.

Commitment Terms and Extensions of Commitments

15

Section 2.7.

Timing and Method of Payment

16

Section 2.8.

Legal Final Payment Date

17

Section 2.9.

Delayed Funding Purchaser Groups

17

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

INTEREST, FEES AND COSTS

18

 

 

 

Section 3.1.

Interest and Interest Rates

18

Section 3.2.

Administrative Agent and Up-Front Fees

20

Section 3.3.

Eurodollar Lending Unlawful

20

Section 3.4.

Deposits Unavailable

20

Section 3.5.

Increased or Reduced Costs, etc.

21

Section 3.6.

Funding Losses

21

Section 3.7.

Increased Capital Costs

23

Section 3.8.

Taxes

23

Section 3.9.

Series 2013-A Carrying Charges; Survival

25

Section 3.10.

Minimizing Costs and Expenses and Equivalent Treatment

25

Section 3.11.

Timing Threshold for Specified Cost Sections

25

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

SERIES-SPECIFIC COLLATERAL

25

 

 

 

Section 4.1.

Granting Clause

25

Section 4.2.

Series 2013-A Accounts

26

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

Section 4.3.

Trustee as Securities Intermediary

28

Section 4.4.

Series 2013-A Interest Rate Caps

30

Section 4.5.

Demand Notes

32

Section 4.6.

Subordination

33

Section 4.7.

Duty of the Trustee

33

Section 4.8.

Representations of the Trustee

33

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

PRIORITY OF PAYMENTS

33

 

 

 

Section 5.1.

Group I Collections Allocation

33

Section 5.2.

Application of Funds in the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account

34

Section 5.3.

Application of Funds in the Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account

35

Section 5.4.

Series 2013-A Reserve Account Withdrawals

37

Section 5.5.

Series 2013-A Letters of Credit and Series 2013-A Demand Notes

38

Section 5.6.

Past Due Rental Payments

41

Section 5.7.

Series 2013-A Letters of Credit and Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account

42

Section 5.8.

Payment by Wire Transfer

45

Section 5.9.

Certain Instructions to the Trustee

45

Section 5.10.

HVF II’s Failure to Instruct the Trustee to Make a Deposit or Payment

46

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS; CLOSING CONDITIONS

46

 

 

 

Section 6.1.

Representations and Warranties

46

Section 6.2.

Covenants

46

Section 6.3.

Closing Conditions

46

Section 6.4.

Securitisation Risk Retention Representations and Undertaking

46

Section 6.5.

Further Assurances

47

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

 

 

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ARTICLE VII

AMORTIZATION EVENTS

48

 

 

 

Section 7.1.

Amortization Events

48

Section 7.2.

Effects of Amortization Events

53

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

FORM OF SERIES 2013-A NOTES

55

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX

TRANSFERS, REPLACEMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS

56

 

 

 

Section 9.1.

Transfer of Series 2013-A Notes

56

Section 9.2.

Replacement of Investor Group

57

Section 9.3.

Assignments

59

 

 

 

ARTICLE X

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

63

 

 

 

Section 10.1.

Authorization and Action of the Administrative Agent

63

Section 10.2.

Delegation of Duties

64

Section 10.3.

Exculpatory Provisions

64

Section 10.4.

Reliance

64

Section 10.5.

Non-Reliance on the Administrative Agent and Other Purchasers

65

Section 10.6.

The Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity

65

Section 10.7.

Successor Administrative Agent

65

Section 10.8.

Authorization and Action of Funding Agents

65

Section 10.9.

Delegation of Duties

66

Section 10.10.

Exculpatory Provisions

66

Section 10.11.

Reliance

66

Section 10.12.

Non-Reliance on the Funding Agent and Other Purchasers

67

Section 10.13.

The Funding Agent in its Individual Capacity

67

Section 10.14.

Successor Funding Agent

67

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI

GENERAL

67

 

 

 

Section 11.1.

Optional Repurchase of the Series 2013-A Notes

67

Section 11.2.

Information

68

Section 11.3.

Confidentiality

68

Section 11.4.

Payment of Costs and Expenses; Indemnification

69

Section 11.5.

Ratification of Group I Indenture

72

 

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Page

 

 

 

Section 11.6.

Notice to the Rating Agencies

72

Section 11.7.

Third Party Beneficiary

72

Section 11.8.

Counterparts

72

Section 11.9.

Governing Law

73

Section 11.10.

Amendments

73

Section 11.11.

Group I Administrator to Act on Behalf of HVF II

74

Section 11.12.

Successors

75

Section 11.13.

Termination of Series Supplement

75

Section 11.14.

Non-Petition

75

Section 11.15.

Electronic Execution

75

Section 11.16.

Additional UCC Representations

75

Section 11.17.

Notices

76

Section 11.18.

Submission to Jurisdiction

76

Section 11.19.

Waiver of Jury Trial

77

Section 11.20.

USA Patriot Act Notice

77

 

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EXHIBITS, SCHEDULES AND ANNEXES

 

Schedule I

List of Defined Terms

Schedule II

Conduit Investors and Committed Note Purchasers

Schedule III

Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap Amortization Schedule

 

 

Exhibit A

Form of Series 2013-A Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Note

Exhibit B-1

Form of Demand Note

Exhibit B-2

Form of Demand Notice

Exhibit C

Form of Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Reduction Notice

Exhibit D

Form of Lease Payment Deficit Notice

Exhibit E

Form of Purchaser’s Letter

Exhibit F

Form of Monthly Noteholders’ Statement

Exhibit G

Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement

Exhibit H

Form of Investor Group Supplement

Exhibit I

Form of Series 2013-A Letter of Credit

Exhibit J

Form of Advance Request

Exhibit K

Form of Addendum

Exhibit L

Additional UCC Representations

Exhibit M

Form of Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Addendum

Exhibit N

Form of Required Invoice

 

 

Annex 1

Representations and Warranties

Annex 2

Covenants

Annex 3

Closing Conditions

Annex 4

Securitisation Risk Retention Representations and Undertakings

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT dated as of October 31, 2014 (“ Series 2013-A Supplement ”) between HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a special purpose limited partnership established under the laws of Delaware (“ HVF II ”), THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ Hertz ” or, in its capacity as administrator with respect to the Group I Notes, the “ Group I Administrator ”), the several financial institutions that serve as committed note purchasers set forth on Schedule II hereto (each a “ Committed Note Purchaser ”), the several commercial paper conduits listed on Schedule II hereto (each a “ Conduit Investor ”), the financial institution set forth opposite the name of each Conduit Investor, or if there is no Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group, the Committed Note Purchaser with respect to such Investor Group, on Schedule II hereto (the “ Funding Agent ” with respect to such Conduit Investor or Committed Note Purchaser), Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers and the Funding Agents (the “ Administrative Agent ”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (together with its successors in trust thereunder as provided in the Base Indenture referred to below, the “ Trustee ”), and as securities intermediary (in such capacity, the “ Securities Intermediary ”), to the Amended and Restated Group I Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, exclusive of Series Supplements, the “ Group I Supplement ”) to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, exclusive of Group Supplements and Series Supplements, the “ Base Indenture ”), each between HVF II and the Trustee.

 

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

 

WHEREAS, Sections 2.2 and 10.1 of the Group I Supplement provide, among other things, that HVF II and the Trustee may at any time and from time to time enter into a supplement to the Group I Supplement for the purpose of authorizing the issuance of one or more Series of Group I Notes;

 

WHEREAS, HVF II, Hertz, the Committed Note Purchasers, the Conduit Investors, the Funding Agents, the Administrative Agent, the Trustee and the Securities Intermediary entered into the Series 2013-A Supplement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (the “ Initial Series 2013-A Supplement ”), pursuant to which HVF II issued the Series 2013-A Notes in favor of the Conduit Investors, or if there was no Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group, the Committed Note Purchaser with respect to such Investor Group, and obtained the agreement of the Conduit Investors or the Committed Note Purchasers, as applicable, to make Advances from time to time for the purchase of Series 2013-A Principal Amounts, all of which Advances to be evidenced by the Series 2013-A Notes purchased in connection therewith and constitute purchases of Series 2013-A Principal Amounts corresponding to the amount of such Advances;

 

WHEREAS, the Initial Series 2013-A Supplement permits HVF II to make amendments to the Initial Series 2013-A Supplement subject to certain conditions set forth therein;

 



 

WHEREAS, HVF II, Hertz, the Committed Note Purchasers, the Conduit Investors, the Funding Agents, the Administrative Agent, the Trustee and the Securities Intermediary, in accordance with the Initial Series 2013-A Supplement, desire to amend and restate the Initial Series 2013-A Supplement as set forth herein;

 

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of this Series 2013-A Supplement, each Conduit Investor may make Advances from time to time and each Committed Note Purchaser is willing to commit to make Advances from time to time, to fund purchases of Series 2013-A Principal Amounts in an aggregate outstanding amount up to the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount for the related Investor Group during the Series 2013-A Revolving Period;

 

WHEREAS, Hertz, in its capacity as Group I Administrator, has joined in this Series 2013-A Supplement to confirm certain representations, warranties and covenants made by it in such capacity for the benefit of each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

DESIGNATION

 

There was created a Series of Group I Notes issued pursuant to the Initial Group I Indenture, and such Series of Group I Notes was designated as Series 2013-A Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Notes.  On the Series 2013-A Closing Date, one class of Series 2013-A Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Notes was issued in a principal amount equal to the Series 2013-A Initial Principal Amount and were referred to therein and will continue to be referred to herein as the “ Series 2013-A Notes ”.

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION

 

Section 1.1.           Defined Terms and References .  Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Schedule I hereto, and if not defined therein, shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Group I Supplement.  All Article, Section or Subsection references herein (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in Schedule I hereto) shall refer to Articles, Sections or Subsections of this Series 2013-A Supplement, except as otherwise provided herein.  Unless otherwise stated herein, as the context otherwise requires or if such term is otherwise defined in the Group I Supplement, each capitalized term used or defined herein shall relate only to the Series 2013-A Notes and not to any other Series of Notes issued by HVF II.  Unless otherwise stated herein, all references herein to the “Series 2013-A Supplement” shall mean the Group I Indenture, as supplemented hereby.

 

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Section 1.2.           Rules of Construction .  In this Series 2013-A Supplement, including the preamble, recitals, attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders hereto unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a)           the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

 

(b)           references to an agreement or document shall include the preamble, recitals, all attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders to such agreement or document, and are to such agreement or document (including all such attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders to such agreement or document) as amended, supplemented, restated and otherwise modified from time to time and to any successor or replacement agreement or document, as applicable (unless otherwise stated);

 

(c)           reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are not prohibited by this Series 2013-A Supplement, and reference to any Person in a particular capacity only refers to such Person in such capacity;

 

(d)           reference to any gender includes the other gender;

 

(e)           reference to any Requirement of Law means such Requirement of Law as amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time;

 

(f)            “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term;

 

(g)           with respect to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including” and “to” means “to but excluding”;

 

(h)           references to sections of the Code also refer to any successor sections; and

 

(i)            the language used in this Series 2013-A Supplement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

ARTICLE II

 

INITIAL ISSUANCE; INCREASES AND DECREASES
OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SERIES 2013-A NOTES

 

Section 2.1.           Initial Purchase; Additional Series 2013-A Notes.

 

(a)           Initial Purchase .  On the terms and conditions set forth in the Initial Series 2013-A Supplement, HVF II issued, and caused the Trustee to authenticate, the initial Series 2013-A Notes on the Series 2013-A Closing Date.  Such Series 2013-A Notes for each Investor Group:

 

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(i)            bore a face amount as of the Series 2013-A Closing Date of up to the “Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount” (as defined in the Initial Series 2013-A Supplement) with respect to such Investor Group,

 

(ii)           had an initial principal amount equal to the “Series 2013-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount” (as defined in the Initial Series 2013-A Supplement) with respect to such Investor Group,

 

(iii)          were dated the Series 2013-A Closing Date,

 

(iv)          were registered in the name of the respective Funding Agent or its nominee, as agent for the related Conduit Investor, if any, and the related Committed Note Purchaser, or in such other name as the respective Funding Agent may request,

 

(v)           were duly authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Initial Group I Indenture and the Initial Series 2013-A Supplement, and

 

(vi)          were delivered to or at the direction of the respective Funding Agent against funding of the Series 2013-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount for such Investor Group, by such Investor Group, in accordance with Sections 2.2(b) , (c) , (e)  and (f)  of the Initial Series 2013-A Supplement, as if such Series 2013-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount was an Advance.

 

(b)           Additional Investor Groups .  Subject only to compliance with this Section 2.1(b) , Section 2.1(d) , Section 2.1(e)  and Section 2.1(h) , on any Business Day during the Series 2013-A Revolving Period, HVF II from time to time may increase the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount by entering into an Addendum with each member of an Additional Investor Group and its related Funding Agent, and upon execution of any such Addendum, such related Funding Agent, the Conduit Investors, if any, and the Committed Note Purchasers in such Additional Investor Group shall become parties to this Series 2013-A Supplement from and after the date of such execution.  HVF II shall provide at least one (1) Business Day’s prior written notice to each Funding Agent party hereto as of the date of such notice, the Administrative Agent and each Rating Agency, of any such addition, setting forth (i) the names of the Conduit Investors, if any, and the Committed Note Purchasers that are members of such Additional Investor Group and their related Funding Agent, (ii) the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount and the Additional Investor Group Initial Principal Amount, in each case with respect to such Additional Investor Group, (iii) the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount and each Committed Note Purchaser’s Committed Note Purchaser Percentage in each case after giving effect to such addition and (iv) the desired effective date of such addition.  On the effective date of each such addition, the Administrative Agent shall revise Schedule II hereto in accordance with the information provided in the notice described above relating to such addition.

 

(c)           Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase .  Subject only to compliance with this Section 2.1(c) , Section 2.1(d) , Section 2.1(e)  and Section 2.1(h) , on

 

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any Business Day during the Series 2013-A Revolving Period, HVF II and any Investor Group and its related Funding Agent, Conduit Investors, if any, and Committed Note Purchasers may increase such Investor Group’s Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount and effect a corresponding increase to the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount (any such increase, an “ Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase ”) by entering into an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Addendum.  HVF II shall provide at least one (1) Business Day’s prior written notice to each Funding Agent party hereto as of the date of such notice and the Administrative Agent of any such increase, setting forth (i) the names of the Funding Agent, the Conduit Investors, if any, and the Committed Note Purchasers that are members of such Investor Group, (ii) the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to such Investor Group, the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount, and each Committed Note Purchaser’s Committed Note Purchaser Percentage, in each case after giving effect to such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, (iii) the Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Amount in connection with such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, if any, and (iv) the desired effective date of such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase.  On the effective date of each Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, the Administrative Agent shall revise Schedule II hereto in accordance with the information provided in the notice described above relating to such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase.

 

(d)           Conditions to Issuance of Additional Series 2013-A Notes .  In connection with the addition of an Additional Investor Group or an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, additional Series 2013-A Notes (“ Additional Series 2013-A Notes ”) may be issued subsequent to the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:

 

(i)            the amount of such issuance of Additional Series 2013-A Notes, if applicable, shall be equal to or greater than $2,500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof; provided that , if such issuance is in connection with the reduction of the Series 2013-B Maximum Principal Amount to zero, then such issuance may be in an integral multiple of less than $100,000;

 

(ii)           no Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, in each case with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes has occurred and is continuing and such issuance and the application of any proceeds thereof, will not cause an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, in each case with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes;

 

(iii)          all representations and warranties set forth in Article V of the Base Indenture, Article VII of the Group I Supplement and Article VI of this Series 2013-A Supplement shall be true and correct with the same effect as if made on and as of such date (except to the extent such representations expressly relate to an earlier date); and

 

(iv)          each Rating Agency shall have received prior written notice of such issuance of Additional Series 2013-A Notes, if applicable.

 

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(e)           Additional Series 2013-A Notes Face and Principal Amount .  Additional Series 2013-A Notes shall bear a face amount equal to up to the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to the Additional Investor Group or, in the case of an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to the related Investor Group (after giving effect to such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase with respect to such Investor Group), as applicable, and initially shall be issued in a principal amount equal to the Additional Investor Group Initial Principal Amount, if any, with respect to such Additional Investor Group and, in the case of an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, the sum of the amount of the related Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase and the Investor Group Principal Amount of such Investor Group’s Series 2013-A Notes surrendered for cancellation in connection with such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase.  Upon the issuance of any such Additional Series 2013-A Notes, the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount shall be increased by the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount for any such Additional Investor Group or the amount of any such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, as applicable.  No later than one Business Day following any such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, the Administrative Agent shall revise Schedule II to reflect such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, which revision, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not require the consent of the Trustee or any Series 2013-A Noteholder.

 

(f)            No Consents Required .  Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Series 2013-A Related Document to the contrary, no consent of any existing Investor Group or its related Funding Agent, Conduit Investors, if any, Committed Note Purchasers or the Administrative Agent is required for HVF II to (i) enter into an Addendum, (ii) cause each member of an Additional Investor Group and its related Funding Agent to become parties to this Series 2013-A Supplement, (iii) increase the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to any Investor Group, (iv) increase the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount or (v) modify Schedule II , in each case as set forth in this Section 2.1 .

 

(g)           Proceeds .  Proceeds from the initial issuance of the Series 2013-A Notes and from any Additional Series 2013-A Notes shall be deposited into the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account and allocated in accordance with Article V hereof.

 

(h)           Pairing Conditions .

 

(i)    So long as the Series 2013-B Notes are Outstanding (as “Outstanding” is defined in the Series 2013-B Supplement), no increase of the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount pursuant to Section 2.1(b) shall be effective unless (A) the Additional Investor Group to become party to this Series 2013-A Supplement in connection therewith shall contemporaneously upon the execution of the related Addendum become party to the Series 2013-B Supplement as a Series 2013-B Additional Investor Group pursuant to Section 2.1(b) of the Series 2013-B Supplement by execution of a Series 2013-B Addendum and (B) immediately after giving effect to the execution of such Addendum and such Series 2013-B Addendum, such Additional Investor

 

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Group’s Commitment Percentage shall equal such Series 2013-B Additional Investor Group’s Series 2013-B Commitment Percentage.

 

(ii)   So long as the Series 2013-B Notes are Outstanding (as “Outstanding” is defined in the Series 2013-B Supplement), no increase to any Investor Group’s Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount or corresponding increase to the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount, in any case pursuant to Section 2.1(c) , shall be effective unless immediately after giving effect to such increase, such Investor Group’s Commitment Percentage shall equal such Investor Group’s (in such Investor Group’s capacity as a Series 2013-B Investor Group) Series 2013-B Commitment Percentage.

 

(i)            Increase of Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount .  In connection with any reduction of the Series 2013-B Maximum Principal Amount effected pursuant to Section 2.5(b) of the Series 2013-B Supplement, HVF II, upon three (3) Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, each Funding Agent, each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser, may effect an increase of the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount and a corresponding increase of each Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount; provided that , with respect to any increase effected pursuant to this Section 2.1(i) , such increase shall be limited to the amount of such reduction to the Series 2013-B Maximum Principal Amount.  Any increase made pursuant to this Section 2.1(i) shall be made ratably among the Investor Groups’ on the basis of their respective Maximum Investor Group Principal Amounts, and no later than one Business Day following any such increase of the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount, the Administrative Agent shall revise Schedule II to reflect each related increase of each Investor Group Maximum Principal Amount, which revision, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not require the consent of the Trustee or any Series 2013-A Noteholder.

 

(j)            Previous Investor Group Maximum Principal Increases .  Prior to the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date, HVF II and a number of Investor Groups, pursuant to Section 2.1(c) of the Initial Series 2013-A Supplement, increased such Investor Groups’ “Maximum Investor Group Principal Amounts” (as defined in the Initial Series 2013-A Supplement), and such increase resulted in the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amounts set forth opposite the name of the Committed Note Purchaser included in each Investor Group on Schedule II as of the date hereof.

 

Section 2.2.           Advances .

 

(a)           Advance Requests .  Subject to the terms of this Series 2013-A Supplement, including satisfaction of the Funding Conditions, the aggregate principal amount of the Series 2013-A Notes may be increased from time to time. On any Business Day during the Series 2013-A Revolving Period, HVF II, subject to this Section 2.2 , may increase the Series 2013-A Principal Amount (such increase, including any increase resulting from an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Amount or an Additional Investor Group Initial Principal Amount, is referred to as an “ Advance ”), by issuing, at par, additional principal amounts of the Series 2013-A Notes allocated in accordance with Section 2.2(d) .

 

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(i)            Whenever HVF II wishes a Conduit Investor, or if there is no Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group, the Committed Note Purchaser with respect to such Investor Group, to make an Advance, HVF II shall notify the Administrative Agent, the related Funding Agent and the Trustee by providing written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent, the Trustee and such Funding Agent (with a copy of such notice delivered to the Committed Note Purchasers) no later than 11:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day prior to the proposed Advance (which notice may be combined with the notice delivered pursuant to Section 2.1(b) , in the case of an Advance in connection with an Additional Investor Group Initial Principal Amount, or pursuant to Section 2.1(c) , in the case of an Advance in connection with an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Amount).  Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall in each case refer to this Series 2013-A Supplement and specify the aggregate amount of the requested Advance to be made on such date; provided , however , if HVF II receives a Delayed Funding Notice in accordance with Section 2.2(e) by 6:00 p.m. (New York time) on the second Business Day prior to the date of any proposed Advance, HVF II shall have the right to revoke the Advance Request by providing the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent (with a copy to the Trustee and each Committed Note Purchaser) written notice, by telecopy or electronic mail, of such revocation no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Business Day prior to the proposed date of such Advance.

 

(ii)           Each Funding Agent shall promptly advise its related Conduit Investor, or if there is no Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group, its related Committed Note Purchaser, of any notice given pursuant to Section 2.2(a) and, if there is a Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group, shall promptly thereafter (but in no event later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the proposed date of the Advance), notify HVF II and the related Committed Note Purchaser(s), whether such Conduit Investor has determined to make such Advance.

 

(b)           Party Obligated to Fund Advances .  Upon HVF II’s request in accordance with Section 2.2(a) :

 

(i)            each Conduit Investor, if any, may fund Advances (whether as a Non-Delayed Amount or a Delayed Amount) from time to time during the Series 2013-A Revolving Period;

 

(ii)           if any Conduit Investor determines that it will not make an Advance (whether as a Non-Delayed Amount or a Delayed Amount) or any portion of an Advance (whether as a Non-Delayed Amount or a Delayed Amount), then such Conduit Investor shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Funding Agent with respect to such Conduit Investor, and each Committed Note Purchaser with respect to such Conduit Investor, subject to Section 2.2(e) , shall fund its pro rata portion (by Committed Note Purchaser Percentage) of the Commitment Percentage with respect to such Investor Group of such Advance (whether as a

 

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Non-Delayed Amount or a Delayed Amount) not funded by such Conduit Investor; and

 

(iii)          if there is no Conduit Investor with respect any Investor Group, then the Committed Note Purchaser(s) with respect to such Investor Group, subject to Section 2.2(e) , shall fund Advances (whether as a Non-Delayed Amount or a Delayed Amount) from time to time.

 

(c)           Conduit Investor Funding .  Each Conduit Investor hereby agrees with respect to itself that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to fund Advances made by its Investor Group through the issuance of Series 2013-A Commercial Paper; provided that , (i) no Conduit Investor will have any obligation to use commercially reasonable efforts to fund Advances made by its Investor Group through the issuance of Series 2013-A Commercial Paper at any time that the funding of such Advance through the issuance of Series 2013-A Commercial Paper would be prohibited by the program documents governing such Conduit Investor’s commercial paper program, (ii) nothing herein is (or shall be construed) as a commitment by any Conduit Investor to fund any Advance through the issuance of Series 2013-A Commercial Paper; provided further that , the Conduit Investors shall not, and shall not be obligated to, fund or pay any amount pursuant to this Series 2013-A Supplement unless (i) the respective Conduit Investor has received funds that may be used to make such funding or other payment and which funds are not required to repay any of the commercial paper notes (“ CP Notes ”) issued by such Conduit Investor when due and (ii) after giving effect to such funding or payment, either (x) such Conduit Investor could issue CP Notes to refinance all of its outstanding CP Notes (assuming such outstanding CP Notes matured at such time) in accordance with the program documents governing its commercial paper program or (y) all of the CP Notes are paid in full.  Any amount that a Conduit Investor does not pay pursuant to the operation of the second proviso of the preceding sentence shall not constitute a claim (as defined in Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code) against or obligation of such Conduit Investor for any such insufficiency.

 

(d)           Advance Allocations .  HVF II shall allocate the proposed Advance among the Investor Groups ratably by their respective Commitment Percentages; provided that , in the event that one or more Additional Investor Groups become party to this Series 2013-A Supplement in accordance with Section 2.1(b) or one or more Investor Group Maximum Principal Increases are effected in accordance with Section 2.1(c) , any Additional Investor Group Initial Principal Amount in connection with the addition of each such Additional Investor Group, any Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Amount in connection with each such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, and each Advance subsequent to either of the foregoing shall be allocated solely to such Additional Investor Groups and/or such Investor Groups, as applicable, until (and only until) the Series 2013-A Principal Amount is allocated ratably among all Investor Groups (based upon each such Investor Group’s Commitment Percentage after giving effect to each such Additional Investor Group becoming party hereto and/or each such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, as applicable); provided further that on or prior to the Payment Date immediately following the date on which any such Additional Investor Group becomes party hereto or an Investor Group

 

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Maximum Principal Increase occurs, HVF II shall use commercially reasonable efforts to request Advances and/or effect Voluntary Decreases to the extent necessary to cause (after giving effect to such Advances and Voluntary Decreases) the Series 2013-A Principal Amount to be allocated ratably among all Investor Groups (based upon each such Investor Group’s Commitment Percentage after giving effect to such Additional Investor Group becoming party hereto or such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, as applicable).

 

(e)           Delayed Funding Procedures.   (i)      A Delayed Funding Purchaser, upon receipt of any notice of an Advance pursuant to Section 2.2(a) , promptly (but in no event later than 6:00 p.m. (New York time) on the second Business Day prior to the proposed date of such Advance) may notify HVF II in writing (a “ Delayed Funding Notice ”) of its election to designate such Advance as a delayed Advance (such Advance, a “ Designated Delayed Advance ”).  If such Delayed Funding Purchaser’s ratable portion of such Advance exceeds its Required Non-Delayed Amount (such excess amount, the “ Permitted Delayed Amount ”), then the Delayed Funding Purchaser shall also include in the Delayed Funding Notice the portion of such Advance (such amount as specified in the Delayed Funding Notice, not to exceed such Delayed Funding Purchaser’s Permitted Delayed Amount, the “ Delayed Amount ”) that the Delayed Funding Purchaser has elected to fund on a Business Day that is on or prior to the thirty-fifth (35th) day following the proposed date of such Advance (such date as specified in the Delayed Funding Notice, the “ Delayed Funding Date ”) rather than on the date for such Advance specified in the related Advance Request.

 

(ii)             If (A) one or more Delayed Funding Purchasers provide a Delayed Funding Notice to HVF II specifying a Delayed Amount in respect of any Advance and (B) HVF II shall not have revoked the notice of the Advance by 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Business Day preceding the proposed date of such Advance, then HVF II, by no later than 11:30 a.m. (New York time) on the Business Day preceding the date of such proposed Advance, may (but shall have no obligation to) direct each Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser to fund an additional portion of such Advance on the proposed date of such Advance equal to such Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser’s proportionate share (based upon the relative Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of such Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchasers) of the aggregate Delayed Amount with respect to the proposed Advance; provided that , (i) no Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser shall be required to fund any portion of any portion of its proportionate share of such aggregate Delayed Amount that would cause its Investor Group Principal Amount to exceed its Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount and (ii) any Conduit Investor, if any, in the Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser’s Investor Group may, in its sole discretion, agree to fund such proportionate share of such aggregate Delayed Amount.

 

(iii)            Upon receipt of any notice of a Delayed Amount in respect of an Advance pursuant to Section 2.2(e)(ii) , an Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser, promptly (but in no event later than 6:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Business Day prior to the proposed date of such Advance) may notify

 

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HVF II in writing (a “ Second Delayed Funding Notice ”) of its election to decline to fund a portion of its proportionate share of such Delayed Amount (such portion, the “ Second Delayed Funding Notice Amount ”); provided that , the Second Delayed Funding Notice Amount shall not exceed the excess, if any, of (A) such Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser’s proportionate share of such Delayed Amount over (B) such Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser’s Required Non-Delayed Amount (after giving effect to the funding of any amount in respect of such Advance to be made by such Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser or the Conduit Investor in such Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser’s Investor Group) (such excess amount, the “ Second Permitted Delayed Amount ”), and upon any such election, such Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser shall include in the Second Delayed Funding Notice the Second Delayed Funding Notice Amount.

 

(f)            Funding Advances .

 

(i)            Subject to the other conditions set forth in this Section 2.2 , on the date of each Advance, each Conduit Investor and Committed Note Purchaser(s) funding such Advance shall make available to HVF II its portion of the amount of such Advance (other than any Delayed Amount) by wire transfer in U.S. dollars in same day funds to the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account no later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of such Advance.  Proceeds from any Advance shall be deposited into the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account.

 

(ii)           A Delayed Funding Purchaser that delivered a Delayed Funding Notice in respect of a Delayed Amount shall be obligated to fund such Delayed Amount on the related Delayed Funding Date in the manner set forth in the next succeeding sentence, irrespective of whether the Series 2013-A Commitment Termination Date shall have occurred on or prior to such Delayed Funding Date or HVF II would be able to satisfy the Funding Conditions on such Delayed Funding Date.  Such Delayed Funding Purchaser shall (i) pay the sum of the Second Delayed Funding Notice Amount related to such Delayed Amount, if any, to HVF II no later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the related Delayed Funding Date by wire transfer in U.S. dollars in same day funds to the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account, and (ii) pay the Delayed Funding Reimbursement Amount related to such Delayed Amount, if any, on such related Delayed Funding Date to each applicable Funding Agent in immediately available funds for the ratable benefit of the related Available Delayed Amount Purchasers that funded the Delayed Amount on the date of the Advance related to such Delayed Amount in accordance with Section 2.2(e)(ii) , based on the relative amount of such Delayed Amount funded by such Available Delayed Amount Purchaser on the date of such Advance pursuant to Section 2.2(e)(ii) .

 

(g)           Funding Defaults .  If, by 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of any Advance, one or more Committed Note Purchasers in an Investor Group (each, a “ Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser ,” and each Committed Note Purchaser in

 

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the related Investor Group that is not a Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser, a “ Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser ”) fails to make its portion of such Advance, available to HVF II pursuant to Section 2.2(f) (the aggregate amount unavailable to HVF II as a result of any such failure being herein called an “ Advance Deficit ”), then the Funding Agent for such Investor Group, by no later than 2:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the applicable date of such Advance, shall instruct each Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser in the same Investor Group as the Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser to pay, by no later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time), in immediately available funds, to the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) such Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser’s pro rata portion (based upon the relative Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of such Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchasers) of the Advance Deficit and (ii) the amount by which such Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser’s pro rata portion (by Committed Note Purchaser Percentage) of the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount for such Investor Group exceeds the portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount for such Investor Group funded by such Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser (determined after giving effect to all Advances already made by such Investor Group on such date).  A Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser shall forthwith, upon demand, pay to the applicable Funding Agent for the ratable benefit of the Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchasers all amounts paid by each such Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser on behalf of such Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser, together with interest thereon, for each day from the date a payment was made by a Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser until the date such Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser has been paid such amounts in full, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Series 2013-A Base Rate plus 0.50% per annum.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Delayed Funding Purchaser that has provided a Delayed Funding Notice in respect of an Advance shall be considered to be in default of its obligation to fund its Delayed Amount or be treated as a Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser hereunder unless and until it has failed to fund the Delayed Funding Reimbursement Amount or the Second Delayed Funding Notice Amount on the related Delayed Funding Date in accordance with Section 2.2(f)(ii) .

 

Section 2.3.           Procedure for Decreasing the Series 2013-A Principal Amount .

 

(a)           Principal Decreases .  Subject to the terms of this Series 2013-A Supplement, the aggregate principal amount of the Series 2013-A Notes may be decreased from time to time.

 

(b)           Mandatory Decrease .

 

(i)            Obligation to Decrease .  If any Series 2013-A Excess Principal Event shall have occurred and be continuing, then, within five (5) Business Days following HVF II’s discovery of such Series 2013-A Excess Principal Event, HVF II shall withdraw from the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the amount then on deposit in such account and available for distribution to effect a reduction in the Series 2013-A Principal Amount pursuant to Section 5.2(c) , and (y) the amount necessary so that, after giving effect to all Voluntary Decreases prior to such date, no such Series 2013-A

 

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Excess Principal Event shall exist, and distribute the lesser of such (x) and (y) to the Series 2013-A Noteholders in respect of principal of the Series 2013-A Notes to make a reduction in the Series 2013-A Principal Amount in accordance with Section 5.2 (each reduction of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount pursuant to this clause (i) , a “ Mandatory Decrease ” and the amount of each such reduction, the “ Mandatory Decrease Amount ”).

 

(ii)           Breakage .  Subject to and in accordance with Section 3.6 , with respect to each Mandatory Decrease, HVF II shall reimburse each Investor Group on the next succeeding Payment Date for any associated breakage costs payable as a result of such Mandatory Decrease.

 

(iii)          Notice of Mandatory Decrease .  Upon discovery of any Series 2013-A Excess Principal Event, HVF II, within two (2) Business Days of such discovery, shall deliver written notice of any related Mandatory Decreases, any related Mandatory Decrease Amount and the date of any such Mandatory Decrease to the Trustee and each Series 2013-A Noteholder.

 

(c)           Voluntary Decrease .

 

(i)            Procedures for Voluntary Decrease .  On any Business Day, upon at least three (3) Business Day’s prior notice to each Series 2013-A Noteholder, each Conduit Investor, each Committed Note Purchaser and the Trustee, HVF II may decrease the Series 2013-A Principal Amount in whole or in part (each such reduction of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount pursuant to this Section 2.3(c) , a “ Voluntary Decrease ”) by withdrawing from the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account an amount up to the sum of all amounts then on deposit in such account and available for distribution to effect a Voluntary Decrease pursuant to Section 5.2 , and distributing the amount of such withdrawal (such amount, the “ Voluntary Decrease Amount ”) to the Series 2013-A Noteholders as specified in Section 5.2 .  Each such notice shall set forth the date of such Voluntary Decrease, the related Voluntary Decrease Amount, whether HVF II is electing to pay any Terminated Purchaser in connection with such Voluntary Decrease, and the amount to be paid to such Terminated Purchaser (if any).

 

(ii)           Breakage .  Subject to and in accordance with Section 3.6 , with respect to each Voluntary Decrease, HVF II shall reimburse each Investor Group on the next succeeding Payment Date for any associated breakage costs payable as a result of such Voluntary Decrease.

 

(iii)          Voluntary Decrease Minimum Denominations .  Each such Voluntary Decrease shall be, in the aggregate for all Series 2013-A Notes, in a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof unless such Voluntary Decrease is allocated to pay any Investor Group Principal Amount in full.

 

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(d)           Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date Payments .  Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Series 2013-A Related Document to the contrary, on the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date, HVF II shall pay or cause to be paid to each Series 2013-A Noteholder, as a payment of principal of each such Series 2013-A Noteholder’s Series 2013-A Note, the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date Principal Payment with respect to such Series 2013-A Noteholder; provided that , all fees and interest accrued with respect to each Series 2013-A Note through the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date shall be paid on the first Payment Date following the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date.  For the avoidance of doubt, no notice requirement shall apply with respect to the payment of the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date Principal Payments on the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date.

 

Section 2.4.           Funding Agent Register .  On each date of an Advance or Decrease hereunder, a duly authorized officer, employee or agent of the related Funding Agent shall make appropriate notations in its books and records of the amount of such Advance or Decrease, as applicable.  HVF II hereby authorizes each duly authorized officer, employee and agent of such Funding Agent to make such notations on the books and records as aforesaid and every such notation made in accordance with the foregoing authority shall be prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information so recorded and shall be binding on HVF II absent manifest error; provided , however , that in the event of a discrepancy between the books and records of such Funding Agent and the records maintained by the Trustee pursuant to this Series 2013-A Supplement, such discrepancy shall be resolved by such Funding Agent and the Administrative Agent and the Trustee shall be directed by the Administrative Agent to update its records accordingly.

 

Section 2.5.           Reduction of Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount .

 

(a)           HVF II, upon three (3) Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, each Funding Agent, each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser, may effect a permanent reduction (but without prejudice to HVF II’s right to effect an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase with respect to any Investor Group or add any Additional Investor Group in the future, in each case in accordance with Section 2.1 ) of the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount and a corresponding reduction of each Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount; provided that , with respect to any such reduction effected pursuant to this clause (a) ,

 

(i)            any such reduction (A) will be limited to the undrawn portion of the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount, although any such reduction may be combined with a Decrease effected pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.3 , and (B) must be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000; provided that , solely for the purposes of this Section 2.5(a)(i) , such undrawn portion of the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount shall not include any then unfunded Delayed Amounts relating to any Advance the notice with respect to which HVF II shall not have revoked as of the date of such reduction, and

 

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(ii)           after giving effect to such reduction, the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount equals or exceeds $100,000,000, unless reduced to zero.

 

(b)           HVF II, upon three (3) Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, each Funding Agent, each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser, may effect a reduction (without prejudice of HVF II’s right to effect an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase with respect to any Investor Group or add any Additional Investor Group in the future, in each case in accordance with Section 2.1 ) of the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount and a corresponding reduction of each Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount; provided that , with respect to any such reduction effected pursuant to this clause (b) ,

 

(i)            any such reduction (A) will be limited to the undrawn portion of the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount as of the date of such reduction, although any such reduction may be combined with a Decrease effected pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.3 , and (B) must be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000; provided that , solely for the purposes of this Section 2.5(b)(i) , such undrawn portion of the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount shall not include any then unfunded Delayed Amounts relating to any Advance the notice with respect to which HVF II shall not have revoked as of the date of such reduction,

 

(ii)           after giving effect to such reduction, the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount equals or exceeds $100,000,000, unless reduced to zero,

 

(iii)          after giving effect to such reduction, the aggregate amount of all reductions effected pursuant this clause (b)  as of the effective date of such reduction shall not exceed $900,000,000, and

 

(iv)          so long as the Series 2013-B Notes are Outstanding (as “Outstanding” is defined in the Series 2013-B Supplement), contemporaneously with such reduction, the Series 2013-B Maximum Principal Amount shall have been increased in an amount equal to such reduction in accordance with the terms of the Series 2013-B Supplement.

 

Any reduction made pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall be made ratably among the Investor Groups’ on the basis of their respective Maximum Investor Group Principal Amounts.  No later than one Business Day following any reduction of the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount becoming effective, the Administrative Agent shall revise Schedule II to reflect such reduction, which revision, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not require the consent of the Trustee or any Series 2013-A Noteholder.

 

Section 2.6.           Commitment Terms and Extensions of Commitments .

 

(a)           Term .  The “ Term ” of the Commitment hereunder shall be for a period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the Series 2013-A Commitment Termination Date.

 

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(b)           Requests for Extensions .  HVF II may request, through the Administrative Agent, that each Funding Agent, for the account of the related Investor Group, consents to an extension of the Series 2013-A Commitment Termination Date for such period as HVF II may specify (the “ Extension Length ”), which consent will be granted or withheld by each Funding Agent, on behalf of the related Investor Group, in its sole discretion.

 

(c)           Procedures for Extension Consents .  Upon receipt of any request described in clause (b)  above, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Funding Agent thereof, each of which Funding Agents shall notify each Conduit Investor, if any, and each Committed Note Purchaser in its Investor Group thereof.  Not later than the first Business Day following the 30th day after such request for an extension (such period, the “ Election Period ”), each Committed Note Purchaser shall notify HVF II and the Administrative Agent of its willingness or refusal to consent to such extension and each Conduit Investor shall notify the Funding Agent for its Investor Group of its willingness or refusal to consent to such extension, and such Funding Agent shall notify HVF II and the Administrative Agent of such willingness or refusal by each such Conduit Investor (any such Conduit Investor or Committed Note Purchaser that refuses to consent to such extension, a “ Non-Extending Purchaser ”).  Any Committed Note Purchaser that does not expressly notify HVF II and the Administrative Agent that it is willing to consent to an extension of the Series 2013-A Commitment Termination Date during the applicable Election Period and each Conduit Investor that does not expressly notify such Funding Agent that it is willing to consent to an extension of the Series 2013-A Commitment Termination Date during the applicable Election Period shall be deemed to be a Non-Extending Purchaser.  If a Committed Note Purchaser or a Conduit Investor has agreed to extend its Series 2013-A Commitment Termination Date, and, at the end of the applicable Election Period no Amortization Event shall be continuing with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes, then the Series 2013-A Commitment Termination Date for such Committed Note Purchaser or Conduit Investor then in effect shall be extended to the date that is the last day of the Extension Length (which shall begin running on the day after the then-current Series 2013-A Commitment Termination Date); provided that , no such extension to the Series 2013-A Commitment Termination Date shall become effective until (i) the termination of each Non-Extending Purchaser’s commitment, if any, and (ii) on the date of any such termination, the prepayment in full of each such Non-Extending Purchaser’s portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount for such Non-Extending Purchaser’s Investor Group and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, in each case, in accordance with Section 9.2 .

 

Section 2.7.           Timing and Method of Payment .  All amounts payable to any Funding Agent hereunder or with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes on any date shall be made to the applicable Funding Agent or upon the order of the applicable Funding Agent by wire transfer of immediately available funds in Dollars not later than 2:00pm (New York City time) on the date due; provided that ,

 

(a)           if (i) any Funding Agent receives funds payable to it hereunder later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any date and (ii) prior to the later of the next succeeding Determination Date and thirty (30) days after the date on which such

 

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Funding Agent received such funds, such Funding Agent notifies HVF II in writing of such late receipt, then such funds received later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such date by such Funding Agent will be deemed to have been received by such Funding Agent on the next Business Day and any interest accruing with respect to the payment of such on such next Business Day shall not be payable until the Payment Date immediately following the later of such two dates specified in clause (ii); and

 

(b)           if (i) any Funding Agent receives funds payable to it hereunder later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any date and (ii) prior to the later of the next succeeding Determination Date and thirty (30) days after the date on which such Funding Agent received such funds, such Funding Agent does not notify HVF II in writing of such receipt, then such funds, received later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such date will be treated for all purposes hereunder as received on such date.

 

HVF II’s obligations hereunder in respect of any amounts payable to any Conduit Investor or Committed Note Purchaser shall be discharged to the extent funds are disbursed by HVF II to the related Funding Agent as provided herein whether or not such funds are properly applied by such Funding Agent.

 

Section 2.8.           Legal Final Payment Date .  The Series 2013-A Principal Amount shall be due and payable on the Legal Final Payment Date.

 

Section 2.9.           Delayed Funding Purchaser Groups .

 

(a)           Notwithstanding any provision of this Series 2013-A Supplement to the contrary, if at any time a Delayed Funding Purchaser delivers a Delayed Funding Notice, no Undrawn Fees shall accrue (or be payable) to its Delayed Funding Purchaser Group in respect of any Delayed Amount from the date of the related Advance to the date the Delayed Funding Purchaser in such Delayed Funding Purchaser Group funds the related Delayed Funding Reimbursement Amount, if any, and the Second Delayed Funding Notice Amount, if any.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding any provision of this Series 2013-A Supplement to the contrary, if at any time a Committed Note Purchaser in an Investor Group becomes a Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser has failed to pay all amounts required pursuant to Section 2.2 :

 

(i)            no Undrawn Fees shall accrue (or be payable) on any unfunded portion of the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount of such Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser; and

 

(ii)           the Commitment Percentage of such Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser shall not be included in determining whether the Series 2013-A Required Noteholders or all Conduit Investors and/or Committed Note Purchasers have taken or may take any action hereunder.

 

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For the avoidance of doubt, no provision of this Section 2.9 shall be deemed to relieve any Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser of its Commitment hereunder and HVF II may pursue all rights and remedies available to it under the law in connection with the event(s) that resulted in such Committed Note Purchaser becoming a Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser.

 

ARTICLE III

 

INTEREST, FEES AND COSTS

 

Section 3.1.           Interest and Interest Rates .

 

(a)           Interest Rate .  Each related Advance funded or maintained by an Investor Group during the related Series 2013-A Interest Period:

 

(i)            through the issuance of Series 2013-A Commercial Paper shall bear interest at the CP Rate for such Series 2013-A Interest Period, and

 

(ii)           through means other than the issuance of Series 2013-A Commercial Paper shall bear interest at the Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted) applicable to such Investor Group for the related Eurodollar Interest Period, except as otherwise provided in the definition of Eurodollar Interest Period or in Section 3.3 or 3.4 .

 

(b)           Notice of Interest Rates .

 

(i)            Each Funding Agent shall notify HVF II and the Group I Administrator of the applicable CP Rate for the Advances made by its Investor Group for the related Series 2013-A Interest Period by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each Determination Date.  Each such notice shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit N hereto.

 

(ii)           The Administrative Agent shall notify HVF II and the Group I Administrator of the applicable Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted) and/or Series 2013-A Base Rate, as the case may be, by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the first day of each Eurodollar Interest Period.  Each such notice shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit N hereto.

 

(c)           Payment of Interest; Funding Agent Failure to Provide Rate .

 

(i)            On each Payment Date, the Series 2013-A Monthly Interest Amount and the Series 2013-A Monthly Default Interest Amount, in each case, with respect to such Payment Date, shall be due and payable on such Payment Date in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

(ii)           If the amounts described in Section 5.3 are insufficient to pay the Series 2013-A Monthly Interest Amount or the Series 2013-A Monthly Default Interest Amount for any Payment Date, payments of such Series 2013-A Monthly

 

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Interest Amount or Series 2013-A Monthly Default Interest Amount, as applicable and in each case, to the Series 2013-A Noteholders will be reduced on a pro rata basis (determined on the basis of the portion of such Series 2013-A Monthly Interest Amount or Series 2013-A Monthly Default Interest Amount, as applicable and in each case, payable to each such Series 2013-A Noteholder) by the amount of such insufficiency (the aggregate amount, if any, of such insufficiency on any Payment Date, the “ Series 2013-A Deficiency Amount ”), and interest shall accrue on any such Series 2013-A Deficiency Amount at the applicable Series 2013-A Note Rate.

 

(d)           Day Count and Business Day Convention .  All computations of interest at the CP Rate and the Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted) shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days elapsed and all computations of interest at the Series 2013-A Base Rate shall be made on the basis of a 365 (or 366, as applicable) day year and actual number of days elapsed.  Whenever any payment of interest or principal in respect of any Advance shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of the amount of interest owed.

 

(e)           Funding Agent’s Failure to Notify .  With respect to any Funding Agent that shall have failed to notify HVF II and the Group I Administrator of the applicable CP Rate for the Advances made by its Investor Group for the related Series 2013-A Interest Period by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Determination Date in accordance with Section 3.1(b)(i) , on the first Payment Date occurring after the date on which such Funding Agent provides such notice previously not provided in accordance with  Section 3.1(b)(i)  (or, if such notice is provided on any date occurring after a Determination Date and prior to the Payment Date immediately following such Determination Date, then the second Payment Date occurring after the date on which such Funding Agent provides such notice previously not provided), such Funding Agent shall pay to or at the direction of HVF II an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the amount actually paid by HVF II to or for the benefit of the Series 2013-A Noteholders in such Funding Agent’s Investor Group as a result of the reversion to the CP Fallback Rate in accordance with the definition of CP Rate over the amount that should have been paid by HVF II to or for the benefit of the Series 2013-A Noteholders in such Funding Agent’s Investor Group had all of the relevant information for the relevant Series 2013-A Interest Period been provided by such Funding Agent to HVF II on a timely basis.

 

(f)            CP True-Up Payment Amount .  With respect to any Funding Agent that shall have failed to notify HVF II and the Group I Administrator of the applicable CP Rate for the Advances made by its Investor Group for the related Series 2013-A Interest Period by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Determination Date in accordance with Section 3.1(b)(i) , on the first Payment Date occurring after the date on which such Funding Agent provides such notice previously not provided in accordance with Section 3.1(b)(i)  (or, if such notice is provided on any date occurring after a Determination Date and prior to the Payment Date immediately following such Determination Date, then the second Payment Date occurring after the date on which such Funding Agent provides such notice previously not provided), HVF II shall pay to

 

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or at the direction of the Funding Agent for the benefit of the Series 2013-A Noteholders in such Funding Agent’s Investor Group an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the amount that should have been paid by HVF II to or for the benefit of the Series 2013-A Noteholders in such Funding Agent’s Investor Group had all of the relevant information for the relevant Series 2013-A Interest Period been provided by such Funding Agent to HVF II on a timely basis over the amount actually paid by HVF II to or for the benefit of such Series 2013-A Noteholders as a result of the reversion to the CP Fallback Rate in accordance with the definition of CP Rate (such excess with respect to such Funding Agent, the “ CP True-Up Payment Amount ”).

 

Section 3.2.           Administrative Agent and Up-Front Fees .

 

(a)           Administrative Agent Fees .  On each Payment Date, HVF II shall pay to the Administrative Agent the applicable Administrative Agent Fee for such Payment Date.

 

(b)           Up-Front Fees .  On the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date, HVF II shall pay the applicable Up-Front Fee to each Funding Agent for the account of the related Committed Note Purchasers.

 

Section 3.3.           Eurodollar Lending Unlawful .  If a Conduit Investor, a Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider (each such person, an “ Affected Person ”) shall reasonably determine (which determination, upon notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the related Funding Agent and HVF II, shall be conclusive and binding on HVF II absent manifest error) that the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law, rule or regulation makes it unlawful, or any central bank or other Governmental Authority asserts that it is unlawful, for any such Affected Person to make, continue, or maintain any Advance as, or to convert any Advance into, the Series 2013-A Eurodollar Tranche, the obligation of such Affected Person to make, continue or maintain any such Advance as, or to convert any such Advance into, the Series 2013-A Eurodollar Tranche, upon such determination, shall forthwith be suspended until such Affected Person shall notify the related Funding Agent and HVF II that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist, and such Investor Group shall immediately convert the portion of the Series 2013-A Eurodollar Tranche funded by each such Affected Person, into the Series 2013-A Base Rate Tranche at the end of the then-current Eurodollar Interest Periods with respect thereto or sooner, if required by such law or assertion.

 

Section 3.4.           Deposits Unavailable .  If a Conduit Investor, a Committed Note Purchaser or the related Majority Program Support Providers shall have reasonably determined that:

 

(a)           Dollar deposits in the relevant amount and for the relevant Eurodollar Interest Period are not available to all the related Reference Lenders in the relevant market;

 

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(b)           by reason of circumstances affecting all the related Reference Lenders’ relevant market, adequate means do not exist for ascertaining the interest rate applicable hereunder to the Series 2013-A Eurodollar Tranche; or

 

(c)           such Conduit Investor, such Committed Note Purchaser or the related Majority Program Support Providers have notified the related Funding Agent and HVF II that, with respect to any interest rate otherwise applicable hereunder to the Series 2013-A Eurodollar Tranche, the Eurodollar Interest Period for which has not then commenced, such interest rate will not adequately reflect the cost to such Conduit Investor, such Committed Note Purchaser or such Majority Program Support Providers of making, funding, agreeing to make or fund or maintaining their respective portion of such Series 2013-A Eurodollar Tranche for such Eurodollar Interest Period,

 

then, upon notice from such Conduit Investor, such Committed Note Purchaser or the related Majority Program Support Providers to such Funding Agent and HVF II, the obligations of such Conduit Investor, such Committed Note Purchaser and all of the related Program Support Providers to make or continue any Advance as, or to convert any Advances into, the Series 2013-A Eurodollar Tranche shall forthwith be suspended until such Funding Agent shall notify HVF II that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist, and such Investor Group shall immediately convert the portion of the Series 2013-A Eurodollar Tranche funded by each such Conduit Investor or Committed Note Purchaser into the Series 2013-A Base Rate Tranche at the end of the then current Eurodollar Interest Periods with respect thereto or sooner, if required for the reasons set forth in clause (a) , (b)  or (c)  above, as the case may be.

 

Section 3.5.           Increased or Reduced Costs, etc.   HVF II agrees to reimburse each Affected Person for any increase in the cost of, or any reduction in the amount of any sum receivable by any such Affected Person in respect of making, continuing or maintaining (or of its obligation to make, continue or maintain) any Advances as, or of converting (or of its obligation to convert) any Advances into, the Series 2013-A Eurodollar Tranche that arise in connection with any Changes in Law, except for any such Changes in Law with respect to increased capital costs and taxes, which shall be governed by Sections 3.7 and 3.8 , respectively.  Each such demand shall be provided to the related Funding Agent and HVF II in writing and shall state, in reasonable detail, the reasons therefor and the additional amount required fully to compensate such Affected Person for such increased cost or reduced amount or return.  Such additional amounts shall be payable by HVF II to such Funding Agent and by such Funding Agent directly to such Affected Person on the Payment Date immediately following HVF II’s receipt of such notice, and such notice, in the absence of manifest error, shall be conclusive and binding on HVF II.

 

Section 3.6.           Funding Losses .  In the event any Affected Person shall incur any loss or expense (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any loss or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Affected Person to make, continue or maintain any portion of the principal amount of any Series 2013-A CP Tranche or Series 2013-A Eurodollar Tranche, or to convert any portion of the principal amount of any Advance not in the Series 2013-A CP Tranche into

 

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the Series 2013-A CP Tranche or not in the Series 2013-A Eurodollar Tranche into the Series 2013-A Eurodollar Tranche) as a result of:

 

(a)           any conversion or repayment or prepayment (for any reason, including as a result of the acceleration of the maturity of any portion of the Series 2013-A CP Tranche or Series 2013-A Eurodollar Tranche in connection with any Decrease pursuant to Section 2.3 or any optional repurchase of the Series 2013-A Notes pursuant to Section 10.1 or otherwise, or the assignment thereof in accordance with the requirements of the applicable Program Support Agreement) of the principal amount of any portion of the Series 2013-A CP Tranche or Series 2013-A Eurodollar Tranche on a date other than a Payment Date;

 

(b)           any Advance not being made as part of the Series 2013-A CP Tranche or Series 2013-A Eurodollar Tranche after a request for such an Advance has been made in accordance with the terms contained herein;

 

(c)           any Advance not being continued as part of the Series 2013-A CP Tranche or Series 2013-A Eurodollar Tranche, or converted into an Advance under the Series 2013-A Eurodollar Tranche after a request for such an Advance has been made in accordance with the terms contained herein;

 

(d)           any failure of HVF II to make a Decrease after giving notice thereof pursuant to Section 2.3(b)  or Section 2.3(c) ,

 

then, upon the written notice (which shall include calculations in reasonable detail) by any Affected Person to the related Funding Agent and HVF II, which written notice shall be conclusive and binding on HVF II (in the absence of manifest error), HVF II shall pay to such Funding Agent and such Funding Agent shall, on the next succeeding Payment Date, pay directly to such Affected Person such amount as will (in the reasonable determination of such Affected Person) reimburse such Affected Person for such loss or expense; provided that , the maximum amount payable by HVF II to any Affected Person in respect of any losses or expenses that result from any conversion, repayment or prepayment described in clause (a)  above shall be the amount HVF II would be obligated to pay pursuant to clause (a)  above if such conversion, repayment or prepayment were scheduled to have been paid on the next succeeding Payment Date; provided further that , in no event shall any amount be payable by HVF II to any Affected Person pursuant to this Section 3.6 as a result of any conversion, repayment, prepayment or non-payment with respect to any Series 2013-A CP Tranche unless (i) the amount of such conversion, repayment, prepayment or non-payment exceeds $100,000,000 with respect to such Affected Person and (ii) such Affected Person shall have received less than five (5) Business Days’ written notice from HVF II of such conversion, repayment, prepayment or non-payment, as the case may be; provided further that , in no event shall any amount be payable by HVF II to any Affected Person pursuant to this Section 3.6 as a result of any conversion, repayment or prepayment relating to the payment of the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date Principal Payments on the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date.

 

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Section 3.7.           Increased Capital Costs .  If any Change in Law affects or would affect the amount of capital required or reasonably expected to be maintained by any Affected Person or any Person controlling such Affected Person and such Affected Person reasonably determines that the rate of return on its or such controlling Person’s capital as a consequence of its commitment or the Advances made by such Affected Person hereunder is reduced to a level below that which such Affected Person or such controlling Person would have achieved but for the occurrence of any such Change in Law, then, in any such case after notice from time to time by such Affected Person to the related Funding Agent and HVF II, HVF II shall pay to such Funding Agent and such Funding Agent shall pay to such Affected Person an incremental commitment fee, payable on each Payment Date, sufficient to compensate such Affected Person or such controlling Person for such reduction in rate of return to the extent that the increased costs for which such Affected Person is being compensated are allocable to the existence of such Affected Person’s Advances or Commitment hereunder.  A statement of such Affected Person as to any such additional amount or amounts (including calculations thereof in reasonable detail), in the absence of manifest error, shall be conclusive and binding on HVF II; provided that , the initial payment of such increased commitment fee shall include a payment for accrued amounts due under this Section 3.7 prior to such initial payment.

 

Section 3.8.           Taxes .

 

(a)           All payments by HVF II of principal of, and interest on, the Advances and all other amounts payable hereunder (including fees) shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any present or future income, excise, documentary, property, stamp or franchise taxes and other taxes, fees, duties, withholdings or other charges of any nature whatsoever imposed by any taxing authority, but excluding in the case of any Affected Person (x) net income, franchise or similar taxes (including branch profits taxes or alternative minimum tax) imposed or levied on the Affected Person as a result of a connection between the Affected Person and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising from such Affected Person having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced by, this Series 2013-A Supplement), (y) with respect to any Affected Person organized under the laws of the jurisdiction other than the United States (“ Foreign Affected Person ”), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to the Foreign Affected Person at the time the Foreign Affected Person becomes a party to (or acquires a Participation in) this Series 2013-A Supplement (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that such Foreign Affected Person (or its assignor, if any) was already entitled, at the time of the designation of the new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from HVF II with respect to withholding tax and (z) United States federal withholding taxes that would not have been imposed but for a failure by an Affected Person (or any financial institution through which any payment is made to such Affected Person) to comply with the procedures, certifications, information reporting, disclosure or other related requirements of current Sections 1471-1474 of the Code or any published administrative guidance implementing such law to establish relief

 

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or exemption from the tax imposed by such provisions (such non-excluded items being called “ Taxes ”).

 

(b)           Moreover, if any Taxes are directly asserted against any Affected Person with respect to any payment received by such Affected Person or its agent from HVF II, such Affected Person or its agent may pay such Taxes and HVF II will promptly upon receipt of written notice stating the amount of such Taxes pay such additional amounts (including any penalties, interest or expenses) as is necessary in order that the net amount received by such person after the payment of such Taxes (including any Taxes on such additional amount) shall equal the amount such person would have received had no such Taxes been asserted.

 

(c)           If HVF II fails to pay any Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the Affected Person or its agent the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, HVF II shall indemnify the Affected Person and their agent for any incremental Taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by any such Affected Person or its agent as a result of any such failure.  For purposes of this Section 3.8 , a distribution hereunder by the agent for the relevant Affected Person shall be deemed a payment by HVF II.

 

(d)           Each Foreign Affected Person shall execute and deliver to HVF II, prior to the initial due date of any payments hereunder and to the extent permissible under then current law, and on or about the first scheduled payment date in each calendar year thereafter, one or more (as HVF II may reasonably request) United States Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8BEN, Forms W-8BEN-E, Forms W-8ECI or Forms W 9, or successor applicable forms, or such other forms or documents (or successor forms or documents), appropriately completed, as may be applicable to establish the extent, if any, to which a payment to such Affected Person is exempt from withholding or deduction of Taxes.  HVF II shall not, however, be required to pay any increased amount under this Section 3.8 to any Affected Person that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States if such Affected Person fails to comply with the requirements set forth in this paragraph.

 

(e)           If the Affected Person determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 3.8 , it shall pay over such refund to HVF II (but only to the extent of amounts paid under this Section 3.8 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Affected Person and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant governmental authority with respect to such refund), provided that HVF II, upon the request of the Affected Person, agrees to repay the amount paid over to HVF II (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Affected Person in the event the Affected Person is required to repay such refund to such governmental authority. This Section 3.8 shall not be construed to require the Affected Person to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to HVF II or any other Person.

 

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Section 3.9.           Series 2013-A Carrying Charges; Survival .  Any amounts payable by HVF II under the Specified Cost Sections shall constitute Series 2013-A Carrying Charges.  The agreements in the Specified Cost Sections and Section 3.10 shall survive the termination of this Series 2013-A Supplement and the Group I Indenture and the payment of all amounts payable hereunder and thereunder.

 

Section 3.10.         Minimizing Costs and Expenses and Equivalent Treatment .

 

(a)           Each Affected Person shall be deemed to have agreed that it shall, as promptly as practicable after it becomes aware of any circumstance referred to in any Specified Cost Section, use commercially reasonable efforts (to the extent not inconsistent with its internal policies of general application) to minimize the costs, expenses, taxes or other liabilities incurred by it and payable to it by HVF II pursuant to such Specified Cost Section.

 

(b)           In determining any amounts payable to it by HVF II pursuant to any Specified Cost Section, each Affected Person shall treat HVF II the same as or better than all similarly situated Persons (as determined by such Affected Person in its reasonable discretion) and such Affected Person may use any method of averaging and attribution that it (in its reasonable discretion) shall deem applicable so long as it applies such method to other similar transactions, such that HVF II is treated the same as, or better than, all such other similarly situated Persons with respect to such other similar transactions.

 

Section 3.11.         Timing Threshold for Specified Cost Sections .  Notwithstanding anything in this Series 2013-A Supplement to the contrary, HVF II shall not be under any obligation to compensate any Affected Person pursuant to any Specified Cost Section in respect of any amount otherwise owing pursuant to any Specified Cost Section that arose during any period prior to the date that is 180 days prior to such Affected Person’s obtaining knowledge thereof, except that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to any increased costs arising out of the retroactive application of any Change in Law within such 180-day period.  If, after the payment of any amounts by HVF II pursuant to any Specified Cost Section, any applicable law, rule or regulation in respect of which a payment was made is thereafter determined to be invalid or inapplicable to such Affected Person, then such Affected Person, within sixty (60) days after such determination, shall repay any amounts paid to it by HVF II hereunder in respect of such Change in Law.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

SERIES-SPECIFIC COLLATERAL

 

Section 4.1.           Granting Clause .  In order to secure and provide for the repayment and payment of the Note Obligations with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes, HVF II hereby affirms the security interests granted in the Initial Series 2013-A Supplement and grants a security interest in and assigns, pledges, grants, transfers and sets over to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Series 2013-A Noteholders, all of HVF II’s

 

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right, title and interest in and to the following (whether now or hereafter existing or acquired):

 

(a)           each Series 2013-A Account, including any security entitlement with respect to Financial Assets credited thereto;

 

(b)           all funds, Financial Assets or other assets on deposit in each Series 2013-A Account from time to time;

 

(c)           all certificates and instruments, if any, representing or evidencing any or all of each Series 2013-A Account, the funds on deposit therein or any security entitlement with respect to Financial Assets credited thereto from time to time;

 

(d)           all investments made at any time and from time to time with monies in each Series 2013-A Account, whether constituting securities, instruments, general intangibles, investment property, Financial Assets or other property;

 

(e)           all interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for each Series 2013-A Account, the funds on deposit therein from time to time or the investments made with such funds;

 

(f)            all Proceeds of any and all of the foregoing clauses (a) through (e) , including cash (with respect to each Series 2013-A Account, the items in the foregoing clauses (a) through (e) and this clause (f) with respect to such Series 2013-A Account are referred to, collectively, as the “ Series 2013-A Account Collateral ”).

 

(g)           each Series 2013-A Demand Note;

 

(h)           all certificates and instruments, if any, representing or evidencing each Series 2013-A Demand Note;

 

(i)            each Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap; and

 

(j)            all Proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.

 

Section 4.2.           Series 2013-A Accounts .  With respect to the Series 2013-A Notes only, the following shall apply:

 

(a)           Establishment of Series 2013-A Accounts .

 

(i)            HVF II has established and maintained, and shall continue to maintain, in the name of, and under the control of, the Trustee for the benefit of the Series 2013-A Noteholders three securities accounts: the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account (such account, the “ Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account ”), the Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account (such account, the “ Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account ”) and the Series 2013-A Reserve Account (such account, the “ Series 2013-A Reserve Account ”).

 

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(ii)           On or prior to the date of any drawing under a Series 2013-A Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 5.5 or Section 5.7 , HVF II shall establish and maintain in the name of, and under the control of, the Trustee for the benefit of the Series 2013-A Noteholders the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account (the “ Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account ”).

 

(iii)          The Trustee has established and maintained, and shall continue to maintain, in the name of, and under the control of, the Trustee for the benefit of the Series 2013-A Noteholders the Series 2013-A Distribution Account (the “ Series 2013-A Distribution Account ”, and together with the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account, the Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account, the Series 2013-A Reserve Account and the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account, the “ Series 2013-A Accounts ”).

 

(b)           Series 2013-A Account Criteria .

 

(i)            Each Series 2013-A Account shall bear a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Series 2013-A Noteholders.

 

(ii)           Each Series 2013-A Account shall be an Eligible Account.  If any Series 2013-A Account is at any time no longer an Eligible Account, HVF II shall, within ten (10) Business Days of an Authorized Officer of HVF II obtaining actual knowledge that such Series 2013-A Account is no longer an Eligible Account, establish a new Series 2013-A Account for such non-qualifying Series 2013-A Account that is an Eligible Account, and if a new Series 2013-A Account is so established, HVF II shall instruct the Trustee in writing to transfer all cash and investments from such non-qualifying Series 2013-A Account into such new Series 2013-A Account.  Initially, each of the Series 2013-A Accounts will be established with The Bank of New York Mellon.

 

(c)           Administration of the Series 2013-A Accounts .

 

(i)            HVF II may instruct (by standing instructions or otherwise) any institution maintaining any Series 2013-A Accounts to invest funds on deposit in such Series 2013-A Account from time to time in Permitted Investments in the name of the Trustee or the Securities Intermediary and Permitted Investments shall be credited to the applicable Series 2013-A Account; provided , however , that:

 

A.            any such investment in the Series 2013-A Reserve Account or the Series 2013-A Distribution Account shall mature not later than the first Payment Date following the date on which such investment was made; and

 

B.            any such investment in the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account, the Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account or the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account shall mature not later than the

 

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Business Day prior to the first Payment Date following the date on which such investment was made, unless in any such case any such Permitted Investment is held with the Trustee, then such investment may mature on such Payment Date so long as such funds shall be available for withdrawal on such Payment Date.

 

(ii)           HVF II shall not direct the Trustee to dispose of (or permit the disposal of) any Permitted Investments prior to the maturity thereof to the extent such disposal would result in a loss of the initial purchase price of such Permitted Investment.

 

(iii)          In the absence of written investment instructions hereunder, funds on deposit in the Series 2013-A Accounts shall remain uninvested.

 

(d)           Earnings from Series 2013-A Accounts .  With respect to each Series 2013-A Account, all interest and earnings (net of losses and investment expenses) paid on funds on deposit in or on any security entitlement with respect to Financial Assets credited to such Series 2013-A Account shall be deemed to be on deposit therein and available for distribution unless previously distributed pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

(e)           Termination of Series 2013-A Accounts .

 

(i)            On or after the date on which the Series 2013-A Notes are fully paid, the Trustee, acting in accordance with the written instructions of HVF II, shall withdraw from each Series 2013-A Account (other than the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account) all remaining amounts on deposit therein and pay such amounts to HVF II.

 

(ii)           Upon the termination of this Series 2013-A Supplement in accordance with its terms, the Trustee, acting in accordance with the written instructions of HVF II, after the prior payment of all amounts due and owing to the Series 2013-A Noteholders and payable from the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account as provided herein, shall withdraw from the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account all amounts on deposit therein and shall pay such amounts:

 

first , pro rata to the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Providers, to the extent that there are unreimbursed Series 2013-A Disbursements due and owing to such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Providers, for application in accordance with the provisions of the respective Series 2013-A Letters of Credit, and

 

second , to HVF II any remaining amounts.

 

Section 4.3.           Trustee as Securities Intermediary .

 

(a)           With respect to each Series 2013-A Account, the Trustee or other Person maintaining such Series 2013-A Account shall be the “securities intermediary” (as

 

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defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the New York UCC and a “bank” (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(8) of the New York UCC), in such capacities, the “ Securities Intermediary ”) with respect to such Series 2013-A Account.  If the Securities Intermediary in respect of any Series 2013-A Account is not the Trustee, HVF II shall obtain the express agreement of such Person to the obligations of the Securities Intermediary set forth in this Section 4.3 .

 

(b)           The Securities Intermediary agrees that:

 

(i)            The Series 2013-A Accounts are accounts to which Financial Assets will be credited;

 

(ii)           All securities or other property underlying any Financial Assets credited to any Series 2013-A Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another securities account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any Financial Asset credited to any Series 2013-A Account be registered in the name of HVF II, payable to the order of HVF II or specially endorsed to HVF II;

 

(iii)          All property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Series 2013-A Supplement and all Permitted Investments thereof will be promptly credited to the appropriate Series 2013-A Account;

 

(iv)          Each item of property (whether investment property, security, instrument or cash) credited to a Series 2013-A Account shall be treated as a Financial Asset;

 

(v)           If at any time the Securities Intermediary shall receive any order or instructions from the Trustee directing transfer or redemption of any Financial Asset relating to the Series 2013-A Accounts or any instruction with respect to the disposition of funds therein, the Securities Intermediary shall comply with such entitlement order or instruction without further consent by HVF II or the Group I Administrator;

 

(vi)          The Series 2013-A Accounts shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, regardless of any provision of any other agreement.  For purposes of the New York UCC, New York shall be deemed to be the Securities Intermediary’s jurisdiction (within the meaning of Section 9-304 and Section 8-110 of the New York UCC) and the Series 2013-A Accounts (as well as the Securities Entitlements related thereto) shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York;

 

(vii)         The Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until termination of this Series 2013-A Supplement, will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Series 2013-A Accounts and/or any Financial Assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with Entitlement Orders or instructions (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the

 

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New York UCC) of such other Person and the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Series 2013-A Supplement will not enter into, any agreement with HVF II purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with Entitlement Orders or instructions (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the New York UCC) as set forth in Section 4.3(b)(v) ; and

 

(viii)        Except for the claims and interest of the Trustee and HVF II in the Series 2013-A Accounts, the Securities Intermediary knows of no claim to, or interest in, the Series 2013-A Accounts or in any Financial Asset credited thereto.  If the Securities Intermediary has actual knowledge of the assertion by any other person of any lien, encumbrance, or adverse claim (including any writ, garnishment, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process) against any Series 2013-A Account or in any Financial Asset carried therein, the Securities Intermediary will promptly notify the Trustee, the Group I Administrator and HVF II thereof.

 

(c)           The Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds on deposit from time to time in the Series 2013-A Accounts and in all Proceeds thereof, and shall be the only person authorized to originate Entitlement Orders in respect of the Series 2013-A Accounts.

 

(d)           Notwithstanding anything in Section 4.1 , Section 4.2 or this Section 4.3 to the contrary, the parties hereto agree that as permitted by Section 8-504(c)(1) of the New York UCC, with respect to any Series 2013-A Account, the Securities Intermediary may satisfy the duty in Section 8-504(a) of the New York UCC with respect to any cash credited to such Series 2013-A Account by crediting such Series 2013-A Account a general unsecured claim against the Securities Intermediary, as a bank, payable on demand, for the amount of such cash.

 

(e)           Notwithstanding anything in Section 4.1 , Section 4.2 or this Section 4.3 to the contrary, with respect to any Series 2013-A Account and any credit balances not constituting Financial Assets credited thereto, the Securities Intermediary shall be acting as a bank (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(8) of the New York UCC) if such Series 2013-A Account is deemed not to constitute a securities account.

 

Section 4.4.           Series 2013-A Interest Rate Caps .

 

(a)           Requirement to Obtain Series 2013-A Interest Rate Caps .  On or prior to the date hereof, HVF II shall acquire one or more Series 2013-A Interest Rate Caps from Eligible Interest Rate Cap Providers with an aggregate notional amount at least equal to the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount as of such date.  HVF II shall acquire each Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap from an Eligible Interest Rate Cap Provider that satisfies the Initial Counterparty Required Ratings as of the date HVF II acquires such Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap.  The Series 2013-A Interest Rate Caps shall provide, in the aggregate, that the aggregate notional amount of all Series 2013-A Interest Rate Caps shall amortize such that the aggregate notional amount of all Series

 

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2013-A Interest Rate Caps, as of any date of determination, shall be equal to or greater than the product of (a) the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount as of the earlier of such date and the Expected Final Payment Date and (b) the percentage set forth on Schedule III corresponding to such date, and HVF II shall maintain, and, if necessary, amend existing Series 2013-A Interest Rate Caps (including in connection with an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase or the addition of an Additional Investor Group) or acquire one or more additional Series 2013-A Interest Rate Caps, such that the Series 2013-A Interest Rate Caps, in the aggregate, shall provide that the notional amount of all Series 2013-A Interest Rate Caps shall amortize such that the aggregate notional amount of all Series 2013-A Interest Rate Caps, as of any date of determination, shall be equal to or greater than the product of (a) the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount as of the earlier of such date and the Expected Final Payment Date and (b) the percentage set forth on Schedule III corresponding to such date.  The strike rate of each Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap shall not be greater than 2%.

 

(b)           Failure to Remain an Eligible Interest Rate Cap Provider .  Each Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap shall provide that, if at any time the Interest Rate Cap Provider (or if the present and future obligations of such Interest Rate Cap Provider are guaranteed pursuant to a guarantee (in form and in substance satisfactory to the Rating Agencies and satisfying the other requirements set forth in such Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap), the related guarantor) with respect thereto is not an Eligible Interest Rate Cap Provider, then such Interest Rate Cap Provider will be required, at such Interest Rate Cap Provider’s expense, to obtain a replacement interest rate cap on the same terms as such Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap (or with such modifications as are acceptable to the Rating Agencies) from an Eligible Interest Rate Cap Provider within the time period specified in the related Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap and, simultaneously with such replacement, HVF II shall terminate the Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap being replaced or such Interest Rate Cap Provider shall obtain a guarantee (in form and in substance satisfactory to the Rating Agencies) from a replacement guarantor that satisfies the DBRS Trigger Required Ratings with respect to the present and future obligations of such Interest Rate Cap Provider under such Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap; provided that , no termination of the Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap shall occur until HVF II has entered into a replacement Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap or obtained a guarantee pursuant to this Section 4.4(b) .

 

(c)           Collateral Posting for Ineligible Interest Rate Cap Providers .  Each Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap shall provide that, if the Interest Rate Cap Provider with respect thereto is required to obtain a replacement as described in Section 4.4(b) and such replacement is not obtained within the period specified in the Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap, then such Interest Rate Cap Provider must, until such replacement is obtained or such Interest Rate Cap Provider again becomes an Eligible Interest Rate Cap Provider, post and maintain collateral in order to meet its obligations under such Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap in an amount determined pursuant to the credit support annex entered into in connection with such Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap (a “ Credit Support Annex ”).

 

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Provider to take any of the required actions described in Sections 4.4(b) and (c) after making commercially reasonable efforts, then HVF II will obtain a replacement Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap at the expense of the replaced Interest Rate Cap Provider or, if the replaced Interest Rate Cap Provider fails to make such payment, at the expense of HVF II (in which event, such expense shall be considered an Series 2013-A Carrying Charges and shall be paid from Group I Interest Collections available pursuant to Section 5.3 or, at the option of HVF II, from any other source available to it).

 

(e)           Treatment of Collateral Posted .  Each Series 2013-A Noteholder by its acceptance of a Series 2013-A Note hereby acknowledges and agrees, and directs the Trustee to acknowledge and agree, and the Trustee, at such direction, hereby acknowledges and agrees, that any collateral posted by an Interest Rate Cap Provider pursuant to clause (b) or (c) above (A) is collateral solely for the obligations of such Interest Rate Cap Provider under its Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap, (B) does not constitute collateral for the Series 2013-A Notes (provided that in order to secure and provide for the payment of the Note Obligations with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes, HVF II has pledged each Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap and its security interest in any collateral posted in connection therewith as collateral for the Series 2013-A Notes), (C) will in no event be available to satisfy any obligations of HVF II hereunder or otherwise unless and until such Interest Rate Cap Provider defaults in its obligations under its Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap and such collateral is applied in accordance with the terms of such Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap to satisfy such defaulted obligations of such Interest Rate Cap Provider, and (D) shall be held by the Trustee in a segregated account in accordance with the terms of the applicable Credit Support Annex.

 

(f)            Proceeds from Series 2013-A Interest Rate Caps .  HVF II shall require all proceeds of each Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap (including amounts received in respect of the obligations of the related Interest Rate Cap Provider from a guarantor or from the application of collateral posted by such Interest Rate Cap Provider) to be paid to the Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account, and the Group I Administrator hereby directs the Trustee to deposit, and the Trustee shall so deposit, any proceeds it receives under each Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap into the Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account.

 

Section 4.5.           Demand Notes .

 

(a)           Trustee Authorized to Make Demands .  The Trustee, for the benefit of the Series 2013-A Noteholders, shall be the only Person authorized to make a demand for payment on any Series 2013-A Demand Note.

 

(b)           Modification of Demand Note .  Other than pursuant to a payment made upon a demand thereon by the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.5(c) , HVF II shall not reduce the amount of any Series 2013-A Demand Note or forgive amounts payable thereunder so that the aggregate undrawn principal amount of the Series 2013-A Demand Notes after such forgiveness or reduction is less than the greater of (i) the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount as of the date of such reduction or forgiveness and (ii) an amount equal to 0.50% of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount as of the date of such

 

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reduction or forgiveness.  Other than in connection with a reduction or forgiveness in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 4.5(b) or an increase in the stated amount of any Series 2013-A Demand Note, HVF II shall not agree to any amendment of any Series 2013-A Demand Note without first obtaining the prior written consent of the Series 2013-A Required Noteholders.

 

Section 4.6.           Subordination .  The Series-Specific 2013-A Collateral has been pledged to the Trustee to secure the Series 2013-A Notes.  For all purposes hereunder and for the avoidance of doubt, the Series-Specific 2013-A Collateral and each Series 2013-A Letter of Credit will be held by the Trustee solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Series 2013-A Notes, and no Noteholder of any Series of Notes other than the Series 2013-A Notes will have any right, title or interest in, to or under the Series-Specific 2013-A Collateral or any Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.  For the avoidance of doubt, if it is determined that the Series 2013-A Noteholders have any right, title or interest in, to or under the Group I Series-Specific Collateral with respect to any Series of Group I Notes other than Series 2013-A Notes, then the Series 2013-A Noteholders agree that their right, title and interest in, to or under such Group I Series-Specific Collateral shall be subordinate in all respects to the claims or rights of the Noteholders with respect to such other Series of Group I Notes, and in such case, this Series 2013-A Supplement shall constitute a subordination agreement for purposes of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Section 4.7.           Duty of the Trustee .  Except for actions expressly authorized by the Group I Indenture or this Series 2013-A Supplement, the Trustee shall take no action reasonably likely to impair the security interests created hereunder in any of the Series-Specific 2013-A Collateral now existing or hereafter created or to impair the value of any of the Series-Specific 2013-A Collateral now existing or hereafter created.

 

Section 4.8.           Representations of the Trustee .  The Trustee represents and warrants to HVF II that the Trustee satisfies the requirements for a trustee set forth in paragraph (a)(4)(i) of Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act.

 

ARTICLE V

 

PRIORITY OF PAYMENTS

 

Section 5.1.           Group I Collections Allocation .  Subject to the Past Due Rental Payments Priorities, on each Series 2013-A Deposit Date, HVF II shall direct the Trustee in writing to apply, and the Trustee shall apply, all amounts deposited into the Group I Collection Account on such date as follows:

 

(a)           first , withdraw the Series 2013-A Daily Principal Allocation, if any, for such date from the Group I Collection Account and deposit such amount into the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account; and

 

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(b)           second , withdraw the Series 2013-A Daily Interest Allocation, if any, for such date from the Group I Collection Account and deposit such amount in the Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account.

 

Section 5.2.           Application of Funds in the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account .  Subject to the Past Due Rental Payments Priorities, (i) on any Business Day, HVF II may direct the Trustee in writing to apply, and (ii) on each Payment Date and each date identified by HVF II for a Decrease pursuant to Section 2.3 , HVF II shall direct the Trustee in writing to apply, and in each case the Trustee shall apply, all amounts then on deposit in the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account on such date (after giving effect to all deposits thereto pursuant to Sections 5.4 and 5.5 ) as follows (and in each case only to the extent of funds available in the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account on such date):

 

(a)           first , if such date is a Payment Date, then for deposit into the Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account an amount equal to the Senior Interest Waterfall Shortfall Amount, if any, with respect to such Payment Date;

 

(b)           second , on any such date during the Series 2013-A Revolving Period, for deposit into the Series 2013-A Reserve Account an amount equal to the Series 2013-A Reserve Account Deficiency Amount, if any, for such date (calculated after giving effect to any withdrawals from the Series 2013-A Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4 and deposits to the Series 2013-A Reserve Account on such date pursuant to Section 5.3 );

 

(c)           third , for deposit into the Series 2013-A Distribution Account to make a Mandatory Decrease, if applicable on such day, in accordance with Section 2.3(b) , for payment of the related Mandatory Decrease Amount on such date to the Series 2013-A Noteholders of each Investor Group, on a pro rata basis (based on the Investor Group Principal Amount as of such date for each such Investor Group) as payment of principal of the Series 2013-A Notes until the Series 2013-A Noteholders have been paid such amount in full;

 

(d)           fourth , on any such date during the Series 2013-A Rapid Amortization Period, for deposit into the Series 2013-A Distribution Account, for payment on such date to the Series 2013-A Noteholders of each Investor Group, on a pro rata basis (based on the Investor Group Principal Amount as of such date for each such Investor Group) as payment of principal of the Series 2013-A Notes until the Series 2013-A Noteholders have been paid the Series 2013-A Principal Amount in full;

 

(e)           fifth , if such date is a Payment Date, for deposit into the Series 2013-A Distribution Account to pay the Series 2013-A Noteholders on a pro rata basis (based on the amount owed to each such Series 2013-A Noteholder), any remaining amounts owing on such Payment Date to such Series 2013-A Noteholders as Series 2013-A Carrying Charges (after giving effect to the payments in Sections 5.3(a) through 5.3(k) below);

 

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(f)            sixth , if such date is a Payment Date, for deposit into the Series 2013-A Distribution Account to pay the Series 2013-A Noteholders on a pro rata basis (based on the amount owed to each such Series 2013-A Noteholder), the Series 2013-A Monthly Default Interest Amounts, if any, owing to each such Series 2013-A Noteholder on such Payment Date (after giving effect to the payments in Sections 5.3(a)  through 5.3(l)  below);

 

(g)           seventh , at the option of HVF II, for deposit into the Series 2013-A Distribution Account to make a Voluntary Decrease, if applicable on such day, for payment of the related Voluntary Decrease Amount on such date (x) first, in the event that HVF II has elected to prepay any Terminated Purchaser’s Investor Group, to such Terminated Purchaser up to such Terminated Purchaser’s Investor Group Principal Amount as of such date and (y) second, any remaining portion of such Voluntary Decrease Amount, to the Series 2013-A Noteholders of each Investor Group on a pro rata basis (based on the Investor Group Principal Amount as of such date for each such Investor Group), in each case as a payment of principal of the Series 2013-A Notes until the applicable Series 2013-A Noteholders have been paid the applicable amount in full;

 

(h)           eighth , (x) first, used to pay the principal amount of other Series of Group I Notes that are then required to be paid and (y) second, at the option of HVF II, to pay the principal amount of other Series of Group I Notes that may be paid under the Group I Indenture, in each case to the extent that no Potential Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes exists as of such date or would occur as a result of such application;

 

(i)            ninth , on any such date during the Series 2013-B Rapid Amortization Period, for deposit into the Series 2013-B Distribution Account, for payment on such date to the Series 2013-B Noteholders of each Series 2013-B Investor Group, on a pro rata basis (based on the Series 2013-B Investor Group Principal Amount as of such date for each such Series 2013-B Investor Group) as payment of principal of the Series 2013-B Notes until the Series 2013-B Noteholders have been paid the Series 2013-B Principal Amount in full; and

 

(j)            tenth , the balance, if any, shall be released to or at the direction of HVF II, including for re-deposit to the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account, or, if ineligible for release to HVF II, shall remain on deposit in the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account;

 

provided that , (i) the application of such funds pursuant to Sections 5.2(a) , (e) , (f) , (h) , (i)  and (j)  may not be made if a Principal Deficit Amount would exist as a result of such application and (ii) the application of such funds pursuant to Sections 5.2(a) , (b) , (e) , (f) , (i)  and (j)  above may be made only to the extent that no Potential Amortization Event pursuant to Section 7.1(u)  with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes exists as of such date or would occur as a result of such application.

 

Section 5.3.           Application of Funds in the Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account .  Subject to the Past Due Rental Payments Priorities, on each Payment Date,

 

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HVF II shall direct the Trustee in writing to apply, and the Trustee shall apply, all amounts then on deposit in the Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account (after giving effect to all deposits thereto pursuant to Sections 5.2 , 5.4 and 5.5 ) on such day as follows (and in each case only to the extent of funds available in the Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account):

 

(a)           first , to the Series 2013-A Distribution Account to pay to the Group I Administrator the Series 2013-A Capped Group I Administrator Fee Amount with respect to such Payment Date;

 

(b)           second , to the Series 2013-A Distribution Account to pay the Trustee the Series 2013-A Capped Group I Trustee Fee Amount with respect to such Payment Date;

 

(c)           third , to the Series 2013-A Distribution Account to pay the Persons to whom the Series 2013-A Capped Group I HVF II Operating Expense Amount with respect to such Payment Date are owing, on a pro rata basis (based on the amount owed to each such Person), such Series 2013-A Capped Group I HVF II Operating Expense Amounts owing to such Persons on such Payment Date;

 

(d)           fourth , to the Series 2013-A Distribution Account to pay the Series 2013-A Noteholders on a pro rata basis (based on the amount owed to each such Series 2013-A Noteholder), the Series 2013-A Monthly Interest Amount with respect to such Payment Date;

 

(e)           fifth , to the Series 2013-A Distribution Account to pay the Administrative Agent the Administrative Agent Fee with respect to such Payment Date;

 

(f)            sixth , on any such Payment Date during the Series 2013-A Revolving Period, other than on any such Payment Date on which a withdrawal has been made pursuant to Section 5.4(a) , for deposit to the Series 2013-A Reserve Account in an amount equal to the Series 2013-A Reserve Account Deficiency Amount, if any, for such date (calculated after giving effect to any withdrawals from the Series 2013-A Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4 );

 

(g)           seventh , to the Series 2013-A Distribution Account to pay to the Group I Administrator the Series 2013-A Excess Group I Administrator Fee Amount with respect to such Payment Date;

 

(h)           eighth , to the Series 2013-A Distribution Account to pay to the Trustee the Series 2013-A Excess Group I Trustee Fee Amount with respect to such Payment Date;

 

(i)            ninth , to the Series 2013-A Distribution Account to pay the Persons to whom the Series 2013-A Excess Group I HVF II Operating Expense Amount with respect to such Payment Date are owing, on a pro rata basis (based on the amount owed to each such Person), such Series 2013-A Excess Group I HVF II Operating Expense Amounts owing to such Persons on such Payment Date;

 

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(j)            tenth , on any such Payment Date during the Series 2013-A Rapid Amortization Period, for deposit into the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account any remaining amount;

 

(k)           eleventh , to the Series 2013-A Distribution Account to pay the Series 2013-A Noteholders on a pro rata basis (based on the amount owed to each such Series 2013-A Noteholder), any remaining amounts owing on such Payment Date to such Series 2013-A Noteholders as Series 2013-A Carrying Charges (after giving effect to the payments in Sections 5.3(a)  through 5.3(j)  above);

 

(l)            twelfth , to the Series 2013-A Distribution Account to pay the Series 2013-A Noteholders on a pro rata basis (based on the amount owed to each such Series 2013-A Noteholder), the Series 2013-A Monthly Default Interest Amounts, if any, owing to each such Series 2013-A Noteholder on such Payment Date (after giving effect to the payments in Sections 5.3(a)  through 5.3(k)  above); and

 

(m)          thirteenth , for deposit into the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account any remaining amount.

 

Section 5.4.           Series 2013-A Reserve Account Withdrawals .  On each Payment Date, HVF II shall direct the Trustee in writing, prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) on such Payment Date, to apply, and the Trustee shall apply on such date, all amounts then on deposit (without giving effect to any deposits thereto pursuant to Sections 5.2 and 5.3 ) in the Series 2013-A Reserve Account as follows (and in each case only to the extent of funds available in the Series 2013-A Reserve Account):

 

(a)           first , to the Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Payment Date Interest Amount for such Payment Date over the Series 2013-A Payment Date Available Interest Amount for such Payment Date (with respect to such Payment Date, the excess, if any, of such excess over the Series 2013-A Available Reserve Account Amount on such Payment Date, the “ Series 2013-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall ”);

 

(b)           second , if the Principal Deficit Amount is greater than zero on such Payment Date, then to the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account an amount equal to such Principal Deficit Amount (with respect to such Payment Date, the excess, if any, of such Principal Deficit Amount over the Series 2013-A Available Reserve Account Amount, in each case, on such Payment Date (after giving effect to the withdrawal therefrom pursuant to Section 5.4(a)  above on such Payment Date), the “ Series 2013-A Reserve Account Principal Withdrawal Shortfall ”); and

 

(c)           third , if on the Legal Final Payment Date the amount to be distributed, if any, from the Series 2013-A Distribution Account in accordance with Section 5.2 (prior to giving effect to any withdrawals from the Series 2013-A Reserve Account pursuant to this clause) on such Legal Final Payment Date is insufficient to pay the Series 2013-A Principal Amount in full on such Legal Final Payment Date, then to the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account, an amount equal to such insufficiency

 

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(with respect to the Legal Final Payment Date, the excess, if any, of such insufficiency over the Series 2013-A Available Reserve Account Amount, in each case, on such Payment Date (after giving effect to each withdrawal therefrom pursuant to Sections 5.4(a)  and (b)  above on such Legal Final Payment Date), the “ Series 2013-A Reserve Account Legal Final Withdrawal Shortfall ”);

 

provided that , if no amounts are required to be applied pursuant to this Section 5.4 on such date, then HVF II shall have no obligation to provide the Trustee such written direction on such date.

 

Section 5.5.           Series 2013-A Letters of Credit and Series 2013-A Demand Notes .

 

(a)           Interest Deficit and Lease Interest Payment Deficit Events — Draws on Series 2013-A Letters of Credit .  If HVF II determines on any Payment Date that there exists a Series 2013-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall with respect to such Payment Date, then HVF II shall instruct the Trustee in writing to draw on the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit, if any, and, upon receipt of such notice by the Trustee on or prior to 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on such Payment Date, the Trustee, by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Payment Date, shall draw an amount, as set forth in such notice, equal to the least of (i) such Series 2013-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall, (ii) the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount as of such Payment Date and (iii) the Series 2013-A Lease Interest Payment Deficit for such Payment Date, by presenting to each Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider a draft accompanied by a Series 2013-A Certificate of Credit Demand on the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit; provided that , if the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded, then the Trustee shall withdraw from the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account and deposit into the Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Percentage on such Payment Date of the least of the amounts described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and (2) the Series 2013-A Available L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount on such Payment Date and draw an amount equal to the remainder of such amount on the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit.  The Trustee shall deposit, or cause the deposit of, the proceeds of any such draw on the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit and the proceeds of any such withdrawal from the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account into the Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account on such Payment Date.

 

(b)           Principal Deficit and Lease Principal Payment Deficit Events — Initial Draws on Series 2013-A Letters of Credit .  If HVF II determines on any Payment Date that there exists a Series 2013-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit that exceeds the amount, if any, withdrawn from the Series 2013-A Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4(b) , then HVF II shall instruct the Trustee in writing to draw on the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit, if any, in an amount equal to the least of:

 

(i)            such excess;

 

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(ii)           the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount (after giving effect to any drawings on the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.5(a) ); and

 

(iii)          (x) on any such Payment Date other than the Legal Final Payment Date occurring during the period commencing on and including the date of the filing by any Group I Lessee of a petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code to but excluding the date on which such Group I Lessee shall have resumed making all payments of Monthly Variable Rent required to be made under each Group I Lease to which such Group I Lessee is a party, the excess, if any, of the Principal Deficit Amount over the amount, if any, withdrawn from the Series 2013-A Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4(b)  and (y) on the Legal Final Payment Date, the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount over the amount to be deposited into the Series 2013-A Distribution Account (together with any amounts to be deposited therein pursuant to the terms of this Series 2013-A Supplement (other than this Section 5.5(b)  and Section 5.5(c) )) on the Legal Final Payment Date for payment of principal of the Series 2013-A Notes.

 

Upon receipt of a notice by the Trustee from HVF II in respect of a Series 2013-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit on or prior to 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on a Payment Date, the Trustee shall, by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Payment Date draw an amount as set forth in such notice equal to the applicable amount set forth above on the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit by presenting to each Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider a draft accompanied by a Series 2013-A Certificate of Credit Demand; provided however , that if the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded, the Trustee shall withdraw from the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Percentage on such Payment Date of the amount set forth in the notice provided to the Trustee by HVF II and (y) the Series 2013-A Available L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount on such Payment Date (after giving effect to any withdrawals therefrom on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.5(a) ), and the Trustee shall draw an amount equal to the remainder of such amount on the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit.  The Trustee shall deposit, or cause the deposit of, the proceeds of any such draw on the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit and the proceeds of any such withdrawal from the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account into the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account on such Payment Date.

 

(c)           Principal Deficit Amount — Draws on Series 2013-A Demand Note .  If (A) on any Determination Date, HVF II determines that the Principal Deficit Amount on the next succeeding Payment Date (after giving effect to any draws on the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.5(b) ) will be greater than zero or (B) on the Determination Date related to the Legal Final Payment Date, HVF II determines that the Series 2013-A Principal Amount exceeds the amount to be deposited into the Series 2013-A Distribution Account (together with all amounts to be deposited therein pursuant to the terms of this Series 2013-A Supplement (other than this Section 5.5(c) )) on the Legal Final Payment Date for payment of principal of the

 

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Series 2013-A Notes, then, prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day prior to such Payment Date, HVF II shall instruct the Trustee in writing (and provide the requisite information to the Trustee) to deliver a demand notice substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 (each a “ Demand Notice ”) on Hertz for payment under the Series 2013-A Demand Note in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) (x) on any such Determination Date related to a Payment Date other than the Legal Final Payment Date, the Principal Deficit Amount less the amount to be deposited into the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account in accordance with Sections 5.4(b)  and Section 5.5(b)  and (y) on the Determination Date related to the Legal Final Payment Date, the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount over the amount to be deposited into the Series 2013-A Distribution Account (together with any amounts to be deposited therein pursuant to the terms of this Series 2013-A Supplement (other than this Section 5.5(c)) ) on the Legal Final Payment Date for payment of principal of the Series 2013-A Notes, and (ii) the principal amount of the Series 2013-A Demand Note.  The Trustee shall, prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the second Business Day preceding such Payment Date, deliver such Demand Notice to Hertz; provided however , that if an Event of Bankruptcy (or the occurrence of an event described in clause (a) of the definition thereto, without the lapse of a period of sixty (60) consecutive days) with respect to Hertz shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee shall not be required to deliver such Demand Notice to Hertz.  The Trustee shall cause the proceeds of any demand on the Series 2013-A Demand Note to be deposited into the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account.

 

(d)           Principal Deficit Amount — Draws on Series 2013-A Letters of Credit . If (i) the Trustee shall have delivered a Demand Notice as provided in Section 5.5(c)  and Hertz shall have failed to pay to the Trustee or deposit into the Series 2013-A Distribution Account the amount specified in such Demand Notice in whole or in part by 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the Business Day following the making of the Demand Notice, (ii) due to the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy (or the occurrence of an event described in clause (a) of the definition thereof, without the lapse of a period of sixty (60) consecutive days) with respect to Hertz, the Trustee shall not have delivered such Demand Notice to Hertz, or (iii) there is a Preference Amount, then the Trustee shall draw on the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit, if any, by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Business Day in an amount equal to the lesser of:

 

(i)            the amount that Hertz failed to pay under the Series 2013-A Demand Note, or the amount that the Trustee failed to demand for payment thereunder, or the Preference Amount, as the case may be, and

 

(ii)           the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount on such Business Day,

 

in each case by presenting to each Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider a draft accompanied by a Series 2013-A Certificate of Unpaid Demand Note Demand or, in the case of a Preference Amount, a Series 2013-A Certificate of Preference Payment Demand; provided however , that if the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded, the Trustee shall withdraw from the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the Series 2013-A L/C Cash

 

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Collateral Percentage on such Business Day of the lesser of the amounts set forth in clauses (i)  and (ii)  immediately above and (y) the Series 2013-A Available L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount on such Business Day (after giving effect to any withdrawals therefrom on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.5(a)  and Section 5.5(b) ), and the Trustee shall draw an amount equal to the remainder of such amount on the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit.  The Trustee shall deposit, or cause the deposit of, the proceeds of any such draw on the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit and the proceeds of any such withdrawal from the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account into the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account on such date.

 

(e)           Draws on the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit.   If there is more than one Series 2013-A Letter of Credit on the date of any draw on the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit pursuant to the terms of this Series 2013-A Supplement (other than pursuant to Section 5.7(b) ), then HVF II shall instruct the Trustee, in writing, to draw on each Series 2013-A Letter of Credit an amount equal to the Pro Rata Share for such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit of such draw on such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

Section 5.6.           Past Due Rental Payments .  On each Series 2013-A Deposit Date, HVF II will direct the Trustee in writing, prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such date, to, and the Trustee shall, withdraw from the Group I Collection Account all Group I Collections then on deposit representing Series 2013-A Past Due Rent Payments and deposit such amount into the Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account, and immediately thereafter, the Trustee shall withdraw such amount from the Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account and apply the Series 2013-A Past Due Rent Payment in the following order:

 

(i)            if the occurrence of the related Series 2013-A Lease Payment Deficit resulted in one or more Series 2013-A L/C Credit Disbursements being made under any Series 2013-A Letters of Credit, then pay to or at the direction of Hertz for reimbursement to each Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider who made such a Series 2013-A L/C Credit Disbursement an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the unreimbursed amount of such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider’s Series 2013-A L/C Credit Disbursement and (y) such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider’s pro rata portion, calculated on the basis of the unreimbursed amount of each such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider’s Series 2013-A L/C Credit Disbursement, of the amount of the Series 2013-A Past Due Rent Payment;

 

(ii)           if the occurrence of such Series 2013-A Lease Payment Deficit resulted in a withdrawal being made from the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account, then deposit in the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the amount of the Series 2013-A Past Due Rent Payment remaining after any payments pursuant to clause (i)  above and (y) the amount withdrawn from the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account on account of such Series 2013-A Lease Payment Deficit;

 

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(iii)          if the occurrence of such Series 2013-A Lease Payment Deficit resulted in a withdrawal being made from the Series 2013-A Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4(a) , then deposit in the Series 2013-A Reserve Account an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the amount of the Series 2013-A Past Due Rent Payment remaining after any payments pursuant to clauses (i)  and (ii)  above and (y) the Series 2013-A Reserve Account Deficiency Amount, if any, as of such day; and

 

(iv)          any remainder to be deposited into the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account.

 

Section 5.7.           Series 2013-A Letters of Credit and Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account .

 

(a)           Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date — Deficiencies .  If as of the date that is sixteen (16) Business Days prior to the then scheduled Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date with respect to any Series 2013-A Letter of Credit, excluding such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit from each calculation in clauses (i)  through (iii)  immediately below but taking into account any substitute Series 2013-A Letter of Credit that has been obtained from a Series 2013-A Eligible Letter of Credit Provider and is in full force and effect on such date:

 

(i)            the Series 2013-A Asset Amount would be less than the Series 2013-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount, in each case as of such date (after giving effect to all deposits to, and withdrawals from, the Series 2013-A Reserve Account and the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account on such date);

 

(ii)           the Series 2013-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount would be less than the Series 2013-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount, in each case as of such date (after giving effect to all deposits to, and withdrawals from, the Series 2013-A Reserve Account and the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account on such date); or

 

(iii)          the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount would be less than the Series 2013-A Demand Note Payment Amount, in each case as of such date (after giving effect to all deposits to, and withdrawals from, the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account on such date);

 

then HVF II shall notify the Trustee and the Administrative Agent in writing no later than fifteen (15) Business Days prior to such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date of:

 

A.            the greatest of:

 

(i)            the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount over the Series 2013-A Asset Amount, in each case as of such date (after giving effect to all

 

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deposits to, and withdrawals from, the Series 2013-A Reserve Account and the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account on such date);

 

(ii)           the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount over the Series 2013-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount, in each case as of such date (after giving effect to all deposits to, and withdrawals from, the Series 2013-A Reserve Account and the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account on such date); and

 

(iii)          the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Demand Note Payment Amount over the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount, in each case as of such date (after giving effect to all deposits to, and withdrawals from, the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account on such date);

 

provided that the calculations in each of clause (A)(i)  through (A)(iii)  above shall be made on such date, excluding from such calculation of each amount contained therein such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit but taking into account each substitute Series 2013-A Letter of Credit that has been obtained from a Series 2013-A Eligible Letter of Credit Provider and is in full force and effect on such date, and

 

B.            the amount available to be drawn on such expiring Series 2013-A Letter of Credit on such date.

 

Upon receipt of such notice by the Trustee on or prior to 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on any Business Day, the Trustee shall, by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Business Day (or, in the case of any notice given to the Trustee after 10:30 a.m. (New York City time), by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the next following Business Day), draw the lesser of the amounts set forth in clauses (A)  and (B)  above on such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit by presenting a draft accompanied by a Series 2013-A Certificate of Termination Demand and shall cause the Series 2013-A L/C Termination Disbursements to be deposited into the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account.  If the Trustee does not receive either notice from HVF II described above on or prior to the date that is fifteen (15) Business Days prior to each Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date, then the Trustee, by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Business Day, shall draw the full amount of such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit by presenting a draft accompanied by a Series 2013-A Certificate of Termination Demand and shall cause the Series 2013-A L/C Termination Disbursements to be deposited into the applicable Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account.

 

(b)           Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider Downgrades .  HVF II shall notify the Trustee and the Administrative Agent in writing within one (1) Business Day of an Authorized Officer of HVF II obtaining actual knowledge that (i) the long-term

 

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debt credit rating of any Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider rated by DBRS has fallen below “BBB” as determined by DBRS or (ii) the long-term debt credit rating of any Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider not rated by DBRS is not at least “Baa2” by Moody’s or “BBB” by S&P (such (i) or (ii) with respect to any Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider, a “ Series 2013-A Downgrade Event ”).  On the thirtieth (30th) day after the occurrence of any Series 2013-A Downgrade Event with respect to any Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider, HVF II shall notify the Trustee and the Administrative Agent in writing on such date of (i) the greatest of (A) the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount over the Series 2013-A Asset Amount, (B) the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount over the Series 2013-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount, and (C) the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Demand Note Payment Amount over the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount, in the case of each of clauses (A)  through (C)  above, as of such date and excluding from the calculation of each amount referenced in such clauses such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit but taking into account each substitute Series 2013-A Letter of Credit that has been obtained from a Series 2013-A Eligible Letter of Credit Provider and is in full force and effect on such date, and (ii) the amount available to be drawn on such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit on such date (the lesser of such (i) and (ii), the “ Downgrade Withdrawal Amount ”).  Upon receipt by the Trustee on or prior to 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on any Business Day of notice of any Series 2013-A Downgrade Event with respect to any Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider, the Trustee, by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Business Day (or, in the case of any notice given to the Trustee after 10:30 a.m. (New York City time), by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the next following Business Day), shall draw on the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit issued by such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider in an amount (in the aggregate) equal to the Downgrade Withdrawal Amount specified in such notice by presenting a draft accompanied by a Series 2013-A Certificate of Termination Demand and shall cause the Series 2013-A L/C Termination Disbursement to be deposited into a Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account.

 

(c)           Reductions in Stated Amounts of the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit.   If the Trustee receives a written notice from the Group I Administrator, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, requesting a reduction in the stated amount of any Series 2013-A Letter of Credit, then the Trustee shall within two (2) Business Days of the receipt of such notice deliver to the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider who issued such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit a Series 2013-A Notice of Reduction requesting a reduction in the stated amount of such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit in the amount requested in such notice effective on the date set forth in such notice; provided that , on such effective date, immediately after giving effect to the requested reduction in the stated amount of such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit, (i) the Series 2013-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount will equal or exceed the Series 2013-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount, (ii) the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount will equal or exceed the Series 2013-A Demand Note Payment Amount and (iii) no Group I Aggregate Asset Amount Deficiency will exist immediately after giving effect to such reduction.

 

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(d)           Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account Surpluses and Series 2013-A Reserve Account Surpluses .

 

(i)            On each Payment Date, HVF II may direct the Trustee to, and the Trustee, acting in accordance with the written instructions of HVF II (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), shall, withdraw from the Series 2013-A Reserve Account an amount equal to the Series 2013-A Reserve Account Surplus, if any, and pay such Series 2013-A Reserve Account Surplus to HVF II.

 

(ii)           On each Payment Date on which there is a Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account Surplus, HVF II may direct the Trustee to, and the Trustee, acting in accordance with the written instructions of HVF II (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), shall, subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 5.7(d) , withdraw the amount specified by HVF II from the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account specified by HVF II and apply such amount in accordance with the terms of this Section 5.7(d) .  The amount of any such withdrawal from the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account shall be limited to the least of (a) the Series 2013-A Available L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount on such Payment Date, (b) the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account Surplus on such Payment Date and (c) the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount on such Payment Date over the Series 2013-A Demand Note Payment Amount on such Payment Date.  Any amounts withdrawn from the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account pursuant to this Section 5.7(d)  shall be paid:

 

first , to the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Providers, to the extent that there are unreimbursed Series 2013-A Disbursements due and owing to such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Providers in respect of the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit, for application in accordance with the provisions of the respective Series 2013-A Letters of Credit, and

 

second , to HVF II any remaining amounts.

 

Section 5.8.           Payment by Wire Transfer .

 

On each Payment Date, pursuant to Section 6 of the Group I Supplement, the Trustee shall cause the amounts (to the extent received by the Trustee) set forth in Sections 5.2 , 5.3 , 5.4 and 5.5 , in each case if any and in accordance with such Sections, to be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds released from the Series 2013-A Distribution Account no later than 4:30 p.m. (New York City time) for credit to the account designated by the Series 2013-A Noteholders.

 

Section 5.9.           Certain Instructions to the Trustee .

 

(a)           If on any date the Principal Deficit Amount is greater than zero or HVF II determines that there exists a Series 2013-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit, then HVF II shall promptly provide written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Trustee.

 

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(b)           On or before 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each Payment Date on which any Series 2013-A Lease Payment Deficit Exists, the Group I Administrator shall notify the Trustee of the amount of such Series 2013-A Lease Payment Deficit, such notification to be in the form of Exhibit D hereto (each a “ Lease Payment Deficit Notice ”).

 

Section 5.10.         HVF II’s Failure to Instruct the Trustee to Make a Deposit or Payment .  If HVF II fails to give notice or instructions to make any payment from or deposit into the Group I Collection Account or any Series 2013-A Account required to be given by HVF II, at the time specified herein or in any other Series 2013-A Related Document (including applicable grace periods), the Trustee shall make such payment or deposit into or from the Group I Collection Account or such Series 2013-A Account without such notice or instruction from HVF II; provided that HVF II, upon request of the Trustee, the Administrative Agent or any Funding Agent, promptly provides the Trustee with all information necessary to allow the Trustee to make such a payment or deposit.  When any payment or deposit hereunder or under any other Series 2013-A Related Document is required to be made by the Trustee at or prior to a specified time, HVF II shall deliver any applicable written instructions with respect thereto reasonably in advance of such specified time.  If HVF II fails to give instructions to draw on any Series 2013-A Letters of Credit with respect to a Class of Series 2013-A Notes required to be given by HVF II, at the time specified in this Series 2013-A Supplement, the Trustee shall draw on such Series 2013-A Letters of Credit with respect to such Class of Series 2013-A Notes without such instruction from HVF II; provided that , HVF II, upon request of the Trustee, the Administrative Agent or any Funding Agent, promptly provides the Trustee with all information necessary to allow the Trustee to draw on each such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS; CLOSING CONDITIONS

 

Section 6.1.           Representations and Warranties .  Each of HVF II, the Group I Administrator, each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser hereby makes the representations and warranties applicable to it set forth in Annex 1 hereto.

 

Section 6.2.           Covenants .  Each of HVF II and the Group I Administrator hereby agrees to perform and observe the covenants applicable to it set forth in Annex 2 hereto.

 

Section 6.3.           Closing Conditions .  The effectiveness of this Series 2013-A Supplement is subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Annex 3 hereto.

 

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Annex 4 hereto and agrees to perform and observe the covenants set forth in Annex 4 hereto.

 

Section 6.5.           Further Assurances .

 

(a)           HVF II shall do such further acts and things, and execute and deliver to the Trustee such additional assignments, agreements, powers and instruments, as are necessary or desirable to maintain the security interest of the Trustee in the Series-Specific 2013-A Collateral on behalf of the Series 2013-A Noteholders as a perfected security interest subject to no prior Liens (other than Series 2013-A Permitted Liens) and to carry into effect the purposes of this Series 2013-A Supplement or the other Series 2013-A Related Documents or to better assure and confirm unto the Trustee or the Series 2013-A Noteholders their rights, powers and remedies hereunder, including, without limitation filing all UCC financing statements, continuation statements and amendments thereto necessary to achieve the foregoing.  If HVF II fails to perform any of its agreements or obligations under this Section 6.5(a) , the Trustee shall, at the direction of the Series 2013-A Required Noteholders, itself perform such agreement or obligation, and the expenses of the Trustee incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by HVF II upon the Trustee’s demand therefor.  The Trustee is hereby authorized to execute and file any financing statements, continuation statements or other instruments necessary or appropriate to perfect or maintain the perfection of the Trustee’s security interest in the Series-Specific 2013-A Collateral.

 

(b)           Unless otherwise specified in this Series 2013-A Supplement, if any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Series-Specific 2013-A Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any promissory note, chattel paper or other instrument, such note, chattel paper or instrument shall be deemed to be held in trust and immediately pledged and physically delivered to the Trustee hereunder, and shall, subject to the rights of any Person in whose favor a prior Lien has been perfected, be duly indorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Trustee and delivered to the Trustee promptly.

 

(c)           HVF II shall warrant and defend the Trustee’s right, title and interest in and to the Series-Specific 2013-A Collateral and the income, distributions and proceeds thereof, for the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of the Series 2013-A Noteholders, against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever.

 

(d)           On or before March 31 of each calendar year, commencing with March 31, 2015, HVF II shall furnish to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Series 2013-A Supplement, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and with respect to the execution and filing of any financing statements, continuation statements and amendments thereto as are necessary to maintain the perfection of the lien and security interest created by this Series 2013-A Supplement in the Series-Specific 2013-A Collateral and reciting the details of such action or stating that in the opinion of such counsel no such action is necessary to maintain the perfection of such lien and security interest.  Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the recording, filing, re-recording

 

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and refiling of this Series 2013-A Supplement, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and the execution and filing of any financing statements, continuation statements and amendments thereto that will, in the opinion of such counsel, be required to maintain the perfection of the lien and security interest of this Series 2013-A Supplement in the Series-Specific 2013-A Collateral until March 31 in the following calendar year.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

AMORTIZATION EVENTS

 

Section 7.1.           Amortization Events .  In addition to the Amortization Events set forth in Sections 9.1(a) and (b) of the Group I Supplement, the following shall be Amortization Events with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes and shall constitute the Amortization Events set forth in Section 9.1(c) of the Group I Supplement with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes:

 

(a)           HVF II defaults in the payment of any interest on, or other amount payable in respect of, the Series 2013-A Notes when the same becomes due and payable and such default continues for a period of three (3) consecutive Business Days;

 

(b)           a Series 2013-A Liquid Enhancement Deficiency shall exist and continue to exist for at least three (3) consecutive Business Days;

 

(c)           all principal of and interest on the Series 2013-A Notes is not paid in full on or before the Expected Final Payment Date;

 

(d)           any Group I Aggregate Asset Amount Deficiency exists and continues for a period of three (3) consecutive Business Days;

 

(e)           any of (i) a Group I Leasing Company Amortization Event (other than a Group I Leasing Company Amortization Event resulting from an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to any Group I Lessee triggered pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Event of Bankruptcy) shall have occurred with respect to any Group I Leasing Company Note and continue for a period of three (3) consecutive Business Days, (ii) a Group I Leasing Company Amortization Event resulting from an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to any Group I Lessee triggered pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Event of Bankruptcy shall have occurred with respect to any Group I Leasing Company Note or (iii) a Group I Leasing Company Amortization Event shall have occurred with respect to each Group I Leasing Company Note;

 

(f)            there shall have been filed against HVF II (i) a notice of a federal tax lien from the Internal Revenue Service, (ii) a notice of a Lien from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under the Code or Section 302(f) of ERISA for a failure to make a required installment or other payment to a Plan to which either of such sections applies or (iii) a notice of any other Lien (other than a Series 2013-A Permitted Lien) that could reasonably be expected to attach to the assets of HVF II and, in each case, thirty

 

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(30) consecutive days shall have elapsed without such notice having been effectively withdrawn or such Lien having been released or discharged;

 

(g)           any of the Series 2013-A Related Documents or any material portion thereof shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect, enforceable in accordance with its terms (other than in accordance with the terms thereof or as otherwise expressly permitted in the Series 2013-A Related Documents) or Hertz, any Group I Leasing Company, any Group I Lessee or HVF II shall so assert any of the foregoing in writing and such written assertion shall not have been rescinded within ten (10) consecutive Business Days following the date of such written assertion, in each case, other than any such cessation (i) resulting from the application of the Bankruptcy Code (other than as a result of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to HVF II, any Group I Leasing Company, any Group I Lessee, or Hertz in any capacity) or (ii) as a result of any waiver, supplement, modification, amendment or other action not prohibited by the Series 2013-A Related Documents;

 

(h)           any Group I Administrator Default shall have occurred;

 

(i)            the Group I Collection Account, any Collateral Account in which Group I Collections are on deposit as of such date or any Series 2013-A Account (other than the Series 2013-A Reserve Account and the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account) shall be subject to an injunction, estoppel or other stay or a Lien (other than any Lien described in clause (iii) of the definition of Series 2013-A Permitted Lien) and thirty (30) consecutive days shall have elapsed without such Lien having been released or discharged;

 

(j)            (A) the Series 2013-A Reserve Account shall be subject to an injunction, estoppel or other stay or a Lien (other than any Lien described in clause (iii) of the definition of Series 2013-A Permitted Lien) for a period of at least three (3) consecutive Business Days or (B) other than any Lien described in clause (iii) of the definition of Series 2013-A Permitted Lien, the Trustee shall cease to have a valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Series 2013-A Reserve Account Collateral (or any of HVF II or any Affiliate thereof so asserts in writing) and, in each case, the Series 2013-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount, excluding therefrom the Series 2013-A Available Reserve Account Amount, would be less than the Series 2013-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount and such cessation shall not have resulted from a Series 2013-A Permitted Lien;

 

(k)           from and after the funding of the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account, (A) the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account shall be subject to an injunction, estoppel or other stay or a Lien (other than any Lien described in clause (iii) of the definition of Series 2013-A Permitted Lien) for a period of at least three (3) consecutive Business Days or (B) other than any Lien described in clause (iii) of the definition of Series 2013-A Permitted Lien, the Trustee shall cease to have a valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account Collateral (or HVF II or any Affiliate thereof so asserts in writing) and, in each case, the Series 2013-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount, excluding therefrom the Series 

 

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2013-A Available L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount, would be less than the Series 2013-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount;

 

(l)            a Change of Control shall have occurred;

 

(m)          HVF II shall fail to acquire and maintain in force one or more Series 2013-A Interest Rate Caps at the times and in at least the notional amounts required by the terms of Section 4.4 and such failure continues for at least three (3) consecutive Business Days;

 

(n)           other than as a result of a Series 2013-A Permitted Lien, the Trustee shall for any reason cease to have a valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Series 2013-A Collateral (other than the Series 2013-A Reserve Account Collateral, the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account Collateral or any Series 2013-A Letter of Credit) or HVF II or any Affiliate thereof so asserts in writing;

 

(o)           the occurrence of a Hertz Senior Credit Facility Default;

 

(p)           any of HVF II, the HVF II General Partner or the Group I Administrator fails to comply with any of its other agreements or covenants in the Series 2013-A Notes or any Series 2013-A Related Document and the failure to so comply materially and adversely affects the interests of the Series 2013-A Noteholders and continues to materially and adversely affect the interests of the Series 2013-A Noteholders for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days after the earlier of (i) the date on which an Authorized Officer of HVF II obtains actual knowledge thereof or (ii) the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to HVF II by the Trustee or to HVF II and the Trustee by the Administrative Agent; provided that , solely with respect to the covenant of the Group I Administrator specified in Section 26 of Annex 2 hereof, such thirty (30) day grace period shall not apply;

 

(q)           (i) any representation made by HVF II in any Series 2013-A Related Document is false or (ii)(A) any representation made by the Group I Administrator herein or (B) any schedule, certificate, financial statement, report, notice, or other writing furnished by or on behalf of the Group I Administrator to any Funding Agent pursuant Section 25 or 26 of Annex 2 hereto, in the case of either the preceding clause (A) or (B), is false or misleading on the date as of which the facts therein set forth are stated or certified, and, in the case of either the preceding clause (i) or (ii), such falsity materially and adversely affects the interests of the Series 2013-A Noteholders and such falsity is not cured for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days after the earlier of (x) the date on which an Authorized Officer of HVF II or the Group I Administrator, as the case may be, obtains actual knowledge thereof or (y) the date that written notice thereof is given to HVF II or the Group I Administrator, as the case may be, by the Trustee or to HVF II or the Group I Administrator, as the case may be, and to the Trustee by the Administrative Agent;

 

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(r)            (I) any Group I Lease Servicer shall fail to comply with its obligations under any Group I Back-Up Disposition Agreement and the failure to so comply materially and adversely affects the interests of the Series 2013-A Noteholders and continues to materially and adversely affect the interests of the Series 2013-A Noteholders for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days after the earlier of (i) the date on which an Authorized Officer of the Group I Administrator or HVF II obtains actual knowledge thereof or (ii) the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Group I Administrator and HVF II by the Trustee or to the Group I Administrator, HVF II and the Trustee by the Administrative Agent or (II) any Group I Back-Up Disposition Agent Agreement or any material portion thereof shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect or enforceable (other than in accordance with its terms or otherwise as expressly permitted in the Group I Back-Up Administration Agreement) for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days after the earlier of (i) the date on which an Authorized Officer of HVF II or the Group I Administrator, as applicable, obtains actual knowledge thereof or (ii) the date on which written notice thereof shall have been given to HVF II and the Group I Administrator by the Trustee or to HVF II, the Group I Administrator and the Trustee by the Administrative Agent (unless such failure to be in full force and effect or failure to be enforceable is a result of a breach of such Group I Back-Up Disposition Agreement or any portion thereof by the Group I Administrator, in its capacity as Servicer, in which case such thirty (30) day grace period shall not apply);

 

(s)            (I) HVF or Hertz, in its capacity as Series 2013-G1 Administrator, shall fail to comply with its respective obligations under the Series 2013-G1 Back-Up Administration Agreement and the failure to so comply materially and adversely affects the interests of the Series 2013-A Noteholders and continues to materially and adversely affect the interests of the Series 2013-A Noteholders for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) the date on which an Authorized Officer of HVF or the Series 2013-G1 Administrator, as applicable, obtains actual knowledge thereof or (ii) the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to HVF and the Series 2013-G1 Administrator by the HVF I Trustee or to HVF, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator and the HVF I Trustee by the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder (or any permitted assignee thereof) or (II) the Series 2013-G1 Back-Up Administration Agreement or any material portion thereof shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect or enforceable (other than in accordance with its terms or otherwise as expressly permitted in the Series 2013-G1 Back-Up Administration Agreement) for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) the date on which an Authorized Officer of HVF or the Series 2013-G1 Administrator, as applicable, obtains actual knowledge thereof or (ii) the date on which written notice thereof shall have been given to HVF and the Series 2013-G1 Administrator by the HVF I Trustee or to HVF, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator and the HVF I Trustee by the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder (or any permitted assignee thereof) (unless such failure to be in full force and effect or failure to be enforceable is a result of a breach of the Series 2013-G1 Back-Up Administration Agreement or any portion thereof by HVF or the Series 2013-G1 Administrator, in which case such thirty (30) day grace period shall not apply);

 

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(t)            the Series 2013-G1 Administrator fails to comply with any of its other agreements or covenants in any Series 2013-G1 Related Document or any representation made by the Series 2013-G1 Administrator in any Series 2013-G1 Related Document is false and the failure to so comply or such false representation, as the case may be, materially and adversely affects the interests of the Series 2013-A Noteholders and continues to materially and adversely affect the interests of the Series 2013-A Noteholders for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) the date on which an Authorized Officer of the Series 2013-G1 Administrator or Group I Administrator, as applicable, obtains actual knowledge thereof or (ii) the date on which written notice of such failure or such false representation, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to (x) the Series 2013-G1 Administrator by the HVF I Trustee or to the Series 2013-G1 Administrator and the HVF I Trustee by the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder (or any permitted assignee thereof) or (y) to the Group I Administrator by the Trustee or to the Group I Administrator and the Trustee by the Administrative Agent;

 

(u)           on any Business Day, the Aggregate Group I Series Adjusted Principal Amount exceeds the Aggregate Group I Leasing Company Note Principal Amount, and the Aggregate Group I Leasing Company Note Principal Amount does not equal or exceed the Aggregate Group I Series Adjusted Principal Amount on or prior to the close of business on the next succeeding Business Day, in each case after giving effect to all increases and decreases on any such date;

 

(v)           any Series 2013-G1 Administrator Default shall have occurred;

 

(w)          any Series 2013-B Amortization Event shall have occurred and be continuing;

 

(x)           any of (i) any of the HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Documents (other than the RCFC Nominee Agreement) or any material portion thereof relating to any of the HVF Series 2013-G1 Note or the Series 2013-G1 Collateral (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms or as otherwise expressly permitted in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Documents), or Hertz, the Nominee, HGI or HVF shall so assert in writing and such written assertion shall not have been rescinded within ten (10) consecutive Business Days following the date of such written assertion, in each case, other than any such cessation (1) resulting from the application of the Bankruptcy Code (other than as a result of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to any party to any such agreement (other than HVF or Hertz in any capacity)) or (2) as a result of any waiver, supplement, modification, amendment or other action not prohibited by the HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Documents or the Related Documents (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement), (ii) on any date occurring during the RCFC Nominee Non-Qualified Period, the RCFC Nominee Agreement or any material portion thereof relating to any of the HVF Series 2013-G1 Note or the Series 2013-G1 Collateral (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms or as otherwise expressly permitted in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Documents), or Hertz, HVF or RCFC shall so assert in writing and such written assertion shall not have been rescinded within ten (10) 

 

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consecutive Business Days following the date of such written assertion, in each case, other than any such cessation (1) resulting from the application of the Bankruptcy Code (other than as a result of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to any party to any such agreement (other than HVF or Hertz in any capacity)) or (2) as a result of any waiver, supplement, modification, amendment or other action not prohibited by the HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Documents or the Related Documents (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) or (iii) on any date occurring on or after the RCFC Nominee Qualification Date, both (I) the RCFC Nominee Agreement or any material portion thereof relating to any of the HVF Series 2013-G1 Note or the Series 2013-G1 Collateral (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms or as otherwise expressly permitted in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Documents), or Hertz, HVF or RCFC shall so assert in writing and such written assertion shall not have been rescinded within ten (10) consecutive Business Days following the date of such written assertion, in each case, other than any such cessation (1) resulting from the application of the Bankruptcy Code (other than as a result of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to any party to any such agreement (other than HVF or Hertz in any capacity)) or (2) as a result of any waiver, supplement, modification, amendment or other action not prohibited by the HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Documents or the Related Documents (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) and (II) the Series 2013-G1 Aggregate Asset Amount (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) as of such date (excluding therefrom the Group I Net Book Value of all Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) the Certificates of Title for which are then titled in the name of RCFC) shall be less than the Series 2013-G1 Asset Coverage Threshold Amount (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) as of such date; or

 

(y)           any Series 2014-A Amortization Event shall have occurred and be continuing.

 

Section 7.2.           Effects of Amortization Events .

 

(a)           In the case of:

 

(i)            any event described in Sections 7.1 (a)  through (e) , Section 7.1(u) , Section 7.1(w)  and Section 7.1(y) , an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes will immediately occur without any notice or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Series 2013-A Noteholder, and

 

(ii)           any event described in Sections 7.1(f)  through (t) , Section 7.1(v)  and Section 7.1(x) , so long as such event is continuing, either the Trustee may, by written notice to HVF II, or the Series 2013-A Required Noteholders may, by written notice to HVF II and the Trustee, declare that an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes has occurred as of the date of the notice.

 

(b)           (i)            An Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes described in Sections 7.1(a)  through (d)  above and Section 7.1 (e) , (solely with respect to any Group I Leasing Company Amortization Events the waiver of which

 

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requires the consent of the Requisite Group I Investors), Section 7.1(p)  (solely with respect to any agreement, covenant or provision in the Series 2013-A Notes or any other Series 2013-A Related Document the amendment or modification of which requires the consent of Series 2013-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount or that otherwise prohibits HVF II from taking any action without the consent of Series 2013-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount), Section 7.1(r)  (solely with respect to any agreement, covenant or provision in the Group I Back-Up Disposition Agreement the amendment or modification of which requires the consent of Series 2013-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount or that otherwise prohibits HVF II from taking any action without the consent of Series 2013-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount) or Section 7.1(u)  may be waived solely with the written consent of Series 2013-A Noteholders holding 100% of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount.

 

(ii)           An Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes described in Sections 7.1(f)  through (o)  and (q)  and Section 7.1(e)  (other than with respect to any Group I Leasing Company Amortization Events the waiver of which requires the consent of holders of the Requisite Group I Investors), Section 7.1(p)  (other than with respect to any agreement, covenant or provision in the Series 2013-A Notes or any other Series 2013-A Related Document the amendment or modification of which requires the consent of Series 2013-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount or that otherwise prohibits HVF II from taking any action without the consent of Series 2013-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3  of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount), Section 7.1(r)  (other than with respect to any agreement, covenant or provision in the Group I Back-Up Disposition Agreement the amendment or modification of which requires the consent of Series 2013-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount or that otherwise prohibits HVF II from taking any action without the consent of Series 2013-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount), Section 7.1(s) , Section 7.1(t) , Section 7.1(v)  or Section 7.1(x)  may be waived solely with the written consent of Series 2013-A Noteholders holding at least 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount.

 

(iii)          An Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes described in Section 7.1(w)  shall be deemed waived if such Series 2013-B Amortization Event shall have been waived under and in accordance with the Series 2013-B Supplement.

 

(iv)          An Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes described in Section 7.1(y)  shall be deemed waived if such Series 2014-A Amortization Event shall have been waived under and in accordance with the Series 2014-A Supplement.  In addition, an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes described in Section 7.1(y)  may be waived with the written consent of Series 2013-A Noteholders holding at least 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount.

 

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Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, and for the avoidance of doubt, an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes described in any of Section 7.1 (i) , (j) , (k) , or (n)  above shall be curable at any time.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

FORM OF SERIES 2013-A NOTES

 

The Series 2013-A Notes will be issued in the form of definitive notes in fully registered form without interest coupons, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A hereto, and will be sold to the Series 2013-A Noteholders pursuant to and in accordance with the terms hereof and shall be duly executed by HVF II and authenticated by the Trustee in the manner set forth in Section 2.4 of the Group I Supplement.

 

The Trustee shall, or shall cause the Registrar, to record all Advances and Decreases such that the principal amount of the Series 2013-A Notes that are outstanding accurately reflects all such Advances and Decreases.

 

(a)           Each Series 2013-A Note shall bear the following legend:

 

THIS SERIES 2013-A NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR WITH ANY STATE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS.  THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF HVF II THAT SUCH SERIES 2013-A NOTE IS BEING ACQUIRED FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO DISTRIBUTION AND TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH NOTE ONLY (A) TO HVF II, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (D) PURSUANT TO AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH SUCH CASE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GROUP I INDENTURE, THE SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT AND ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF HVF II, PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (C) , TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY TO IT OF A PURCHASER’S LETTER IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT E TO THE SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT CERTIFYING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT SUCH PURCHASER IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF HVF II, PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) , TO

 

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REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO IT.

 

The required legends set forth above shall not be removed from the Series 2013-A Notes except as provided herein.

 

The Series 2013-A Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be determined by the officers executing such Series 2013-A Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the Series 2013-A Notes.  The Series 2013-A Notes may be produced in any manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Series 2013-A Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Series 2013-A Notes.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

TRANSFERS, REPLACEMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS

 

Section 9.1.           Transfer of Series 2013-A Notes .

 

(a)           Other than in accordance with this Article IX , the Series 2013-A Notes will not be permitted to be transferred, assigned, exchanged or otherwise pledged or conveyed by the Series 2013-A Noteholders.

 

(b)           Subject to the terms and restrictions set forth in the Group I Indenture and this Series 2013-A Supplement (including, without limitation, Section 9.3 ), the holder of any Series 2013-A Note may transfer the same in whole or in part, in an amount equivalent to an authorized denomination, by surrendering such Series 2013-A Note at the office maintained by the Registrar for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Base Indenture, with the form of transfer endorsed on it duly completed and executed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to HVF II and the Registrar by, the holder thereof and accompanied by a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto; provided , that if the holder of any Series 2013-A Note transfers, in whole or in part, its interest in any Series 2013-A Note pursuant to (i) an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto or (ii) an Investor Group Supplement substantially in the form of Exhibit H hereto, then such Series 2013-A Noteholder will not be required to submit a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto upon transfer of its interest in such Series 2013-A Note; provided further that , notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Series 2013-A Supplement, no Series 2013-A Note shall be transferrable to any Disqualified Party without the prior written consent of an Authorized Officer of HVF II, which consent may be withheld for any reason in HVF II’s sole and absolute discretion.  In exchange for any Series 2013-A Note properly presented for transfer, HVF II shall execute and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver or cause to be authenticated and delivered in compliance with applicable law, to the transferee at such office, or send by mail (at the risk of the transferee) to such address as the transferee may

 

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request, Series 2013-A Notes for the same aggregate principal amount as was transferred.  In the case of the transfer of any Series 2013-A Note in part, HVF II shall execute and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver or cause to be authenticated and delivered to the transferor at such office, or send by mail (at the risk of the transferor) to such address as the transferor may request, Series 2013-A Notes for the aggregate principal amount that was not transferred.  No transfer of any Series 2013-A Note shall be made unless the request for such transfer is made by the Series 2013-A Noteholder at such office.  Neither HVF II nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of transfer instructions and each may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.  Upon the issuance of transferred Series 2013-A Notes, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of such Series 2013-A Note as Series 2013-A Noteholders.  Notwithstanding anything in this Section 9.1(b)  to the contrary, so long as the Series 2013-B Notes are Outstanding (as “Outstanding” is defined in the Series 2013-B Supplement), no transfer, assignment, exchange or other pledge or conveyance pursuant to this Section 9.1(b)  (if otherwise permitted pursuant to this Section 9.1(b) ) shall be effective unless, immediately after giving effect to such transfer, assignment, exchange or other pledge or conveyance, such transferee’s Commitment Percentage shall equal such transferee’s Series 2013-B Commitment Percentage.

 

Section 9.2.           Replacement of Investor Group .

 

(a)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Series 2013-A Related Document, in the event that

 

(i) any Affected Person shall request reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to any Specified Cost Section,

 

(ii) a Committed Note Purchaser shall become a Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser, and such Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser shall fail to pay any amounts in accordance with Section 2.2(g)  within five (5) Business days after demand from the applicable Funding Agent,

 

(iii) any Committed Note Purchaser or Conduit Investor shall (x) become a Non-Extending Purchaser or (y) deliver a Delayed Funding Notice or a Second Delayed Funding Notice,

 

(iv) as of any date of determination (A) the rolling average CP Rate applicable to the Series 2013-A CP Tranche attributable to any Conduit Investor for any three (3) month period is equal to or greater than the greater of (I) the CP Rate applicable to such Series 2013-A CP Tranche attributable to such Conduit Investor at the start of such period plus 0.50% and (II) the product of (x) the CP Rate applicable to such Series 2013-A CP Tranche attributable to such Conduit Investor at the start of such period and (y) 125%, (B) any portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to such Conduit Investor is being continued or maintained as a Series 2013-A CP Tranche as of such date and (C) the

 

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circumstance described in clause (A) does not apply to more than two Conduit Investors as of such date, or

 

(v) any Committed Note Purchaser or Conduit Investor fails to give its consent to any amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any Series 2013-A Related Document (an “ Action ”), by the date specified by HVF II, for which (A) at least half of the percentage of the Committed Note Purchasers and the Conduit Investors required for such Action have consented to such Action, and (B) the percentage of the Committed Note Purchasers and the Conduit Investors required for such Action have not consented to such Action or provided written notice that they intend to consent (each, a “ Non-Consenting Purchaser ”, and each such Committed Note Purchaser or Conduit Investor described in clauses (i)  through (v)  or any Committed Note Purchaser or Conduit Investor that shall become a Series 2013-B Potential Terminated Purchaser, a “ Potential Terminated Purchaser ”),

 

HVF II shall be permitted, upon no less than seven (7) days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, a Potential Terminated Purchaser and its related Funding Agent, to (x)(1) elect to terminate the Commitment, if any, of such Potential Terminated Purchaser on the date specified in such termination notice, and (2) prepay on the date of such termination such Potential Terminated Purchaser’s portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount for such Potential Terminated Purchaser’s Investor Group and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, or (y) elect to cause such Potential Terminated Purchaser to (and the Potential Terminated Purchaser must) assign its Commitment to a replacement purchaser who may be an existing Conduit Investor, Committed Note Purchaser, Program Support Provider or other Series 2013-A Noteholder (each, a “ Replacement Purchaser ” and, any such Potential Terminated Purchaser with respect to which HVF II has made any such election, a “ Terminated Purchaser ”).

 

(b)           HVF II shall not make an election described in Section 9.2(a)  unless (i) no Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event with respect to Series 2013-A Notes shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such election (unless such Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event would no longer be continuing after giving effect to such election), (ii) in respect of an election described in clause (y)  of Section 9.2(a)  only, on or prior to the effectiveness of the applicable assignment, the Terminated Purchaser shall have been paid its portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount for such Terminated Purchaser’s Investor Group and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, by or on behalf of HVF II or the related Replacement Purchaser, (iii) in the event that the Terminated Purchaser is a Non-Extending Purchaser, the Replacement Purchaser, if any, shall have agreed to the applicable extension of the Series 2013-A Commitment Termination Date and (iv) in the event that the Terminated Purchaser is a Non-Consenting Purchaser, the Replacement Purchaser, if any, shall have consented to the applicable amendment, modification, termination or waiver.  Each Terminated Purchaser hereby agrees to take all actions reasonably necessary, at the expense of HVF II, to permit a Replacement Purchaser to succeed to its rights and

 

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obligations hereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the consent of each then-current member of an existing Investor Group (other than any Terminated Purchaser in such Investor Group) shall be required in order for a Replacement Purchaser to join any such Investor Group.  Upon the effectiveness of any such assignment to a Replacement Purchaser, (i) such Replacement Purchaser shall become a “Committed Note Purchaser” or “Conduit Investor”, as applicable, hereunder for all purposes of this Series 2013-A Supplement and the other Series 2013-A Related Documents, (ii) such Replacement Purchaser shall have a Commitment and a Committed Note Purchaser Percentage in an amount not less than the Terminated Purchaser’s Commitment and Committed Note Purchaser Percentage assumed by it, (iii) the Commitment of the Terminated Purchaser shall be terminated in all respects and the Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of such Terminated Purchaser shall become zero and (iv) the Administrative Agent shall revise Schedule II hereto to reflect the foregoing clauses (i)  through (iii) .

 

Section 9.3.           Assignments .

 

(a)           Any Committed Note Purchaser may at any time sell all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-A Notes, with the prior written consent of HVF II, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, to one or more financial institutions (an “ Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser ”) pursuant to an assignment and assumption agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit G (the “ Assignment and Assumption Agreement ”), executed by such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser, such assigning Committed Note Purchaser, the Funding Agent with respect to such Committed Note Purchaser and HVF II and delivered to the Administrative Agent; provided that , the consent of HVF II to any such assignment shall not be required (i) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes or (ii) if such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser is an Affiliate of such assigning Committed Note Purchaser; provided further , that HVF II may withhold its consent in its sole and absolute discretion (and such withholding shall be deemed reasonable) to an assignment to a potential Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser that is a Disqualified Party.  An assignment by a Committed Note Purchaser that is part of an Investor Group that includes a Conduit Investor to an Investor Group that does not include a Conduit Investor may be made pursuant to this Section 9.3(a) ; provided that , immediately prior to such assignment each Conduit Investor that is part of the assigning Investor Group shall be deemed to have assigned all of its rights and obligations in the Series 2013-A Notes (and its rights and obligations hereunder and under each other Series 2013-A Related Document) in respect of such assigned interest to its related Committed Note Purchaser pursuant to Section 9.3(g) .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (but subject to Section 9.3(h) ), any assignment by a Committed Note Purchaser to a different Investor Group that includes a Conduit Investor shall be made pursuant to Section 9.3(c) , and not this Section 9.3(a) .

 

(b)           Without limiting Section 9.3(a) , each Conduit Investor may assign all or a portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to such Conduit Investor and its rights and obligations under this Series 2013-A Supplement and each other Series 2013-A Related Document to which it is a party (or otherwise to which it has

 

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rights) to a Conduit Assignee with respect to such Conduit Investor without the prior written consent of HVF II.  Upon such assignment by a Conduit Investor to a Conduit Assignee:

 

(i)            such Conduit Assignee shall be the owner of the Investor Group Principal Amount or such portion thereof with respect to such Conduit Investor,

 

(ii)           the related administrative or managing agent for such Conduit Assignee will act as the Funding Agent for such Conduit Assignee hereunder, with all corresponding rights and powers, express or implied, granted to the Funding Agent hereunder or under each other Series 2013-A Related Document,

 

(iii)          such Conduit Assignee and its liquidity support provider(s) and credit support provider(s) and other related parties, in each case relating to the Series 2013-A Commercial Paper and/or the Series 2013-A Notes, shall have the benefit of all the rights and protections provided to such Conduit Investor herein and in each other Series 2013-A Related Document (including any limitation on recourse against such Conduit Assignee as provided in this paragraph),

 

(iv)          such Conduit Assignee shall assume all of such Conduit Investor’s obligations, if any, hereunder and under each other Series 2013-A Related Document with respect to such portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount and such Conduit Investor shall be released from such obligations,

 

(v)           all distributions in respect of the Investor Group Principal Amount or such portion thereof with respect to such Conduit Investor shall be made to the applicable Funding Agent on behalf of such Conduit Assignee,

 

(vi)          the definition of the term “CP Rate” with respect to the portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to such Conduit Investor, as applicable funded with commercial paper issued by such Conduit Assignee from time to time shall be determined in the manner set forth in the definition of “CP Rate” applicable to such Conduit Assignee on the basis of the interest rate or discount applicable to commercial paper issued by such Conduit Assignee (rather than any other Conduit Investor),

 

(vii)         the defined terms and other terms and provisions of this Series 2013-A Supplement and each other Series 2013-A Related Documents shall be interpreted in accordance with the foregoing, and

 

(viii)        if reasonably requested by the Funding Agent with respect to such Conduit Assignee, the parties will execute and deliver such further agreements and documents and take such other actions as the Funding Agent may reasonably request to evidence and give effect to the foregoing.

 

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Purchasers in the same Investor Group as such Conduit Investor under Section 2.2 to fund any Advance not funded by such Conduit Investor or such Conduit Assignee.

 

(c)           Any Conduit Investor and the Committed Note Purchaser with respect to such Conduit Investor (or, with respect to any Investor Group without a Conduit Investor, the related Committed Note Purchaser) at any time may sell all or any part of their respective (or, with respect to an Investor Group without a Conduit Investor, its) rights and obligations under this Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-A Notes, with the prior written consent of HVF II, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, to an Investor Group with respect to which each acquiring Conduit Investor is a multi-seller commercial paper conduit, whose commercial paper has ratings of at least “A-2” from S&P and “P2” from Moody’s and that includes one or more financial institutions providing support to such multi-seller commercial paper conduit (an “ Acquiring Investor Group ”) pursuant to a transfer supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit H (the “ Investor Group Supplement ”), executed by such Acquiring Investor Group, the Funding Agent with respect to such Acquiring Investor Group (including each Conduit Investor (if any) and the Committed Note Purchasers with respect to such Investor Group), such assigning Conduit Investor and the Committed Note Purchasers with respect to such Conduit Investor, the Funding Agent with respect to such assigning Conduit Investor and Committed Note Purchasers and HVF II and delivered to the Administrative Agent; provided that , the consent of HVF II to any such assignment shall not be required after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes; provided further that HVF II may withhold its consent in its sole and absolute discretion (and such withholding shall be deemed reasonable) to an assignment to a potential Acquiring Investor Group that (a) has ratings of at least “A-2” from S&P and “P2” by Moody’s, but does not have ratings of at least “A-1” from S&P or “P1” by Moody’s if such assignment will result in a material increase in HVF II’s costs of financing with respect to the applicable Series 2013-A Notes or (b) is a Disqualified Party.

 

(d)           Any Committed Note Purchaser may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time sell to one or more financial institutions or other entities (“ Participants ”) participations in its Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to it and the other Committed Note Purchasers included in the related Investor Group, its Series 2013-A Note and its rights hereunder (or, in each case, a portion thereof) pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to such Committed Note Purchaser and the Participant; provided , however , that (i) in the event of any such sale by a Committed Note Purchaser to a Participant, (A) such Committed Note Purchaser’s obligations under this Series 2013-A Supplement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Committed Note Purchaser shall remain solely responsible for the performance thereof and (C) HVF II and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Committed Note Purchaser in connection with its rights and obligations under this Series 2013-A Supplement, (ii) no Committed Note Purchaser shall sell any participating interest under which the Participant shall have any right to approve, veto, consent, waive or otherwise influence any approval, consent or waiver of such

 

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Committed Note Purchaser with respect to any amendment, consent or waiver with respect to this Series 2013-A Supplement or any other Series 2013-A Related Document, except to the extent that the approval of such amendment, consent or waiver otherwise would require the unanimous consent of all Committed Note Purchasers hereunder, and (iii) no Committed Note Purchaser shall sell any participating interest to any Disqualified Party.  A Participant shall have the right to receive reimbursement for amounts due pursuant to each Specified Cost Section but only to the extent that the related selling Committed Note Purchaser would have had such right absent the sale of the related participation and, with respect to amounts due pursuant to Section 3.8 , only to the extent such Participant shall have complied with the provisions of Section 3.8 as if such Participant were a Committed Note Purchaser.  Each such Participant shall be deemed to have agreed to the provisions set forth in Section 3.10 as if such Participant were a Committed Note Purchaser.

 

(e)           HVF II authorizes each Committed Note Purchaser to disclose to any Participant or Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser (each, a “ Transferee ”) and any prospective Transferee any and all financial information in such Committed Note Purchaser’s possession concerning HVF II, the Series 2013-A Collateral, the Group I Administrator and the Series 2013-A Related Documents that has been delivered to such Committed Note Purchaser by HVF II in connection with such Committed Note Purchaser’s credit evaluation of HVF II, the Series 2013-A Collateral and the Group I Administrator.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Committed Note Purchaser may disclose any of the foregoing information to any Transferee who is a Disqualified Party without the prior written consent of an Authorized Officer of HVF II, which consent may be withheld for any reason in HVF II’s sole and absolute discretion.

 

(f)            Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this Series 2013-A Supplement (but subject to Section 9.3(h) ), each Conduit Investor or, if there is no Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group, the Committed Note Purchaser with respect to such Investor Group may at any time grant to one or more Program Support Providers (or, in the case of a Conduit Investor, to its related Committed Note Purchaser) a participating interest in or lien on, or otherwise transfer and assign to one or more Program Support Providers (or, in the case of a Conduit Investor, to its related Committed Note Purchaser), such Conduit Investor’s or, if there is no Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group, the related Committed Note Purchaser’s interests in the Advances made hereunder and such Program Support Provider (or such Committed Note Purchaser, as the case may be), with respect to its participating or assigned interest, shall be entitled to the benefits granted to such Conduit Investor or Committed Note Purchaser, as applicable, under this Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

(g)           Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this Series 2013-A Supplement (but subject to Section 9.3(h) ), each Conduit Investor may at any time, without the consent of HVF II, transfer and assign all or a portion of its rights in the Series 2013-A Notes (and its rights hereunder and under other Series 2013-A Related Documents) to its related Committed Note Purchaser.  Furthermore, each Conduit Investor may at any time grant a security interest in and lien on, all or any portion of its interests under this Series 2013-A Supplement, its Series 2013-A Note and each other

 

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Series 2013-A Related Document to (i) its related Committed Note Purchaser, (ii) its Funding Agent, (iii) any Program Support Provider who, at any time now or in the future, provides program liquidity or credit enhancement, including an insurance policy for such Conduit Investor relating to the Series 2013-A Commercial Paper or the Series 2013-A Notes, (iv) any other Person who, at any time now or in the future, provides liquidity or credit enhancement for the Conduit Investors, including an insurance policy relating to the Series 2013-A Commercial Paper or the Series 2013-A Notes or (v) any collateral trustee or collateral agent for any of the foregoing; provided , however , any such security interest or lien shall be released upon assignment of its Series 2013-A Note to its related Committed Note Purchaser.  Each Committed Note Purchaser may assign its Commitment, or all or any portion of its interest under its Series 2013-A Note, this Series 2013-A Supplement and each other Series 2013-A Related Document to any Person with the prior written consent of HVF II, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; provided that , HVF II may withhold its consent in its sole and absolute discretion (and such withholding shall be deemed reasonable) to an assignment to any Person that is a Disqualified Party.  Notwithstanding any other provisions set forth in this Series 2013-A Supplement, each Committed Note Purchaser may at any time create a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Series 2013-A Supplement, its Series 2013-A Note and the Series 2013-A Related Document in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any similar foreign entity.

 

(h)           Notwithstanding anything in this Section 9.3 to the contrary, so long as the Series 2013-B Notes are Outstanding (as “Outstanding” is defined in the Series 2013-B Supplement), no transfer, assignment, exchange or other pledge or conveyance pursuant to this Section 9.3 (if otherwise permitted pursuant to this Section 9.3 ) shall be effective unless, immediately after giving effect to such transfer, assignment, exchange or other pledge or conveyance, such transferee’s Commitment Percentage shall equal such transferee’s Series 2013-B Commitment Percentage.

 

ARTICLE X

 

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

 

Section 10.1.         Authorization and Action of the Administrative Agent .  Each of the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers and the Funding Agents has designated and appointed Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch as the Administrative Agent under the Initial Series 2013-A Supplement and affirms such designation and appointment hereunder, and hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions as agent on their behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Series 2013-A Supplement together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Conduit Investor, any Committed Note Purchaser or any Funding Agent, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities on the part of the Administrative Agent shall be read into this Series 2013-A Supplement or otherwise exist for the Administrative Agent.  In performing its functions

 

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and duties hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall act solely as agent for the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers and the Funding Agents and does not assume nor shall it be deemed to have assumed any obligation or relationship of trust or agency with or for HVF II or any of its successors or assigns.  The Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that exposes the Administrative Agent to personal liability or that is contrary to this Series 2013-A Supplement or applicable law.  The appointment and authority of the Administrative Agent hereunder shall terminate upon the indefeasible payment in full of the Series 2013-A Notes and all other amounts owed by HVF II hereunder to the Investor Groups (the “ Aggregate Unpaids ”).

 

Section 10.2.         Delegation of Duties .  The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Series 2013-A Supplement by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties.  The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.

 

Section 10.3.         Exculpatory Provisions .  Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Series 2013-A Supplement (except for its, their or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (b) responsible in any manner to any Conduit Investor, any Committed Note Purchaser or any Funding Agent for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by HVF II contained in this Series 2013-A Supplement or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received under or in connection with, this Series 2013-A Supplement for the due execution, legality, value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Series 2013-A Supplement or any other document furnished in connection herewith, or for any failure of HVF II to perform its obligations hereunder, or for the satisfaction of any condition specified in Article II .  The Administrative Agent shall not be under any obligation to any Conduit Investor, any Committed Note Purchaser or any Funding Agent to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements or covenants contained in, or conditions of, this Series 2013-A Supplement, or to inspect the properties, books or records of HVF II.  The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event or Series 2013-A Liquidation Event unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from HVF II, any Conduit Investor, any Committed Note Purchaser or any Funding Agent.

 

Section 10.4.         Reliance .  The Administrative Agent 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, independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Series 2013-A Supplement or any other document furnished in connection herewith unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of any Conduit Investor, any

 

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Committed Note Purchaser or any Funding Agent as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by any Conduit Investor, any Committed Note Purchaser or any Funding Agent, provided that , unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such advice, the Administrative Agent may take or refrain from taking any action, as the Administrative Agent shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers and the Funding Agents.  The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, in accordance with a request of the Series 2013-A Required Noteholders and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers and the Funding Agents.

 

Section 10.5.                           Non-Reliance on the Administrative Agent and Other Purchasers .  Each of the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers and the Funding Agents expressly acknowledge that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of HVF II, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent.  Each of the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers and the Funding Agents represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent that they have and will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent and based on such documents and information as they have deemed appropriate, made their own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, prospects, financial and other conditions and creditworthiness of HVF II and made its own decision to enter into this Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

Section 10.6.                           The Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity .  The Administrative Agent and any of its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from, and generally engage in any kind of business with HVF II or any Affiliate of HVF II as though the Administrative Agent were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.

 

Section 10.7.                           Successor Administrative Agent .  The Administrative Agent may, upon thirty (30) days notice to HVF II and each of the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers and the Funding Agents, and the Administrative Agent will, upon the direction of Investor Groups holding more than 75% of the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount, resign as Administrative Agent.  If the Administrative Agent shall resign, then the Investor Groups, during such 30-day period, shall appoint an Affiliate of a member of the Investor Groups as a successor agent.  If for any reason no successor Administrative Agent is appointed by the Investor Groups during such 30-day period, then effective upon the expiration of such 30-day period, HVF II for all purposes shall deal directly with the Funding Agents.  After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of Section 11.4 and this Article X shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative Agent under this Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

Section 10.8.                           Authorization and Action of Funding Agents.   Each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser is hereby deemed to have designated and appointed the Funding Agent set forth next to such Conduit Investor’s name, or if there is no Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group, the Committed Note Purchaser’s

 

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name with respect to such Investor Group, on Schedule II hereto as the agent of such Person hereunder, and hereby authorizes such Funding Agent to take such actions as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to such Funding Agent by the terms of this Series 2013-A Supplement together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  Each Funding Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with the related Investor Group, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities on the part of such Funding Agent shall be read into this Series 2013-A Supplement or otherwise exist for such Funding Agent.  In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Funding Agent shall act solely as agent for the related Investor Group and does not assume nor shall it be deemed to have assumed any obligation or relationship of trust or agency with or for HVF II or any of its successors or assigns.  Each Funding Agent shall not be required to take any action that exposes such Funding Agent to personal liability or that is contrary to this Series 2013-A Supplement or Applicable Law.  The appointment and authority of the Funding Agent hereunder shall terminate upon the indefeasible payment in full of the Aggregate Unpaids.

 

Section 10.9.                           Delegation of Duties .  Each Funding Agent may execute any of its duties under this Series 2013-A Supplement by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties.  Each Funding Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.

 

Section 10.10.                    Exculpatory Provisions .  Neither any Funding Agent nor any of their directors, officers, agents or employees shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Series 2013-A Supplement (except for its, their or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (b) responsible in any manner to the related Investor Group for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by HVF II contained in this Series 2013-A Supplement or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received under or in connection with, this Series 2013-A Supplement, or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Series 2013-A Supplement or any other document furnished in connection herewith, or for any failure of HVF II to perform its obligations hereunder, or for the satisfaction of any condition specified in Article II .  No Funding Agent shall be under any obligation to its related Investor Group to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements or covenants contained in, or conditions of, this Series 2013-A Supplement, or to inspect the properties, books or records of HVF II.  No Funding Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event or Series 2013-A Liquidation Event, unless such Funding Agent has received notice from HVF II (or any agent or designee thereof) or its related Investor Group.

 

Section 10.11.                    Reliance .  Each Funding Agent 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 the Administrative Agent and legal

 

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counsel independent accountants and other experts selected by such Funding Agent.  Each Funding Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Series 2013-A Supplement or any other document furnished in connection herewith unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the related Investor Group as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the related Investor Group, provided that , unless and until such Funding Agent shall have received such advice, such Funding Agent may take or refrain from taking any action, as such Funding Agent shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the related Investor Group.  Each Funding Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, in accordance with a request of the related Investor Group and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon its related Investor Group.

 

Section 10.12.                    Non-Reliance on the Funding Agent and Other Purchasers .  Each Investor Group expressly acknowledges that neither its related Funding Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by such Funding Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of HVF II, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by such Funding Agent.  Each Investor Group represents and warrants to its related Funding Agent that it has and will, independently and without reliance upon such Funding Agent 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 HVF II and made its own decision to enter into Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

Section 10.13.                    The Funding Agent in its Individual Capacity .  Each Funding Agent and any of its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from, and generally engage in any kind of business with HVF II or any Affiliate of HVF II as though such Funding Agent were not a Funding Agent hereunder.

 

Section 10.14.                    Successor Funding Agent .  Each Funding Agent will, upon the direction of its related Investor Group, resign as such Funding Agent.  If such Funding Agent shall resign, then the related Investor Group shall appoint an Affiliate of a member of its related Investor Group as a successor agent.  If for any reason no successor Funding Agent is appointed by the related Investor Group, then effective upon the resignation of such Funding Agent, HVF II for all purposes shall deal directly with such Investor Group.  After any retiring Funding Agent’s resignation hereunder as Funding Agent, subject to the limitations set forth herein, the provisions of Section 11.4 and this Article X shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Funding Agent under this Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

GENERAL

 

Section 11.1.                           Optional Repurchase of the Series 2013-A Notes .  The Series 2013-A Notes shall be subject to repurchase (in whole) by HVF II at its option, upon

 

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three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Trustee at any time.  The repurchase price for any Series 2013-A Note (in each case, the “ Series 2013-A Note Repurchase Amount ”) shall equal the sum of:

 

(a)                                  the Series 2013-A Principal Amount of such Series 2013-A Notes (determined after giving effect to any payments of principal and interest on the Payment Date immediately preceding the date of purchase pursuant to this Section 11.1 ), plus

 

(b)                                  all accrued and unpaid interest on the Series 2013-A Notes through such date of repurchase under this Section 11.1 ) (and, with respect to the portion of such principal balance that was funded with Series 2013-A Commercial Paper issued at a discount, all accrued and unpaid discount on such Series 2013-A Commercial Paper from the issuance date(s) thereof to the date of repurchase under this Section 11.1 and the aggregate discount to accrue on such Series 2013-A Commercial Paper from the date of repurchase under this Section 11.1 to the next succeeding Payment Date); plus

 

(c)                                   all associated breakage costs payable as a result of such repurchase (calculated in accordance with Section 3.6 ); and

 

(d)                                  any other amounts then due and payable to the holders of such Series 2013-A Notes pursuant hereto.

 

Section 11.2.                           Information .

 

On or before the fourth Business Day prior to each Payment Date (unless otherwise agreed to by the Trustee), HVF II shall furnish to the Trustee a Monthly Noteholders’ Statement with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes, in a Microsoft Excel electronic file (or similar electronic file) substantively in the form of Exhibit F ; provided that HVF II can provide, in its sole discretion, information in the Monthly Noteholders’ Statement additional to the information specified in Exhibit F ; provided further , that HVF II can, in its sole discretion, change the form of such Monthly Noteholders’ Statement so long as the information therein is substantively similar to the information in Exhibit F (as Exhibit F may be supplemented in accordance with the immediately preceding proviso).

 

The Trustee shall provide to the Series 2013-A Noteholders, or their designated agent, copies of each Monthly Noteholders’ Statement .

 

Section 11.3.                           Confidentiality .  Each Committed Note Purchaser, each Conduit Investor, each Funding Agent and the Administrative Agent agrees that it shall not disclose any Confidential Information to any Person without the prior written consent of HVF II, which such consent must be evident in a writing signed by an Authorized Officer of HVF II, other than (a) to their Affiliates and their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors (including legal counsel and accountants) and to actual or prospective assignees and participants, and then only on a confidential basis and excluding any Affiliate, its officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors (including legal counsel and accountants), any prospective assignee and any participant, in each case that is a Disqualified Party, (b) as required by a court or administrative order or decree, or required by any governmental or regulatory authority or self-regulatory organization or

 

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required by any statute, law, rule or regulation or judicial process (including any subpoena or similar legal process), (c) to any Rating Agency providing a rating for the Series 2013-A Notes or any Series 2013-A Commercial Paper or any other nationally-recognized rating agency that requires access to information to effect compliance with any disclosure obligations under applicable laws or regulations, (d) in the course of litigation with HVF II, the Group I Administrator or Hertz, (e) any Series 2013-A Noteholder, any Committed Note Purchaser, any Conduit Investor, any Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent, (f) any Person acting as a placement agent or dealer with respect to any commercial paper (provided that any Confidential Information provided to any such placement agent or dealer does not reveal the identity of HVF II or any of its Affiliates), (g) on a confidential basis, to any provider of credit enhancement or liquidity to any Conduit Investor, or (h) to any Person to the extent such Committed Note Purchaser, Conduit Investor, Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent reasonably determines such disclosure is necessary in connection with the enforcement or for the defense of the rights and remedies under the Series 2013-A Notes or the Series 2013-A Related Documents.

 

Section 11.4.                           Payment of Costs and Expenses; Indemnification .

 

(a)                                  Payment of Costs and Expenses .  Upon written demand from the Administrative Agent, any Funding Agent, any Conduit Investor or any Committed Note Purchaser, HVF II agrees to pay on the Payment Date immediately following HVF II’s receipt of such written demand all reasonable expenses of the Administrative Agent, such Funding Agent, such Conduit Investor and/or such Committed Note Purchaser, as applicable (including the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel to each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser, if any, as well as the fees and expenses of the rating agencies providing a rating in respect of any Series 2013-A Commercial Paper) in connection with

 

(i)                                      the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Series 2013-A Supplement and of each other Series 2013-A Related Document, including schedules and exhibits, and any liquidity, credit enhancement or insurance documents of a Program Support Provider with respect to a Conduit Investor relating to the Series 2013-A Notes and any amendments, waivers, consents, supplements or other modifications to this Series 2013-A Supplement and each other Series 2013-A Related Document, as may from time to time hereafter be proposed, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby are consummated, and

 

(ii)                                   the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Series 2013-A Supplement and each other Series 2013-A Related Document.

 

Upon written demand, HVF II further agrees to pay on the Payment Date immediately following such written demand, and to save the Administrative Agent, each Funding Agent, each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser harmless from all liability for (i) any breach by HVF II of its obligations under this Series 2013-A Supplement and (ii) all reasonable costs incurred by the Administrative Agent, such

 

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Funding Agent, such Conduit Investor or such Committed Note Purchaser (including, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent, such Funding Agent, such Conduit Investor and such Committed Note Purchaser, if any) in enforcing this Series 2013-A Supplement.  HVF II also agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent, each Funding Agent, each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser upon demand for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, such Funding Agent, such Conduit Investor or such Committed Note Purchaser (including, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent, such Funding Agent, such Conduit Investor and such Committed Note Purchaser, if any and the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of any third-party servicers and disposition agents) in connection with (x) the negotiation of any restructuring or “work-out”, whether or not consummated, of the Series 2013-A Related Documents and (y) the enforcement of, or any waiver or amendment requested under or with respect to, this Series 2013-A Supplement or any other of the Series 2013-A Related Documents.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, HVF II shall have no obligation to reimburse any Committed Note Purchaser or Conduit Investor for any of the fees and/or expenses incurred by such Committed Note Purchaser and/or Conduit Investor with respect to its sale or assignment of all or any part of its respective rights and obligations under this Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-A Notes pursuant to Section 9.2 or 9.3 .

 

(b)                                  Indemnification .  In consideration of the execution and delivery of this Series 2013-A Supplement by the Conduit Investors and the Committed Note Purchasers, HVF II hereby indemnifies and holds each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser and each of their officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “ Indemnified Parties ”) harmless from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, losses, costs, liabilities and damages, and reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnified Party is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought and including, any liability in connection with the offering and sale of the Series 2013-A Notes), including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (collectively, the “ Indemnified Liabilities ”), incurred by the Indemnified Parties or any of them (whether in prosecuting or defending against such actions, suits or claims) to the extent resulting from, or arising out of, or relating to

 

(i)                                      any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of any Advance; or

 

(ii)                                   the entering into and performance of this Series 2013-A Supplement and any other Series 2013-A Related Document by any of the Indemnified Parties,

 

except for any such Indemnified Liabilities arising for the account of a particular Indemnified Party by reason of the relevant Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.  If and to the extent that the foregoing undertaking may be unenforceable for any reason, HVF II hereby agrees to make the maximum contribution

 

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to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law.  The indemnity set forth in this Section 11.4(b)  shall in no event include indemnification for any taxes (which indemnification is provided in Section 3.8 ).  HVF II shall give notice to the Rating Agencies of any claim for Indemnified Liabilities made under this Section.

 

(c)                                   Indemnification of the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent .

 

(i)                                      In consideration of the execution and delivery of this Series 2013-A Supplement by the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent, HVF II hereby indemnifies and holds the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “ Agent Indemnified Parties ”) harmless from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, losses, costs, liabilities and damages, and reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Agent Indemnified Party is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought and including, any liability in connection with the offering and sale of the Series 2013-A Notes), including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (collectively, the “ Agent Indemnified Liabilities ”), incurred by the Agent Indemnified Parties or any of them (whether in prosecuting or defending against such actions, suits or claims) to the extent resulting from, or arising out of, or relating to the entering into and performance of this Series 2013-A Supplement and any other Series 2013-A Related Document by any of the Agent Indemnified Parties, except for any such Agent Indemnified Liabilities arising for the account of a particular Agent Indemnified Party by reason of the relevant Agent Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.  If and to the extent that the foregoing undertaking may be unenforceable for any reason, HVF II hereby agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Agent Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law.  The indemnity set forth in this Section 11.4(c)(i)  shall in no event include indemnification for any taxes (which indemnification is provided in Section 3.8 ).  HVF II shall give notice to the Rating Agencies of any claim for Agent Indemnified Liabilities made under this section.

 

(ii)                                   In consideration of the execution and delivery of this Series 2013-A Supplement by the Administrative Agent, each Committed Note Purchaser, ratably according to its respective Commitment, hereby indemnifies and holds the Administrative Agent and each of its officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “ Administrative Agent Indemnified Parties ”) harmless from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, losses, costs, liabilities and damages, and reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith (solely to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of HVF II) (irrespective of whether any such Administrative Agent Indemnified Party is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought and including, any liability in connection with the offering and sale of the Series 2013-A Notes), including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (collectively, the “ Administrative Agent Indemnified Liabilities ”), incurred by the Administrative Agent Indemnified Parties or any of them (whether in prosecuting or defending against such actions, suits or claims) to the extent resulting from, or arising out of, or relating to the

 

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entering into and performance of this Series 2013-A Supplement and any other Series 2013-A Related Document by any of the Administrative Agent Indemnified Parties, except for any such Administrative Agent Indemnified Liabilities arising for the account of a particular Administrative Agent Indemnified Party by reason of the relevant Administrative Agent Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.  If and to the extent that the foregoing undertaking may be unenforceable for any reason, each Committed Note Purchaser hereby agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Administrative Agent Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law.  The indemnity set forth in this Section 11.4(c)(ii)  shall in no event include indemnification for any taxes (which indemnification is provided in Section 3.8 ).  Each Committed Note Purchaser shall give notice to the Rating Agencies of any claim for Administrative Agent Indemnified Liabilities made under this Section 11.4(c)(ii) .

 

(d)                                  Priority .  All amounts payable by HVF II pursuant to this Section 11.4 shall be paid in accordance with and subject to Section 5.3 or, at the option of HVF II, paid from any other source available to it.

 

Section 11.5.                           Ratification of Group I Indenture .  As supplemented by this Series 2013-A Supplement, the Group I Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Group I Indenture as so supplemented by this Series 2013-A Supplement shall be read, taken, and construed as one and the same instrument (except as otherwise specified herein).

 

Section 11.6.                           Notice to the Rating Agencies .  The Trustee shall provide to each Funding Agent and each Rating Agency a copy of each notice to the Series 2013-A Noteholders, Opinion of Counsel and Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee pursuant to this Series 2013-A Supplement or any other Group I Related Document.  Each such Opinion of Counsel to be delivered to each Funding Agent shall be addressed to each Funding Agent, shall be from counsel reasonably acceptable to each Funding Agent and shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to each Funding Agent.  The Trustee shall provide notice to each Rating Agency of any consent by the Series 2013-A Noteholders to the waiver of the occurrence of any Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes.  All such notices, opinions, certificates or other items to be delivered to the Funding Agents shall be forwarded, simultaneously, to the address of each Funding Agent set forth on its related signature page hereto.  HVF II will provide each Rating Agency rating the Series 2013-A Notes with a copy of any operative Group I Manufacturer Program upon written request by such Rating Agency.

 

Section 11.7.                           Third Party Beneficiary .  Nothing in this Series 2013-A Supplement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto and their successors and assigns expressly permitted herein) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

Section 11.8.                           Counterparts .  This Series 2013-A Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts,

 

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each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute one and the same Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

Section 11.9.                           Governing Law .  THIS SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT, AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAW.

 

Section 11.10.                    Amendments .

 

(a)                                  This Series 2013-A Supplement or any provision herein may be (i) amended in writing from time to time by HVF II and the Trustee, solely with the consent of the Series 2013-A Required Noteholders or (ii) waived in writing from time to time with the consent of the Series 2013-A Required Noteholders, unless otherwise expressly set forth herein; provided that , notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), without the consent of each Committed Note Purchaser and each Conduit Investor, no amendment or waiver shall:

 

(i)                                      reduce the percentage of Series 2013-A Noteholders whose consent is required to take any particular action hereunder;

 

(ii)                                   extend the due date for, or reduce the amount of any scheduled repayment or prepayment of principal of or interest on any Series 2013-A Note (or reduce the principal amount of or rate of interest on any Series 2013-A Note or otherwise change the manner in which interest is calculated);

 

(iii)                                extend the due date for, or reduce the amount of any Undrawn Fee payable hereunder;

 

(iv)                               amend or modify Section 5.2 , Section 5.3 , Section 2.1(a) , (d)  or (e) , Section 2.2 , Section 2.3 , Section 2.5 , Section 3.1 , Article IX , this Section 11.10 , or Section (2)  of Annex 2 or otherwise amend or modify any provision relating to the amendment or modification of this Series 2013-A Supplement or that pursuant to the Series 2013-A Related Documents, would require the consent of 100% of the Series 2013-A Noteholders or each Series 2013-A Noteholder affected by such amendment or modification; or

 

(v)                                  (A) affect adversely the interests, rights or obligations of any Conduit Investor or Committed Note Purchaser individually in comparison to any other Conduit Investor or Committed Note Purchaser; (B) alter the pro rata treatment of payments to and Advances by the Series 2013-A Noteholders, the Conduit Investors and the Committed Note Purchasers (including, for the avoidance of doubt, alterations that provide for any non-pro-rata payments to or Advances by any Series 2013-A Noteholders, Conduit Investors or Committed

 

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Note Purchasers that are not expressly provided for as of the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date); (C) approve the assignment or transfer by HVF II of any of its rights or obligations hereunder; (D) release HVF II from any obligation hereunder; or (E) reduce, modify or amend any indemnities in favor of any Conduit Investors, Committed Note Purchasers or Funding Agents.

 

(b)                                  Any amendment hereof can be effected without the Administrative Agent being party thereto; provided however , that no such amendment, modification or waiver of this Series 2013-A Supplement that affects the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent shall be effective unless the Administrative Agent shall have given its prior written consent thereto.

 

(c)                                   Any amendment to this Series 2013-A Supplement shall be subject to the satisfaction of the Series 2013-A Rating Agency Condition (unless otherwise consented to in writing by each Series 2013-A Noteholder).

 

(d)                                  Each amendment or other modification to this Series 2013-A Supplement shall be set forth in a Series 2013-A Supplemental Indenture.  The initial effectiveness of each Series 2013-A Supplemental Indenture shall be subject to the satisfaction of the Series 2013-A Rating Agency Condition and the delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel (which may be based on an Officer’s Certificate) that such Series 2013-A Supplemental Indenture is authorized or permitted by this Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

(e)                                   The Trustee shall sign any Series 2013-A Supplemental Indenture authorized or permitted pursuant to this Section 11.10 if the Series 2013-A Supplemental Indenture does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee.  If it does, the Trustee may, but need not, sign it.  In signing such Series 2013-A Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, if requested, and, subject to Section 7.2 of the Base Indenture, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II and an Opinion of Counsel (which may be based on an Officer’s Certificate) as conclusive evidence that such Series 2013-A Supplemental Indenture is authorized or permitted by this Series 2013-A Supplement and that all conditions precedent have been satisfied, and that it will be valid and binding upon HVF II in accordance with its terms.

 

Section 11.11.                    Group I Administrator to Act on Behalf of HVF II .  Pursuant to the Group I Administration Agreement, the Group I Administrator has agreed to provide certain services to HVF II and to take certain actions on behalf of HVF II, including performing or otherwise satisfying any action, determination, calculation, direction, instruction, notice, delivery or other performance obligation, in each case, permitted or required by HVF II pursuant to this Series 2013-A Supplement.  Each Group I Noteholder by its acceptance of a Group I Note and each of the parties hereto by its execution hereof, hereby consents to the provision of such services and the taking of such action by the Group I Administrator in lieu of HVF II and hereby agrees that HVF II’s obligations hereunder with respect to any such services performed or action taken shall be deemed satisfied to the extent performed or taken by the Group I Administrator and to

 

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the extent so performed or taken by the Group I Administrator shall be deemed for all purposes hereunder to have been so performed or taken by HVF II; provided that , for the avoidance of doubt, none of the foregoing shall create any payment obligation of the Group I Administrator or relieve HVF II of any payment obligation hereunder.

 

Section 11.12.                    Successors .  All agreements of HVF II in this Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-A Notes shall bind its successor; provided , however , except as provided in Section 11.10 , HVF II may not assign its obligations or rights under this Series 2013-A Supplement or any Series 2013-A Note.  All agreements of the Trustee in this Series 2013-A Supplement shall bind its successor.

 

Section 11.13.                    Termination of Series Supplement .

 

(a)                                  This Series 2013-A Supplement shall cease to be of further effect when (i) all Outstanding Series 2013-A Notes theretofore authenticated and issued have been delivered (other than destroyed, lost, or stolen Series 2013-A Notes that have been replaced or paid) to the Trustee for cancellation, (ii) HVF II has paid all sums payable hereunder and (iii) the Series 2013-A Demand Note Payment Amount is equal to zero or the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount is equal to zero.

 

(b)                                  The representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.1 of this Series 2013-A Supplement shall survive for so long as any Series 2013-A Note is Outstanding.

 

Section 11.14.                    Non-Petition .  Each of the parties hereto hereby covenants and agrees that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper and similar debt issued by, or for the benefit of, a Conduit Investor, it will not institute against, or join any Person in instituting against such Conduit Investor any involuntary bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other similar proceedings under any federal or State bankruptcy or similar law.  The provisions of this Section 11.14 shall survive the termination of this Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

Section 11.15.                    Electronic Execution .  This Series 2013-A Supplement may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile or other electronic means ( i.e. , a “pdf” or “tiff”).  The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable law, have the same force and effect as manually signed originals and shall be binding on each party hereto.  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Series 2013-A Supplement or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including, without limitation, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be.

 

Section 11.16.                    Additional UCC Representations .  Without limiting any other representation or warranty given by HVF II in the Group I Indenture, HVF II hereby

 

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makes the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit L hereto for the benefit of the Trustee and the Series 2013-A Noteholders, in each case, as of the date hereof.

 

Section 11.17.                    Notices .  Unless otherwise specified herein, all notices, requests, instructions and demands to or upon any party hereto to be effective shall be given (i) in the case of HVF II and the Trustee, in the manner set forth in Section 10.1 of the Base Indenture, (ii) in the case of the Administrative Agent, the Committed Note Purchasers, the Conduit Investors, and the Funding Agents, in writing, and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, delivered by hand, mail (postage prepaid), facsimile notice or overnight air courier, in each case to or at the address set forth for such Person on such Person’s signature page hereto or in the Assignment and Assumption Agreement, Addendum or Investor Group Supplement, as the case may be, pursuant to which such Person became a party to this Series 2013-A Supplement, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto, and (iii) in the case of the Group I Administrator, unless otherwise specified by the Group I Administrator by notice to the respective parties hereto, to:

 

The Hertz Corporation
225 Brae Boulevard
Park Ridge, NJ 07656
Attention:  Treasury Department

 

Any notice (i) given in person shall be deemed delivered on the date of delivery of such notice, (ii) given by first class mail shall be deemed given five (5) days after the date that such notice is mailed, (iii) delivered by telex or telecopier shall be deemed given on the date of delivery of such notice, and (iv) delivered by overnight air courier shall be deemed delivered one (1) Business Day after the date that such notice is delivered to such overnight courier.

 

Section 11.18.                    Submission to Jurisdiction .  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court in New York County or federal court of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Base Indenture, the Group I Supplement, this Series 2013-A Supplement, the Series 2013-A Notes or the transactions contemplated hereby, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment arising out of or relating to the Base Indenture, the Group I Supplement, this Series 2013-A Supplement, the Series 2013-A Notes or the transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by law, federal court; (iii) agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law; (iv) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court and any objection it may now or hereafter have that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court, and agrees not to plead or claim the same; and (v) consents to service of process in

 

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the manner provided for notices in Section 11.17 (provided that, nothing in this Series 2013-A Supplement shall affect the right of any such party to serve process in any other manner permitted by law).

 

Section 11.19.                    Waiver of Jury Trial .  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE BASE INDENTURE, THE GROUP I SUPPLEMENT, THIS SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT, THE SERIES 2013-A NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

Section 11.20.                    USA Patriot Act Notice .  Each Funding Agent subject to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub.: 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “ Patriot Act ”) hereby notifies HVF II that, pursuant to Section 326 thereof, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies HVF II, including the name and address of HVF II and other information allowing such Funding Agent to identify HVF II in accordance with such act.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, HVF II and the Trustee have caused this Series 2013-A Supplement to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, as Issuer

 

 

 

 

 

By: HVF II GP Corp., its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

  as Trustee,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mitchell L. Brumwell

 

 

Mitchell L. Brumwell

 

 

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION, as Group I

 

  Administrator,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH , as the Administrative Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Colin Bennett

 

 

Colin Bennett

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Joseph McElroy

 

 

Joseph McElroy

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

60 Wall Street, 3rd Floor

 

 

New York, NY 10005-2858

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Robert Sheldon

 

Telephone:

(212) 250-4493

 

Facsimile:

(212) 797-5160

 

 

 

 

With electronic copy to abs.conduits@db.com

 



 

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Laura Spichiger

 

 

Laura Spichiger

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

Address:

745 Seventh Avenue

 

 

5th Floor

 

 

New York, NY 10019

 

 

 

 

Attention:

ASG Reports

 

Telephone:

(201) 499-8482

 

Email:

 

 

 

barcapconduitops@barclays.com;

 

 

asgreports@barclays.com;

 

 

gsuconduitgroup@barclays.com;

 

 

christian.kurasek@barclays.com;

 

 

Benjamin.fernandez@barclays.com

 



 

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

 

as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Laura Spichiger

 

 

Laura Spichiger

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

Address:

745 Seventh Avenue

 

 

5th Floor

 

 

New York, NY 10019

 

 

 

 

Attention:

ASG Reports

 

Telephone:

(201) 499-8482

 

Email:

 

 

 

barcapconduitops@barclays.com;

 

 

asgreports@barclays.com;

 

 

gsuconduitgroup@barclays.com;

 

 

christian.kurasek@barclays.com;

 

 

Benjamin.fernandez@barclays.com

 



 

 

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paula A. Czach

 

 

Paula A. Czach

 

 

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

40 King Street West

 

 

55 TH  Floor

 

 

Toronot, Ontario, Canada M5H 1H1

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Paula Czach

 

Telephone:

(416) 865-6311

 

Email:

paula.czach@scotiabank.com

 

 

 

 

With a copy to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

250 Vesey Street

 

 

23 rd  Floor

 

 

New York, NY 10281

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Darren Ward

 

Telephone:

(212) 225-5264

 

Email:

Darren.ward@scotiabank.com

 



 

 

LIBERTY STREET FUNDING LLC, as a Conduit Investor

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John L. Fridlington

 

Name:

John L. Fridlington

 

Title:

Vice President

 

Address:

114 West 57th Street Suite 2310

 

 

New York, NY 10036

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Jill Russo

 

Telephone:

(212) 295-2742

 

Facsimile:

(212) 302-8767

 

Email:

jrusso@gssnyc.com

 



 

 

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paula A. Czach

 

 

Paula A. Czach

 

 

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

40 King Street West

 

 

55 TH  Floor

 

 

Toronot, Ontario, Canada M5H 1H1

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Paula Czach

 

Telephone:

(416) 865-6311

 

Email:

paula.czach@scotiabank.com

 

 

 

 

With a copy to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

250 Vesey Street

 

 

23 rd  Floor

 

 

New York, NY 10281

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Darren Ward

 

Telephone:

(212) 225-5264

 

Email:

Darren.ward@scotiabank.com

 



 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Nina Austin

 

Name:

Nina Austin

 

Title:

Vice President

 

Address:

214 North Tryon Street, 15th Floor

 

 

Charlotte, NC 28255

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Judith Helms

 

Telephone:

(980) 387-1693

 

Facsimile:

(704) 387-2828

 

Email:

judith.e.helms@baml.com

 



 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Nina Austin

 

Name:

Nina Austin

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

Address:

214 North Tryon Street, 15th Floor

 

 

Charlotte, NC 28255

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Judith Helms

 

Telephone:

(980) 387-1693

 

Facsimile:

(704) 387-2828

 

Email:

judith.e.helms@baml.com

 



 

 

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as a Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Frederic Truchot

 

Name:

Frederic Truchot

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kostantina Kourmpetis

 

Name:

Kostantina Kourmpetis

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

Address:

1301 Avenue of Americas

 

 

New York, NY 10019

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Tina Kourmpetis / Deric Bradford

 

Telephone:

(212) 261-7814 / (212) 261-3470

 

Facsimile:

(917) 849-5584

 

 

 

 

Email:

Conduitsec@ca-cib.com;

 

 

Conduit.Funding@ca-cib.com

 



 

 

ATLANTIC ASSET SECURITIZATION LLC, as a Conduit Investor

 

 

 

By: CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Frederic Truchot

 

Name:

Frederic Truchot

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kostantina Kourmpetis

 

Name:

Kostantina Kourmpetis

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

Address:

1301 Avenue of the Americas

 

 

New York, NY 10019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Tina Kourmpetis / Deric Bradford

 

 Telephone:

(212) 261-7814 / (212) 261-3470

 

 Facsimile:

(917) 849-5584

 

Email:

Conduitsec@ca-cib.com;

 

 

Conduit.Funding@ca-cib.com

 



 

 

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Frederic Truchot

 

Name:

Frederic Truchot

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kostantina Kourmpetis

 

Name:

Kostantina Kourmpetis

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

Address:

1301 Avenue of Americas

 

 

New York, NY 10019

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Tina Kourmpetis / Deric Bradford

 

Telephone:

(212) 261-7814 / (212) 261-3470

 

Facsimile:

(917) 849-5584

 

Email:

Conduitsec@ca-cib.com;

 

 

Conduit.Funding@ca-cib.com

 



 

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

 

as a Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kevin P. Wilson

 

 

Name:

Kevin P. Wilson

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

Address:

3 World Financial Center, 200 Vesey

 

 

Street 12 th  Floor

 

 

New York, New York 10281-8098

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Securitization Finance

 

Telephone:

(212) 428-6537

 

Facsimile:

(212) 428-2304

 

 

 

With a copy to:

 

 

 

Attn: Conduit Management Securitization Finance
Little Falls Centre II, 2751 Centerville Road, Suite
212, Wilmington, Delaware 19808

 

Tel No: (302)-892-5903

 

Fax No: (302)-892-5900

 



 

 

OLD LINE FUNDING, LLC,

 

as a Conduit Investor

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kevin P. Wilson

 

 

Name:

Kevin P. Wilson

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

Global Securitization Services, LLC

 

 

68 South Service Road

 

 

Melville New York, 11747

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Kevin Burns

 

Telephone:

( 631)-587-4700

 

Facsimile:

(212) 302-8767

 



 

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

 

as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert S. Jones

 

 

Name:

Robert S. Jones

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kevin P. Wilson

 

 

Name:

Kevin P. Wilson

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

3 World Financial Center, 200 Vesey

 

 

Street 12 th  Floor

 

 

New York, New York 10281-8098

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Securitization Finance

 

Telephone:

(212) 428-6537

 

Facsimile:

(212) 428-2304

 

 

 

With a copy to:

 

 

 

Attn: Conduit Management Securitization Finance
Little Falls Centre II, 2751 Centerville Road, Suite
212, Wilmington, Delaware 19808

 

Tel No: (302)-892-5903

 

Fax No: (302)-892-5900

 



 

 

NATIXIS NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Terrence Gregersen

 

Name:

Terrence Gregersen

 

Title:

Executive Director

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David S. Bondy

 

Name:

David S. Bondy

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

Address:

Natixis North America

 

 

1251 Avenue of the Americas

 

 

New York, New York 10020

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Chad Johnson/ Terrence Gregersen/

 

 

David Bondy

 

Telephone:

(212) 891-5881/(212) 891-6294/ (212)

 

 

891-5875

 

Email:

chad.johnson@us.natixis.com,

 

 

terrence.gregersen@us.natixis.com,

 

 

david.bondy@us.natixis.com

 

 

versailles_transactions@us.natixis.com,

 

 

rajesh.rampersaud@db.com,

 

 

Fiona.chan@db.com

 



 

 

VERSAILLES ASSETS LLC, as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

By: GLOBAL SECURITIZATION SERVICES, LLC, its Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David V. DeAngelis

 

Name:

David V. DeAngelis

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

Address:

c/o Global Securitization Services LLC

 

 

68 South Service Road

 

 

Suite 120

 

 

Melville, NY 11747

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Andrew Stidd

 

Telephone:

(212) 302-8767

 

Facsimile:

(631) 587-4700

 

Email:

 

 

v ersailles_transactions@cm.natixis.com

 



 

 

VERSAILLES ASSETS LLC, as a Conduit Investor

 

 

 

 

 

By: GLOBAL SECURITIZATION SERVICES, LLC,
its Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David V. DeAngelis

 

 

Name:

David V. DeAngelis

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

Address:

c/o Global Securitization Services LLC

 

 

 

 68 South Service Road

 

 

 

 Suite 120

 

 

 

 Melville, NY 11747

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Andrew Stidd

 

Telephone:

(212) 302-8767

 

Facsimile:

(631) 587-4700

 

Email:

 

 

v ersailles_transactions@cm.natixis.com

 



 

 

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as a Funding Agent

 

 

 

By: RBS SECURITIES INC., as Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

/s/ David S. Donofrio

 

 

Name:

David S. Donofrio

 

 

Title:

Director

 

Address:

550 West Jackson Blvd.

 

 

Chicago, IL 60661

 

 

 

 

Attention:

David Donofrio

 

Telephone:

(312) 664-6584

 

Facsimile: 

(203) 873-5744

 

Email:

david.donofrio@rbs.com

 



 

 

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

By: RBS SECURITIES INC., as Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

/s/ David S. Donofrio

 

 

Name:

David S. Donofrio

 

 

Title:

Director

 

Address:

550 West Jackson Blvd.

 

 

Chicago, IL 60661

 

 

 

 

Attention:

David Donofrio

 

Telephone:

(312) 664-6584

 

Facsimile:

(203) 873-5744

 

Email:

david.donofrio@rbs.com

 



 

 

BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP., as a Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

/s/ John Pappano

 

 

Name:

John Pappano

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

115 S. LaSalle Street, 36W

 

 

Chicago, IL 60603

 

 

 

 

Attention:

John Pappano

 

 Telephone:

(312) 461-4033

 

Facsimile:

(312) 293-4908

 

Email:

john.pappano @bmo.com

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Frank Trocchio

 

Telephone:

(312) 461-3689

 

Facsimile:

(312) 461-3189

 

Email:

frank.trocchio @bmo.com

 



 

 

FAIRWAY FINANCE COMPANY, LLC, as a Conduit Investor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Dewen Tarn

 

 

Name:

Dewen Tarn

 

 

Title:

Vice Presient

 

Address:

c/o Lord Securities Corp.

 

 

48 Wall Street

 

 

27th Floor

 

 

New York, NY 10005

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Orlando C. Figueroa

 

Telephone:

(212) 346-9007

 

Facsimile:

(212) 346-9012

 

Email:

Orlando.Figueroa@lordspv.com

 



 

 

BANK OF MONTREAL, as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brian Zaban

 

 

Name:

Brian Zaban

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

Address:

115 S. LaSalle Street

 

 

Chicago, IL 60603

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Brian Zaban

 

Telephone:

(312) 461-2578

 

Facsimile:

(312) 259-7260

 

Email:

brian.zaban@bmo.com

 



 

 

SUNTRUST BANK, as a Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David Hufnagel

 

 

Name:

David Hufnagel

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

3333 Peachtree Street N.E., 10th Floor

 

 

East,

 

 

Atlanta, GA 30326

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Michael Peden

 

Telephone:

(404) 926-5499

 

Facsimile:

(404) 926-5100

 

Email:

michael.peden@suntrust.com

 

 

STRH.AFG@suntrust.com

 

 

Agency.Services@suntrust.com

 



 

 

SUNTRUST BANK, as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

By: 

/s/ David Hufnagel

 

 

 

Name:

David Hufnagel

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

Address:

3333 Peachtree Street N.E., 10th Floor

 

 

East,

 

 

Atlanta, GA 30326

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Michael Peden

 

Telephone:

(404) 926-5499

 

Facsimile:

(404) 926-5100

 

Email:

michael.peden@suntrust.com

 

 

STRH.AFG@suntrust.com

 

 

Agency.Services@suntrust.com

 



 

 

BNP PARIBAS, NEW YORK BRANCH

 

as a Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mary Dierdorff

 

 

Name:

Mary Dierdorff

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Khoi-Anh Berger-Luong

 

 

Name:

Khoi-Anh Berger-Luong

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

787 Seventh Avenue, 7 th  Floor

 

 

New York, NY 10019

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Sean Reddington

 

Telephone:

(212) 841-2565

 

Facsimile:

(212) 841-2140

 

Email:

sean.reddington@us.bnpparibas.com

 



 

 

STARBIRD FUNDING CORPORATION,

 

as a Conduit Investor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David V. DeAngelis

 

 

Name:

David V. DeAngelis

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John L. Fridlington

 

 

Name:

John L. Fridlington

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

68 South Service Road

 

 

Suite 120

 

 

Melville NY 11747-2350

 

 

 

 

Attention:

David DeAngelis

 

Telephone:

(631) 930-7216

 

Facsimile:

(212) 302-8767

 

Email:

ddeangelis@gssnyc.com

 



 

 

BNP PARIBAS, NEW YORK BRANCH

 

as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

/s/ Mary Dierdorff

 

 

Name:

Mary Dierdorff

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Khoi-Anh Berger-Luong

 

 

Name:

Khoi-Anh Berger-Luong

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

787 Seventh Avenue, 7 th  Floor

 

 

New York, NY 10019

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Sean Reddington

 

Telephone:

(212) 841-2565

 

Facsimile:

(212) 841-2140

 

Email:

sean.reddington@us.bnpparibas.com

 



 

 

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA , as a Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/  Robert Ehudin  

 

 

Name: 

Robert Ehudin

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

Address:

6011 Connection Drive

 

 

Irving, TX 75039

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Peter McGranee

 

Telephone:

(972) 368-2256

 

Facsimile:

(646) 769-5285

 

Email:

peter.mcgrane@gs.com

 

 

gs-warehouselending@gs.com

 



 

 

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA , as a Committed

Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/  Robert Ehudin

 

 

Name: 

Robert Ehudin

 

 

Title:  

Authorized Signatory

 

Address:

6011 Connection Drive

 

 

Irving, TX 75039

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Peter McGranee

 

Telephone:

(972) 368-2256

 

Facsimile:

(646) 769-5285

 

Email:

peter.mcgrane@gs.com

 

 

gs-warehouselending@gs.com

 



 

 

LLOYDS BANK PLC,

 

as a Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

/s/ Thomas Spary

 

 

Name: 

Thomas Spary

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

25 Gresham Street

 

 

London, EC2V 7HN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Chris Rigby

 

Telephone:

+44 (0)207 158 1930

 

Facsimile:

+44 (0) 207 158 3247

 

Email:

Chris.rigby@lloydsbanking.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRESHAM RECEIVABLES (NO.29) LIMITED,

 

as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ariel Pinel

 

 

Name:

Ariel Pinel

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

26 New Street

 

 

St Helier, Jersey, JE2 3RA

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Edward Leng

 

Telephone:

+44 (0)207 158 6585

 

Facsimile:

+44 (0) 207 158 3247

 

Email:

Edward.leng@lloydsbanking.com

 



 

 

GRESHAM RECEIVABLES (NO.29) LTD,

 

as a Conduit Investor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ariel Pinel

 

 

Name: 

Ariel Pinel

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

26 New Street

 

 

St Helier, Jersey, JE2 3RA

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Edward Leng

 

Telephone:

+44 (0)207 158 6585

 

Facsimile:

+44 (0) 207 158 3247

 

Email:

Edward.leng@lloydsbanking.com

 



 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as
a Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

/s/ Colin Bennett

 

 

Colin Bennett

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Joseph McElroy

 

 

Joseph McElroy

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

60 Wall Street

 

 

3rd Floor

 

 

New York, NY 10005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Mary Conners

 

Telephone:

(212) 250-4731

 

Facsimile:

(212) 797-5150

 

Email:

abs.conduits@db.com;
mary.conners@db.com

 



 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as
a Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

/s/ Colin Bennett

 

 

Colin Bennett

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Joseph McElroy

 

 

Joseph McElroy

 

 

Director

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

60 Wall Street, 3rd Floor

 

 

New York, NY 10005

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Mary Conners

 

Telephone:

(212) 250-4731

 

Facsimile:

(212) 797-5150

 

Email:

abs.conduits@db.com;
mary.conners@db.com

 



 

SCHEDULE I

TO THE SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT

 

DEFINITIONS LIST

 

Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.3(a) .

 

Acquiring Investor Group ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.3(c) .

 

Action ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2(a) .

 

Addendum ” means an addendum substantially in the form of Exhibit K .

 

Additional Group I Leasing Company Liquidation Event ” means an Amortization Event that occurred or is continuing under Section 7.1(e) as a result of any Group I Leasing Company Amortization Event arising under Section 10.1(c), (d), (g) or (k) of the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Additional Investor Group ” means, collectively, a Conduit Investor, if any, and the Committed Note Purchaser(s) with respect to such Conduit Investor or, if there is no Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group the Committed Note Purchaser(s) with respect to such Investor Group, in each case, that becomes party hereto as of any date after the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date pursuant to Section 2.1 in connection with an increase in the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, an Investor Group that is both an Additional Investor Group and an Acquiring Investor Group shall be deemed to be an Additional Investor Group solely in connection with, and to the extent of, the commitment of such Investor Group that increases the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount when such Additional Investor Group becomes a party hereto and Additional Series 2013-A Notes are issued pursuant to Section 2.1 , and references herein to such an Investor Group as an “Additional Investor Group” shall not include the commitment of such Investor Group as an Acquiring Investor Group (the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount of any such “Additional Investor Group” shall not include any portion of the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount of such Investor Group acquired pursuant to an assignment to such Investor Group as an Acquiring Investor Group, whereas references to the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount of such “Investor Group” shall include the entire Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount of such Investor Group as both Additional Investor Group and an Acquiring Investor Group).

 

Additional Investor Group Initial Principal Amount ” means, with respect to each Additional Investor Group, on the effective date of the addition of each member such Additional Investor Group as a party hereto, the amount scheduled to be advanced by such Additional Investor Group on such effective date, which amount may not exceed the product of (a) the Drawn Percentage (immediately prior to the addition of such Additional Investor Group as a party hereto) and (b) the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount of such Additional Investor Group on such effective date (immediately after the addition of such Additional Investor Group as parties hereto).

 



 

Additional Permitted Investment ” has the meaning specified in Section 18 of Annex 2.

 

Additional Series 2013-A Notes ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(d) .

 

Administrative Agent ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.

 

Administrative Agent Fee ” has the meaning specified in the Administrative Agent Fee Letter.

 

Administrative Agent Fee Letter ” means that certain fee letter, dated as of the Series 2013-A Closing Date, between the Administrative Agent and HVF II setting forth the definition of Administrative Agent Fee.

 

Administrative Agent Indemnified Liabilities ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.4(c) .

 

Administrative Agent Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.4(c) .

 

Advance ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a) .

 

Advance Deficit ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(g) .

 

Advance Request ” means, with respect to any Advance requested by HVF II, an advance request in the form of Exhibit J hereto with respect to such Advance.

 

Affected Person ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.4 .

 

Agent Indemnified Liabilities ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.4(c) .

 

Agent Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.4(c) .

 

Aggregate Unpaids ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.1 .

 

Assignment and Assumption Agreement ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.3(a) .

 

Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser ” means, with respect to any Advance, any Committed Note Purchaser that either (i) has not delivered a Delayed Funding Notice with respect to such Advance or (ii) has delivered a Delayed Funding Notice with respect to such Advance, but (x) has a Delayed Amount with respect to such Advance equal to zero and (y) after giving effect to the funding of any amount in respect of such Advance to be made by such Committed Note Purchaser or the Conduit Investor in such Committed Note Purchaser’s Investor Group on the proposed date of such Advance, has a Required Non-Delayed Amount that is greater than zero.

 

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Available Delayed Amount Purchaser ” means, with respect to any Advance, any Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser, or any Conduit Investor in such Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser’s Investor Group, that funds all or any portion of a Second Delayed Funding Notice Amount with respect to such Advance on the date of such Advance.

 

BBA Libor Rates Page ” shall mean the display designated as Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or on any successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to Dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank market).

 

Blackbook Guide ” means the Black Book Official Finance/Lease Guide.

 

Capital Stock ” means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests (including membership and partnership interests) in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

 

Cash AUP ” has the meaning specified in Section 5 of Annex 2 .

 

Change in Law ” means (a) any law, rule or regulation or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof (whether or not having the force of law), in each case, adopted, issued or occurring after the Series 2013-A Closing Date or (b) any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any government or political subdivision or agency, authority, bureau, central bank, commission, department or instrumentality thereof, or any court, tribunal, grand jury or arbitrator, or any accounting board or authority (whether or not part of government) that is responsible for the establishment or interpretation of national or international accounting principles, in each case, whether foreign or domestic (each an “ Official Body ”) charged with the administration, interpretation or application thereof, or the compliance with any request or directive of any Official Body (whether or not having the force of law) made, issued or occurring after the Series 2013-A Closing Date; provided that , notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or any other United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case, pursuant to Basel III, shall, in each case, be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.

 

Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following events after the Series 2013-A Closing Date:

 

SI- 3



 

(a)                                  any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than one or more Permitted Holders or a Parent, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Hertz, provided that so long as Hertz is a Subsidiary of any Parent, no “person” shall be deemed to be or become a “beneficial owner” of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Hertz unless such “person” shall be or become a “beneficial owner” of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such Parent; or

 

(b)                                  Hertz sells or transfers (in one or a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of Hertz and its Subsidiaries to another Person (other than one or more Permitted Holders) and any “person” (as defined in clause (a) above), other than one or more Permitted Holders or any Parent, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as so defined), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the transferee Person in such sale or transfer of assets, as the case may be, provided that so long as such transferee Person is a Subsidiary of a parent Person, no “person” shall be deemed to be or become a “beneficial owner” of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee Person unless such “person” shall be or become a “beneficial owner” of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such parent Person; or

 

(c)                                   Hertz shall cease to own directly 100% of the Capital Stock of HVF; or

 

(d)                                  Hertz shall cease to own directly 100% of the Capital Stock of the HVF II General Partner; or

 

(e)                                   Hertz shall cease to own directly or indirectly 100% of the Capital Stock of HVF II; or

 

(f) Hertz shall cease to own directly or indirectly 100% of the Capital Stock of the Nominee on any date on which the Certificate of Title for any Group I Eligible Vehicle is in the name of the Nominee.

 

For the purpose of this definition, the Reorganization Assets (whether individually or in the aggregate) shall not be deemed at any time to constitute all or substantially all of the assets of Hertz and its Subsidiaries, and any sale or transfer of all or any part of the Reorganization Assets (whether directly or indirectly, whether by sale or transfer of any such assets, or of any Capital Stock or other interest in any Person holding such assets, or of any combination thereof, and whether in one or more transactions, or otherwise) shall not be deemed at any time to constitute a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of Hertz and its Subsidiaries.

 

Commitment ” means, the obligation of the Committed Note Purchasers included in each Investor Group to fund Advances pursuant to Section 2.2 in an aggregate stated amount up to the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount for such Investor Group.

 

SI- 4



 

Commitment Percentage ” means, on any date of determination, with respect to any Investor Group, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is such Investor Group’s Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount on such date and the denominator is the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount on such date.

 

Committed Note Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.

 

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage ” means, with respect to any Committed Note Purchaser, the percentage set forth opposite the name of such Committed Note Purchaser on Schedule II hereto .

 

Conduit Assignee ” means, with respect to any Conduit Investor, any commercial paper conduit, whose commercial paper has ratings of at least “A-2” from Standard & Poor’s and “P2” from Moody’s, that is administered by the Funding Agent with respect to such Conduit Investor or any Affiliate of such Funding Agent, in each case, designated by such Funding Agent to accept an assignment from such Conduit Investor of the Investor Group Principal Amount or a portion thereof with respect to such Conduit Investor pursuant to Section 9.3(b) .

 

Conduit Investors ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.

 

Conduits ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “CP Rate”.

 

Confidential Information ” means information that Hertz or any Affiliate thereof (or any successor to any such Person in any capacity) furnishes to a Committed Note Purchaser, a Conduit Investor, a Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent, but does not include any such information (i) that is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by a Committed Note Purchaser, a Conduit Investor, a Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent or other Person to which a Committed Note Purchaser, a Conduit Investor, a Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent delivered such information, (ii) that was in the possession of a Committed Note Purchaser, a Conduit Investor, a Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent prior to its being furnished to such Committed Note Purchaser, such Conduit Investor, such Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent by Hertz or any Affiliate thereof; provided that , there exists no obligation of any such Person to keep such information confidential, or (iii) that is or becomes available to a Committed Note Purchaser, a Conduit Investor, a Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent from a source other than Hertz or an Affiliate thereof; provided that , such source is not (1) known, or would not reasonably be expected to be known, to a Committed Note Purchaser, a Conduit Investor, a Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with Hertz or any Affiliate thereof, as the case may be, or (2) known, or would not reasonably be expected to be known, to a Committed Note Purchaser, a Conduit Investor, a Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent to be otherwise prohibited from transmitting the information by a contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation.

 

SI- 5



 

Corresponding DBRS Rating ” means, for each Equivalent Rating Agency Rating for any Person, the DBRS rating designation corresponding to the row in which such Equivalent Rating Agency Rating appears in the table set forth below.

 

Moody’s

 

S&P

 

Fitch

 

DBRS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aaa

 

AAA

 

AAA

 

AAA

Aa1

 

AA+

 

AA+

 

AA(H)

Aa2

 

AA

 

AA

 

AA

Aa3

 

AA-

 

AA-

 

AA(L)

A1

 

A+

 

A+

 

A(H)

A2

 

A

 

A

 

A

A3

 

A-

 

A-

 

A(L)

Baa1

 

BBB+

 

BBB+

 

BBB(H)

Baa2

 

BBB

 

BBB

 

BBB

Baa3

 

BBB-

 

BBB-

 

BBB(L)

Ba1

 

BB+

 

BB+

 

BB(H)

Ba2

 

BB

 

BB

 

BB

Ba3

 

BB-

 

BB-

 

BB(L)

B1

 

B+

 

B+

 

B-High

B2

 

B

 

B

 

B

B3

 

B-

 

B-

 

B(L)

Caa1

 

CCC+

 

CCC

 

CCC(H)

Caa2

 

CCC

 

CC

 

CCC

Caa3

 

CCC-

 

C

 

CCC(L)

 

CP Fallback Rate ” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any Advance funded or maintained by any Funding Agent’s Investor Group through the issuance of Series 2013-A Commercial Paper during any Series 2013-A Interest Period, the London Interbank Offered Rate appearing on the BBA Libor Rates Page at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the first day of such Series 2013-A Interest Period as the rate for dollar deposits with a one-month maturity.

 

CP Notes ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(c) .

 

CP Rate ” means, with respect to a Conduit Investor in any Investor Group (i) for any day during any Series 2013-A Interest Period funded by such a Conduit Investor set forth in Schedule II hereto or any other such Conduit Investor that elects in its Assignment and Assumption Agreement to make this clause (i)  applicable (collectively, the “ Conduits ”), the per annum rate equivalent to the weighted average of the per annum rates paid or payable by such Conduits (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduits) from time to time as interest on or otherwise (by means of interest rate hedges or otherwise taking into consideration any incremental carrying costs associated with short term promissory notes issued by such Conduits (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduits) maturing on dates other than those certain dates on which such Conduits (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduits) are to

 

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receive funds) in respect of the promissory notes issued by such Conduits (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduits) that are allocated in whole or in part by their respective Funding Agent (on behalf of such Conduits (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduits)) to fund or maintain the Series 2013-A Principal Amount or that are issued by such Conduits (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduits) specifically to fund or maintain the Series 2013-A Principal Amount, in each case, during such period, as determined by their respective Funding Agent (on behalf of such Conduits (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduits)), including (x) the commissions of placement agents and dealers in respect of such promissory notes, to the extent such commissions are allocated, in whole or in part, to such promissory notes by the related Committed Note Purchasers (on behalf of such Conduits (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduits)), (y) all reasonable costs and expenses of any issuing and paying agent or other person responsible for the administration of such Conduits’ (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduits’) commercial paper programs in connection with the preparation, completion, issuance, delivery or payment of Series 2013-A Commercial Paper, and (z) the costs of other borrowings by such Conduits (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduits) including borrowings to fund small or odd dollar amounts that are not easily accommodated in the commercial paper market; provided , however , that if any component of such rate in this clause (i)  is a discount rate, in calculating the CP Rate, the respective Funding Agent for such Conduits shall for such component use the rate resulting from converting such discount rate to an interest bearing equivalent rate per annum and (ii) for any Series 2013-A Interest Period for any portion of the Commitment of the related Investor Group funded by any other Conduit Investor, the “CP Rate” applicable to such Conduit Investor (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduit) as set forth in its Assignment and Assumption Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding provisions of this definition, if any Funding Agent shall fail to notify HVF II and the Group I Administrator of the applicable CP Rate for the Advances made by its Investor Group for the related Series 2013-A Interest Period by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Determination Date in accordance with Section 3.1(b)(i) of the Series 2013-A Supplement, then the CP Rate with respect to such Funding Agent’s Investor Group for each day during such Series 2013-A Interest Period shall equal the CP Fallback Rate with respect to such Series 2013-A Interest Period.

 

CP True-Up Payment Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(f) .

 

Credit Support Annex ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.4(c) .

 

DBRS Equivalent Rating ” means, with respect to any date and any Person with respect to whom DBRS does not maintain a public Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date,

 

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(a)                                  if such Person has an Equivalent Rating Agency Rating from three of the Equivalent Rating Agencies as of such date, then the median of the Corresponding DBRS Ratings for such Person as of such date;

 

(b)                                  if such Person has Equivalent Rating Agency Ratings from only two of the Equivalent Rating Agencies as of such date, then the lower Corresponding DBRS Rating for such Person as of such date; and

 

(c)                                   if such Person has an Equivalent Rating Agency Rating from only one of the Equivalent Rating Agencies as of such date, then the Corresponding DBRS Rating for such Person as of such date.

 

DBRS Trigger Required Ratings ” means, with respect to any entity, rating requirements that are satisfied if such entity has a long-term rating of at least “BBB” by DBRS (or, if such entity is not rated by DBRS, “Baa2” by Moody’s or “BBB” by S&P).

 

Decrease ” means a Mandatory Decrease or a Voluntary Decrease, as applicable.

 

Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(g) .

 

Delayed Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(e)(i) .

 

Delayed Funding Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(e)(i) .

 

Delayed Funding Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(e)(i) .

 

Delayed Funding Purchaser ” means, as of any date of determination, each Committed Note Purchaser party to this Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

Delayed Funding Reimbursement Amount ” means, with respect to any Delayed Funding Purchaser, with respect to the portion of the Delayed Amount of such Delayed Funding Purchaser funded by the Available Delayed Amount Purchaser(s) on the date of the Advance related to such Delayed Amount, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) such portion of the Delayed Amount funded by the Available Delayed Amount Purchaser(s) on the date of the Advance related to such Delayed Amount over (b) the amount, if any, by which the portion of any payment of principal (including any Decrease), if any, made by HVF II to each such Available Delayed Amount Purchaser on any date during the period from and including the date of the Advance related to such Delayed Amount to but excluding the Delayed Funding Date for such Delayed Amount, was greater than what it would have been had such portion of the Delayed Amount been funded by such Delayed Funding Purchaser on such Advance Date.

 

Demand Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.5(c) .

 

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Designated Delayed Advance ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(e)(i) .

 

Determination Date ” means the date five (5) Business Days prior to each Payment Date.

 

Disposition Proceeds ” means, with respect to each Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle, the net proceeds from the sale or disposition of such Group I/II Eligible Vehicle to any Person (other than any portion of such proceeds payable by the Group I/II Lessee thereof pursuant to any Group I/II Lease).

 

Disqualified Party ” means (i) any Person engaged in the business of renting, leasing, financing or disposing of motor vehicles or equipment operating under the name “Advantage”, “Alamo”, “Amerco”, “AutoNation”, “Avis”, “Budget”, “CarMax”, “Courier Car Rentals”, “Edge Auto Rental”, “Enterprise”, “EuropCar”, “Fox”, “Midway Fleet Leasing”, “National”, “Payless”, “Red Dog Rental Services”, “Silvercar”,  “Triangle”, “Vanguard”, “ZipCar”, “Angel Aerial”, “Studio Services”; “Sixt”, “Penske”, “Sunbelt Rentals”, “United Rentals”, “ARI”, “LeasePlan”, “PHH”, “U-Haul”, “Virgin” or “Wheels” and (ii) any other Person that HVF II reasonably determines to be a competitor of HVF II or any of its Affiliates, who has been identified in a written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent, each Funding Agent, each Committed Note Purchaser and each Conduit Investor and (iii) any Affiliate of any of the foregoing.

 

Downgrade Withdrawal Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.7(b) .

 

Drawn Percentage ” means, as of any date of determination, a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Series 2013-A Principal Amount and the denominator of which is the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount, in each case as of such date.

 

Election Period ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.6(b) .

 

Eligible Interest Rate Cap Provider ” means a counterparty to a Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap that is a bank, other financial institution or Person that satisfies the DBRS Trigger Required Ratings (or whose present and future obligations under its Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap are guaranteed pursuant to a guarantee (in form and substance satisfactory to the Series 2013-A Rating Agencies and satisfying the other requirements set forth in the related Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap) provided by a guarantor that satisfies the DBRS Trigger Required Ratings).

 

Equivalent Rating Agency ” means each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P.

 

Equivalent Rating Agency Rating ” means, with respect to any Equivalent Rating Agency and any Person as of any date of determination, the Relevant Rating by such Equivalent Rating Agency with respect to such Person as of such date.

 

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Eurodollar Advance ” means, an Advance that bears interest at all times during the Eurodollar Interest Period applicable thereto at a fixed rate of interest determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted).

 

Eurodollar Interest Period ” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Advance, (a) initially, the period commencing on and including the date of such Eurodollar Advance and ending on but excluding the next Payment Date and (b) for each period thereafter, the period commencing on and including the Payment Date on which the immediately preceding Eurodollar Interest Period ended and ending on but excluding the next Payment Date; provided , however , that no Eurodollar Interest Period may end subsequent to the Legal Final Payment Date.

 

Eurodollar Rate means, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the date that is one (1) Business Day prior to the beginning of the relevant Eurodollar Interest Period by reference to the Screen Rate for a period equal to such Eurodollar Interest Period; provided that, to the extent that an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this definition, the “Eurodollar Rate” shall be the interest rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars are offered by the Reference Lender in London to prime banks in the London interbank market at or about 11:00 a.m. (London time) one (1) Business Day before the first day of such Eurodollar Interest Period in an amount substantially equal to the amount of the Eurodollar Advances to be outstanding during such Eurodollar Interest Period and for a period equal to such Eurodollar Interest Period. In respect of any Eurodollar Interest Period that is not thirty (30) days in duration, the Eurodollar Rate shall be determined through the use of straight-line interpolation by reference to two rates calculated in accordance with the preceding sentence, one of which shall be determined as if the maturity of the Dollar deposits referred to therein were the period of time for which rates are available next shorter than the Eurodollar Interest Period and the other of which shall be determined as if such maturity were the period of time for which rates are available next longer than the Eurodollar Interest Period; provided that, if a Eurodollar Interest Period is less than or equal to seven days, the Eurodollar Rate shall be determined by reference to a rate calculated in accordance with the preceding sentence as if the maturity of the Dollar deposits referred to therein were a period of time equal to seven days. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding provisions of this definition or in the Series 2013-A Supplement, if the Administrative Agent fails to notify HVF II and the Group I Administrator of the applicable Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted) by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the first day of each Eurodollar Interest Period in accordance with Section 3.1(b)(ii) of the Series 2013-A Supplement, then the Eurodollar Rate with respect to such Eurodollar Interest Period shall be the London Interbank Offered Rate appearing on the BBA Libor Rates Page at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the first day of such Eurodollar Interest Period as the rate for dollar deposits with a one-month maturity.

 

Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted) ” means, for any Eurodollar Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/10,000th of 1%) determined pursuant to the following formula:

 

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Eurodollar Rate =

 

Eurodollar Rate

 

(Reserve Adjusted)

1.00 — Eurodollar Reserve Percentage

 

The Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted) for any Eurodollar Interest Period for Eurodollar Advances will be determined by the related Administrative Agent on the basis of the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage in effect one (1) Business Day before the first day of such Eurodollar Interest Period.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding provisions of this definition or in the Series 2013-A Supplement, if the Administrative Agent fails to notify HVF II and the Group I Administrator of the applicable Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted) by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the first day of each Eurodollar Interest Period in accordance with Section 3.1(b)(ii) of this Series 2013-A Supplement, then the Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted) with respect to such Eurodollar Interest Period shall be determined by HVF II and on the basis of the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage in effect one (1) Business Day before the first day of such Eurodollar Interest Period.

 

Eurodollar Reserve Percentage ” means, for any Eurodollar Interest Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal) equal to the maximum aggregate reserve requirements (including all basic, emergency, supplemental, marginal and other reserves and taking into account any transitional adjustments or other scheduled changes in reserve requirements) specified under regulations issued from time to time by the F.R.S. Board and then applicable to assets or liabilities consisting of and including “Eurocurrency Liabilities,” as currently defined in Regulation D of the F.R.S. Board, having a term approximately equal or comparable to such Eurodollar Interest Period.

 

Expected Final Payment Date ” means the Series 2013-A Commitment Termination Date.

 

Extension Length ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.8 .

 

Federal Funds Rate ” means for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the overnight federal funds rates as in Federal Reserve Board Statistical Release H.15(519) or any successor or substitute publication selected by the Administrative Agent (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day), or, if, for any reason, such rate is not available on any day, the rate determined, in the sole opinion of the Administrative Agent, to be the rate at which overnight federal funds are being offered in the national federal funds market at 9:00 a.m. (New York City time).

 

Foreign Affected Person ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8 .

 

Funding Agent ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.

 

Funding Conditions ” means, with respect to any Advance requested by HVF II pursuant to Section 2.3 , the following shall be true and correct both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such Advance:

 

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(a)                                  the representations and warranties of HVF II set out in Article V of the Base Indenture and Article VIII of the Group I Supplement and the representations and warranties of HVF II and the Group I Administrator set out in Article VI of this Series 2013-A Supplement and the representations and warranties of the Nominee set out in Article XII of the Nominee Agreement, in each case, shall be true and accurate as of the date of such Advance with the same effect as though made on that date (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date);

 

(b)                                  the related Funding Agent shall have received (i) an executed Advance Request certifying as to the current Group I Aggregate Asset Amount and (ii) the most recent Monthly Noteholders’ Statement, in each case, delivered in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.3 ;

 

(c)                                   no Series 2013-A Excess Principal Event is continuing; provided that , solely for purposes of calculating whether a Series 2013-A Excess Principal Event is continuing under this clause (c) , the Series 2013-A Principal Amount shall be deemed to be increased by all Delayed Amounts, if any, that any Delayed Funding Purchaser(s) in an Investor Group are required to fund on a Delayed Funding Date that is scheduled to occur after the date of such requested Advance that have not been funded on or prior to the date of such requested Advance;

 

(d)                                  no Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, in each case with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes, exists;

 

(e)                                   if such Advance is in connection with any issuance of Additional Notes or any Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, then the amount of such issuance or increase shall be equal to or greater than $2,500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof; provided that , if such Advance is in connection with the reduction of the Series 2013-B Maximum Principal Amount to zero, then such Advance may be in an integral multiple of less than $100,000;

 

(f)                                    the Series 2013-A Revolving Period is continuing;

 

(g)                                   if the Group I Net Book Value of any vehicle owned by HVF is included in the calculation of the Series 2013-A Asset Amount as of such date (on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the application of such Advance on such date), then the representations and warranties of HVF set out in Article VIII of the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement shall be true and accurate as of the date of such Advance with the same effect as though made on that date (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date);

 

(h)                                  if the Group I Net Book Value of any vehicle owned by any Group I Leasing Company (other than HVF) is included in the calculation of the Series 2013-A Asset Amount as of such date (on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the application of such Advance on such date), then the representations and warranties of such Group I

 

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Leasing Company set out in the Group I Leasing Company Related Documents with respect to such Group I Leasing Company shall be true and accurate as of the date of such Advance with the same effect as though made on that date (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date);

 

(i)                                      if such Advance is being made during the RCFC Nominee Non-Qualified Period, then the representations and warranties of RCFC set out in Article XII of the RCFC Nominee Agreement shall be true and accurate as of the date of such Advance with the same effect as though made on that date (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date); and

 

(j)                                     if (i) such Advance is being made on or after the RCFC Nominee Qualification Date and (ii) the Group I Aggregate Asset Coverage Threshold Amount as of such date is greater than the Group I Aggregate Asset Amount as of such date (excluding from the Group I Aggregate Asset Amount the Group I Net Book Value of all Group I Eligible Vehicles the Certificates of Title for which are then titled in the name of RCFC), then the representations and warranties of RCFC set out in Article XII of the RCFC Nominee Agreement shall be true and accurate as of the date of such Advance with the same effect as though made on that date (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date).

 

Group I Back-Up Disposition Agent Agreement ” means that certain Back-Up Disposition Agent Agreement dated as of November 25, 2013, by and among Fiserv Automotive Solutions, Inc., Hertz, as “Servicer”, and the Trustee (as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms), and any successor agreement entered into with a successor back-up disposition agent in accordance with the foregoing agreement and this Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

Group I/II Eligible Vehicle ” means any Group I Eligible Vehicle or any Group II Eligible Vehicle.

 

Group I/II Final Base Rent ” means (a) with respect to any Group I Eligible Vehicle, the Final Base Rent with respect to such Group I Eligible Vehicle and (b) with respect to any Group II Eligible Vehicle, the Group II Final Base Rent with respect to such Group II Eligible Vehicle.

 

Group I/II Lease ” means a Group I Lease or a Group II Lease, as applicable.

 

Group I/II Lessee ” means a Group I Lessee or a Group II Lessee, as applicable.

 

Group I/II Net Book Value ” means (a) with respect to any Group I Eligible Vehicle, the Group I Net Book Value with respect to such Group I Eligible

 

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Vehicle and (b) with respect to any Group II Eligible Vehicle, the Group II Net Book Value with respect to such Group II Eligible Vehicle.

 

Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle ” means any Group I Non-Program Vehicle or Group II Non-Program Vehicle.

 

Group I/II Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date ” means (a) with respect to any Group I Eligible Vehicle, the Group I Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date with respect to such Group I Eligible Vehicle and (b) with respect to any Group II Eligible Vehicle, the Group II Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date with respect to such Group II Eligible Vehicle.

 

Group II Eligible Vehicle ” has the meaning specified in the Group II Supplement.

 

Group II Final Base Rent ” means “Final Base Rent” under and as defined in the Group II Supplement.

 

Group II Indenture ” means the Group II Supplement, together with the Base Indenture.

 

Group II Lease ” has the meaning specified in the Group II Supplement.

 

Group II Lessee ” has the meaning specified in the Group II Supplement.

 

Group II Non-Program Vehicle ” has the meaning specified in the Group II Supplement.

 

Group II Supplement ” means that certain Group II Supplement to the Base Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2013, by and between HVF II and the Trustee.

 

Group II Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date ” has the meaning specified in the Group II Supplement.

 

Hertz Investors ” means Hertz Investors, Inc., and any successor in interest thereto.

 

Hertz Senior Credit Facility Default ” means the occurrence of an event that (i) results in all amounts under each of Hertz’s Senior Credit Facilities becoming immediately due and payable and (ii) has not been waived by the lenders under each of Hertz’s Senior Credit Facilities.

 

Holdings ” means Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., and any successor in interest thereto

 

HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Documents ” means the “Series 2013-G1 Related Documents” as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

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Indemnified Liabilities ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.4(b) .

 

Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.4(b) .

 

Initial Base Indenture ” means the Base Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2013, between HVF II and the Trustee

 

Initial Counterparty Required Ratings ” means, with respect to any entity, rating requirements that are satisfied if such entity has a long-term rating of at least “A” by DBRS (or, if such entity is not rated by DBRS, “A2” by Moody’s or “A” by S&P).

 

Initial Group I Indenture ” means the Initial Group I Supplement, together with the Initial Base Indenture.

 

Initial Group I Supplement ” means the Group I Supplement, dated as of November 25, 2013, between HVF II and the Trustee.

 

Interest Rate Cap Provider ” means HVF II’s counterparty under any Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap.

 

Investor Group ” means, (i) collectively, a Conduit Investor, if any, and the Committed Note Purchaser(s) with respect to such Conduit Investor or, if there is no Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group, the Committed Note Purchaser(s) with respect to such Investor Group, in each case, party hereto as of the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date and (ii) any Additional Investor Group.

 

Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(c) .

 

Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Addendum ” means an addendum substantially in the form of Exhibit M .

 

Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Amount ” means, with respect to each Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, on the effective date of any Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase with respect to any Investor Group, the amount scheduled to be advanced by such Investor Group on such effective date, which amount may not exceed the product of (a) the Drawn Percentage (immediately prior to the effectiveness of such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase) and (b) the amount of such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase.

 

Investor Group Principal Amount ” means, as of any date of determination with respect to any Investor Group, the result of:

 

(i)                                      if such Investor Group is an Additional Investor Group, such Investor Group’s Additional Investor Group Initial Principal Amount, and otherwise, such Investor Group’s Series 2013-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount, plus

 

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(ii)                                   the Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Amount with respect to each Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase applicable to such Investor Group, if any, on or prior to such date, plus

 

(iii)                                the principal amount of the portion of all Advances funded by such Investor Group on or prior to such date, minus

 

(iv)                               the amount of principal payments (whether pursuant to a Decrease, a redemption or otherwise) made to such Investor Group pursuant to this Series 2013-A Supplement on or prior to such date, plus

 

(v)                                  the amount of principal payments recovered from such Investor Group by a trustee as a preference payment in a bankruptcy proceeding of HVF II or otherwise on or prior to such date.

 

Investor Group Supplement ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.3(c) .

 

Lease Payment Deficit Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.9(b) .

 

Legal Final Payment Date ” means the one-year anniversary of the Expected Final Payment Date.

 

Majority Program Support Providers ” means, with respect to the related Investor Group, Program Support Providers holding more than 50% of the aggregate commitments of all Program Support Providers.

 

Management Investors ” means the collective reference to the officers, directors, employees and other members of the management of any Parent, Hertz or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or family members or relatives thereof, or trusts, partnerships or limited liability companies for the benefit of any of the foregoing, or any of their heirs, executors, successors and legal representatives, who at any particular date shall beneficially own or have the right to acquire, directly or indirectly, Capital Stock of Hertz or any Parent.

 

Mandatory Decrease ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(b) .

 

Mandatory Decrease Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(b) .

 

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount ” means, with respect to each Investor Group as of any date of determination, the amount specified as such for such Investor Group on Schedule II hereto for such date of determination, as such amount may be increased or decreased from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof; provided that , on any day after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes, the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to each Investor Group shall not exceed the Investor Group Principal Amount for such Investor Group.

 

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Monthly Blackbook Mark ” means, with respect to any Group I Non-Program Vehicle, as of any date Blackbook obtains market values that it intends to return to HVF II (or the Group I Administrator on HVF II’s behalf), the market value of such Group I Non-Program Vehicle for the model class and model year of such Group I Non-Program Vehicle based on the average equipment and the average mileage of each Group I Non-Program Vehicle of such model class and model year, as quoted in the Blackbook Guide most recently available as of such date.

 

Monthly NADA Mark ” means, with respect to any Group I Non-Program Vehicle, as of any date NADA obtains market values that it intends to return to HVF II (or the Group I Administrator on HVF II’s behalf), the market value of such Group I Non-Program Vehicle for the model class and model year of such Group I Non-Program Vehicle based on the average equipment and the average mileage of each Group I Non-Program Vehicle of such model class and model year, as quoted in the NADA Guide most recently available as of such date.

 

NADA Guide ” means the National Automobile Dealers Association, Official Used Car Guide, Eastern Edition.

 

Non-Consenting Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2(a) .

 

Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(g) .

 

Non-Delayed Amount ” means, with respect to any Delayed Funding Purchaser and an Advance for which the Delayed Funding Purchaser delivered a Delayed Funding Notice, an amount equal to the excess of such Delayed Funding Purchaser’s ratable portion of such Advance over its Delayed Amount in respect of such Advance.

 

Non-Extending Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.6(c) .

 

Noteholder Statement AUP ” has the meaning specified in Section 6 of Annex 2 .

 

Official Body ” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Change in Law”.

 

Outstanding ” means with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes, all Series 2013-A Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under the Group I Indenture, except (a) Series 2013-A Notes theretofore cancelled or delivered to the Registrar for cancellation, (b) Series 2013-A Notes that have not been presented for payment but funds for the payment of which are on deposit in the Series 2013-A Distribution Account and are available for payment in full of such Series 2013-A Notes, and Series 2013-A Notes that are considered paid pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Group I Supplement, and (c) Series 2013-A Notes in exchange for or in lieu of other Series 2013-A Notes that have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Group I Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Series 2013-A Notes are held by a purchaser for value.

 

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Parent ” means any of Holdings, Hertz Investors, and any Other Parent, and any other Person that is a Subsidiary of Holdings, Hertz Investors or any Other Parent and of which Hertz is a Subsidiary.  As used herein, “ Other Parent ” means a Person of which Hertz becomes a Subsidiary after the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date and that is designated by Hertz as an “Other Parent”; provided that , either (x) immediately after Hertz first becomes a Subsidiary of such Person, more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such Person shall be held by one or more Persons that held more than 50% of the Voting Stock of Hertz or a Parent of Hertz immediately prior to Hertz first becoming such Subsidiary or (y) such Person shall be deemed not to be an Other Parent for the purpose of determining whether a Change of Control shall have occurred by reason of Hertz first becoming a Subsidiary of such Person.

 

Participants ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.3(d) .

 

Past Due Rent Payment ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-A Lease Payment Deficit and any Group I Lessee, any payment of Rent or other amounts payable by such Group I Lessee under any Group I Lease with respect to which such Series 2013-A Lease Payment Deficit applied, which payment occurred on or prior to the fifth Business Day after the occurrence of such Series 2013-A Lease Payment Deficit and which payment is in satisfaction (in whole or in part) of such Series 2013-A Lease Payment Deficit.

 

Past Due Rental Payments Priorities ” means the priorities of payments set forth in Section 5.6 .

 

Patriot Act ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.20 .

 

Permitted Delayed Amount ” is defined in Section 2.2(e)(i) .

 

Permitted Holders ” means any of the following: (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) whose status as a “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) constitutes or results in a Change of Control that has been consented to by Series 2013-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount, and any Affiliate thereof, (ii) the Management Investors, (iii) any “group” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) of which any of the Persons specified in clause (i) or (ii) above is a member (provided that (without giving effect to the existence of such “group” or any other “group”) one or more of such Persons collectively have beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Hertz or any Parent held by such “group”), and any other Person that is a member of such “group” and (iv) any Person acting in the capacity of an underwriter in connection with a public or private offering of Capital Stock of any Parent or Hertz.

 

Permitted Investments ” means negotiable instruments or securities, payable in Dollars, represented by instruments in bearer or registered or in book-entry form which evidence:

 

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(i)                                      obligations the full and timely payment of which are to be made by or is fully guaranteed by the United States of America other than financial contracts whose value depends on the values or indices of asset values;

 

(ii)                                   demand deposits of, time deposits in, or certificates of deposit issued by, any depositary institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof whose short-term debt is rated “P-1” by Moody’s and “A-1+” by S&P and subject to supervision and examination by Federal or state banking or depositary institution authorities; provided , however , that at the earlier of (x) the time of the investment and (y) the time of the contractual commitment to invest therein, the certificates of deposit or short-term deposits, if any, or long-term unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligation whose rating is based on collateral or on the credit of a Person other than such institution or trust company) of such depositary institution or trust company shall have a credit rating from S&P of “A-1+” and a credit rating from Moody’s of “P-1” in the case of certificates of deposit or short-term deposits, or a rating from S&P not lower than “AA” and a rating from Moody’s not lower than “Aa2” in the case of long-term unsecured obligations;

 

(iii)                                commercial paper having, at the earlier of (x) the time of the investment and (y) the time of the contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from S&P of “A-1+” and a rating from Moody’s of “P-1”;

 

(iv)                               bankers’ acceptances issued by any depositary institution or trust company described in clause (ii)  above;

 

(v)                                  investments in money market funds rated “AAAm” by S&P and “Aaa-mf” by Moody’s, or otherwise approved in writing by S&P or Moody’s, as applicable;

 

(vi)                               Eurodollar time deposits having a credit rating from S&P of “A-1+” and a credit rating from Moody’s of “P-1”;

 

(vii)                            repurchase agreements involving any of the Permitted Investments described in clauses (i)  and (vi)  above and the certificates of deposit described in clause (ii)  above which are entered into with a depository institution or trust company, having a commercial paper or short-term certificate of deposit rating of “A-1+” by S&P and “P-1” by Moody’s; and

 

(viii)                         any other instruments or securities, if the Rating Agencies confirm in writing that the investment in such instruments or securities will not adversely affect the then-current ratings with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes.

 

Permitted Required Non-Delayed Percentage ” means, 10% or 25%.

 

Potential Terminated Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2(a) .

 

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Preference Amount ” means any amount previously paid by Hertz pursuant to the Series 2013-A Demand Note and distributed to the Series 2013-A Noteholders in respect of amounts owing under the Series 2013-A Notes that is recoverable or that has been recovered (and not subsequently repaid) as a voidable preference by the trustee in a bankruptcy proceeding of Hertz pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code in accordance with a final nonappealable order of a court having competent jurisdiction.

 

Prime Rate ” means with respect to each Investor Group, the rate announced by the related Reference Lender from time to time as its prime rate in the United States, such rate to change as and when such announced rate changes.  The Prime Rate is not intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by the Reference Lender in connection with extensions of credit to debtors.

 

Principal Deficit Amount ” means, on any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the Series 2013-A Adjusted Principal Amount on such date over (b) the Series 2013-A Asset Amount on such date; provided , however , the Principal Deficit Amount on any date that is prior to the Legal Final Payment Date occurring during the period commencing on and including the date of the filing by Hertz of a petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code to but excluding the date on which Hertz shall have resumed making all payments of Monthly Variable Rent required to be made by it under the Group I Leases, shall mean the excess, if any, of (x) the Series 2013-A Adjusted Principal Amount on such date over (y) the sum of (1) the Series 2013-A Asset Amount on such date and (2) the lesser of (a) the Series 2013-A Liquid Enhancement Amount on such date and (b) the Series 2013-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount on such date.

 

Pro Rata Share ” means, with respect to each Series 2013-A Letter of Credit issued by any Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider, as of any date, the fraction (expressed as a percentage) obtained by dividing (A) the available amount under such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit as of such date by (B) an amount equal to the aggregate available amount under all Series 2013-A Letters of Credit as of such date; provided , that solely for purposes of calculating the Pro Rata Share with respect to any Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider as of any date, if the related Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider has not complied with its obligation to pay the Trustee the amount of any draw under such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit made prior to such date, the available amount under such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit as of such date shall be treated as reduced (for calculation purposes only) by the amount of such unpaid demand and shall not be reinstated for purposes of such calculation unless and until the date as of which such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider has paid such amount to the Trustee and been reimbursed by Hertz for such amount ( provided that the foregoing calculation shall not in any manner reduce a Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider’s actual liability in respect of any failure to pay any demand under any of its Series 2013-A Letters of Credit).

 

Program Fee ” means, with respect to each Payment Date and each Investor Group, an amount equal to the sum with respect to each day in the related Series 2013-A Interest Period of the product of:

 

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(a)          the Program Fee Rate for such Investor Group (or, if applicable, Program Fee Rate for the related Conduit Investor and Committed Note Purchaser in such Investor Group, respectively, if each of such Conduit Investor and Committed Note Purchaser is funding a portion of such Investor Group’s Investor Group Principal Amount) for such day, and

 

(b)          the Investor Group Principal Amount for such Investor Group (or, if applicable, the portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount for the related Conduit Investor and Committed Note Purchaser in such Investor Group, respectively, if each of such Conduit Investor and Committed Note Purchaser is funding a portion of such Investor Group’s Investor Group Principal Amount) for such day (after giving effect to all Advances and Decreases on such day), and

 

(c)           1/360.

 

Program Fee Letter ” means that certain fee letter, dated as of the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date, by and among each initial Conduit Investor, each initial Committed Note Purchaser, the Administrative Agent and HVF II setting forth the definition of Program Fee Rate and the definition of Undrawn Fee.

 

Program Fee Rate ” has the meaning specified in the Program Fee Letter.

 

Program Support Agreement ” means any agreement entered into by any Program Support Provider in respect of any Series 2013-A Commercial Paper and/or Series 2013-A Note providing for the issuance of one or more letters of credit for the account of a Committed Note Purchaser or a Conduit Investor, the issuance of one or more insurance policies for which a Committed Note Purchaser or a Conduit Investor is obligated to reimburse the applicable Program Support Provider for any drawings thereunder, the sale by a Committed Note Purchaser or a Conduit Investor to any Program Support Provider of the Series 2013-A Notes (or portions thereof or interests therein) and/or the making of loans and/or other extensions of credit to a Committed Note Purchaser or a Conduit Investor in connection with such Conduit Investor’s securitization program, together with any letter of credit, insurance policy or other instrument issued thereunder or guaranty thereof (but excluding any discretionary advance facility provided by a Committed Note Purchaser).

 

Program Support Provider ” means any financial institutions and any other or additional Person now or hereafter extending credit or having a commitment to extend credit to or for the account of, and/or agreeing to make purchases from, a Committed Note Purchaser or a Conduit Investor in respect of such Committed Note Purchaser’s or Conduit Investor’s Series 2013-A Commercial Paper and/or Series 2013-A Note, and/or agreeing to issue a letter of credit or insurance policy or other instrument to support any obligations arising under or in connection with such Conduit Investor’s securitization program as it relates to any Series 2013-A Commercial Paper issued by such Conduit Investor, in each case pursuant to a Program Support Agreement and any guarantor of any such person; provided that , no Disqualified Party shall be a “Program

 

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Support Provider” without the prior written consent of an Authorized Officer of HVF II, which consent may be withheld for any reason in HVF II’s sole and absolute discretion.

 

Rating Agencies ” means, with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes, DBRS and any other nationally recognized rating agency rating the Series 2013-A Notes at the request of HVF II.

 

Reference Lender ” means, with respect to each Investor Group, the related Funding Agent or if such Funding Agent does not have a prime rate, an Affiliate thereof designated by such Funding Agent.

 

Related Month ” means, with respect to any date of determination, the most recently ended calendar month as of such date.

 

Relevant DBRS Rating ” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination: (a) if such Person has both a long term issuer rating by DBRS and a senior unsecured rating by DBRS as of such date, then the higher of such two ratings as of such date and (b) if such Person has only one of a long term issuer rating by DBRS and a senior unsecured rating by DBRS as of such date, then such rating of such Person as of such date; provided that , if such Person does not have any of such ratings as of such date, then there shall be no Relevant DBRS Rating with respect to such Person as of such date.

 

Relevant Fitch Rating ” means, with respect to any Person, (a) if such Person has both a senior unsecured rating by Fitch and a long term issuer default rating by Fitch as of such date, then the higher of such two ratings as of such date, (b) if such Person has only one of a senior unsecured rating by Fitch and a long term issuer default rating by Fitch as of such date, then such rating of such Person as of such date; provided that , if such Person does not have any of such ratings as of such date, then there shall be no Relevant Fitch Rating with respect to such Person as of such date.

 

Relevant Moody’s Rating ” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, the highest of: (a) if such Person has a long term rating by Moody’s as of such date, then such rating as of such date, (b) if such Person has a senior unsecured rating by Moody’s as of such date, then such rating as of such date and (c) if such Person has a long term corporate family rating by Moody’s as of such date, then such rating as of such date; provided that , if such Person does not have any of such ratings as of such date, then there shall be no Relevant Moody’s Rating with respect to such Person as of such date.

 

Relevant Rating ” means, with respect to any Equivalent Rating Agency and any Person as of any date of determination, (a) with respect to Moody’s, the Relevant Moody’s Rating with respect to such Person as of such date, (b) with respect to Fitch, the Relevant Fitch Rating with respect to such Person as of such date and (c) with respect to S&P, the Relevant S&P Rating with respect to such Person as of such date.

 

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Relevant S&P Rating ” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, the long term local issuer rating by S&P of such Person as of such date; provided that , if such Person does not have a long term local issuer rating by S&P as of such date, then there shall be no Relevant S&P Rating with respect to such Person as of such date.

 

Reorganization Assets ” has the meaning specified in the Senior Term Facility.

 

Required Non-Delayed Amount ” means, with respect to a Delayed Funding Purchaser and a proposed Advance, the excess, if any, of (a) the Required Non-Delayed Percentage of such Delayed Funding Purchaser’s Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount as of the date of such proposed Advance over (b) with respect to each previously Designated Delayed Advance of such Delayed Funding Purchaser with respect to which the related Advance occurred during the 35 days preceding the date of such proposed Advance, if any, the sum of, with respect to each such previously Designated Delayed Advance for which the related Delayed Funding Date will not have occurred on or prior to the date of such proposed Advance, the Non-Delayed Amount with respect to each such previously Designated Delayed Advance.

 

Required Non-Delayed Percentage ” means, as of the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date, 10%, and as of any date thereafter, the Permitted Required Non-Delayed Percentage most recently specified in a written notice delivered by HVF II to the Administrative Agent, each Funding Agent, each Committed Note Purchaser and each Conduit Investor at least 35 days prior to the effective date specified therein.

 

Replacement Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2(a) .

 

Retention Requirement Law ” means (i) Part 5 of the European Union Capital Requirements Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 575/2013), Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 625/2014 of 13 March 2014 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 602/2014 of 4 June 2014; (ii) Section 5 of European Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 231/2013 of 19 December 2012; (iii) any guidelines or related documents published from time to time in relation thereto by the European Banking Authority or the European Securities and Markets Authority (or successor agency or authority) and adopted by the European Commission; and (iv) to the extent informing the interpretation of clauses (i) and (ii) above, the guidelines and related documents previously published in relation to the preceding risk retention legislation by the European Banking Authority (and/or its predecessor, the Committee of European Banking Supervisors) which continues to apply to the provisions of Part 5 of the Capital Requirements Regulation.

 

Screen Rate ” means, in relation to LIBOR, the London interbank offered rate administered by the British Bankers Association or NYSE (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for the relevant currency and period displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen (or any replacement Reuters page which displays that rate).

 

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Second Delayed Funding Notice ” is defined in Section 2.2(e)(iii) .

 

Second Delayed Funding Notice Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(e)(iii) .

 

Second Permitted Delayed Amount ” is defined in Section 2.2(e)(iii) .

 

Securities Intermediary ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.

 

Senior Credit Facilities ” means Hertz’s (a) senior secured asset based revolving loan facility, provided under a credit agreement, dated as of March 11, 2011, among Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, Hertz together with certain of Hertz’s subsidiaries, as borrower, the several banks and financial institutions from time to time party thereto, as lenders, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent and collateral agent, Deutsche Bank AG Canada Branch, as Canadian administrative agent and Canadian collateral agent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as syndication agent and co-collateral agent, and Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as co-documentation agents, and the other financial institutions party thereto from time to time (as has been and may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), (b) the Senior Term Facility; and (c) any successor or replacement revolving credit facility or facilities to the senior secured asset based revolving loan facility described in clause (a) .

 

Senior Interest Waterfall Shortfall Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of the amounts payable (without taking into account availability of funds) pursuant to Sections 5.3(a)  through (d)  on such Payment Date over (b) the sum of (i) the Series 2013-A Payment Date Available Interest Amount with respect to the Series 2013-A Interest Period ending on such Payment Date and (ii) the aggregate amount of all deposits into the Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account with proceeds of the Series 2013-A Reserve Account, each Series 2013-A Demand Note, each Series 2013-A Letter of Credit and each Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account, in each case made since the immediately preceding Payment Date; provided that , the amount calculated pursuant to the preceding clause (b)(ii)  shall be calculated on a pro forma basis and prior to giving effect to any withdrawals from the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account for deposit into the Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account on such Payment Date.

 

Senior Term Facility ” means Hertz’s senior secured term loan facility, provided under a credit agreement, dated as of March 11, 2011, among Hertz together with certain of Hertz’s subsidiaries, as borrower, the several banks and financial institutions from time to time party thereto, as lenders, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent and collateral agent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as syndication agent, and Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as co-documentation agents, and the other financial institutions party thereto from time to time, as it may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or

 

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otherwise modified from time to time, and shall include any successor or replacement credit facility to such senior secured term loan facility.

 

Series 2013-A AAA Component ” means each of:

 

i.                   the Series 2013-A Eligible Investment Grade Program Vehicle Amount;

 

ii.                the Series 2013-A Eligible Investment Grade Program Receivable Amount;

 

iii.             the Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Program Vehicle Amount;

 

iv.            the Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount;

 

v.               the Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (Low) Program Receivable Amount;

 

vi.            the Series 2013-A Eligible Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount;

 

vii.         the Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount;

 

viii.      the Group I Cash Amount;

 

ix.            the Group I Due and Unpaid Lease Payment Amount; and

 

x.               the Series 2013-A Remainder AAA Amount.

 

Series 2013-A AAA Select Component ” means each Series 2013-A AAA Component other than the Group I Due and Unpaid Lease Payment Amount.

 

Series 2013-A Account Collateral ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1 .

 

Series 2013-A Accounts ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2(a) .

 

Series 2013-A Accrued Amounts ” means, on any date of determination, the sum of the amounts payable (without taking into account availability of funds) pursuant to Sections 5.3(a)  through (i) , ( k ) and ( l ) that have accrued and remain unpaid as of such date.  The Series 2013-A Accrued Amounts shall be the “Group I Accrued Amounts” with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes.

 

Series 2013-A Adjusted Advance Rate ” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to any Series 2013-A AAA Select Component, a percentage equal to the greater of:

 

(a)

 

(i) the Series 2013-A Baseline Advance Rate with respect to such Series 2013-A AAA Select Component as of such date, minus

 

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(ii) the Series 2013-A Concentration Excess Advance Rate Adjustment as of such date, if any, with respect to such Series 2013-A AAA Select Component, minus

 

(iii) the Series 2013-A MTM/DT Advance Rate Adjustment as of such date, if any, with respect to such Series 2013-A AAA Select Component; and

 

(b) zero.

 

Series 2013-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the greater of (a) the excess, if any, of (i) the Series 2013-A Asset Coverage Threshold Amount over (ii) the sum of (A) the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount and (B) the Series 2013-A Available Reserve Account Amount and (b) the Series 2013-A Adjusted Principal Amount, in each case, as of such date.  The Series 2013-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount shall be the “Group I Asset Coverage Threshold Amount” with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes.

 

Series 2013-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the Series 2013-A Liquid Enhancement Amount, as of such date, excluding from the calculation thereof the amount available to be drawn under any Series 2013-A Defaulted Letter of Credit, as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Adjusted Principal Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (A) the Series 2013-A Principal Amount as of such date over (B) the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account Amount as of such date.  The Series 2013-A Adjusted Principal Amount shall be the “Group I Series Adjusted Principal Amount” with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes.

 

Series 2013-A Amortization Event ” means an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes.

 

Series 2013-A Asset Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the product of (i) the Series 2013-A Floating Allocation Percentage as of such date and (ii) the Group I Aggregate Asset Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Asset Coverage Threshold Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the Series 2013-A Adjusted Principal Amount divided by the Series 2013-A Blended Advance Rate, in each case as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Available L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the amount of cash on deposit in and Permitted Investments credited to the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Available Reserve Account Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the amount of cash on deposit in and Permitted Investments credited to the Series 2013-A Reserve Account as of such date.

 

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Series 2013-A Base Rate ” means, on any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day.  Any change in the Series 2013-A Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate, respectively.  Changes in the rate of interest on that portion of any Advances maintained as Series 2013-A Base Rate Tranches will take effect simultaneously with each change in the Series 2013-A Base Rate.

 

Series 2013-A Base Rate Tranche ” means that portion of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount purchased or maintained with Advances that bear interest by reference to the Series 2013-A Base Rate.

 

Series 2013-A Baseline Advance Rate ” means, with respect to each Series 2013-A AAA Select Component, the percentage set forth opposite such Series 2013-A AAA Select Component in the following table:

 

Series 2013-A AAA Component

 

Series 2013-A Baseline
Advance Rate

 

Series 2013-A Eligible Investment Grade Program Vehicle Amount

 

87.00

%

Series 2013-A Eligible Investment Grade Program Receivable Amount

 

87.00

%

Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Program Vehicle Amount

 

71.50

%

Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount

 

71.50

%

Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (Low) Program Receivable Amount

 

0

%

Series 2013-A Eligible Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount

 

79.00

%

Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount

 

71.75

%

Group I Cash Amount

 

100

%

Series 2013-A Remainder AAA Amount

 

0

%

 

Series 2013-A Blended Advance Rate ” means, as of any date of determination, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the

 

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Series 2013-A Blended Advance Rate Weighting Numerator and the denominator of which is the Series 2013-A Blended Advance Rate Weighting Denominator, in each case as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Blended Advance Rate Weighting Denominator ” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of each Series 2013-A AAA Select Component, in each case as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Blended Advance Rate Weighting Numerator ” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of an amount with respect to each Series 2013-A AAA Select Component equal to the product of such Series 2013-A AAA Select Component and the Series 2013-A Adjusted Advance Rate with respect to such Series 2013-A AAA Select Component, in each case as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Capped Group I Administrator Fee Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Series 2013-A Group I Administrator Fee Amount with respect to such Payment Date and (ii) $500,000.

 

Series 2013-A Capped Group I HVF II Operating Expense Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date the lesser of (i) the Series 2013-A Group I HVF II Operating Expense Amount, with respect to such Payment Date and (ii) the excess, if any, of (x) $500,000 over (y) the sum of the Series 2013-A Group I Administrator Fee Amount and the Series 2013-A Group I Trustee Fee Amount, in each case with respect to such Payment Date.

 

Series 2013-A Capped Group I Trustee Fee Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Series 2013-A Group I Trustee Fee Amount, with respect to such Payment Date and (ii) the excess, if any, of $500,000 over the Series 2013-A Group I Administrator Fee Amount with respect to such Payment Date.

 

Series 2013-A Carrying Charges ” means, as of any day, the sum of:

 

(i) all fees or other costs, expenses and indemnity amounts, if any, payable by HVF II to:

 

(a) the Trustee (other than Series 2013-A Group I Trustee Fee Amounts),

 

(b) the Group I Administrator (other than Series 2013-A Group I Administrator Fee Amounts),

 

(c) the Administrative Agent (other than Administrative Agent Fees),

 

(d) the Series 2013-A Noteholders (other than Series 2013-A Monthly Interest Amounts and Series 2013-A Monthly Default Interest Amounts), or

 

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(e) any other party to a Series 2013-A Related Documents,

 

in each case under and in accordance with such Series 2013-A Related Documents, plus

 

(ii) any other operating expenses of HVF II that have been invoiced as of such date and are then payable by HVF II relating the Series 2013-A Notes (in each case, exclusive of any Group I Carrying Charges).

 

Series 2013-A Certificate of Credit Demand ” means a certificate substantially in the form of Annex A to a Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

Series 2013-A Certificate of Preference Payment Demand ” means a certificate substantially in the form of Annex C to a Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

Series 2013-A Certificate of Termination Demand ” means a certificate substantially in the form of Annex D to a Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

Series 2013-A Certificate of Unpaid Demand Note Demand ” means a certificate substantially in the form of Annex B to Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

Series 2013-A Closing Date ” means November 25, 2013.

 

Series 2013-A Collateral ” means the Group I Indenture Collateral, the Series 2013-A Interest Rate Caps, each Series 2013-A Letter of Credit, the Series 2013-A Account Collateral with respect to each Series 2013-A Account and each Series 2013-A Demand Note.

 

Series 2013-A Commercial Paper ” means the promissory notes of each Series 2013-A Noteholder issued by such Series 2013-A Noteholder in the commercial paper market and allocated to the funding of Advances in respect of the Series 2013-A Notes.

 

Series 2013-A Commitment Termination Date ” means the last Business Day occurring in October 2016 or such later date designated in accordance with Section 2.6 .

 

Series 2013-A Concentration Adjusted Advance Rate ” means as of any date of determination,

 

(i) with respect to the Series 2013-A Eligible Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount, the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Baseline Advance Rate with respect to such Series 2013-A Eligible Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount over the Series 2013-A Concentration Excess Advance Rate Adjustment with respect to such Series 2013-A Eligible Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount, in each case as of such date, and

 

(ii) with respect to the Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount, the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Baseline Advance

 

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Rate with respect to such Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount over the Series 2013-A Concentration Excess Advance Rate Adjustment with respect to such Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount, in each case as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Concentration Excess Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (i) the Series 2013-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount with respect to each Group I Manufacturer as of such date, if any, (ii) the Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amount as of such date, if any, and (iii) the Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amount as of such date, if any; provided that , for purposes of calculating this definition as of any such date (i) the Group I Net Book Value of any Group I Eligible Vehicle and the amount of Series 2013-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivables, in each case, included in the Series 2013-A Manufacturer Amount for the Group I Manufacturer of such Group I Eligible Vehicle for purposes of calculating the Series 2013-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount and designated by HVF II to constitute Series 2013-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amounts, as of such date, shall not be included in the Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Amount for purposes of calculating the Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amount as of such date or the Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount for purposes of calculating the Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amount as of such date, (ii) the Group I Net Book Value of any Group I Eligible Vehicle included in the Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Amount for purposes of calculating the Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amount and designated by HVF II to constitute Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amounts as of such date, shall not be included in the Series 2013-A Manufacturer Amount for the Group I Manufacturer of such Group I Eligible Vehicle for purposes of calculating the Series 2013-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount, as of such date, (iii) the amount of any Series 2013-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivables included in the Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount for purposes of calculating the Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amount and designated by HVF II to constitute Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amounts as of such date, shall not be included in the Series 2013-A Manufacturer Amount for the Group I Manufacturer with respect to such Series 2013-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivable for purposes of calculating the Series 2013-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount, as of such date, and (iv) the determination of which Group I Eligible Vehicles (or the Group I Net Book Value thereof) or Series 2013-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivables are designated as constituting (A) Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amounts, (B) Series 2013-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amounts and (C) Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amounts, in each case, as of such date shall be made iteratively by HVF II in its reasonable discretion.

 

Series 2013-A Concentration Excess Advance Rate Adjustment ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-A AAA Select Component as of any date of determination, the lesser of (a) the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of

 

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which is (I) the product of (A) the portion of the Series 2013-A Concentration Excess Amount, if any, allocated to such Series 2013-A AAA Select Component by HVF II and (B) the Series 2013-A Baseline Advance Rate with respect to such Series 2013-A AAA Select Component, and the denominator of which is (II) such Series 2013-A AAA Select Component, in each case as of such date, and (b) the Series 2013-A Baseline Advance Rate with respect to such Series 2013-A AAA Select Component; provided that , the portion of the Series 2013-A Concentration Excess Amount allocated pursuant to the preceding clause (a)(I)(A) shall not exceed the portion of such Series 2013-A AAA Select Component that was included in determining whether such Series 2013-A Concentration Excess Amount exists.

 

Series 2013-A CP Tranche ” means that portion of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount purchased or maintained with Advances that bear interest by reference to the CP Rate.

 

Series 2013-A Daily Interest Allocation ” means, on each Series 2013-A Deposit Date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Series 2013-A Invested Percentage (as of such date) of the aggregate amount of Group I Interest Collections deposited into the Group I Collection Account on such date and (ii) all amounts received by the Trustee in respect of the Series 2013-A Interest Rate Caps on such date.

 

Series 2013-A Daily Interest Amount ” means, for any day in a Series 2013-A Interest Period, an amount equal to the result of (a) the product of (i) the Series 2013-A Note Rate for such Series 2013-A Interest Period and (ii) the Series 2013-A Principal Amount as of the close of business on such date divided by (b) 360.

 

Series 2013-A Daily Principal Allocation ” means, on each Series 2013-A Deposit Date, an amount equal to the Series 2013-A Invested Percentage (as of such date) of the aggregate amount of Group I Principal Collections deposited into the Group I Collection Account on such date.

 

Series 2013-A Defaulted Letter of Credit ” means, as of any date of determination, each Series 2013-A Letter of Credit that, as of such date, an Authorized Officer of the Group I Administrator has actual knowledge that:

 

(A) such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit is not be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms or otherwise as expressly permitted in such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit),

 

(B) an Event of Bankruptcy has occurred with respect to the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider of such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit and is continuing,

 

(C) such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider has repudiated such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit or such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider has failed to honor a draw thereon made in accordance with the terms thereof, or

 

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(D) a Series 2013-A Downgrade Event has occurred and is continuing for at least thirty (30) consecutive days with respect to the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider of such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

Series 2013-A Deficiency Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(c)  of this Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

Series 2013-A Demand Note ” means each demand note made by Hertz, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 .

 

Series 2013-A Demand Note Payment Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate amount of all proceeds of demands made on the Series 2013-A Demand Note that were deposited into the Series 2013-A Distribution Account and paid to the Series 2013-A Noteholders during the one year period ending on such date of determination over (b) the amount of any Preference Amount relating to such proceeds that has been repaid to HVF II (or any payee of HVF II) with the proceeds of any Series 2013-A L/C Preference Payment Disbursement (or any withdrawal from any Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account); provided , however , that if an Event of Bankruptcy (or the occurrence of an event described in clause (a)  of the definition thereof, without the lapse of a period of sixty (60) consecutive days) with respect to Hertz shall have occurred on or before such date of determination, the Series 2013-A Demand Note Payment Amount shall equal (i) on any date of determination until the conclusion or dismissal of the proceedings giving rise to such Event of Bankruptcy without continuing jurisdiction by the court in such proceedings (or on any earlier date upon which the statute of limitations in respect of avoidance actions in such proceedings has run or when such actions otherwise become unavailable to the bankruptcy estate), the Series 2013-A Demand Note Payment Amount as if it were calculated as of the date of the occurrence of such Event of Bankruptcy and (ii) on any date of determination thereafter, $0.

 

Series 2013-A Deposit Date ” means each Business Day on which any Group I Collections are deposited into the Group I Collection Account.

 

Series 2013-A Disbursement ” shall mean any Series 2013-A L/C Credit Disbursement, any Series 2013-A L/C Preference Payment Disbursement, any Series 2013-A L/C Termination Disbursement or any Series 2013-A L/C Unpaid Demand Note Disbursement under the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit or any combination thereof, as the context may require.

 

Series 2013-A Disposed Vehicle Threshold Number ” means (a) for any Determination Date on which the sum of the Group I/II Net Book Values for all Group I/II Eligible Vehicles as of the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding such Determination Date is greater than or equal to $6,000,000,000, 13,500 vehicles, (b) for any Determination Date on which the sum of the Group I/II Net Book Values for all Group I/II Eligible Vehicles as of the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding such Determination Date is less than $6,000,000,000 and greater than or equal to $4,500,000,000, 10,000 vehicles and (c) for any Determination Date on which the sum

 

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of the Group I/II Net Book Values for all Group I/II Eligible Vehicles as of the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding such Determination Date is less than $4,500,000,000, 6,500 vehicles.

 

Series 2013-A Distribution Account ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2(a)(iii) .

 

Series 2013-A Downgrade Event ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.7(b) .

 

Series 2013-A Eligible Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of the Group I Net Book Value as of such date of each Series 2013-A Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle for which the Disposition Date has not occurred as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Eligible Investment Grade Program Receivable Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of all Series 2013-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivables payable to any Group I Leasing Company or the Intermediary, in each case, as of such date by all Series 2013-A Investment Grade Manufacturers.

 

Series 2013-A Eligible Investment Grade Program Vehicle Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of the Group I Net Book Value as of such date of each Series 2013-A Investment Grade Program Vehicle for which the Disposition Date has not occurred as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Eligible Letter of Credit Provider ” means a Person having, at the time of the issuance of the related Series 2013-A Letter of Credit, a long-term senior unsecured debt rating (or the equivalent thereof) of at least “BBB” from DBRS (or if such Person is not rated by DBRS, “Baa2” by Moody’s or “BBB” by S&P); provided that , with respect to any Person issuing any Series 2013-A Letter of Credit, for so long as BMO Capital Markets Corp. is a Funding Agent, Bank of Montreal is a Committed Note Purchaser or Fairway Finance Company, LLC is a Conduit Investor, such issuing Person shall only be a “Series 2013-A Eligible Letter of Credit Provider” if such Person satisfies the Initial Counterparty Required Ratings at the time of issuance of such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

Series 2013-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivable ” means, as of any date of determination:

 

i.                   each Group I Manufacturer Receivable payable to any Group I Leasing Company or the Intermediary by any Group I Manufacturer that has a Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date of at least “A(L)” from DBRS (or, if such Manufacturer does not have a Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date, then a DBRS Equivalent Rating of at least “A(L)”) as of such date pursuant to a Group I Manufacturer Program that, as of such date, has not remained unpaid for more than 150 calendar days past the Disposition Date with respect to the Group I Eligible Vehicle giving rise to such Group I Manufacturer Receivable;

 

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ii.      each Group I Manufacturer Receivable payable to any Group I Leasing Company or the Intermediary by any Group I Manufacturer that (a) has a Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date of (i) less than “A(L)” from DBRS as of such date and (ii) at least “BBB(L)” from DBRS as of such date or (b) if such Group I Manufacturer does not have a Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date, then has a DBRS Equivalent Rating of (i) less than “A(L)” as of such date and (ii) at least “BBB(L)” as of such date, in either such case of the foregoing clause (a) or (b), pursuant to a Group I Manufacturer Program that, as of such date, has not remained unpaid for more than 120 calendar days past the Disposition Date with respect to the Group I Eligible Vehicle giving rise to such Group I Manufacturer Receivable; and

 

iii.     each Group I Manufacturer Receivable payable to any Group I Leasing Company or the Intermediary by a Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Manufacturer or a Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (Low) Manufacturer, in any case, pursuant to a Group I Manufacturer Program, that, as of such date, has not remained unpaid for more than 90 calendar days past the Disposition Date with respect to the Group I Eligible Vehicle giving rise to such Group I Manufacturer Receivable.

 

Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of all Series 2013-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivables payable to any Group I Leasing Company or the Intermediary, in each case, as of such date by all Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Manufacturers.

 

Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (Low) Program Receivable Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of all Series 2013-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivables payable to any Group I Leasing Company or the Intermediary, in each case, as of such date by all Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (Low) Manufacturers.

 

Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of the Group I Net Book Value of each Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle for which the Disposition Date has not occurred as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Program Vehicle Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of the Group I Net Book Value as of such date of each Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Vehicle and each Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (Low) Program Vehicle, in each case, for which the Disposition Date has not occurred as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Eurodollar Tranche ” means that portion of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount purchased or maintained with Advances that bear interest by reference to the Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted).

 

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Series 2013-A Excess Group I Administrator Fee Allocation Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the Series 2013-A Group I Administrator Fee Amount with respect to such Payment Date over (ii) the Series 2013-A Capped Group I Administrator Fee Amount with respect to such Payment Date.

 

Series 2013-A Excess Group I HVF II Operating Expense Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date the excess, if any, of (i) the Series 2013-A Group I HVF II Operating Expense Amount with respect to such Payment Date over (ii) the Series 2013-A Capped Group I HVF II Operating Expense Amount with respect to such Payment Date.

 

Series 2013-A Excess Group I Trustee Fee Allocation Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the Series 2013-A Group I Trustee Fee Amount with respect to such Payment Date over (ii) the Series 2013-A Capped Group I Trustee Fee Amount with respect to such Payment Date.

 

Series 2013-A Excess Principal Event ” shall be deemed to have occurred if, on any date, the Series 2013-A Principal Amount as of such date exceeds the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Failure Percentage ” means, as of any date of determination, a percentage equal to 100% minus the lower of (x) the lowest Series 2013-A Non-Program Vehicle Disposition Proceeds Percentage Average for any Determination Date (including such date of determination) within the preceding twelve (12) calendar months (or such fewer number of months as have elapsed since the Series 2013-A Closing Date) and (y) the lowest Series 2013-A Market Value Average as of any Determination Date within the preceding twelve (12) calendar months (or such fewer number of months as have elapsed since the Series 2013-A Closing Date).

 

Series 2013-A Floating Allocation Percentage ” means, as of any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Series 2013-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount as of such date and the denominator of which is the Group I Aggregate Asset Coverage Threshold Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Group I Administrator Fee Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the Series 2013-A Percentage of fees payable to the Group I Administrator pursuant to the Group I Administration Agreement on such Payment Date.

 

Series 2013-A Group I HVF II Operating Expense Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum (without duplication) of (a) the aggregate amount of Series 2013-A Carrying Charges on such Payment Date (excluding any Series 2013-A Carrying Charges payable to the Series 2013-A Noteholders, the Administrative Agent or the Funding Agents) and (b) the Series 2013-A Percentage of the Group I Carrying Charges, if any, payable by HVF II on such Payment Date (excluding any Group I Carrying Charges payable to the Series 2013-A Noteholders).

 

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Series 2013-A Group I Trustee Fee Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the Series 2013-A Percentage of fees payable to the Trustee with respect to the Group I Notes on such Payment Date.

 

Series 2013-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount ” means, with respect to each Investor Group, the amount set forth and specified as such opposite the name of the Committed Note Purchaser included in such Investor Group on Schedule II hereto.

 

Series 2013-A Initial Principal Amount ” means $2,200,000,000.00.

 

Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2(a)(i) .

 

Series 2013-A Interest Period ” means a period commencing on and including the second Business Day preceding a Determination Date and ending on and including the day preceding the second Business Day preceding the next succeeding Determination Date; provided , however , that the initial Series 2013-A Interest Period shall commence on and include the Series 2013-A Closing Date and end on and include December 15, 2013.

 

Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap ” means any interest rate cap entered into in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.4 , including, the Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap Documents with respect thereto.

 

Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap Documents ” means , with respect to any Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap, the documentation that governs such Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap.

 

Series 2013-A Invested Percentage ” means, on any date of determination:

 

(a)            when used with respect to Group I Principal Collections, the percentage equivalent (which percentage shall never exceed 100%) of a fraction,

 

(i)             the numerator of which shall be equal to:

 

(x) during the Series 2013-A Revolving Period, the Series 2013-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount as of the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Related Month (or, until the end of the initial Related Month after the Series 2013-A Closing Date, on the Series 2013-A Closing Date),

 

(y) during the Series 2013-A Rapid Amortization Period, but prior to the first date on which an Amortization Event has been declared or has automatically occurred with respect to all Series of Group I Notes, the Series 2013-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount as of the close of business on the last day of the Series 2013-A Revolving Period, and

 

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(z) on and after the first date on which an Amortization Event has been declared or automatically occurred with respect to all Series of Group I Notes, the Series 2013-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount as of the close of business on the day immediately prior to such first date on which an Amortization Event has been declared or automatically occurred with respect to all Series of Group I Notes, and

 

(ii)            the denominator of which shall be the Group I Aggregate Asset Coverage Threshold Amount as of the same date used to determine the numerator in clause (i) ;

 

(b)            when used with respect to Group I Interest Collections, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Series 2013-A Accrued Amounts on such date of determination, and the denominator of which shall be the aggregate Group I Accrued Amounts with respect to all Series of Group I Notes on such date of determination.

 

Series 2013-A Investment Grade Manufacturer ” means, as of any date of determination, any Group I Manufacturer that has a Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date of at least “BBB(L)” from DBRS (or, if such Manufacturer does not have a Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date, then a DBRS Equivalent Rating of “BBB(L)”) as of such date; provided that , upon any withdrawal or downgrade of any rating of any Group I Manufacturer by DBRS (or, if such Manufacturer is not rated by DBRS, any Equivalent Rating Agency), such Group I Manufacturer may, in HVF II’s sole discretion, be deemed to have the rating applicable thereto immediately preceding such withdrawal or downgrade (as applicable) by DBRS (or, if such Manufacturer is not rated by DBRS, such DBRS Equivalent Rating) for a period of thirty (30) days following the earlier of (x) the date on which an Authorized Officer of any of the Group I Administrator, any Group I Leasing Company or any Group I Lease Servicer obtains actual knowledge of such withdrawal or downgrade (as applicable) and (y) the date on which the Trustee notifies the Group I Administrator in writing of such withdrawal or downgrade (as applicable).

 

Series 2013-A Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle ” means, as of any date of determination, any Group I Eligible Vehicle manufactured by a Series 2013-A Investment Grade Manufacturer that is not a Series 2013-A Investment Grade Program Vehicle as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Investment Grade Program Vehicle ” means, as of any date of determination, any Group I Program Vehicle manufactured by a Series 2013-A Investment Grade Manufacturer that is subject to a Group I Manufacturer Program on the Group I Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date for such Group I Program Vehicle unless it has been redesignated (and as of such date remains so designated) as a Group I Non-Program Vehicle pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Group I HVF Lease (or such other similar section of another Group I Lease, as applicable) as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2(a) .

 

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Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account Collateral ” means the Series 2013-A Account Collateral with respect to the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account.

 

Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account Surplus ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the lesser of (a) the Series 2013-A Available Cash Collateral Account Amount and (b) the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount over the Series 2013-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount on such Payment Date.

 

Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Percentage ” means, as of any date of determination, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the Series 2013-A Available Cash Collateral Account Amount as of such date and the denominator of which is the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A L/C Credit Disbursement ” means an amount drawn under a Series 2013-A Letter of Credit pursuant to a Series 2013-A Certificate of Credit Demand.

 

Series 2013-A L/C Preference Payment Disbursement ” means an amount drawn under a Series 2013-A Letter of Credit pursuant to a Series 2013-A Certificate of Preference Payment Demand.

 

Series 2013-A L/C Termination Disbursement ” means an amount drawn under a Series 2013-A Letter of Credit pursuant to a Series 2013-A Certificate of Termination Demand.

 

Series 2013-A L/C Unpaid Demand Note Disbursement ” means an amount drawn under a Series 2013-A Letter of Credit pursuant to a Series 2013-A Certificate of Unpaid Demand Note Demand.

 

Series 2013-A Lease Interest Payment Deficit ” means on any Payment Date an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate amount of Group I Interest Collections that pursuant to Section 5.1 would have been deposited into the Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account if all payments of Monthly Variable Rent required to have been made under the Group I Leases from but excluding the preceding Payment Date to and including such Payment Date were made in full over (b) the aggregate amount of Group I Interest Collections that pursuant to Section 5.1(b)  have been received for deposit into the Series 2013-A Interest Collection Account from but excluding the preceding Payment Date to and including such Payment Date.

 

Series 2013-A Lease Payment Deficit ” means either a Series 2013-A Lease Interest Payment Deficit or a Series 2013-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit.

 

Series 2013-A Lease Principal Payment Carryover Deficit ” means (a) for the initial Payment Date, zero and (b) for any other Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (x) the Series 2013-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit, if any, on the preceding Payment

 

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Date over (y) all amounts deposited into the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account on or prior to such Payment Date on account of such Series 2013-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit.

 

Series 2013-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit ” means on any Payment Date the sum of (a) the Series 2013-A Monthly Lease Principal Payment Deficit for such Payment Date and (b) the Series 2013-A Lease Principal Payment Carryover Deficit for such Payment Date.

 

Series 2013-A Letter of Credit ” means an irrevocable letter of credit, substantially in the form of Exhibit I to this Series 2013-A Supplement issued by a Series 2013-A Eligible Letter of Credit Provider in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Series 2013-A Noteholders; provided that , any Series 2013-A Letter of Credit issued after the Series 2013-A Closing Date not substantially in the form of Exhibit I to this Series 2013-A Supplement shall be subject to the satisfaction of the Series 2013-A Rating Agency Condition and the written consent of the Series 2013-A Required Noteholders.

 

Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the lesser of (a) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount available to be drawn as of such date under the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit, as specified therein, and (ii) if the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded pursuant to Section 4.2(a)(ii) , the Series 2013-A Available L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount as of such date and (b) the aggregate undrawn principal amount of the Series 2013-A Demand Note as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-A Letter of Credit, the expiration date set forth in such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit, as such date may be extended in accordance with the terms of such Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount available to be drawn as of such date under each Series 2013-A Letter of Credit, as specified therein, and (b) if a Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established pursuant to Section 4.2(a)(ii) , the Series 2013-A Available L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider ” means each issuer of a Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement ” means any and each reimbursement agreement providing for the reimbursement of a Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider for draws under its Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

Series 2013-A Liquid Enhancement Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount and (b) the Series 2013-A Available Reserve Account Amount as of such date.

 

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Series 2013-A Liquid Enhancement Deficiency ” means, as of any date of determination, the Series 2013-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount is less than the Series 2013-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Liquidation Event ” means, so long as such event or condition continues, (a) any Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes described in clauses (a) , (b) , (d) , (h)  through (k) , (n) , (o) , (p)  (with respect to a failure to comply by the Group I Administrator), (r) , (s) , (t)  or (v)  of Section 7.1 of this Series 2013-A Supplement that continues for thirty (30) consecutive days (without double counting the cure period, if any, provided therein) after declaration thereof (whether by notice or automatic), (b) any Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes described in Section 7.1(c)  of this Series 2013-A Supplement, any Additional Group I Leasing Company Liquidation Event or any Amortization Event specified in clauses (a) or (b) of Article IX of the Group I Supplement or (c) any Series 2013-B Liquidation Event.  Each Series 2013-A Liquidation Event shall be a “Group I Liquidation Event” with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes.

 

Series 2013-A Manufacturer Amount ” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any Group I Manufacturer, the sum of:

 

i.         the aggregate Group I Net Book Value of all Group I Eligible Vehicles manufactured by such Group I Manufacturer as of such date; and

 

ii.    the aggregate amount of all Series 2013-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivables with respect to such Group I Manufacturer.

 

Series 2013-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount ” means, with respect to any Group I Manufacturer as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Manufacturer Amount with respect to such Group I Manufacturer as of such date over the Series 2013-A Maximum Manufacturer Amount with respect to such Group I Manufacturer as of such date; provided that , for purposes of calculating such excess as of any such date (i) the Group I Net Book Value of any Group I Eligible Vehicle included in the Series 2013-A Manufacturer Amount for the Group I Manufacturer of such Group I Eligible Vehicle for purposes of calculating the Series 2013-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount and designated by HVF II to constitute Series 2013-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amounts, as of such date, shall not be included in the Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Amount for purposes of calculating the Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amount as of such date, (ii) the Group I Net Book Value of any Group I Eligible Vehicle included in the Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Amount for purposes of calculating the Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amount and designated by HVF II to constitute Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amounts as of such date, shall not be included in the Series 2013-A Manufacturer Amount for the Group I Manufacturer of such Group I Eligible Vehicle for purposes of calculating the Series 2013-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount, as of such date, (iii) the amount of any Series 2013-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivables included in the Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount for

 

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purposes of calculating the Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amount and designated by HVF II to constitute Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amounts as of such date, shall not be included in the Series 2013-A Manufacturer Amount for the Group I Manufacturer with respect to such Series 2013-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivable for purposes of calculating the Series 2013-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount, as of such date, and (iv) the determination of which Group I Eligible Vehicles (or the Group I Net Book Value thereof) or Series 2013-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivables are to be designated as constituting (A) Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amounts, (B) Series 2013-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amounts and (C) Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amounts, in each case as of such date shall be made iteratively by HVF II in its reasonable discretion.

 

Series 2013-A Manufacturer Percentage ” means, for any Group I Manufacturer listed in the table below, the percentage set forth opposite such Manufacturer in such table.

 

Group I Manufacturer

 

Series 2013-A Manufacturer Percentage

 

Audi

 

12.5

 

BMW

 

12.5

 

Chrysler

 

55.0

 

Fiat

 

35.0

 

Ford

 

55.0

 

GM

 

55.0

 

Honda

 

55.0

 

Hyundai

 

55.0

 

Jaguar

 

12.5

 

Kia

 

35.0

 

Land Rover

 

12.5

 

Lexus

 

12.5

 

Mazda

 

35.0

 

Mercedes

 

12.5

 

 

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Group I Manufacturer

 

Series 2013-A Manufacturer Percentage

 

Mini

 

12.5

 

Mitsubishi

 

12.5

 

Nissan

 

55.0

 

Smart

 

12.5

 

Subaru

 

12.5

 

Toyota

 

55.0

 

Volkswagen

 

55.0

 

Volvo

 

35.0

 

Any other individual Manufacturer

 

3.0

 

 

Series 2013-A Market Value Average ” means, as of any date of determination, the percentage equivalent (not to exceed 100%) of a fraction, the numerator of which is the average of the Series 2013-A Non-Program Fleet Market Value as of the three preceding Determination Dates and the denominator of which is the average of the aggregate Group I/II Net Book Value of all Group I/II Non-Program Vehicles as of such three preceding Determination Dates.

 

Series 2013-A Maximum Manufacturer Amount ” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any Group I Manufacturer, an amount equal to the product of (a) the Series 2013-A Manufacturer Percentage for such Group I Manufacturer and (b) the Group I Aggregate Asset Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Maximum Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount ” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Manufacturer, an amount equal to 7.5% of the Group I Aggregate Asset Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Maximum Non-Liened Vehicle Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the product of (a) 0.50% and (b) the Group I Aggregate Asset Amount.

 

Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount ” means $2,446,653,540.00; provided that such amount may be (i) reduced at any time and from time to time by HVF II upon notice to each Series 2013-A Noteholder, the Administrative Agent, each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser in accordance with the terms of this Series 2013-A Supplement, or (ii) increased at any time and from time to time upon (a) an Additional Investor Group becoming party to this Series 2013-A Supplement in

 

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accordance with the terms hereof or (b) the effective date for any Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase.

 

Series 2013-A Measurement Month ” on any Determination Date, means each complete calendar month, or the smallest number of consecutive complete calendar months preceding such Determination Date, in which at least the Series 2013-A Disposed Vehicle Threshold Number Vehicles were sold to unaffiliated third parties ( provided that , HVF II, in its sole discretion, may exclude salvage sales); provided, however, that no calendar month included in a single Series 2013-A Measurement Month shall be included in any other Series 2013-A Measurement Month.

 

Series 2013-A Monthly Default Interest Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) an amount equal to the product of (x) 2.0%, (y) the result of (a) the sum of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount as of each day during the related Series 2013-A Interest Period (after giving effect to any increases or decreases to the Series 2013-A Principal Amount on such day) during which an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes has occurred and is continuing divided by (b) the actual number of days in the related Series 2013-A Interest Period during which an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes has occurred and is continuing, and (z) the result of (a) the actual number of days in the related Series 2013-A Interest Period during which an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes has occurred and is continuing divided by (b) 360 plus (ii) all previously due and unpaid amounts described in clause (i) with respect to prior Series 2013-A Interest Periods (together with interest on such unpaid amounts required to be paid in this clause (ii) at the rate specified in clause (i)).

 

Series 2013-A Monthly Interest Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the sum of:

 

(i)             the Series 2013-A Daily Interest Amount for each day in the Series 2013-A Interest Period ending on the Determination Date related to such Payment Date; plus

 

(ii)            all previously due and unpaid amounts described in clause (i)  with respect to prior Series 2013-A Interest Periods (together with interest on such unpaid amounts required to be paid in this clause (ii)  at the Series 2013-A Note Rate); plus

 

(iii)           the Undrawn Fee with respect to each Investor Group for such Payment Date; plus

 

(iv)           the Program Fee with respect to each Investor Group for such Payment Date; plus

 

(v)            the CP True-Up Payment Amounts, if any, owing to each Series 2013-A Noteholder on such Payment Date.

 

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Series 2013-A Monthly Lease Principal Payment Deficit ” means on any Payment Date an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate amount of Group I Principal Collections that pursuant to Section 5.1 would have been deposited into the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account if all payments required to have been made under the Group I Leases from but excluding the preceding Payment Date to and including such Payment Date were made in full over (b) the aggregate amount of Group I Principal Collections that pursuant to Section 5.1 have been received for deposit into the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account from but excluding the preceding Payment Date to and including such Payment Date.

 

Series 2013-A MTM/DT Advance Rate Adjustment ” means, as of any date of determination,

 

i.                   with respect to the Series 2013-A Eligible Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount, a percentage equal to the product of (i) the Series 2013-A Failure Percentage as of such date and (ii) the Series 2013-A Concentration Adjusted Advance Rate with respect to the Series 2013-A Eligible Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount, in each case as of such date;

 

ii.                with respect to the Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount, a percentage equal to the product of (i) the Series 2013-A Failure Percentage as of such date and (ii) the Series 2013-A Concentration Adjusted Advance Rate with respect to the Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount, in each case as of such date; and

 

iii.             with respect to any other Series 2013-A AAA Component, zero

 

Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Manufacturer ” means, as of any date of determination, any Group I Manufacturer that (a) has a Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date of (i) less than “BBB(L)” from DBRS and (ii) at least “BB(L)” from DBRS, or (b)  if such Manufacturer does not have a Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date, then has a DBRS Equivalent Rating of (i) less than “BBB(L)” as of such date and (ii) at least “BB(L)” as of such date; provided that , upon any withdrawal or downgrade of any rating of any Group I Manufacturer by DBRS (or, if such Manufacturer is not rated by DBRS, any Equivalent Rating Agency), such Group I Manufacturer may, in HVF II’s sole discretion, be deemed to have the rating applicable thereto immediately preceding such withdrawal or downgrade (as applicable) by DBRS (or, if such Manufacturer is not rated by DBRS, such Equivalent Rating Agency) for a period of thirty (30) days following the earlier of (x) the date on which an Authorized Officer of any of the Group I Administrator, any Group I Leasing Company or any Group I Lease Servicer obtains actual knowledge of such withdrawal or downgrade (as applicable) and (y) the date on which the Trustee notifies the Group I Administrator in writing of such withdrawal or downgrade (as applicable).

 

Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amount ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-A Non-

 

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Investment Grade (High) Manufacturer, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount with respect to such Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Manufacturer as of such date over the Series 2013-A Maximum Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount with respect to such Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Manufacturer as of such date; provided that , for purposes of calculating such excess as of any such date (i) the amount of any Series 2013-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivables with respect to any Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Manufacturer included in the Series 2013-A Manufacturer Amount for purposes of calculating the Series 2013-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount and designated by HVF II to constitute Series 2013-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amounts as of such date, shall not be included in the Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount for purposes of calculating the Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amount, as of such date and (ii) the determination of which receivables are to be designated as constituting (A) Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amounts and (B) Series 2013-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amounts, in each case as of such date, shall be made iteratively by HVF II in its reasonable discretion.

 

Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Vehicle ” means, as of any date of determination, any Group I Program Vehicle manufactured by a Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Manufacturer that is or was subject to a Group I Manufacturer Program on the Group I Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date for such Group I Program Vehicle unless it has been redesignated (and as of such date remains so designated) as a Group I Non-Program Vehicle pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Group I HVF Lease (or such other similar section of another Group I Lease, as applicable) as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (Low) Manufacturer ” means, as of any date of determination, any Group I Manufacturer that has a Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date of less than “BB(L)” from DBRS (or, if such Manufacturer does not have a Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date, a DBRS Equivalent Rating of “BB(L)”) as of such date; provided that , upon any withdrawal or downgrade of any rating of any Group I Manufacturer by DBRS (or, if such Manufacturer is not rated by DBRS, any DBRS Equivalent Rating), such Group I Manufacturer may, in HVF II’s sole discretion, be deemed to have the rating applicable thereto immediately preceding such withdrawal or downgrade (as applicable) DBRS (or, if such Manufacturer is not rated by DBRS, such Equivalent Rating Agency) for a period of thirty (30) days following the earlier of (x) the date on which any of the Group I Administrator, any Group I Leasing Company or any Group I Lease Servicer obtains actual knowledge of such withdrawal or downgrade (as applicable) and (y) the date on which the Trustee notifies the Group I Administrator in writing of such withdrawal or downgrade (as applicable).

 

Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (Low) Program Vehicle ” means, as of any date of determination, any Group I Program Vehicle manufactured by a Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (Low) Manufacturer that is or was subject to a Group I Manufacturer Program on the Group I Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date for

 

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such Group I Program Vehicle unless it has been redesignated (and as of such date remains so designated) as a Group I Non-Program Vehicle pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Group I HVF Lease (or such other similar section of another Group I Lease, as applicable) as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle ” means, as of any date of determination, any Group I Eligible Vehicle that (i) was manufactured by a Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Manufacturer or a Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (Low) Manufacturer and (ii) is not a Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Vehicle or a Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (Low) Program Vehicle, in each case as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of the Group I Net Book Value as of such date of each Group I Eligible Vehicle for which the Disposition Date has not occurred as of such date and with respect to which the Certificate of Title does not note the Collateral Agent as the first lienholder (and, the Certificate of Title with respect to which has not been submitted to the appropriate state authorities for such notation or the fees due in respect of such notation have not yet been paid).

 

Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Amount as of such date over the Series 2013-A Maximum Non-Liened Vehicle Amount as of such date; provided that , for purposes of calculating such excess as of any such date (i) the Group I Net Book Value of any Group I Eligible Vehicle included in the Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Amount for purposes of calculating the Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amount and designated by HVF II to constitute Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amounts, as of such date, shall not be included in the Series 2013-A Manufacturer Amount for the Group I Manufacturer of such Group I Eligible Vehicle for purposes of calculating the Series 2013-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount, as of such date, (ii) the Group I Net Book Value of any Group I Eligible Vehicle included in the Series 2013-A Manufacturer Amount for the Group I Manufacturer of such Group I Eligible Vehicle for purposes of calculating the Series 2013-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount and designated by HVF II to constitute Series 2013-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amounts, as of such date, shall not be included in the Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Amount for purposes of calculating the Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amount as of such date, and (iii) the determination of which Group I Eligible Vehicles (or the Group I Net Book Value thereof) are to be designated as constituting (A) Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amounts and (B) Series 2013-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amounts, in each case as of such date shall be made iteratively by HVF II in its reasonable discretion.

 

Series 2013-A Non-Program Fleet Market Value ” means, with respect to all Group I/II Non-Program Vehicles as of any date of determination, the sum of the respective Series 2013-A Third-Party Market Values of each such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle as of such date.

 

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Series 2013-A Non-Program Vehicle Disposition Proceeds Percentage Average ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-A Measurement Month, commencing with the third Series 2013-A Measurement Month following the Series 2013-A Closing Date, the percentage equivalent (not to exceed 100%) of a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate amount of Disposition Proceeds paid or payable in respect of all Group I/II Non-Program Vehicles that are sold to unaffiliated third parties (excluding salvage sales) during such Series 2013-A Measurement Month and the two Series 2013-A Measurement Months preceding such Series 2013-A Measurement Month and the denominator of which is the excess, if any, of the aggregate Group I/II Net Book Values of such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicles on the dates of their respective sales over the aggregate Group I/II Final Base Rent with respect such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicles.

 

Series 2013-A Note Rate ” means, for any Series 2013-A Interest Period, the weighted average of the sum of (a) the weighted average (by outstanding principal balance) of the CP Rates applicable to the Series 2013-A CP Tranche, (b) the Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted) applicable to the Series 2013-A Eurodollar Tranche and (c) the Series 2013-A Base Rate applicable to the Series 2013-A Base Rate Tranche, in each case, for such Series 2013-A Interest Period; provided , however , that the Series 2013-A Note Rate will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.

 

Series 2013-A Noteholder ” means each Person in whose name a Series 2013-A Note is registered in the Note Register.

 

Series 2013-A Note Repurchase Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.1 .

 

Series 2013-A Notes ” means any one of the Series 2013-A Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, executed by HVF II and authenticated by or on behalf of the Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

 

Series 2013-A Notice of Reduction ” means a notice in the form of Annex G to a Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

Series 2013-A Past Due Rent Payment ” means, (a) with respect to any Past Due Rent Payment in respect of a Series 2013-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit, an amount equal to the Series 2013-A Invested Percentage with respect to Group I Principal Collections (as of the Payment Date on which such Series 2013-A Lease Payment Deficit occurred) of such Past Due Rent Payment and (b) with respect to any Past Due Rent Payment in respect of a Series 2013-A Lease Interest Payment Deficit, an amount equal to the Series 2013-A Invested Percentage with respect to Group I Interest Collections (as of the Payment Date on which such Series 2013-A Lease Payment Deficit occurred) of such Past Due Rent Payment.

 

Series 2013-A Payment Date Available Interest Amount ” means, with respect to each Series 2013-A Interest Period, the sum of the Series 2013-A Daily Interest Allocations for each Series 2013-A Deposit Date in such Series 2013-A Interest Period.

 

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Series 2013-A Payment Date Interest Amount ” means, with respect to each Payment Date, the sum (without duplication) of the amounts payable pursuant to Sections 5.3(a)  through (e)  and (g)  through (i) .

 

Series 2013-A Percentage ” means, as of any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Series 2013-A Principal Amount as of such date and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Group I Principal Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Permitted Liens ” means (i) Liens for current taxes not delinquent or for taxes being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP, (ii) mechanics’, materialmen’s, landlords’, warehousemen’s and carriers’ Liens, and other Liens imposed by law, securing obligations that are not more than thirty (30) days past due or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP and (iii) Liens in favor of the Trustee pursuant to any Series 2013-A Related Document and Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement.  Series 2013-A Permitted Liens shall be “Series Permitted Liens” with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes.

 

Series 2013-A Principal Amount ” means, when used with respect to any date, an amount equal to the sum of the Investor Group Principal Amount as of such date with respect to each Investor Group as of such date; provided that , during the Series 2013-A Revolving Period, for purposes of determining whether or not the Requisite Indenture Investors, Requisite Group I Investors or Series 2013-A Required Noteholders have given any consent, waiver, direction or instruction, the Series 2013-A Principal Amount held by each Series 2013-A Noteholder shall be deemed to include, without double counting, such Series 2013-A Noteholder’s undrawn portion of the “Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount” ( i.e ., the unutilized purchase commitments under this Series 2013-A Supplement) for such Series 2013-A Noteholder’s Investor Group.  The Series 2013-A Principal Amount shall be the “Principal Amount” with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes.

 

Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2(a)  of this Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the amount of cash on deposit in and Permitted Investments credited to the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Rapid Amortization Period ” means the period beginning on the earlier to occur of (i) the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Expected Final Payment Date and (ii) the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which an Amortization Event is deemed to have occurred with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes, and ending upon the earlier to occur of

 

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(i) the date on which (A) the Series 2013-A Notes are paid in full and (B) the termination of this Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

Series 2013-A Rating Agency Condition ” means (a) the notification in writing by each Rating Agency then rating any Series 2013-A Notes that a proposed action will not result in a reduction or withdrawal by such Rating Agency of the rating or credit risk assessment of such Class, or (b) each Rating Agency then rating any Series 2013-A Notes shall have been given notice of such event at least ten (10) days prior to the occurrence of such event (or, if ten day’s advance notice is impracticable, as much advance notice as is practicable) and such Rating Agency shall not have issued any written notice prior to the occurrence of such event that the occurrence of such event will itself cause such Rating Agency to downgrade, qualify, or withdraw its rating assigned to such Class.  The Series 2013-A Rating Agency Condition shall be the “Rating Agency Condition” with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes.

 

Series 2013-A Related Documents ” means the Base Related Documents, the Group I Related Documents, this Series 2013-A Supplement, each Series 2013-A Demand Note, the Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap Documents, the Group I Back-Up Administration Agreement and the Group I Back-Up Disposition Agreement.

 

Series 2013-A Remainder AAA Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of:

 

(a) the Group I Aggregate Asset Amount as of such date over

 

(b) the sum of:

 

(i) the Series 2013-A Eligible Investment Grade Program Vehicle Amount as of such date,

 

(ii) the Series 2013-A Eligible Investment Grade Program Receivable Amount as of such date,

 

(iii), the Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Program Vehicle Amount as of such date,

 

(iv) the Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount as of such date,

 

(v) the Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (Low) Program Receivable Amount as of such date,

 

(vi) the Series 2013-A Eligible Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount as of such date,

 

(vii) the Series 2013-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount as of such date,

 

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(viii) the Group I Cash Amount as of such date, and

 

(ix) the Group I Due and Unpaid Lease Payment Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the product of (a) 2.0000% and (b) the Series 2013-A Adjusted Principal Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Required Noteholders ” means Series 2013-A Noteholders holding more than 50% of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount (excluding any Series 2013-A Notes held by HVF II or any Affiliate of HVF II (other than Series 2013-A Notes held by an Affiliate Issuer)).  The Series 2013-A Required Noteholders shall be the “Required Series Noteholders” with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes.

 

Series 2013-A Required Reserve Account Amount ” means, with respect to any date of determination, an amount equal to the greater of:

 

(a) the excess, if any, of

 

(i) the Series 2013-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount over

 

(ii) the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount, in each case, as of such date,

 

excluding from the calculation of such excess the amount available to be drawn under any Series 2013-A Defaulted Letter of Credit as of such date, and:

 

(b) the excess, if any, of:

 

(i) the Series 2013-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount (excluding therefrom the Series 2013-A Available Reserve Account Amount) over

 

(ii) the Series 2013-A Asset Amount, in each case as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Reserve Account ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2(a)  of this Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

Series 2013-A Reserve Account Collateral ” means the Series 2013-A Account Collateral with respect to the Series 2013-A Reserve Account.

 

Series 2013-A Reserve Account Deficiency Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Required Reserve Account Amount for such date over the Series 2013-A Available Reserve Account Amount for such date.

 

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Series 2013-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.4(a) .

 

Series 2013-A Reserve Account Legal Final Withdrawal Shortfall ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.4(c) .

 

Series 2013-A Reserve Account Principal Withdrawal Shortfall ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.4(b) .

 

Series 2013-A Reserve Account Surplus ” means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Available Reserve Account Amount (after giving effect to any deposits thereto and withdrawals and releases therefrom on such date) over the Series 2013-A Required Reserve Account Amount, in each case, as of such date.

 

Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date ” means October 31, 2014.

 

Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date Principal Payment ” means, with respect to any Series 2013-A Noteholder, the amount specified as such on Schedule II hereto with respect to such Series 2013-A Noteholder.

 

Series 2013-A Revolving Period ” means the period from and including the Series 2013-A Closing Date to the earlier of (i) the Series 2013-A Commitment Termination Date and (ii) the commencement of the Series 2013-A Rapid Amortization Period.

 

Series 2013-A Supplement ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.

 

Series 2013-A Supplemental Indenture ” means a supplement to the Series 2013-A Supplement complying (to the extent applicable) with the terms of Section 11.10 of this Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

Series 2013-A Third-Party Market Value ” means, with respect to each Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle, as of any date of determination during a calendar month:

 

(a)          if the Series 2013-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures have been completed for such month, then

 

(i)              the Monthly NADA Mark, if any, for such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle obtained in such calendar month in accordance with such Series 2013-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures;

 

(ii)           if, pursuant to the Series 2013-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures, no Monthly NADA Mark for such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle was obtained in such calendar month, then the Monthly Blackbook Mark, if any, for such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle obtained in such calendar

 

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month in accordance with such Series 2013-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures; and

 

(iii)        if, pursuant to the Series 2013-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures, neither a Monthly NADA Mark nor a Monthly Blackbook Mark for such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle was obtained for such calendar month (regardless of whether such value was not obtained because (A) neither a Monthly NADA Mark nor a Monthly Blackbook Mark was obtained in undertaking the Series 2013-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures or (B) such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle experienced its Group I/II Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date on or after the first day of such calendar month), then the Group I Administrator’s reasonable estimation of the fair market value of such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle as of such date of determination; and

 

(b)          until the Series 2013-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures have been completed for such calendar month:

 

(i)              if such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle experienced its Group I/II Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date prior to the first day of such calendar month, the Series 2013-A Third-Party Market Value obtained in the immediately preceding calendar month, in accordance with the Series 2013-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures for such immediately preceding calendar month, and

 

(ii)           if such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle experienced its Group I/II Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date on or after the first day of such calendar month, then the Group I Administrator’s reasonable estimation of the fair market value of such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle as of such date of determination.

 

Series 2013-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures ” means, with respect to each calendar month and each Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle, on or prior to the Determination Date for such calendar month:

 

(a)          HVF II shall make one attempt (or cause the Group I Administrator to make one attempt) to obtain a Monthly NADA Mark for each Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle that was a Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle as of the first day of such calendar month, and

 

(b)          if no Monthly NADA Mark was obtained for any such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle described in clause (a)  above upon such attempt, then HVF II shall make one attempt (or cause the Group I Administrator to make one attempt) to obtain a Monthly Blackbook Mark for any such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle.

 

Series 2013-B Addendum ” means an “Addendum” under and as defined in the Series 2013-B Supplement.

 

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Series 2013-B Additional Investor Group ” means an “Additional Investor Group” under and as defined in the Series 2013-B Supplement.

 

Series 2013-B Amortization Event ” means an “Amortization Event” under and as defined in the Series 2013-B Supplement and only with respect to the Series 2013-B Notes; provided that , a Series 2013-B Amortization Event shall only be deemed to have occurred to the extent such “Amortization Event” shall have been deemed to occur or been declared, in either case in accordance with Section 7.2 of the Series 2013-B Supplement.

 

Series 2013-B Commitment Percentage ” means “Commitment Percentage” under and as defined in the Series 2013-B Supplement.

 

Series 2013-B Distribution Account ” has the meaning specified in the Series 2013-B Supplement.

 

Series 2013-B Investor Group ” means an “Investor Group” under and as defined in the Series 2013-B Supplement.

 

Series 2013-B Investor Group Principal Amount ” means “Investor Group Principal Amount” under and as defined in the Series 2013-B Supplement.

 

Series 2013-B Liquidation Event ” has the meaning specified in the Series 2013-B Supplement.

 

Series 2013-B Maximum Principal Amount ” has the meaning specified in the Series 2013-B Supplement.

 

Series 2013-B Notes ” has the meaning specified in the Series 2013-B Supplement.

 

Series 2013-B Potential Terminated Purchaser ” means a “Potential Terminated Purchaser” under and as defined in the Series 2013-B Supplement.

 

Series 2013-B Principal Amount ” has the meaning specified in the Series 2013-B Supplement.

 

Series 2013-B Rapid Amortization Period ” has the meaning specified in the Series 2013-B Supplement.

 

Series 2013-B Supplement ” means that certain Series 2013-B Supplement to the Group II Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2013, by and among HVF II, the Group II Administrator, the Trustee, and the various “Conduit Investors”, “Committed Note Purchasers” and “Funding Agents” from time to time party thereto.

 

Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

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Series 2013-G1 Administrator ” has the meaning set forth in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Administrator Default ” has the meaning set forth in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Back-Up Administration Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Noteholder ” has the meaning set forth in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2014-A Amortization Event ” means an “Amortization Event” under and as defined in the Series 2014-A Supplement and only with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes; provided that , a Series 2014-A Amortization Event shall only be deemed to have occurred to the extent such “Amortization Event” shall have been deemed to occur or been declared, in either case in accordance with Section 7.2 of the Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

Series 2014-A Supplement ” means that certain Series 2014-A Supplement to the Group I Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014, by and among HVF II, the Group I Administrator, the Trustee, and the various “Conduit Investors”, “Committed Note Purchasers” and “Funding Agents” from time to time party thereto.

 

Series-Specific 2013-A Collateral ” means each Series 2013-A Interest Rate Caps, each Series 2013-A Letter of Credit, the Series 2013-A Account Collateral with respect to each Series 2013-A Account and each Series 2013-A Demand Note.  The Series-Specific 2013-A Collateral shall be the “Group I Series-Specific Collateral” with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes.

 

Specified Bankruptcy Opinion Provisions ” means the provisions contained in the legal opinions delivered in connection with the issuance of the Series 2013-A Notes or, if applicable, amendments to any Series 2013-A Related Documents, in each case relating to the non-substantive consolidation of Hertz and HGI on the one hand, and each Group I Leasing Company, HVF II and Hertz Vehicles LLC, on the other hand.

 

Specified Cost Section ” means Sections 3.5 , 3.6 , 3.7 and/or 3.8 .

 

Subsidiary ” of any Person means any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock or other equity interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person or (ii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

Taxes ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.8(a) .

 

Term ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.6(a) .

 

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Terminated Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2(a) .

 

Transferee ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.3(e) .

 

Undrawn Fee ” means:

 

(a)          with respect to each Payment Date on or prior to the Series 2013-A Commitment Termination Date and each Investor Group, an amount equal to the sum with respect to each day in the Series 2013-A Interest Period of the product of:

 

i.                   the Undrawn Fee Rate for such Investor Group for such day, and

 

ii.                the excess, if any, of (i) the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount for the related Investor Group over (ii) the Investor Group Principal Amount for the related Investor Group (after giving effect to all Advances and Decreases on such day), in each case for such day, and

 

iii.             1/360, and

 

(b)          with respect to each Payment Date following the Series 2013-A Commitment Termination Date, zero.

 

Undrawn Fee Rate ” has the meaning specified in the Program Fee Letter.

 

Up-Front Fee ” for each Committed Note Purchaser has the meaning specified in the Up-Front Fee Letter, if any, for such Committed Note Purchaser.

 

Up-Front Fee Letter ” means, with respect to a Committed Note Purchaser, if applicable, that certain fee letter dated as of the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date, by and among such Committed Note Purchaser, the Administrative Agent and HVF II setting forth the definition of Up-Front Fee for such Committed Note Purchaser.

 

Voluntary Decrease ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(c) .

 

Voluntary Decrease Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(c) .

 

Voting Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, shares of Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors to the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such Person.

 

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SCHEDULE II

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $283,858,267.72

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $294,334,260.45

Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date Principal Payment: $83,070,660.86

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $182,480,314.96

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount $239,146,586.62

Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date Principal Payment: $67,494,910.79

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

 

LIBERTY STREET FUNDING LLC, as a Conduit Investor

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, acting through its New York Agency, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $202,755,905.51

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100%

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $183,958,912.78
Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date Principal Payment: $51,919,163.66

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser, for LIBERTY STREET FUNDING LLC, as a Conduit Investor

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $202,755,905.51

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $183,958,912.78

Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date Principal Payment: $51,919,163.66

BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

 



 

FAIRWAY FINANCE COMPANY, LLC, as a Conduit Investor

BANK OF MONTREAL, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $202,755,905.51

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $183,958,912.78

Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date Principal Payment: $51,919,163.66

BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP., as a Funding Agent, for FAIRWAY FINANCE COMPANY LLC, as a Conduit Investor, and BANK OF MONTREAL, as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

ATLANTIC ASSET SECURITIZATION LLC, as a Conduit Investor

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $202,755,905.51

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $183,958,912.78

Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date Principal Payment: $51,919,163.66

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser, for ATLANTIC ASSET SECURITIZATION LLC, as a Conduit Investor

 

VERSAILLES ASSETS LLC, as a Conduit Investor

VERSAILLES ASSETS LLC, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $162,204,724.41

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $147,167,130.23

Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date Principal Payment: $41,535,330.93

NATIXIS NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Funding Agent, for VERSAILLES ASSETS LLC, as a Conduit Investor and a Committed Note Purchaser

 

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC , as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $202,755,905.51

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $183,958,912.78

Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date Principal Payment: $51,919,163.66

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC , as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

 

SUNTRUST BANK, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $202,755,905.51

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $183,958,912.78

Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date Principal Payment: $51,919,163.66

SUNTRUST BANK, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

 

OLD LINE FUNDING, LLC, as a Conduit Investor

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Committed Note Purchaser

 



 

Series 2013-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $202,755,905.51

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $183,958,912.78

Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date Principal Payment: $51,919,163.66

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser, for OLD LINE FUNDING, LLC, as a Conduit Investor

 

STARBIRD FUNDING CORPORATION, as a Conduit Investor

BNP PARIBAS, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $121,653,543.31

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $110,375,347.67

Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date Principal Payment: $31,151,498.18

BNP PARIBAS, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser, for STARBIRD FUNDING CORPORATION, as a Conduit Investor

 

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA , as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $202,755,905.51

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $183,958,912.78

Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date Principal Payment: $51,919,163.66

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA , as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

 

GRESHAM RECEIVABLES (NO. 29) LTD, as a Conduit Investor

GRESHAM RECEIVABLES (NO. 29) LTD, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $202,755,905.51

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $183,958,912.78

Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date Principal Payment: $51,919,163.66

LLOYDS BANK PLC, as a Funding Agent, for GRESHAM RECEIVABLES (NO. 29) LTD, as a Conduit Investor and a Committed Note Purchaser

 



 

SCHEDULE III

 

Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap Amortization Schedule

 

Date of Determination Occurring During
Period Set Forth Below

 

Notional Amount of Series 2013-A
Interest Rate Caps as Percentage of
Series 2013-A Maximum Principal
Amount

 

On or prior to Expected Final Payment Date plus one Payment Date

 

100.00

%

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus one Payment Date but on or prior to (y) Expected Final Payment Date plus two Payment Dates

 

91.67

%

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus two Payment Dates but on or prior to (y) Expected Final Payment Date plus three Payment Dates

 

83.33

%

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus three Payment Dates but on or prior to (y) Expected Final Payment Date plus four Payment Dates

 

75.00

%

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus four Payment Dates but on or prior to (y) Expected Final Payment Date plus five Payment Dates

 

66.67

%

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus five Payment Dates but on or prior to (y) Expected Final Payment Date plus six Payment Dates

 

58.33

%

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus six Payment Dates but on or prior to (y) Expected Final Payment Date plus seven Payment Dates

 

50.00

%

 



 

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus seven Payment Dates but on or prior to (y) Expected Final Payment Date plus eight Payment Dates

 

41.67

%

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus eight Payment Dates but on or prior to (y) Expected Final Payment Date plus nine Payment Dates

 

33.33

%

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus nine Payment Dates but on or prior to (y) Expected Final Payment Date plus ten Payment Dates

 

25.00

%

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus ten Payment Dates but on or prior to (y) Expected Final Payment Date plus eleven Payment Dates

 

16.67

%

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus eleven Payment Dates but on or prior to (y) Legal Final Payment Date

 

8.33

%

After Legal Final Payment Date

 

0

%

 

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ANNEX 1

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

1.                                       HVF II .  HVF II represents and warrants to each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser that each of its representations and warranties in the Series 2013-A Related Documents is true and correct as of the date hereof (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date) and further represents and warrants to such parties that:

 

a.               no Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, in each case with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes, is continuing;

 

b.               assuming each Conduit Investor or other purchaser of the Series 2013-A Notes hereunder is not purchasing with a view toward further distribution and there has been no general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of the Securities Act, and further assuming that the representations and warranties of each Conduit Investor set forth in Article VI are true and correct, the offer and sale of the Series 2013-A Notes in the manner contemplated by this Series 2013-A Supplement is a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and the Group I Indenture is not required to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act;

 

c.                on the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date, HVF II has furnished to the Administrative Agent true, accurate and complete copies of all Series 2013-A Related Documents to which it is a party as of the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date, all of which are in full force and effect as of the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date;

 

d.               as of the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date, none of the written information furnished by HVF II, Hertz or any of its Affiliates, agents or representatives to the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers, the Administrative Agent or the Funding Agents for purposes of or in connection with this Series 2013-A Supplement, including any information relating to the Series 2013-A Collateral, taken as a whole, is inaccurate in any material respect, or contains any material misstatement of fact, or omits to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading, in each case as of the date such information was stated or certified unless such information has been superseded by subsequently delivered information; and

 

e.                HVF II is not, and is not controlled by, an “investment company” within the meaning of, and is not required to register as an “investment company” under, the Investment Company Act.  In reaching this conclusion, although other statutory or regulatory exemptions under the Investment

 



 

                        Company Act may be available, HVF II has relied on the exemption from registration set forth in Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act.

 

2.               Group I Administrator .  The Group I Administrator represents and warrants to each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser that each representation and warranty made by it in each Series 2013-A Related Document, is true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date).

 

3.               Conduit Investors and Committed Note Purchasers .  Each of the Conduit Investors and each of the Committed Note Purchasers represents and warrants to HVF II and the Group I Administrator, as of the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date (or, with respect to each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser that becomes a party hereto after the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date, as of the date such Person becomes a party hereto), that:

 

a.               it has had an opportunity to discuss HVF II’s and the Group I Administrator’s business, management and financial affairs, and the terms and conditions of the proposed purchase, with HVF II and the Group I Administrator and their respective representatives;

 

b.               it is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act and has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investing in, and is able and prepared to bear the economic risk of investing in, the Series 2013-A Notes;

 

c.                it purchased the Series 2013-A Notes for its own account, or for the account of one or more “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act that meet the criteria described in subsection (b) and for which it is acting with complete investment discretion, for investment purposes only and not with a view to distribution, subject, nevertheless, to the understanding that the disposition of its property shall at all times be and remain within its control;

 

d.               it understands that the Series 2013-A Notes have not been and will not be registered or qualified under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and is being offered only in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and may not be resold or otherwise transferred unless so registered or qualified or unless an exemption from registration or qualification is available, that HVF II is not required to register the Series 2013-A Notes, and that any transfer must comply with the provisions of the Group I Supplement and Article IX of the Series 2013-A Supplement;

 

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e.                it understands that the Series 2013-A Notes will bear the legend set out in the form of Series 2013-A Notes attached as Exhibit A hereto and be subject to the restrictions on transfer described in such legend and in Section 9.1 ;

 

f.                 it will comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws in connection with any subsequent resale of the Series 2013-A Notes;

 

g.                it understands that the Series 2013-A Notes may be offered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred only in accordance with Section 9.3 and only:

 

i.                   to HVF II,

 

ii.                in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act,

 

iii.             outside the United States to a foreign person in a transaction meeting the requirements of Regulation S under the Securities Act, or

 

iv.            in a transaction complying with or exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction; notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3(g) , it is hereby understood and agreed by HVF II that the Series 2013-A Notes will be pledged by each Conduit Investor pursuant to its related commercial paper program documents, and the Series 2013-A Notes, or interests therein, may be sold, transferred or pledged to its related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider or any affiliate of its related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider or, any commercial paper conduit administered by its related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider or any affiliate of its related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider;

 

provided that , for the avoidance of doubt, HVF II may, in its sole and absolute discretion, withhold its consent with respect to any offer, sale, pledge or other transfer of any Series 2013-A Note to any Person and any such withholding shall be deemed reasonable;

 

h.               if it desires to offer, sell or otherwise transfer, pledge or hypothecate the Series 2013-A Notes as described in clause (ii)  or (iv)  of Section 3(g)  of this Annex 1 , and such sale, transfer or pledge does not fall within the “notwithstanding the foregoing” provision of Section 3(g)(iv)  of this Annex 1 , the transferee of the Series 2013-A Notes will be required to deliver a certificate that an exemption from the registration requirements

 

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                        of the Securities Act applies to such offer, sale, transfer or hypothecation, and it understands that the registrar and transfer agent for the Series 2013-A Notes will not be required to accept for registration of transfer the Series 2013-A Notes acquired by it, except upon presentation of an executed letter in the form described herein; and

 

i.                   it will obtain from any purchaser of the Series 2013-A Notes substantially the same representations and warranties contained in the foregoing paragraphs.

 

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ANNEX 2

 

COVENANTS

 

HVF II and the Group I Administrator each severally covenants and agrees that, until the Series 2013-A Notes have been paid in full and the Term has expired, it will:

 

1.               Performance of Obligations .  Duly and timely perform all of its covenants (both affirmative and negative) and obligations under each Series 2013-A Related Document to which it is a party.

 

2.               Amendments .  Not amend, supplement or otherwise modify, or consent to any amendment, supplement, modification or waiver of:

 

i.                   (A) other than with respect to the waiver of a Group I Leasing Company Amortization Event with respect to the HVF Series 2013-G1 Note, any provision of the Series 2013-A Related Documents or HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Documents if such amendment, supplement, modification, waiver or consent adversely affects the Series 2013-A Noteholders without the consent of the Series 2013-A Required Noteholders, or (B) solely with respect to the waiver of a Group I Leasing Company Amortization Event with respect to the HVF Series 2013-G1 Note, any provision of the Series 2013-A Related Documents or HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Documents if such amendment, supplement, modification, waiver or consent adversely affects the Series 2013-A Noteholders without the consent of Series 2013-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount; provided that , prior to entering into, granting or effecting any such amendment, supplement, modification or consent without the consent of the Series 2013-A Required Noteholders (in the case of the foregoing clause (A)) or the consent of Series 2013-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount (in the case of the foregoing clause (B)), HVF II shall deliver to the Trustee and each Funding Agent an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel (which may be based on an Officer’s Certificate) confirming, in each case, that such amendment, modification, waiver, supplement or consent does not adversely affect the Series 2013-A Noteholders;

 

ii.                any Series 2013-A Letter of Credit that is not substantially in the form of Exhibit I to this Series 2013-A Supplement without written consent of the Series 2013-A Required Noteholders;

 

iii.             (a) the defined terms “HVF II Group I Aggregate Asset Amount Deficiency” and “HVF II Group I Liquidation Event” appearing in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement, (b) the defined terms “Group I Aggregate Asset Amount”, “Group I Aggregate Asset Amount Deficiency”, “Group I Manufacturer Program”, “Group I Liquidation

 



 

                        Event”, “Group I Required Contractual Criteria” and “Group I Aggregate Asset Coverage Threshold Amount”, in each case, appearing in the Group I Supplement, (c) the defined terms “Commitment”, “Commitment Percentage”, “Conduit Assignee”, “CP Rate”, “Eurodollar Advance”, “Eurodollar Interest Period”, “Eurodollar Rate”, “Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted)”, “Funding Conditions”, “Investor Group Principal Amount”, “Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount”, “Prime Rate”, “Program Fee”, “Series 2013-A AAA Component”, “Series 2013-A Adjusted Advance Rate”, “Series 2013-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount”, “Series 2013-A Asset Amount”, “Series 2013-A Asset Coverage Threshold Amount”, “Series 2013-A Base Rate”, “Series 2013-A Baseline Advance Rate”, “Series 2013-A Blended Advance Rate”, “Series 2013-A Commitment Termination Date”, “Series 2013-A Concentration Excess Advance Rate Adjustment”, “Series 2013-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivable”, “Series 2013-A Liquidation Event”, “Series 2013-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount”, “Series 2013-A Manufacturer Percentage”, “Series 2013-A Maximum Manufacturer Amount”, “Series 2013-A Maximum Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount”, “Series 2013-A MTM/DT Advance Rate Adjustment”, “Series 2013-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amount”, “Series 2013-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amount”, “Series 2013-A Select Component”, “Series 2013-A Third-Party Market Value”, “Undrawn Fee” or “Up-Front Fee”, in each case, appearing in the Series 2013-A Supplement, or (d) the required amount of Enhancement or Group I Series Enhancement with respect to the Series 2013-A Noteholders, in each case, without the written consent of each Committed Note Purchaser and each Conduit Investor; or

 

iv.            any defined terms included in any of the defined terms listed in the preceding clause (iii)  if such amendment, supplement or modification materially adversely affects the Series 2013-A Noteholders, without the consent of each Committed Note Purchaser and each Conduit Investor; provided that , prior to entering into, granting or effecting any such amendment, supplement or modification without the consent of each Committed Note Purchaser and each Conduit Investor, HVF II shall deliver to each Funding Agent an Officer’s Certificate confirming, in each case, that such amendment, supplement or modification does not materially adversely affect the Series 2013-A Noteholders; provided further that , for the avoidance of doubt, in any such case, the requirements of the preceding clause (i)  shall remain applicable to such amendment, supplement or modification of such defined term;

 

provided that , (a) the preceding clause (i)  shall not apply to (I) any amendment, supplement, modification or consent with respect to any Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap (A) the sole effect of which amendment, supplement, modification or consent is to (w) increase the

 

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notional amount thereunder, (x) modify the notional amortization schedule thereunder applicable during the period between the Expected Final Payment Date and the Legal Final Payment Date (y) decrease the strike rate of or (z) extend the term thereunder (B) if HVF II would be permitted to enter into such Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap, as so amended, supplemented or modified without the consent of the Series 2013-A Noteholders, (II) any amendment, supplement, modification or consent with respect to any Series 2013-A Demand Note permitted pursuant to Section 4.5 of the Series 2013-A Supplement or (III) any amendment, supplement, modification or consent with respect to the definitions of “Series 2013-G1 Commitment Termination Date”, “Series 2013-G1 Maximum Principal Amount” or “Special Term”, in each case, as such terms are defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement; and (b) HVF II and the Group I Administrator agree that any amendment or modification described in Section 11.2(b)(i)  (which for the avoidance of doubt, includes amendments or modifications to any Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount), 10.2(b)(ii), 10.2(b)(iii) and 10.2(b)(iv) of the Group I Supplement that affects the Series 2013-A Noteholders shall require the consent of Series 2013-A Noteholders holding 100% of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount.

 

3.               Delivery of Information .  (i) At the same time any report, notice, certificate, statement, Opinion of Counsel or other document is provided or caused to be provided to the Trustee or any Rating Agency by HVF II or the Group I Administrator under the Series 2013-A Supplement or, to the extent such report, notice, certificate, statement, Opinion of Counsel or other document relates to the Series 2013-A Notes, Series 2013-A Collateral or the Group I Indenture, provide the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy thereof to the Committed Note Purchasers and the Conduit Investors) with a copy of such report, notice, certificate, Opinion of Counsel or other document, provided that, no Opinion of Counsel delivered in connection with the issuance of any Series of Notes (other than the Series 2013-A Notes) shall be required to be provided pursuant to this clause (i) , (ii) at the same time any report is provided or caused to be provided by HVF to the HVF II Trustee pursuant to Sections 5.1(e) or (f) of the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement, provide or cause to be provided to the Administrative Agent a copy of such report and (iii) provide the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent such other information with respect to HVF II or the Group I Administrator as the Administrative Agent or any Funding Agent may from time to time reasonably request; provided however , that neither HVF II nor the Group I Administrator shall have any obligation under this Section 3 to deliver to the Administrative Agent copies of any information, reports, notices, certificates, statements, Opinions of Counsel or other documents relating solely to any Series of Notes other than the Series 2013-A Notes, or any legal opinions or routine communications, including determinations relating to payments, payment requests, payment directions or other similar calculations.  For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 3 shall require any Opinion of Counsel provided to any Person pursuant to this Section 3 to be addressed to such Person or to permit such Person any basis on which to rely on such Opinion of Counsel.

 

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4.               Access to Collateral Information .  At any time and from time to time, following reasonable prior notice from the Administrative Agent or any Funding Agent, and during regular business hours, permit, and, if applicable, cause HVF to permit, the Administrative Agent or any Funding Agent, or their respective agents or representatives (including any independent public accounting firm, independent consulting firm or other third party auditors) or permitted assigns, access to the offices of, the Group I Administrator, Hertz, and HVF II, as applicable,

 

(i)                                      to examine and make copies of and abstracts from all documentation relating to the Series 2013-A Collateral on the same terms as are provided to the Trustee under Section 6.4 of the Base Indenture (but excluding making copies of or abstracts from any information that the Group I Administrator or HVF II reasonably determines to be proprietary or confidential; provided that , for the avoidance of doubt, all data and information used to calculate any Series 2013-A MTM/DT Advance Rate Adjustment or lack thereof shall be deemed to be proprietary and confidential), and

 

(ii)                                   upon reasonable notice, to visit the offices and properties of, the Group I Administrator, Hertz, and HVF II for the purpose of examining such materials described in clause (i)  above, and to discuss matters relating to the Series 2013-A Collateral, or the administration and performance of the Base Indenture, the Group I Supplement, the Series 2013-A Supplement and the other Series 2013-A Related Documents with any of the Authorized Officers or other nominees as such officers specify, of the Group I Administrator, Hertz and/or HVF II, as applicable, having knowledge of such matters, in each case as may reasonably be requested; provided that , (i) prior to the occurrence of an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, in each case, with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes, one such visit per annum, if requested, coordinated by the Administrative Agent and in which each Funding Agent may participate shall be at HVF II’s sole cost and expense and (ii) during the continuance of an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, in each case, with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes, each such visit shall be at HVF II’s sole cost and expense.

 

Each party making a request pursuant to this Section 4 shall simultaneously send a copy of such request to each of the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent, as applicable, so as to allow such other parties to participate in the requested visit.

 

5.               Cash AUP .  At any time and from time to time, following reasonable prior notice from the Administrative Agent, cooperate with the Administrative Agent or its agents or representatives (including any independent public accounting firm, independent consulting firm or other third party auditors) or permitted assigns in conducting a review of any ten (10) Business Days selected by the Administrative Agent (or its representatives or agents), confirming (i) the information contained

 

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                        in the Daily Group I Collection Report for each such day, (ii) that the Group I Collections described in each such Daily Group I Collection Report for each such day were applied correctly in accordance with Article V of the Series 2013-A Supplement, (iii) the information contained in the Series 2013-G1 Daily Collection Report (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) for each such day and (iv) that the Series 2013-G1 Collections (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) described in each such Series 2013-G1 Daily Collection Report for each such day were applied correctly in accordance with Article VII of the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement (a “ Cash AUP ”); provided that , such Cash AUPs shall be at HVF II’s sole cost and expense (i) for no more than one such Cash AUP per annum prior to the occurrence of an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, in each case with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes, and (ii) for each such Cash AUP after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, in each case with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes.

 

6.               Noteholder Statement AUP .  On or prior to the Payment Date occurring in July of each year, the Group I Administrator shall cause a firm of independent certified public accountants or independent consultants (reasonably acceptable to both the Administrative Agent and the Group I Administrator, which may be the Group I Administrator’s accountants) to deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent, a report in a form reasonably acceptable to HVF II and the Administrative Agent (a “ Noteholder Statement AUP ”); provided that , such Noteholder Statement AUPs shall be at HVF II’s sole cost and expense (i) for no more than one such Noteholder Statement AUP per annum prior to the occurrence of an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, in each case with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes and (ii) for each such Noteholder Statement AUP after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, in each case with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes.

 

7.               Margin Stock.   Not permit any (i) part of the proceeds of any Advance to be (x) used to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or (y) loaned to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock or (ii) amounts owed with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes to be secured, directly or indirectly, by any Margin Stock.

 

8.               Reallocation of Excess Collections .  On or after the Expected Final Payment Date, use all amounts allocated to and available for distribution from each principal collection account in respect of each Series of Group I Notes to decrease, pro rata (based on Principal Amount), the Series 2013-A Principal Amount and the principal amount of any other Series of Group I Notes that is then required to be paid.

 

9.               Financial Statements .  Commencing June 30, 2015, deliver to each Funding Agent within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of HVF II, the financial statements prepared pursuant to Section 6.16 of the Base Indenture.

 

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10.        Collateral Agent Report .  In the case of the Group I Administrator, for so long as a Group I Liquidation Event for any Series of Group I Notes is continuing, furnish or cause the Group I Lease Servicer to furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Series 2013-A Noteholder, the Collateral Agent Report prepared in accordance with Section 2.4 of the Collateral Agency Agreement; provided that the Group I Servicer may furnish or cause to be furnished to the Administrative Agent any such Collateral Agent Report, by posting, or causing to be posted, such Collateral Agent Report to a password-protected website made available to the Administrative Agent or by any other reasonable means of electronic transmission (including, without limitation, e-mail, file transfer protocol or otherwise).

 

11.        Further Assurances .  At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, and at its sole expense, promptly and duly execute and deliver any and all such further instruments and documents and take such further action as the Administrative Agent may reasonably deem desirable in obtaining the full benefits of this Series 2013-A Supplement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including the filing of any financing or continuation statements under the UCC in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the liens and security interests granted hereby.

 

12.        Group I Administrator Replacement .  Not appoint or agree to the appointment of any successor Group I Administrator (other than the Group I Back-Up Administrator) without the prior written consent of the Series 2013-A Required Noteholders.

 

13.        Series 2013-G1 Administrator Replacement .  Not appoint or agree to the appointment of any successor Series 2013-G1 Administrator (other than the Series 2013-G1 Back-Up Administrator) without the prior written consent of the Series 2013-A Required Noteholders.

 

14.        Series 2013-G1 Back-Up Disposition Agent Agreement Amendments .  Not amend the Series 2013-G1 Back-Up Disposition Agent Agreement in a manner that materially adversely affects the Series 2013-A Noteholders, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, without the prior written consent of the Series 2013-A Required Noteholders.

 

15.        Independent Directors .  (x) Not remove any Independent Director of the HVF II General Partner or HVF, without (i) delivering an Officer’s Certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that the replacement Independent Director of the applicable entity satisfies the definition of Independent Director and (ii) obtaining the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), in each case, no later than ten (10) Business Days prior to the effectiveness of such removal (or such shorter period as my be agreed to by the Administrative Agent) and (y) not replace any Independent Director of the HVF II General Partner or HVF unless (i) it has obtained the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or (ii) such replacement Independent Director is an officer, director or employee of an

 

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                        entity that provides, in the ordinary course of its business, advisory, management or placement services to issuers of securitization or structured finance instruments, agreements or securities and otherwise meets the applicable definition of Independent Director ; provided , that , for the avoidance of doubt, in the event that an Independent Director of the HVF II General Partner or HVF is removed in connection with any such replacement, the HVF II General Partner or HVF, as applicable, and the Group I Administrator shall be required to effect such removal in accordance with clause (x)  above.

 

16.        Notice of Certain Amendments .  Within five (5) Business Days of the execution of any amendment or modification of any Series 2013-A Related Document or any HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Document, the Group I Administrator shall provide written notification of such amendment or modification to Standard & Poor’s for so long as Standard & Poor’s is rating any Series 2013-A Commercial Paper.

 

17.        Standard & Poor’s Limitation on Permitted Investments .  For so long as any Series 2013-A Commercial Paper is being rated by Standard & Poor’s and the Funding Agent with respect the Investor Group that issues such Series 2013-A Commercial Paper has notified HVF II in writing that such Series 2013-A Commercial Paper has not been issued on a “fully-wrapped” basis (and, if so notified, until such notice has been revoked by such Funding Agent), neither the Group I Administrator nor HVF II shall invest, or direct the investment of, any funds on deposit in any Series 2013-A Accounts, in a Permitted Investment that is a Permitted Investment pursuant to clause (viii) of the definition thereof (an “ Additional Permitted Investment ”), unless the Group I Administrator shall have received confirmation in writing from Standard & Poor’s that the investment of such funds in an Additional Permitted Investment will not cause the rating on such Series 2013-A Commercial Paper being rated by Standard & Poor’s to be reduced or withdrawn.

 

18.        Maintenance of Separate Existence .  Take or refrain from taking, as the case may be, all other actions that are necessary to be taken or not to be taken in order to (x) ensure that the assumptions and factual recitations set forth in the Specified Bankruptcy Opinion Provisions remain true and correct in all material respects with respect to HVF II and (y) comply in all material respects with those procedures described in such provisions that are applicable to HVF II.

 

19.        Merger .

 

i.                   Solely with respect to HVF II, not be a party to any merger or consolidation without the prior written consent of the Series 2013-A Required Noteholders.

 

ii.                Solely with respect to the Group I Administrator, not permit or suffer HVF to be a party to any merger or consolidation without the prior written consent of the Series 2013-A Required Noteholders.

 

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20.        Series 2013-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures .  Comply with the Series 2013-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures in all material respects.

 

21.        Enhancement Provider Ratings .  Solely with respect to the Group I Administrator, at least once every calendar month, determine (a) whether each Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider is a Series 2013-A Eligible Letter of Credit Provider and (b) whether each Interest Rate Cap Provider is an Eligible Interest Rate Cap Provider.

 

22.        RCFC Nominee .  On any date during the RCFC Nominee Applicability Period, not permit or suffer to exist any amendment to the RCFC Nominee Agreement or to RCFC’s organizational documents unless the Series 2013-A Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such amendment.

 

23.        Additional Group I Leasing Companies .  Solely with respect to HVF II, not designate any Additional Group I Leasing Company or acquire any Additional Group I Leasing Company Notes, in each case, without the prior written consent of the Series 2013-A Required Noteholders.

 

24.        Future Issuances of Group I Notes .  Not issue any other Series of Group I Notes on any date on which any Group I Leasing Company Amortization Event or Group I Potential Leasing Company Amortization Event is continuing without the prior written consent of the Series 2013-A Required Noteholders.

 

25.        Financial Statements and Other Reporting .  Solely with respect to the Group I Administrator, furnish or cause to be furnished to each Funding Agent:

 

i.                   commencing June 30, 2015, within 120 days after the end of each of Hertz’s fiscal years, copies of the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Hertz with the SEC or, if Hertz is not a reporting company, information equivalent to that which would be required to be included in the financial statements contained in such an Annual Report if Hertz were a reporting company, including consolidated financial statements consisting of a balance sheet of Hertz and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Hertz and its consolidated subsidiaries for such fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding fiscal year (if applicable), certified by and containing an opinion, unqualified as to scope, of a firm of independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing selected by Hertz;

 

ii.                commencing June 30, 2015, within sixty (60) days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each of Hertz’s fiscal years, copies of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by Hertz with the SEC or, if Hertz is not a reporting company, information equivalent to that which would be required to be included in the financial statements contained in such a

 

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                        Quarterly Report if Hertz were a reporting company, including (x) financial statements consisting of consolidated balance sheets of Hertz and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Hertz and its consolidated subsidiaries for each such quarter, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the preceding fiscal year (if applicable), all in reasonable detail and certified (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments) by a senior financial officer of Hertz as having been prepared in accordance with GAAP;

 

iii.             simultaneously with the delivery of the Annual Report on Form 10-K (or equivalent information) referred to in (i) above and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (or equivalent information) referred to in (ii) above, an Officer’s Certificate of Hertz stating whether, to the knowledge of such officer, there exists on the date of the certificate any condition or event that then constitutes, or that after notice or lapse of time or both would constitute, a Series 2013-G1 Potential Operating Lease Event of Default (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) or Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Event of Default (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement), and, if any such condition or event exists, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and the action Hertz is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto;

 

iv.            promptly after obtaining actual knowledge thereof, notice of any Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Event of Default (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) or termination of a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement); and

 

v.               promptly after any Authorized Officer of Hertz becomes aware of the occurrence of any Reportable Event (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) (other than a reduction in active Plan participants) with respect to any Plan (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) of Hertz, a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of Hertz setting forth the details as to such Reportable Event and the action that such Lessee is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto, together with a copy of the notice of such Reportable Event given to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

 

The financial data that shall be delivered to the Funding Agents pursuant to the foregoing paragraphs (i) and (ii) shall be prepared in conformity with GAAP.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 25 , if any audited or reviewed financial statements or information required to be included in any such filing are not reasonably available on a timely basis as a result of such

 

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Hertz’s accountants not being “independent” (as defined pursuant to the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder), the Group I Administrator may, in lieu of furnishing or causing to be furnished the information, documents and reports so required to be furnished, elect to make a filing on an alternative form or transmit or make available unaudited or unreviewed financial statements or information substantially similar to such required audited or reviewed financial statements or information, provided that the Group I Administrator shall in any event be required to furnish or cause to be furnished such filing and so transmit or make available such audited or reviewed financial statements or information no later than the first anniversary of the date on which the same was otherwise required pursuant to the preceding provisions of this Section 25 .

 

Documents, reports, notices or other information required to be furnished or delivered pursuant to this Section 25 may be delivered electronically and, if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which Hertz posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on Hertz’s or any Parent Entity’s website (or such other website address as the Group I Administrator may specify by written notice to the Funding Agents from time to time) or (ii) on which such documents are posted on Hertz’s or any Parent Entity’s behalf on an internet or intranet website to which the Funding Agents have access (whether a commercial, government or third-party website or whether sponsored by or on behalf of the Funding Agents).

 

26.        Delivery of Specified Financial Statements .  Solely with respect to the Group I Administrator, no later than June 30, 2015, file or cause to be filed with the SEC all annual and quarterly financial statements required to have been filed by Hertz with the SEC as of such date, so that Hertz is deemed to be current in its reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as of such date.  Upon such filing, such financial statements shall be deemed to have been delivered to the Trustee and each Funding Agent by the Group I Administrator.

 

27.        Delivery of Certain Written Rating Agency Confirmations .  Upon written request of the Administrative Agent at any time following the issuance of any other Series of Group I Notes on any date after the date hereof, promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent a copy of each written confirmation received by HVF II from any Rating Agency confirming that the Rating Agency Condition with respect to any Series of Group I Notes Outstanding as of the date of such issuance has been satisfied with respect to such issuance.

 

28.        Paired Drawn Percentages .  Solely with respect to HVF II, if, immediately after giving effect to any Advance or any “Advance” (under and as defined in the Series 2014-A Supplement), the difference between the Drawn Percentage and the “Drawn Percentage” (under and as defined in the Series 2014-A Supplement) would exceed 5.00%, then promptly use commercially reasonable efforts to request Advances and/or “Advances” (under and as defined in the Series 2014-A

 

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                        Supplement) and/or effect Voluntary Decreases and/or “Voluntary Decreases” (under and as defined in the Series 2014-A Supplement) to the extent necessary to cause the Drawn Percentage to equal the “Drawn Percentage” (under and as defined in the Series 2014-A Supplement) promptly following such Advance or “Advance”, as the case may be; provided that , HVF II’s obligation pursuant to this Section 28 shall be qualified in its entirety by HVF II’s right to request Advances and/or “Advances” (under and as defined in the Series 2014-A Supplement) and/or effect Voluntary Decreases and/or “Voluntary Decreases” (under and as defined in the Series 2014-A Supplement) pursuant to the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

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ANNEX 3

 

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

The effectiveness of this Series 2013-A Supplement is subject to the following, in each case as of the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date:

 

1.                                       the Base Indenture, the Group I Supplement and the Series 2013-A Supplement shall be in full force and effect;

 

2.                                       each Funding Agent shall have received copies of (i) the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of Hertz, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the HVF II General Partner and the certificate of formation and limited partnership agreement of HVF II, certified by the Secretary of State of the state of incorporation or organization, as the case may be, (ii) resolutions of the board of directors (or an authorized committee thereof) of the HVF II General Partner and Hertz with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Series 2013-A Supplement, and (iii) an incumbency certificate of the HVF II General Partner and Hertz, each certified by the secretary or assistant secretary of the related entity in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

3.                                       each Conduit Investor, or if there is no Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group, the Committed Note Purchaser with respect to such Investor Group, shall have received a copy of a notification in writing by DBRS that the execution of this Series 2013-A Supplement will not result in a reduction or withdrawal by DBRS of the rating or credit risk assessment of the Series 2013-A Notes;

 

4.                                       each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser shall have received opinions of counsel (i) from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, or other counsel acceptable to the Conduit Investors and the Committed Note Purchasers, with respect to such matters as any such Conduit Investor or Committed Note Purchaser shall reasonably request (including regarding non-consolidation, true lease, true-sale and UCC security interest matters, tax and no-conflicts) and (ii) from counsel to the Trustee acceptable to the Conduit Investors and the Committed Note Purchasers with respect to such matters as any such Conduit Investor or Committed Note Purchaser shall reasonably request;

 

5.                                       the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it of the completion of all UCC filings as may be necessary to perfect or evidence the assignment by HVF II to the Trustee of its interests in the Series 2013-A Collateral, the proceeds thereof and the security interests granted pursuant to the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Group I Supplement;

 

6.                                       the Administrative Agent shall have received a written search report listing all effective financing statements that name HVF II as debtor or assignor and that are filed in the State of Delaware and in any other jurisdiction that the Administrative Agent determines is necessary or appropriate, together with copies of such financing statements, and tax and judgment lien searches showing no such liens that are not permitted by the Series 2013-A Related Documents;

 



 

7.                                       each Committed Note Purchaser shall have received payment of the Up-Front Fee owing to it; and

 

8.                                       no later than two (2) days prior to the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information about HVF II and Hertz that the Administrative Agent has reasonably determined is required by regulatory authorities under “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act, and that the Administrative Agent has reasonably requested in writing at least five (5) days prior to the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date.

 

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ANNEX 4

 

SECURITISATION RISK RETENTION REPRESENTATIONS AND UNDERTAKING

 

1.               The Group I Administrator represents and warrants to each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser as of the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date that:

 

i.                   it owns 100% of the issued and outstanding limited liability company interests in HVF (the “ HVF Equity ”);

 

ii.                the Series 2013-A Blended Advance Rate does not exceed 95%; and

 

iii.             the Series 2013-G1 Advance Rate (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) does not exceed 95%,

 

2.               The Group I Administrator agrees for the benefit of each Conduit Investor and Committed Note Purchaser that it shall, for so long as any Series 2013-A Notes are Outstanding:

 

(a)                                              not sell or transfer (in whole or in part) the HVF Equity or subject the HVF Equity to any credit risk mitigation, any short positions or any other hedge; provided that , the HVF Equity may be pledged insofar as it is not otherwise prohibited from pledging the HVF Equity under the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement;

 

(b)                                              promptly provide notice to each Conduit Investor and Committed Note Purchaser in the event that it fails to comply with clause (a)  above; and

 

(c)                                               provide any and all information reasonably requested by any Committed Note Purchaser that is required by any such Committed Note Purchaser or any Conduit Investor in such Committed Note Purchaser’s Investor Group for purposes of complying with the Retention Requirement Law; provided that , compliance by the Group I Administrator with this clause (c)  shall be at the expense of the requesting Committed Note Purchaser, and provided further that , this clause (c)  shall not apply to information that the Group I Administrator is not able to provide (whether because the Group I Administrator has not been able to obtain the requested information after having made all reasonable efforts to do so, or by reason of any contractual, statutory or regulatory obligations binding on it).

 

3.               The Group I Administrator hereby represents and warrants to each Conduit Investor and each Committed Purchaser, as of the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date, as of the date of each Advance and as of the date of delivery of

 



 

                        each Monthly Noteholders’ Statement that it continues to comply with Section 1 of this Annex 4 as of such date.

 

4.               Anything to the contrary in this Annex 4 notwithstanding, the Group I Administrator shall not be in breach of any undertaking, representation or warranty in this Annex 4 if it fails to comply due to events, actions or circumstances beyond its control.

 

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EXHIBIT A
TO
SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF SERIES 2013-A VARIABLE FUNDING

RENTAL CAR ASSET BACKED NOTE

 



 

SERIES 2013-A VARIABLE FUNDING RENTAL CAR ASSET BACKED NOTE

 

REGISTERED

           $ [          ]

 

No. R- [  ]

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN CONDITIONS

 

THIS SERIES 2013-A NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ SECURITIES ACT ”), OR WITH ANY STATE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS.  THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, A SPECIAL PURPOSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ESTABLISHED UNDER THE LAWS OF DELAWARE (THE “ COMPANY ”), THAT SUCH SERIES 2013-A NOTE IS BEING ACQUIRED FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO DISTRIBUTION AND TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH NOTE ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (D) PURSUANT TO AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH SUCH CASE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE INDENTURE AND ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY, PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (C) , TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY TO IT OF A PURCHASER’S LETTER IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT E TO THE SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT CERTIFYING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT SUCH PURCHASER IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY, PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) , TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO IT.

 



 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP

 

SERIES 2013-A VARIABLE FUNDING RENTAL CAR ASSET BACKED NOTE

 

Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, a special purpose limited partnership established under the laws of Delaware, (herein referenced as the “ Company ”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [         ] , as funding agent for [          ] , as a Committed Note Purchaser, and [         ], as a Conduit Investor (the “ Series 2013-A Note Purchaser ”), or its registered assigns, the aggregate principal sum of [                       ] ($ [         ] ) or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount shown on the schedule attached hereto (and any continuation thereof), which amount shall be payable in the amounts and at the times set forth in the Group I Indenture and the Series 2013-A Supplement; provided , that , the entire unpaid principal amount of this Series 2013-A Note shall be due on the Legal Final Payment Date.  The Company will pay interest on this Series 2013-A Note at the Series 2013-A Note Rate.  Such interest shall be payable on each Payment Date until the principal of this Series 2013-A Note is paid or made available for payment, to the extent funds are available from Group I Interest Collections allocable to the Series 2013-A Note in accordance with the terms of the Series 2013-A Supplement.  In addition, the Company will pay interest on this Series 2013-A Note, to the extent funds are available from Group I Interest Collections allocable to the Series 2013-A Note, on the dates set forth in Section 5.3 of the Series 2013-A Supplement.  Pursuant to Sections 2.2 and 2.3 of the Series 2013-A Supplement, the principal amount of this Series 2013-A Note shall be subject to Advances and Decreases on any Business Day during the Series 2013-A Revolving Period, and accordingly, such principal amount is subject to prepayment in whole or in part at any time.  During the Series 2013-A Revolving Period, this Series 2013-A Note is subject to mandatory prepayment, to the extent funds have been allocated to the Series 2013-A Principal Collection Account and are available therefor, in accordance with Section 2.3(b) of the Series 2013-A Supplement.  Beginning on the first Payment Date following the occurrence of a Series 2013-A Amortization Event, subject to cure in accordance with the Series 2013-A Supplement, the principal of this Series 2013-A Note shall be paid in installments on each subsequent Payment Date to the extent of funds available for payment therefor pursuant to the Indenture.  Such principal of and interest on this Series 2013-A Note shall be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.

 

The principal of and interest on this Series 2013-A Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.  Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, payments made by the Company with respect to this Series 2013-A Note shall be applied first to interest due and payable on this Series 2013-A Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Series 2013-A Note.  This Series 2013-A Note does not represent an interest in, or an obligation of, The Hertz Corporation or any affiliate of The Hertz Corporation other than the Company.

 

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Series 2013-A Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Series 2013-A Note.  Although a summary of certain provisions of the

 



 

Indenture is set forth below and on the reverse hereof and made a part hereof, this Series 2013-A Note does not purport to summarize the Indenture and reference is made to the Indenture for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company and the Trustee.  A copy of the Indenture may be requested from the Trustee by writing to the Trustee at:  The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois 60602, Attention:  Corporate Trust Administration—Structured Finance.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Series 2013-A Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be signed, manually or in facsimile, by its Authorized Officer.

 

Dated: November 25, 2013

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP

 

 

 

By HVF II GP Corp., its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:  Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:    Treasurer

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is a Series 2013-A Note, a series issued under the within-mentioned Indenture.

Dated: November 25 , 2013

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 



 

REVERSE OF SERIES 2013-A NOTE

 

This Series 2013-A Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Group I Notes of the Company, designated as its Series 2013-A Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Notes (herein called the “ Series 2013-A Note ”), issued under (i) a Base Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2013 (as amended, supplemented or modified, is herein referred to as the “ Base Indenture ”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as trustee (the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor Trustee under the Base Indenture), (ii) a Group I Supplement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, is herein referred to as the “ Group I Supplement ”), between the Company and the Trustee and (iii) the Series 2013-A Supplement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (as further amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, is herein referred to as the “ Series 2013-A Supplement ”), among the Company, the Administrative Agent, certain Committed Note Purchasers, certain Conduit Investors, certain Funding Agents and the Trustee.  The Base Indenture, together with the Group I Supplement and the Series 2013-A Supplement are referred to herein collectively, as the “ Indenture ”.  Except as set forth in the Series 2013-A Supplement, the Series 2013-A Note is subject to all terms of the Base Indenture and Group I Supplement.  Except as set forth in the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Group I Supplement, the Series 2013-A Note is subject to all of the terms of the Base Indenture.  All terms used in this Series 2013-A Note that are defined in the Series 2013-A Supplement shall have the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

The Series 2013-A Note is and will be equally and ratably secured by the Collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture.

 

Payment Date ” means the 25th day of each calendar month, or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing December 26, 2013 .

 

As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Series 2013-A Note shall be due and payable on the Legal Final Payment Date, in accordance with Section 2.8 of the Series 2013-A Supplement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes shall have occurred and be continuing then, in certain circumstances, principal of the Series 2013-A Note may be paid earlier, as described in the Indenture.  All principal payments of the Series 2013-A Note shall be made to the Series 2013-A Noteholders.

 

Payments of interest on this Series 2013-A Note are due and payable on each Payment Date or such other date as may be specified in the Series 2013-A Supplement, together with the installment of principal then due, if any, and any payments of principal made on any Business Day in respect of any Decreases, to the extent not in full payment of this Series 2013-A Note, shall be made by wire transfer to the Holder of record of this Series 2013-A Note (or one or more predecessor Series 2013-A Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of business on each Record Date.  Any reduction in the principal amount of this Series 2013-A Note (or one or more predecessor Series 2013-A Notes) effected by any payments made on any Payment Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Series 2013-A Note and of any Series 2013-A

 

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Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted thereon.

 

The Company shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Series 2013-A Note Rate to the extent lawful.

 

Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the holder of any Series 2013-A Note may transfer the same in whole or in part, in an amount equivalent to an authorized denomination, by surrendering such Series 2013-A Note at the office maintained by the Registrar for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Base Indenture, with the form of transfer endorsed on it duly completed and executed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar by, the holder thereof and accompanied by a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Series 2013-A Supplement.  In exchange for any Series 2013-A Note properly presented for transfer, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver or cause to be authenticated and delivered in compliance with applicable law, to the transferee at such office, or send by mail (at the risk of the transferee) to such address as the transferee may request, Series 2013-A Notes for the same aggregate principal amount as was transferred.  In the case of the transfer of any Series 2013-A Note in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver or cause to be authenticated and delivered to the transferor at such office, or send by mail (at the risk of the transferor) to such address as the transferor may request, Series 2013-A Notes for the aggregate principal amount that was not transferred.  No transfer of any Series 2013-A Note shall be made unless the request for such transfer is made by each Series 2013-A Noteholder at such office.  Upon the issuance of transferred Series 2013-A Notes, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of such Series 2013-A Note as Series 2013-A Noteholders.

 

Each Series 2013-A Noteholder, by acceptance of a Series 2013-A Note, covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Trustee or the Company on the Series 2013-A Note or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection therewith, against the Trustee in its individual capacity, or against any stockholder, member, employee, officer, director or incorporator of the Company; provided , however , that nothing contained herein shall be taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement against, the assets of the Company constituting Series 2013-A Collateral for any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings contained in the Indenture or in this Series 2013-A Note, to the extent provided for in the Indenture.

 

Each Series 2013-A Noteholder, by acceptance of a Series 2013-A Note, covenants and agrees that by accepting the benefits of the Indenture that such Series 2013-A Noteholder will not, for a period of one year and one day following payment in full of the Series 2013-A Notes and each other Series of Notes issued under the Base Indenture, institute against the Company, or join with any other Person in instituting against the Company, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings, under any United States Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Notes, the Indenture or the Master Related Documents.

 

Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Series 2013-A Note, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the

 

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Person in whose name this Series 2013-A Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Series 2013-A Note shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

It is the intent of the Company and each Series 2013-A Noteholder that, for Federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes and any other tax imposed on or measured by income, the Series 2013-A Note will evidence indebtedness secured by the Series 2013-A Collateral.  Each Series 2013-A Noteholder, by the acceptance of this Series 2013-A Note, agrees to treat this Series 2013-A Note for purposes of Federal, state and local income or franchise taxes and any other tax imposed on or measured by income, as indebtedness.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holder of the Series 2013-A Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company with the consent of the applicable Person(s) specified therein.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the applicable Person(s) specified therein to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes.  Any such consent or waiver by such Person(s) shall be conclusive and binding upon the Series 2013-A Noteholders and upon all future Holders of this Series 2013-A Note and of any Series 2013-A Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Series 2013-A Note.  The Indenture also permits the Company and the Trustee to amend or waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of any other Person.

 

The term “Company” as used in this Series 2013-A Note includes any successor to the Company under the Indenture.

 

The Series 2013-A Note is issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations set forth therein.

 

This Series 2013-A Note and the Indenture, and all matters arising out of or relating to this Series 2013-A Note or Indenture, shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the internal law of the State of New York, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereto shall be determined in accordance with such law.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Series 2013-A Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Series 2013-A Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed, subject to any duty of the Company to deduct or withhold any amounts as required by law, including any applicable U.S. withholding taxes; provided that , notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Indenture, the Series 2013-A Noteholders shall only have recourse to the Series 2013-A Collateral.

 

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INCREASES AND DECREASES

 

Date

 

Unpaid
Principal
Amount

 

Increase

 

Decrease

 

Total

 

Series
2013-A
Note Rate

 

Interest Period
(if applicable)

 

Notation
Made By

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ASSIGNMENT

 

Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

 

(name and address of assignee)

the within Series 2013-A Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints                            , attorney, to transfer said Series 2013-A Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

Signature Guaranteed:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


(1)  NOTE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Series 2013-A Note in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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EXHIBIT B-1

TO

SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF SERIES 2013-A DEMAND NOTE

 

$ [             ]

New York, New York

 

[    ], 2014

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ Hertz ”), promises to pay to the order of HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a special purpose limited partnership established under the laws of Delaware (“ HVF II ”), on any date of demand (the “ Demand Date ”) the principal sum of $ [       ] .

 

1.  Definitions .  Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Demand Note shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Series 2013-A Supplement (as defined below).  Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Base Indenture ”), between HVF II and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), a national banking association (in such capacity, the “ Trustee ”), the Amended and Restated Group I Supplement thereto, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Group I Supplement ”), between HVF II and the Trustee and the Amended and Restated Series 2013-A Supplement thereto, dated as of October 31 , 2014 (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Series 2013-A Supplement ”), among HVF II, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as the Administrative Agent, certain Committed Note Purchasers, certain Conduit Investors, certain Funding Agents and the Trustee.

 

2.  Principal The outstanding principal balance (or any portion thereof) of this Demand Note shall be due and payable on each Demand Date to the extent demand is made therefor by the Trustee.

 

3.  Interest .  Interest shall be paid on each Payment Date on the weighted average principal balance outstanding during the Interest Period immediately preceding such Payment Date at the Demand Note Rate.  Interest hereon shall be calculated based on the actual number of days elapsed in each Interest Period calculated on a 30-360 basis.  The “ Demand Note Rate ” means the London Interbank Offered Rate appearing on the BBA Libor Rates Page at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the first day of such Interest Period as the rate for dollar deposits with a one-month maturity.  “ BBA Libor Rates Page ” shall mean the display designated as Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or on any successor or substitute page of such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as determined by Hertz from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to Dollar deposits offered by leading banks in the London interbank

 



 

market.  “ Interest Period ” means a period commencing on and including the second Business Day preceding a Determination Date and ending on and including the day preceding the second Business Day preceding the next succeeding Determination Date; provided, however, that the initial Interest Period shall commence on November 25, 2013 and end on and include December 15, 2013.  The maker and endorser waives presentment for payment, protest and notice of dishonor and nonpayment of this Demand Note.  The receipt of interest in advance or the extension of time shall not relinquish or discharge any endorser of this Demand Note.

 

4.  No Waiver, Amendment .  No failure or delay on the part of HVF II in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single .  or partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right.  No amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent with respect to, any provision of this Demand Note shall in any event be effective unless (a) the same shall be in writing and signed and delivered by each of Hertz, HVF II and the Trustee and (b) all consents, if any, required for such actions under any material contracts or agreements of either Hertz or HVF II and the Series 2013-A Supplement shall have been received by the appropriate Persons.

 

5.  Payments .  All payments shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America by wire transfer in immediately available funds and shall be applied first to fees and costs, including collection costs, if any, next to interest and then to principal.  Payments shall be made to the account designated in the written demand for payment.

 

6.  Collection Costs .  Hertz agrees to pay all costs of collection of this Demand Note, including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees, paralegal’s fees and other legal costs (including court costs) incurred in connection with consultation, arbitration and litigation (including trial, appellate, administrative and bankruptcy proceedings), regardless of whether or not suit is brought, and all other costs and expenses incurred by HVF II or the Trustee in exercising its rights and remedies hereunder.  Such costs of collection shall bear interest at the Demand Note Rate until paid.

 

7.  No Negotiation .  This Demand Note is not negotiable other than to the Trustee for the benefit of the Series 2013-A Noteholders pursuant to the Series 2013-A Supplement.  The parties intend that this Demand Note will be pledged to the Trustee for the benefit of the secured parties under the Series 2013-A Supplement and the other Series 2013-A Related Documents and payments hereunder shall be made only to said Trustee.

 

8.  Reduction of Principal .  The principal amount of this Demand Note may be modified from time to time, only in accordance with the provisions of the Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

9.  Governing Law .  THIS DEMAND NOTE, AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS DEMAND NOTE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAW.

 

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10.  Captions .  Paragraph captions used in this Demand Note are provided solely for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision this Demand Note.

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

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PAYMENT GRID

 

Date

 

Principal
Amount

 

Amount of
Principal
Payment

 

Outstanding
Principal
Balance

 

Notation Made
By

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT B-2

TO

SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF DEMAND NOTICE

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
AS TRUSTEE

                        , 20    

 

The Hertz Corporation
225 Brae Boulevard
Park Ridge, NJ 07656
Attn: Treasury Department

 

This Demand Notice is being delivered to you pursuant to Section 5.5(c)  of that certain Amended and Restated Series 2013-A Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 ( as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “ Series 2013-A Supplement ”), by and among Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, a special purpose limited partnership established under the laws of Delaware (“ HVF II ”), as Issuer, The Hertz Corporation, as the Group I Administrator, certain committed note purchasers, certain conduit investors, certain funding agents and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”), to the Amended and Restated Group I Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Group I Supplement ”), by and between HVF II and the Trustee, to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Base Indenture ”), by and between HVF II, as Issuer, and the Trustee.  Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Demand Notice shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

Demand is hereby made for payment on the Series 2013-A Demand Note in the amount of $[                  ] in immediately available funds by wire transfer to the account set forth below:

 

Account bank:  [               ]

 

Account name:  [               ]

 

ABA routing number: [               ]

 

Reference:  [               ]

 



 

EXHIBIT C

TO

SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF REDUCTION NOTICE REQUEST
SERIES 2013-A LETTER OF CREDIT

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
                                                as Trustee under the
                                                Series 2013-A Supplement
                                                referred to below
2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020
Chicago, Illinois 60602

 

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration—Structured Finance

 

Request for reduction of the stated amount of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit under the Amended and Restated Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Agreement, dated as of [  ], 2014, (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof as of the date hereof, the “ Letter of Credit Agreement ”), between The Hertz Corporation (“ Hertz ”) and [                   ], as the Issuing Bank.

 

The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of Hertz, hereby certifies to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as the Trustee (the “ Trustee ”) under the Series 2013-A Supplement referred to in the Letter of Credit Agreement (as may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Series 2013-A Supplement ”) as follows:

 

1.                                       The Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount and the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount as of the date of this request prior to giving effect to the reduction of the stated amount of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit requested in paragraph 2 of this request are $                     and $                   , respectively.

 

2.                                       The Trustee is hereby requested pursuant to Section 5.7(c) of the Series 2013-A Series Supplement to execute and deliver to the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider a Series 2013-A Notice of Reduction substantially in the form of Annex G to the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit (the “ Notice of Reduction ”) for a reduction (the “ Reduction ”) in the stated amount of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit by an amount equal to $                   . The Trustee is requested to execute and deliver the Notice of Reduction promptly following its receipt of this request, and in no event more than two (2) Business Days following the date of its receipt of this request (as required pursuant to Section 5.7(c) of the Series 2013-A Series Supplement), and to provide for the reduction pursuant to the Notice of Reduction to be as of                ,       . The undersigned understands that the Trustee will be relying on the contents hereof.  The undersigned further understands that the Trustee shall not be liable to the undersigned for any failure to transmit (or any delay in transmitting) the Notice of Reduction (including any fees and expenses attributable to the stated amount of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit not being

 



 

reduced in accordance with this paragraph) to the extent such failure (or delay) does not result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee.

 

3.                                       To the best of the knowledge of the undersigned, the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount and the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount will be $                    and $                   , respectively, as of the date of the reduction (immediately after giving effect to such reduction) requested in paragraph 2 of this request.

 

4.                                       The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that each of (a) the execution and delivery of this request by the undersigned, (b) the execution and delivery by the Trustee of a Notice of Reduction of the stated amount of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit, substantially in the form of Annex G to the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit, and (c) the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider’s acknowledgment of such notice constitutes a representation and warranty to the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider and the Trustee (i) by the undersigned, in its capacity as [    ], that each of the statements set forth in the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Agreement is true and correct and (ii) by the undersigned, in its capacity as Group I Administrator under the Series 2013-A Supplement, that (A) the Series 2013-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount will equal or exceed the Series 2013-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount, (B) the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount will equal or exceed the Series 2013-A Demand Note Payment Amount and (C) no Group I Aggregate Asset Amount Deficiency will exist immediately after giving effect to such reduction.

 

5.                                       The undersigned agrees that if on or prior to the date as of which the stated amount of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit is reduced by the amount set forth in paragraph 2 of this request the undersigned obtains knowledge that any of the statements set forth in this request is not true and correct or will not be true and correct after giving effect to such reduction, the undersigned shall immediately so notify the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider and the Trustee by telephone and in writing by telefacsimile in the manner provided in the Letter of Credit Agreement and the request set forth herein to reduce the stated amount of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit shall be deemed canceled upon receipt by the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider of such notice in writing.

 

6.                                       Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The Hertz Corporation, as the Group I Administrator, has executed and delivered this request on this        day of                ,       .

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION, as the Group I Administrator

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

TO SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF LEASE PAYMENT
DEFICIT NOTICE

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee

2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020

Chicago, Illinois 60602

Attn:  Corporate Trust Administration—Structured Finance

 

[     ]

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This Lease Payment Deficit Notice is delivered to you pursuant to Section 5.9(b) of the Amended and Restated Series 2013-A Supplement, dated as of October 31 , 2014 ( as may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time the “ Series 2013-A Supplement ”) , by and among Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP (“ HVF II ”), as Issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and Securities Intermediary, The Hertz Corporation, as Group I Administrator (the “ Group I Administrator ”), Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, certain committed note purchasers, certain conduit investors and certain funding agents, to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture , dated as of October 31 , 20 14 ( as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, Base Indenture ), by and between HVF II and the Trustee, as supplemented by the Amended and Restated Group I Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Group I Supplement ”), by and between HVF II and the Trustee .  Terms used herein have the meanings provided in the Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

Pursuant to Section 5.9(a) and (b) of the Series 2013-A Supplement, The Hertz Corporation, in its capacity as Group I Administrator under the Group I Related Documents and the Series 2013-A Related Documents, hereby provides notice of a Series 2013-A Lease Payment Deficit in the amount of $                    (consisting of a Series 2013-A Lease Interest Payment Deficit in the amount of $                    and a Series 2013-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit in the amount of $                   ).

 



 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION, as Group I Administrator

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT E

TO

SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF PURCHASER’S LETTER

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
as Registrar
2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration—Structured Finance

 

Re:

Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP

 

Series 2013-A Rental Car Asset Backed Notes

 

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Series 2013-A Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Series 2013-A Supplement ”), by and among Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, as Issuer (“ HVF II ”), The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and Securities Intermediary, The Hertz Corporation (“ Hertz ”), as Group I Administrator, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, certain committed note purchasers, certain conduit investors and certain funding agents, to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the Base Indenture ) , by and between HVF II and the Trustee, as supplemented by the Amended and Restated Group I Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the Group I Supplement ) , by and between HVF II and the Trustee .  Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

In connection with a proposed purchase of certain Series 2013-A Notes from [                        ] by the undersigned, the undersigned hereby represents and warrants that:

 

(a)                                  it has had an opportunity to discuss HVF II’s and the Group I Administrator’s business, management and financial affairs, and the terms and conditions of the proposed purchase, with HVF II and the Group I Administrator and their respective representatives;

 

(b)                                  it is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act and has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investing in, and is able and prepared to bear the economic risk of investing in, the Series 2013-A Notes;

 

(c)                                   it is purchasing the Series 2013-A Notes for its own account, or for the account of one or more “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act that meet the criteria described in

 



 

subsection (b)  and for which it is acting with complete investment discretion, for investment purposes only and not with a view to distribution, subject, nevertheless, to the understanding that the disposition of its property shall at all times be and remain within its control;

 

(d)                                  it understands that the Series 2013-A Notes have not been and will not be registered or qualified under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and is being offered only in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and may not be resold or otherwise transferred unless so registered or qualified or unless an exemption from registration or qualification is available, that HVF II is not required to register the Series 2013-A Notes, and that any transfer must comply with provisions of Section 2.8 of the Base Indenture;

 

(e)                                   it understands that the Series 2013-A Notes will bear the legend set out in the form of Series 2013-A Notes attached as Exhibit A to the Series 2013-A Supplement and be subject to the restrictions on transfer described in such legend;

 

(f)                                    it will comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws in connection with any subsequent resale of the Series 2013-A Notes;

 

(g)                                   it understands that the Series 2013-A Notes may be offered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred only with HVF II’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, and only (A) to HVF II, (B) in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act, (C) outside the United States to a foreign person in a transaction meeting the requirements of Regulation S under the Securities Act, or (D) in a transaction complying with or exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction; notwithstanding the foregoing, it is hereby understood and agreed by HVF II that (i) in the case of each Investor Group with respect to which there is a Conduit Investor, the Series 2013-A Notes will be pledged by each Conduit Investor pursuant to its related commercial paper program documents, and the Series 2013-A Notes, or interests therein, may be sold, transferred or pledged to the related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider or any Affiliate of its related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider or, any commercial paper conduit administered by its related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider or any affiliate of its related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider and (ii) in the case of each Investor Group, the Series 2013-A Notes, or interests therein, may be sold, transferred or pledged to the related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider or any affiliate of its related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider or, any commercial paper conduit administered by its related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider or any affiliate of its related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider;

 

(h)                                  if it desires to offer, sell or otherwise transfer, pledge or hypothecate the Series 2013-A Notes as described in Section 3(g)(ii) or Section 3(g)(iv) of Annex 1 to the

 

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Series 2013-A Supplement, and such sale, transfer or pledge does not fall within the “notwithstanding the foregoing” provision of Section 3(g)(iv) of Annex 1 to the Series 2013-A Supplement, the transferee of the Series 2013-A Notes will be required to deliver a certificate, as described in Section 3(h) of Annex 1 to the Series 2013-A Supplement, that an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act applies to such offer, sale, transfer or hypothecation.  Upon original issuance thereof, and until such time as the same may no longer be required under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the certificate evidencing the Series 2013-A Notes (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear a legend substantially in the form set forth in the Series 2013-A Notes included as an exhibit to the Series 2013-A Supplement.  The undersigned understands that the registrar and transfer agent for the Series 2013-A Notes will not be required to accept for registration of transfer the Series 2013-A Notes acquired by it, except upon presentation of an executed letter in the form required by the Series 2013-A Supplement; and

 

(i)                                      it will obtain from any purchaser of the Series 2013-A Notes substantially the same representations and warranties contained in the foregoing paragraphs.

 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and for the benefit of HVF II.

 

 

[                        ]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

cc: Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT F

 

HVF II — Integrated Model

 

2013-A

 

Calculation Date:

MASTER CHECK

 

HVF II Series 2013-A Series Specific Required Credit Enhancement Calculations

 

Series 2013-A AAA Component

 

Series
2013
- AAAA
Component
Amount



Series 2013 - A
Baseline
Advance Rates

 

Series 2013 - A
Allocable
Concentration
Excess
Amount

 

Series2013 - A
Concentration Excess
Advance Rate
Adjustment

 

MTM/
Disposition
Testing
Advance Rate
Adjustment

 

Series 2013-A
Adjusted
Advance Rate

 

Series 2013-A
Applicable
Advance Rate

Series 2013-A Eligible IG Program Metal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2013-A Eligible IG Program Receivables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2013-A Eligible NIG Program Metal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2013-A Eligible HNIG Program Receivables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2013-A Eligible LNIG Program Receivables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2013-A Eligible IG Risk Metal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2013-A Eligible NIG Risk Metal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2013-A HVF II G1 Exchange Account Cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2013-A Remainder AAA Amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2013-A Group I Due & Unpaid Lease Amounts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2013-A Blended Advance Rate:

 

 

 

 

 

Program Metal Check

 

 

Program Receivables Check

 

 

Risk Metal Check

 

 

Concentration Excess Check

 

 

 



 

HVF II Series 2013-A Series Specific Asset Coverage Calculations

 

Adjusted ACTA Calculation

 

 

 

Series Class A Outstanding Principal Amount (BOD)

 

 

Series Class B Outstanding Principal Amount (BOD)

 

 

Series Class C Outstanding Principal Amount (BOD)

 

 

Total Series Principal Amount

 

 

Series Principal Collection Account Amount

 

 

Series Adjusted Principal Amount

 

 

Series Blended Advance Rate

 

 

Series Asset Coverage Threshold Amount

 

 

Series Letter of Credit Amount

 

 

Series Available Reserve Account Amount

 

 

Total

 

 

Series Adjusted ACTA

 

 

 

 

 

Series Asset Amount Calculation

 

 

 

Series Floating Allocation Percentage

 

 

Series Asset Amount

 

 

 

 

 

Principal Deficit Amount Calculation

 

 

 

Series Adjusted Principal Amount

 

 

Series Asset Amount

 

 

Principal Deficit Amount

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2013-A Excess Principal Event / Mandatory Decrease Calculation

 

 

 

Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount

 

 

Series 2013-A Outstanding Principal Amount (BOD)

 

 

Series 2013-A Excess Principal Event Occurring

 

 

Mandatory Decrease Amount

 

 

 

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HVF II Series 2013-A Series Specific Liquid Enhancement Calculations

 

Liquid Enhancement Calculations

 

 

 

Series 2013 Letter of Credit Amount (gross)

 

 

Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount (gross)

 

 

Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount (net)

 

 

Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount (net)

 

 

Series 2013-A Available Reserve Account Amount

 

 

Series 2013-A Liquid Enhancement Amount (gross)

 

 

Series 2013-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount

 

 

Series 2013-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount

 

 

Series 2013-A Liquid Enhancement (Deficiency) / Surplus Amount

 

 

Liquid Enhancement Check

 

 

 

 

 

Available Reserve Account Amount Calculations

 

 

 

Series 2013-A Available Reserve Account Amount

 

 

Series 2013-A Required Reserve Account Amount

 

 

Series 2013-A Reserve Account (Deficiency) / Surplus Amount

 

 

Check

 

 

 

Letter of Credit Provider Information

 

LC 1

LC 1 In Use

 

 

LC 1 Issuing Bank

 

 

LC 1 Expiration Date

 

 

LC 1 Expired?

 

 

LC1 Expiring w/in 60 Days?

 

 

LC 1 In Full Force and Effect?

 

 

Event of Bankruptcy w/r/t LC 1 LC Issuing Bank?

 

 

LC 1 Repudiated?

 

 

LC 1 Issuing Bank Series Eligible LC Provider Ratings?

 

 

 

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LC 2

LC 2 In Use

 

 

LC 2 Issuing Bank

 

 

LC 2 Expiration Date

 

 

LC 2 Expired?

 

 

LC1 Expiring w/in 60 Days?

 

 

LC 2 In Full Force and Effect?

 

 

Event of Bankruptcy w/r/t LC 2 LC Issuing Bank?

 

 

LC 2 Repudiated?

 

 

LC 2 Issuing Bank Series Eligible LC Provider Ratings?

 

 

 

 

 

LC 3

LC 3 In Use

 

 

LC 3 Issuing Bank

 

 

LC 3 Expiration Date

 

 

LC 3 Expired?

 

 

LC1 Expiring w/in 60 Days?

 

 

LC 3 In Full Force and Effect?

 

 

Event of Bankruptcy w/r/t LC 3 LC Issuing Bank?

 

 

LC 3 Repudiated?

 

 

LC 3 Issuing Bank Series Eligible LC Provider Ratings?

 

 

 

Series 2013-A Interest Rate Cap Calculations

 

2013-A Credit Ag Cap

2013-A Eligible Interest Rate Cap Provider

 

 

Current Notional

 

 

Strike Rate

 

 

Min Strike Rate Test

 

 

 

 

 

2013-A Wells Fargo & Co Cap

 

 

 

2013-A Eligible Interest Rate Cap Provider

 

 

Current Notional

 

 

Strike Rate

 

 

Min Strike Rate Test

 

 

 

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2013-A Barclays PLC Cap

 

 

 

2013-A Eligible Interest Rate Cap Provider

 

 

Current Notional

 

 

Strike Rate

 

 

Min Strike Rate Test

 

 

 

 

 

2013-A Bank of Nova Scotia Cap

 

 

 

2013-A Eligible Interest Rate Cap Provider

 

 

Current Notional

 

 

Strike Rate

 

 

Min Strike Rate Test

 

 

 

 

 

Current Notional Test

 

 

 

Current Aggregate Cap Notional

 

 

Current Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount

 

 

Current Notional Sufficient

 

 

 

Required 2013-A Notional Schedule Test

 

Scheduled Notional Equals Required Notional

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

 

Factor

 

Required

 

Aggregate

 

Check

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT G
TO
SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

 

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of [     ], among [     ] (the “ Transferor ”), each purchaser listed as an Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser on the signature pages hereof (each, an “ Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser ”), the Funding Agent with respect to the assigning Committed Note Purchaser listed in the signature pages hereof (the “ Funding Agent ”), and Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, a special purpose limited partnership established under the laws of Delaware (the “ Company ”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, this Assignment and Assumption Agreement is being executed and delivered in accordance with subsection 9.3(a) of the Amended and Restated Series 2013-A Supplement, dated as of October 31 , 2014 (as from time to time further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Series 2013-A Supplement ”; terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined unless indicated otherwise), by and among the Company, the Conduit Investors named therein, the Committed Note Purchasers named therein, the Funding Agents named therein, The Hertz Corporation, as Group I Administrator, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (“ Trustee ”) to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as from time to time further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Base Indenture ”), by and between the Company and the Trustee, as supplemented by the Amended and Restated Group I Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as from time to time further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Group I Supplement ” and together with the Base Indenture and the Series 2013-A Supplement, the “ Indenture ”), by and between the Company and the Trustee;

 

WHEREAS, each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser (if it is not already an existing Committed Note Purchaser) wishes to become a Committed Note Purchaser party to the Series 2013-A Supplement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Transferor is selling and assigning to each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser, the portion of its rights, obligations and commitments under the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-A Notes as set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Upon the execution and delivery of this Assignment and Assumption Agreement by each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser, the Funding Agent, the Transferor and the Company (the date of such execution and delivery, the “ Transfer Issuance Date ”), each Acquiring

 



 

Committed Note Purchaser shall become a Committed Note Purchaser party to the Series 2013-A Supplement for all purposes thereof.

 

The Transferor acknowledges receipt from each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser of an amount equal to the purchase price, as agreed between the Transferor and such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser (the “ Purchase Price ”), of the portion being purchased by such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser (such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser’s “ Purchased Percentage ”) of the Transferor’s Commitment under the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Transferor’s Investor Group Invested Amount.  The Transferor hereby irrevocably sells, assigns and transfers to each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser, without recourse, representation or warranty, and each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser hereby irrevocably purchases, takes and assumes from the Transferor, such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser’s Purchased Percentage of the Transferor’s Commitment under the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Transferor’s Investor Group Invested Amount.

 

The Transferor has made arrangements with each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser with respect to [(i)] the portion, if any, to be paid, and the date or dates for payment, by the Transferor to such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser of any program fees, undrawn facility fee, structuring and commitment fees or other fees (collectively, the “ Fees ”) [heretofore received] by the Transferor pursuant to Article III of the Series 2013-A Supplement prior to the Transfer Issuance Date [and (ii) the portion, if any, to be paid, and the date or dates for payment, by such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser to the Transferor of Fees received by such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser pursuant to the Series 2013-A Supplement from and after the Transfer Issuance Date].

 

From and after the Transfer Issuance Date, amounts that would otherwise by payable to or for the account of the Transferor pursuant to the Series 2013-A Supplement shall, instead, be payable to or for the account of the Transferor and the Acquiring Committed Note Purchasers, as the case may be, in accordance with their respective interests as reflected in this Assignment and Assumption Agreement, whether such amounts have accrued prior to the Transfer Issuance Date or accrue subsequent to the Transfer Issuance Date.

 

Each of the parties to this Assignment and Assumption Agreement agrees that at any time and from time to time upon the written request of any other party, it will execute and deliver such further documents and do such further acts and things as such other party may reasonably request in order to effect the purposes of this Assignment and Assumption Agreement.

 

By executing and delivering this Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the Transferor and each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser confirm to and agree with each other and the Committed Note Purchasers as follows: (i) other than the representation and warranty that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned hereby free and clear of any adverse claim, the Transferor makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Series 2013-A Supplement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Indenture, the Series 2013-A Notes, the Series 2013-A Related Documents or any instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; (ii) the Transferor makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of

 

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the Company or the performance or observance by the Company of any of the Company’s obligations under the Indenture, the Series 2013-A Related Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser confirms that it has received a copy of the Indenture, the Series 2013-A Supplement and such other Series 2013-A Related Documents and other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption Agreement; (iv) each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Transferor or any other Investor Group and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Series 2013-A Supplement; (v) each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Series 2013-A Supplement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, all in accordance with Article X of the Series 2013-A Supplement; (vi) each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser appoints and authorizes a Funding Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Series 2013-A Supplement as are delegated to such Funding Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, all in accordance with Article X of the Series 2013-A Supplement, (vii) each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Series 2013-A Supplement are required to be performed by it as an Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser and (viii) the Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company and the Group I Administrator that the representations and warranties contained in Section 3 of Annex 1 to the Series 2013-A Supplement are true and correct with respect to the Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser on and as of the date hereof and the Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser shall be deemed to have made such representations and warranties contained in Section 3 of Annex 1 to the Series 2013-A Supplement on and as of the date hereof.

 

Schedule I hereto sets forth the revised Commitment Percentages of the Transferor and each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser as well as administrative information with respect to each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser and its Funding Agent.

 

This Assignment and Assumption Agreement and all matters arising under or in any manner relating to this Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereto shall be determined in accordance with such law.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment and Assumption Agreement to be executed by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

[          ], as Transferor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[          ], as Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[          ], as Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Title:

 

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CONSENTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED:

 

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a limited partnership

 

 

 

 

 

By: HVF II GP Corp., its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

LIST OF ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES

AND OF COMMITMENT PERCENTAGES

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as

Administrative Agent

 

Address:

 

 

Attention:

Telephone:

Facsimile:

 

 

[TRANSFEROR]

 

Address:

[          ]

 

Attention: [          ]

 

Telephone: [          ]

 

Facsimile: [          ]

 

 

 

 

Prior Commitment Percentage:

[          ]

 

 

Revised Commitment Percentage:

[          ]

 

 

Prior Investor Group Principal Amount:

[          ]

 

 

Revised Investor Group Principal Amount:

[          ]

 

 

[TRANSFEROR FUNDING AGENT]

 

 

Address:

[          ]

 

Attention: [          ]

 

Telephone: [          ]

 

Facsimile: [          ]

 

 

 

 

[ACQUIRING COMMITTED NOTE PURCHASER]

 

 

Address:

[          ]

 

Attention: [          ]

 

Telephone: [          ]

 

Facsimile: [          ]

 



 

Prior Commitment Percentage:

[          ]

 

 

Revised Commitment Percentage:

[          ]

 

 

Prior Investor Group Principal Amount:

[          ]

 

 

Revised Investor Group Principal Amount:

[          ]

 

 

[ACQUIRING COMMITTED NOTE PURCHASER FUNDING AGENT]

 

 

Address:

[          ]

 

Attention: [          ]

 

Telephone: [          ]

 

Facsimile: [          ]

 

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EXHIBIT H
TO
SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF INVESTOR GROUP SUPPLEMENT

 

INVESTOR GROUP SUPPLEMENT, dated as of [    ], [    ], among (i) [          ] (the “ Transferor Investor Group ”), (ii) the Funding Agent with respect to the Transferor Investor Group in the signature pages hereof (the “ Transferor Funding Agent ”) (iii) [          ] (the “ Acquiring Investor Group ”), (iv) the Funding Agent with respect to the Acquiring Investor Group listed in the signature pages hereof (the “ Acquiring Funding Agent ”), and (v) Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, a special purpose limited partnership established under the laws of Delaware (the “ Company ”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, this Investor Group Supplement is being executed and delivered in accordance with subsection 9.3(c) of the Amended and Restated Series 2013-A Supplement, dated as of October 31 , 2014 (as from time to time further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Series 2013-A Supplement ”; terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined unless indicated otherwise), by and among the Company, the Conduit Investors named therein, the Committed Note Purchasers named therein, the Funding Agents named therein, The Hertz Corporation, as Group I Administrator, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as from time to time further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Base Indenture ”), by and between the Company and the Trustee, as supplemented by the Amended and Restated Group I Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as from time to time further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Group I Supplement ” and together with the Base Indenture and the Series 2013-A Supplement, the “ Indenture ”), by and between the Company and the Trustee;

 

WHEREAS, the Acquiring Investor Group wishes to become a Conduit Investor and a Committed Note Purchaser with respect to such Conduit Investor under the Series 2013-A Supplement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Transferor Investor Group is selling and assigning to the Acquiring Investor Group its respective rights, obligations and commitments under the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-A Notes with respect to the percentage of its total commitment specified on Schedule I attached hereto;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Upon the execution and delivery of this Investor Group Supplement by the Acquiring Investor Group, the Acquiring Funding Agent with respect thereto, the Transferor

 



 

Investor Group, the Transferor Funding Agent and the Company (the date of such execution and delivery, the “ Transfer Issuance Date ”), the Conduit Investor(s) and the Committed Note Purchasers with respect to the Acquiring Investor Group shall become parties to the Series 2013-A Supplement for all purposes thereof.

 

The Transferor Investor Group acknowledges receipt from the Acquiring Investor Group of an amount equal to the purchase price, as agreed between the Transferor Investor Group and the Acquiring Investor Group (the “ Purchase Price ”), of the portion being purchased by the Acquiring Investor Group (the Acquiring Investor Group’s “ Purchased Percentage ”) of the Commitment Amount with respect to the Committed Note Purchasers included in the Transferor Investor Group under the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Transferor Investor Group’s Investor Group Principal Amount.  The Transferor Investor Group hereby irrevocably sells, assigns and transfers to the Acquiring Investor Group, without recourse, representation or warranty, and the Acquiring Investor Group hereby irrevocably purchases, takes and assumes from the Transferor Investor Group, the Acquiring Investor Group’s Purchased Percentage of the Commitment with respect to the Committed Note Purchasers included in the Transferor Investor Group under the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Transferor Investor Group’s Investor Group Principal Amount.

 

From and after the Transfer Issuance Date, amounts that would otherwise be payable to or for the account of the Transferor Investor Group pursuant to the Series 2013-A Supplement shall, instead, be payable to or for the account of the Transferor Investor Group and the Acquiring Investor Group, as the case may be, in accordance with their respective interests as reflected in this Investor Group Supplement, whether such amounts have accrued prior to the Transfer Issuance Date or accrue subsequent to the Transfer Issuance Date.

 

Each of the parties to this Investor Group Supplement agrees that at any time and from time to time upon the written request of any other party, it will execute and deliver such further documents and do such further acts and things as such other party may reasonably request in order to effect the purposes of this Investor Group Supplement.

 

By executing and delivering this Investor Group Supplement, the Transferor Investor Group and the Acquiring Investor Group confirm to and agree with each other as follows:  (i) other than the representation and warranty that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned hereby free and clear of any adverse claim, the Transferor Investor Group makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Series 2013-A Supplement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Indenture, the Series 2013-A Notes, the Series 2013-A Related Documents or any instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; (ii) the Transferor Investor Group makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Company or the performance or observance by the Company of any of the Company’s obligations under the Indenture and the Series 2013-A Related Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) the Acquiring Investor Group confirms that it has received a copy of the Indenture and the Series 2013-A Related Documents and other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and

 

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decision to enter into this Investor Group Supplement; (iv) the Acquiring Investor Group will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Transferor Investor Group or any other Person and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Series 2013-A Supplement; (v) the Acquiring Investor Group appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Series 2013-A Supplement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, all in accordance with Article X of the Series 2013-A Supplement; (vi) each member of the Acquiring Investor Group appoints and authorizes its respective Acquiring Funding Agent, listed on Schedule I hereto, to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Series 2013-A Supplement as are delegated to such Acquiring Funding Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, all in accordance with Article X of the Series 2013-A Supplement, (vii) each member of the Acquiring Investor Group agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Series 2013-A Supplement are required to be performed by it as a member of the Acquiring Investor Group and (viii) each member of the Acquiring Investor Group hereby represents and warrants to the Company and the Group I Administrator that the representations and warranties contained in Section 3 of Annex 1 to the Series 2013-A Supplement are true and correct with respect to the Acquiring Investor Group on and as of the date hereof and the Acquiring Investor Group shall be deemed to have made such representations and warranties contained in Section 3 of Annex 1 to the Series 2013-A Supplement on and as of the date hereof.

 

Schedule I hereto sets forth the revised Commitment Percentages of the Transferor Investor Group and the Acquiring Investor Group, as well as administrative information with respect to the Acquiring Investor Group and its Acquiring Funding Agent.

 

This Investor Group Supplement and all matters arising under or in any manner relating to this Investor Group Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereto shall be determined in accordance with such law.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Investor Group Supplement to be executed by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

 

[          ], as Transferor Investor Group

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

[          ], as Transferor Investor Group

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[          ], as Transferor Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

[          ], as Acquiring Investor Group

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

[          ], as Acquiring Investor Group

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

[          ], as Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Title:

 

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CONSENTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED:

 

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a limited partnership

 

 

 

 

 

By: HVF II GP Corp., its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

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LIST OF ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES

AND OF COMMITMENT PERCENTAGES

 



 

EXHIBIT I
TO
SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF SERIES 2013-A LETTER OF CREDIT

 



 

SERIES 2013-A LETTER OF CREDIT

 

NO. [    ]

 

OUR IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. DBS-[ ]

 

[ ] [   ]

 

Beneficiary:

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.

as Trustee
under the Series 2013-A Supplement
referred to below
2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020
Chicago, Illinois 60602

 

Attention:                                          Corporate Trust Administration—Structured Finance

 

Dear Sir or Madam:

 

The undersigned (“[                      ]” or the “ Issuing Bank ”) hereby establishes, at the request and for the account of The Hertz Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Hertz ”), pursuant to that certain senior secured asset based revolving loan facility, provided under a credit agreement, dated as of March 11, 2011 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Agreement ”), among Hertz, the Issuing Bank, certain affiliates of Hertz and the several banks and financial institutions party thereto from time to time, in the Beneficiary’s favor on Beneficiary’s behalf as Trustee under the Amended and Restated Series 2013-A Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Series 2013-A Supplement ”), by and among Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, a special purpose limited partnership established under the laws of Delaware (“ HVF II ”), as Issuer, The Hertz Corporation, as the Group I Administrator, certain committed note purchasers, certain conduit investors, certain funding agents and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”), to the Amended and Restated Group I Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Group I Supplement ”), by and between HVF II and the Trustee, to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Base Indenture ”), by and between HVF II, as Issuer, and the Trustee, in respect of Credit Demands (as defined below), Unpaid Demand Note Demands (as defined below), Preference Payment Demands (as defined below) and Termination Demands (as defined below) this Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. P- [     ] in the amount of [         ] ($[            ]) (such amount, as the same may be reduced, increased (to an amount not exceeding $[

 

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                      ]) or reinstated as provided herein, being the “ Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount ”), effective immediately and expiring at 4:00 p.m. (New York time) at our office located at [                            ] (such office or any other office which may be designated by the Issuing Bank by written notice delivered to Beneficiary, being the “ Issuing Bank’s Office ”) on [  ] (or, if such date is not a Business Day (as defined below), the immediately succeeding Business Day) (the “ Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date ”).  The Issuing Bank hereby agrees that the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date shall be automatically extended, without amendment, [to the earlier of (i) the date that is one year from the then current Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date and (ii) [  ], in each case][for successive one year periods from each Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date] unless, no fewer than sixty (60) days before the then current Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date, we notify you in writing by registered mail (return receipt) or overnight courier that this letter of credit will not be extended beyond the then current Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date.  The term “Beneficiary” refers herein (and in each Annex hereto) to the Trustee, as such term is defined in the Base Indenture.  Terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

The Issuing Bank irrevocably authorizes Beneficiary to draw on it, in accordance with the terms and conditions and subject to the reductions in amount as hereinafter set forth, (1) in one or more draws by one or more of the Trustee’s drafts, each drawn on the Issuing Bank at the Issuing Bank’s Office, payable at sight on a Business Day (as defined below), and accompanied by the Trustee’s written and completed certificate signed by the Trustee in substantially the form of Annex A attached hereto (any such draft accompanied by such certificate being a “ Credit Demand ”), an amount equal to the face amount of each such draft but in the aggregate amount not exceeding the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount as in effect on such Business Day (as defined below), (2) in one or more draws by one or more of the Trustee’s drafts, each drawn on the Issuing Bank at the Issuing Bank’s Office, payable at sight on a Business Day (as defined below), and accompanied by the Trustee’s written and completed certificate signed by it in substantially the form of Annex B attached hereto (any such draft accompanied by such certificate being an “ Unpaid Demand Note Demand ”), an amount equal to the face amount of each such draft but not exceeding the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount as in effect on such Business Day (as defined below), (3) in one or more draws by one or more of the Trustee’s drafts, each drawn on the Issuing Bank at the Issuing Bank’s Office, payable at sight on a Business Day (as defined below), and accompanied by the Trustee’s written and completed certificate signed by the Trustee in substantially the form of Annex C attached hereto (any such draft accompanied by such certificate being a “ Preference Payment Demand ”), an amount equal to the face amount of each such draft but not exceeding the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount as in effect on such Business Day (as defined below) and (4) in one or more draws by one or more of the Trustee’s drafts, drawn on the Issuing Bank at the Issuing Bank’s Office, payable at sight on a Business Day (as defined below), and accompanied by the Trustee’s written and completed certificate signed by the Trustee in substantially the form of Annex D attached hereto (any such draft accompanied by such certificate being a

 

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Termination Demand ”), an amount equal to the face amount of each such draft but not exceeding the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount as in effect on such Business Day (as defined below).  Any Credit Demand, Unpaid Demand Note Demand, Preference Payment Demand or Termination Demand may be delivered by facsimile transmission.  [Drawings may also be presented to us by facsimile transmission to facsimile number [  ] (each such drawing, a “fax drawing”); provided that , a fax drawing will not be effectively presented until you confirm by telephone our receipt of such fax drawing by calling us at telephone number [  ].  If you present a fax drawing under this Letter of Credit you do not need to present the original of any drawing documents, and if we receive any such original drawing documents they will not be examined by us.  In the event of a full or final drawing, the original Letter of Credit must be returned to us by overnight courier.]  The Trustee shall deliver the original executed counterpart of such Credit Demand, Unpaid Demand Note Demand, Preference Payment Demand or Termination Demand, as the case may be, to the Issuing Bank by means of overnight courier.  “ Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks are authorized or required by law to close in New York City, New York.  Upon the Issuing Bank honoring any Credit Demand, Unpaid Demand Note Demand, Preference Payment Demand or Termination Demand presented hereunder, the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount shall automatically be decreased by an amount equal to the amount of such Credit Demand, Unpaid Demand Note Demand, Preference Payment Demand or Termination Demand.  In addition to the foregoing reduction, (i) upon the Issuing Bank honoring any Termination Demand in respect of the entire Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount presented to it hereunder, the amount available to be drawn under this Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount shall automatically be reduced to zero and this Series 2013-A Letter of Credit shall be terminated and (ii) no amount decreased on the honoring of any Preference Payment Demand or Termination Demand shall be reinstated.

 

The Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount shall be automatically reinstated when and to the extent, but only when and to the extent, that (i) the Issuing Bank is reimbursed by Hertz (or by HVF II under Section 5.6 or 5.7 of the Series 2013-A Supplement) for any amount drawn hereunder as a Credit Demand or an Unpaid Demand Note Demand and (ii) the Issuing Bank receives written notice from Hertz in substantially the form of Annex E hereto that no Event of Bankruptcy (as defined in the Base Indenture) with respect to Hertz has occurred and is continuing; provided , however , that the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount shall, in no event, be reinstated to an amount in excess of the then current Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount (without giving effect to any reduction to the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount that resulted from any such Credit Demand or Unpaid Demand Note Demand).

 

The Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount shall be automatically reduced in accordance with the terms of a written request from the Trustee to the Issuing Bank in substantially the form of Annex G attached hereto that is acknowledged and agreed to in writing by the Issuing Bank.  The Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount shall be automatically increased upon receipt by (and written acknowledgment of such receipt by) the Trustee of written notice from the Issuing Bank in substantially the form of Annex H

 

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attached hereto certifying that the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount has been increased and setting forth the amount of such increase, which increase shall not result in the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount exceeding an amount equal to [ ]($[          ]).

 

Each Credit Demand, Unpaid Demand Note Demand, Preference Payment Demand and Termination Demand shall be dated the date of its presentation, and shall be presented to the Issuing Bank at the Issuing Bank’s Office, Attention: [Global Loan Operations, Standby Letter of Credit Unit].  If the Issuing Bank receives any Credit Demand, Unpaid Demand Note Demand, Preference Payment Demand or Termination Demand at such office, all in strict conformity with the terms and conditions of this Series 2013-A Letter of Credit, not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day prior to the termination hereof, the Issuing Bank will make such funds available by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the same day in accordance with Beneficiary’s payment instructions.  If the Issuing Bank receives any Credit Demand, Unpaid Demand Note Demand, Preference Payment Demand or Termination Demand at such office, all in strict conformity with the terms and conditions of this Series 2013-A Letter of Credit, after 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day prior to the termination hereof, the Issuing Bank will make the funds available by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the next succeeding Business Day in accordance with Beneficiary’s payment instructions.  If Beneficiary so requests to the Issuing Bank, payment under this Series 2013-A Letter of Credit may be made by wire transfer of Federal Reserve Bank of New York funds to Beneficiary’s account in a bank on the Federal Reserve wire system or by deposit of same day funds into a designated account.  All payments made by the Issuing Bank under this Series 2013-A Letter of Credit shall be made with the Issuing Bank’s own funds.

 

In the event there is more than one draw request on the same Business Day, the draw requests shall be honored in the following order:  (1) the Credit Demands, (2) the Unpaid Demand Note Demands, (3) the Preference Payment Demand and (4) the Termination Demand.

 

Upon the earliest of (i) the date on which the Issuing Bank honors a Preference Payment Demand or Termination Demand presented hereunder to the extent of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount as in effect on such date, (ii) the date on which the Issuing Bank receives written notice from Beneficiary that an alternate letter of credit or other credit facility has been substituted for this Series 2013-A Letter of Credit and (iii) the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date, this Series 2013-A Letter of Credit shall automatically terminate and Beneficiary shall surrender this Series 2013-A Letter of Credit to the undersigned Issuing Bank on such day.

 

This Series 2013-A Letter of Credit is transferable in its entirety to any transferee(s) who Beneficiary certifies to the Issuing Bank has succeeded Beneficiary as Trustee under the Base Indenture, the Group I Supplement and the Series 2013-A Supplement, and may be successively transferred.  Transfer of this Series 2013-A Letter of Credit to such transferee shall be effected by the presentation to the Issuing Bank of this Series 2013-A Letter of Credit accompanied by a certificate in substantially the form

 

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of Annex F attached hereto.  Upon such presentation the Issuing Bank shall forthwith transfer this Series 2013-A Letter of Credit to (or to the order of) the transferee or, if so requested by Beneficiary’s transferee, issue a letter of credit to (or to the order of) Beneficiary’s transferee with provisions therein consistent with this Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

This Series 2013-A Letter of Credit sets forth in full the undertaking of the Issuing Bank, and such undertaking shall not in any way be modified, amended, amplified or limited by reference to any document, instrument or agreement referred to herein, except only the certificates and the drafts referred to herein; and any such reference shall not be deemed to incorporate herein by reference any document, instrument or agreement except for such certificates and such drafts.

 

This Series 2013-A Letter of Credit is subject to the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, 2007 Revision, ICC Publication No. 600 (the “ Uniform Customs ”), which is incorporated into the text of this Series 2013-A Letter of Credit by reference, and shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, including, as to matters not covered by the Uniform Customs, the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York; provided that , if an interruption of business (as described in such Article 17) exists at the Issuing Bank’s Office, the Issuing Bank agrees to (i) promptly notify the Trustee of an alternative location in which to send any communications with respect to this Series 2013-A Letter of Credit or (ii) to effect payment under this Series 2013-A Letter of Credit if a draw which otherwise conforms to the terms and conditions of this Series 2013-A Letter of Credit is made prior to the earlier of (A) the thirtieth day after the resumption of business and (B) the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date and (ii) Article 41 of the Uniform Customs shall not apply to this Series 2013-A Letter of Credit as draws hereunder shall not be deemed to be installments for purposes thereof.

 

Communications with respect to this Series 2013-A Letter of Credit shall be in writing and shall be addressed to the Issuing Bank at the Issuing Bank’s Office, specifically referring to the number of this Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

[                              ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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ANNEX A

 

CERTIFICATE OF CREDIT DEMAND

 

[Issuing Bank’s Address]

 

Attention:  [Global Loan Operations, Standby Letter of Credit Unit]

 

Certificate of Credit Demand under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. [               ] (the “ Series 2013-A Letter of Credit ”), dated [  ], issued by [                            ], as the Issuing Bank, in favor of the Trustee.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit or, if not defined therein, the Series 2013-A Supplement (as defined in the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit).

 

The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of the Trustee, hereby certifies to the Issuing Bank as follows:

 

1.                                       [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](1) is the Trustee under the Series 2013-A Supplement referred to in the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

2.                                       [A Series 2013-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall exists on the [  ](2) Payment Date and pursuant to Section 5.5(a)  of the Series 2013-A Supplement, an amount equal to the Issuing Bank’s Pro Rata Share of the least of: (i) such Series 2013-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall, (ii) the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount as of such Payment Date, and (iii) the Series 2013-A Lease Interest Payment Deficit for such Payment Date](3)

 

[A Series 2013-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall exists on the [   ](4) Payment Date and pursuant to Section 5.5(a)  of the Series 2013-A Supplement, an amount equal to the Issuing Bank’s Pro Rata Share of the excess of: (i) the least of (A) such Series 2013-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall, (B) the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount as of such Payment Date on the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit, and (C) the Series 2013-A Lease Interest Payment Deficit for such

 


(1)                                  If Trustee under the Series 2013-A Supplement is other than The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the name of such other Trustee is to be inserted.

 

(2)                                  Specify the relevant Payment Date.

 

(3)                                  Use in case of a Series 2013-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall on any Payment Date and if no Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded.

 

(4)                                  Specify the relevant Payment Date.

 



 

Payment Date over (ii) the lesser of (x) the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Percentage on such Payment Date of the least of the amounts described in clauses (A), (B) and (C) above and (y) the Series 2013-A Available L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount on such Payment Date](5)

 

[A Series 2013-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit exists on the [  ](6) Payment Date that exceeds the amount, if any, withdrawn from the Series 2013-A Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4(b)  of the Series 2013-A Supplement and pursuant to Section 5.5(b)  of the Series 2013-A Supplement, an amount equal to the Issuing Bank’s Pro Rata Share of the [lesser][least] of: (i) the excess of the Series 2013-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit over the amounts withdrawn from the Series 2013-A Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4(b)  of the Series 2013-A Supplement, (ii) the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount as of such Payment Date (after giving effect to any drawings on the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.5(a)  of the Series 2013-A Supplement) [and (iii) the excess, if any, of the Principal Deficit Amount over the amount, if any, withdrawn from the Series 2013-A Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4(c) of the Series 2013-A Supplement](7) [the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount over the amount to be deposited into the Series 2013-A Distribution Account (together with any amounts to be deposited therein pursuant to the terms of the Series 2013-A Supplement (other than pursuant to amounts allocated and drawn in accordance with this sentence or as a result of a Principal Deficit Amount exceeding zero) on the Legal Final Payment Date for payment of principal of the Series 2013-A Notes](8)](9)

 

[A Series 2013-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit exists on the [  ](10) Payment Date that exceeds the amount, if any, withdrawn from the Series 2013-A

 


(5)    Use in case of a Series 2013-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall on any Payment Date and if the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded.

 

(6) Specify relevant Payment Date.

 

(7)                                  Use on any Payment Date other than the Legal Final Payment Date occurring during the period commencing on and including the date of the filing by any Group I Lessee of a petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code to but excluding the date on which such Group I Lessee shall have resumed making all payments of Monthly Variable Rent required to be made under the Group I Leases.

 

(8)                                  Use on the Legal Final Payment Date.

 

(9)  Use in case of a Series 2013-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit on any Payment Date and if no Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded.

 

(10)  Specify relevant Payment Date.

 



 

Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4(b)  of the Series 2013-A Supplement and pursuant to Section 5.5(b)  of the Series 2013-A Supplement, an amount equal to the Issuing Bank’s Pro Rata Share of the excess of (i) the [lesser][least] of: (A) the excess of the Series 2013-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit over the amounts withdrawn from the Series 2013-A Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4(b)  of the Series 2013-A Supplement, (B) the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount as of such Payment Date (after giving effect to any drawings on the Series 2013-A Letters of Credit on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.5(a)  of the Series 2013-A Supplement) [and (C) the excess, if any, of the Principal Deficit Amount over the amount, if any, withdrawn from the Series 2013-A Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4(c)  of the Series 2013-A Supplement](11) [the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Principal Amount over the amount to be deposited into the Series 2013-A Distribution Account (together with any amounts to be deposited therein pursuant to the terms of the Series 2013-A Supplement (other than pursuant to amounts allocated and drawn in accordance with this sentence or as a result of a Principal Deficit Amount exceeding zero) on the Legal Final Payment Date for payment of principal of the Series 2013-A Notes](12), over (ii) the lesser of (A) the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Percentage on such Payment Date of the amount calculated pursuant to clause (i)  above and (B) the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount on such Payment Date (after giving effect to any withdrawals therefrom on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.5(a)  of the Series 2013-A Supplement)](13)

 

has been allocated to making a drawing under the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

3.                                       The Trustee is making a drawing under the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit as required by Section[s] [5.5(a)  and/or 5 .5(b) ](14) of the Series 2013-A Supplement for an amount equal to $                          , which amount is a Series 2013-A L/C Credit Disbursement (the “ Series 2013-A L/C Credit Disbursement ”) and is equal to the amount

 


(11)                           Use on any Payment Date other than the Legal Final Payment Date occurring during the period commencing on and including the date of the filing by any Group I Lessee of a petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code to but excluding the date on which such Group I Lessee shall have resumed making all payments of Monthly Variable Rent required to be made under the Group I Leases.

 

(12) Use on the Legal Final Payment Date.

 

(13)                           Use in case of a Series 2013-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit on any Payment Date and if the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded.

 

(14)                           Use reference to Section 5.5(a) of the Series 2013-A Supplement in case of Series 2013-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall and/or Section 5.5(b) of the Series 2013-A Supplement in case of a Series 2013-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit.

 



 

allocated to making a drawing on the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit under such Section [5.5(a) and/or 5.5(b) ](15) of the Series 2013-A Supplement as described above.  The Series 2013-A L/C Credit Disbursement does not exceed the amount that is available to be drawn by the Trustee under the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit on the date of this certificate.

 

4.                                       The amount of the draft shall be delivered pursuant to the following instructions:

 

[insert payment instructions (including payment date) for wire to [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](16) as Trustee].

 

5.                                       The Trustee acknowledges that, pursuant to the terms of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit, upon the Issuing Bank honoring the draft accompanying this certificate, the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount shall be automatically decreased by an amount equal to such draft.

 


(15)                           Use reference to Section 5.5(a) of the Series 2013-A Supplement in case of a Series 2013-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall and/or Section 5.5(b) of the Series 2013-A Supplement in case of a Series 2013-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit.

 

(16)                           See footnote 1 above.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has executed and delivered this certificate on this                   day of                         ,                 .

 

 

[THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.](17),

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Title:

 


(17)                           See footnote 1 above.

 



 

ANNEX B

 

CERTIFICATE OF UNPAID DEMAND NOTE DEMAND

 

[Issuing Bank’s Address]

 

Attention:  [Global Loan Operations, Standby Letter of Credit Unit]

 

Certificate of Unpaid Demand Note Demand under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. [                          ] (the “ Series 2013-A Letter of Credit ”), dated [  ], issued by [                                         ], as the Issuing Bank, in favor of the Trustee.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit or, if not defined therein, the Series 2013-A Supplement (as defined in the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit).

 

The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of the Trustee, hereby certifies to the Issuing Bank as follows:

 

1.                                       [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](1) is the Trustee under the Series 2013-A Supplement referred to in the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

2.                                       As of the date of this certificate, there exists an amount due and payable by The Hertz Corporation (“ Hertz ”) under the Series 2013-A Demand Note (the “ Demand Note ”) issued by Hertz to HVF II and pledged to the Trustee under the Series 2013-A Supplement which amount has not been paid (or the Trustee has failed to make a demand for payment under the Demand Note in such amount due to the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy (or the occurrence of an event described in clause (a) of the definition thereof, without the lapse of a period of 60 consecutive days) with respect to Hertz) and, pursuant to Section 5.5(d)   of the Series 2013-A Supplement, an amount equal to the Issuing Bank’s Pro Rata Share

 

[of the lesser of (i) the amount that Hertz failed to pay under the Demand Note (or the amount that the Trustee failed to demand for payment thereunder); and (ii) the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount as of the date hereof;](2)

 

[of the excess of (i) the lesser of (A) the amount that Hertz failed to pay under the Demand Note (or the amount that the Trustee failed to demand for payment thereunder) and (B) the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount as of the date hereof over

 


(1)                                  If Trustee under the Series 2013-A Supplement is other than The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the name of such other Trustee is to be inserted.

 

(2)                                  Use on any Business Day if no Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded as of such date.

 



 

(ii) the lesser of (x) the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Percentage on such Business Day of the lesser of the amounts set forth in the immediately preceding clauses (A) and (B) and (y) the Series 2013-A Available L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount as of the date hereof (after giving effect to any withdrawals therefrom on such date pursuant to Section 5.5(a) and Section 5.5(b) of the Series 2013-A Supplement);](3)

 

has been allocated to making a drawing on the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

3.                                       Pursuant to Section 5.5(d) of the Series 2013-A Supplement, the Trustee is making a drawing under the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit in an amount equal to $                                   , which amount is a Series 2013-A L/C Unpaid Demand Note Disbursement (the “ Series 2013-A L/C Unpaid Demand Note Disbursement ”) and is equal to the amount allocated to making a drawing on the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit under Section 5.5(d) of the Series 2013-A Supplement as described above.  The Series 2013-A L/C Unpaid Demand Note Disbursement does not exceed the amount that is available to be drawn by the Trustee under the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit on the date of this certificate.

 

4.                                       The amount of the draft shall be delivered pursuant to the following instructions:

 

[insert payment instructions (including payment date) for wire to [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](4) as Trustee].

 

5.                                       The Trustee acknowledges that, pursuant to the terms of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit, upon the Issuing Bank honoring the draft accompanying this certificate, the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount shall be automatically decreased by an amount equal to such draft.

 


(3)                                  Use on any Business Day if the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded as of such date.

 

(4)                                  See footnote 1 above.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has executed and delivered this certificate on this                      day of                        ,               .

 

 

[THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.](5),

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Title:

 


(5)  See footnote 1 above.

 



 

ANNEX C

 

CERTIFICATE OF PREFERENCE PAYMENT DEMAND

 

[Issuing Bank’s Address]

 

Attention:  [Global Loan Operations, Standby Letter of Credit Unit]

 

Certificate of Preference Payment Demand under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. [                        ] (the “ Series 2013-A Letter of Credit ”), dated [  ], issued by [                         ], as the Issuing Bank, in favor of the Trustee.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit or, if not defined therein, the Series 2013-A Supplement (as defined in the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit).

 

The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of the Trustee, hereby certifies to the Issuing Bank as follows:

 

1.                                       [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](1) is the Trustee under the Series 2013-A Supplement referred to in the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

2.                                       The Trustee has received a certified copy of the final non-appealable order of the applicable bankruptcy court requiring the return of a Preference Amount.

 

3.                                       Pursuant to Section 5.5(d) of the Series 2013-A Supplement, an amount equal to the Issuing Bank’s Pro Rata Share of [the lesser of (i) the Preference Amount referred to above and (ii) the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount as of the date hereof](2) [the excess of (i) lesser of (A) the Preference Amount referred to above and (B) the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount as of the date hereof over (ii) the lesser of (x) the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Percentage as of the date hereof of the lesser of the amounts set forth in the immediately preceding clauses (A) and (B) and (y) the Series 2013-A Available L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount as of the date hereof (after giving effect to any withdrawals therefrom on such Payment Date pursuant to

 


(1)                                  If Trustee under the Series 2013-A Supplement is other than The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the name of such other Trustee is to be inserted.

 

(2)                                  Use if no Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded as of such date.

 



 

Section 5.5(a) and Section 5.5(b) of the Series 2013-A Supplement)](3) has been allocated to making a drawing under the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

4.                                       Pursuant to Section 5.5(d) of the Series 2013-A Supplement, the Trustee is making a drawing in the amount of $                         which amount is a Series 2013-A L/C Preference Payment Disbursement (the “ Series 2013-A L/C Preference Payment Disbursement ”) and is equal to the amount allocated to making a drawing on the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit under such [ Section 5.5(d)] of the Series 2013-A Supplement as described above.  The Series 2013-A L/C Preference Payment Disbursement does not exceed the amount that is available to be drawn by the Trustee under the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit on the date of this certificate.

 

5.                                       The amount of the draft shall be delivered pursuant to the following instructions:

 

[insert payment instructions (including payment date) for wire to [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](4) as Trustee]

 

6.                                       The Trustee acknowledges that, pursuant to the terms of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit, upon the Issuing Bank honoring the draft accompanying this certificate, the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount shall be automatically decreased by an amount equal to such draft.

 


(3)                                  Use if the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded as of such date.

 

(4)                                  See footnote 1 above.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has executed and delivered this certificate on this                  day of                              ,            .

 

 

[THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.],(5)

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 


(5)                                  See footnote 1 above.

 



 

ANNEX D

 

CERTIFICATE OF TERMINATION DEMAND

 

[Issuing Bank’s Address]

 

Attention:  [Global Loan Operations, Standby Letter of Credit Unit]

 

Certificate of Termination Demand under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. [                        ] (the “ Series 2013-A Letter of Credit ”), dated [  ], issued by [                              ], as the Issuing Bank, in favor of the Trustee.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Agreement or, if not defined therein, the Series 2013-A Supplement (as defined in the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit).

 

The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of the Trustee, hereby certifies to the Issuing Bank as follows:

 

1.                                       [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](1) is the Trustee under the Series 2013-A Supplement referred to in the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

2.                                       [Pursuant to Section 5.7(a) of the Series 2013-A Supplement, an amount equal to the Issuing Bank’s Pro Rata Share of the lesser of (x) the greatest of (A) the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount over the Series 2013-A Asset Amount, in each case, as of the date that is sixteen (16) Business Days prior to the scheduled expiration date of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit (after giving effect to all deposits to, and withdrawals from, the Series 2013-A Reserve Account and the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account on such date), excluding the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit but taking into account any substitute Series 2013-A Letter of Credit that has been obtained from a Series 2013-A Eligible Letter of Credit Provider and is in full force and effect on such date, (B) the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount over the Series 2013-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount, in each case, as of such date (after giving effect to all deposits to, and withdrawals from, the Series 2013-A Reserve Account and the Series 2013-A L/C Cash Collateral Account on such date), excluding the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit but taking into account each substitute Series 2013-A Letter of Credit that has been obtained from a Series 2013-A Eligible Letter of Credit Provider and is in full force and effect on such date, and (C) the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Demand Note Payment Amount over the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount, in each case, as of such date (after giving effect to all deposits to, and withdrawals from, the Series 2013-A

 


(1)                                  If Trustee under the Series 2013-A Supplement is other than The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the name of such other Trustee is to be inserted.

 



 

L/C Cash Collateral Account on such date), excluding the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit but taking into account each substitute Series 2013-A Letter of Credit that has been obtained from a Series 2013-A Eligible Letter of Credit Provider and is in full force and effect on such date, and (y) the amount available to be drawn on the expiring Series 2013-A Letter of Credit on such date has been allocated to making a drawing under the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.](2)

 

[The Trustee has not received the notice required from HVF II pursuant to Section 5.7(a) of the Series 2013-A Supplement on or prior to the date that is fifteen (15) Business Days prior to each Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date.  As such, pursuant to such Section 5.7(a) of the Series 2013-A Supplement, the Trustee is making a drawing for the full amount of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.](3)

 

[Pursuant to Section 5.7(b) of the Series 2013-A Supplement, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the greatest of (A) the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount over the Series 2013-A Asset Amount as of the thirtieth (30) day after the occurrence of a Series 2013-A Downgrade Event with respect to the Issuing Bank, excluding the available amount under the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit on such date, (B) the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount over the Series 2013-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount as of such date, excluding the available amount under the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit on such date, and (C) the excess, if any, of the Series 2013-A Demand Note Payment Amount over the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount as of such date, excluding the available amount under the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit on such date, and (ii) the amount available to be drawn on the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit on such date has been allocated to making a drawing under the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.](4)

 

3.                                       [Pursuant to Section [5.7(a) ](5) [ 5.7(b) ](6) of the Series 2013-A Supplement, the Trustee is making a drawing in the amount of $                           which is a Series 2013-A L/C Termination Disbursement (the “ Series 2013-A L/C Termination Disbursement ”) and is equal to the amount allocated to making a drawing on the Series

 


(2)                                  Use in case of an expiring Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

(3)                                  Use if HVF II does not provide the Trustee with notices required under Section 5.7(a) of the Series 2013-A Supplement with respect to an expiring Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

(4)                                  Use in case of Issuing Bank being subject to a Series 2013-A Downgrade Event.

 

(5)                                  Use in case of an expiring Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

(6)                                  Use in case of a Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider being subject to a Series 2013-A Downgrade Event.

 



 

2013-A Letter of Credit under such Section [5.7(a) ](7)  [5.7(b) ](8) of the Series 2013-A Supplement as described above.  The Series 2013-A L/C Termination Disbursement does not exceed the amount that is available to be drawn by the Trustee under the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit on the date of this certificate.

 

4.                                       The amount of the draft shall be delivered pursuant to the following instructions:

 

[insert payment instructions (including payment date) for wire to [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](9) as Trustee]

 


(7)                                  Use in case of an expiring Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

(8)                                  Use in case of a Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Provider being subject to a Series 2013-A Downgrade Event.

 

(9)                                  See footnote 1 above.

 



 

5.                                       The Trustee acknowledges that, pursuant to the terms of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit, upon the Issuing Bank honoring the draft accompanying this certificate, the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount shall be automatically reduced to zero and the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit shall terminate and be immediately returned to the Issuing Bank.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has executed and delivered this certificate on this                day of                         ,            .

 

 

[THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.],(10)

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

Title:

 


(10)                           See footnote 1 above.

 



 

ANNEX E

 

CERTIFICATE OF REINSTATEMENT
OF LETTER OF CREDIT AMOUNT

 

[Issuing Bank’s Address]

 

Attention:  [Global Loan Operations, Standby Letter of Credit Unit]

 

Certificate of Reinstatement of Letter of Credit Amount under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. [                      ] (the “ Series 2013-A Letter of Credit ”), dated [_], issued by [                                    ], as the Issuing Bank, in favor of [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a New York banking corporation](1), as Trustee (in such capacity, the “ Trustee ”) under the Series 2013-A Supplement, Group I Supplement and the Base Indenture.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of The Hertz Corporation (“ Hertz ”), hereby certifies to the Issuing Bank as follows:

 

1.                                       As of the date of this certificate, the Issuing Bank has been reimbursed by Hertz in the amount of $[                         ] (the “ Reimbursement Amount ”) in respect of the [Credit Demand] [Unpaid Demand Note Demand] made on                                ,               .

 

2.                                       The Reimbursement Amount was paid to the Issuing Bank prior to payment in full of the Series 2013-A Notes (as defined in the Series 2013-A Supplement).

 

3.                                       Hertz hereby notifies you that, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit, the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount of the Issuing Bank is hereby reinstated in the amount of $[              ] so that the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount of the Issuing Bank after taking into account such reinstatement is in amount equal to $[             ].

 

4.                                       As of the date of this certificate, no Event of Bankruptcy with respect to Hertz has occurred and is continuing.  “ Event of Bankruptcy ” with respect to Hertz means (a) a case or other proceeding shall be commenced, without the application or consent of Hertz, in any court, seeking the liquidation, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of debts of Hertz, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, sequestrator or the

 


(1)                                  If the Trustee under the Series 2013-A Supplement is other than The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the name of such other Trustee is to be inserted.

 



 

like for Hertz or all or any substantial part of its assets, or any similar action with respect to Hertz under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or composition or adjustment of debts, and any such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of 60 consecutive days; or an order for relief in respect of Hertz shall be entered in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws or any other similar law now or hereafter in effect; or (b) Hertz shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) for any substantial part of its property, or shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (c) Hertz or its board of directors shall vote to implement any of the actions set forth in the preceding clause (b).

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Hertz has executed and delivered this certificate on this          day of                          ,             .

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

  Title:

 



 

Acknowledged and Agreed:

 

The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Reimbursement Amount (as defined above) in the amount set forth above and agrees that the undersigned’s Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount is in an amount equal to $                       as of this            day of                           , 200     after taking into account the reinstatement of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount by an amount equal to the Reimbursement Amount.

 

[                                 ]

 

By:

Name:

Title:

 

 

By:

Name:

Title:

 



 

ANNEX F

 

INSTRUCTION TO TRANSFER

 

[Issuing Bank’s Address]

 

Attention:                                          [Global Loan Operations, Standby Letter of Credit Unit]

 

Re:                              Irrevocable Letter of Credit No.  [                       ]

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Instruction to Transfer under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. [ ] (the “ Series 2013-A Letter of Credit ”), dated [  ], issued by [                                 ], as Issuing Bank in favor of the Trustee.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

For value received, the undersigned beneficiary hereby irrevocably transfers to:

 

 

 

 

 

[Name of Transferee]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Issuing Bank’s Address]

 

 

all rights of the undersigned beneficiary to draw under the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.  The transferee has succeeded the undersigned as Trustee under the [Base Indenture, the Group I Supplement] and the Series 2013-A Supplement (as defined in the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit).

 

By this transfer, all rights of the undersigned beneficiary in the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit are transferred to the transferee and the transferee shall hereafter have the sole rights as beneficiary thereof; provided , however , that no rights shall be deemed to have been transferred to the transferee until such transfer complies with the requirements of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit pertaining to transfers.

 



 

The Series 2013-A Letter of Credit is returned herewith and in accordance therewith we ask that this transfer be effective and that the Issuing Bank transfer the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit to our transferee and that the Issuing Bank endorse the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit returned herewith in favor of the transferee or, if requested by the transferee, issue a new irrevocable letter of credit in favor of the transferee with provisions consistent with the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

[THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.],(1)

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


(1)                                  If the Trustee under the Series 2013-A Supplement is other than The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the name of such other Trustee is to be inserted.

 



 

ANNEX G

 

NOTICE OF REDUCTION OF SERIES 2013-A LETTER OF CREDIT AMOUNT

 

[Issuing Bank’s Address]

 

Attention:  [Global Loan Operations, Standby Letter of Credit Unit]

 

Notice of Reduction of Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. [                    ] (the “ Series 2013-A Letter of Credit ”), dated [  ], issued by [                                   ], as the Issuing Bank, in favor of [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](1), as the Trustee.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of the Trustee, hereby notifies the Issuing Bank as follows:

 

1.                                       The Trustee has received a notice in accordance with the Series 2013-A Supplement authorizing it to request a reduction of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount to $                              and is delivering this notice in accordance with the terms of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Agreement.

 

2.                                       The Issuing Bank acknowledges that the aggregate maximum amount of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit is reduced to $                                from $                               pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit and that the reference in the first paragraph of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit to “                              ($                       )” is amended to read “                       ($                           ).

 

3.                                       This request, upon your acknowledgment set forth below, shall constitute an amendment to the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit and shall form an integral part thereof and confirms that all other terms of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit remain unchanged.

 

4.                                       [The Issuing Bank is requested to execute and deliver its acknowledgment and agreement to this notice to the Trustee in the manner provided in Section [3.2(a)] of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Agreement.]

 


(1)                                  If Trustee under the Series 2013-A Supplement is other than The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the name of such other Trustee is to be inserted.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has executed and delivered this certificate on this                     day of                             ,              .

 

 

[THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.](2),

 

  as Trustee

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

  Title:

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGED

 

THIS                      DAY OF                     ,           :

 

 

 

[                                                                  ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 


(2)                                  See footnote 1 above.

 



 

ANNEX H

 

NOTICE OF INCREASE OF SERIES 2013-A LETTER OF CREDIT AMOUNT

 

[The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](1),

as Trustee under the
Series 2013-A Supplement
referred to below

2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020
Chicago, Illinois 60602

Attention:  Corporate Trust Administration—Structured Finance

 

Notice of Increase of Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. [                        ] (the “ Series 2013-A Letter of Credit ”), dated [ ], 2013, issued by [                           ], as the Issuing Bank, in favor of [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](2), as the Trustee.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit.

 

The undersigned, duly authorized officers of the Issuing Bank, hereby notify the Trustee as follows:

 

1.                                       The Issuing Bank has received a request from [                          ] to increase the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount by $                               , which increase shall not result in the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Amount exceeding an amount equal to [    ] Dollars ($[                                    ]).

 

2.                                       Upon your acknowledgment set forth below, the aggregate maximum amount of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit is increased to $                       from $                       pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit and that the reference in the first paragraph of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit to “                             ($                       )” is amended to read “                                             ($                       )”.

 

3.                                       This notice, upon your acknowledgment set forth below, shall constitute an amendment to the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit and shall form an integral part thereof and confirms that all other terms of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit remain unchanged.

 

4.                                       [The Trustee is requested to execute and deliver its acknowledgment and acceptance to this notice to the Issuing Bank, in the manner provided in Section [3.2(a)] of the Series 2013-A Letter of Credit Agreement.]

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuing Bank has executed and delivered this certificate on this          day of                     ,              .

 


(1)                                  If Trustee under the Series 2013-A Supplement is other than The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the name of such other Trustee is to be inserted.

 

(2)                                  See footnote 1 above.

 



 

 

[

 

                        ]

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO

 

THIS            DAY OF                     ,         :

 

 

 

[THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.](3),

 

as Trustee

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 


(3)                                  See footnote 1 above.

 

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EXHIBIT J
TO
SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF ADVANCE REQUEST

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP

 

SERIES 2013-A VARIABLE FUNDING RENTAL CAR
ASSET BACKED NOTES

 

To:  Addressees on Schedule I hereto

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This Advance Request is delivered to you pursuant to Section 2.2 of that certain Amended and Restated Series 2013-A Supplement, dated as of October 31 , 2014 (as further amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Series 2013-A Supplement ”), by and among Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, the Conduit Investors named therein, the Committed Note Purchasers named therein, the Funding Agents named therein, The Hertz Corporation, as Group I Administrator, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

 

Unless otherwise defined herein or as the context otherwise requires, terms used herein have the meaning assigned thereto under Schedule I of the Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

The undersigned hereby requests that an Advance be made in the aggregate principal amount of $                       on                         , 20      .  The undersigned hereby acknowledges that, subject to the terms of the Series 2013-A Supplement, any Advance that is not funded at the CP Rate by a Conduit Investor or otherwise shall be a Eurodollar Advance and the related Eurodollar Interest Period shall commence on the date of such Eurodollar Advance and end on the next Payment Date.

 

The Group I Aggregate Asset Amount as of the date hereof is an amount equal to $                            .

 

The undersigned hereby acknowledges that the delivery of this Advance Request and the acceptance by undersigned of the proceeds of the Advance requested hereby constitute a representation and warranty by the undersigned that, on the date of such Advance, and before and after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, all conditions set forth in the definition of “Funding Conditions” in Schedule I of the Series 2013-A Supplement and, if applicable, Section 2.1(d) of the Series 2013-A Supplement have been satisfied.

 



 

The undersigned agrees that if prior to the time of the Advance requested hereby any matter certified to herein by it will not be true and correct at such time as if then made, it will immediately so notify both you and each Committed Note Purchaser and each Conduit Investor, if any, in your Investor Group.  Except to the extent, if any, that prior to the time of the Advance requested hereby you and each Committed Note Purchaser and each Conduit Investor, if any, in your Investor Group, shall receive written notice to the contrary from the undersigned, each matter certified to herein shall be deemed once again to be certified as true and correct at the date of such Advance as if then made.

 

Please wire transfer the proceeds of the Advance to the following account pursuant to the following instructions:

 

[insert payment instructions]

 

The undersigned has caused this Advance Request to be executed and delivered, and the certification and warranties contained herein to be made, by its duly Authorized Officer this          day of                     , 20      .

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a limited partnership

 

 

 

By: HVF II GP Corp., its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

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SCHEDULE I:

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020

Chicago, IL  60602

Contact person:  Corporate Trust Administration — Structured Finance

Telephone:  (312) 827-8569
Fax:  (312) 827-8562

Email: mitchell.brumwell@bnymellon.com

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent

60 Wall Street, 3rd Floor

New York, NY 10005-2858

Contact person:  Robert Sheldon

Telephone:  (212) 250-4493

Fax:  (212) 797-5160

Email: robert.sheldon@db.com

 

With an electronic copy to: abs.conduits@db.com

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

60 Wall Street, 3rd Floor

New York, NY 10005-2858

Contact person:  Mary Conners

Telephone:  (212) 250-4731

Fax:  (212) 797-5150

Email: abs.conduits@db.com; mary.conners@db.com

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

214 North Tryon Street, 15th Floor

Charlotte, NC 28255

Contact person: Judith Helms

Telephone number:                                       (980) 387-1693

Fax number:                                                                           (704) 387-2828

E-mail address:             judith.e.helms@baml.com

 

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser, for LIBERTY STREET FUNDING LLC, as a Conduit Investor

One Liberty Plaza

26th Floor

New York, NY 10006

Contact person:  Darren Ward

Telephone:  (212) 225-5264

Fax:  (212) 225-5274

E-mail address: Darren.ward@scotiabank.com

 

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Or, in the case of Liberty Street Funding LLC:

 

Liberty Street Funding LLC

114 West 47th Street, Suite 2310

New York, NY 10036

Contact person:  Jill Russo

Telephone number:                                       (212) 295-2742

Fax number:  (212) 302-8767

E-mail address:   jrusso@gssnyc.com

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Funding Agent, for BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Committed Note Purchaser

745 Seventh Avenue

5th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Contact person:  ASG Reports

Telephone:  (201) 499-8482

E-mail address:             barcapconduitops@barclays.com; asgreports@barclays.com;

                                                                                                gsuconduitgroup@barclays.com; christian.kurasek@barclays.com;

                                                                                                Benjamin.fernandez@barclays.com

 

BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP., as a Funding Agent, for FAIRWAY FINANCE COMPANY LLC, as a Conduit Investor, and BANK OF MONTREAL, as a Committed Note Purchaser

115 S. LaSalle Street, 36W

Chicago, IL 60603

Contact person:  John Pappano

Telephone number:                                       (312) 461-4033

Fax number:  (312) 293-4908

E-mail address:  john.pappano @bmo.com

Contact person:  Frank Trocchio

Telephone number:                                       (312) 461-3689

Fax number:  (312) 461-3189

E-mail address:  frank.trocchio @bmo.com

 

Or, in the case of Fairway Finance Company LLC:

 

c/o Lord Securities Corp.

48 Wall Street

27th Floor

New York, NY 10005

Contact person:  Orlando C. Figueroa

Telephone:  (212) 346-9007

Fax:  (212) 346-9012

E-mail address:  Orlando.Figueroa@lordspv.com

 

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Or, in the case of Bank of Montreal:

 

Bank of Montreal

115 S. LaSalle Street

Chicago, IL 60603

Contact person: Brian Zaban

Telephone number:  (312) 461-2578

Fax number:  (312) 259-7260

E-mail address: brian.zaban@bmo.com

 

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK , as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser, for ATLANTIC ASSET SECURITIZATION LLC, as a Conduit Investor

Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank

1301 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019

Contact person: Tina Kourmpetis / Deric Bradford

Telephone number:                                       (212) 261-7814 / (212) 261-3470

Fax number:  (917) 849-5584

E-mail address: Conduitsec@ca-cib.com; Conduit.Funding@ca-cib.com

 

Or, in the case of Atlantic Asset Securitization LLC or Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, as a Committed Note Purchaser:

 

Contact person: Tina Kourmpetis / Deric Bradford

Telephone number:                                       (212) 261-7814 / (212) 261-3470

Fax number:  (917) 849-5584

E-mail address: Conduitsec@ca-cib.com; Conduit.Funding@ca-cib.com

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA., as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser, for OLD LINE FUNDING, LLC , as a Conduit Investor

3 World Financial Center, 200 Vesey
Street 12
th  Floor

New York, New York 10281-8098

Contact person:          Securitization Finance
Telephone:
                                   (212) 428-6537
Facsimile:
                                         (212) 428-2304

 

With a copy to:

 

Attn: Conduit Management Securitization Finance Little Falls Centre II
2751 Centerville Road, Suite 212
Wilmington, Delaware 19808

Tel No: (302)-892-5903

Fax No: (302)-892-590

 

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Or, in the case of Old Line Funding, LLC

 

c/o Global Securitization Services LLC

68 South Service Road

Melville, NY 11747

Contact person:  Kevin Burns

Telephone:  ( 631)-587-4700

Fax:  (212) 302-8767

 

NATIXIS NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Funding Agent, for VERSAILLES ASSETS LLC, as a Conduit Investor and a Committed Note Purchaser

Natixis North America
1251 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

Contact person:  Chad Johnson/ Terrence Gregersen/ David Bondy

Telephone:  (212) 891-5881/(212) 891-6294/ (212) 891-5875

E-mail address:             chad.johnson@us.natixis.com; terrence.gregersen@us.natixis.com,

                                                                                                david.bondy@ud.natixis.com; versailles_transactions@us.natixis.com,

                                                                                                rajesh.rampersaud@db.com, Fiona.chan@db.com

 

Or, in the case of Versailles Assets LLC:

 

c/o Global Securitization Services LLC

68 South Service Road

Suite 120

Melville, NY 11747

Contact person:  Andrew Stidd

Telephone:  (212) 302-8767

Fax:  (631) 587-4700

E-mail address:             versailles_transactions@cm.natixis.com

 

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC , as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

550 West Jackson Blvd.

Chicago, IL 60661

Contact person:  David Donofrio

Telephone number:                                       (312) 338-6720

Fax number:                           (312) 338-0140

E-mail address:             david.donofrio@rbs.com

 

SUNTRUST BANK, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

3333 Peachtree Street N.E., 10 th  Floor East,

Atlanta, GA 30326

Contact person: Michael Peden

Telephone:                                    (404) 926-5499
Facsimile:
                                         (404) 926-5100

 

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Email:             michael.peden@suntrust.com; STRH.AFG@suntrust.com;

                                                Agency.Services@suntrust.com

 

BNP PARIBAS, NEW YORK BRANCH , as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser, for STARBIRD FUNDING CORPORATION , as a Conduit Investor

787 Seventh Avenue, 7 th  Floor
New York, NY 10019
Contact person:  Sean Reddington
Telephone:
                                   (212) 841-2565
Facsimile:
                                         (212) 841-2140
Email:
                                                            sean.reddington@us.bnpparibas.com

 

Or, in the case of StarBird Funding Corporation:

 

68 South Service Road
Suite 120

Melville NY  11747-2350
Contact person:  David DeAngelis

Telephone:                                    (631) 930-7216
Facsimile:
                                         (212) 302-8767

Email:                                                             ddeangelis@gssnyc.com

 

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

222 South Main Street
Salt Lake City, UT 84101

Contact person:          Ryan Thorpe

Telephone number:                                       (801) 884-4772

Fax number:                           (212) 428-1077

E-mail address:             Ryan.Thorpe@.gs.com

 

LLOYDS BANK PLC , as a Funding Agent, for GRESHAM RECEIVABLES (NO.29) LTD , as a Conduit Investor and a Committed Note Purchaser

25 Gresham Street

London, EC2V 7HN

Contact person:  Chris Rigby

Telephone:  +44 (0)207 158 1930

Facsimile:                                          +44 (0) 207 158 3247

E-mail address:  Chris.rigby@lloydsbanking.com

 

Or, in the case of Gresham Receivables (No.29) Ltd:

 

26 New Street

St Helier, Jersey, JE2 3RA
Contact person:  Chris Rigby

Telephone:  +44 (0)207 158 1930

Facsimile:                                          +44 (0) 207 158 3247

 

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E-mail address:  Edward.leng@lloydsbanking.com

 

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EXHIBIT K
TO
SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT

 

ADDENDUM TO AGREEMENT

 

Each of the undersigned:

 

(i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Amended and Restated Series 2013-A Supplement, dated as of October 31 , 2014 (as from time to time further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Series 2013-A Supplement ”; terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined), by and among Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP (“ HVF II ”), the Conduit Investors named therein, the Committed Note Purchasers named therein, the Funding Agents named therein, The Hertz Corporation, as Group I Administrator, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee, and such other agreements, documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Addendum;

 

(ii) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Series 2013-A Supplement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto;

 

(iii) agrees to all of the provisions of the Series 2013-A Supplement;

 

(iv) agrees that the related Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount is $                                   (including any portion of the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount of such Investor Group acquired pursuant to an assignment to such Investor Group as an Acquiring Investor Group) and the related Committed Note Purchaser’s Committed Note Purchaser Percentage is        percent (    %);

 

(v) designates                        as the Funding Agent for itself, and such Funding Agent hereby accepts such appointment;

 

(vi) becomes a party to the Series 2013-A Supplement and a Conduit Investor, Committed Note Purchaser or Funding Agent, as the case may be, thereunder with the same effect as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the Series 2013-A Supplement; and

 

(vii) each member of the Additional Investor Group hereby represents and warrants that the representations and warranties contained in Section 3 of Annex I to the Series 2013-A Supplement are true and correct with respect to the Additional Investor Group on and as of the date hereof and the Additional Investor Group shall be deemed to have made such representations and warranties contained in Section 3 of Annex I to the Series 2013-A Supplement on and as of the date hereof.  The notice address for each member of the Additional Investor Group is as follows:

 



 

[INSERT CONTACT INFORMATION FOR EACH ENTITY]

 

This Addendum shall be effective when a counterpart hereof, signed by the undersigned and HVF II and has been delivered to the parties hereto.

 

This Addendum shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Addendum to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer or agent as of this          day of                     , 20    .

 

 

 

[NAME OF ADDITIONAL FUNDING AGENT], as Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

[NAME OF ADDITIONAL CONDUIT INVESTOR], as Conduit Investor

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

[NAME OF ADDITIONAL COMMITTED NOTE PURCHASER], as Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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Acknowledged and Agreed to as of the date first above written:

 

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP,

 

a limited partnership

 

 

 

By: HVF II GP, its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT L
TO
SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT

 

Additional UCC Representations

 

General

 

1.               (a)   The Group I Supplement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Group I Indenture Collateral in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Group I Noteholders and (b) the Series 2013-A Supplement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in (A) the Series 2013-A Demand Note and (B) all of HVF II’s right, title and interest in the Series 2013-A Interest Rate Caps and all proceeds of any and all of the items described in the preceding clauses (A) and (B) (the collateral described in clauses (A) and (B) above, the “ Series Collateral ”) in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Series 2013-A Noteholders and in the case of each of clause (a) and (b) is prior to all other Liens on such Group I Indenture Collateral and Series Collateral, as applicable, except for Group I Permitted Liens or Series 2013-A Permitted Liens, respectively, and is enforceable as such against creditors and purchasers from HVF II.

 

2.               HVF II owns and has good and marketable title to the Group I Indenture Collateral and the Series Collateral free and clear of any lien, claim, or encumbrance of any Person, except for Group I Permitted Liens or Series 2013-A Permitted Liens, respectively.

 

Characterization

 

1.               (a) The Series 2013-A Demand Note constitutes an “instrument” within the meaning of the applicable UCC and (b) the Series 2013-A Interest Rate Caps and all Group I Manufacturer Receivables constitute “accounts” or “general intangibles” within the meaning of the applicable UCC.

 

Perfection by filing

 

1.               HVF II has caused or will have caused, within ten days after the Series 2013-A Restatement Effective Date, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect (a) the security interest in any accounts and general intangibles included in the Group I Indenture Collateral granted to the Trustee, and (b) the security interest in any accounts and general intangibles included in the Series Collateral granted to the Trustee.

 

Perfection by Possession

 

All original copies of the Series 2013-A Demand Note that constitute or evidence the Series 2013-A Demand Note have been delivered to the Trustee.

 



 

Priority

 

1.               Other than the security interest granted to the Trustee pursuant to the Group I Supplement and the Series 2013-A Supplement, HVF II has not pledged, assigned, sold or granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed, any of the Group I Indenture Collateral or the Series Collateral.  HVF II has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against HVF II that include a description of collateral covering the Group I Indenture Collateral or the Series Collateral, other than any financing statement relating to the security interests granted to the Trustee, as secured parties under the Group I Supplement and the Series 2013-A Supplement, respectively, or that has been terminated.  HVF II is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against HVF II.

 

2.               The Series 2013-A Demand Note does not contain any marks or notations indicating that it has been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Trustee.

 

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EXHIBIT  M
TO
SERIES 2013-A SUPPLEMENT

 

INVESTOR GROUP MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL INCREASE ADDENDUM

 

In order to effect an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase with respect to its Investor Group, each of the undersigned:

 

(i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Amended and Restated Series 2013-A Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as from time to time further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Series 2013-A Supplement ”; terms defined therein being used herein as defined therein), among Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP (“ HVF II ”), the Conduit Investors named therein, the Committed Note Purchasers named therein, the Funding Agents named therein, The Hertz Corporation, as Group I Administrator, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and securities intermediary, and such other agreements, documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Addendum;

 

(ii) reaffirms its appointment and authorization of the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Series 2013-A Supplement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto;

 

(iii) reaffirms its agreement to all of the provisions of the Series 2013-A Supplement;

 

(iv) agrees to (1) an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase in an amount equal to $                           and (2) an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Amount in an amount equal to $                                  ;

 

(v) agrees that the related Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount is $                                   and the related Committed Note Purchaser’s Committed Note Purchaser Percentage is        percent (    %) (in each case after giving effect to the Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase described in clause (iv)  above); and

 

(vi) each member of the Investor Group hereby represents and warrants that the representations and warranties contained in Section 3 of Annex 1 to the Series 2013-A Supplement are true and correct with respect to the Investor Group on and as of the date hereof and the Investor Group shall be deemed to have made such representations and warranties contained in Section 3 of Annex 1 to the Series 2013-A Supplement on and as of the date hereof.

 

This Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Addendum shall be effective when a counterpart hereof, signed by the undersigned and HVF II, has been delivered to the parties hereof.

 



 

This Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Addendum shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Addendum to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer or agent as of this          day of                     , 20    .

 

 

 

[NAME OF FUNDING AGENT], as Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

[NAME OF CONDUIT INVESTOR], as Conduit Investor

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

[NAME OF COMMITTED NOTE PURCHASER], as Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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Acknowledged and agreed to as of the date first above written:

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP,

a limited partnership

 

By:

HVF II GP Corp., its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT N

 

Bank Name

 

DATE:

 

FROM:

 

RE:                          HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LLP Interest from [ ] up to and including [ ]

 

Maximum Facility Amount

Series 2013-A

 

FEE TYPE

 

 

 

DATES

 

 

 

TERM

 

AVERAGE
PRINCIPAL
OUTS.

 

RATE

 

AMOUNT
DUE

 

 

 

 

 

Period Start

 

Period End

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROGRAM FEE

 

Actual

 

[ ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNUSED FEE

 

Actual

 

[ ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTEREST

 

Actual

 

[ ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER

 

Actual

 

[ ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMOUNT DUE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

On           [ ]            , kindly wire payment to:

 

Bank Name:
ABA:
For Account #:
Account Name:
Attn:
Reference:

 

If you have any questions, please contact me at phone number.

 


 

Exhibit 10.16

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED GROUP I ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of October 31, 2014

 

among

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP,

 

as Issuer,

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION,

 

as Group I Administrator,

 

and

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

as Trustee

 



 

Table Of Contents

 

 

 

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SECTION 1.

Definitions and Rules of Construction

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SECTION 2.

Duties of Group I Administrator

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SECTION 3.

Records

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SECTION 4.

Compensation

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SECTION 5.

Additional Information To Be Furnished to Issuer

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SECTION 6.

Independence of Group I Administrator

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SECTION 7.

No Joint Venture

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SECTION 8.

Other Activities of Group I Administrator

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SECTION 9.

Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Group I Administrator

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SECTION 10.

Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal

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SECTION 11.

Notices

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SECTION 12.

Amendments

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SECTION 13.

Successors and Assigns

11

 

 

 

SECTION 14.

GOVERNING LAW

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SECTION 15.

Headings

11

 

 

 

SECTION 16.

Counterparts

11

 

 

 

SECTION 17.

Severability

11

 

 

 

SECTION 18.

Limitation of Liability of Trustee and Group I Administrator

12

 

 

 

SECTION 19.

Nonpetition Covenants

12

 

 

 

SECTION 20.

Liability of Group I Administrator

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SECTION 21.

Limited Recourse to the Issuer

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SECTION 22.

Electronic Execution

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EXHIBIT A - Form of Power of Attorney

 

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED GROUP I ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT dated as of October 31, 2014, among HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a special purpose limited partnership formed under the laws of Delaware (the “ Issuer ”), THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as administrator (the “ Group I Administrator ”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) under the Group I Indenture (as hereinafter defined).

 

W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer, the Group I Administrator and the Trustee entered into the Group I Administration Agreement, dated as November 25, 2013 (the “ Prior Agreement ”);

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into and will enter into the Group I Related Documents to which it is and will be a party in connection with the issuance of the Group I Notes under the Group I Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer has entered into and will enter into the Series Related Documents to which it is and will be a party in connection with the issuance of each Series of Group I Notes under the Group I Indenture and the Series Related Documents with respect to each such Series of Group I Notes;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Group I Related Documents, the Issuer is required to perform certain duties relating to the Group I Indenture Collateral pursuant to the Group I Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Series Related Documents with respect to each Series of Group I Notes, the Issuer is required to perform certain duties relating to the Group I Series-Specific Collateral with respect to such Series of Group I Notes pursuant to the Series Related Documents with respect to such Series of Group I Notes;

 

WHEREAS, the Issuer desires to have the Group I Administrator perform certain of the duties of the Issuer referred to in the preceding clauses, and to provide such additional services consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Group I Related Documents and the Series Related Documents with respect to each Series of Group I Notes as the Issuer may from time to time request;

 

WHEREAS, the Group I Administrator has the capacity to provide the services required hereby and is willing to perform such services for the Issuer on the terms set forth herein;

 

WHEREAS, the parties to the Prior Agreement desire to amend and restate the Prior Agreement in its entirety as herein set forth;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants contained herein, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:

 

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SECTION 1.                                         Definitions and Rules of Construction .  (a)  Definitions .  Except as otherwise specified, capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings set forth in the Amended and Restated Group I Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (the “ Group I Supplement ”), between the Issuer and the Trustee, to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014 (the “ Base Indenture ”, and together with the Group I Supplement, the “ Group I Indenture ”), between the Issuer and the Trustee.

 

(b)                                  Rules of Construction .  In this Agreement, including the preamble, recitals, attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders hereto, unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(i)                                      the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

 

(ii)                                   references to an agreement or document shall include the preamble, recitals, all attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders to such agreement or document, and are to such agreement or document (including all such attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders to such agreement or document) as amended, supplemented, restated and otherwise modified from time to time and to any successor or replacement agreement or document, as applicable (unless otherwise stated);

 

(iii)                                reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are not prohibited by this Agreement, and reference to any Person in a particular capacity only refers to such Person in such capacity;

 

(iv)                               reference to any gender includes the other gender;

 

(v)                                  reference to any Requirement of Law means such Requirement of Law as amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time;

 

(vi)                               “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term;

 

(vii)                            with respect to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including” and “to” means “to but excluding”;

 

(viii)                         the language used in this Agreement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party; and

 

(ix)                               references to sections of the Code also refer to any successor sections.

 

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SECTION 2.                                         Duties of Group I Administrator .  (a)  Duties with respect to the Group I Related Documents .  The Group I Administrator agrees to perform all its duties under the Group I Related Documents and certain of the Issuer’s duties under the Group I Related Documents, in each case to the extent relating to the Group I Indenture Collateral, any Group I Series-Specific Collateral or the Group I Note Obligations.  To the extent relating to the Group I Indenture Collateral, any Group I Series-Specific Collateral or the Group I Note Obligations, the Group I Administrator shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Base Indenture.  In furtherance of the foregoing, the Group I Administrator shall take all appropriate action that it is the duty of the Issuer to take pursuant to the Base Related Documents, the Group I Related Documents and the Series Related Documents with respect to each Series of Group I Notes, including such of the foregoing as are required with respect to the following matters to the extent they relate to the Group I Indenture Collateral, any Group I Series-Specific Collateral or the Group I Note Obligations (unless otherwise specified, references in this Section 2(a)  are to sections of the Base Indenture):

 

(A)                                the preparation of or obtaining of the documents and instruments required for execution and authentication of the Group I Notes, if any, and delivery of the same to the Trustee (Sections 2.2 and 2.4);

 

(B)                                the duty to cause the Note Register to be kept and to give the Trustee notice of any appointment of a new Registrar and the location, or change in location, of the Note Register and the office or offices where Group I Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange (Sections 2.5 and 6.1);

 

(C)                                the duty to cause newly appointed Paying Agents, if any, to deliver to the Trustee the instrument specified in the Base Indenture regarding funds held in trust (Section 2.6);

 

(D)                                the direction to Paying Agents to pay to the Trustee all sums relating to any Series of Notes held in trust by such Paying Agents (Section 2.6);

 

(E)                                 the furnishing, or causing to be furnished, to the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as applicable, instructions as to withdrawals and payments from any accounts specified in a Group I Series Supplement in accordance with Section 2.6(a) of the Base Indenture and the applicable provisions of the Group I Supplement and such Group I Series Supplement (Section 2.6(a));

 

(F)                                  the delivery of notice to the Trustee of each default of the Issuer with respect to any provision described in the Base Indenture setting forth the details of such default and any action with respect thereto taken or contemplated to be taken by the Issuer (Section 2.6(a));

 

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(G)                                upon surrender for registration or transfer of any Group I Note, the execution in the name of the designated transferee or transferees of one or more new Group I Notes (Section 2.8);

 

(H)                               the notification of the Trustee in writing that the Clearing Agency is no longer willing or able to properly discharge its duties under the Base Indenture or that the Issuer at its option elects to terminate the book entry system through the Clearing Agency (Section 2.13);

 

(I)                                    the preparation of Definitive Notes and arranging the delivery thereof (Section 2.13);

 

(J)                                    if so requested, the furnishing, or causing to be furnished, to any Group I Noteholder, Group I Note Owner or prospective purchaser of the Group I Notes any information required pursuant to Rule 144(d)(4) under the Securities Act (Article IV);

 

(K)                               the maintenance of the Issuer’s qualification to do business in each jurisdiction in which the failure to so qualify would be reasonably likely to result in a Material Adverse Effect (Sections 5.1 and 6.2);

 

(L)                                 the preparation and delivery to the Trustee of each of the reports, certificates, statements and other materials required to be delivered by the Issuer pursuant to Section 5.8 of the Base Indenture or any other Group I Related Document or Series Related Document with respect to any Series of Group I Notes (Section 5.8);

 

(M)                             the keeping of books of record and account in accordance with Section 6.4 of the Base Indenture (Section 6.4);

 

(N)                                the delivery of notice to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies of material proceedings (Section 6.5);

 

(O)                                the preparation and delivery of written instructions with respect to the investment of funds on deposit in the Group I Collection Account and any other accounts specified in a Group I Series Supplement (Base Indenture Section 6.13 and Group I Supplement Section 5.1(b));

 

(P)                                  the preparation and delivery to the Trustee of each of the reports, certificates, statements and other materials required to be delivered by the Issuer pursuant to Section 4.1(b) of the Group I Supplement (Group I Supplement Section 4.1(b));

 

(Q)                                the preparation and the obtaining of documents and instruments required for the release of the Issuer from its obligation under the Base Indenture or any other Group I Related Document or Series Related Document with respect to any Series of Group I Notes (Section 8.1);

 

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(R)                                the direction, if necessary, to the firm of independent certified public accountants to furnish reports to the Trustee in accordance with Section 8.1(b)(i) of the Base Indenture (Section 8.1(b)(i));

 

(S)                                  the preparation of Officer’s Certificates with respect to the execution of Supplements to the Base Indenture (Sections 9.1 and 9.2);

 

(T)                                 the preparation of Officer’s Certificates with respect to any requests by the Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under the Base Indenture (Section 10.2).

 

(U)                                the preparation, obtaining or filing of the instruments, opinions and certificates and other documents required for the release of the Group I Indenture Collateral or any Group I Series-Specific Collateral (Group I Supplement Section 3.4);

 

(V)                                the preparation and maintenance, or causing to be prepared and maintained, a Daily Group I Collection Report for each Business Day (Group I Supplement Section 4.1(a));

 

(W)                             the forwarding, or causing to be forwarded, to the Trustee copies of all reports, certificates, information or other materials delivered to the Issuer pursuant to the Group I Leasing Company Related Documents (Group I Supplement Section 8.8(a));

 

(X)                                the furnishing, or causing to be furnished, to the Trustee, a Monthly Noteholders’ Statement with respect to each Series of Group I Notes (Group I Supplement Section 8.8(a));

 

(Y)                                the delivery, or causing to be delivered, to the Trustee, an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer to the effect that no Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event with respect to any Series of Group I Notes Outstanding has occurred or is continuing (Group I Supplement Section 4.1(c));

 

(Z)                                 the furnishing, or causing to be furnished, to the Trustee or the Paying Agent, as applicable, instructions as to withdrawals and payments from the Group I Collection Account and any other accounts specified in a Series Supplement relating to the Group I Notes in accordance with Section 4.1(c) of the Group I Supplement (Group I Supplement Section 4.1(c));

 

(AA)                       on or before January 31 of each calendar year, beginning with the calendar year 2014, the furnishing, or causing to be furnished, to any Group I Noteholder who at any time during the preceding calendar year was a Group I Noteholder, the Annual Noteholders’ Tax Statement (Group I Supplement Section 4.2(b));

 

(BB)                       the directing of all Group I Collections due and to become due to the Issuer or the Trustee, as the case may be, to be deposited to the Group I

 

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Collection Account at such times as such amounts are due (Group I Supplement Section 5.3(a));

 

(CC)                       the preparation and delivery of written instructions with respect to the allocation of Group I Collections deposited into the Group I Collection Account in accordance with Article V of the Group I Supplement (Group I Supplement Section 5.3(b));

 

(DD)                       the filing, or causing to be filed, of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect the security interest in the Group I General Intangibles Collateral and the Group I Indenture Collateral (Group I Supplement Section 7.1(j));

 

(EE)                         the notification, or causing to be notified, of the Trustee and the Rating Agencies, of any Potential Amortization Event or Amortization Event with respect to any Series of Group I Notes Outstanding together with an Officer’s Certificate of the Issuer setting forth the details thereof and any action with respect thereto taken or contemplated to be taken by the Issuer (Group I Supplement Section 8.3);

 

(FF)                           the furnishing, or causing to be furnished, to the Trustee such other information relating to the Group I Notes as, and in such form as, the Trustee may reasonably request in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Group I Supplement or any Group I Series Supplement (Group I Supplement Section 8.4);

 

(GG)                       the taking, execution and delivery, or causing to be taken, executed and delivered, to the Trustee such additional assignments, agreements, powers and instruments as are necessary or desirable to maintain the security interest of the Trustee in the Group I Indenture Collateral on behalf of the Group I Noteholders as a perfected security interest (Group I Supplement Section 8.5(a));

 

(HH)                     the obtaining of and the annual delivery of an Opinion of Counsel, in accordance with Section 8.5(d) of the Group I Supplement, as to the Group I Indenture Collateral (Group I Supplement Section 8.5(d));

 

(II)                               the preparation of Officer’s Certificates with respect to any requests by the Issuer to the Trustee to take any action under the Base Indenture (Section 10.2 and Section 10.3);

 

(JJ)                               the preparation of Officer’s Certificates and the obtaining of Opinions of Counsel with respect to the execution of Group I Series Supplements or Group I Supplemental Indentures (Group I Supplement Sections 10.1(b)); and

 

(b)                                  Additional Duties .  In addition to the duties of the Group I Administrator set forth above, to the extent relating to the Group I Indenture Collateral, any Group I Series-Specific Collateral or the Group I Note Obligations, the Group I

 

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Administrator shall perform, prepare or otherwise satisfy such actions, determinations, calculations, directions, instructions, notices, deliveries or other performance obligations and shall prepare for execution by the Issuer or shall cause the preparation by other appropriate persons of all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of the Issuer to do pursuant to the Group I Related Documents or the Series Related Documents with respect each Series of Group I Notes, and shall take all appropriate action that it is the duty of the Group I Administrator or the Issuer to take pursuant to such Group I Related Documents and the Series Related Documents with respect to each Series of Group I Notes.

 

(c)                                   Power of Attorney .  The Issuer shall execute and deliver to the Group I Administrator, and to each successor Group I Administrator appointed pursuant to the terms hereof, one or more powers of attorney substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto, appointing the Group I Administrator the attorney-in-fact of the Issuer for the purpose of executing on behalf of the Issuer all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions that the Group I Administrator has agreed to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(d)                                  Certain Limitations on Group I Administrator Obligations .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Group I Administrator shall not be obligated to, and shall not, (x) make any payments to the Group I Noteholders under the Group I Related Documents, (y) sell the Group I Indenture Collateral pursuant to the Group I Indenture or sell any Group I Series-Specific Collateral pursuant to the related Group I Series Supplement or (z) take any action as the Group I Administrator on behalf of the Issuer that the Issuer directs the Group I Administrator not to take on its behalf.

 

(e)                                   Delegation of Duties .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Group I Administrator may delegate to any Affiliate of the Group I Administrator the performance of the Group I Administrator’s obligations as Group I Administrator pursuant to this Agreement (but the Group I Administrator shall remain fully liable for its obligations under this Agreement).

 

SECTION 3.                                         Records .  The Group I Administrator shall maintain appropriate books of account and records relating to services performed hereunder, which books of account and records shall be accessible for inspection by the Issuer or the Trustee at any time during normal business hours.

 

SECTION 4.                                         Compensation .  As compensation for the performance of the Group I Administrator’s obligations under this Agreement, the Group I Administrator shall be entitled to $10,000.00 per month (the “ Monthly Administration Fee ”) which shall be payable on each Payment Date.

 

SECTION 5.                                         Additional Information To Be Furnished to Issuer .  The Group I Administrator shall furnish to the Issuer from time to time such additional information regarding the Group I Indenture Collateral and any Group I Series-Specific Collateral as the Issuer shall reasonably request.

 

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SECTION 6.                                         Independence of Group I Administrator .  For all purposes of this Agreement, the Group I Administrator shall be an independent contractor and shall not be subject to the supervision of the Issuer with respect to the manner in which it accomplishes the performance of its obligations hereunder.  Unless expressly authorized by the Issuer (including, for the avoidance of doubt, as authorized in this Agreement, any Base Related Document, any Group I Related Document or any Series Related Document with respect to any Series of Group I Notes), the Group I Administrator shall have no authority to act for or represent the Issuer in any way and shall not otherwise be deemed an agent of the Issuer.

 

SECTION 7.                                         No Joint Venture .  Nothing contained in this Agreement shall (i) constitute the Group I Administrator or the Issuer as members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate, unincorporated business or other separate entity, (ii) be construed to impose any liability as such on any of them or (iii) be deemed to confer on any of them any express, implied or apparent authority to incur any obligation or liability on behalf of the other.

 

SECTION 8.                                         Other Activities of Group I Administrator .  (a)  Nothing herein shall prevent the Group I Administrator or its Affiliates from engaging in other businesses or, in the sole discretion of any such Person, from acting in a similar capacity as an administrator for any other person or entity even though such person or entity may engage in business activities similar to those of the Issuer or the Trustee.

 

(b)                                  The Group I Administrator and its Affiliates may generally engage in any kind of business with any person party to any Master Related Document, any of such party’s Affiliates and any person who may do business with or own securities of any such person or any of its Affiliates, without any duty to account therefor to the Issuer or the Trustee.

 

SECTION 9.                                         Term of Agreement; Resignation and Removal of Group I Administrator .  (a)  This Agreement shall continue in force until termination of the Base Indenture and the Group I Related Documents, in each case to the extent related to the Group I Indenture Collateral or the Group I Note Obligations, and the Series Related Documents with respect to each Series of Group I Notes, in the case of any of the foregoing, in accordance with their respective terms and the payment in full of all obligations owing thereunder, upon which event this Agreement shall automatically terminate.

 

(b)                                  Subject to Sections 9(d)  and 9(e) , the Issuer, with the written consent of the Requisite Group I Investors, may remove the Group I Administrator without cause by providing the Group I Administrator with at least sixty (60) days’ prior written notice.

 

(c)                                   Subject to Sections 9(d)  and 9(e) , the Trustee may, and at the direction of the Requisite Group I Investors shall, remove the Group I Administrator upon written notice of termination from the Trustee to the Group I Administrator if any of the following events shall occur (each a “ Group I Administrator Default ”):

 

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(i)                                      the Group I Administrator shall materially default in the performance of any of its duties under this Agreement and such default materially and adversely affects the interests of the Group I Noteholders and, after notice of such default, the Group I Administrator shall not cure such default within thirty (30) days (or, if such default cannot be cured in such time, shall not give within thirty days such assurance of cure as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer);

 

(ii)                                   a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall enter a decree or order for relief, and such decree or order shall not have been vacated within sixty (60) days, in respect of the Group I Administrator in any involuntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or appoint a receiver, liquidator, assignee, custodian, trustee, sequestrator or similar official for the Group I Administrator or any substantial part of its property or order the winding-up or liquidation of its affairs; or

 

(iii)                                the Group I Administrator shall commence a voluntary case under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, shall consent to the entry of an order for relief in an involuntary case under any such law, or shall consent to the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or similar official for the Group I Administrator or any substantial part of its property, shall consent to the taking of possession by any such official of any substantial part of its property, shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due.

 

The Group I Administrator agrees that if any of the events specified in clause (ii) or (iii) of this Section shall occur, it shall give written notice thereof to the Issuer and the Trustee within five days after the happening of such event.

 

(d)                                  No resignation or removal of the Group I Administrator pursuant to this Section shall be effective until (i) a successor Group I Administrator shall have been appointed by the Issuer and (ii) such successor Group I Administrator shall have agreed in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement in the same manner as the Group I Administrator is bound hereunder.  The Issuer shall provide written notice of any such removal to the Trustee, each Group I Series Enhancement Provider and the Rating Agencies.

 

(e)                                   The appointment of any successor Group I Administrator shall be effective only after satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Group I Notes Outstanding.

 

(f)                                    A successor Group I Administrator shall execute, acknowledge and deliver a written acceptance of its appointment hereunder to the resigning Group I Administrator and to the Issuer.  Thereupon the resignation or removal of the resigning Group I Administrator shall become effective and the successor Group I Administrator shall have all the rights, powers and duties of the Group I Administrator under this

 

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Agreement.  The successor Group I Administrator shall mail a notice of its succession to the Group I Noteholders.  The resigning Group I Administrator shall promptly transfer or cause to be transferred all property and any related agreements, documents and statements held by it as Group I Administrator to the successor Group I Administrator and the resigning Group I Administrator shall execute and deliver such instruments and do other things as may reasonably be required for fully and certainly vesting in the successor Group I Administrator all rights, powers, duties and obligations hereunder.

 

(g)                                   In no event shall a resigning Group I Administrator be liable for the acts or omissions of any successor Group I Administrator hereunder.

 

SECTION 10.                                  Action upon Termination, Resignation or Removal .  Promptly upon the effective date of termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 9(a)  or the resignation or removal of the Group I Administrator pursuant to Section 9(b) or 9(c) , respectively, the Group I Administrator shall be entitled to be paid all fees and reimbursable expenses accruing to it to the date of such termination, resignation or removal.  The Group I Administrator shall forthwith upon termination pursuant to Section 9(a)  deliver to the Issuer all property and documents of or relating to the Group I Collateral and any Group I Series-Specific Collateral then in the custody of the Group I Administrator.  In the event of the resignation or removal of the Group I Administrator pursuant to Section 9(b)  or 9(c) , respectively, the Group I Administrator shall cooperate with the Issuer and take all reasonable steps requested to assist the Issuer in making an orderly transfer of the duties of the Group I Administrator.

 

SECTION 11.                                  Notices .  Any notice, report or other communication given hereunder shall be in writing and addressed as follows:

 

(a)                                  if to the Issuer, to

 

Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP
225 Brae Boulevard
Park Ridge, NJ  07656
Attention:  Treasury Department

 

(b)                                  if to the Group I Administrator, to

 

The Hertz Corporation
225 Brae Boulevard
Park Ridge, NJ  07656
Attention:  Treasury Department

 

(c)                                   if to the Trustee, to

 

The Bank of New York Mellon, N.A.
2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020
Chicago, IL  60602
Attention:  Corporate Trust Administration — Structured Finance

 

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or to such other address as any party shall have provided to the other parties in writing.  Any notice required to be in writing hereunder shall be deemed given if such notice is mailed by certified mail, postage prepaid, or hand-delivered to the address of such party as provided above, except that notices to the Trustee are effective only upon receipt.

 

SECTION 12.                                  Amendments .  This Agreement may be amended from time to time by a written amendment duly executed and delivered by the Issuer, the Group I Administrator and the Trustee.

 

SECTION 13.                                  Successors and Assigns .  The parties hereto acknowledge that the Trustee has accepted the assignment of the Issuer’s rights under this Agreement pursuant to the Group I Supplement.  Subject to Section 2(e) , this Agreement may not be assigned by the Group I Administrator unless such assignment is previously consented to in writing by the Issuer and the Trustee and subject to satisfaction of the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Group I Notes Outstanding.  An assignment with such consent and satisfaction, if accepted by the assignee, shall bind the assignee hereunder in the same manner as the Group I Administrator is bound hereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be assigned by the Group I Administrator without the consent of the Issuer or the Trustee to a corporation or other organization that is a successor (by merger, consolidation or purchase of assets) to the Group I Administrator; provided that , such successor organization executes and delivers to the Issuer and the Trustee an agreement in which such corporation or other organization agrees to be bound hereunder by the terms of said assignment in the same manner as the Group I Administrator is bound hereunder; provided further that , the Rating Agency Condition with respect to each Series of Group I Notes Outstanding shall have been satisfied with respect to such successor.  Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall bind any successors or assigns of the parties hereto.

 

SECTION 14.                                  GOVERNING LAW .  THIS AGREEMENT, AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAW.

 

SECTION 15.                                  Headings .  The section headings hereof have been inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 16.                                  Counterparts .  This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

 

SECTION 17.                                  Severability .  Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall be ineffective to the extent of such

 

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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.

 

SECTION 18.                                  Limitation of Liability of Trustee and Group I Administrator .  Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, in no event shall either the Trustee or the Group I Administrator have any liability for the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations of the Issuer hereunder or in any of the certificates, notices or agreements delivered pursuant hereto, as to all of which recourse shall be had solely to the assets of the Issuer.

 

SECTION 19.                                  Nonpetition Covenants .  Notwithstanding any prior termination of this Agreement, the Group I Administrator, the Issuer and the Trustee shall not, prior to the date which is one year and one day after the payment in full of all the Notes, petition or otherwise invoke, join with, encourage or cooperate with any other party in invoking or cause the Issuer or the HVF II General Partner to invoke the process of any court or government authority for the purpose of commencing or sustaining a case against the Issuer or the HVF II General Partner under any Federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency or similar law or appointing a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator or other similar official of the Issuer or the HVF II General Partner or any substantial part of their property, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of the affairs of the Issuer or the HVF II General Partner.

 

SECTION 20.                                  Liability of Group I Administrator .  The Group I Administrator agrees to indemnify the Issuer and the Trustee and their respective agents (the “ Indemnified Parties ”) from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, losses, costs, liabilities and damages, and expenses incurred therewith, including reasonable attorney’s fees and expenses incurred by the Indemnified Parties as a result of, or arising out of, or relating to the entering into and performance of any Group I Related Document by the Indemnified Parties or suffered or sustained by the Indemnified Parties, by reason of any acts, omissions or alleged acts or omissions arising out of the Group I Administrator’s activities pursuant to any Group I Related Document.  Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, the Group I Administrator shall not be obligated under its agreements of indemnity contained in this Section 20 (i) for any liabilities resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnified Parties or (ii) in respect of any claim arising out of the assessment of any tax against the Indemnified Parties.  The obligations of the Group I Administrator and the rights of the Indemnified Parties under this Section 20 shall survive any termination of this Agreement, in whole or in part.

 

SECTION 21.                                  Limited Recourse to the Issuer .  The obligations of the Issuer under this Agreement are solely the obligations of the Issuer.  No recourse shall be had for the payment of any amount owing in respect of any fee hereunder or any other obligation or claim arising out of or based upon this Agreement against any member, employee, officer or director of the Issuer.  Fees, expenses, costs or other obligations payable by the Issuer hereunder shall be payable by the Issuer to the extent and only to the extent that the Issuer is reimbursed therefor pursuant to any of the Group I Related

 

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Documents or Series Related Documents with respect to any Series of Group I Notes, or funds are then available or thereafter become available for such purpose pursuant to Article V of the Base Indenture, and the amount of any fees, expenses or costs exceeding such funds shall in no event constitute a claim (as defined in Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code) against, or corporate obligation of, the Issuer.

 

SECTION 22.                                  Electronic Execution .  This Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any joinder, schedule, annex, exhibit or other attachment hereto) may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile or other electronic means ( e.g. , a “pdf” or “tiff”).  The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable law, have the same force and effect as manually signed originals and shall be binding on each party hereto.  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any joinder, schedule, annex, exhibit or other attachment hereto) or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including, without limitation, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP,

 

as Issuer

 

 

 

 

By:

HVF II GP Corp.,

 

 

its General Partner

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION,

 

as Group I Administrator

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON
TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mitchell L. Brumwell

 

 

Mitchell L. Brumwell

 

 

Vice President

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

[Form of Power of Attorney]

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

STATE OF

)

 

 

)

 

COUNTY OF

)

 

 

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, that HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP (“ HVF II ”), does hereby make, constitute and appoint THE HERTZ CORPORATION as Group I Administrator under the Amended and Restated Group I Administration Agreement (as defined below), and its agents and attorneys, as Attorneys-in-Fact to execute on behalf of HVF II all such documents, reports, filings, instruments, certificates and opinions as it shall be the duty of HVF II to prepare, file or deliver pursuant to the Amended and Restated Group I Administration Agreement, including, without limitation, to appear for and represent HVF II in connection with the preparation, filing and audit of federal, state and local tax returns pertaining to HVF II, and with full power to perform any and all acts associated with such returns and audits that HVF II could perform, including without limitation, the right to distribute and receive confidential information, defend and assert positions in response to audits, initiate and defend litigation, and to execute waivers of restriction on assessments of deficiencies, consents to the extension of any statutory or regulatory time limit, and settlements. For the purpose of this Power of Attorney, the term “ Amended and Restated Group I Administration Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Group I Administration Agreement dated as of October 31, 2014, among HVF II, The Hertz Corporation, as Group I Administrator, and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee, as such maybe amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

All powers of attorney for this purpose heretofore filed or executed by HVF II are hereby revoked.

 

EXECUTED this [  ] day of [  ], 2014.

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a
limited partnership, as Issuer

 

 

 

 

By:

HVF II GP Corp.,

 

 

its general partner

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

15


Exhibit 10.17

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP,

 

as Issuer,

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION,

 

as Group I Administrator,

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Administrative Agent,

 

CERTAIN COMMITTED NOTE PURCHASERS,

 

CERTAIN CONDUIT INVESTORS,

 

CERTAIN FUNDING AGENTS FOR THE INVESTOR GROUPS,

 

and

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
as Trustee and Securities Intermediary

 


 

AMENDED AND RESTATED SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT

 

dated as of October 31, 2014

 

to

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED GROUP I SUPPLEMENT

 

dated as of October 31, 2014

 

to

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BASE INDENTURE
dated as of October 31, 2014


 

Series 2014-A Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Notes



 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION

2

 

 

 

 

Section 1.1.

Defined Terms and References

2

 

 

 

Section 1.2.

Rules of Construction

3

 

 

 

ARTICLE II

INITIAL ISSUANCE; INCREASES AND DECREASES OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SERIES 2014-A NOTES

4

 

 

 

 

Section 2.1.

Initial Purchase; Additional Series 2014-A Notes

4

 

 

 

Section 2.2.

Advances

7

 

 

 

Section 2.3.

Procedure for Decreasing the Series 2014-A Principal Amount

11

 

 

 

Section 2.4.

Funding Agent Register

13

 

 

 

Section 2.5.

Reduction of Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount

13

 

 

 

Section 2.6.

Commitment Terms and Extensions of Commitments

14

 

 

 

Section 2.7.

Timing and Method of Payment

15

 

 

 

Section 2.8.

Legal Final Payment Date

15

 

 

 

Section 2.9.

Delayed Funding Purchaser Groups

15

 

 

 

ARTICLE III

INTEREST, FEES AND COSTS

16

 

 

 

 

Section 3.1.

Interest and Interest Rates

16

 

 

 

Section 3.2.

Administrative Agent and Up-Front Fees

18

 

 

 

Section 3.3.

Eurodollar Lending Unlawful

18

 

 

 

Section 3.4.

Deposits Unavailable

19

 

 

 

Section 3.5.

Increased or Reduced Costs, etc

19

 

 

 

Section 3.6.

Funding Losses

20

 

 

 

Section 3.7.

Increased Capital Costs

21

 

 

 

Section 3.8.

Taxes

21

 

 

 

Section 3.9.

Series 2014-A Carrying Charges; Survival

23

 

 

 

Section 3.10.

Minimizing Costs and Expenses and Equivalent Treatment

23

 

 

 

Section 3.11.

Timing Threshold for Specified Cost Sections

23

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV

SERIES-SPECIFIC COLLATERAL

23

 

 

 

 

Section 4.1.

Granting Clause

23

 

 

 

Section 4.2.

Series 2014-A Accounts

24

 

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Page

 

 

 

Section 4.3.

Trustee as Securities Intermediary

27

 

 

 

Section 4.4.

Series 2014-A Interest Rate Caps

28

 

 

 

Section 4.5.

Demand Notes

30

 

 

 

Section 4.6.

Subordination

31

 

 

 

Section 4.7.

Duty of the Trustee

31

 

 

 

Section 4.8.

Representations of the Trustee

31

 

 

 

ARTICLE V

 

PRIORITY OF PAYMENTS

31

 

 

 

 

Section 5.1.

Group I Collections Allocation

31

 

 

 

Section 5.2.

Application of Funds in the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account

32

 

 

 

Section 5.3.

Application of Funds in the Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account

33

 

 

 

Section 5.4.

Series 2014-A Reserve Account Withdrawals

35

 

 

 

Section 5.5.

Series 2014-A Letters of Credit and Series 2014-A Demand Notes

36

 

 

 

Section 5.6.

Past Due Rental Payments

39

 

 

 

Section 5.7.

Series 2014-A Letters of Credit and Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account

40

 

 

 

Section 5.8.

Payment by Wire Transfer

43

 

 

 

Section 5.9.

Certain Instructions to the Trustee

43

 

 

 

Section 5.10.

HVF II’s Failure to Instruct the Trustee to Make a Deposit or Payment

44

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS; CLOSING CONDITIONS

44

 

 

 

 

Section 6.1.

Representations and Warranties

44

 

 

 

Section 6.2.

Covenants

44

 

 

 

Section 6.3.

Closing Conditions

44

 

 

 

Section 6.4.

Securitisation Risk Retention Representations and Undertaking

44

 

 

 

Section 6.5.

Further Assurances

45

 

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Page

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII

 

AMORTIZATION EVENTS

46

 

 

 

 

Section 7.1.

Amortization Events

46

 

 

 

Section 7.2.

Effects of Amortization Events

51

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

FORM OF SERIES 2014-A NOTES

52

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX

 

TRANSFERS, REPLACEMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS

54

 

 

 

 

Section 9.1.

Transfer of Series 2014-A Notes

54

 

 

 

Section 9.2.

Replacement of Investor Group

55

 

 

 

Section 9.3.

Assignments

56

 

 

 

ARTICLE X

 

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

61

 

 

 

 

Section 10.1.

Authorization and Action of the Administrative Agent

61

 

 

 

Section 10.2.

Delegation of Duties

61

 

 

 

Section 10.3.

Exculpatory Provisions

61

 

 

 

Section 10.4.

Reliance

62

 

 

 

Section 10.5.

Non-Reliance on the Administrative Agent and Other Purchasers

62

 

 

 

Section 10.6.

The Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity

62

 

 

 

Section 10.7.

Successor Administrative Agent

62

 

 

 

Section 10.8.

Authorization and Action of Funding Agents

63

 

 

 

Section 10.9.

Delegation of Duties

63

 

 

 

Section 10.10.

Exculpatory Provisions

63

 

 

 

Section 10.11.

Reliance

64

 

 

 

Section 10.12.

Non-Reliance on the Funding Agent and Other Purchasers

64

 

 

 

Section 10.13.

The Funding Agent in its Individual Capacity

64

 

 

 

Section 10.14.

Successor Funding Agent

65

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI

 

GENERAL

65

 

 

 

 

Section 11.1.

Optional Repurchase of the Series 2014-A Notes

65

 

 

 

Section 11.2.

Information

65

 

 

 

Section 11.3.

Confidentiality

66

 

 

 

Section 11.4.

Payment of Costs and Expenses; Indemnification

66

 

 

 

Section 11.5.

Ratification of Group I Indenture

69

 

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Page

 

 

 

Section 11.6.

Notice to the Rating Agencies

69

 

 

 

Section 11.7.

Third Party Beneficiary

70

 

 

 

Section 11.8.

Counterparts

70

 

 

 

Section 11.9.

Governing Law

70

 

 

 

Section 11.10.

Amendments

70

 

 

 

Section 11.11.

Group I Administrator to Act on Behalf of HVF II

72

 

 

 

Section 11.12.

Successors

72

 

 

 

Section 11.13.

Termination of Series Supplement

72

 

 

 

Section 11.14.

Non-Petition

72

 

 

 

Section 11.15.

Electronic Execution

73

 

 

 

Section 11.16.

Additional UCC Representations

73

 

 

 

Section 11.17.

Notices

73

 

 

 

Section 11.18.

Submission to Jurisdiction

74

 

 

 

Section 11.19.

Waiver of Jury Trial

74

 

 

 

Section 11.20.

USA Patriot Act Notice

74

 

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EXHIBITS, SCHEDULES AND ANNEXES

 

Schedule I

List of Defined Terms

Schedule II

Conduit Investors and Committed Note Purchasers

Schedule III

Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap Amortization Schedule

 

 

Exhibit A

Form of Series 2014-A Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Note

 

 

Exhibit B-1

Form of Demand Note

Exhibit B-2

Form of Demand Notice

Exhibit C

Form of Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Reduction Notice

Exhibit D

Form of Lease Payment Deficit Notice

Exhibit E

Form of Purchaser’s Letter

Exhibit F

Form of Monthly Noteholders’ Statement

Exhibit G

Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement

Exhibit H

Form of Investor Group Supplement

Exhibit I

Form of Series 2014-A Letter of Credit

Exhibit J

Form of Advance Request

Exhibit K

[RESERVED]

Exhibit L

Additional UCC Representations

Exhibit M

Form of Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Addendum

Exhibit N

Form of Required Invoice

 

 

Annex 1

Representations and Warranties

Annex 2

Covenants

Annex 3

Closing Conditions

Annex 4

Securitisation Risk Retention Representations and Undertakings

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT dated as of October 31, 2014 (“ Series 2014-A Supplement ”) between HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a special purpose limited partnership established under the laws of Delaware (“ HVF II ”), THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ Hertz ” or, in its capacity as administrator with respect to the Group I Notes, the “ Group I Administrator ”), the several financial institutions that serve as committed note purchasers set forth on Schedule II hereto (each a “ Committed Note Purchaser ”), the several commercial paper conduits listed on Schedule II hereto (each a “ Conduit Investor ”), the financial institution set forth opposite the name of each Conduit Investor, or if there is no Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group, the Committed Note Purchaser with respect to such Investor Group, on Schedule II hereto (the “ Funding Agent ” with respect to such Conduit Investor or Committed Note Purchaser), Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, in its capacity as administrative agent for the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers and the Funding Agents (the “ Administrative Agent ”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as trustee (together with its successors in trust thereunder as provided in the Base Indenture referred to below, the “ Trustee ”), and as securities intermediary (in such capacity, the “ Securities Intermediary ”), to the Amended and Restated Group I Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, exclusive of Series Supplements, the “ Group I Supplement ”) to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, exclusive of Group Supplements and Series Supplements, the “ Base Indenture ”), each between HVF II and the Trustee.

 

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

 

WHEREAS, Sections 2.2 and 10.1 of the Group I Supplement provide, among other things, that HVF II and the Trustee may at any time and from time to time enter into a supplement to the Group I Supplement for the purpose of authorizing the issuance of one or more Series of Group I Notes;

 

WHEREAS, HVF II, Hertz, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, Bank of America, N.A., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Atlantic Asset Securitization LLC, Barclays Bank PLC, Goldman Sachs Bank USA, the Trustee and the Securities Intermediary entered into the Series 2014-A Supplement, dated as of July 25, 2014 (the “ Initial Series 2014-A Supplement ”), pursuant to which HVF II issued the Series 2014-A Notes in favor of Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, Bank of America, N.A., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, Atlantic Asset Securitization LLC, Barclays Bank PLC and Goldman Sachs Bank USA, and obtained the agreement of the Conduit Investors or the Committed Note Purchasers, as applicable, to make Advances from time to time for the purchase of Series 2014-A Principal Amounts, all of which Advances to be evidenced by the Series 2014-A Notes purchased in connection therewith and constitute purchases of Series 2014-A Principal Amounts corresponding to the amount of such Advances;

 



 

WHEREAS, the Initial Series 2014-A Supplement permits HVF II to make amendments to the Initial Series 2014-A Supplement subject to certain conditions set forth therein;

 

WHEREAS, HVF II, Hertz, the Committed Note Purchasers, the Conduit Investors, the Funding Agents, the Administrative Agent, the Trustee and the Securities Intermediary, in accordance with the Initial Series 2014-A Supplement, desire to amend and restate the Initial Series 2014-A Supplement as set forth herein;

 

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and conditions of this Series 2014-A Supplement, each Conduit Investor may make Advances from time to time and each Committed Note Purchaser is willing to commit to make Advances from time to time, to fund purchases of Series 2014-A Principal Amounts in an aggregate outstanding amount up to the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount for the related Investor Group during the Series 2014-A Revolving Period;

 

WHEREAS, Hertz, in its capacity as Group I Administrator, has joined in this Series 2014-A Supplement to confirm certain representations, warranties and covenants made by it in such capacity for the benefit of each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, and of other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

DESIGNATION

 

There was created a Series of Group I Notes issued pursuant to the Initial Group I Indenture, and such Series of Group I Notes was designated as Series 2014-A Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Notes.  On the Series 2014-A Closing Date, one class of Series 2014-A Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Notes was issued in a principal amount equal to the Series 2014-A Initial Principal Amount and were referred to therein and, as amended and restated hereby, will continue to be referred to herein as the “ Series 2014-A Notes ”.

 

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION

 

Section 1.1.           Defined Terms and References .  Capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Schedule I hereto, and if not defined therein, shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Group I Supplement.  All Article, Section or Subsection references herein (including, for the avoidance of doubt, in Schedule I hereto) shall refer to Articles, Sections or Subsections of this Series 2014-A Supplement, except as otherwise provided herein.  Unless otherwise stated herein, as the context otherwise requires or if such term is otherwise defined in the Group I Supplement, each capitalized term used or defined herein shall relate only to the Series 2014-A Notes and not to any other Series of Notes issued by HVF II.  Unless otherwise stated herein,

 

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all references herein to the “Series 2014-A Supplement” shall mean the Group I Indenture, as supplemented hereby.

 

Section 1.2.           Rules of Construction .  In this Series 2014-A Supplement, including the preamble, recitals, attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders hereto unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(a)           the singular includes the plural and vice versa;

 

(b)           references to an agreement or document shall include the preamble, recitals, all attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders to such agreement or document, and are to such agreement or document (including all such attachments, schedules, annexes, exhibits and joinders to such agreement or document) as amended, supplemented, restated and otherwise modified from time to time and to any successor or replacement agreement or document, as applicable (unless otherwise stated);

 

(c)           reference to any Person includes such Person’s successors and assigns but, if applicable, only if such successors and assigns are not prohibited by this Series 2014-A Supplement, and reference to any Person in a particular capacity only refers to such Person in such capacity;

 

(d)           reference to any gender includes the other gender;

 

(e)           reference to any Requirement of Law means such Requirement of Law as amended, modified, codified or reenacted, in whole or in part, and in effect from time to time;

 

(f)            “including” (and with correlative meaning “include”) means including without limiting the generality of any description preceding such term;

 

(g)           with respect to the determination of any period of time, “from” means “from and including” and “to” means “to but excluding”;

 

(h)           references to sections of the Code also refer to any successor sections; and

 

(i)            the language used in this Series 2014-A Supplement will be deemed to be the language chosen by the parties hereto to express their mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied against any party.

 

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ARTICLE II

 

INITIAL ISSUANCE; INCREASES AND DECREASES
OF PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF SERIES 2014-A NOTES

 

Section 2.1.           Initial Purchase; Additional Series 2014-A Notes.

 

(a)           Initial Purchase .  On the terms and conditions set forth in the Initial Series 2014-A Supplement, HVF II issued, and caused the Trustee to authenticate, the initial Series 2014-A Notes on the Series 2014-A Closing Date.  Such Series 2014-A Notes for each Investor Group:

 

(i)            bore a face amount as of the Series 2014-A Closing Date of up to the “Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount” (as defined in the Initial Series 2014-A Supplement) with respect to such Investor Group,

 

(ii)           had an initial principal amount equal to the “Series 2014-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount” (as defined in the Initial Series 2014-A Supplement) with respect to such Investor Group,

 

(iii)          were dated the Series 2014-A Closing Date,

 

(iv)          were registered in the name of the respective Funding Agent or its nominee, as agent for the related Conduit Investor, if any, and the related Committed Note Purchaser, or in such other name as the respective Funding Agent may request,

 

(v)           were duly authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Initial Group I Indenture and the Initial Series 2014-A Supplement, and

 

(vi)          were delivered to or at the direction of the respective Funding Agent against funding of the Series 2014-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount for such Investor Group, by such Investor Group, in accordance with Sections 2.2(b) , (c) , (e)  and (f)  of the Initial Series 2014-A Supplement, as if such Series 2014-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount was an Advance.

 

(b)           [RESERVED]

 

(c)           Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase .  Subject only to compliance with this Section 2.1(c) , Section 2.1(d)  and Section 2.1(e) , on any Business Day during the Series 2014-A Revolving Period, HVF II and any Investor Group and its related Funding Agent, Conduit Investors, if any, and Committed Note Purchasers may increase such Investor Group’s Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount as of such date and effect a corresponding increase to the Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount (any such increase, an “ Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase ”) by entering into an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Addendum.  HVF II shall provide at least one (1) Business Day’s prior written notice to each Funding Agent party hereto as of the date of such notice and the Administrative Agent of any such increase,

 

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setting forth (i) the names of the Funding Agent, the Conduit Investors, if any, and the Committed Note Purchasers that are members of such Investor Group, (ii) the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to such Investor Group as of such date, the Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount as of such date, and each Committed Note Purchaser’s Committed Note Purchaser Percentage, in each case after giving effect to such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, (iii) the Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Amount in connection with such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, if any, and (iv) the desired effective date of such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase.  On the effective date of each Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, the Administrative Agent shall revise Schedule II hereto in accordance with the information provided in the notice described above relating to such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase.

 

(d)           Conditions to Issuance of Additional Series 2014-A Notes .  In connection with an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, additional Series 2014-A Notes (“ Additional Series 2014-A Notes ”) may be issued subsequent to the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date subject to the satisfaction of each of the following conditions:

 

(i)            the amount of such issuance of Additional Series 2014-A Notes, if applicable, shall be equal to or greater than $2,500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof;

 

(ii)           no Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, in each case with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes has occurred and is continuing and such issuance and the application of any proceeds thereof, will not cause an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, in each case with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes;

 

(iii)          all representations and warranties set forth in Article V of the Base Indenture, Article VII of the Group I Supplement and Article VI of this Series 2014-A Supplement shall be true and correct with the same effect as if made on and as of such date (except to the extent such representations expressly relate to an earlier date); and

 

(iv)          each Rating Agency shall have received prior written notice of such issuance of Additional Series 2014-A Notes, if applicable.

 

(e)           Additional Series 2014-A Notes Face and Principal Amount .  With respect to an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, the related Additional Series 2014-A Notes shall bear a face amount equal to up to the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount (for the avoidance of doubt, if the related Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount varies as a function of specified periods, then shall bear a face amount equal to up to the greatest specified Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount for any specified time period) with respect to the related Investor Group (after giving effect to such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase with respect to such Investor Group), and initially shall be issued in a principal amount equal to the sum of the amount

 

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of the related Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase and the Investor Group Principal Amount of such Investor Group’s Series 2014-A Notes surrendered for cancellation in connection with such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase.  Upon the issuance of any such Additional Series 2014-A Notes, the Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount shall be increased by the amount of any such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase.  No later than one Business Day following any such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, the Administrative Agent shall revise Schedule II to reflect such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, which revision, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not require the consent of the Trustee or any Series 2014-A Noteholder.

 

(f)            No Consents Required .  Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Series 2014-A Related Document to the contrary, no consent of any Investor Group or its related Funding Agent, Conduit Investors, if any, Committed Note Purchasers or the Administrative Agent is required for HVF II to (i) increase the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to any Investor Group, (ii) increase the Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount or (iii) modify Schedule II , in each case as set forth in this Section 2.1 .

 

(g)           Proceeds .  Proceeds from the initial issuance of the Series 2014-A Notes and from any Additional Series 2014-A Notes shall be deposited into the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account and allocated in accordance with Article V hereof.

 

(h)           Restatement of the Series 2014-A Notes .  On the terms and conditions set forth in this Series 2014-A Supplement, HVF II shall amend and restate and shall cause the Trustee to authenticate, the Series 2014-A Notes on the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date.  Such Series 2014-A Notes for each Investor Group shall:

 

(i)            bear a face amount as of the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date of up to the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to such Investor Group (as if such Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount were determined on or after February 4, 2015) ,

 

(ii)           have a principal amount equal to the Series 2014-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to such Investor Group,

 

(iii)          be dated the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date,

 

(iv)          be registered in the name of the respective Funding Agent or its nominee, as agent for the related Conduit Investor, if any, and the related Committed Note Purchaser, or in such other name as the respective Funding Agent may request,

 

(v)           be duly authenticated in accordance with the provisions of the Group I Indenture and this Series 2014-A Supplement, and

 

(vi)          be delivered to or at the direction of the respective Funding Agent against funding of the Series 2014-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount for

 

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such Investor Group, by such Investor Group, in accordance with Sections 2.2(b) , (c) , (e)  and (f) , as if such Series 2014-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount was an Advance.

 

Section 2.2.           Advances .

 

(a)           Advance Requests .  Subject to the terms of this Series 2014-A Supplement, including satisfaction of the Funding Conditions, the aggregate principal amount of the Series 2014-A Notes may be increased from time to time. On any Business Day during the Series 2014-A Revolving Period, HVF II, subject to this Section 2.2 , may increase the Series 2014-A Principal Amount (such increase, including any increase resulting from an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Amount, is referred to as an “ Advance ”), by issuing, at par, additional principal amounts of the Series 2014-A Notes allocated in accordance with Section 2.2(d) .

 

(i)            Whenever HVF II wishes a Conduit Investor, or if there is no Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group, the Committed Note Purchaser with respect to such Investor Group, to make an Advance, HVF II shall notify the Administrative Agent, the related Funding Agent and the Trustee by providing written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent, the Trustee and such Funding Agent (with a copy of such notice delivered to the Committed Note Purchasers) no later than 11:30 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day prior to the proposed Advance (which notice may be combined with the notice delivered pursuant to Section 2.1(c) , in the case of an Advance in connection with an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Amount).  Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall in each case refer to this Series 2014-A Supplement and specify the aggregate amount of the requested Advance to be made on such date; provided , however , if HVF II receives a Delayed Funding Notice in accordance with Section 2.2(e)  by 6:00 p.m. (New York time) on the second Business Day prior to the date of any proposed Advance, HVF II shall have the right to revoke the Advance Request by providing the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent (with a copy to the Trustee and each Committed Note Purchaser) written notice, by telecopy or electronic mail, of such revocation no later than 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Business Day prior to the proposed date of such Advance.

 

(ii)           Each Funding Agent shall promptly advise its related Conduit Investor, or if there is no Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group, its related Committed Note Purchaser, of any notice given pursuant to Section 2.2(a)  and, if there is a Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group, shall promptly thereafter (but in no event later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the proposed date of the Advance), notify HVF II and the related Committed Note Purchaser(s), whether such Conduit Investor has determined to make such Advance.

 

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(b)           Party Obligated to Fund Advances .  Upon HVF II’s request in accordance with Section 2.2(a) :

 

(i)            each Conduit Investor, if any, may fund Advances (whether as a Non-Delayed Amount or a Delayed Amount) from time to time during the Series 2014-A Revolving Period;

 

(ii)           if any Conduit Investor determines that it will not make an Advance (whether as a Non-Delayed Amount or a Delayed Amount) or any portion of an Advance (whether as a Non-Delayed Amount or a Delayed Amount), then such Conduit Investor shall notify the Administrative Agent and the Funding Agent with respect to such Conduit Investor, and each Committed Note Purchaser with respect to such Conduit Investor, subject to Section 2.2(e) , shall fund its pro rata portion (by Committed Note Purchaser Percentage) of the Commitment Percentage with respect to such Investor Group of such Advance (whether as a Non-Delayed Amount or a Delayed Amount) not funded by such Conduit Investor; and

 

(iii)          if there is no Conduit Investor with respect any Investor Group, then the Committed Note Purchaser(s) with respect to such Investor Group, subject to Section 2.2(e) , shall fund Advances (whether as a Non-Delayed Amount or a Delayed Amount) from time to time.

 

(c)           Conduit Investor Funding .  Each Conduit Investor hereby agrees with respect to itself that it will use commercially reasonable efforts to fund Advances made by its Investor Group through the issuance of Series 2014-A Commercial Paper; provided that , (i) no Conduit Investor will have any obligation to use commercially reasonable efforts to fund Advances made by its Investor Group through the issuance of Series 2014-A Commercial Paper at any time that the funding of such Advance through the issuance of Series 2014-A Commercial Paper would be prohibited by the program documents governing such Conduit Investor’s commercial paper program, (ii) nothing herein is (or shall be construed) as a commitment by any Conduit Investor to fund any Advance through the issuance of Series 2014-A Commercial Paper; provided further that , the Conduit Investors shall not, and shall not be obligated to, fund or pay any amount pursuant to this Series 2014-A Supplement unless (i) the respective Conduit Investor has received funds that may be used to make such funding or other payment and which funds are not required to repay any of the commercial paper notes (“ CP Notes ”) issued by such Conduit Investor when due and (ii) after giving effect to such funding or payment, either (x) such Conduit Investor could issue CP Notes to refinance all of its outstanding CP Notes (assuming such outstanding CP Notes matured at such time) in accordance with the program documents governing its commercial paper program or (y) all of the CP Notes are paid in full.  Any amount that a Conduit Investor does not pay pursuant to the operation of the second proviso of the preceding sentence shall not constitute a claim (as defined in Section 101 of the Bankruptcy Code) against or obligation of such Conduit Investor for any such insufficiency.

 

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(d)           Advance Allocations .  HVF II shall allocate the proposed Advance among the Investor Groups ratably by their respective Commitment Percentages; provided that , in the event that one or more Investor Group Maximum Principal Increases are effected in accordance with Section 2.1(c) , any Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Amount in connection with each such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase and each Advance subsequent to the foregoing shall be allocated solely to such Investor Groups until (and only until) the Series 2014-A Principal Amount is allocated ratably among all Investor Groups (based upon each such Investor Group’s Commitment Percentage after giving effect to each such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase); provided further that on or prior to the Payment Date immediately following the date on which an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase occurs, HVF II shall use commercially reasonable efforts to request Advances and/or effect Voluntary Decreases to the extent necessary to cause (after giving effect to such Advances and Voluntary Decreases) the Series 2014-A Principal Amount to be allocated ratably among all Investor Groups (based upon each such Investor Group’s Commitment Percentage after giving effect to such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase).

 

(e)           Delayed Funding Procedures.   (i)      A Delayed Funding Purchaser, upon receipt of any notice of an Advance pursuant to Section 2.2(a) , promptly (but in no event later than 6:00 p.m. (New York time) on the second Business Day prior to the proposed date of such Advance) may notify HVF II in writing (a “ Delayed Funding Notice ”) of its election to designate such Advance as a delayed Advance (such Advance, a “ Designated Delayed Advance ”).  If such Delayed Funding Purchaser’s ratable portion of such Advance exceeds its Required Non-Delayed Amount (such excess amount, the “ Permitted Delayed Amount ”), then the Delayed Funding Purchaser shall also include in the Delayed Funding Notice the portion of such Advance (such amount as specified in the Delayed Funding Notice, not to exceed such Delayed Funding Purchaser’s Permitted Delayed Amount, the “ Delayed Amount ”) that the Delayed Funding Purchaser has elected to fund on a Business Day that is on or prior to the thirty-fifth (35th) day following the proposed date of such Advance (such date as specified in the Delayed Funding Notice, the “ Delayed Funding Date ”) rather than on the date for such Advance specified in the related Advance Request.

 

(ii)            If (A) one or more Delayed Funding Purchasers provide a Delayed Funding Notice to HVF II specifying a Delayed Amount in respect of any Advance and (B) HVF II shall not have revoked the notice of the Advance by 10:00 a.m. (New York time) on the Business Day preceding the proposed date of such Advance, then HVF II, by no later than 11:30 a.m. (New York time) on the Business Day preceding the date of such proposed Advance, may (but shall have no obligation to) direct each Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser to fund an additional portion of such Advance on the proposed date of such Advance equal to such Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser’s proportionate share (based upon the relative Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of such Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchasers) of the aggregate Delayed Amount with respect to the proposed Advance; provided that , (i) no Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser shall be required to fund any portion of any portion of its proportionate share of such aggregate Delayed Amount that would

 

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cause its Investor Group Principal Amount to exceed its Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount as of such date and (ii) any Conduit Investor, if any, in the Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser’s Investor Group may, in its sole discretion, agree to fund such proportionate share of such aggregate Delayed Amount.

 

(iii)           Upon receipt of any notice of a Delayed Amount in respect of an Advance pursuant to Section 2.2(e)(ii) , an Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser, promptly (but in no event later than 6:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Business Day prior to the proposed date of such Advance) may notify HVF II in writing (a “ Second Delayed Funding Notice ”) of its election to decline to fund a portion of its proportionate share of such Delayed Amount (such portion, the “ Second Delayed Funding Notice Amount ”); provided that , the Second Delayed Funding Notice Amount shall not exceed the excess, if any, of (A) such Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser’s proportionate share of such Delayed Amount over (B) such Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser’s Required Non-Delayed Amount (after giving effect to the funding of any amount in respect of such Advance to be made by such Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser or the Conduit Investor in such Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser’s Investor Group) (such excess amount, the “ Second Permitted Delayed Amount ”), and upon any such election, such Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser shall include in the Second Delayed Funding Notice the Second Delayed Funding Notice Amount.

 

(f)            Funding Advances .

 

(i)            Subject to the other conditions set forth in this Section 2.2 , on the date of each Advance, each Conduit Investor and Committed Note Purchaser(s) funding such Advance shall make available to HVF II its portion of the amount of such Advance (other than any Delayed Amount) by wire transfer in U.S. dollars in same day funds to the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account no later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of such Advance.  Proceeds from any Advance shall be deposited into the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account.

 

(ii)           A Delayed Funding Purchaser that delivered a Delayed Funding Notice in respect of a Delayed Amount shall be obligated to fund such Delayed Amount on the related Delayed Funding Date in the manner set forth in the next succeeding sentence, irrespective of whether the Series 2014-A Commitment Termination Date shall have occurred on or prior to such Delayed Funding Date or HVF II would be able to satisfy the Funding Conditions on such Delayed Funding Date.  Such Delayed Funding Purchaser shall (i) pay the sum of the Second Delayed Funding Notice Amount related to such Delayed Amount, if any, to HVF II no later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the related Delayed Funding Date by wire transfer in U.S. dollars in same day funds to the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account, and (ii) pay the Delayed Funding Reimbursement Amount related to such Delayed Amount, if any, on such related

 

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Delayed Funding Date to each applicable Funding Agent in immediately available funds for the ratable benefit of the related Available Delayed Amount Purchasers that funded the Delayed Amount on the date of the Advance related to such Delayed Amount in accordance with Section 2.2(e)(ii) , based on the relative amount of such Delayed Amount funded by such Available Delayed Amount Purchaser on the date of such Advance pursuant to Section 2.2(e)(ii) .

 

(g)           Funding Defaults .  If, by 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of any Advance, one or more Committed Note Purchasers in an Investor Group (each, a “ Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser ,” and each Committed Note Purchaser in the related Investor Group that is not a Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser, a “ Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser ”) fails to make its portion of such Advance, available to HVF II pursuant to Section 2.2(f)  (the aggregate amount unavailable to HVF II as a result of any such failure being herein called an “ Advance Deficit ”), then the Funding Agent for such Investor Group, by no later than 2:30 p.m. (New York City time) on the applicable date of such Advance, shall instruct each Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser in the same Investor Group as the Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser to pay, by no later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time), in immediately available funds, to the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) such Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser’s pro rata portion (based upon the relative Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of such Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchasers) of the Advance Deficit and (ii) the amount by which such Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser’s pro rata portion (by Committed Note Purchaser Percentage) of the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount for such Investor Group as of such date exceeds the portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount for such Investor Group funded by such Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser (determined after giving effect to all Advances already made by such Investor Group on such date).  A Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser shall forthwith, upon demand, pay to the applicable Funding Agent for the ratable benefit of the Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchasers all amounts paid by each such Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser on behalf of such Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser, together with interest thereon, for each day from the date a payment was made by a Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser until the date such Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser has been paid such amounts in full, at a rate per annum equal to the sum of the Series 2014-A Base Rate plus 0.50% per annum.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Delayed Funding Purchaser that has provided a Delayed Funding Notice in respect of an Advance shall be considered to be in default of its obligation to fund its Delayed Amount or be treated as a Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser hereunder unless and until it has failed to fund the Delayed Funding Reimbursement Amount or the Second Delayed Funding Notice Amount on the related Delayed Funding Date in accordance with Section 2.2(f)(ii) .

 

Section 2.3.           Procedure for Decreasing the Series 2014-A Principal Amount .

 

(a)           Principal Decreases .  Subject to the terms of this Series 2014-A Supplement, the aggregate principal amount of the Series 2014-A Notes may be decreased from time to time.

 

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(b)           Mandatory Decrease .

 

(i)            Obligation to Decrease .  If any Series 2014-A Excess Principal Event shall have occurred and be continuing, then, within five (5) Business Days following HVF II’s discovery of such Series 2014-A Excess Principal Event, HVF II shall withdraw from the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the amount then on deposit in such account and available for distribution to effect a reduction in the Series 2014-A Principal Amount pursuant to Section 5.2(c) , and (y) the amount necessary so that, after giving effect to all Voluntary Decreases prior to such date, no such Series 2014-A Excess Principal Event shall exist, and distribute the lesser of such (x) and (y) to the Series 2014-A Noteholders in respect of principal of the Series 2014-A Notes to make a reduction in the Series 2014-A Principal Amount in accordance with Section 5.2 (each reduction of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount pursuant to this clause (i) , a “ Mandatory Decrease ” and the amount of each such reduction, the “ Mandatory Decrease Amount ”).

 

(ii)           Breakage .  Subject to and in accordance with Section 3.6 , with respect to each Mandatory Decrease, HVF II shall reimburse each Investor Group on the next succeeding Payment Date for any associated breakage costs payable as a result of such Mandatory Decrease.

 

(iii)          Notice of Mandatory Decrease .  Upon discovery of any Series 2014-A Excess Principal Event, HVF II, within two (2) Business Days of such discovery, shall deliver written notice of any related Mandatory Decreases, any related Mandatory Decrease Amount and the date of any such Mandatory Decrease to the Trustee and each Series 2014-A Noteholder.

 

(c)           Voluntary Decrease .

 

(i)            Procedures for Voluntary Decrease .  On any Business Day, upon at least three (3) Business Day’s prior notice to each Series 2014-A Noteholder, each Conduit Investor, each Committed Note Purchaser and the Trustee, HVF II may decrease the Series 2014-A Principal Amount in whole or in part (each such reduction of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount pursuant to this Section 2.3(c) , a “ Voluntary Decrease ”) by withdrawing from the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account an amount up to the sum of all amounts then on deposit in such account and available for distribution to effect a Voluntary Decrease pursuant to Section 5.2 , and distributing the amount of such withdrawal (such amount, the “ Voluntary Decrease Amount ”) to the Series 2014-A Noteholders as specified in Section 5.2 .  Each such notice shall set forth the date of such Voluntary Decrease, the related Voluntary Decrease Amount, whether HVF II is electing to pay any Terminated Purchaser in connection with such Voluntary Decrease, and the amount to be paid to such Terminated Purchaser (if any).

 

(ii)           Breakage .  Subject to and in accordance with Section 3.6 , with respect to each Voluntary Decrease, HVF II shall reimburse each Investor Group

 

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on the next succeeding Payment Date for any associated breakage costs payable as a result of such Voluntary Decrease.

 

(iii)          Voluntary Decrease Minimum Denominations .  Each such Voluntary Decrease shall be, in the aggregate for all Series 2014-A Notes, in a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof unless such Voluntary Decrease is allocated to pay any Investor Group Principal Amount in full.

 

Section 2.4.           Funding Agent Register .  On each date of an Advance or Decrease hereunder, a duly authorized officer, employee or agent of the related Funding Agent shall make appropriate notations in its books and records of the amount of such Advance or Decrease, as applicable.  HVF II hereby authorizes each duly authorized officer, employee and agent of such Funding Agent to make such notations on the books and records as aforesaid and every such notation made in accordance with the foregoing authority shall be prima facie evidence of the accuracy of the information so recorded and shall be binding on HVF II absent manifest error; provided , however , that in the event of a discrepancy between the books and records of such Funding Agent and the records maintained by the Trustee pursuant to this Series 2014-A Supplement, such discrepancy shall be resolved by such Funding Agent and the Administrative Agent and the Trustee shall be directed by the Administrative Agent to update its records accordingly.

 

Section 2.5.           Reduction of Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount .  HVF II, upon three (3) Business Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, each Funding Agent, each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser, may effect a permanent reduction (but without prejudice of HVF II’s right to effect an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase with respect to any Investor Group in accordance with Section 2.1 ) of the Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount and a corresponding reduction of each Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount; provided that , with respect to any such reduction effected pursuant to this Section 2.5 ,

 

(a)           any such reduction (A) will be limited to the undrawn portion of the Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount as of such date, although any such reduction may be combined with a Decrease effected pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.3 , and (B) must be in a minimum amount of $10,000,000; provided that , solely for the purposes of this Section 2.5(a) , such undrawn portion of the Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount as of such date shall not include any then unfunded Delayed Amounts relating to any Advance the notice with respect to which HVF II shall not have revoked as of the date of such reduction, and

 

(b)           after giving effect to such reduction, the Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount as of such date equals or exceeds $100,000,000, unless reduced to zero.

 

Any reduction made pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall be made ratably among the Investor Groups’ on the basis of their respective Maximum Investor Group Principal Amounts as of such date.  No later than one Business Day following any reduction of

 

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the Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount becoming effective, the Administrative Agent shall revise Schedule II to reflect such reduction, which revision, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not require the consent of the Trustee or any Series 2014-A Noteholder.

 

Section 2.6.           Commitment Terms and Extensions of Commitments .

 

(a)           Term .  The “ Term ” of the Commitment hereunder shall be for a period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the Series 2014-A Commitment Termination Date.

 

(b)           Requests for Extensions .  HVF II may request, through the Administrative Agent, that each Funding Agent, for the account of the related Investor Group, consents to an extension of the Series 2014-A Commitment Termination Date for such period as HVF II may specify (the “ Extension Length ”), which consent will be granted or withheld by each Funding Agent, on behalf of the related Investor Group, in its sole discretion.

 

(c)           Procedures for Extension Consents .  Upon receipt of any request described in clause (b)  above, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Funding Agent thereof, each of which Funding Agents shall notify each Conduit Investor, if any, and each Committed Note Purchaser in its Investor Group thereof.  Not later than the first Business Day following the 30th day after such request for an extension (such period, the “ Election Period ”), each Committed Note Purchaser shall notify HVF II and the Administrative Agent of its willingness or refusal to consent to such extension and each Conduit Investor shall notify the Funding Agent for its Investor Group of its willingness or refusal to consent to such extension, and such Funding Agent shall notify HVF II and the Administrative Agent of such willingness or refusal by each such Conduit Investor (any such Conduit Investor or Committed Note Purchaser that refuses to consent to such extension, a “ Non-Extending Purchaser ”).  Any Committed Note Purchaser that does not expressly notify HVF II and the Administrative Agent that it is willing to consent to an extension of the Series 2014-A Commitment Termination Date during the applicable Election Period and each Conduit Investor that does not expressly notify such Funding Agent that it is willing to consent to an extension of the Series 2014-A Commitment Termination Date during the applicable Election Period shall be deemed to be a Non-Extending Purchaser.  If a Committed Note Purchaser or a Conduit Investor has agreed to extend its Series 2014-A Commitment Termination Date, and, at the end of the applicable Election Period no Amortization Event shall be continuing with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes, then the Series 2014-A Commitment Termination Date for such Committed Note Purchaser or Conduit Investor then in effect shall be extended to the date that is the last day of the Extension Length (which shall begin running on the day after the then-current Series 2014-A Commitment Termination Date); provided that , no such extension to the Series 2014-A Commitment Termination Date shall become effective until (i) the termination of each Non-Extending Purchaser’s commitment, if any, and (ii) on the date of any such termination, the prepayment in full of each such Non-Extending Purchaser’s portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount for such Non-Extending Purchaser’s Investor Group and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, in each case, in accordance with Section 9.2 .

 

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Section 2.7.           Timing and Method of Payment .  All amounts payable to any Funding Agent hereunder or with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes on any date shall be made to the applicable Funding Agent or upon the order of the applicable Funding Agent by wire transfer of immediately available funds in Dollars not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date due; provided that ,

 

(a)           if (i) any Funding Agent receives funds payable to it hereunder later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any date and (ii) prior to the later of the next succeeding Determination Date and thirty (30) days after the date on which such Funding Agent received such funds, such Funding Agent notifies HVF II in writing of such late receipt, then such funds received later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such date by such Funding Agent will be deemed to have been received by such Funding Agent on the next Business Day and any interest accruing with respect to the payment of such on such next Business Day shall not be payable until the Payment Date immediately following the later of such two dates specified in clause (ii); and

 

(b)           if (i) any Funding Agent receives funds payable to it hereunder later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any date and (ii) prior to the later of the next succeeding Determination Date and thirty (30) days after the date on which such Funding Agent received such funds, such Funding Agent does not notify HVF II in writing of such receipt, then such funds, received later than 2:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such date will be treated for all purposes hereunder as received on such date.

 

HVF II’s obligations hereunder in respect of any amounts payable to any Conduit Investor or Committed Note Purchaser shall be discharged to the extent funds are disbursed by HVF II to the related Funding Agent as provided herein whether or not such funds are properly applied by such Funding Agent.

 

Section 2.8.           Legal Final Payment Date .  The Series 2014-A Principal Amount shall be due and payable on the Legal Final Payment Date.

 

Section 2.9.           Delayed Funding Purchaser Groups .

 

(a)           Notwithstanding any provision of this Series 2014-A Supplement to the contrary, if at any time a Delayed Funding Purchaser delivers a Delayed Funding Notice, no Undrawn Fees shall accrue (or be payable) to its Delayed Funding Purchaser Group in respect of any Delayed Amount from the date of the related Advance to the date the Delayed Funding Purchaser in such Delayed Funding Purchaser Group funds the related Delayed Funding Reimbursement Amount, if any, and the Second Delayed Funding Notice Amount, if any.

 

(b)           Notwithstanding any provision of this Series 2014-A Supplement to the contrary, if at any time a Committed Note Purchaser in an Investor Group becomes a Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser has failed to pay all amounts required pursuant to Section 2.2 :

 

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(i)           no Undrawn Fees shall accrue (or be payable) on any unfunded portion of the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount of such Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser as of such date; and

 

(ii)          the Commitment Percentage of such Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser shall not be included in determining whether the Series 2014-A Required Noteholders or all Conduit Investors and/or Committed Note Purchasers have taken or may take any action hereunder.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, no provision of this Section 2.9 shall be deemed to relieve any Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser of its Commitment hereunder and HVF II may pursue all rights and remedies available to it under the law in connection with the event(s) that resulted in such Committed Note Purchaser becoming a Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser.

 

ARTICLE III

 

INTEREST, FEES AND COSTS

 

Section 3.1.           Interest and Interest Rates .

 

(a)           Interest Rate .  Each related Advance funded or maintained by an Investor Group during the related Series 2014-A Interest Period:

 

(i)            through the issuance of Series 2014-A Commercial Paper shall bear interest at the CP Rate for such Series 2014-A Interest Period, and

 

(ii)           through means other than the issuance of Series 2014-A Commercial Paper shall bear interest at the Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted) applicable to such Investor Group for the related Eurodollar Interest Period, except as otherwise provided in the definition of Eurodollar Interest Period or in Section 3.3 or 3.4 .

 

(b)           Notice of Interest Rates .

 

(i)            Each Funding Agent shall notify HVF II and the Group I Administrator of the applicable CP Rate for the Advances made by its Investor Group for the related Series 2014-A Interest Period by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each Determination Date.  Each such notice shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit N hereto.

 

(ii)           The Administrative Agent shall notify HVF II and the Group I Administrator of the applicable Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted) and/or Series 2014-A Base Rate, as the case may be, by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the first day of each Eurodollar Interest Period.  Each such notice shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit N hereto.

 

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(i)            On each Payment Date, the Series 2014-A Monthly Interest Amount and the Series 2014-A Monthly Default Interest Amount, in each case, with respect to such Payment Date, shall be due and payable on such Payment Date in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

(ii)           If the amounts described in Section 5.3 are insufficient to pay the Series 2014-A Monthly Interest Amount or the Series 2014-A Monthly Default Interest Amount for any Payment Date, payments of such Series 2014-A Monthly Interest Amount or Series 2014-A Monthly Default Interest Amount, as applicable and in each case, to the Series 2014-A Noteholders will be reduced on a pro rata basis (determined on the basis of the portion of such Series 2014-A Monthly Interest Amount or Series 2014-A Monthly Default Interest Amount, as applicable and in each case, payable to each such Series 2014-A Noteholder) by the amount of such insufficiency (the aggregate amount, if any, of such insufficiency on any Payment Date, the “ Series 2014-A Deficiency Amount ”), and interest shall accrue on any such Series 2014-A Deficiency Amount at the applicable Series 2014-A Note Rate.

 

(d)           Day Count and Business Day Convention .  All computations of interest at the CP Rate and the Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted) shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days and the actual number of days elapsed and all computations of interest at the Series 2014-A Base Rate shall be made on the basis of a 365 (or 366, as applicable) day year and actual number of days elapsed.  Whenever any payment of interest or principal in respect of any Advance shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of the amount of interest owed.

 

(e)           Funding Agent’s Failure to Notify .  With respect to any Funding Agent that shall have failed to notify HVF II and the Group I Administrator of the applicable CP Rate for the Advances made by its Investor Group for the related Series 2014-A Interest Period by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Determination Date in accordance with Section 3.1(b)(i) , on the first Payment Date occurring after the date on which such Funding Agent provides such notice previously not provided in accordance with Section 3.1(b)(i)  (or, if such notice is provided on any date occurring after a Determination Date and prior to the Payment Date immediately following such Determination Date, then the second Payment Date occurring after the date on which such Funding Agent provides such notice previously not provided), such Funding Agent shall pay to or at the direction of HVF II an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the amount actually paid by HVF II to or for the benefit of the Series 2014-A Noteholders in such Funding Agent’s Investor Group as a result of the reversion to the CP Fallback Rate in accordance with the definition of CP Rate over the amount that should have been paid by HVF II to or for the benefit of the Series 2014-A Noteholders in such Funding Agent’s Investor Group had all of the relevant information for the relevant Series 2014-A Interest Period been provided by such Funding Agent to HVF II on a timely basis.

 

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applicable CP Rate for the Advances made by its Investor Group for the related Series 2014-A Interest Period by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Determination Date in accordance with Section 3.1(b)(i) , on the first Payment Date occurring after the date on which such Funding Agent provides such notice previously not provided in accordance with Section 3.1(b)(i)  (or, if such notice is provided on any date occurring after a Determination Date and prior to the Payment Date immediately following such Determination Date, then the second Payment Date occurring after the date on which such Funding Agent provides such notice previously not provided), HVF II shall pay to or at the direction of the Funding Agent for the benefit of the Series 2014-A Noteholders in such Funding Agent’s Investor Group an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the amount that should have been paid by HVF II to or for the benefit of the Series 2014-A Noteholders in such Funding Agent’s Investor Group had all of the relevant information for the relevant Series 2014-A Interest Period been provided by such Funding Agent to HVF II on a timely basis over the amount actually paid by HVF II to or for the benefit of such Series 2014-A Noteholders as a result of the reversion to the CP Fallback Rate in accordance with the definition of CP Rate (such excess with respect to such Funding Agent, the “ CP True-Up Payment Amount ”).

 

Section 3.2.           Administrative Agent and Up-Front Fees .

 

(a)           Administrative Agent Fees .  On each Payment Date, HVF II shall pay to the Administrative Agent the applicable Administrative Agent Fee for such Payment Date.

 

(b)           Up-Front Fees .  On the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date, HVF II shall pay the applicable Up-Front Fee to each Funding Agent for the account of the related Committed Note Purchasers.

 

Section 3.3.           Eurodollar Lending Unlawful .  If a Conduit Investor, a Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider (each such person, an “ Affected Person ”) shall reasonably determine (which determination, upon notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the related Funding Agent and HVF II, shall be conclusive and binding on HVF II absent manifest error) that the introduction of or any change in or in the interpretation of any law, rule or regulation makes it unlawful, or any central bank or other Governmental Authority asserts that it is unlawful, for any such Affected Person to make, continue, or maintain any Advance as, or to convert any Advance into, the Series 2014-A Eurodollar Tranche, the obligation of such Affected Person to make, continue or maintain any such Advance as, or to convert any such Advance into, the Series 2014-A Eurodollar Tranche, upon such determination, shall forthwith be suspended until such Affected Person shall notify the related Funding Agent and HVF II that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist, and such Investor Group shall immediately convert the portion of the Series 2014-A Eurodollar Tranche funded by each such Affected Person, into the Series 2014-A Base Rate Tranche at the end of the then-current Eurodollar Interest Periods with respect thereto or sooner, if required by such law or assertion.

 

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Section 3.4.           Deposits Unavailable .  If a Conduit Investor, a Committed Note Purchaser or the related Majority Program Support Providers shall have reasonably determined that:

 

(a)           Dollar deposits in the relevant amount and for the relevant Eurodollar Interest Period are not available to all the related Reference Lenders in the relevant market;

 

(b)           by reason of circumstances affecting all the related Reference Lenders’ relevant market, adequate means do not exist for ascertaining the interest rate applicable hereunder to the Series 2014-A Eurodollar Tranche; or

 

(c)           such Conduit Investor, such Committed Note Purchaser or the related Majority Program Support Providers have notified the related Funding Agent and HVF II that, with respect to any interest rate otherwise applicable hereunder to the Series 2014-A Eurodollar Tranche, the Eurodollar Interest Period for which has not then commenced, such interest rate will not adequately reflect the cost to such Conduit Investor, such Committed Note Purchaser or such Majority Program Support Providers of making, funding, agreeing to make or fund or maintaining their respective portion of such Series 2014-A Eurodollar Tranche for such Eurodollar Interest Period,

 

then, upon notice from such Conduit Investor, such Committed Note Purchaser or the related Majority Program Support Providers to such Funding Agent and HVF II, the obligations of such Conduit Investor, such Committed Note Purchaser and all of the related Program Support Providers to make or continue any Advance as, or to convert any Advances into, the Series 2014-A Eurodollar Tranche shall forthwith be suspended until such Funding Agent shall notify HVF II that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer exist, and such Investor Group shall immediately convert the portion of the Series 2014-A Eurodollar Tranche funded by each such Conduit Investor or Committed Note Purchaser into the Series 2014-A Base Rate Tranche at the end of the then current Eurodollar Interest Periods with respect thereto or sooner, if required for the reasons set forth in clause (a) , (b)  or (c)  above, as the case may be.

 

Section 3.5.           Increased or Reduced Costs, etc.   HVF II agrees to reimburse each Affected Person for any increase in the cost of, or any reduction in the amount of any sum receivable by any such Affected Person in respect of making, continuing or maintaining (or of its obligation to make, continue or maintain) any Advances as, or of converting (or of its obligation to convert) any Advances into, the Series 2014-A Eurodollar Tranche that arise in connection with any Changes in Law, except for any such Changes in Law with respect to increased capital costs and taxes, which shall be governed by Sections 3.7 and 3.8 , respectively.  Each such demand shall be provided to the related Funding Agent and HVF II in writing and shall state, in reasonable detail, the reasons therefor and the additional amount required fully to compensate such Affected Person for such increased cost or reduced amount or return.  Such additional amounts shall be payable by HVF II to such Funding Agent and by such Funding Agent directly to such Affected Person on the Payment Date immediately following HVF II’s receipt of

 

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such notice, and such notice, in the absence of manifest error, shall be conclusive and binding on HVF II.

 

Section 3.6.           Funding Losses .  In the event any Affected Person shall incur any loss or expense (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any loss or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Affected Person to make, continue or maintain any portion of the principal amount of any Series 2014-A CP Tranche or Series 2014-A Eurodollar Tranche, or to convert any portion of the principal amount of any Advance not in the Series 2014-A CP Tranche into the Series 2014-A CP Tranche or not in the Series 2014-A Eurodollar Tranche into the Series 2014-A Eurodollar Tranche) as a result of:

 

(a)           any conversion or repayment or prepayment (for any reason, including as a result of the acceleration of the maturity of any portion of the Series 2014-A CP Tranche or Series 2014-A Eurodollar Tranche in connection with any Decrease pursuant to Section 2.3 or any optional repurchase of the Series 2014-A Notes pursuant to Section 10.1 or otherwise, or the assignment thereof in accordance with the requirements of the applicable Program Support Agreement) of the principal amount of any portion of the Series 2014-A CP Tranche or Series 2014-A Eurodollar Tranche on a date other than a Payment Date;

 

(b)           any Advance not being made as part of the Series 2014-A CP Tranche or Series 2014-A Eurodollar Tranche after a request for such an Advance has been made in accordance with the terms contained herein;

 

(c)           any Advance not being continued as part of the Series 2014-A CP Tranche or Series 2014-A Eurodollar Tranche, or converted into an Advance under the Series 2014-A Eurodollar Tranche after a request for such an Advance has been made in accordance with the terms contained herein;

 

(d)           any failure of HVF II to make a Decrease after giving notice thereof pursuant to Section 2.3(b)  or Section 2.3(c) ,

 

then, upon the written notice (which shall include calculations in reasonable detail) by any Affected Person to the related Funding Agent and HVF II, which written notice shall be conclusive and binding on HVF II (in the absence of manifest error), HVF II shall pay to such Funding Agent and such Funding Agent shall, on the next succeeding Payment Date, pay directly to such Affected Person such amount as will (in the reasonable determination of such Affected Person) reimburse such Affected Person for such loss or expense; provided that , the maximum amount payable by HVF II to any Affected Person in respect of any losses or expenses that result from any conversion, repayment or prepayment described in clause (a)  above shall be the amount HVF II would be obligated to pay pursuant to clause (a)  above if such conversion, repayment or prepayment were scheduled to have been paid on the next succeeding Payment Date; provided further that , in no event shall any amount be payable by HVF II to any Affected Person pursuant to this Section 3.6 as a result of any conversion,

 

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repayment, prepayment or non-payment with respect to any Series 2014-A CP Tranche unless (i) the amount of such conversion, repayment, prepayment or non-payment exceeds $100,000,000 with respect to such Affected Person and (ii) such Affected Person shall have received less than five (5) Business Days’ written notice from HVF II of such conversion, repayment, prepayment or non-payment, as the case may be.

 

Section 3.7.           Increased Capital Costs .  If any Change in Law affects or would affect the amount of capital required or reasonably expected to be maintained by any Affected Person or any Person controlling such Affected Person and such Affected Person reasonably determines that the rate of return on its or such controlling Person’s capital as a consequence of its commitment or the Advances made by such Affected Person hereunder is reduced to a level below that which such Affected Person or such controlling Person would have achieved but for the occurrence of any such Change in Law, then, in any such case after notice from time to time by such Affected Person to the related Funding Agent and HVF II, HVF II shall pay to such Funding Agent and such Funding Agent shall pay to such Affected Person an incremental commitment fee, payable on each Payment Date, sufficient to compensate such Affected Person or such controlling Person for such reduction in rate of return to the extent that the increased costs for which such Affected Person is being compensated are allocable to the existence of such Affected Person’s Advances or Commitment hereunder.  A statement of such Affected Person as to any such additional amount or amounts (including calculations thereof in reasonable detail), in the absence of manifest error, shall be conclusive and binding on HVF II; provided that , the initial payment of such increased commitment fee shall include a payment for accrued amounts due under this Section 3.7 prior to such initial payment.

 

Section 3.8.           Taxes .

 

(a)           All payments by HVF II of principal of, and interest on, the Advances and all other amounts payable hereunder (including fees) shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any present or future income, excise, documentary, property, stamp or franchise taxes and other taxes, fees, duties, withholdings or other charges of any nature whatsoever imposed by any taxing authority, but excluding in the case of any Affected Person (x) net income, franchise or similar taxes (including branch profits taxes or alternative minimum tax) imposed or levied on the Affected Person as a result of a connection between the Affected Person and the jurisdiction of the Governmental Authority imposing such tax or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection arising from such Affected Person having executed, delivered or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or enforced by, this Series 2014-A Supplement), (y) with respect to any Affected Person organized under the laws of the jurisdiction other than the United States (“ Foreign Affected Person ”), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to the Foreign Affected Person at the time the Foreign Affected Person becomes a party to (or acquires a Participation in) this Series 2014-A Supplement (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that such Foreign Affected Person (or its assignor, if any) was already entitled, at the time of the designation of the new lending office (or assignment), to receive additional amounts from HVF II with respect to withholding tax and (z) United States federal withholding taxes that would not have been imposed but for

 

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a failure by an Affected Person (or any financial institution through which any payment is made to such Affected Person) to comply with the procedures, certifications, information reporting, disclosure or other related requirements of current Sections 1471-1474 of the Code or any published administrative guidance implementing such law to establish relief or exemption from the tax imposed by such provisions (such non-excluded items being called “ Taxes ”).

 

(b)           Moreover, if any Taxes are directly asserted against any Affected Person with respect to any payment received by such Affected Person or its agent from HVF II, such Affected Person or its agent may pay such Taxes and HVF II will promptly upon receipt of written notice stating the amount of such Taxes pay such additional amounts (including any penalties, interest or expenses) as is necessary in order that the net amount received by such person after the payment of such Taxes (including any Taxes on such additional amount) shall equal the amount such person would have received had no such Taxes been asserted.

 

(c)           If HVF II fails to pay any Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to the Affected Person or its agent the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, HVF II shall indemnify the Affected Person and their agent for any incremental Taxes, interest or penalties that may become payable by any such Affected Person or its agent as a result of any such failure.  For purposes of this Section 3.8 , a distribution hereunder by the agent for the relevant Affected Person shall be deemed a payment by HVF II.

 

(d)           Each Foreign Affected Person shall execute and deliver to HVF II, prior to the initial due date of any payments hereunder and to the extent permissible under then current law, and on or about the first scheduled payment date in each calendar year thereafter, one or more (as HVF II may reasonably request) United States Internal Revenue Service Forms W-8BEN, Forms W-8BEN-E, Forms W-8ECI or Forms W 9, or successor applicable forms, or such other forms or documents (or successor forms or documents), appropriately completed, as may be applicable to establish the extent, if any, to which a payment to such Affected Person is exempt from withholding or deduction of Taxes.  HVF II shall not, however, be required to pay any increased amount under this Section 3.8 to any Affected Person that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States if such Affected Person fails to comply with the requirements set forth in this paragraph.

 

(e)           If the Affected Person determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 3.8 , it shall pay over such refund to HVF II (but only to the extent of amounts paid under this Section 3.8 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Affected Person and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant governmental authority with respect to such refund), provided that HVF II, upon the request of the Affected Person, agrees to repay the amount paid over to HVF II (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Affected Person in the event the Affected Person is required to repay such refund to such governmental authority. This Section 3.8 shall

 

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not be construed to require the Affected Person to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to HVF II or any other Person.

 

Section 3.9.           Series 2014-A Carrying Charges; Survival .  Any amounts payable by HVF II under the Specified Cost Sections shall constitute Series 2014-A Carrying Charges.  The agreements in the Specified Cost Sections and Section 3.10 shall survive the termination of this Series 2014-A Supplement and the Group I Indenture and the payment of all amounts payable hereunder and thereunder.

 

Section 3.10.         Minimizing Costs and Expenses and Equivalent Treatment .

 

(a)           Each Affected Person shall be deemed to have agreed that it shall, as promptly as practicable after it becomes aware of any circumstance referred to in any Specified Cost Section, use commercially reasonable efforts (to the extent not inconsistent with its internal policies of general application) to minimize the costs, expenses, taxes or other liabilities incurred by it and payable to it by HVF II pursuant to such Specified Cost Section.

 

(b)           In determining any amounts payable to it by HVF II pursuant to any Specified Cost Section, each Affected Person shall treat HVF II the same as or better than all similarly situated Persons (as determined by such Affected Person in its reasonable discretion) and such Affected Person may use any method of averaging and attribution that it (in its reasonable discretion) shall deem applicable so long as it applies such method to other similar transactions, such that HVF II is treated the same as, or better than, all such other similarly situated Persons with respect to such other similar transactions.

 

Section 3.11.         Timing Threshold for Specified Cost Sections .  Notwithstanding anything in this Series 2014-A Supplement to the contrary, HVF II shall not be under any obligation to compensate any Affected Person pursuant to any Specified Cost Section in respect of any amount otherwise owing pursuant to any Specified Cost Section that arose during any period prior to the date that is 180 days prior to such Affected Person’s obtaining knowledge thereof, except that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to any increased costs arising out of the retroactive application of any Change in Law within such 180-day period.  If, after the payment of any amounts by HVF II pursuant to any Specified Cost Section, any applicable law, rule or regulation in respect of which a payment was made is thereafter determined to be invalid or inapplicable to such Affected Person, then such Affected Person, within sixty (60) days after such determination, shall repay any amounts paid to it by HVF II hereunder in respect of such Change in Law.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

SERIES-SPECIFIC COLLATERAL

 

Section 4.1.           Granting Clause .  In order to secure and provide for the repayment and payment of the Note Obligations with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes,

 

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HVF II hereby affirms the security interests granted in the Initial Series 2014-A Supplement and grants a security interest in and assigns, pledges, grants, transfers and sets over to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Series 2014-A Noteholders, all of HVF II’s right, title and interest in and to the following (whether now or hereafter existing or acquired):

 

(a)           each Series 2014-A Account, including any security entitlement with respect to Financial Assets credited thereto;

 

(b)           all funds, Financial Assets or other assets on deposit in each Series 2014-A Account from time to time;

 

(c)           all certificates and instruments, if any, representing or evidencing any or all of each Series 2014-A Account, the funds on deposit therein or any security entitlement with respect to Financial Assets credited thereto from time to time;

 

(d)           all investments made at any time and from time to time with monies in each Series 2014-A Account, whether constituting securities, instruments, general intangibles, investment property, Financial Assets or other property;

 

(e)           all interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for each Series 2014-A Account, the funds on deposit therein from time to time or the investments made with such funds;

 

(f)            all Proceeds of any and all of the foregoing clauses (a)  through (e) , including cash (with respect to each Series 2014-A Account, the items in the foregoing clauses (a)  through (e)  and this clause (f)  with respect to such Series 2014-A Account are referred to, collectively, as the “ Series 2014-A Account Collateral ”).

 

(g)           each Series 2014-A Demand Note;

 

(h)           all certificates and instruments, if any, representing or evidencing each Series 2014-A Demand Note;

 

(i)            each Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap; and

 

(j)            all Proceeds of any and all of the foregoing.

 

Section 4.2.           Series 2014-A Accounts .  With respect to the Series 2014-A Notes only, the following shall apply:

 

(a)           Establishment of Series 2014-A Accounts .

 

(i)            HVF II has established and maintained, and shall continue to maintain, in the name of, and under the control of, the Trustee for the benefit of the Series 2014-A Noteholders three securities accounts: the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account (such account, the “ Series 2014-A Principal

 

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Collection Account ”), the Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account (such account, the “ Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account ”) and the Series 2014-A Reserve Account (such account, the “ Series 2014-A Reserve Account ”).

 

(ii)           On or prior to the date of any drawing under a Series 2014-A Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 5.5 or Section 5.7 , HVF II shall establish and maintain in the name of, and under the control of, the Trustee for the benefit of the Series 2014-A Noteholders the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account (the “ Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account ”).

 

(iii)          The Trustee has established and maintained, and shall continue to maintain, in the name of, and under the control of, the Trustee for the benefit of the Series 2014-A Noteholders the Series 2014-A Distribution Account (the “ Series 2014-A Distribution Account ”, and together with the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account, the Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account, the Series 2014-A Reserve Account and the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account, the “ Series 2014-A Accounts ”).

 

(b)           Series 2014-A Account Criteria .

 

(i)            Each Series 2014-A Account shall bear a designation clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for the benefit of the Series 2014-A Noteholders.

 

(ii)           Each Series 2014-A Account shall be an Eligible Account.  If any Series 2014-A Account is at any time no longer an Eligible Account, HVF II shall, within ten (10) Business Days of an Authorized Officer of HVF II obtaining actual knowledge that such Series 2014-A Account is no longer an Eligible Account, establish a new Series 2014-A Account for such non-qualifying Series 2014-A Account that is an Eligible Account, and if a new Series 2014-A Account is so established, HVF II shall instruct the Trustee in writing to transfer all cash and investments from such non-qualifying Series 2014-A Account into such new Series 2014-A Account.  Initially, each of the Series 2014-A Accounts will be established with The Bank of New York Mellon.

 

(c)           Administration of the Series 2014-A Accounts .

 

(i)            HVF II may instruct (by standing instructions or otherwise) any institution maintaining any Series 2014-A Accounts to invest funds on deposit in such Series 2014-A Account from time to time in Permitted Investments in the name of the Trustee or the Securities Intermediary and Permitted Investments shall be credited to the applicable Series 2014-A Account; provided , however , that:

 

A.            any such investment in the Series 2014-A Reserve Account or the Series 2014-A Distribution Account shall mature not later than the first Payment Date following the date on which such investment was made; and

 

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B.            any such investment in the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account, the Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account or the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account shall mature not later than the Business Day prior to the first Payment Date following the date on which such investment was made, unless in any such case any such Permitted Investment is held with the Trustee, then such investment may mature on such Payment Date so long as such funds shall be available for withdrawal on such Payment Date.

 

(ii)           HVF II shall not direct the Trustee to dispose of (or permit the disposal of) any Permitted Investments prior to the maturity thereof to the extent such disposal would result in a loss of the initial purchase price of such Permitted Investment.

 

(iii)          In the absence of written investment instructions hereunder, funds on deposit in the Series 2014-A Accounts shall remain uninvested.

 

(d)           Earnings from Series 2014-A Accounts .  With respect to each Series 2014-A Account, all interest and earnings (net of losses and investment expenses) paid on funds on deposit in or on any security entitlement with respect to Financial Assets credited to such Series 2014-A Account shall be deemed to be on deposit therein and available for distribution unless previously distributed pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

(e)           Termination of Series 2014-A Accounts .

 

(i)            On or after the date on which the Series 2014-A Notes are fully paid, the Trustee, acting in accordance with the written instructions of HVF II, shall withdraw from each Series 2014-A Account (other than the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account) all remaining amounts on deposit therein and pay such amounts to HVF II.

 

(ii)           Upon the termination of this Series 2014-A Supplement in accordance with its terms, the Trustee, acting in accordance with the written instructions of HVF II, after the prior payment of all amounts due and owing to the Series 2014-A Noteholders and payable from the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account as provided herein, shall withdraw from the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account all amounts on deposit therein and shall pay such amounts:

 

first , pro rata to the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Providers, to the extent that there are unreimbursed Series 2014-A Disbursements due and owing to such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Providers, for application in accordance with the provisions of the respective Series 2014-A Letters of Credit, and

 

second , to HVF II any remaining amounts.

 

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Section 4.3.           Trustee as Securities Intermediary .

 

(a)           With respect to each Series 2014-A Account, the Trustee or other Person maintaining such Series 2014-A Account shall be the “securities intermediary” (as defined in Section 8-102(a)(14) of the New York UCC and a “bank” (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(8) of the New York UCC), in such capacities, the “ Securities Intermediary ”) with respect to such Series 2014-A Account.  If the Securities Intermediary in respect of any Series 2014-A Account is not the Trustee, HVF II shall obtain the express agreement of such Person to the obligations of the Securities Intermediary set forth in this Section 4.3 .

 

(b)           The Securities Intermediary agrees that:

 

(i)            The Series 2014-A Accounts are accounts to which Financial Assets will be credited;

 

(ii)           All securities or other property underlying any Financial Assets credited to any Series 2014-A Account shall be registered in the name of the Securities Intermediary, indorsed to the Securities Intermediary or in blank or credited to another securities account maintained in the name of the Securities Intermediary and in no case will any Financial Asset credited to any Series 2014-A Account be registered in the name of HVF II, payable to the order of HVF II or specially endorsed to HVF II;

 

(iii)          All property delivered to the Securities Intermediary pursuant to this Series 2014-A Supplement and all Permitted Investments thereof will be promptly credited to the appropriate Series 2014-A Account;

 

(iv)          Each item of property (whether investment property, security, instrument or cash) credited to a Series 2014-A Account shall be treated as a Financial Asset;

 

(v)           If at any time the Securities Intermediary shall receive any order or instructions from the Trustee directing transfer or redemption of any Financial Asset relating to the Series 2014-A Accounts or any instruction with respect to the disposition of funds therein, the Securities Intermediary shall comply with such entitlement order or instruction without further consent by HVF II or the Group I Administrator;

 

(vi)          The Series 2014-A Accounts shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, regardless of any provision of any other agreement.  For purposes of the New York UCC, New York shall be deemed to be the Securities Intermediary’s jurisdiction (within the meaning of Section 9-304 and Section 8-110 of the New York UCC) and the Series 2014-A Accounts (as well as the Securities Entitlements related thereto) shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York;

 

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(vii)         The Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until termination of this Series 2014-A Supplement, will not enter into, any agreement with any other Person relating to the Series 2014-A Accounts and/or any Financial Assets credited thereto pursuant to which it has agreed to comply with Entitlement Orders or instructions (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the New York UCC) of such other Person and the Securities Intermediary has not entered into, and until the termination of this Series 2014-A Supplement will not enter into, any agreement with HVF II purporting to limit or condition the obligation of the Securities Intermediary to comply with Entitlement Orders or instructions (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the New York UCC) as set forth in Section 4.3(b)(v) ; and

 

(viii)        Except for the claims and interest of the Trustee and HVF II in the Series 2014-A Accounts, the Securities Intermediary knows of no claim to, or interest in, the Series 2014-A Accounts or in any Financial Asset credited thereto.  If the Securities Intermediary has actual knowledge of the assertion by any other person of any lien, encumbrance, or adverse claim (including any writ, garnishment, judgment, warrant of attachment, execution or similar process) against any Series 2014-A Account or in any Financial Asset carried therein, the Securities Intermediary will promptly notify the Trustee, the Group I Administrator and HVF II thereof.

 

(c)           The Trustee shall possess all right, title and interest in all funds on deposit from time to time in the Series 2014-A Accounts and in all Proceeds thereof, and shall be the only person authorized to originate Entitlement Orders in respect of the Series 2014-A Accounts.

 

(d)           Notwithstanding anything in Section 4.1 , Section 4.2 or this Section 4.3 to the contrary, the parties hereto agree that as permitted by Section 8-504(c)(1) of the New York UCC, with respect to any Series 2014-A Account, the Securities Intermediary may satisfy the duty in Section 8-504(a) of the New York UCC with respect to any cash credited to such Series 2014-A Account by crediting such Series 2014-A Account a general unsecured claim against the Securities Intermediary, as a bank, payable on demand, for the amount of such cash.

 

(e)           Notwithstanding anything in Section 4.1 , Section 4.2 or this Section 4.3 to the contrary, with respect to any Series 2014-A Account and any credit balances not constituting Financial Assets credited thereto, the Securities Intermediary shall be acting as a bank (as defined in Section 9-102(a)(8) of the New York UCC) if such Series 2014-A Account is deemed not to constitute a securities account.

 

Section 4.4.           Series 2014-A Interest Rate Caps .

 

(a)           Requirement to Obtain Series 2014-A Interest Rate Caps .  On or prior to the date hereof, HVF II shall acquire one or more Series 2014-A Interest Rate Caps from Eligible Interest Rate Cap Providers with an aggregate notional amount at least equal to the Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount as of such date.  HVF II

 

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shall acquire each Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap from an Eligible Interest Rate Cap Provider that satisfies the Initial Counterparty Required Ratings as of the date HVF II acquires such Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap.  The Series 2014-A Interest Rate Caps shall provide, in the aggregate, that the aggregate notional amount of all Series 2014-A Interest Rate Caps shall amortize such that the aggregate notional amount of all Series 2014-A Interest Rate Caps, as of any date of determination, shall be equal to or greater than the product of (a) the Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount as of the earlier of such date and the Expected Final Payment Date and (b) the percentage set forth on Schedule III corresponding to such date, and HVF II shall maintain, and, if necessary, amend existing Series 2014-A Interest Rate Caps (including in connection with an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase) or acquire one or more additional Series 2014-A Interest Rate Caps, such that the Series 2014-A Interest Rate Caps, in the aggregate, shall provide that the notional amount of all Series 2014-A Interest Rate Caps shall amortize such that the aggregate notional amount of all Series 2014-A Interest Rate Caps, as of any date of determination, shall be equal to or greater than the product of (a) the Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount as of the earlier of such date and the Expected Final Payment Date and (b) the percentage set forth on Schedule III corresponding to such date.  The strike rate of each Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap shall not be greater than 2%.

 

(b)           Failure to Remain an Eligible Interest Rate Cap Provider .  Each Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap shall provide that, if at any time the Interest Rate Cap Provider (or if the present and future obligations of such Interest Rate Cap Provider are guaranteed pursuant to a guarantee (in form and in substance satisfactory to the Rating Agencies and satisfying the other requirements set forth in such Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap), the related guarantor) with respect thereto is not an Eligible Interest Rate Cap Provider, then such Interest Rate Cap Provider will be required, at such Interest Rate Cap Provider’s expense, to obtain a replacement interest rate cap on the same terms as such Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap (or with such modifications as are acceptable to the Rating Agencies) from an Eligible Interest Rate Cap Provider within the time period specified in the related Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap and, simultaneously with such replacement, HVF II shall terminate the Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap being replaced or such Interest Rate Cap Provider shall obtain a guarantee (in form and in substance satisfactory to the Rating Agencies) from a replacement guarantor that satisfies the DBRS Trigger Required Ratings with respect to the present and future obligations of such Interest Rate Cap Provider under such Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap; provided that , no termination of the Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap shall occur until HVF II has entered into a replacement Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap or obtained a guarantee pursuant to this Section 4.4(b) .

 

(c)           Collateral Posting for Ineligible Interest Rate Cap Providers .  Each Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap shall provide that, if the Interest Rate Cap Provider with respect thereto is required to obtain a replacement as described in Section 4.4(b)  and such replacement is not obtained within the period specified in the Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap, then such Interest Rate Cap Provider must, until such replacement is obtained or such Interest Rate Cap Provider again becomes an Eligible Interest Rate Cap Provider, post and maintain collateral in order to meet its obligations under such Series 2014-A

 

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Interest Rate Cap in an amount determined pursuant to the credit support annex entered into in connection with such Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap (a “ Credit Support Annex ”).

 

(d)           Interest Rate Cap Provider Replacement .  Each Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap shall provide that, if HVF II is unable to cause such Interest Rate Cap Provider to take any of the required actions described in Sections 4.4(b)  and (c)  after making commercially reasonable efforts, then HVF II will obtain a replacement Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap at the expense of the replaced Interest Rate Cap Provider or, if the replaced Interest Rate Cap Provider fails to make such payment, at the expense of HVF II (in which event, such expense shall be considered an Series 2014-A Carrying Charges and shall be paid from Group I Interest Collections available pursuant to Section 5.3 or, at the option of HVF II, from any other source available to it).

 

(e)           Treatment of Collateral Posted .  Each Series 2014-A Noteholder by its acceptance of a Series 2014-A Note hereby acknowledges and agrees, and directs the Trustee to acknowledge and agree, and the Trustee, at such direction, hereby acknowledges and agrees, that any collateral posted by an Interest Rate Cap Provider pursuant to clause (b)  or (c)  above (A) is collateral solely for the obligations of such Interest Rate Cap Provider under its Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap, (B) does not constitute collateral for the Series 2014-A Notes (provided that in order to secure and provide for the payment of the Note Obligations with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes, HVF II has pledged each Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap and its security interest in any collateral posted in connection therewith as collateral for the Series 2014-A Notes), (C) will in no event be available to satisfy any obligations of HVF II hereunder or otherwise unless and until such Interest Rate Cap Provider defaults in its obligations under its Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap and such collateral is applied in accordance with the terms of such Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap to satisfy such defaulted obligations of such Interest Rate Cap Provider, and (D) shall be held by the Trustee in a segregated account in accordance with the terms of the applicable Credit Support Annex.

 

(f)            Proceeds from Series 2014-A Interest Rate Caps .  HVF II shall require all proceeds of each Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap (including amounts received in respect of the obligations of the related Interest Rate Cap Provider from a guarantor or from the application of collateral posted by such Interest Rate Cap Provider) to be paid to the Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account, and the Group I Administrator hereby directs the Trustee to deposit, and the Trustee shall so deposit, any proceeds it receives under each Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap into the Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account.

 

Section 4.5.           Demand Notes .

 

(a)           Trustee Authorized to Make Demands .  The Trustee, for the benefit of the Series 2014-A Noteholders, shall be the only Person authorized to make a demand for payment on any Series 2014-A Demand Note.

 

(b)           Modification of Demand Note .  Other than pursuant to a payment made upon a demand thereon by the Trustee pursuant to Section 5.5(c) , HVF II shall not

 

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reduce the amount of any Series 2014-A Demand Note or forgive amounts payable thereunder so that the aggregate undrawn principal amount of the Series 2014-A Demand Notes after such forgiveness or reduction is less than the greater of (i) the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount as of the date of such reduction or forgiveness and (ii) an amount equal to 0.50% of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount as of the date of such reduction or forgiveness.  Other than in connection with a reduction or forgiveness in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 4.5(b)  or an increase in the stated amount of any Series 2014-A Demand Note, HVF II shall not agree to any amendment of any Series 2014-A Demand Note without first obtaining the prior written consent of the Series 2014-A Required Noteholders.

 

Section 4.6.           Subordination .  The Series-Specific 2014-A Collateral has been pledged to the Trustee to secure the Series 2014-A Notes.  For all purposes hereunder and for the avoidance of doubt, the Series-Specific 2014-A Collateral and each Series 2014-A Letter of Credit will be held by the Trustee solely for the benefit of the Holders of the Series 2014-A Notes, and no Noteholder of any Series of Notes other than the Series 2014-A Notes will have any right, title or interest in, to or under the Series-Specific 2014-A Collateral or any Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.  For the avoidance of doubt, if it is determined that the Series 2014-A Noteholders have any right, title or interest in, to or under the Group I Series-Specific Collateral with respect to any Series of Group I Notes other than Series 2014-A Notes, then the Series 2014-A Noteholders agree that their right, title and interest in, to or under such Group I Series-Specific Collateral shall be subordinate in all respects to the claims or rights of the Noteholders with respect to such other Series of Group I Notes, and in such case, this Series 2014-A Supplement shall constitute a subordination agreement for purposes of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

Section 4.7.           Duty of the Trustee .  Except for actions expressly authorized by the Group I Indenture or this Series 2014-A Supplement, the Trustee shall take no action reasonably likely to impair the security interests created hereunder in any of the Series-Specific 2014-A Collateral now existing or hereafter created or to impair the value of any of the Series-Specific 2014-A Collateral now existing or hereafter created.

 

Section 4.8.           Representations of the Trustee .  The Trustee represents and warrants to HVF II that the Trustee satisfies the requirements for a trustee set forth in paragraph (a)(4)(i) of Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act.

 

ARTICLE V

 

PRIORITY OF PAYMENTS

 

Section 5.1.           Group I Collections Allocation .  Subject to the Past Due Rental Payments Priorities, on each Series 2014-A Deposit Date, HVF II shall direct the Trustee in writing to apply, and the Trustee shall apply, all amounts deposited into the Group I Collection Account on such date as follows:

 

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(a)           first , withdraw the Series 2014-A Daily Principal Allocation, if any, for such date from the Group I Collection Account and deposit such amount into the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account; and

 

(b)           second , withdraw the Series 2014-A Daily Interest Allocation, if any, for such date from the Group I Collection Account and deposit such amount in the Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account.

 

Section 5.2.           Application of Funds in the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account .  Subject to the Past Due Rental Payments Priorities, (i) on any Business Day, HVF II may direct the Trustee in writing to apply, and (ii) on each Payment Date and each date identified by HVF II for a Decrease pursuant to Section 2.3 , HVF II shall direct the Trustee in writing to apply, and in each case the Trustee shall apply, all amounts then on deposit in the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account on such date (after giving effect to all deposits thereto pursuant to Sections 5.4 and 5.5 ) as follows (and in each case only to the extent of funds available in the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account on such date):

 

(a)           first , if such date is a Payment Date, then for deposit into the Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account an amount equal to the Senior Interest Waterfall Shortfall Amount, if any, with respect to such Payment Date;

 

(b)           second , on any such date during the Series 2014-A Revolving Period, for deposit into the Series 2014-A Reserve Account an amount equal to the Series 2014-A Reserve Account Deficiency Amount, if any, for such date (calculated after giving effect to any withdrawals from the Series 2014-A Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4 and deposits to the Series 2014-A Reserve Account on such date pursuant to Section 5.3 );

 

(c)           third , for deposit into the Series 2014-A Distribution Account to make a Mandatory Decrease, if applicable on such day, in accordance with Section 2.3(b) , for payment of the related Mandatory Decrease Amount on such date to the Series 2014-A Noteholders of each Investor Group, on a pro rata basis (based on the Investor Group Principal Amount as of such date for each such Investor Group) as payment of principal of the Series 2014-A Notes until the Series 2014-A Noteholders have been paid such amount in full;

 

(d)           fourth , on any such date during the Series 2014-A Rapid Amortization Period, for deposit into the Series 2014-A Distribution Account, for payment on such date to the Series 2014-A Noteholders of each Investor Group, on a pro rata basis (based on the Investor Group Principal Amount as of such date for each such Investor Group) as payment of principal of the Series 2014-A Notes until the Series 2014-A Noteholders have been paid the Series 2014-A Principal Amount in full;

 

(e)           fifth , if such date is a Payment Date, for deposit into the Series 2014-A Distribution Account to pay the Series 2014-A Noteholders on a pro rata basis (based on the amount owed to each such Series 2014-A Noteholder), any remaining

 

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amounts owing on such Payment Date to such Series 2014-A Noteholders as Series 2014-A Carrying Charges (after giving effect to the payments in Sections 5.3(a)  through 5.3(k)  below);

 

(f)            sixth , if such date is a Payment Date, for deposit into the Series 2014-A Distribution Account to pay the Series 2014-A Noteholders on a pro rata basis (based on the amount owed to each such Series 2014-A Noteholder), the Series 2014-A Monthly Default Interest Amounts, if any, owing to each such Series 2014-A Noteholder on such Payment Date (after giving effect to the payments in Sections 5.3(a)  through 5.3(l)  below);

 

(g)           seventh , at the option of HVF II, for deposit into the Series 2014-A Distribution Account to make a Voluntary Decrease, if applicable on such day, for payment of the related Voluntary Decrease Amount on such date (x) first, in the event that HVF II has elected to prepay any Terminated Purchaser’s Investor Group, to such Terminated Purchaser up to such Terminated Purchaser’s Investor Group Principal Amount as of such date and (y) second, any remaining portion of such Voluntary Decrease Amount, to the Series 2014-A Noteholders of each Investor Group on a pro rata basis (based on the Investor Group Principal Amount as of such date for each such Investor Group), in each case as a payment of principal of the Series 2014-A Notes until the applicable Series 2014-A Noteholders have been paid the applicable amount in full;

 

(h)           eighth , (x) first, used to pay the principal amount of other Series of Group I Notes that are then required to be paid and (y) second, at the option of HVF II, to pay the principal amount of other Series of Group I Notes that may be paid under the Group I Indenture, in each case to the extent that no Potential Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes exists as of such date or would occur as a result of such application; and

 

(i)            ninth , the balance, if any, shall be released to or at the direction of HVF II, including for re-deposit to the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account, or, if ineligible for release to HVF II, shall remain on deposit in the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account;

 

provided that , (i) the application of such funds pursuant to Sections 5.2(a) , (e) , (f) , (h)  and (i)  may not be made if a Principal Deficit Amount would exist as a result of such application and (ii) the application of such funds pursuant to Sections 5.2(a) , (b) , (e) , (f) and (i)  above may be made only to the extent that no Potential Amortization Event pursuant to Section 7.1(u)  with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes exists as of such date or would occur as a result of such application.

 

Section 5.3.           Application of Funds in the Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account .  Subject to the Past Due Rental Payments Priorities, on each Payment Date, HVF II shall direct the Trustee in writing to apply, and the Trustee shall apply, all amounts then on deposit in the Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account (after giving effect to all deposits thereto pursuant to Sections 5.2 , 5.4 and 5.5 ) on such day as follows

 

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(and in each case only to the extent of funds available in the Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account):

 

(a)           first , to the Series 2014-A Distribution Account to pay to the Group I Administrator the Series 2014-A Capped Group I Administrator Fee Amount with respect to such Payment Date;

 

(b)           second , to the Series 2014-A Distribution Account to pay the Trustee the Series 2014-A Capped Group I Trustee Fee Amount with respect to such Payment Date;

 

(c)           third , to the Series 2014-A Distribution Account to pay the Persons to whom the Series 2014-A Capped Group I HVF II Operating Expense Amount with respect to such Payment Date are owing, on a pro rata basis (based on the amount owed to each such Person), such Series 2014-A Capped Group I HVF II Operating Expense Amounts owing to such Persons on such Payment Date;

 

(d)           fourth , to the Series 2014-A Distribution Account to pay the Series 2014-A Noteholders on a pro rata basis (based on the amount owed to each such Series 2014-A Noteholder), the Series 2014-A Monthly Interest Amount with respect to such Payment Date;

 

(e)           fifth , to the Series 2014-A Distribution Account to pay the Administrative Agent the Administrative Agent Fee with respect to such Payment Date;

 

(f)            sixth , on any such Payment Date during the Series 2014-A Revolving Period, other than on any such Payment Date on which a withdrawal has been made pursuant to Section 5.4(a) , for deposit to the Series 2014-A Reserve Account in an amount equal to the Series 2014-A Reserve Account Deficiency Amount, if any, for such date (calculated after giving effect to any withdrawals from the Series 2014-A Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4 );

 

(g)           seventh , to the Series 2014-A Distribution Account to pay to the Group I Administrator the Series 2014-A Excess Group I Administrator Fee Amount with respect to such Payment Date;

 

(h)           eighth , to the Series 2014-A Distribution Account to pay to the Trustee the Series 2014-A Excess Group I Trustee Fee Amount with respect to such Payment Date;

 

(i)            ninth , to the Series 2014-A Distribution Account to pay the Persons to whom the Series 2014-A Excess Group I HVF II Operating Expense Amount with respect to such Payment Date are owing, on a pro rata basis (based on the amount owed to each such Person), such Series 2014-A Excess Group I HVF II Operating Expense Amounts owing to such Persons on such Payment Date;

 

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(j)            tenth , on any such Payment Date during the Series 2014-A Rapid Amortization Period, for deposit into the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account any remaining amount;

 

(k)           eleventh , to the Series 2014-A Distribution Account to pay the Series 2014-A Noteholders on a pro rata basis (based on the amount owed to each such Series 2014-A Noteholder), any remaining amounts owing on such Payment Date to such Series 2014-A Noteholders as Series 2014-A Carrying Charges (after giving effect to the payments in Sections 5.3(a)  through 5.3(j)  above);

 

(l)            twelfth , to the Series 2014-A Distribution Account to pay the Series 2014-A Noteholders on a pro rata basis (based on the amount owed to each such Series 2014-A Noteholder), the Series 2014-A Monthly Default Interest Amounts, if any, owing to each such Series 2014-A Noteholder on such Payment Date (after giving effect to the payments in Sections 5.3(a)  through 5.3(k)  above); and

 

(m)          thirteenth , for deposit into the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account any remaining amount.

 

Section 5.4.           Series 2014-A Reserve Account Withdrawals .  On each Payment Date, HVF II shall direct the Trustee in writing, prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) on such Payment Date, to apply, and the Trustee shall apply on such date, all amounts then on deposit (without giving effect to any deposits thereto pursuant to Sections 5.2 and 5.3 ) in the Series 2014-A Reserve Account as follows (and in each case only to the extent of funds available in the Series 2014-A Reserve Account):

 

(a)           first , to the Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account an amount equal to the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Payment Date Interest Amount for such Payment Date over the Series 2014-A Payment Date Available Interest Amount for such Payment Date (with respect to such Payment Date, the excess, if any, of such excess over the Series 2014-A Available Reserve Account Amount on such Payment Date, the “ Series 2014-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall ”);

 

(b)           second , if the Principal Deficit Amount is greater than zero on such Payment Date, then to the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account an amount equal to such Principal Deficit Amount (with respect to such Payment Date, the excess, if any, of such Principal Deficit Amount over the Series 2014-A Available Reserve Account Amount, in each case, on such Payment Date (after giving effect to the withdrawal therefrom pursuant to Section 5.4(a)  above on such Payment Date), the “ Series 2014-A Reserve Account Principal Withdrawal Shortfall ”); and

 

(c)           third , if on the Legal Final Payment Date the amount to be distributed, if any, from the Series 2014-A Distribution Account in accordance with Section 5.2 (prior to giving effect to any withdrawals from the Series 2014-A Reserve Account pursuant to this clause) on such Legal Final Payment Date is insufficient to pay the Series 2014-A Principal Amount in full on such Legal Final Payment Date, then to the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account, an amount equal to such insufficiency

 

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(with respect to the Legal Final Payment Date, the excess, if any, of such insufficiency over the Series 2014-A Available Reserve Account Amount, in each case, on such Payment Date (after giving effect to each withdrawal therefrom pursuant to Sections 5.4(a)  and (b)  above on such Legal Final Payment Date), the “ Series 2014-A Reserve Account Legal Final Withdrawal Shortfall ”);

 

provided that , if no amounts are required to be applied pursuant to this Section 5.4 on such date, then HVF II shall have no obligation to provide the Trustee such written direction on such date.

 

Section 5.5.           Series 2014-A Letters of Credit and Series 2014-A Demand Notes .

 

(a)           Interest Deficit and Lease Interest Payment Deficit Events — Draws on Series 2014-A Letters of Credit .  If HVF II determines on any Payment Date that there exists a Series 2014-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall with respect to such Payment Date, then HVF II shall instruct the Trustee in writing to draw on the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit, if any, and, upon receipt of such notice by the Trustee on or prior to 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on such Payment Date, the Trustee, by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Payment Date, shall draw an amount, as set forth in such notice, equal to the least of (i) such Series 2014-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall, (ii) the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount as of such Payment Date and (iii) the Series 2014-A Lease Interest Payment Deficit for such Payment Date, by presenting to each Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider a draft accompanied by a Series 2014-A Certificate of Credit Demand on the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit; provided that , if the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded, then the Trustee shall withdraw from the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account and deposit into the Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account an amount equal to the lesser of (1) the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Percentage on such Payment Date of the least of the amounts described in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above and (2) the Series 2014-A Available L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount on such Payment Date and draw an amount equal to the remainder of such amount on the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit.  The Trustee shall deposit, or cause the deposit of, the proceeds of any such draw on the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit and the proceeds of any such withdrawal from the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account into the Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account on such Payment Date.

 

(b)           Principal Deficit and Lease Principal Payment Deficit Events — Initial Draws on Series 2014-A Letters of Credit .  If HVF II determines on any Payment Date that there exists a Series 2014-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit that exceeds the amount, if any, withdrawn from the Series 2014-A Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4(b) , then HVF II shall instruct the Trustee in writing to draw on the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit, if any, in an amount equal to the least of:

 

(i)            such excess;

 

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(ii)           the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount (after giving effect to any drawings on the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.5(a) ); and

 

(iii)          (x) on any such Payment Date other than the Legal Final Payment Date occurring during the period commencing on and including the date of the filing by any Group I Lessee of a petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code to but excluding the date on which such Group I Lessee shall have resumed making all payments of Monthly Variable Rent required to be made under each Group I Lease to which such Group I Lessee is a party, the excess, if any, of the Principal Deficit Amount over the amount, if any, withdrawn from the Series 2014-A Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4(b) and (y) on the Legal Final Payment Date, the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount over the amount to be deposited into the Series 2014-A Distribution Account (together with any amounts to be deposited therein pursuant to the terms of this Series 2014-A Supplement (other than this Section 5.5(b) and Section 5.5(c) )) on the Legal Final Payment Date for payment of principal of the Series 2014-A Notes.

 

Upon receipt of a notice by the Trustee from HVF II in respect of a Series 2014-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit on or prior to 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on a Payment Date, the Trustee shall, by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Payment Date draw an amount as set forth in such notice equal to the applicable amount set forth above on the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit by presenting to each Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider a draft accompanied by a Series 2014-A Certificate of Credit Demand; provided however , that if the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded, the Trustee shall withdraw from the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Percentage on such Payment Date of the amount set forth in the notice provided to the Trustee by HVF II and (y) the Series 2014-A Available L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount on such Payment Date (after giving effect to any withdrawals therefrom on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.5(a) ), and the Trustee shall draw an amount equal to the remainder of such amount on the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit.  The Trustee shall deposit, or cause the deposit of, the proceeds of any such draw on the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit and the proceeds of any such withdrawal from the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account into the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account on such Payment Date.

 

(c)           Principal Deficit Amount — Draws on Series 2014-A Demand Note .  If (A) on any Determination Date, HVF II determines that the Principal Deficit Amount on the next succeeding Payment Date (after giving effect to any draws on the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.5(b) ) will be greater than zero or (B) on the Determination Date related to the Legal Final Payment Date, HVF II determines that the Series 2014-A Principal Amount exceeds the amount to be deposited into the Series 2014-A Distribution Account (together with all amounts to be deposited therein pursuant to the terms of this Series 2014-A Supplement (other than this Section 5.5(c) )) on the Legal Final Payment Date for payment of principal of the

 

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Series 2014-A Notes, then, prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the second Business Day prior to such Payment Date, HVF II shall instruct the Trustee in writing (and provide the requisite information to the Trustee) to deliver a demand notice substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2 (each a “ Demand Notice ”) on Hertz for payment under the Series 2014-A Demand Note in an amount equal to the lesser of (i) (x) on any such Determination Date related to a Payment Date other than the Legal Final Payment Date, the Principal Deficit Amount less the amount to be deposited into the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account in accordance with Sections 5.4(b) and Section 5.5(b) and (y) on the Determination Date related to the Legal Final Payment Date, the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount over the amount to be deposited into the Series 2014-A Distribution Account (together with any amounts to be deposited therein pursuant to the terms of this Series 2014-A Supplement (other than this Section 5.5(c) )) on the Legal Final Payment Date for payment of principal of the Series 2014-A Notes, and (ii) the principal amount of the Series 2014-A Demand Note.  The Trustee shall, prior to 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the second Business Day preceding such Payment Date, deliver such Demand Notice to Hertz; provided however , that if an Event of Bankruptcy (or the occurrence of an event described in clause (a) of the definition thereto, without the lapse of a period of sixty (60) consecutive days) with respect to Hertz shall have occurred and be continuing, the Trustee shall not be required to deliver such Demand Notice to Hertz.  The Trustee shall cause the proceeds of any demand on the Series 2014-A Demand Note to be deposited into the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account.

 

(d)           Principal Deficit Amount — Draws on Series 2014-A Letters of Credit . If (i) the Trustee shall have delivered a Demand Notice as provided in Section 5.5(c) and Hertz shall have failed to pay to the Trustee or deposit into the Series 2014-A Distribution Account the amount specified in such Demand Notice in whole or in part by 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the Business Day following the making of the Demand Notice, (ii) due to the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy (or the occurrence of an event described in clause (a) of the definition thereof, without the lapse of a period of sixty (60) consecutive days) with respect to Hertz, the Trustee shall not have delivered such Demand Notice to Hertz, or (iii) there is a Preference Amount, then the Trustee shall draw on the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit, if any, by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Business Day in an amount equal to the lesser of:

 

(i)            the amount that Hertz failed to pay under the Series 2014-A Demand Note, or the amount that the Trustee failed to demand for payment thereunder, or the Preference Amount, as the case may be, and

 

(ii)           the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount on such Business Day,

 

in each case by presenting to each Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider a draft accompanied by a Series 2014-A Certificate of Unpaid Demand Note Demand or, in the case of a Preference Amount, a Series 2014-A Certificate of Preference Payment Demand; provided however , that if the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded, the Trustee shall withdraw from the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Percentage on such Business Day of the lesser of the amounts set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) immediately above and (y) the Series 2014-A Available L/C Cash

 

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Collateral Account Amount on such Business Day (after giving effect to any withdrawals therefrom on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.5(a) and Section 5.5(b) ), and the Trustee shall draw an amount equal to the remainder of such amount on the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit.  The Trustee shall deposit, or cause the deposit of, the proceeds of any such draw on the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit and the proceeds of any such withdrawal from the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account into the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account on such date.

 

(e)           Draws on the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit.   If there is more than one Series 2014-A Letter of Credit on the date of any draw on the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit pursuant to the terms of this Series 2014-A Supplement (other than pursuant to Section 5.7(b) ), then HVF II shall instruct the Trustee, in writing, to draw on each Series 2014-A Letter of Credit an amount equal to the Pro Rata Share for such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit of such draw on such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

Section 5.6.           Past Due Rental Payments .  On each Series 2014-A Deposit Date, HVF II will direct the Trustee in writing, prior to 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such date, to, and the Trustee shall, withdraw from the Group I Collection Account all Group I Collections then on deposit representing Series 2014-A Past Due Rent Payments and deposit such amount into the Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account, and immediately thereafter, the Trustee shall withdraw such amount from the Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account and apply the Series 2014-A Past Due Rent Payment in the following order:

 

(i)            if the occurrence of the related Series 2014-A Lease Payment Deficit resulted in one or more Series 2014-A L/C Credit Disbursements being made under any Series 2014-A Letters of Credit, then pay to or at the direction of Hertz for reimbursement to each Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider who made such a Series 2014-A L/C Credit Disbursement an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the unreimbursed amount of such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider’s Series 2014-A L/C Credit Disbursement and (y) such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider’s pro rata portion, calculated on the basis of the unreimbursed amount of each such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider’s Series 2014-A L/C Credit Disbursement, of the amount of the Series 2014-A Past Due Rent Payment;

 

(ii)           if the occurrence of such Series 2014-A Lease Payment Deficit resulted in a withdrawal being made from the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account, then deposit in the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the amount of the Series 2014-A Past Due Rent Payment remaining after any payments pursuant to clause (i) above and (y) the amount withdrawn from the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account on account of such Series 2014-A Lease Payment Deficit;

 

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(iii)          if the occurrence of such Series 2014-A Lease Payment Deficit resulted in a withdrawal being made from the Series 2014-A Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4(a) , then deposit in the Series 2014-A Reserve Account an amount equal to the lesser of (x) the amount of the Series 2014-A Past Due Rent Payment remaining after any payments pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above and (y) the Series 2014-A Reserve Account Deficiency Amount, if any, as of such day; and

 

(iv)          any remainder to be deposited into the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account.

 

Section 5.7.           Series 2014-A Letters of Credit and Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account .

 

(a)           Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date — Deficiencies .  If as of the date that is sixteen (16) Business Days prior to the then scheduled Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date with respect to any Series 2014-A Letter of Credit, excluding such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit from each calculation in clauses (i) through (iii) immediately below but taking into account any substitute Series 2014-A Letter of Credit that has been obtained from a Series 2014-A Eligible Letter of Credit Provider and is in full force and effect on such date:

 

(i)            the Series 2014-A Asset Amount would be less than the Series 2014-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount, in each case as of such date (after giving effect to all deposits to, and withdrawals from, the Series 2014-A Reserve Account and the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account on such date);

 

(ii)           the Series 2014-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount would be less than the Series 2014-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount, in each case as of such date (after giving effect to all deposits to, and withdrawals from, the Series 2014-A Reserve Account and the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account on such date); or

 

(iii)          the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount would be less than the Series 2014-A Demand Note Payment Amount, in each case as of such date (after giving effect to all deposits to, and withdrawals from, the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account on such date);

 

then HVF II shall notify the Trustee and the Administrative Agent in writing no later than fifteen (15) Business Days prior to such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date of:

 

A.            the greatest of:

 

(i)            the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount over the Series 2014-A Asset Amount, in each case as of such date (after giving effect to all

 

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deposits to, and withdrawals from, the Series 2014-A Reserve Account and the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account on such date);

 

(ii)           the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount over the Series 2014-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount, in each case as of such date (after giving effect to all deposits to, and withdrawals from, the Series 2014-A Reserve Account and the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account on such date); and

 

(iii)          the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Demand Note Payment Amount over the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount, in each case as of such date (after giving effect to all deposits to, and withdrawals from, the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account on such date);

 

provided that the calculations in each of clause (A)(i) through (A)(iii) above shall be made on such date, excluding from such calculation of each amount contained therein such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit but taking into account each substitute Series 2014-A Letter of Credit that has been obtained from a Series 2014-A Eligible Letter of Credit Provider and is in full force and effect on such date, and

 

B.            the amount available to be drawn on such expiring Series 2014-A Letter of Credit on such date.

 

Upon receipt of such notice by the Trustee on or prior to 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on any Business Day, the Trustee shall, by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Business Day (or, in the case of any notice given to the Trustee after 10:30 a.m. (New York City time), by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the next following Business Day), draw the lesser of the amounts set forth in clauses (A) and (B) above on such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit by presenting a draft accompanied by a Series 2014-A Certificate of Termination Demand and shall cause the Series 2014-A L/C Termination Disbursements to be deposited into the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account.  If the Trustee does not receive either notice from HVF II described above on or prior to the date that is fifteen (15) Business Days prior to each Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date, then the Trustee, by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Business Day, shall draw the full amount of such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit by presenting a draft accompanied by a Series 2014-A Certificate of Termination Demand and shall cause the Series 2014-A L/C Termination Disbursements to be deposited into the applicable Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account.

 

(b)           Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider Downgrades .  HVF II shall notify the Trustee and the Administrative Agent in writing within one (1) Business Day of an Authorized Officer of HVF II obtaining actual knowledge that (i) the long-term

 

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debt credit rating of any Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider rated by DBRS has fallen below “BBB” as determined by DBRS or (ii) the long-term debt credit rating of any Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider not rated by DBRS is not at least “Baa2” by Moody’s or “BBB” by S&P (such (i) or (ii) with respect to any Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider, a “ Series 2014-A Downgrade Event ”).  On the thirtieth (30th) day after the occurrence of any Series 2014-A Downgrade Event with respect to any Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider, HVF II shall notify the Trustee and the Administrative Agent in writing on such date of (i) the greatest of (A) the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount over the Series 2014-A Asset Amount, (B) the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount over the Series 2014-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount, and (C) the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Demand Note Payment Amount over the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount, in the case of each of clauses (A) through (C) above, as of such date and excluding from the calculation of each amount referenced in such clauses such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit but taking into account each substitute Series 2014-A Letter of Credit that has been obtained from a Series 2014-A Eligible Letter of Credit Provider and is in full force and effect on such date, and (ii) the amount available to be drawn on such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit on such date (the lesser of such (i) and (ii), the “ Downgrade Withdrawal Amount ”).  Upon receipt by the Trustee on or prior to 10:30 a.m. (New York City time) on any Business Day of notice of any Series 2014-A Downgrade Event with respect to any Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider, the Trustee, by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on such Business Day (or, in the case of any notice given to the Trustee after 10:30 a.m. (New York City time), by 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the next following Business Day), shall draw on the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit issued by such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider in an amount (in the aggregate) equal to the Downgrade Withdrawal Amount specified in such notice by presenting a draft accompanied by a Series 2014-A Certificate of Termination Demand and shall cause the Series 2014-A L/C Termination Disbursement to be deposited into a Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account.

 

(c)           Reductions in Stated Amounts of the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit.   If the Trustee receives a written notice from the Group I Administrator, substantially in the form of Exhibit C hereto, requesting a reduction in the stated amount of any Series 2014-A Letter of Credit, then the Trustee shall within two (2) Business Days of the receipt of such notice deliver to the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider who issued such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit a Series 2014-A Notice of Reduction requesting a reduction in the stated amount of such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit in the amount requested in such notice effective on the date set forth in such notice; provided that , on such effective date, immediately after giving effect to the requested reduction in the stated amount of such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit, (i) the Series 2014-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount will equal or exceed the Series 2014-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount, (ii) the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount will equal or exceed the Series 2014-A Demand Note Payment Amount and (iii) no Group I Aggregate Asset Amount Deficiency will exist immediately after giving effect to such reduction.

 

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(d)           Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account Surpluses and Series 2014-A Reserve Account Surpluses .

 

(i)            On each Payment Date, HVF II may direct the Trustee to, and the Trustee, acting in accordance with the written instructions of HVF II (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), shall, withdraw from the Series 2014-A Reserve Account an amount equal to the Series 2014-A Reserve Account Surplus, if any, and pay such Series 2014-A Reserve Account Surplus to HVF II.

 

(ii)           On each Payment Date on which there is a Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account Surplus, HVF II may direct the Trustee to, and the Trustee, acting in accordance with the written instructions of HVF II (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), shall, subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 5.7(d) , withdraw the amount specified by HVF II from the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account specified by HVF II and apply such amount in accordance with the terms of this Section 5.7(d) .  The amount of any such withdrawal from the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account shall be limited to the least of (a) the Series 2014-A Available L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount on such Payment Date, (b) the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account Surplus on such Payment Date and (c) the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount on such Payment Date over the Series 2014-A Demand Note Payment Amount on such Payment Date.  Any amounts withdrawn from the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account pursuant to this Section 5.7(d) shall be paid:

 

first , to the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Providers, to the extent that there are unreimbursed Series 2014-A Disbursements due and owing to such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Providers in respect of the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit, for application in accordance with the provisions of the respective Series 2014-A Letters of Credit, and

 

second , to HVF II any remaining amounts.

 

Section 5.8.           Payment by Wire Transfer .

 

On each Payment Date, pursuant to Section 6 of the Group I Supplement, the Trustee shall cause the amounts (to the extent received by the Trustee) set forth in Sections 5.2 , 5.3 , 5.4 and 5.5 , in each case if any and in accordance with such Sections, to be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds released from the Series 2014-A Distribution Account no later than 4:30 p.m. (New York City time) for credit to the account designated by the Series 2014-A Noteholders.

 

Section 5.9.           Certain Instructions to the Trustee .

 

(a)           If on any date the Principal Deficit Amount is greater than zero or HVF II determines that there exists a Series 2014-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit, then HVF II shall promptly provide written notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and the Trustee.

 

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(b)           On or before 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on each Payment Date on which any Series 2014-A Lease Payment Deficit Exists, the Group I Administrator shall notify the Trustee of the amount of such Series 2014-A Lease Payment Deficit, such notification to be in the form of Exhibit D hereto (each a “ Lease Payment Deficit Notice ”).

 

Section 5.10.         HVF II’s Failure to Instruct the Trustee to Make a Deposit or Payment .  If HVF II fails to give notice or instructions to make any payment from or deposit into the Group I Collection Account or any Series 2014-A Account required to be given by HVF II, at the time specified herein or in any other Series 2014-A Related Document (including applicable grace periods), the Trustee shall make such payment or deposit into or from the Group I Collection Account or such Series 2014-A Account without such notice or instruction from HVF II; provided that HVF II, upon request of the Trustee, the Administrative Agent or any Funding Agent, promptly provides the Trustee with all information necessary to allow the Trustee to make such a payment or deposit.  When any payment or deposit hereunder or under any other Series 2014-A Related Document is required to be made by the Trustee at or prior to a specified time, HVF II shall deliver any applicable written instructions with respect thereto reasonably in advance of such specified time.  If HVF II fails to give instructions to draw on any Series 2014-A Letters of Credit with respect to a Class of Series 2014-A Notes required to be given by HVF II, at the time specified in this Series 2014-A Supplement, the Trustee shall draw on such Series 2014-A Letters of Credit with respect to such Class of Series 2014-A Notes without such instruction from HVF II; provided that , HVF II, upon request of the Trustee, the Administrative Agent or any Funding Agent, promptly provides the Trustee with all information necessary to allow the Trustee to draw on each such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS; CLOSING CONDITIONS

 

Section 6.1.           Representations and Warranties .  Each of HVF II, the Group I Administrator, each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser hereby makes the representations and warranties applicable to it set forth in Annex 1 hereto.

 

Section 6.2.           Covenants .  Each of HVF II and the Group I Administrator hereby agrees to perform and observe the covenants applicable to it set forth in Annex 2 hereto.

 

Section 6.3.           Closing Conditions .  The effectiveness of this Series 2014-A Supplement is subject to the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Annex 3 hereto.

 

Section 6.4.           Securitisation Risk Retention Representations and Undertaking .  The Group I Administrator hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in

 

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Annex 4 hereto and agrees to perform and observe the covenants set forth in Annex 4 hereto.

 

Section 6.5.           Further Assurances .

 

(a)           HVF II shall do such further acts and things, and execute and deliver to the Trustee such additional assignments, agreements, powers and instruments, as are necessary or desirable to maintain the security interest of the Trustee in the Series-Specific 2014-A Collateral on behalf of the Series 2014-A Noteholders as a perfected security interest subject to no prior Liens (other than Series 2014-A Permitted Liens) and to carry into effect the purposes of this Series 2014-A Supplement or the other Series 2014-A Related Documents or to better assure and confirm unto the Trustee or the Series 2014-A Noteholders their rights, powers and remedies hereunder, including, without limitation filing all UCC financing statements, continuation statements and amendments thereto necessary to achieve the foregoing.  If HVF II fails to perform any of its agreements or obligations under this Section 6.5(a) , the Trustee shall, at the direction of the Series 2014-A Required Noteholders, itself perform such agreement or obligation, and the expenses of the Trustee incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by HVF II upon the Trustee’s demand therefor.  The Trustee is hereby authorized to execute and file any financing statements, continuation statements or other instruments necessary or appropriate to perfect or maintain the perfection of the Trustee’s security interest in the Series-Specific 2014-A Collateral.

 

(b)           Unless otherwise specified in this Series 2014-A Supplement, if any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Series-Specific 2014-A Collateral shall be or become evidenced by any promissory note, chattel paper or other instrument, such note, chattel paper or instrument shall be deemed to be held in trust and immediately pledged and physically delivered to the Trustee hereunder, and shall, subject to the rights of any Person in whose favor a prior Lien has been perfected, be duly indorsed in a manner satisfactory to the Trustee and delivered to the Trustee promptly.

 

(c)           HVF II shall warrant and defend the Trustee’s right, title and interest in and to the Series-Specific 2014-A Collateral and the income, distributions and proceeds thereof, for the benefit of the Trustee on behalf of the Series 2014-A Noteholders, against the claims and demands of all Persons whomsoever.

 

(d)           On or before March 31 of each calendar year, commencing with March 31, 2015, HVF II shall furnish to the Trustee an Opinion of Counsel either stating that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of this Series 2014-A Supplement, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and with respect to the execution and filing of any financing statements, continuation statements and amendments thereto as are necessary to maintain the perfection of the lien and security interest created by this Series 2014-A Supplement in the Series-Specific 2014-A Collateral and reciting the details of such action or stating that in the opinion of such counsel no such action is necessary to maintain the perfection of such lien and security interest. Such Opinion of Counsel shall also describe the recording, filing, re-recording

 

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and refiling of this Series 2014-A Supplement, any indentures supplemental hereto and any other requisite documents and the execution and filing of any financing statements, continuation statements and amendments thereto that will, in the opinion of such counsel, be required to maintain the perfection of the lien and security interest of this Series 2014-A Supplement in the Series-Specific 2014-A Collateral until March 31 in the following calendar year.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

AMORTIZATION EVENTS

 

Section 7.1.           Amortization Events .  In addition to the Amortization Events set forth in Sections 9.1(a) and (b) of the Group I Supplement, the following shall be Amortization Events with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes and shall constitute the Amortization Events set forth in Section 9.1(c) of the Group I Supplement with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes:

 

(a)           Any of (i) HVF II defaults in the payment of any interest on, or other amount payable in respect of, the Series 2014-A Notes when the same becomes due and payable or (ii) HVF II fails to pay any RAC Debt Decrease Amount on the related RAC Debt Decrease Date in accordance with Section 28 of Annex II and, in the case of any of the foregoing clauses (i) or (ii), such default or failure continues for a period of three (3) consecutive Business Days;

 

(b)           a Series 2014-A Liquid Enhancement Deficiency shall exist and continue to exist for at least three (3) consecutive Business Days;

 

(c)           all principal of and interest on the Series 2014-A Notes is not paid in full on or before the Expected Final Payment Date;

 

(d)           any Group I Aggregate Asset Amount Deficiency exists and continues for a period of three (3) consecutive Business Days;

 

(e)           any of (i) a Group I Leasing Company Amortization Event (other than a Group I Leasing Company Amortization Event resulting from an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to any Group I Lessee triggered pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Event of Bankruptcy) shall have occurred with respect to any Group I Leasing Company Note and continue for a period of three (3) consecutive Business Days, (ii) a Group I Leasing Company Amortization Event resulting from an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to any Group I Lessee triggered pursuant to clause (a) of the definition of Event of Bankruptcy shall have occurred with respect to any Group I Leasing Company Note or (iii) a Group I Leasing Company Amortization Event shall have occurred with respect to each Group I Leasing Company Note;

 

(f)            there shall have been filed against HVF II (i) a notice of a federal tax lien from the Internal Revenue Service, (ii) a notice of a Lien from the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation under the Code or Section 302(f) of ERISA for a failure to make a required installment or other payment to a Plan to which either of such sections

 

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applies or (iii) a notice of any other Lien (other than a Series 2014-A Permitted Lien) that could reasonably be expected to attach to the assets of HVF II and, in each case, thirty (30) consecutive days shall have elapsed without such notice having been effectively withdrawn or such Lien having been released or discharged;

 

(g)           any of the Series 2014-A Related Documents or any material portion thereof shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect, enforceable in accordance with its terms (other than in accordance with the terms thereof or as otherwise expressly permitted in the Series 2014-A Related Documents) or Hertz, any Group I Leasing Company, any Group I Lessee or HVF II shall so assert any of the foregoing in writing and such written assertion shall not have been rescinded within ten (10) consecutive Business Days following the date of such written assertion, in each case, other than any such cessation (i) resulting from the application of the Bankruptcy Code (other than as a result of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to HVF II, any Group I Leasing Company, any Group I Lessee, or Hertz in any capacity) or (ii) as a result of any waiver, supplement, modification, amendment or other action not prohibited by the Series 2014-A Related Documents;

 

(h)           any Group I Administrator Default shall have occurred;

 

(i)            the Group I Collection Account, any Collateral Account in which Group I Collections are on deposit as of such date or any Series 2014-A Account (other than the Series 2014-A Reserve Account and the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account) shall be subject to an injunction, estoppel or other stay or a Lien (other than any Lien described in clause (iii) of the definition of Series 2014-A Permitted Lien) and thirty (30) consecutive days shall have elapsed without such Lien having been released or discharged;

 

(j)            (A) the Series 2014-A Reserve Account shall be subject to an injunction, estoppel or other stay or a Lien (other than any Lien described in clause (iii) of the definition of Series 2014-A Permitted Lien) for a period of at least three (3) consecutive Business Days or (B) other than any Lien described in clause (iii) of the definition of Series 2014-A Permitted Lien, the Trustee shall cease to have a valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Series 2014-A Reserve Account Collateral (or any of HVF II or any Affiliate thereof so asserts in writing) and, in each case, the Series 2014-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount, excluding therefrom the Series 2014-A Available Reserve Account Amount, would be less than the Series 2014-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount and such cessation shall not have resulted from a Series 2014-A Permitted Lien;

 

(k)           from and after the funding of the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account, (A) the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account shall be subject to an injunction, estoppel or other stay or a Lien (other than any Lien described in clause (iii) of the definition of Series 2014-A Permitted Lien) for a period of at least three (3) consecutive Business Days or (B) other than any Lien described in clause (iii) of the definition of Series 2014-A Permitted Lien, the Trustee shall cease to have a valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account

 

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Collateral (or HVF II or any Affiliate thereof so asserts in writing) and, in each case, the Series 2014-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount, excluding therefrom the Series 2014-A Available L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount, would be less than the Series 2014-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount;

 

(l)            a Change of Control shall have occurred;

 

(m)          HVF II shall fail to acquire and maintain in force one or more Series 2014-A Interest Rate Caps at the times and in at least the notional amounts required by the terms of Section 4.4 and such failure continues for at least three (3) consecutive Business Days;

 

(n)           other than as a result of a Series 2014-A Permitted Lien, the Trustee shall for any reason cease to have a valid and perfected first priority security interest in the Series 2014-A Collateral (other than the Series 2014-A Reserve Account Collateral, the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account Collateral or any Series 2014-A Letter of Credit) or HVF II or any Affiliate thereof so asserts in writing;

 

(o)           the occurrence of a Hertz Senior Credit Facility Default;

 

(p)           any of HVF II, the HVF II General Partner or the Group I Administrator fails to comply with any of its other agreements or covenants in the Series 2014-A Notes or any Series 2014-A Related Document and the failure to so comply materially and adversely affects the interests of the Series 2014-A Noteholders and continues to materially and adversely affect the interests of the Series 2014-A Noteholders for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days after the earlier of (i) the date on which an Authorized Officer of HVF II obtains actual knowledge thereof or (ii) the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to HVF II by the Trustee or to HVF II and the Trustee by the Administrative Agent; provided that , solely with respect to the covenant of the Group I Administrator specified in Section 26 of Annex 2 hereof, such thirty (30) day grace period shall not apply;

 

(q)           (i) any representation made by HVF II in any Series 2014-A Related Document is false or (ii) (A) any representation made by the Group I Administrator herein or (B) any schedule, certificate, financial statement, report, notice, or other writing furnished by or on behalf of the Group I Administrator to any Funding Agent pursuant Section 25 or 26 of Annex II hereto, in the case of either the preceding clause (A) or (B), is false or misleading on the date as of which the facts therein set forth are stated or certified, and, in the case of either the preceding clause (i) or (ii), such falsity materially and adversely affects the interests of the Series 2014-A Noteholders and such falsity is not cured for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days after the earlier of (x) the date on which an Authorized Officer of HVF II or the Group I Administrator, as the case may be, obtains actual knowledge thereof or (y) the date that written notice thereof is given to HVF II or the Group I Administrator, as the case may be, by the Trustee or to HVF II or the Group I Administrator, as the case may be, and to the Trustee by the Administrative Agent;

 

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(r)            (I) any Group I Lease Servicer shall fail to comply with its obligations under any Group I Back-Up Disposition Agreement and the failure to so comply materially and adversely affects the interests of the Series 2014-A Noteholders and continues to materially and adversely affect the interests of the Series 2014-A Noteholders for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days after the earlier of (i) the date on which an Authorized Officer of the Group I Administrator or HVF II obtains actual knowledge thereof or (ii) the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to the Group I Administrator and HVF II by the Trustee or to the Group I Administrator, HVF II and the Trustee by the Administrative Agent or (II) any Group I Back-Up Disposition Agent Agreement or any material portion thereof shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect or enforceable (other than in accordance with its terms or otherwise as expressly permitted in the Group I Back-Up Administration Agreement) for a period of thirty (30) consecutive days after the earlier of (i) the date on which an Authorized Officer of HVF II or the Group I Administrator, as applicable, obtains actual knowledge thereof or (ii) the date on which written notice thereof shall have been given to HVF II and the Group I Administrator by the Trustee or to HVF II, the Group I Administrator and the Trustee by the Administrative Agent (unless such failure to be in full force and effect or failure to be enforceable is a result of a breach of such Group I Back-Up Disposition Agreement or any portion thereof by the Group I Administrator, in its capacity as Servicer, in which case such thirty (30) day grace period shall not apply);

 

(s)            (I) HVF or Hertz, in its capacity as Series 2013-G1 Administrator, shall fail to comply with its respective obligations under the Series 2013-G1 Back-Up Administration Agreement and the failure to so comply materially and adversely affects the interests of the Series 2014-A Noteholders and continues to materially and adversely affect the interests of the Series 2014-A Noteholders for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) the date on which an Authorized Officer of HVF or the Series 2013-G1 Administrator, as applicable, obtains actual knowledge thereof or (ii) the date on which written notice of such failure, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to HVF and the Series 2013-G1 Administrator by the HVF I Trustee or to HVF, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator and the HVF I Trustee by the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder (or any permitted assignee thereof) or (II) the Series 2013-G1 Back-Up Administration Agreement or any material portion thereof shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect or enforceable (other than in accordance with its terms or otherwise as expressly permitted in the Series 2013-G1 Back-Up Administration Agreement) for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) the date on which an Authorized Officer of HVF or the Series 2013-G1 Administrator, as applicable, obtains actual knowledge thereof or (ii) the date on which written notice thereof shall have been given to HVF and the Series 2013-G1 Administrator by the HVF I Trustee or to HVF, the Series 2013-G1 Administrator and the HVF I Trustee by the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder (or any permitted assignee thereof) (unless such failure to be in full force and effect or failure to be enforceable is a result of a breach of the Series 2013-G1 Back-Up Administration Agreement or any portion thereof by HVF or the Series 2013-G1 Administrator, in which case such thirty (30) day grace period shall not apply);

 

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(t)            the Series 2013-G1 Administrator fails to comply with any of its other agreements or covenants in any Series 2013-G1 Related Document or any representation made by the Series 2013-G1 Administrator in any Series 2013-G1 Related Document is false and the failure to so comply or such false representation, as the case may be, materially and adversely affects the interests of the Series 2014-A Noteholders and continues to materially and adversely affect the interests of the Series 2014-A Noteholders for a period of thirty (30) days after the earlier of (i) the date on which an Authorized Officer of the Series 2013-G1 Administrator or Group I Administrator, as applicable, obtains actual knowledge thereof or (ii) the date on which written notice of such failure or such false representation, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been given to (x) the Series 2013-G1 Administrator by the HVF I Trustee or to the Series 2013-G1 Administrator and the HVF I Trustee by the Series 2013-G1 Noteholder (or any permitted assignee thereof) or (y) to the Group I Administrator by the Trustee or to the Group I Administrator and the Trustee by the Administrative Agent;

 

(u)           on any Business Day, the Aggregate Group I Series Adjusted Principal Amount exceeds the Aggregate Group I Leasing Company Note Principal Amount, and the Aggregate Group I Leasing Company Note Principal Amount does not equal or exceed the Aggregate Group I Series Adjusted Principal Amount on or prior to the close of business on the next succeeding Business Day, in each case after giving effect to all increases and decreases on any such date;

 

(v)           any Series 2013-G1 Administrator Default shall have occurred;

 

(w)          any Series 2013-A Amortization Event shall have occurred and be continuing; or

 

(x)           any of (i) any of the HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Documents (other than the RCFC Nominee Agreement) or any material portion thereof relating to any of the HVF Series 2013-G1 Note or the Series 2013-G1 Collateral (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms or as otherwise expressly permitted in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Documents), or Hertz, the Nominee, HGI or HVF shall so assert in writing and such written assertion shall not have been rescinded within ten (10) consecutive Business Days following the date of such written assertion, in each case, other than any such cessation (1) resulting from the application of the Bankruptcy Code (other than as a result of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to any party to any such agreement (other than HVF or Hertz in any capacity)) or (2) as a result of any waiver, supplement, modification, amendment or other action not prohibited by the HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Documents or the Related Documents (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement), (ii) on any date occurring during the RCFC Nominee Non-Qualified Period, the RCFC Nominee Agreement or any material portion thereof relating to any of the HVF Series 2013-G1 Note or the Series 2013-G1 Collateral (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms or as otherwise expressly permitted in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Documents), or Hertz, HVF or RCFC shall so assert in writing and such written assertion shall not have been rescinded within ten (10)

 

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consecutive Business Days following the date of such written assertion, in each case, other than any such cessation (1) resulting from the application of the Bankruptcy Code (other than as a result of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to any party to any such agreement (other than HVF or Hertz in any capacity)) or (2) as a result of any waiver, supplement, modification, amendment or other action not prohibited by the HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Documents or the Related Documents (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) or (iii) on any date occurring on or after the RCFC Nominee Qualification Date, both (I) the RCFC Nominee Agreement or any material portion thereof relating to any of the HVF Series 2013-G1 Note or the Series 2013-G1 Collateral (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) shall cease, for any reason, to be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms or as otherwise expressly permitted in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Documents), or Hertz, HVF or RCFC shall so assert in writing and such written assertion shall not have been rescinded within ten (10) consecutive Business Days following the date of such written assertion, in each case, other than any such cessation (1) resulting from the application of the Bankruptcy Code (other than as a result of an Event of Bankruptcy with respect to any party to any such agreement (other than HVF or Hertz in any capacity)) or (2) as a result of any waiver, supplement, modification, amendment or other action not prohibited by the HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Documents or the Related Documents (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) and (II) the Series 2013-G1 Aggregate Asset Amount (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) as of such date (excluding therefrom the Group I Net Book Value of all Series 2013-G1 Eligible Vehicles (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) the Certificates of Title for which are then titled in the name of RCFC) shall be less than the Series 2013-G1 Asset Coverage Threshold Amount (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) as of such date.

 

Section 7.2.           Effects of Amortization Events .

 

(a)           In the case of:

 

(i)            any event described in Sections 7.1 (a)  through (e) , Section 7.1(u)  and Section 7.1(w) , an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes will immediately occur without any notice or other action on the part of the Trustee or any Series 2014-A Noteholder, and

 

(ii)           any event described in Sections 7.1(f)  through (t) , Section 7.1(v)  and Section 7.1(x) , so long as such event is continuing, either the Trustee may, by written notice to HVF II, or the Series 2014-A Required Noteholders may, by written notice to HVF II and the Trustee, declare that an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes has occurred as of the date of the notice.

 

(b)           (i)            An Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes described in Sections 7.1(a)  through (d)  above and Section 7.1 (e) , (solely with respect to any Group I Leasing Company Amortization Events the waiver of which requires the consent of the Requisite Group I Investors), Section 7.1(p)  (solely with respect to any agreement, covenant or provision in the Series 2014-A Notes or any other Series 2014-A Related Document the amendment or modification of which requires the

 

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consent of Series 2014-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount or that otherwise prohibits HVF II from taking any action without the consent of Series 2014-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount), Section 7.1(r)  (solely with respect to any agreement, covenant or provision in the Group I Back-Up Disposition Agreement the amendment or modification of which requires the consent of Series 2014-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount or that otherwise prohibits HVF II from taking any action without the consent of Series 2014-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount) or Section 7.1(u)  may be waived solely with the written consent of Series 2014-A Noteholders holding 100% of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount.

 

(ii)           An Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes described in Sections 7.1(f)  through (o)  and (q)  and Section 7.1(e)  (other than with respect to any Group I Leasing Company Amortization Events the waiver of which requires the consent of holders of the Requisite Group I Investors), Section 7.1(p)  (other than with respect to any agreement, covenant or provision in the Series 2014-A Notes or any other Series 2014-A Related Document the amendment or modification of which requires the consent of Series 2014-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount or that otherwise prohibits HVF II from taking any action without the consent of Series 2014-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3  of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount), Section 7.1(r)  (other than with respect to any agreement, covenant or provision in the Group I Back-Up Disposition Agreement the amendment or modification of which requires the consent of Series 2014-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount or that otherwise prohibits HVF II from taking any action without the consent of Series 2014-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount), Section 7.1(s) , Section 7.1(t) , Section 7.1(v)  or Section 7.1(x)  may be waived solely with the written consent of Series 2014-A Noteholders holding at least 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount.

 

(c)           An Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes described in Section 7.1(w)  shall be deemed waived if such Series 2013-A Amortization Event shall have been waived under and in accordance with the Series 2013-A Supplement. In addition, an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes described in Section 7.1(w)  may be waived with the written consent of Series 2014-A Noteholders holding at least 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount.

 

Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary and for the avoidance of doubt, an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes described in any of Section 7.1 (i) , (j) , (k) , or (n)  above shall be curable at any time.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

FORM OF SERIES 2014-A NOTES

 

The Series 2014-A Notes will be issued in the form of definitive notes in fully registered form without interest coupons, substantially in the form set forth in Exhibit A

 

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hereto, and will be sold to the Series 2014-A Noteholders pursuant to and in accordance with the terms hereof and shall be duly executed by HVF II and authenticated by the Trustee in the manner set forth in Section 2.4 of the Group I Supplement.

 

The Trustee shall, or shall cause the Registrar, to record all Advances and Decreases such that the principal amount of the Series 2014-A Notes that are outstanding accurately reflects all such Advances and Decreases.

 

(a)           Each Series 2014-A Note shall bear the following legend:

 

THIS SERIES 2014-A NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR WITH ANY STATE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS.  THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF HVF II THAT SUCH SERIES 2014-A NOTE IS BEING ACQUIRED FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO DISTRIBUTION AND TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH NOTE ONLY (A) TO HVF II, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (D) PURSUANT TO AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH SUCH CASE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE GROUP I INDENTURE, THE SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT AND ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF HVF II, PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (C) , TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY TO IT OF A PURCHASER’S LETTER IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT E TO THE SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT CERTIFYING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT SUCH PURCHASER IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF HVF II, PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) , TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO IT.

 

The required legends set forth above shall not be removed from the Series 2014-A Notes except as provided herein.

 

The Series 2014-A Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such legends or endorsements placed thereon as may be required to comply with the rules of any securities exchange or as may, consistently herewith, be

 

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determined by the officers executing such Series 2014-A Notes, as evidenced by their execution of the Series 2014-A Notes.  The Series 2014-A Notes may be produced in any manner, all as determined by the officers executing such Series 2014-A Notes, as evidenced by their execution of such Series 2014-A Notes.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

TRANSFERS, REPLACEMENTS AND ASSIGNMENTS

 

Section 9.1.           Transfer of Series 2014-A Notes .

 

(a)           Other than in accordance with this Article IX , the Series 2014-A Notes will not be permitted to be transferred, assigned, exchanged or otherwise pledged or conveyed by the Series 2014-A Noteholders.

 

(b)           Subject to the terms and restrictions set forth in the Group I Indenture and this Series 2014-A Supplement (including, without limitation, Section 9.3 ), the holder of any Series 2014-A Note may transfer the same in whole or in part, in an amount equivalent to an authorized denomination, by surrendering such Series 2014-A Note at the office maintained by the Registrar for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Base Indenture, with the form of transfer endorsed on it duly completed and executed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to HVF II and the Registrar by, the holder thereof and accompanied by a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto; provided , that if the holder of any Series 2014-A Note transfers, in whole or in part, its interest in any Series 2014-A Note pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit G hereto, then such Series 2014-A Noteholder will not be required to submit a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E hereto upon transfer of its interest in such Series 2014-A Note; provided further that , notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Series 2014-A Supplement, no Series 2014-A Note shall be transferrable to any Disqualified Party without the prior written consent of an Authorized Officer of HVF II, which consent may be withheld for any reason in HVF II’s sole and absolute discretion.  In exchange for any Series 2014-A Note properly presented for transfer, HVF II shall execute and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver or cause to be authenticated and delivered in compliance with applicable law, to the transferee at such office, or send by mail (at the risk of the transferee) to such address as the transferee may request, Series 2014-A Notes for the same aggregate principal amount as was transferred.  In the case of the transfer of any Series 2014-A Note in part, HVF II shall execute and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver or cause to be authenticated and delivered to the transferor at such office, or send by mail (at the risk of the transferor) to such address as the transferor may request, Series 2014-A Notes for the aggregate principal amount that was not transferred.  No transfer of any Series 2014-A Note shall be made unless the request for such transfer is made by the Series 2014-A Noteholder at such office.  Neither HVF II nor the Trustee shall be liable for any delay in delivery of transfer instructions and each may conclusively rely on, and shall be protected in relying on, such instructions.  Upon the issuance of transferred Series 2014-A Notes, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of such Series 2014-A Note as Series 2014-A Noteholders.

 

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Section 9.2.           Replacement of Investor Group .

 

(a)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Series 2014-A Related Document, in the event that

 

(i) any Affected Person shall request reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to any Specified Cost Section,

 

(ii) a Committed Note Purchaser shall become a Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser, and such Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser shall fail to pay any amounts in accordance with Section 2.2(g)  within five (5) Business days after demand from the applicable Funding Agent,

 

(iii) any Committed Note Purchaser or Conduit Investor shall (x) become a Non-Extending Purchaser or (y) deliver a Delayed Funding Notice or a Second Delayed Funding Notice,

 

(iv) as of any date of determination (A) the rolling average CP Rate applicable to the Series 2014-A CP Tranche attributable to any Conduit Investor for any three (3) month period is equal to or greater than the greater of (I) the CP Rate applicable to such Series 2014-A CP Tranche attributable to such Conduit Investor at the start of such period plus 0.50% and (II) the product of (x) the CP Rate applicable to such Series 2014-A CP Tranche attributable to such Conduit Investor at the start of such period and (y) 125%, (B) any portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to such Conduit Investor is being continued or maintained as a Series 2014-A CP Tranche as of such date and (C) the circumstance described in clause (A) does not apply to more than two Conduit Investors as of such date, or

 

(v) any Committed Note Purchaser or Conduit Investor fails to give its consent to any amendment, modification, termination or waiver of any Series 2014-A Related Document (an “ Action ”), by the date specified by HVF II, for which (A) at least half of the percentage of the Committed Note Purchasers and the Conduit Investors required for such Action have consented to such Action, and (B) the percentage of the Committed Note Purchasers and the Conduit Investors required for such Action have not consented to such Action or provided written notice that they intend to consent (each, a “ Non-Consenting Purchaser ”, and each such Committed Note Purchaser or Conduit Investor described in clauses (i)  through (v) , a “ Potential Terminated Purchaser ”),

 

HVF II shall be permitted, upon no less than seven (7) days’ notice to the Administrative Agent, a Potential Terminated Purchaser and its related Funding Agent, to (x)(1) elect to terminate the Commitment, if any, of such Potential Terminated Purchaser on the date specified in such termination notice, and (2) prepay on the date of such termination such Potential Terminated Purchaser’s portion of the Investor Group

 

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Principal Amount for such Potential Terminated Purchaser’s Investor Group and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, or (y) elect to cause such Potential Terminated Purchaser to (and the Potential Terminated Purchaser must) assign its Commitment to a replacement purchaser who may be an existing Conduit Investor, Committed Note Purchaser, Program Support Provider or other Series 2014-A Noteholder (each, a “ Replacement Purchaser ” and, any such Potential Terminated Purchaser with respect to which HVF II has made any such election, a “ Terminated Purchaser ”).

 

(b)           HVF II shall not make an election described in Section 9.2(a)  unless (i) no Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event with respect to Series 2014-A Notes shall have occurred and be continuing at the time of such election (unless such Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event would no longer be continuing after giving effect to such election), (ii) in respect of an election described in clause (y)  of Section 9.2(a)  only, on or prior to the effectiveness of the applicable assignment, the Terminated Purchaser shall have been paid its portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount for such Terminated Purchaser’s Investor Group and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon, if any, by or on behalf of HVF II or the related Replacement Purchaser, (iii) in the event that the Terminated Purchaser is a Non-Extending Purchaser, the Replacement Purchaser, if any, shall have agreed to the applicable extension of the Series 2014-A Commitment Termination Date and (iv) in the event that the Terminated Purchaser is a Non-Consenting Purchaser, the Replacement Purchaser, if any, shall have consented to the applicable amendment, modification, termination or waiver.  Each Terminated Purchaser hereby agrees to take all actions reasonably necessary, at the expense of HVF II, to permit a Replacement Purchaser to succeed to its rights and obligations hereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the consent of each then-current member of an existing Investor Group (other than any Terminated Purchaser in such Investor Group) shall be required in order for a Replacement Purchaser to join any such Investor Group.  Upon the effectiveness of any such assignment to a Replacement Purchaser, (i) such Replacement Purchaser shall become a “Committed Note Purchaser” or “Conduit Investor”, as applicable, hereunder for all purposes of this Series 2014-A Supplement and the other Series 2014-A Related Documents, (ii) such Replacement Purchaser shall have a Commitment and a Committed Note Purchaser Percentage in an amount not less than the Terminated Purchaser’s Commitment and Committed Note Purchaser Percentage assumed by it, (iii) the Commitment of the Terminated Purchaser shall be terminated in all respects and the Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of such Terminated Purchaser shall become zero and (iv) the Administrative Agent shall revise Schedule II hereto to reflect the foregoing clauses (i)  through (iii) .

 

Section 9.3.           Assignments .

 

(a)           Any Committed Note Purchaser may at any time sell all or any part of its rights and obligations under this Series 2014-A Supplement and the Series 2014-A Notes, with the prior written consent of HVF II, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, to one or more financial institutions (an “ Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser ”) pursuant to an assignment and assumption agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit G (the “ Assignment and Assumption Agreement ”), executed by such

 

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Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser, such assigning Committed Note Purchaser, the Funding Agent with respect to such Committed Note Purchaser and HVF II and delivered to the Administrative Agent; provided that , the consent of HVF II to any such assignment shall not be required (i) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes or (ii) if such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser is an Affiliate of such assigning Committed Note Purchaser; provided further , that HVF II may withhold its consent in its sole and absolute discretion (and such withholding shall be deemed reasonable) to an assignment to a potential Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser that is a Disqualified Party.  An assignment by a Committed Note Purchaser that is part of an Investor Group that includes a Conduit Investor to an Investor Group that does not include a Conduit Investor may be made pursuant to this Section 9.3(a) ; provided that , immediately prior to such assignment each Conduit Investor that is part of the assigning Investor Group shall be deemed to have assigned all of its rights and obligations in the Series 2014-A Notes (and its rights and obligations hereunder and under each other Series 2014-A Related Document) in respect of such assigned interest to its related Committed Note Purchaser pursuant to Section 9.3(g) .  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any assignment by a Committed Note Purchaser to a different Investor Group that includes a Conduit Investor shall be made pursuant to Section 9.3(c) , and not this Section 9.3(a) .

 

(b)           Without limiting Section 9.3(a) , each Conduit Investor may assign all or a portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to such Conduit Investor and its rights and obligations under this Series 2014-A Supplement and each other Series 2014-A Related Document to which it is a party (or otherwise to which it has rights) to a Conduit Assignee with respect to such Conduit Investor without the prior written consent of HVF II.  Upon such assignment by a Conduit Investor to a Conduit Assignee:

 

(i)            such Conduit Assignee shall be the owner of the Investor Group Principal Amount or such portion thereof with respect to such Conduit Investor,

 

(ii)           the related administrative or managing agent for such Conduit Assignee will act as the Funding Agent for such Conduit Assignee hereunder, with all corresponding rights and powers, express or implied, granted to the Funding Agent hereunder or under each other Series 2014-A Related Document,

 

(iii)          such Conduit Assignee and its liquidity support provider(s) and credit support provider(s) and other related parties, in each case relating to the Series 2014-A Commercial Paper and/or the Series 2014-A Notes, shall have the benefit of all the rights and protections provided to such Conduit Investor herein and in each other Series 2014-A Related Document (including any limitation on recourse against such Conduit Assignee as provided in this paragraph),

 

(iv)          such Conduit Assignee shall assume all of such Conduit Investor’s obligations, if any, hereunder and under each other Series 2014-A Related Document with respect to such portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount and such Conduit Investor shall be released from such obligations,

 

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(v)           all distributions in respect of the Investor Group Principal Amount or such portion thereof with respect to such Conduit Investor shall be made to the applicable Funding Agent on behalf of such Conduit Assignee,

 

(vi)          the definition of the term “CP Rate” with respect to the portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to such Conduit Investor, as applicable funded with commercial paper issued by such Conduit Assignee from time to time shall be determined in the manner set forth in the definition of “CP Rate” applicable to such Conduit Assignee on the basis of the interest rate or discount applicable to commercial paper issued by such Conduit Assignee (rather than any other Conduit Investor),

 

(vii)         the defined terms and other terms and provisions of this Series 2014-A Supplement and each other Series 2014-A Related Documents shall be interpreted in accordance with the foregoing, and

 

(viii)        if reasonably requested by the Funding Agent with respect to such Conduit Assignee, the parties will execute and deliver such further agreements and documents and take such other actions as the Funding Agent may reasonably request to evidence and give effect to the foregoing.

 

No assignment by any Conduit Investor to a Conduit Assignee of all or any portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to such Conduit Investor shall in any way diminish the obligation of the Committed Note Purchasers in the same Investor Group as such Conduit Investor under Section 2.2 to fund any Advance not funded by such Conduit Investor or such Conduit Assignee.

 

(c)           Any Conduit Investor and the Committed Note Purchaser with respect to such Conduit Investor (or, with respect to any Investor Group without a Conduit Investor, the related Committed Note Purchaser) at any time may sell all or any part of their respective (or, with respect to an Investor Group without a Conduit Investor, its) rights and obligations under this Series 2014-A Supplement and the Series 2014-A Notes, with the prior written consent of HVF II, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, to an Investor Group with respect to which each acquiring Conduit Investor is a multi-seller commercial paper conduit, whose commercial paper has ratings of at least “A-2” from S&P and “P2” from Moody’s and that includes one or more financial institutions providing support to such multi-seller commercial paper conduit (an “ Acquiring Investor Group ”) pursuant to a transfer supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit H (the “ Investor Group Supplement ”), executed by such Acquiring Investor Group, the Funding Agent with respect to such Acquiring Investor Group (including each Conduit Investor (if any) and the Committed Note Purchasers with respect to such Investor Group), such assigning Conduit Investor and the Committed Note Purchasers with respect to such Conduit Investor, the Funding Agent with respect to such assigning Conduit Investor and Committed Note Purchasers and HVF II and delivered to the Administrative Agent; provided that , the consent of HVF II to any such assignment shall not be required after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Amortization Event

 

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with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes; provided further that HVF II may withhold its consent in its sole and absolute discretion (and such withholding shall be deemed reasonable) to an assignment to a potential Acquiring Investor Group that (a) has ratings of at least “A-2” from S&P and “P2” by Moody’s, but does not have ratings of at least “A-1” from S&P or “P1” by Moody’s if such assignment will result in a material increase in HVF II’s costs of financing with respect to the applicable Series 2014-A Notes or (b) is a Disqualified Party.

 

(d)           Any Committed Note Purchaser may, in the ordinary course of its business and in accordance with applicable law, at any time sell to one or more financial institutions or other entities (“ Participants ”) participations in its Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to it and the other Committed Note Purchasers included in the related Investor Group, its Series 2014-A Note and its rights hereunder (or, in each case, a portion thereof) pursuant to documentation in form and substance satisfactory to such Committed Note Purchaser and the Participant; provided , however , that (i) in the event of any such sale by a Committed Note Purchaser to a Participant, (A) such Committed Note Purchaser’s obligations under this Series 2014-A Supplement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Committed Note Purchaser shall remain solely responsible for the performance thereof and (C) HVF II and the Administrative Agent shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Committed Note Purchaser in connection with its rights and obligations under this Series 2014-A Supplement, (ii) no Committed Note Purchaser shall sell any participating interest under which the Participant shall have any right to approve, veto, consent, waive or otherwise influence any approval, consent or waiver of such Committed Note Purchaser with respect to any amendment, consent or waiver with respect to this Series 2014-A Supplement or any other Series 2014-A Related Document, except to the extent that the approval of such amendment, consent or waiver otherwise would require the unanimous consent of all Committed Note Purchasers hereunder, and (iii) no Committed Note Purchaser shall sell any participating interest to any Disqualified Party.  A Participant shall have the right to receive reimbursement for amounts due pursuant to each Specified Cost Section but only to the extent that the related selling Committed Note Purchaser would have had such right absent the sale of the related participation and, with respect to amounts due pursuant to Section 3.8 , only to the extent such Participant shall have complied with the provisions of Section 3.8 as if such Participant were a Committed Note Purchaser.  Each such Participant shall be deemed to have agreed to the provisions set forth in Section 3.10 as if such Participant were a Committed Note Purchaser.

 

(e)           HVF II authorizes each Committed Note Purchaser to disclose to any Participant or Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser (each, a “ Transferee ”) and any prospective Transferee any and all financial information in such Committed Note Purchaser’s possession concerning HVF II, the Series 2014-A Collateral, the Group I Administrator and the Series 2014-A Related Documents that has been delivered to such Committed Note Purchaser by HVF II in connection with such Committed Note Purchaser’s credit evaluation of HVF II, the Series 2014-A Collateral and the Group I Administrator.  For the avoidance of doubt, no Committed Note Purchaser may disclose any of the foregoing information to any Transferee who is a Disqualified Party without

 

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the prior written consent of an Authorized Officer of HVF II, which consent may be withheld for any reason in HVF II’s sole and absolute discretion.

 

(f)            Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this Series 2014-A Supplement, each Conduit Investor or, if there is no Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group, the Committed Note Purchaser with respect to such Investor Group may at any time grant to one or more Program Support Providers (or, in the case of a Conduit Investor, to its related Committed Note Purchaser) a participating interest in or lien on, or otherwise transfer and assign to one or more Program Support Providers (or, in the case of a Conduit Investor, to its related Committed Note Purchaser), such Conduit Investor’s or, if there is no Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group, the related Committed Note Purchaser’s interests in the Advances made hereunder and such Program Support Provider (or such Committed Note Purchaser, as the case may be), with respect to its participating or assigned interest, shall be entitled to the benefits granted to such Conduit Investor or Committed Note Purchaser, as applicable, under this Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

(g)           Notwithstanding any other provision set forth in this Series 2014-A Supplement, each Conduit Investor may at any time, without the consent of HVF II, transfer and assign all or a portion of its rights in the Series 2014-A Notes (and its rights hereunder and under other Series 2014-A Related Documents) to its related Committed Note Purchaser.  Furthermore, each Conduit Investor may at any time grant a security interest in and lien on, all or any portion of its interests under this Series 2014-A Supplement, its Series 2014-A Note and each other Series 2014-A Related Document to (i) its related Committed Note Purchaser, (ii) its Funding Agent, (iii) any Program Support Provider who, at any time now or in the future, provides program liquidity or credit enhancement, including an insurance policy for such Conduit Investor relating to the Series 2014-A Commercial Paper or the Series 2014-A Notes, (iv) any other Person who, at any time now or in the future, provides liquidity or credit enhancement for the Conduit Investors, including an insurance policy relating to the Series 2014-A Commercial Paper or the Series 2014-A Notes or (v) any collateral trustee or collateral agent for any of the foregoing; provided , however , any such security interest or lien shall be released upon assignment of its Series 2014-A Note to its related Committed Note Purchaser.  Each Committed Note Purchaser may assign its Commitment, or all or any portion of its interest under its Series 2014-A Note, this Series 2014-A Supplement and each other Series 2014-A Related Document to any Person with the prior written consent of HVF II, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; provided that, HVF II may withhold its consent in its sole and absolute discretion (and such withholding shall be deemed reasonable) to an assignment to any Person that is a Disqualified Party.  Notwithstanding any other provisions set forth in this Series 2014-A Supplement, each Committed Note Purchaser may at any time create a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Series 2014-A Supplement, its Series 2014-A Note and the Series 2014-A Related Document in favor of any Federal Reserve Bank in accordance with Regulation A of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System or any similar foreign entity.

 

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ARTICLE X

 

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

 

Section 10.1.         Authorization and Action of the Administrative Agent .  Each of the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers and the Funding Agents hereby designates and appoints Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch as the Administrative Agent hereunder, and hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions as agent on their behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Series 2014-A Supplement together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Conduit Investor, any Committed Note Purchaser or any Funding Agent, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities on the part of the Administrative Agent shall be read into this Series 2014-A Supplement or otherwise exist for the Administrative Agent.  In performing its functions and duties hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall act solely as agent for the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers and the Funding Agents and does not assume nor shall it be deemed to have assumed any obligation or relationship of trust or agency with or for HVF II or any of its successors or assigns.  The Administrative Agent shall not be required to take any action that exposes the Administrative Agent to personal liability or that is contrary to this Series 2014-A Supplement or applicable law.  The appointment and authority of the Administrative Agent hereunder shall terminate upon the indefeasible payment in full of the Series 2014-A Notes and all other amounts owed by HVF II hereunder to the Investor Groups (the “ Aggregate Unpaids ”).

 

Section 10.2.         Delegation of Duties .  The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Series 2014-A Supplement by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties.  The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.

 

Section 10.3.         Exculpatory Provisions .  Neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its directors, officers, agents or employees shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Series 2014-A Supplement (except for its, their or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (b) responsible in any manner to any Conduit Investor, any Committed Note Purchaser or any Funding Agent for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by HVF II contained in this Series 2014-A Supplement or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received under or in connection with, this Series 2014-A Supplement for the due execution, legality, value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Series 2014-A Supplement or any other document furnished in connection herewith, or for any failure of HVF II to perform its obligations hereunder, or for the satisfaction of any condition specified in Article II .  The Administrative Agent shall not be under any obligation to any Conduit Investor, any Committed Note Purchaser or any Funding Agent to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements or

 

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covenants contained in, or conditions of, this Series 2014-A Supplement, or to inspect the properties, books or records of HVF II.  The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event or Series 2014-A Liquidation Event unless the Administrative Agent has received notice from HVF II, any Conduit Investor, any Committed Note Purchaser or any Funding Agent.

 

Section 10.4.         Reliance .  The Administrative Agent 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, independent accountants and other experts selected by the Administrative Agent.  The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Series 2014-A Supplement or any other document furnished in connection herewith unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of any Conduit Investor, any Committed Note Purchaser or any Funding Agent as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by any Conduit Investor, any Committed Note Purchaser or any Funding Agent, provided that , unless and until the Administrative Agent shall have received such advice, the Administrative Agent may take or refrain from taking any action, as the Administrative Agent shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers and the Funding Agents.  The Administrative Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, in accordance with a request of the Series 2014-A Required Noteholders and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers and the Funding Agents.

 

Section 10.5.         Non-Reliance on the Administrative Agent and Other Purchasers .  Each of the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers and the Funding Agents expressly acknowledge that neither the Administrative Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrative Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of HVF II, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrative Agent.  Each of the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers and the Funding Agents represent and warrant to the Administrative Agent that they have and will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent and based on such documents and information as they have deemed appropriate, made their own appraisal of and investigation into the business, operations, property, prospects, financial and other conditions and creditworthiness of HVF II and made its own decision to enter into this Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

Section 10.6.         The Administrative Agent in its Individual Capacity .  The Administrative Agent and any of its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from, and generally engage in any kind of business with HVF II or any Affiliate of HVF II as though the Administrative Agent were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.

 

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Note Purchasers and the Funding Agents, and the Administrative Agent will, upon the direction of Investor Groups holding more than 75% of the Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount as of such date, resign as Administrative Agent.  If the Administrative Agent shall resign, then the Investor Groups, during such 30-day period, shall appoint an Affiliate of a member of the Investor Groups as a successor agent.  If for any reason no successor Administrative Agent is appointed by the Investor Groups during such 30-day period, then effective upon the expiration of such 30-day period, HVF II for all purposes shall deal directly with the Funding Agents.  After any retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as Administrative Agent, the provisions of Section 11.4 and this Article X shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative Agent under this Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

Section 10.8.         Authorization and Action of Funding Agents.   Each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser is hereby deemed to have designated and appointed the Funding Agent set forth next to such Conduit Investor’s name, or if there is no Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group, the Committed Note Purchaser’s name with respect to such Investor Group, on Schedule II hereto as the agent of such Person hereunder, and hereby authorizes such Funding Agent to take such actions as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to such Funding Agent by the terms of this Series 2014-A Supplement together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.  Each Funding Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with the related Investor Group, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities on the part of such Funding Agent shall be read into this Series 2014-A Supplement or otherwise exist for such Funding Agent.  In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Funding Agent shall act solely as agent for the related Investor Group and does not assume nor shall it be deemed to have assumed any obligation or relationship of trust or agency with or for HVF II or any of its successors or assigns.  Each Funding Agent shall not be required to take any action that exposes such Funding Agent to personal liability or that is contrary to this Series 2014-A Supplement or Applicable Law.  The appointment and authority of the Funding Agent hereunder shall terminate upon the indefeasible payment in full of the Aggregate Unpaids.

 

Section 10.9.         Delegation of Duties .  Each Funding Agent may execute any of its duties under this Series 2014-A Supplement by or through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties.  Each Funding Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.

 

Section 10.10.      Exculpatory Provisions .  Neither any Funding Agent nor any of their directors, officers, agents or employees shall be (a) liable for any action lawfully taken or omitted to be taken by it or them under or in connection with this Series 2014-A Supplement (except for its, their or such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (b) responsible in any manner to the related Investor Group for any recitals, statements, representations or warranties made by HVF II contained in this Series 2014-A Supplement or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received under or in connection with, this Series 2014-A

 

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Supplement, or for the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Series 2014-A Supplement or any other document furnished in connection herewith, or for any failure of HVF II to perform its obligations hereunder, or for the satisfaction of any condition specified in Article II .  No Funding Agent shall be under any obligation to its related Investor Group to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements or covenants contained in, or conditions of, this Series 2014-A Supplement, or to inspect the properties, books or records of HVF II.  No Funding Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge of any Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event or Series 2014-A Liquidation Event, unless such Funding Agent has received notice from HVF II (or any agent or designee thereof) or its related Investor Group.

 

Section 10.11.      Reliance .  Each Funding Agent 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 the Administrative Agent and legal counsel independent accountants and other experts selected by such Funding Agent.  Each Funding Agent shall in all cases be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Series 2014-A Supplement or any other document furnished in connection herewith unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the related Investor Group as it deems appropriate or it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the related Investor Group, provided that , unless and until such Funding Agent shall have received such advice, such Funding Agent may take or refrain from taking any action, as such Funding Agent shall deem advisable and in the best interests of the related Investor Group.  Each Funding Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, in accordance with a request of the related Investor Group and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon its related Investor Group.

 

Section 10.12.      Non-Reliance on the Funding Agent and Other Purchasers .  Each Investor Group expressly acknowledges that neither its related Funding Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by such Funding Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of HVF II, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by such Funding Agent.  Each Investor Group represents and warrants to its related Funding Agent that it has and will, independently and without reliance upon such Funding Agent 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 HVF II and made its own decision to enter into Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

Section 10.13.      The Funding Agent in its Individual Capacity .  Each Funding Agent and any of its Affiliates may make loans to, accept deposits from, and generally engage in any kind of business with HVF II or any Affiliate of HVF II as though such Funding Agent were not a Funding Agent hereunder.

 

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Section 10.14.      Successor Funding Agent .  Each Funding Agent will, upon the direction of its related Investor Group, resign as such Funding Agent.  If such Funding Agent shall resign, then the related Investor Group shall appoint an Affiliate of a member of its related Investor Group as a successor agent.  If for any reason no successor Funding Agent is appointed by the related Investor Group, then effective upon the resignation of such Funding Agent, HVF II for all purposes shall deal directly with such Investor Group.  After any retiring Funding Agent’s resignation hereunder as Funding Agent, subject to the limitations set forth herein, the provisions of Section 11.4 and this Article X shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Funding Agent under this Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

GENERAL

 

Section 11.1.         Optional Repurchase of the Series 2014-A Notes .  The Series 2014-A Notes shall be subject to repurchase (in whole) by HVF II at its option, upon three (3) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Trustee at any time.  The repurchase price for any Series 2014-A Note (in each case, the “ Series 2014-A Note Repurchase Amount ”) shall equal the sum of:

 

(a)           the Series 2014-A Principal Amount of such Series 2014-A Notes (determined after giving effect to any payments of principal and interest on the Payment Date immediately preceding the date of purchase pursuant to this Section 11.1 ), plus

 

(b)           all accrued and unpaid interest on the Series 2014-A Notes through such date of repurchase under this Section 11.1 ) (and, with respect to the portion of such principal balance that was funded with Series 2014-A Commercial Paper issued at a discount, all accrued and unpaid discount on such Series 2014-A Commercial Paper from the issuance date(s) thereof to the date of repurchase under this Section 11.1 and the aggregate discount to accrue on such Series 2014-A Commercial Paper from the date of repurchase under this Section 11.1 to the next succeeding Payment Date); plus

 

(c)           all associated breakage costs payable as a result of such repurchase (calculated in accordance with Section 3.6 ); and

 

(d)           any other amounts then due and payable to the holders of such Series 2014-A Notes pursuant hereto.

 

Section 11.2.         Information .

 

On or before the fourth Business Day prior to each Payment Date (unless otherwise agreed to by the Trustee), HVF II shall furnish to the Trustee a Monthly Noteholders’ Statement with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes, in a Microsoft Excel electronic file (or similar electronic file) substantively in the form of Exhibit F ; provided that HVF II can provide, in its sole discretion, information in the Monthly Noteholders’ Statement additional to the information specified in Exhibit F ; provided further , that HVF II can, in its sole discretion, change the form of such Monthly Noteholders’ Statement so

 

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long as the information therein is substantively similar to the information in Exhibit F (as Exhibit F may be supplemented in accordance with the immediately preceding proviso).

 

The Trustee shall provide to the Series 2014-A Noteholders, or their designated agent, copies of each Monthly Noteholders’ Statement.

 

Section 11.3.         Confidentiality .  Each Committed Note Purchaser, each Conduit Investor, each Funding Agent and the Administrative Agent agrees that it shall not disclose any Confidential Information to any Person without the prior written consent of HVF II, which such consent must be evident in a writing signed by an Authorized Officer of HVF II, other than (a) to their Affiliates and their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors (including legal counsel and accountants) and to actual or prospective assignees and participants, and then only on a confidential basis and excluding any Affiliate, its officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors (including legal counsel and accountants), any prospective assignee and any participant, in each case that is a Disqualified Party, (b) as required by a court or administrative order or decree, or required by any governmental or regulatory authority or self-regulatory organization or required by any statute, law, rule or regulation or judicial process (including any subpoena or similar legal process), (c) to any Rating Agency providing a rating for the Series 2014-A Notes or any Series 2014-A Commercial Paper or any other nationally-recognized rating agency that requires access to information to effect compliance with any disclosure obligations under applicable laws or regulations, (d) in the course of litigation with HVF II, the Group I Administrator or Hertz, (e) any Series 2014-A Noteholder, any Committed Note Purchaser, any Conduit Investor, any Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent, (f) any Person acting as a placement agent or dealer with respect to any commercial paper (provided that any Confidential Information provided to any such placement agent or dealer does not reveal the identity of HVF II or any of its Affiliates), (g) on a confidential basis, to any provider of credit enhancement or liquidity to any Conduit Investor, or (h) to any Person to the extent such Committed Note Purchaser, Conduit Investor, Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent reasonably determines such disclosure is necessary in connection with the enforcement or for the defense of the rights and remedies under the Series 2014-A Notes or the Series 2014-A Related Documents.

 

Section 11.4.         Payment of Costs and Expenses; Indemnification .

 

(a)           Payment of Costs and Expenses .  Upon written demand from the Administrative Agent, any Funding Agent, any Conduit Investor or any Committed Note Purchaser, HVF II agrees to pay on the Payment Date immediately following HVF II’s receipt of such written demand all reasonable expenses of the Administrative Agent, such Funding Agent, such Conduit Investor and/or such Committed Note Purchaser, as applicable (including the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel to each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser, if any, as well as the fees and expenses of the rating agencies providing a rating in respect of any Series 2014-A Commercial Paper) in connection with

 

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(i)            the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this Series 2014-A Supplement and of each other Series 2014-A Related Document, including schedules and exhibits, and any liquidity, credit enhancement or insurance documents of a Program Support Provider with respect to a Conduit Investor relating to the Series 2014-A Notes and any amendments, waivers, consents, supplements or other modifications to this Series 2014-A Supplement and each other Series 2014-A Related Document, as may from time to time hereafter be proposed, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby are consummated, and

 

(ii)           the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Series 2014-A Supplement and each other Series 2014-A Related Document.

 

Upon written demand, HVF II further agrees to pay on the Payment Date immediately following such written demand, and to save the Administrative Agent, each Funding Agent, each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser harmless from all liability for (i) any breach by HVF II of its obligations under this Series 2014-A Supplement and (ii) all reasonable costs incurred by the Administrative Agent, such Funding Agent, such Conduit Investor or such Committed Note Purchaser (including, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent, such Funding Agent, such Conduit Investor and such Committed Note Purchaser, if any) in enforcing this Series 2014-A Supplement.  HVF II also agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent, each Funding Agent, each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser upon demand for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent, such Funding Agent, such Conduit Investor or such Committed Note Purchaser (including, the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of counsel to the Administrative Agent, such Funding Agent, such Conduit Investor and such Committed Note Purchaser, if any and the reasonable fees and out-of-pocket expenses of any third-party servicers and disposition agents) in connection with (x) the negotiation of any restructuring or “work-out”, whether or not consummated, of the Series 2014-A Related Documents and (y) the enforcement of, or any waiver or amendment requested under or with respect to, this Series 2014-A Supplement or any other of the Series 2014-A Related Documents.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, HVF II shall have no obligation to reimburse any Committed Note Purchaser or Conduit Investor for any of the fees and/or expenses incurred by such Committed Note Purchaser and/or Conduit Investor with respect to its sale or assignment of all or any part of its respective rights and obligations under this Series 2014-A Supplement and the Series 2014-A Notes pursuant to Section 9.2 or 9.3 .

 

(b)           Indemnification .  In consideration of the execution and delivery of this Series 2014-A Supplement by the Conduit Investors and the Committed Note Purchasers, HVF II hereby indemnifies and holds each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser and each of their officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “ Indemnified Parties ”) harmless from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, losses, costs, liabilities and damages, and reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Indemnified Party is a

 

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party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought and including, any liability in connection with the offering and sale of the Series 2014-A Notes), including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (collectively, the “ Indemnified Liabilities ”), incurred by the Indemnified Parties or any of them (whether in prosecuting or defending against such actions, suits or claims) to the extent resulting from, or arising out of, or relating to

 

(i)            any transaction financed or to be financed in whole or in part, directly or indirectly, with the proceeds of any Advance; or

 

(ii)           the entering into and performance of this Series 2014-A Supplement and any other Series 2014-A Related Document by any of the Indemnified Parties,

 

except for any such Indemnified Liabilities arising for the account of a particular Indemnified Party by reason of the relevant Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.  If and to the extent that the foregoing undertaking may be unenforceable for any reason, HVF II hereby agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law.  The indemnity set forth in this Section 11.4(b) shall in no event include indemnification for any taxes (which indemnification is provided in Section 3.8 ).  HVF II shall give notice to the Rating Agencies of any claim for Indemnified Liabilities made under this Section.

 

(c)           Indemnification of the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent .

 

(i)            In consideration of the execution and delivery of this Series 2014-A Supplement by the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent, HVF II hereby indemnifies and holds the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent and each of their respective officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “ Agent Indemnified Parties ”) harmless from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, losses, costs, liabilities and damages, and reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith (irrespective of whether any such Agent Indemnified Party is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought and including, any liability in connection with the offering and sale of the Series 2014-A Notes), including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (collectively, the “ Agent Indemnified Liabilities ”), incurred by the Agent Indemnified Parties or any of them (whether in prosecuting or defending against such actions, suits or claims) to the extent resulting from, or arising out of, or relating to the entering into and performance of this Series 2014-A Supplement and any other Series 2014-A Related Document by any of the Agent Indemnified Parties, except for any such Agent Indemnified Liabilities arising for the account of a particular Agent Indemnified Party by reason of the relevant Agent Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.  If and to the extent that the foregoing undertaking may be unenforceable for any reason, HVF II hereby agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Agent Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law.  The indemnity set

 

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forth in this Section 11.4(c)(i) shall in no event include indemnification for any taxes (which indemnification is provided in Section 3.8 ).  HVF II shall give notice to the Rating Agencies of any claim for Agent Indemnified Liabilities made under this section.

 

(ii)           In consideration of the execution and delivery of this Series 2014-A Supplement by the Administrative Agent, each Committed Note Purchaser, ratably according to its respective Commitment, hereby indemnifies and holds the Administrative Agent and each of its officers, directors, employees and agents (collectively, the “ Administrative Agent Indemnified Parties ”) harmless from and against any and all actions, causes of action, suits, losses, costs, liabilities and damages, and reasonable expenses incurred in connection therewith (solely to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of HVF II) (irrespective of whether any such Administrative Agent Indemnified Party is a party to the action for which indemnification hereunder is sought and including, any liability in connection with the offering and sale of the Series 2014-A Notes), including reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements (collectively, the “ Administrative Agent Indemnified Liabilities ”), incurred by the Administrative Agent Indemnified Parties or any of them (whether in prosecuting or defending against such actions, suits or claims) to the extent resulting from, or arising out of, or relating to the entering into and performance of this Series 2014-A Supplement and any other Series 2014-A Related Document by any of the Administrative Agent Indemnified Parties, except for any such Administrative Agent Indemnified Liabilities arising for the account of a particular Administrative Agent Indemnified Party by reason of the relevant Administrative Agent Indemnified Party’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.  If and to the extent that the foregoing undertaking may be unenforceable for any reason, each Committed Note Purchaser hereby agrees to make the maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the Administrative Agent Indemnified Liabilities which is permissible under applicable law.  The indemnity set forth in this Section 11.4(c)(ii) shall in no event include indemnification for any taxes (which indemnification is provided in Section 3.8 ).  Each Committed Note Purchaser shall give notice to the Rating Agencies of any claim for Administrative Agent Indemnified Liabilities made under this Section 11.4(c)(ii) .

 

(d)           Priority .  All amounts payable by HVF II pursuant to this Section 11.4 shall be paid in accordance with and subject to Section 5.3 or, at the option of HVF II, paid from any other source available to it.

 

Section 11.5.         Ratification of Group I Indenture .  As supplemented by this Series 2014-A Supplement, the Group I Indenture is in all respects ratified and confirmed and the Group I Indenture as so supplemented by this Series 2014-A Supplement shall be read, taken, and construed as one and the same instrument (except as otherwise specified herein).

 

Section 11.6.         Notice to the Rating Agencies .  The Trustee shall provide to each Funding Agent and each Rating Agency a copy of each notice to the Series 2014-A Noteholders, Opinion of Counsel and Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee pursuant to this Series 2014-A Supplement or any other Group I Related Document.  Each such Opinion of Counsel to be delivered to each Funding Agent shall be addressed

 

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to each Funding Agent, shall be from counsel reasonably acceptable to each Funding Agent and shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to each Funding Agent.  The Trustee shall provide notice to each Rating Agency of any consent by the Series 2014-A Noteholders to the waiver of the occurrence of any Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes.  All such notices, opinions, certificates or other items to be delivered to the Funding Agents shall be forwarded, simultaneously, to the address of each Funding Agent set forth on its related signature page hereto.  HVF II will provide each Rating Agency rating the Series 2014-A Notes with a copy of any operative Group I Manufacturer Program upon written request by such Rating Agency.

 

Section 11.7.         Third Party Beneficiary .  Nothing in this Series 2014-A Supplement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto and their successors and assigns expressly permitted herein) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

Section 11.8.         Counterparts .  This Series 2014-A Supplement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute one and the same Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

Section 11.9.         Governing Law .  THIS SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT, AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAW.

 

Section 11.10.      Amendments .

 

(a)           This Series 2014-A Supplement or any provision herein may be (i) amended in writing from time to time by HVF II and the Trustee, solely with the consent of the Series 2014-A Required Noteholders or (ii) waived in writing from time to time with the consent of the Series 2014-A Required Noteholders, unless otherwise expressly set forth herein; provided that , notwithstanding the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), without the consent of each Committed Note Purchaser and each Conduit Investor, no amendment or waiver shall:

 

(i)            reduce the percentage of Series 2014-A Noteholders whose consent is required to take any particular action hereunder;

 

(ii)           extend the due date for, or reduce the amount of any scheduled repayment or prepayment of principal of or interest on any Series 2014-A Note (or reduce the principal amount of or rate of interest on any Series 2014-A Note or otherwise change the manner in which interest is calculated);

 

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(iii)          extend the due date for, or reduce the amount of any Undrawn Fee payable hereunder;

 

(iv)          amend or modify Section 5.2 , Section 5.3 , Section 2.1(a) , (d) or (e) , Section 2.2 , Section 2.3 , Section 2.5 , Section 3.1 , Article IX , this Section 11.10 , or Section (2) of Annex 2 or otherwise amend or modify any provision relating to the amendment or modification of this Series 2014-A Supplement or that pursuant to the Series 2014-A Related Documents, would require the consent of 100% of the Series 2014-A Noteholders or each Series 2014-A Noteholder affected by such amendment or modification; or

 

(v)           (A) affect adversely the interests, rights or obligations of any Conduit Investor or Committed Note Purchaser individually in comparison to any other Conduit Investor or Committed Note Purchaser; (B) alter the pro rata treatment of payments to and Advances by the Series 2014-A Noteholders, the Conduit Investors and the Committed Note Purchasers (including, for the avoidance of doubt, alterations that provide for any non-pro-rata payments to or Advances by any Series 2014-A Noteholders, Conduit Investors or Committed Note Purchasers that are not expressly provided for as of the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date); (C) approve the assignment or transfer by HVF II of any of its rights or obligations hereunder; (D) release HVF II from any obligation hereunder; or (E) reduce, modify or amend any indemnities in favor of any Conduit Investors, Committed Note Purchasers or Funding Agents.

 

(b)           Any amendment hereof can be effected without the Administrative Agent being party thereto; provided however , that no such amendment, modification or waiver of this Series 2014-A Supplement that affects the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent shall be effective unless the Administrative Agent shall have given its prior written consent thereto.

 

(c)           Any amendment to this Series 2014-A Supplement shall be subject to the satisfaction of the Series 2014-A Rating Agency Condition (unless otherwise consented to in writing by each Series 2014-A Noteholder).

 

(d)           Each amendment or other modification to this Series 2014-A Supplement shall be set forth in a Series 2014-A Supplemental Indenture.  The initial effectiveness of each Series 2014-A Supplemental Indenture shall be subject to the satisfaction of the Series 2014-A Rating Agency Condition and the delivery to the Trustee of an Opinion of Counsel (which may be based on an Officer’s Certificate) that such Series 2014-A Supplemental Indenture is authorized or permitted by this Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

(e)           The Trustee shall sign any Series 2014-A Supplemental Indenture authorized or permitted pursuant to this Section 11.10 if the Series 2014-A Supplemental Indenture does not adversely affect the rights, duties, liabilities or immunities of the Trustee.  If it does, the Trustee may, but need not, sign it.  In signing such Series 2014-A Supplemental Indenture, the Trustee shall be entitled to receive, if requested, and,

 

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subject to Section 7.2 of the Base Indenture, shall be fully protected in relying upon, an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II and an Opinion of Counsel (which may be based on an Officer’s Certificate) as conclusive evidence that such Series 2014-A Supplemental Indenture is authorized or permitted by this Series 2014-A Supplement and that all conditions precedent have been satisfied, and that it will be valid and binding upon HVF II in accordance with its terms.

 

Section 11.11.      Group I Administrator to Act on Behalf of HVF II .  Pursuant to the Group I Administration Agreement, the Group I Administrator has agreed to provide certain services to HVF II and to take certain actions on behalf of HVF II, including performing or otherwise satisfying any action, determination, calculation, direction, instruction, notice, delivery or other performance obligation, in each case, permitted or required by HVF II pursuant to this Series 2014-A Supplement.  Each Group I Noteholder by its acceptance of a Group I Note and each of the parties hereto by its execution hereof, hereby consents to the provision of such services and the taking of such action by the Group I Administrator in lieu of HVF II and hereby agrees that HVF II’s obligations hereunder with respect to any such services performed or action taken shall be deemed satisfied to the extent performed or taken by the Group I Administrator and to the extent so performed or taken by the Group I Administrator shall be deemed for all purposes hereunder to have been so performed or taken by HVF II; provided that , for the avoidance of doubt, none of the foregoing shall create any payment obligation of the Group I Administrator or relieve HVF II of any payment obligation hereunder.

 

Section 11.12.      Successors .  All agreements of HVF II in this Series 2014-A Supplement and the Series 2014-A Notes shall bind its successor; provided , however , except as provided in Section 11.10 , HVF II may not assign its obligations or rights under this Series 2014-A Supplement or any Series 2014-A Note.  All agreements of the Trustee in this Series 2014-A Supplement shall bind its successor.

 

Section 11.13.      Termination of Series Supplement .

 

(a)           This Series 2014-A Supplement shall cease to be of further effect when (i) all Outstanding Series 2014-A Notes theretofore authenticated and issued have been delivered (other than destroyed, lost, or stolen Series 2014-A Notes that have been replaced or paid) to the Trustee for cancellation, (ii) HVF II has paid all sums payable hereunder and (iii) the Series 2014-A Demand Note Payment Amount is equal to zero or the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount is equal to zero.

 

(b)           The representations and warranties set forth in Section 6.1 of this Series 2014-A Supplement shall survive for so long as any Series 2014-A Note is Outstanding.

 

Section 11.14.      Non-Petition .  Each of the parties hereto hereby covenants and agrees that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after the payment in full of all outstanding commercial paper and similar debt issued by, or for the benefit of, a Conduit Investor, it will not institute against, or join any Person in instituting against such Conduit Investor any involuntary bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or

 

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liquidation proceedings, or other similar proceedings under any federal or State bankruptcy or similar law.  The provisions of this Section 11.14 shall survive the termination of this Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

Section 11.15.      Electronic Execution .  This Series 2014-A Supplement may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile or other electronic means ( i.e. , a “pdf” or “tiff”).  The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable law, have the same force and effect as manually signed originals and shall be binding on each party hereto.  The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” and words of like import in this Series 2014-A Supplement or in any amendment or other modification hereof (including, without limitation, waivers and consents) shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be.

 

Section 11.16.      Additional UCC Representations .  Without limiting any other representation or warranty given by HVF II in the Group I Indenture, HVF II hereby makes the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit L hereto for the benefit of the Trustee and the Series 2014-A Noteholders, in each case, as of the date hereof.

 

Section 11.17.      Notices .  Unless otherwise specified herein, all notices, requests, instructions and demands to or upon any party hereto to be effective shall be given (i) in the case of HVF II and the Trustee, in the manner set forth in Section 10.1 of the Base Indenture, (ii) in the case of the Administrative Agent, the Committed Note Purchasers, the Conduit Investors, and the Funding Agents, in writing, and, unless otherwise expressly provided herein, delivered by hand, mail (postage prepaid), facsimile notice or overnight air courier, in each case to or at the address set forth for such Person on such Person’s signature page hereto or in the Assignment and Assumption Agreement or Investor Group Supplement pursuant to which such Person became a party to this Series 2014-A Supplement, or to such other address as may be hereafter notified by the respective parties hereto, and (iii) in the case of the Group I Administrator, unless otherwise specified by the Group I Administrator by notice to the respective parties hereto, to:

 

The Hertz Corporation
225 Brae Boulevard
Park Ridge, NJ 07656
Attention:  Treasury Department

 

Any notice (i) given in person shall be deemed delivered on the date of delivery of such notice, (ii) given by first class mail shall be deemed given five (5) days after the date that such notice is mailed, (iii) delivered by telex or telecopier shall be deemed given on the date of delivery of such notice, and (iv) delivered by overnight air courier shall be deemed delivered one (1) Business Day after the date that such notice is delivered to such overnight courier.

 

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Section 11.18.      Submission to Jurisdiction .  Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State court in New York County or federal court of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the Base Indenture, the Group I Supplement, this Series 2014-A Supplement, the Series 2014-A Notes or the transactions contemplated hereby, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment arising out of or relating to the Base Indenture, the Group I Supplement, this Series 2014-A Supplement, the Series 2014-A Notes or the transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court or, to the extent permitted by law, federal court; (iii) agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law; (iv) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts and waives any objection it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in any such court and any objection it may now or hereafter have that such action or proceeding was brought in an inconvenient court, and agrees not to plead or claim the same; and (v) consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 11.17 (provided that, nothing in this Series 2014-A Supplement shall affect the right of any such party to serve process in any other manner permitted by law).

 

Section 11.19.      Waiver of Jury Trial .  EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THE BASE INDENTURE, THE GROUP I SUPPLEMENT, THIS SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT, THE SERIES 2014-A NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

Section 11.20.      USA Patriot Act Notice .  Each Funding Agent subject to the requirements of the USA Patriot Act (Title III of Pub.: 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)) (the “ Patriot Act ”) hereby notifies HVF II that, pursuant to Section 326 thereof, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies HVF II, including the name and address of HVF II and other information allowing such Funding Agent to identify HVF II in accordance with such act.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, HVF II and the Trustee have caused this Series 2014-A Supplement to be duly executed by their respective officers hereunto duly authorized as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, as Issuer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

HVF II GP Corp., its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name:  R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:  Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

   as Trustee,

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mitchell L. Brumwell

 

 

Name:  Mitchell L. Brumwell

 

 

Title:  President

 

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION, as Group I

 

  Administrator,

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name:  R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:  Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH , as the Administrative Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Colin Bennett

 

 

 

Name:

Colin Bennett

 

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Joseph McElroy

 

 

 

Name:

Joseph McElroy

 

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

60 Wall Street, 3rd Floor

 

 

 

New York, NY 10005-2858

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Robert Sheldon

 

 

Telephone:

(212) 250-4493

 

 

Facsimile:

(212) 797-5160

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With electronic copy to abs.conduits@db.com

 

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Nina Austin

 

 

Name:

Nina Austin

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

Address:

214 North Tryon Street, 15th Floor

 

 

Charlotte, NC 28255

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Judith Helms

 

Telephone:

(980) 387-1693

 

Facsimile:

(704) 387-2828

 

Email:

judith.e.helms@baml.com

 

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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Nina Austin

 

 

Name:

Nina Austin

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

Address:

214 North Tryon Street, 15th Floor

 

 

Charlotte, NC 28255

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Judith Helms

 

Telephone:

(980) 387-1693

 

Facsimile:

(704) 387-2828

 

Email:

judith.e.helms@baml.com

 

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CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as a Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Frederic Truchot

 

 

Name:

Frederic Truchot

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kostantina Kourmpetis

 

 

Name:

Kostantina Kourmpetis

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

1301 Avenue of Americas

 

 

New York, NY 10019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Tina Kourmpetis / Deric Bradford

 

Telephone:

(212) 261-7814 / (212) 261-3470

 

Facsimile:

(917) 849-5584

 

Email:

Conduitsec@ca-cib.com;

 

 

Conduit.Funding@ca-cib.com

 

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ATLANTIC ASSET SECURITIZATION LLC, as a Conduit Investor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Frederic Truchot

 

 

Name:

Frederic Truchot

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kostantina Kourmpetis

 

 

Name:

Kostantina Kourmpetis

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

1301 Avenue of the Americas

 

 

New York, NY 10019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Tina Kourmpetis / Deric Bradford

 

Telephone:

(212) 261-7814 / (212) 261-3470

 

Facsimile:

(917) 849-5584

 

Email:

Conduitsec@ca-cib.com;

 

 

Conduit.Funding@ca-cib.com

 

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CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Frederic Truchot

 

 

Name:

Frederic Truchot

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kostantina Kourmpetis

 

 

Name:

Kostantina Kourmpetis

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

1301 Avenue of Americas

 

 

New York, NY 10019

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Tina Kourmpetis / Deric Bradford

 

Telephone:

(212) 261-7814 / (212) 261-3470

 

Facsimile:

(917) 849-5584

 

Email:

Conduitsec@ca-cib.com;

 

 

Conduit.Funding@ca-cib.com

 

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BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Laura Spichiger

 

 

Name:

Laura Spichiger

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

745 Seventh Avenue

 

 

5th Floor

 

 

New York, NY 10019

 

 

 

 

Attention:

John McVeigh / Laura Spichiger

 

Telephone:

(212) 320-7323 / (212) 528-7475

 

Fax:

(212) 299-0337

 

Email:

barcapconduitops@barclayscapital.com;

 

 

asgreports@barclayscapital.com;

 

 

laura.spichiger@barclays.com

 

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BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

 

as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Laura Spichiger

 

 

Name:

Laura Spichiger

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

745 Seventh Avenue

 

 

5th Floor

 

 

New York, NY 10019

 

 

 

 

Attention:

John McVeigh / Laura Spichiger

 

Telephone:

(212) 320-7323 / (212) 528-7475

 

Fax:

(212) 299-0337

 

Email:

barcapconduitops@barclayscapital.com;

 

 

asgreports@barclayscapital.com;

 

 

laura.spichiger@barclays.com

 

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GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA , as a Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert Ehudin

 

 

Name:

Robert Ehudin

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

Address:

6011 Connection Drive

 

 

Irving, TX 75039

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Peter McGrane

 

Telephone:

( 972) 368-2256

 

Facsimile:

(646) 769-5285

 

Email:

peter.mcgrane@gs.com

 

 

gs-warehouselending@gs.com

 

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GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA , as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert Ehudin

 

 

Name:

Robert Ehudin

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

Address:

6011 Connection Drive

 

 

Irving, TX 75039

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Peter McGrane

 

Telephone:

( 972) 368-2256

 

Facsimile:

(646) 769-5285

 

Email:

peter.mcgrane@gs.com

 

 

gs-warehouselending@gs.com

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Colin Bennett

 

 

 

Name:

Colin Bennett

 

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Joseph McElroy

 

 

 

Name:

Joseph McElroy

 

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

60 Wall Street

 

 

 

3rd Floor

 

 

 

New York, NY 10005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Mary Conners

 

 

Telephone:

(212) 250-4731

 

 

Facsimile:

(212) 797-5150

 

 

Email:

abs.conduits@db.com;

 

 

 

mary.conners@db.com

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Colin Bennett

 

 

 

Name:

Colin Bennett

 

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Joseph McElroy

 

 

 

Name:

Joseph McElroy

 

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

60 Wall Street, 3rd Floor

 

 

 

New York, NY 10005

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Mary Conners

 

 

Telephone:

(212) 250-4731

 

 

Facsimile:

(212) 797-5150

 

 

Email:

abs.conduits@db.com;

 

 

 

mary.conners@db.com

 

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LLOYDS BANK PLC,

 

 

 

as a Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas Spary

 

 

 

Name:

Thomas Spary

 

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

25 Gresham Street

 

 

 

London, EC2V 7HN

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Chris Rigby

 

 

Telephone:

+44 (0)207 158 1930

 

 

Facsimile:

+44 (0) 207 158 3247

 

 

Email:

Chris.rigby@lloydsbanking.com

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

GRESHAM RECEIVABLES (NO.29) LTD,

 

 

 

as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ariel Pinel

 

 

 

Name:

Ariel Pinel

 

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

26 New Street

 

 

 

St Helier, Jersey, JE2 3RA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Edward Leng

 

 

Telephone:

+44 (0)207 158 6585

 

 

Facsimile:

+44 (0) 207 158 3247

 

 

Email:

Edward.leng@lloydsbanking.com

 

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GRESHAM RECEIVABLES (NO.29) LTD,

 

 

 

as a Conduit Investor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ariel Pinel

 

 

 

Name:

Ariel Pinel

 

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

26 New Street

 

 

 

St Helier, Jersey, JE2 3RA

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Edward Leng

 

 

Telephone:

+44 (0)207 158 6585

 

 

Facsimile:

+44 (0) 207 158 3247

 

 

Email:

Edward.leng@lloydsbanking.com

 

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THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as a Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

RBS SECURITIES INC., as Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David J. Donofrio

 

 

 

Name:

David J. Donofrio

 

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

550 West Jackson Blvd.

 

 

 

Chicago, IL 60661

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

David Donofrio

 

 

Telephone:

(312) 664-6584

 

 

Facsimile:

(203) 873-5744

 

 

Email:

david.donofrio@rbs.com

 

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THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC, as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

RBS SECURITIES INC., as Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David J. Donofrio

 

 

 

Name:

David J. Donofrio

 

 

 

Title:

Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

550 West Jackson Blvd.

 

 

 

Chicago, IL 60661

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

David Donofrio

 

 

Telephone:

(312) 664-6584

 

 

Facsimile:

(203) 873-5744

 

 

Email:

david.donofrio@rbs.com

 

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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

 

 

 

as a Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kevin P. Wilson

 

 

 

Name:

Kevin P. Wilson

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

3 World Financial Center, 200 Vesey

 

 

 

Street 12 th  Floor

 

 

 

New York, New York 10281-8098

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Securitization Finance

 

 

Telephone:

(212) 428-6537

 

 

Facsimile:

(212) 428-2304

 

 

 

 

 

 

With a copy to:

 

 

 

 

 

Attn: Conduit Management Securitization Finance Little Falls Centre II, 2751 Centerville Road, Suite 212, Wilmington, Delaware 19808

 

 

Tel No: (302)-892-5903

 

 

Fax No: (302)-892-5900

 

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OLD LINE FUNDING, LLC,

 

 

 

as a Conduit Investor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kevin P. Wilson

 

 

 

Name:

Kevin P. Wilson

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

Global Securitization Services, LLC

 

 

 

68 South Service Road

 

 

 

Melville New York, 11747

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Kevin Burns

 

 

Telephone:

( 631)-587-4700

 

 

Facsimile:

(212) 302-8767

 

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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

 

 

 

as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert S. Jones

 

 

 

Name:

Robert S. Jones

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kevin P. Wilson

 

 

 

Name:

Kevin P. Wilson

 

 

 

Title:

Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

3 World Financial Center, 200 Vesey

 

 

 

Street 12 th  Floor

 

 

 

New York, New York 10281-8098

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Securitization Finance

 

 

Telephone:

(212) 428-6537

 

 

Facsimile:

(212) 428-2304

 

 

 

 

 

 

With a copy to:

 

 

 

 

 

Attn: Conduit Management Securitization Finance Little Falls Centre II, 2751 Centerville Road, Suite 212, Wilmington, Delaware 19808

 

 

Tel No: (302)-892-5903

 

 

Fax No: (302)-892-5900

 

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BNP PARIBAS, NEW YORK BRANCH

 

 

 

as a Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mary Dierdorff

 

 

 

Name:

Mary Dierdorff

 

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Khoi-Anh Berger-Luong

 

 

 

Name:

Khoi-Anh Berger-Luong

 

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

787 Seventh Avenue, 7 th  Floor

 

 

 

New York, NY 10019

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Mary Dierdorff

 

 

Telephone:

(917) 472-4841

 

 

Facsimile:

(212) 841-2140

 

 

Email:

mary.dierdorff@us.bnpparibas.com

 

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STARBIRD FUNDING CORPORATION,

 

 

 

as a Conduit Investor

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David V. DeAngelis

 

 

 

Name:

David V. DeAngelis

 

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John L. Fridlington

 

 

 

Name:

John L. Fridlington

 

 

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

68 South Service Road, Suite 120

 

 

 

Melville, NY 11747-2350

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

David DeAngelis

 

 

Telephone:

(631) 930-7216

 

 

Facsimile:

(212) 302-8767

 

 

Email:

ddeangelis@gssnyc.com

 

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BNP PARIBAS, NEW YORK BRANCH

 

 

 

as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mary Dierdorff

 

 

 

Name:

Mary Dierdorff

 

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Khoi-Anh Berger-Luong

 

 

 

Name:

Khoi-Anh Berger-Luong

 

 

 

Title:

Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

787 Seventh Avenue, 7 th  Floor

 

 

 

New York, NY 10019

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention:

Mary Dierdorff

 

 

Telephone:

(917) 472-4841

 

 

Facsimile:

(212) 841-2140

 

 

Email:

mary.dierdorff@us.bnpparibas.com

 

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SCHEDULE I

TO THE SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT

 

DEFINITIONS LIST

 

Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.3(a) .

 

Acquiring Investor Group ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.3(c) .

 

Action ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2(a) .

 

Additional Group I Leasing Company Liquidation Event ” means an Amortization Event that occurred or is continuing under Section 7.1(e) as a result of any Group I Leasing Company Amortization Event arising under Section 10.1(c), (d), (g) or (k) of the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Additional Permitted Investment ” has the meaning specified in Section 18 of Annex 2.

 

Additional Series 2014-A Notes ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(d) .

 

Administrative Agent ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.

 

Administrative Agent Fee ” has the meaning specified in the Administrative Agent Fee Letter.

 

Administrative Agent Fee Letter ” means that certain fee letter, dated as of the Series 2014-A Closing Date, between the Administrative Agent and HVF II setting forth the definition of Administrative Agent Fee.

 

Administrative Agent Indemnified Liabilities ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.4(c) .

 

Administrative Agent Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.4(c) .

 

Advance ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(a) .

 

Advance Deficit ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(g) .

 

Advance Request ” means, with respect to any Advance requested by HVF II, an advance request in the form of Exhibit J hereto with respect to such Advance.

 

Affected Person ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.4 .

 

Agent Indemnified Liabilities ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.4(c) .

 



 

Agent Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.4(c) .

 

Aggregate Unpaids ” has the meaning specified in Section 10.1 .

 

Assignment and Assumption Agreement ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.3(a) .

 

Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser ” means, with respect to any Advance, any Committed Note Purchaser that either (i) has not delivered a Delayed Funding Notice with respect to such Advance or (ii) has delivered a Delayed Funding Notice with respect to such Advance, but (x) has a Delayed Amount with respect to such Advance equal to zero and (y) after giving effect to the funding of any amount in respect of such Advance to be made by such Committed Note Purchaser or the Conduit Investor in such Committed Note Purchaser’s Investor Group on the proposed date of such Advance, has a Required Non-Delayed Amount that is greater than zero.

 

Available Delayed Amount Purchaser ” means, with respect to any Advance, any Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser, or any Conduit Investor in such Available Delayed Amount Committed Note Purchaser’s Investor Group, that funds all or any portion of a Second Delayed Funding Notice Amount with respect to such Advance on the date of such Advance.

 

BBA Libor Rates Page ” shall mean the display designated as Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or on any successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor to or substitute for such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to Dollar deposits are offered by leading banks in the London interbank market).

 

Blackbook Guide ” means the Black Book Official Finance/Lease Guide.

 

Capital Stock ” means any and all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all equivalent ownership interests (including membership and partnership interests) in a Person (other than a corporation) and any and all warrants or options to purchase any of the foregoing.

 

Cash AUP ” has the meaning specified in Section 5 of Annex 2 .

 

Change in Law ” means (a) any law, rule or regulation or any change therein or in the interpretation or application thereof (whether or not having the force of law), in each case, adopted, issued or occurring after the Series 2014-A Closing Date or (b) any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from any government or political subdivision or agency, authority, bureau, central bank, commission, department or instrumentality thereof, or any court, tribunal, grand jury or arbitrator, or any accounting board or authority (whether or not part of government) that is responsible for the establishment or interpretation of national or international accounting principles, in each case, whether foreign or domestic (each an “ Official Body ”) charged with the administration, interpretation or application thereof, or the

 

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compliance with any request or directive of any Official Body (whether or not having the force of law) made, issued or occurring after the Series 2014-A Closing Date; provided that , notwithstanding anything in the foregoing to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, regulations, guidelines, interpretations or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or any other United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case, pursuant to Basel III, shall, in each case, be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.

 

Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following events after the Series 2014-A Closing Date:

 

(a)                                  any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), other than one or more Permitted Holders or a Parent, becomes the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Hertz, provided that so long as Hertz is a Subsidiary of any Parent, no “person” shall be deemed to be or become a “beneficial owner” of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Hertz unless such “person” shall be or become a “beneficial owner” of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such Parent; or

 

(b)                                  Hertz sells or transfers (in one or a series of related transactions) all or substantially all of the assets of Hertz and its Subsidiaries to another Person (other than one or more Permitted Holders) and any “person” (as defined in clause (a) above), other than one or more Permitted Holders or any Parent, is or becomes the “beneficial owner” (as so defined), directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the transferee Person in such sale or transfer of assets, as the case may be, provided that so long as such transferee Person is a Subsidiary of a parent Person, no “person” shall be deemed to be or become a “beneficial owner” of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such surviving or transferee Person unless such “person” shall be or become a “beneficial owner” of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of such parent Person; or

 

(c)                                   Hertz shall cease to own directly 100% of the Capital Stock of HVF; or

 

(d)                                  Hertz shall cease to own directly 100% of the Capital Stock of the HVF II General Partner; or

 

(e)                                   Hertz shall cease to own directly or indirectly 100% of the Capital Stock of HVF II; or

 

(f) Hertz shall cease to own directly or indirectly 100% of the Capital Stock of the Nominee on any date on which the Certificate of Title for any Group I Eligible Vehicle is in the name of the Nominee.

 

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For the purpose of this definition, the Reorganization Assets (whether individually or in the aggregate) shall not be deemed at any time to constitute all or substantially all of the assets of Hertz and its Subsidiaries, and any sale or transfer of all or any part of the Reorganization Assets (whether directly or indirectly, whether by sale or transfer of any such assets, or of any Capital Stock or other interest in any Person holding such assets, or of any combination thereof, and whether in one or more transactions, or otherwise) shall not be deemed at any time to constitute a sale or transfer of all or substantially all of the assets of Hertz and its Subsidiaries.

 

Commitment ” means, the obligation of the Committed Note Purchasers included in each Investor Group to fund Advances pursuant to Section 2.2 in an aggregate stated amount up to the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount for such Investor Group as of such date.

 

Commitment Percentage ” means, on any date of determination, with respect to any Investor Group, the fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is such Investor Group’s Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount on such date and the denominator is the Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount on such date.

 

Committed Note Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.

 

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage ” means, with respect to any Committed Note Purchaser, the percentage set forth opposite the name of such Committed Note Purchaser on Schedule II hereto.

 

Conduit Assignee ” means, with respect to any Conduit Investor, any commercial paper conduit, whose commercial paper has ratings of at least “A-2” from Standard & Poor’s and “P2” from Moody’s, that is administered by the Funding Agent with respect to such Conduit Investor or any Affiliate of such Funding Agent, in each case, designated by such Funding Agent to accept an assignment from such Conduit Investor of the Investor Group Principal Amount or a portion thereof with respect to such Conduit Investor pursuant to Section 9.3(b) .

 

Conduit Investors ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.

 

Conduits ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “CP Rate”.

 

Confidential Information ” means information that Hertz or any Affiliate thereof (or any successor to any such Person in any capacity) furnishes to a Committed Note Purchaser, a Conduit Investor, a Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent, but does not include any such information (i) that is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of a disclosure by a Committed Note Purchaser, a Conduit Investor, a Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent or other Person to which a Committed Note Purchaser, a Conduit Investor, a Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent delivered such information, (ii) that was in the possession of a Committed Note Purchaser, a Conduit Investor, a Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent prior to its being furnished to such Committed Note Purchaser, such Conduit Investor, such Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent by Hertz or any Affiliate thereof; provided that , there

 

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exists no obligation of any such Person to keep such information confidential, or (iii) that is or becomes available to a Committed Note Purchaser, a Conduit Investor, a Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent from a source other than Hertz or an Affiliate thereof; provided that , such source is not (1) known, or would not reasonably be expected to be known, to a Committed Note Purchaser, a Conduit Investor, a Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent to be bound by a confidentiality agreement with Hertz or any Affiliate thereof, as the case may be, or (2) known, or would not reasonably be expected to be known, to a Committed Note Purchaser, a Conduit Investor, a Funding Agent or the Administrative Agent to be otherwise prohibited from transmitting the information by a contractual, legal or fiduciary obligation.

 

Corresponding DBRS Rating ” means, for each Equivalent Rating Agency Rating for any Person, the DBRS rating designation corresponding to the row in which such Equivalent Rating Agency Rating appears in the table set forth below.

 

Moody’s

 

S&P

 

Fitch

 

DBRS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aaa

 

AAA

 

AAA

 

AAA

Aa1

 

AA+

 

AA+

 

AA(H)

Aa2

 

AA

 

AA

 

AA

Aa3

 

AA-

 

AA-

 

AA(L)

A1

 

A+

 

A+

 

A(H)

A2

 

A

 

A

 

A

A3

 

A-

 

A-

 

A(L)

Baa1

 

BBB+

 

BBB+

 

BBB(H)

Baa2

 

BBB

 

BBB

 

BBB

Baa3

 

BBB-

 

BBB-

 

BBB(L)

Ba1

 

BB+

 

BB+

 

BB(H)

Ba2

 

BB

 

BB

 

BB

Ba3

 

BB-

 

BB-

 

BB(L)

B1

 

B+

 

B+

 

B-High

B2

 

B

 

B

 

B

B3

 

B-

 

B-

 

B(L)

Caa1

 

CCC+

 

CCC

 

CCC(H)

Caa2

 

CCC

 

CC

 

CCC

Caa3

 

CCC-

 

C

 

CCC(L)

 

CP Fallback Rate ” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any Advance funded or maintained by any Funding Agent’s Investor Group through the issuance of Series 2014-A Commercial Paper during any Series 2014-A Interest Period, the London Interbank Offered Rate appearing on the BBA Libor Rates Page at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the first day of such Series 2014-A Interest Period as the rate for dollar deposits with a one-month maturity.

 

CP Notes ” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2(c) .

 

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CP Rate ” means, with respect to a Conduit Investor in any Investor Group (i) for any day during any Series 2014-A Interest Period funded by such a Conduit Investor set forth in Schedule II hereto or any other such Conduit Investor that elects in its Assignment and Assumption Agreement to make this clause (i) applicable (collectively, the “ Conduits ”), the per annum rate equivalent to the weighted average of the per annum rates paid or payable by such Conduits (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduits) from time to time as interest on or otherwise (by means of interest rate hedges or otherwise taking into consideration any incremental carrying costs associated with short term promissory notes issued by such Conduits (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduits) maturing on dates other than those certain dates on which such Conduits (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduits) are to receive funds) in respect of the promissory notes issued by such Conduits (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduits) that are allocated in whole or in part by their respective Funding Agent (on behalf of such Conduits (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduits)) to fund or maintain the Series 2014-A Principal Amount or that are issued by such Conduits (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduits) specifically to fund or maintain the Series 2014-A Principal Amount, in each case, during such period, as determined by their respective Funding Agent (on behalf of such Conduits (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduits)), including (x) the commissions of placement agents and dealers in respect of such promissory notes, to the extent such commissions are allocated, in whole or in part, to such promissory notes by the related Committed Note Purchasers (on behalf of such Conduits (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduits)), (y) all reasonable costs and expenses of any issuing and paying agent or other person responsible for the administration of such Conduits’ (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduits’) commercial paper programs in connection with the preparation, completion, issuance, delivery or payment of Series 2014-A Commercial Paper, and (z) the costs of other borrowings by such Conduits (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduits) including borrowings to fund small or odd dollar amounts that are not easily accommodated in the commercial paper market; provided , however , that if any component of such rate in this clause (i) is a discount rate, in calculating the CP Rate, the respective Funding Agent for such Conduits shall for such component use the rate resulting from converting such discount rate to an interest bearing equivalent rate per annum and (ii) for any Series 2014-A Interest Period for any portion of the Commitment of the related Investor Group funded by any other Conduit Investor, the “CP Rate” applicable to such Conduit Investor (or the Person(s) issuing short term promissory notes on behalf of such Conduit) as set forth in its Assignment and Assumption Agreement.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding provisions of this definition, if any Funding Agent shall fail to notify HVF II and the Group I Administrator of the applicable CP Rate for the Advances made by its Investor Group for the related Series 2014-A Interest Period by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on any Determination Date in accordance with Section 3.1(b)(i) of the Series 2014-A Supplement, then the CP Rate with respect to such Funding Agent’s

 

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Investor Group for each day during such Series 2014-A Interest Period shall equal the CP Fallback Rate with respect to such Series 2014-A Interest Period.

 

CP True-Up Payment Amount ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(f) .

 

Credit Support Annex ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.4(c) .

 

DBRS Equivalent Rating ” means, with respect to any date and any Person with respect to whom DBRS does not maintain a public Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date,

 

(a)                                  if such Person has an Equivalent Rating Agency Rating from three of the Equivalent Rating Agencies as of such date, then the median of the Corresponding DBRS Ratings for such Person as of such date;

 

(b)                                  if such Person has Equivalent Rating Agency Ratings from only two of the Equivalent Rating Agencies as of such date, then the lower Corresponding DBRS Rating for such Person as of such date; and

 

(c)                                   if such Person has an Equivalent Rating Agency Rating from only one of the Equivalent Rating Agencies as of such date, then the Corresponding DBRS Rating for such Person as of such date.

 

DBRS Trigger Required Ratings ” means, with respect to any entity, rating requirements that are satisfied if such entity has a long-term rating of at least “BBB” by DBRS (or, if such entity is not rated by DBRS, “Baa2” by Moody’s or “BBB” by S&P).

 

Decrease ” means a Mandatory Decrease or a Voluntary Decrease, as applicable.

 

Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(g) .

 

Delayed Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(e)(i) .

 

Delayed Funding Date ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(e)(i) .

 

Delayed Funding Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(e)(i) .

 

Delayed Funding Purchaser ” means, as of any date of determination, each Committed Note Purchaser party to this Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

Delayed Funding Reimbursement Amount ” means, with respect to any Delayed Funding Purchaser, with respect to the portion of the Delayed Amount of such Delayed Funding Purchaser funded by the Available Delayed Amount Purchaser(s) on the date of the Advance related to such Delayed Amount, an amount equal to the excess,

 

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if any, of (a) such portion of the Delayed Amount funded by the Available Delayed Amount Purchaser(s) on the date of the Advance related to such Delayed Amount over (b) the amount, if any, by which the portion of any payment of principal (including any Decrease), if any, made by HVF II to each such Available Delayed Amount Purchaser on any date during the period from and including the date of the Advance related to such Delayed Amount to but excluding the Delayed Funding Date for such Delayed Amount, was greater than what it would have been had such portion of the Delayed Amount been funded by such Delayed Funding Purchaser on such Advance Date.

 

Demand Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.5(c) .

 

Designated Delayed Advance ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(e)(i) .

 

Determination Date ” means the date five (5) Business Days prior to each Payment Date.

 

Disposition Proceeds ” means, with respect to each Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle, the net proceeds from the sale or disposition of such Group I/II Eligible Vehicle to any Person (other than any portion of such proceeds payable by the Group I/II Lessee thereof pursuant to any Group I/II Lease).

 

Disqualified Party ” means (i) any Person engaged in the business of renting, leasing, financing or disposing of motor vehicles or equipment operating under the name “Advantage”, “Alamo”, “Amerco”, “AutoNation”, “Avis”, “Budget”, “CarMax”, “Courier Car Rentals”, “Edge Auto Rental”, “Enterprise”, “EuropCar”, “Fox”, “Midway Fleet Leasing”, “National”, “Payless”, “Red Dog Rental Services”, “Silvercar”,  “Triangle”, “Vanguard”, “ZipCar”, “Angel Aerial”, “Studio Services”; “Sixt”, “Penske”, “Sunbelt Rentals”, “United Rentals”, “ARI”, “LeasePlan”, “PHH”, “U-Haul”, “Virgin” or “Wheels” and (ii) any other Person that HVF II reasonably determines to be a competitor of HVF II or any of its Affiliates, who has been identified in a written notice delivered to the Administrative Agent, each Funding Agent, each Committed Note Purchaser and each Conduit Investor and (iii) any Affiliate of any of the foregoing.

 

Downgrade Withdrawal Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.7(b) .

 

Drawn Percentage ” means, as of any date of determination, a fraction expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Series 2014-A Principal Amount and the denominator of which is the Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount, in each case as of such date.

 

Election Period ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.6(b) .

 

Eligible Interest Rate Cap Provider ” means a counterparty to a Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap that is a bank, other financial institution or Person that satisfies the DBRS Trigger Required Ratings (or whose present and future obligations under its Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap are guaranteed pursuant to a guarantee (in form and

 

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substance satisfactory to the Series 2014-A Rating Agencies and satisfying the other requirements set forth in the related Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap) provided by a guarantor that satisfies the DBRS Trigger Required Ratings).

 

Equivalent Rating Agency ” means each of Fitch, Moody’s and S&P.

 

Equivalent Rating Agency Rating ” means, with respect to any Equivalent Rating Agency and any Person as of any date of determination, the Relevant Rating by such Equivalent Rating Agency with respect to such Person as of such date.

 

Eurodollar Advance ” means, an Advance that bears interest at all times during the Eurodollar Interest Period applicable thereto at a fixed rate of interest determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted).

 

Eurodollar Interest Period ” means, with respect to any Eurodollar Advance, (a) initially, the period commencing on and including the date of such Eurodollar Advance and ending on but excluding the next Payment Date and (b) for each period thereafter, the period commencing on and including the Payment Date on which the immediately preceding Eurodollar Interest Period ended and ending on but excluding the next Payment Date; provided , however , that no Eurodollar Interest Period may end subsequent to the Legal Final Payment Date.

 

Eurodollar Rate means, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the date that is one (1) Business Day prior to the beginning of the relevant Eurodollar Interest Period by reference to the Screen Rate for a period equal to such Eurodollar Interest Period; provided that, to the extent that an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this definition, the “Eurodollar Rate” shall be the interest rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent to be the rate per annum at which deposits in Dollars are offered by the Reference Lender in London to prime banks in the London interbank market at or about 11:00 a.m. (London time) one (1) Business Day before the first day of such Eurodollar Interest Period in an amount substantially equal to the amount of the Eurodollar Advances to be outstanding during such Eurodollar Interest Period and for a period equal to such Eurodollar Interest Period. In respect of any Eurodollar Interest Period that is not thirty (30) days in duration, the Eurodollar Rate shall be determined through the use of straight-line interpolation by reference to two rates calculated in accordance with the preceding sentence, one of which shall be determined as if the maturity of the Dollar deposits referred to therein were the period of time for which rates are available next shorter than the Eurodollar Interest Period and the other of which shall be determined as if such maturity were the period of time for which rates are available next longer than the Eurodollar Interest Period; provided that, if a Eurodollar Interest Period is less than or equal to seven days, the Eurodollar Rate shall be determined by reference to a rate calculated in accordance with the preceding sentence as if the maturity of the Dollar deposits referred to therein were a period of time equal to seven days. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding provisions of this definition or in the Series 2014-A Supplement, if the Administrative Agent fails to notify HVF II and the Group I Administrator of the applicable Eurodollar Rate (Reserve

 

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Adjusted) by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the first day of each Eurodollar Interest Period in accordance with Section 3.1(b)(ii) of the Series 2014-A Supplement, then the Eurodollar Rate with respect to such Eurodollar Interest Period shall be the London Interbank Offered Rate appearing on the BBA Libor Rates Page at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the first day of such Eurodollar Interest Period as the rate for dollar deposits with a one-month maturity.

 

Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted) ” means, for any Eurodollar Interest Period, an interest rate per annum (rounded to the nearest 1/10,000th of 1%) determined pursuant to the following formula:

 

 

Eurodollar Rate =

 

 

Eurodollar Rate

 

 

(Reserve Adjusted)

 

1.00 – Eurodollar Reserve Percentage

 

 

The Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted) for any Eurodollar Interest Period for Eurodollar Advances will be determined by the related Administrative Agent on the basis of the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage in effect one (1) Business Day before the first day of such Eurodollar Interest Period.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the preceding provisions of this definition or in the Series 2014-A Supplement, if the Administrative Agent fails to notify HVF II and the Group I Administrator of the applicable Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted) by 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on the first day of each Eurodollar Interest Period in accordance with Section 3.1(b)(ii) of this Series 2014-A Supplement, then the Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted) with respect to such Eurodollar Interest Period shall be determined by HVF II and on the basis of the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage in effect one (1) Business Day before the first day of such Eurodollar Interest Period.

 

Eurodollar Reserve Percentage ” means, for any Eurodollar Interest Period, the reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal) equal to the maximum aggregate reserve requirements (including all basic, emergency, supplemental, marginal and other reserves and taking into account any transitional adjustments or other scheduled changes in reserve requirements) specified under regulations issued from time to time by the F.R.S. Board and then applicable to assets or liabilities consisting of and including “Eurocurrency Liabilities,” as currently defined in Regulation D of the F.R.S. Board, having a term approximately equal or comparable to such Eurodollar Interest Period.

 

Expected Final Payment Date ” means the Series 2014-A Commitment Termination Date.

 

Extension Length ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.8 .

 

Federal Funds Rate ” means for any period, a fluctuating interest rate per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted average of the overnight federal funds rates as in Federal Reserve Board Statistical Release H.15(519) or any successor or substitute publication selected by the Administrative Agent (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day), or, if, for any reason, such

 

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rate is not available on any day, the rate determined, in the sole opinion of the Administrative Agent, to be the rate at which overnight federal funds are being offered in the national federal funds market at 9:00 a.m. (New York City time).

 

Foreign Affected Person ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.8 .

 

Funding Agent ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.

 

Funding Conditions ” means, with respect to any Advance requested by HVF II pursuant to Section 2.3 , the following shall be true and correct both immediately before and immediately after giving effect to such Advance:

 

(a)                                  the representations and warranties of HVF II set out in Article V of the Base Indenture and Article VIII of the Group I Supplement and the representations and warranties of HVF II and the Group I Administrator set out in Article VI of this Series 2014-A Supplement and the representations and warranties of the Nominee set out in Article XII of the Nominee Agreement, in each case, shall be true and accurate as of the date of such Advance with the same effect as though made on that date (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date);

 

(b)                                  the related Funding Agent shall have received (i) an executed Advance Request certifying as to the current Group I Aggregate Asset Amount and (ii) the most recent Monthly Noteholders’ Statement, in each case, delivered in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.3 ;

 

(c)                                   no Series 2014-A Excess Principal Event is continuing; provided that , solely for purposes of calculating whether a Series 2014-A Excess Principal Event is continuing under this clause (c) , the Series 2014-A Principal Amount shall be deemed to be increased by all Delayed Amounts, if any, that any Delayed Funding Purchaser(s) in an Investor Group are required to fund on a Delayed Funding Date that is scheduled to occur after the date of such requested Advance that have not been funded on or prior to the date of such requested Advance;

 

(d)                                  no Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, in each case with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes, exists;

 

(e)                                   if such Advance is in connection with any issuance of Additional Notes or any Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, then the amount of such issuance or increase shall be equal to or greater than $2,500,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof;

 

(f)                                    the Series 2014-A Revolving Period is continuing;

 

(g)                                   if the Group I Net Book Value of any vehicle owned by HVF is included in the calculation of the Series 2014-A Asset Amount as of such date (on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the application of such Advance on such date), then the representations and warranties of HVF set out in Article VIII of the HVF Series 2013-G1

 

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Supplement shall be true and accurate as of the date of such Advance with the same effect as though made on that date (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date);

 

(h)                                  if the Group I Net Book Value of any vehicle owned by any Group I Leasing Company (other than HVF) is included in the calculation of the Series 2014-A Asset Amount as of such date (on a pro forma basis after giving effect to the application of such Advance on such date), then the representations and warranties of such Group I Leasing Company set out in the Group I Leasing Company Related Documents with respect to such Group I Leasing Company shall be true and accurate as of the date of such Advance with the same effect as though made on that date (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date);

 

(i)                                      if such Advance is being made during the RCFC Nominee Non-Qualified Period, then the representations and warranties of RCFC set out in Article XII of the RCFC Nominee Agreement shall be true and accurate as of the date of such Advance with the same effect as though made on that date (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date); and

 

(j)                                     if (i) such Advance is being made on or after the RCFC Nominee Qualification Date and (ii) the Group I Aggregate Asset Coverage Threshold Amount as of such date is greater than the Group I Aggregate Asset Amount as of such date (excluding from the Group I Aggregate Asset Amount the Group I Net Book Value of all Group I Eligible Vehicles the Certificates of Title for which are then titled in the name of RCFC), then the representations and warranties of RCFC set out in Article XII of the RCFC Nominee Agreement shall be true and accurate as of the date of such Advance with the same effect as though made on that date (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date).

 

Group I Back-Up Disposition Agent Agreement ” means that certain Back-Up Disposition Agent Agreement dated as of November 25, 2013, by and among Fiserv Automotive Solutions, Inc., Hertz, as “Servicer”, and the Trustee (as the same may be amended, restated, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with its terms), and any successor agreement entered into with a successor back-up disposition agent in accordance with the foregoing agreement and this Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

Group I/II Eligible Vehicle ” means any Group I Eligible Vehicle or any Group II Eligible Vehicle.

 

Group I/II Final Base Rent ” means (a) with respect to any Group I Eligible Vehicle, the Final Base Rent with respect to such Group I Eligible Vehicle and (b) with respect to any Group II Eligible Vehicle, the Group II Final Base Rent with respect to such Group II Eligible Vehicle.

 

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Group I/II Lease ” means a Group I Lease or a Group II Lease, as applicable.

 

Group I/II Lessee ” means a Group I Lessee or a Group II Lessee, as applicable.

 

Group I/II Net Book Value ” means (a) with respect to any Group I Eligible Vehicle, the Group I Net Book Value with respect to such Group I Eligible Vehicle and (b) with respect to any Group II Eligible Vehicle, the Group II Net Book Value with respect to such Group II Eligible Vehicle.

 

Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle ” means any Group I Non-Program Vehicle or Group II Non-Program Vehicle.

 

Group I/II Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date ” means (a) with respect to any Group I Eligible Vehicle, the Group I Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date with respect to such Group I Eligible Vehicle and (b) with respect to any Group II Eligible Vehicle, the Group II Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date with respect to such Group II Eligible Vehicle.

 

Group II Eligible Vehicle ” has the meaning specified in the Group II Supplement.

 

Group II Final Base Rent ” means “Final Base Rent” under and as defined in the Group II Supplement.

 

Group II Indenture ” means the Group II Supplement, together with the Base Indenture.

 

Group II Lease ” has the meaning specified in the Group II Supplement.

 

Group II Lessee ” has the meaning specified in the Group II Supplement.

 

Group II Non-Program Vehicle ” has the meaning specified in the Group II Supplement.

 

Group II Supplement ” means that certain Group II Supplement to the Base Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2013, by and between HVF II and the Trustee.

 

Group II Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date ” has the meaning specified in the Group II Supplement.

 

Hertz Investors ” means Hertz Investors, Inc., and any successor in interest thereto.

 

Hertz Senior Credit Facility Default ” means the occurrence of an event that (i) results in all amounts under each of Hertz’s Senior Credit Facilities becoming

 

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immediately due and payable and (ii) has not been waived by the lenders under each of Hertz’s Senior Credit Facilities.

 

Holdings ” means Hertz Global Holdings, Inc., and any successor in interest thereto

 

HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Documents ” means the “Series 2013-G1 Related Documents” as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Indemnified Liabilities ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.4(b) .

 

Indemnified Parties ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.4(b) .

 

Initial Base Indenture ” means the Base Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2013, between HVF II and the Trustee.

 

Initial Counterparty Required Ratings ” means, with respect to any entity, rating requirements that are satisfied if such entity has a long-term rating of at least “A” by DBRS (or, if such entity is not rated by DBRS, “A2” by Moody’s or “A” by S&P).

 

Initial Group I Indenture ” means the Initial Group I Supplement together with the Initial Base Indenture.

 

Initial Group I Supplement ” means the Group I Supplement, dated as of November 25, 2013, between HVF II and the Trustee.

 

Initial Rebalancing Payment ” means, with respect to any Series 2014-A Noteholder, the amount specified as such on Schedule II hereto.

 

Interest Rate Cap Provider ” means HVF II’s counterparty under any Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap.

 

Investor Group ” means, collectively, a Conduit Investor, if any, and the Committed Note Purchaser(s) with respect to such Conduit Investor or, if there is no Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group, the Committed Note Purchaser(s) with respect to such Investor Group, in each case, party hereto as of the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date.

 

Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.1(c) .

 

Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Addendum ” means an addendum substantially in the form of Exhibit M .

 

Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Amount ” means, with respect to each Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase, on the effective date of any Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase with respect to any Investor Group, the amount scheduled to be advanced by such Investor Group on such effective date, which

 

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amount may not exceed the product of (a) the Drawn Percentage (immediately prior to the effectiveness of such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase) and (b) the amount of such Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase.

 

Investor Group Principal Amount ” means, as of any date of determination with respect to any Investor Group, the result of:

 

(i)                                      such Investor Group’s Series 2014-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount, plus

 

(ii)                                   the Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Amount with respect to each Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase applicable to such Investor Group, if any, on or prior to such date, plus

 

(iii)                                the principal amount of the portion of all Advances funded by such Investor Group on or prior to such date, minus

 

(iv)                               the amount of principal payments (whether pursuant to a Decrease, a redemption or otherwise) made to such Investor Group pursuant to this Series 2014-A Supplement on or prior to such date, plus

 

(v)                                  the amount of principal payments recovered from such Investor Group by a trustee as a preference payment in a bankruptcy proceeding of HVF II or otherwise on or prior to such date.

 

Investor Group Supplement ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.3(c) .

 

Lease Payment Deficit Notice ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.9(b) .

 

Legal Final Payment Date ” means the one-year anniversary of the Expected Final Payment Date.

 

Majority Program Support Providers ” means, with respect to the related Investor Group, Program Support Providers holding more than 50% of the aggregate commitments of all Program Support Providers.

 

Management Investors ” means the collective reference to the officers, directors, employees and other members of the management of any Parent, Hertz or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or family members or relatives thereof, or trusts, partnerships or limited liability companies for the benefit of any of the foregoing, or any of their heirs, executors, successors and legal representatives, who at any particular date shall beneficially own or have the right to acquire, directly or indirectly, Capital Stock of Hertz or any Parent.

 

Mandatory Decrease ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(b) .

 

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Mandatory Decrease Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(b) .

 

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount ” means, with respect to each Investor Group as of any date of determination, the amount specified as such for such Investor Group on Schedule II hereto for such date of determination, as such amount may be increased or decreased from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof; provided that , on any day after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes, the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount with respect to each Investor Group shall not exceed the Investor Group Principal Amount for such Investor Group.

 

Monthly Blackbook Mark ” means, with respect to any Group I Non-Program Vehicle, as of any date Blackbook obtains market values that it intends to return to HVF II (or the Group I Administrator on HVF II’s behalf), the market value of such Group I Non-Program Vehicle for the model class and model year of such Group I Non-Program Vehicle based on the average equipment and the average mileage of each Group I Non-Program Vehicle of such model class and model year, as quoted in the Blackbook Guide most recently available as of such date.

 

Monthly NADA Mark ” means, with respect to any Group I Non-Program Vehicle, as of any date NADA obtains market values that it intends to return to HVF II (or the Group I Administrator on HVF II’s behalf), the market value of such Group I Non-Program Vehicle for the model class and model year of such Group I Non-Program Vehicle based on the average equipment and the average mileage of each Group I Non-Program Vehicle of such model class and model year, as quoted in the NADA Guide most recently available as of such date.

 

NADA Guide ” means the National Automobile Dealers Association, Official Used Car Guide, Eastern Edition.

 

Non-Consenting Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2(a) .

 

Non-Defaulting Committed Note Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(g) .

 

Non-Delayed Amount ” means, with respect to any Delayed Funding Purchaser and an Advance for which the Delayed Funding Purchaser delivered a Delayed Funding Notice, an amount equal to the excess of such Delayed Funding Purchaser’s ratable portion of such Advance over its Delayed Amount in respect of such Advance.

 

Non-Extending Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.6(c) .

 

Noteholder Statement AUP ” has the meaning specified in Section 6 of Annex 2 .

 

Official Body ” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Change in Law”.

 

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Outstanding ” means with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes, all Series 2014-A Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered under the Group I Indenture, except (a) Series 2014-A Notes theretofore cancelled or delivered to the Registrar for cancellation, (b) Series 2014-A Notes that have not been presented for payment but funds for the payment of which are on deposit in the Series 2014-A Distribution Account and are available for payment in full of such Series 2014-A Notes, and Series 2014-A Notes that are considered paid pursuant to Section 8.1 of the Group I Supplement, and (c) Series 2014-A Notes in exchange for or in lieu of other Series 2014-A Notes that have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the Group I Indenture unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Series 2014-A Notes are held by a purchaser for value.

 

Parent ” means any of Holdings, Hertz Investors, and any Other Parent, and any other Person that is a Subsidiary of Holdings, Hertz Investors or any Other Parent and of which Hertz is a Subsidiary.  As used herein, “ Other Parent ” means a Person of which Hertz becomes a Subsidiary after the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date and that is designated by Hertz as an “Other Parent”; provided that , either (x) immediately after Hertz first becomes a Subsidiary of such Person, more than 50% of the Voting Stock of such Person shall be held by one or more Persons that held more than 50% of the Voting Stock of Hertz or a Parent of Hertz immediately prior to Hertz first becoming such Subsidiary or (y) such Person shall be deemed not to be an Other Parent for the purpose of determining whether a Change of Control shall have occurred by reason of Hertz first becoming a Subsidiary of such Person.

 

Participants ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.3(d) .

 

Past Due Rent Payment ” means, with respect to any Series 2014-A Lease Payment Deficit and any Group I Lessee, any payment of Rent or other amounts payable by such Group I Lessee under any Group I Lease with respect to which such Series 2014-A Lease Payment Deficit applied, which payment occurred on or prior to the fifth Business Day after the occurrence of such Series 2014-A Lease Payment Deficit and which payment is in satisfaction (in whole or in part) of such Series 2014-A Lease Payment Deficit.

 

Past Due Rental Payments Priorities ” means the priorities of payments set forth in Section 5.6 .

 

Patriot Act ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.20 .

 

Permitted Delayed Amount ” is defined in Section 2.2(e)(i) .

 

Permitted Holders ” means any of the following: (i) any “person” (as such term is used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) whose status as a “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) constitutes or results in a Change of Control that has been consented to by Series 2014-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount, and any Affiliate thereof, (ii) the Management Investors, (iii) any “group” (as such term is used in

 

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Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) of which any of the Persons specified in clause (i) or (ii) above is a member (provided that (without giving effect to the existence of such “group” or any other “group”) one or more of such Persons collectively have beneficial ownership, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of Hertz or any Parent held by such “group”), and any other Person that is a member of such “group” and (iv) any Person acting in the capacity of an underwriter in connection with a public or private offering of Capital Stock of any Parent or Hertz.

 

Permitted Investments ” means negotiable instruments or securities, payable in Dollars, represented by instruments in bearer or registered or in book-entry form which evidence:

 

(i)                                      obligations the full and timely payment of which are to be made by or is fully guaranteed by the United States of America other than financial contracts whose value depends on the values or indices of asset values;

 

(ii)                                   demand deposits of, time deposits in, or certificates of deposit issued by, any depositary institution or trust company incorporated under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof whose short-term debt is rated “P-1” by Moody’s and “A-1+” by S&P and subject to supervision and examination by Federal or state banking or depositary institution authorities; provided , however , that at the earlier of (x) the time of the investment and (y) the time of the contractual commitment to invest therein, the certificates of deposit or short-term deposits, if any, or long-term unsecured debt obligations (other than such obligation whose rating is based on collateral or on the credit of a Person other than such institution or trust company) of such depositary institution or trust company shall have a credit rating from S&P of “A-1+” and a credit rating from Moody’s of “P-1” in the case of certificates of deposit or short-term deposits, or a rating from S&P not lower than “AA” and a rating from Moody’s not lower than “Aa2” in the case of long-term unsecured obligations;

 

(iii)                                commercial paper having, at the earlier of (x) the time of the investment and (y) the time of the contractual commitment to invest therein, a rating from S&P of “A-1+” and a rating from Moody’s of “P-1”;

 

(iv)                               bankers’ acceptances issued by any depositary institution or trust company described in clause (ii) above;

 

(v)                                  investments in money market funds rated “AAAm” by S&P and “Aaa-mf” by Moody’s, or otherwise approved in writing by S&P or Moody’s, as applicable;

 

(vi)                               Eurodollar time deposits having a credit rating from S&P of “A-1+” and a credit rating from Moody’s of “P-1”;

 

(vii)                            repurchase agreements involving any of the Permitted Investments described in clauses (i) and (vi) above and the certificates of deposit described in clause (ii) above which are entered into with a depository institution or trust company, having a

 

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commercial paper or short-term certificate of deposit rating of “A-1+” by S&P and “P-1” by Moody’s; and

 

(viii)                         any other instruments or securities, if the Rating Agencies confirm in writing that the investment in such instruments or securities will not adversely affect the then-current ratings with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes.

 

Permitted Required Non-Delayed Percentage ” means, 10% or 25%.

 

Potential Terminated Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2(a) .

 

Preference Amount ” means any amount previously paid by Hertz pursuant to the Series 2014-A Demand Note and distributed to the Series 2014-A Noteholders in respect of amounts owing under the Series 2014-A Notes that is recoverable or that has been recovered (and not subsequently repaid) as a voidable preference by the trustee in a bankruptcy proceeding of Hertz pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code in accordance with a final nonappealable order of a court having competent jurisdiction.

 

Prime Rate ” means with respect to each Investor Group, the rate announced by the related Reference Lender from time to time as its prime rate in the United States, such rate to change as and when such announced rate changes.  The Prime Rate is not intended to be the lowest rate of interest charged by the Reference Lender in connection with extensions of credit to debtors.

 

Principal Deficit Amount ” means, on any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the Series 2014-A Adjusted Principal Amount on such date over (b) the Series 2014-A Asset Amount on such date; provided , however , the Principal Deficit Amount on any date that is prior to the Legal Final Payment Date occurring during the period commencing on and including the date of the filing by Hertz of a petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code to but excluding the date on which Hertz shall have resumed making all payments of Monthly Variable Rent required to be made by it under the Group I Leases, shall mean the excess, if any, of (x) the Series 2014-A Adjusted Principal Amount on such date over (y) the sum of (1) the Series 2014-A Asset Amount on such date and (2) the lesser of (a) the Series 2014-A Liquid Enhancement Amount on such date and (b) the Series 2014-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount on such date.

 

Pro Rata Share ” means, with respect to each Series 2014-A Letter of Credit issued by any Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider, as of any date, the fraction (expressed as a percentage) obtained by dividing (A) the available amount under such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit as of such date by (B) an amount equal to the aggregate available amount under all Series 2014-A Letters of Credit as of such date; provided , that solely for purposes of calculating the Pro Rata Share with respect to any Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider as of any date, if the related Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider has not complied with its obligation to pay the Trustee the amount of any draw

 

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under such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit made prior to such date, the available amount under such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit as of such date shall be treated as reduced (for calculation purposes only) by the amount of such unpaid demand and shall not be reinstated for purposes of such calculation unless and until the date as of which such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider has paid such amount to the Trustee and been reimbursed by Hertz for such amount ( provided that the foregoing calculation shall not in any manner reduce a Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider’s actual liability in respect of any failure to pay any demand under any of its Series 2014-A Letters of Credit).

 

Program Fee ” means, with respect to each Payment Date and each Investor Group, an amount equal to the sum with respect to each day in the related Series 2014-A Interest Period of the product of:

 

(a)          the Program Fee Rate for such Investor Group (or, if applicable, Program Fee Rate for the related Conduit Investor and Committed Note Purchaser in such Investor Group, respectively, if each of such Conduit Investor and Committed Note Purchaser is funding a portion of such Investor Group’s Investor Group Principal Amount) for such day, and

 

(b)          the Investor Group Principal Amount for such Investor Group (or, if applicable, the portion of the Investor Group Principal Amount for the related Conduit Investor and Committed Note Purchaser in such Investor Group, respectively, if each of such Conduit Investor and Committed Note Purchaser is funding a portion of such Investor Group’s Investor Group Principal Amount) for such day (after giving effect to all Advances and Decreases on such day), and

 

(c)           1/360.

 

Program Fee Letter ” means that certain fee letter, dated as of the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date, by and among each initial Conduit Investor, each initial Committed Note Purchaser, the Administrative Agent and HVF II setting forth the definition of Program Fee Rate and the definition of Undrawn Fee.

 

Program Fee Rate ” has the meaning specified in the Program Fee Letter.

 

Program Support Agreement ” means any agreement entered into by any Program Support Provider in respect of any Series 2014-A Commercial Paper and/or Series 2014-A Note providing for the issuance of one or more letters of credit for the account of a Committed Note Purchaser or a Conduit Investor, the issuance of one or more insurance policies for which a Committed Note Purchaser or a Conduit Investor is obligated to reimburse the applicable Program Support Provider for any drawings thereunder, the sale by a Committed Note Purchaser or a Conduit Investor to any Program Support Provider of the Series 2014-A Notes (or portions thereof or interests therein) and/or the making of loans and/or other extensions of credit to a Committed Note Purchaser or a Conduit Investor in connection with such Conduit Investor’s securitization program, together with any letter of credit, insurance policy or other instrument issued

 

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thereunder or guaranty thereof (but excluding any discretionary advance facility provided by a Committed Note Purchaser).

 

Program Support Provider ” means any financial institutions and any other or additional Person now or hereafter extending credit or having a commitment to extend credit to or for the account of, and/or agreeing to make purchases from, a Committed Note Purchaser or a Conduit Investor in respect of such Committed Note Purchaser’s or Conduit Investor’s Series 2014-A Commercial Paper and/or Series 2014-A Note, and/or agreeing to issue a letter of credit or insurance policy or other instrument to support any obligations arising under or in connection with such Conduit Investor’s securitization program as it relates to any Series 2014-A Commercial Paper issued by such Conduit Investor, in each case pursuant to a Program Support Agreement and any guarantor of any such person; provided that , no Disqualified Party shall be a “Program Support Provider” without the prior written consent of an Authorized Officer of HVF II, which consent may be withheld for any reason in HVF II’s sole and absolute discretion.

 

Qualifying RAC Debt ” means any of (a) Indebtedness that (i) is in the form of a medium term asset-backed security issued in reliance on Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and/or Rule 144A under the Securities Act, (ii) has been initially issued or incurred after the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date by a special purpose Affiliate of Hertz to one or more Persons who are not Affiliates of Hertz, (iii) had an initial expected weighted average life of at least two years and (iv) is directly or indirectly collateralized by vehicles used in Hertz’s U.S. daily rental car fleet, or (b) Indebtedness that (i) has been issued or incurred after the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date by Hertz or any Affiliate thereof, (ii) has been designated by HVF II as satisfying this clause (b) (which designation shall be in the form of an Officer’s Certificate of HVF II), and (iii) had an initial expected weighted average life of at least two years, provided that , for the purposes of this clause (b), if such Indebtedness is revolving in nature, then such weighted average life shall be deemed to be the initial term of the commitments thereunder and the amount of such Indebtedness shall be determined as a function of such aggregate commitments (without regard for the portion funded as of any date).  The foregoing clauses (a) and (b) shall be determined without double-counting.

 

Rating Agencies ” means, with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes, DBRS and any other nationally recognized rating agency rating the Series 2014-A Notes at the request of HVF II.

 

Reference Lender ” means, with respect to each Investor Group, the related Funding Agent or if such Funding Agent does not have a prime rate, an Affiliate thereof designated by such Funding Agent.

 

Related Month ” means, with respect to any date of determination, the most recently ended calendar month as of such date.

 

Relevant DBRS Rating ” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination: (a) if such Person has both a long term issuer rating by DBRS and a

 

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senior unsecured rating by DBRS as of such date, then the higher of such two ratings as of such date and (b) if such Person has only one of a long term issuer rating by DBRS and a senior unsecured rating by DBRS as of such date, then such rating of such Person as of such date; provided that , if such Person does not have any of such ratings as of such date, then there shall be no Relevant DBRS Rating with respect to such Person as of such date.

 

Relevant Fitch Rating ” means, with respect to any Person, (a) if such Person has both a senior unsecured rating by Fitch and a long term issuer default rating by Fitch as of such date, then the higher of such two ratings as of such date, (b) if such Person has only one of a senior unsecured rating by Fitch and a long term issuer default rating by Fitch as of such date, then such rating of such Person as of such date; provided that , if such Person does not have any of such ratings as of such date, then there shall be no Relevant Fitch Rating with respect to such Person as of such date.

 

Relevant Moody’s Rating ” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, the highest of: (a) if such Person has a long term rating by Moody’s as of such date, then such rating as of such date, (b) if such Person has a senior unsecured rating by Moody’s as of such date, then such rating as of such date and (c) if such Person has a long term corporate family rating by Moody’s as of such date, then such rating as of such date; provided that , if such Person does not have any of such ratings as of such date, then there shall be no Relevant Moody’s Rating with respect to such Person as of such date.

 

Relevant Rating ” means, with respect to any Equivalent Rating Agency and any Person as of any date of determination, (a) with respect to Moody’s, the Relevant Moody’s Rating with respect to such Person as of such date, (b) with respect to Fitch, the Relevant Fitch Rating with respect to such Person as of such date and (c) with respect to S&P, the Relevant S&P Rating with respect to such Person as of such date.

 

Relevant S&P Rating ” means, with respect to any Person as of any date of determination, the long term local issuer rating by S&P of such Person as of such date; provided that , if such Person does not have a long term local issuer rating by S&P as of such date, then there shall be no Relevant S&P Rating with respect to such Person as of such date.

 

Reorganization Assets ” has the meaning specified in the Senior Term Facility.

 

Required Non-Delayed Amount ” means, with respect to a Delayed Funding Purchaser and a proposed Advance, the excess, if any, of (a) the Required Non-Delayed Percentage of such Delayed Funding Purchaser’s Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount as of the date of such proposed Advance over (b) with respect to each previously Designated Delayed Advance of such Delayed Funding Purchaser with respect to which the related Advance occurred during the 35 days preceding the date of such proposed Advance, if any, the sum of, with respect to each such previously Designated Delayed Advance for which the related Delayed Funding Date will not have occurred on

 

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or prior to the date of such proposed Advance, the Non-Delayed Amount with respect to each such previously Designated Delayed Advance.

 

Required Non-Delayed Percentage ” means, as of the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date, 10%, and as of any date thereafter, the Permitted Required Non-Delayed Percentage most recently specified in a written notice delivered by HVF II to the Administrative Agent, each Funding Agent, each Committed Note Purchaser and each Conduit Investor at least 35 days prior to the effective date specified therein.

 

Replacement Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2(a) .

 

Retention Requirement Law ” means (i) Part 5 of the European Union Capital Requirements Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 575/2013), Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 625/2014 of 13 March 2014 and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 602/2014 of 4 June 2014; (ii) Section 5 of European Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No. 231/2013 of 19 December 2012; (iii) any guidelines or related documents published from time to time in relation thereto by the European Banking Authority or the European Securities and Markets Authority (or successor agency or authority) and adopted by the European Commission; and (iv) to the extent informing the interpretation of clauses (i) and (ii) above, the guidelines and related documents previously published in relation to the preceding risk retention legislation by the European Banking Authority (and/or its predecessor, the Committee of European Banking Supervisors) which continues to apply to the provisions of Part 5 of the Capital Requirements Regulation.

 

Screen Rate ” means, in relation to LIBOR, the London interbank offered rate administered by the British Bankers Association or NYSE (or any other person which takes over the administration of that rate) for the relevant currency and period displayed on pages LIBOR01 or LIBOR02 of the Reuters screen (or any replacement Reuters page which displays that rate).

 

Second Delayed Funding Notice ” is defined in Section 2.2(e)(iii) .

 

Second Delayed Funding Notice Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2(e)(iii) .

 

Second Permitted Delayed Amount ” is defined in Section 2.2(e)(iii) .

 

Securities Intermediary ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.

 

Senior Credit Facilities ” means Hertz’s (a) senior secured asset based revolving loan facility, provided under a credit agreement, dated as of March 11, 2011, among Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation, Hertz together with certain of Hertz’s subsidiaries, as borrower, the several banks and financial institutions from time to time party thereto, as lenders, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent and collateral agent, Deutsche Bank AG Canada Branch, as Canadian administrative agent and Canadian collateral agent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as syndication agent and co-collateral agent, and Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank

 

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PLC, Citibank, N.A., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as co-documentation agents, and the other financial institutions party thereto from time to time (as has been and may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time), (b) the Senior Term Facility; and (c) any successor or replacement revolving credit facility or facilities to the senior secured asset based revolving loan facility described in clause (a) .

 

Senior Interest Waterfall Shortfall Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (a) the sum of the amounts payable (without taking into account availability of funds) pursuant to Sections 5.3(a) through (d) on such Payment Date over (b) the sum of (i) the Series 2014-A Payment Date Available Interest Amount with respect to the Series 2014-A Interest Period ending on such Payment Date and (ii) the aggregate amount of all deposits into the Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account with proceeds of the Series 2014-A Reserve Account, each Series 2014-A Demand Note, each Series 2014-A Letter of Credit and each Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account, in each case made since the immediately preceding Payment Date; provided that , the amount calculated pursuant to the preceding clause (b)(ii) shall be calculated on a pro forma basis and prior to giving effect to any withdrawals from the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account for deposit into the Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account on such Payment Date.

 

Senior Term Facility ” means Hertz’s senior secured term loan facility, provided under a credit agreement, dated as of March 11, 2011, among Hertz together with certain of Hertz’s subsidiaries, as borrower, the several banks and financial institutions from time to time party thereto, as lenders, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as administrative agent and collateral agent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as syndication agent, and Bank of America, N.A., Barclays Bank PLC, Citibank, N.A., Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as co-documentation agents, and the other financial institutions party thereto from time to time, as it may be amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and shall include any successor or replacement credit facility to such senior secured term loan facility.

 

Series 2013-A Amortization Event ” means an “Amortization Event” under and as defined in the Series 2013-A Supplement and only with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes; provided that , a Series 2013-A Amortization Event shall only be deemed to have occurred to the extent such “Amortization Event” shall have been deemed to occur or been declared, in either case in accordance with Section 7.2 of the Series 2013-A Supplement.

 

Series 2013-A Supplement ” means that certain Series 2013-A Supplement to the Group I Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2013, by and among HVF II, the Group I Administrator, the Trustee, and the various “Conduit Investors”, “Committed Note Purchasers” and “Funding Agents” from time to time party thereto.

 

Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

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Series 2013-G1 Administrator ” has the meaning set forth in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Administrator Default ” has the meaning set forth in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Back-Up Administration Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2013-G1 Noteholder ” has the meaning set forth in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement.

 

Series 2014-A AAA Component ” means each of:

 

i.

the Series 2014-A Eligible Investment Grade Program Vehicle Amount;

 

 

ii.

the Series 2014-A Eligible Investment Grade Program Receivable Amount;

 

 

iii.

the Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Program Vehicle Amount;

 

 

iv.

the Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount;

 

 

v.

the Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (Low) Program Receivable Amount;

 

 

vi.

the Series 2014-A Eligible Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount;

 

 

vii.

the Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount;

 

 

viii.

the Group I Cash Amount;

 

 

ix.

the Group I Due and Unpaid Lease Payment Amount; and

 

 

x.

the Series 2014-A Remainder AAA Amount.

 

Series 2014-A AAA Select Component ” means each Series 2014-A AAA Component other than the Group I Due and Unpaid Lease Payment Amount.

 

Series 2014-A Account Collateral ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.1 .

 

Series 2014-A Accounts ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2(a) .

 

Series 2014-A Accrued Amounts ” means, on any date of determination, the sum of the amounts payable (without taking into account availability of funds) pursuant to Sections 5.3(a) through (i) , ( k ) and ( l ) that have accrued and remain unpaid as of such date.  The Series 2014-A Accrued Amounts shall be the “Group I Accrued Amounts” with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes.

 

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Series 2014-A Adjusted Advance Rate ” means, as of any date of determination, with respect to any Series 2014-A AAA Select Component, a percentage equal to the greater of:

 

(a)

 

(i) the Series 2014-A Baseline Advance Rate with respect to such Series 2014-A AAA Select Component as of such date, minus

 

(ii) the Series 2014-A Concentration Excess Advance Rate Adjustment as of such date, if any, with respect to such Series 2014-A AAA Select Component, minus

 

(iii) the Series 2014-A MTM/DT Advance Rate Adjustment as of such date, if any, with respect to such Series 2014-A AAA Select Component; and

 

(b) zero.

 

Series 2014-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the greater of (a) the excess, if any, of (i) the Series 2014-A Asset Coverage Threshold Amount over (ii) the sum of (A) the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount and (B) the Series 2014-A Available Reserve Account Amount and (b) the Series 2014-A Adjusted Principal Amount, in each case, as of such date.  The Series 2014-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount shall be the “Group I Asset Coverage Threshold Amount” with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes.

 

Series 2014-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the Series 2014-A Liquid Enhancement Amount, as of such date, excluding from the calculation thereof the amount available to be drawn under any Series 2014-A Defaulted Letter of Credit, as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Adjusted Principal Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (A) the Series 2014-A Principal Amount as of such date over (B) the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account Amount as of such date.  The Series 2014-A Adjusted Principal Amount shall be the “Group I Series Adjusted Principal Amount” with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes.

 

Series 2014-A Amortization Event ” means an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes.

 

Series 2014-A Asset Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the product of (i) the Series 2014-A Floating Allocation Percentage as of such date and (ii) the Group I Aggregate Asset Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Asset Coverage Threshold Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the Series 2014-A Adjusted Principal Amount divided by the Series 2014-A Blended Advance Rate, in each case as of such date.

 

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Series 2014-A Available L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the amount of cash on deposit in and Permitted Investments credited to the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Available Reserve Account Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the amount of cash on deposit in and Permitted Investments credited to the Series 2014-A Reserve Account as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Base Rate ” means, on any day, a rate per annum equal to the greatest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day and (b) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day.  Any change in the Series 2014-A Base Rate due to a change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate shall be effective as of the opening of business on the effective day of such change in the Prime Rate or the Federal Funds Rate, respectively.  Changes in the rate of interest on that portion of any Advances maintained as Series 2014-A Base Rate Tranches will take effect simultaneously with each change in the Series 2014-A Base Rate.

 

Series 2014-A Base Rate Tranche ” means that portion of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount purchased or maintained with Advances that bear interest by reference to the Series 2014-A Base Rate.

 

Series 2014-A Baseline Advance Rate ” means, with respect to each Series 2014-A AAA Select Component, the percentage set forth opposite such Series 2014-A AAA Select Component in the following table:

 

Series 2014-A AAA Component

 

Series 2014-A Baseline
Advance Rate

 

Series 2014-A Eligible Investment Grade Program Vehicle Amount

 

86.60

%

Series 2014-A Eligible Investment Grade Program Receivable Amount

 

86.60

%

Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Program Vehicle Amount

 

71.10

%

Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount

 

71.10

%

Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (Low) Program Receivable Amount

 

0

%

Series 2014-A Eligible Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount

 

78.60

%

Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Non-Program

 

71.35

%

 

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Series 2014-A AAA Component

 

Series 2014-A Baseline
Advance Rate

 

Vehicle Amount

 

 

 

Group I Cash Amount

 

100

%

Series 2014-A Remainder AAA Amount

 

0

%

 

Series 2014-A Blended Advance Rate ” means, as of any date of determination, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the Series 2014-A Blended Advance Rate Weighting Numerator and the denominator of which is the Series 2014-A Blended Advance Rate Weighting Denominator, in each case as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Blended Advance Rate Weighting Denominator ” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of each Series 2014-A AAA Select Component, in each case as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Blended Advance Rate Weighting Numerator ” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of an amount with respect to each Series 2014-A AAA Select Component equal to the product of such Series 2014-A AAA Select Component and the Series 2014-A Adjusted Advance Rate with respect to such Series 2014-A AAA Select Component, in each case as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Capped Group I Administrator Fee Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Series 2014-A Group I Administrator Fee Amount with respect to such Payment Date and (ii) $500,000.

 

Series 2014-A Capped Group I HVF II Operating Expense Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date the lesser of (i) the Series 2014-A Group I HVF II Operating Expense Amount, with respect to such Payment Date and (ii) the excess, if any, of (x) $500,000 over (y) the sum of the Series 2014-A Group I Administrator Fee Amount and the Series 2014-A Group I Trustee Fee Amount, in each case with respect to such Payment Date.

 

Series 2014-A Capped Group I Trustee Fee Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Series 2014-A Group I Trustee Fee Amount, with respect to such Payment Date and (ii) the excess, if any, of $500,000 over the Series 2014-A Group I Administrator Fee Amount with respect to such Payment Date.

 

Series 2014-A Carrying Charges ” means, as of any day, the sum of:

 

(i) all fees or other costs, expenses and indemnity amounts, if any, payable by HVF II to:

 

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(a) the Trustee (other than Series 2014-A Group I Trustee Fee Amounts),

 

(b) the Group I Administrator (other than Series 2014-A Group I Administrator Fee Amounts),

 

(c) the Administrative Agent (other than Administrative Agent Fees),

 

(d) the Series 2014-A Noteholders (other than Series 2014-A Monthly Interest Amounts and Series 2014-A Monthly Default Interest Amounts), or

 

(e) any other party to a Series 2014-A Related Documents,

 

in each case under and in accordance with such Series 2014-A Related Documents, plus

 

(ii) any other operating expenses of HVF II that have been invoiced as of such date and are then payable by HVF II relating the Series 2014-A Notes (in each case, exclusive of any Group I Carrying Charges).

 

Series 2014-A Certificate of Credit Demand ” means a certificate substantially in the form of Annex A to a Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

Series 2014-A Certificate of Preference Payment Demand ” means a certificate substantially in the form of Annex C to a Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

Series 2014-A Certificate of Termination Demand ” means a certificate substantially in the form of Annex D to a Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

Series 2014-A Certificate of Unpaid Demand Note Demand ” means a certificate substantially in the form of Annex B to Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

Series 2014-A Closing Date ” means July 25, 2014.

 

Series 2014-A Collateral ” means the Group I Indenture Collateral, the Series 2014-A Interest Rate Caps, each Series 2014-A Letter of Credit, the Series 2014-A Account Collateral with respect to each Series 2014-A Account and each Series 2014-A Demand Note.

 

Series 2014-A Commercial Paper ” means the promissory notes of each Series 2014-A Noteholder issued by such Series 2014-A Noteholder in the commercial paper market and allocated to the funding of Advances in respect of the Series 2014-A Notes.

 

Series 2014-A Commitment Termination Date ” means the last Business Day occurring in October 2016 or such later date designated in accordance with Section 2.6 .

 

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Series 2014-A Concentration Adjusted Advance Rate ” means as of any date of determination,

 

(i) with respect to the Series 2014-A Eligible Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount, the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Baseline Advance Rate with respect to such Series 2014-A Eligible Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount over the Series 2014-A Concentration Excess Advance Rate Adjustment with respect to such Series 2014-A Eligible Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount, in each case as of such date, and

 

(ii) with respect to the Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount, the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Baseline Advance Rate with respect to such Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount over the Series 2014-A Concentration Excess Advance Rate Adjustment with respect to such Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount, in each case as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Concentration Excess Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (i) the Series 2014-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount with respect to each Group I Manufacturer as of such date, if any, (ii) the Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amount as of such date, if any, and (iii) the Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amount as of such date, if any; provided that , for purposes of calculating this definition as of any such date (i) the Group I Net Book Value of any Group I Eligible Vehicle and the amount of Series 2014-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivables, in each case, included in the Series 2014-A Manufacturer Amount for the Group I Manufacturer of such Group I Eligible Vehicle for purposes of calculating the Series 2014-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount and designated by HVF II to constitute Series 2014-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amounts, as of such date, shall not be included in the Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Amount for purposes of calculating the Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amount as of such date or the Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount for purposes of calculating the Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amount as of such date, (ii) the Group I Net Book Value of any Group I Eligible Vehicle included in the Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Amount for purposes of calculating the Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amount and designated by HVF II to constitute Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amounts as of such date, shall not be included in the Series 2014-A Manufacturer Amount for the Group I Manufacturer of such Group I Eligible Vehicle for purposes of calculating the Series 2014-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount, as of such date, (iii) the amount of any Series 2014-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivables included in the Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount for purposes of calculating the Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amount and designated by HVF II to constitute Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amounts as of such date, shall not be included in the Series 2014-A Manufacturer Amount for the Group I Manufacturer

 

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with respect to such Series 2014-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivable for purposes of calculating the Series 2014-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount, as of such date, and (iv) the determination of which Group I Eligible Vehicles (or the Group I Net Book Value thereof) or Series 2014-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivables are designated as constituting (A) Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amounts, (B) Series 2014-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amounts and (C) Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amounts, in each case, as of such date shall be made iteratively by HVF II in its reasonable discretion.

 

Series 2014-A Concentration Excess Advance Rate Adjustment ” means, with respect to any Series 2014-A AAA Select Component as of any date of determination, the lesser of (a) the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is (I) the product of (A) the portion of the Series 2014-A Concentration Excess Amount, if any, allocated to such Series 2014-A AAA Select Component by HVF II and (B) the Series 2014-A Baseline Advance Rate with respect to such Series 2014-A AAA Select Component, and the denominator of which is (II) such Series 2014-A AAA Select Component, in each case as of such date, and (b) the Series 2014-A Baseline Advance Rate with respect to such Series 2014-A AAA Select Component; provided that , the portion of the Series 2014-A Concentration Excess Amount allocated pursuant to the preceding clause (a)(I)(A) shall not exceed the portion of such Series 2014-A AAA Select Component that was included in determining whether such Series 2014-A Concentration Excess Amount exists.

 

Series 2014-A CP Tranche ” means that portion of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount purchased or maintained with Advances that bear interest by reference to the CP Rate.

 

Series 2014-A Daily Interest Allocation ” means, on each Series 2014-A Deposit Date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Series 2014-A Invested Percentage (as of such date) of the aggregate amount of Group I Interest Collections deposited into the Group I Collection Account on such date and (ii) all amounts received by the Trustee in respect of the Series 2014-A Interest Rate Caps on such date.

 

Series 2014-A Daily Interest Amount ” means, for any day in a Series 2014-A Interest Period, an amount equal to the result of (a) the product of (i) the Series 2014-A Note Rate for such Series 2014-A Interest Period and (ii) the Series 2014-A Principal Amount as of the close of business on such date divided by (b) 360.

 

Series 2014-A Daily Principal Allocation ” means, on each Series 2014-A Deposit Date, an amount equal to the Series 2014-A Invested Percentage (as of such date) of the aggregate amount of Group I Principal Collections deposited into the Group I Collection Account on such date.

 

Series 2014-A Defaulted Letter of Credit ” means, as of any date of determination, each Series 2014-A Letter of Credit that, as of such date, an Authorized Officer of the Group I Administrator has actual knowledge that:

 

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(A) such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit is not be in full force and effect (other than in accordance with its terms or otherwise as expressly permitted in such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit),

 

(B) an Event of Bankruptcy has occurred with respect to the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider of such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit and is continuing,

 

(C) such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider has repudiated such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit or such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider has failed to honor a draw thereon made in accordance with the terms thereof, or

 

(D) a Series 2014-A Downgrade Event has occurred and is continuing for at least thirty (30) consecutive days with respect to the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider of such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

Series 2014-A Deficiency Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1(c) of this Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

Series 2014-A Demand Note ” means each demand note made by Hertz, substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1 .

 

Series 2014-A Demand Note Payment Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate amount of all proceeds of demands made on the Series 2014-A Demand Note that were deposited into the Series 2014-A Distribution Account and paid to the Series 2014-A Noteholders during the one year period ending on such date of determination over (b) the amount of any Preference Amount relating to such proceeds that has been repaid to HVF II (or any payee of HVF II) with the proceeds of any Series 2014-A L/C Preference Payment Disbursement (or any withdrawal from any Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account); provided , however , that if an Event of Bankruptcy (or the occurrence of an event described in clause (a) of the definition thereof, without the lapse of a period of sixty (60) consecutive days) with respect to Hertz shall have occurred on or before such date of determination, the Series 2014-A Demand Note Payment Amount shall equal (i) on any date of determination until the conclusion or dismissal of the proceedings giving rise to such Event of Bankruptcy without continuing jurisdiction by the court in such proceedings (or on any earlier date upon which the statute of limitations in respect of avoidance actions in such proceedings has run or when such actions otherwise become unavailable to the bankruptcy estate), the Series 2014-A Demand Note Payment Amount as if it were calculated as of the date of the occurrence of such Event of Bankruptcy and (ii) on any date of determination thereafter, $0.

 

Series 2014-A Deposit Date ” means each Business Day on which any Group I Collections are deposited into the Group I Collection Account.

 

Series 2014-A Disbursement ” shall mean any Series 2014-A L/C Credit Disbursement, any Series 2014-A L/C Preference Payment Disbursement, any Series 2014-A L/C Termination Disbursement or any Series 2014-A L/C Unpaid Demand Note

 

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Disbursement under the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit or any combination thereof, as the context may require.

 

Series 2014-A Disposed Vehicle Threshold Number ” means (a) for any Determination Date on which the sum of the Group I/II Net Book Values for all Group I/II Eligible Vehicles as of the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding such Determination Date is greater than or equal to $6,000,000,000, 13,500 vehicles, (b) for any Determination Date on which the sum of the Group I/II Net Book Values for all Group I/II Eligible Vehicles as of the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding such Determination Date is less than $6,000,000,000 and greater than or equal to $4,500,000,000, 10,000 vehicles and (c) for any Determination Date on which the sum of the Group I/II Net Book Values for all Group I/II Eligible Vehicles as of the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding such Determination Date is less than $4,500,000,000, 6,500 vehicles.

 

Series 2014-A Distribution Account ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2(a)(iii) .

 

Series 2014-A Downgrade Event ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.7(b) .

 

Series 2014-A Eligible Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of the Group I Net Book Value as of such date of each Series 2014-A Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle for which the Disposition Date has not occurred as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Eligible Investment Grade Program Receivable Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of all Series 2014-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivables payable to any Group I Leasing Company or the Intermediary, in each case, as of such date by all Series 2014-A Investment Grade Manufacturers.

 

Series 2014-A Eligible Investment Grade Program Vehicle Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of the Group I Net Book Value as of such date of each Series 2014-A Investment Grade Program Vehicle for which the Disposition Date has not occurred as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Eligible Letter of Credit Provider ” means a Person having, at the time of the issuance of the related Series 2014-A Letter of Credit, a long-term senior unsecured debt rating (or the equivalent thereof) of at least “BBB” from DBRS (or if such Person is not rated by DBRS, “Baa2” by Moody’s or “BBB” by S&P).

 

Series 2014-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivable ” means, as of any date of determination:

 

i.

each Group I Manufacturer Receivable payable to any Group I Leasing Company or the Intermediary by any Group I Manufacturer that has a Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date of at least “A(L)” from DBRS (or, if such Manufacturer does not have a Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date, then a DBRS Equivalent

 

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Rating of at least “A(L)”) as of such date pursuant to a Group I Manufacturer Program that, as of such date, has not remained unpaid for more than 150 calendar days past the Disposition Date with respect to the Group I Eligible Vehicle giving rise to such Group I Manufacturer Receivable;

 

 

ii.

each Group I Manufacturer Receivable payable to any Group I Leasing Company or the Intermediary by any Group I Manufacturer that (a) has a Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date of (i) less than “A(L)” from DBRS as of such date and (ii) at least “BBB(L)” from DBRS as of such date or (b) if such Group I Manufacturer does not have a Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date, then has a DBRS Equivalent Rating of (i) less than “A(L)” as of such date and (ii) at least “BBB(L)” as of such date, in either such case of the foregoing clause (a) or (b), pursuant to a Group I Manufacturer Program that, as of such date, has not remained unpaid for more than 120 calendar days past the Disposition Date with respect to the Group I Eligible Vehicle giving rise to such Group I Manufacturer Receivable; and

 

 

iii.

each Group I Manufacturer Receivable payable to any Group I Leasing Company or the Intermediary by a Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Manufacturer or a Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (Low) Manufacturer, in any case, pursuant to a Group I Manufacturer Program, that, as of such date, has not remained unpaid for more than 90 calendar days past the Disposition Date with respect to the Group I Eligible Vehicle giving rise to such Group I Manufacturer Receivable.

 

Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of all Series 2014-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivables payable to any Group I Leasing Company or the Intermediary, in each case, as of such date by all Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Manufacturers.

 

Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (Low) Program Receivable Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of all Series 2014-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivables payable to any Group I Leasing Company or the Intermediary, in each case, as of such date by all Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (Low) Manufacturers.

 

Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of the Group I Net Book Value of each Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle for which the Disposition Date has not occurred as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Program Vehicle Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of the Group I Net Book Value as of such date of each Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Vehicle and each Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (Low) Program Vehicle, in each case, for which the Disposition Date has not occurred as of such date.

 

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Series 2014-A Eurodollar Tranche ” means that portion of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount purchased or maintained with Advances that bear interest by reference to the Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted).

 

Series 2014-A Excess Group I Administrator Fee Allocation Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the Series 2014-A Group I Administrator Fee Amount with respect to such Payment Date over (ii) the Series 2014-A Capped Group I Administrator Fee Amount with respect to such Payment Date.

 

Series 2014-A Excess Group I HVF II Operating Expense Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date the excess, if any, of (i) the Series 2014-A Group I HVF II Operating Expense Amount with respect to such Payment Date over (ii) the Series 2014-A Capped Group I HVF II Operating Expense Amount with respect to such Payment Date.

 

Series 2014-A Excess Group I Trustee Fee Allocation Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the Series 2014-A Group I Trustee Fee Amount with respect to such Payment Date over (ii) the Series 2014-A Capped Group I Trustee Fee Amount with respect to such Payment Date.

 

Series 2014-A Excess Principal Event ” shall be deemed to have occurred if, on any date, the Series 2014-A Principal Amount as of such date exceeds the Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Failure Percentage ” means, as of any date of determination, a percentage equal to 100% minus the lower of (x) the lowest Series 2014-A Non-Program Vehicle Disposition Proceeds Percentage Average for any Determination Date (including such date of determination) within the preceding twelve (12) calendar months (or such fewer number of months as have elapsed since the Series 2014-A Closing Date) and (y) the lowest Series 2014-A Market Value Average as of any Determination Date within the preceding twelve (12) calendar months (or such fewer number of months as have elapsed since the Series 2014-A Closing Date).

 

Series 2014-A Floating Allocation Percentage ” means, as of any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Series 2014-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount as of such date and the denominator of which is the Group I Aggregate Asset Coverage Threshold Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Group I Administrator Fee Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the Series 2014-A Percentage of fees payable to the Group I Administrator pursuant to the Group I Administration Agreement on such Payment Date.

 

Series 2014-A Group I HVF II Operating Expense Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the sum (without duplication) of (a) the aggregate amount of Series 2014-A Carrying Charges on such Payment Date (excluding any Series 2014-A Carrying Charges payable to the Series 2014-A Noteholders, the Administrative Agent or

 

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the Funding Agents) and (b) the Series 2014-A Percentage of the Group I Carrying Charges, if any, payable by HVF II on such Payment Date (excluding any Group I Carrying Charges payable to the Series 2014-A Noteholders).

 

Series 2014-A Group I Trustee Fee Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the Series 2014-A Percentage of fees payable to the Trustee with respect to the Group I Notes on such Payment Date.

 

Series 2014-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount ” means, with respect to each Investor Group, the amount set forth and specified as such opposite the name of the Committed Note Purchaser included in such Investor Group on Schedule II hereto.

 

Series 2014-A Initial Principal Amount ” means $0.

 

Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2(a)(i) .

 

Series 2014-A Interest Period ” means a period commencing on and including the second Business Day preceding a Determination Date and ending on and including the day preceding the second Business Day preceding the next succeeding Determination Date; provided , however , that the initial Series 2014-A Interest Period shall commence on and include the Series 2014-A Closing Date and end on and include August 13, 2014.

 

Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap ” means any interest rate cap entered into in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.4 , including, the Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap Documents with respect thereto.

 

Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap Documents ” means , with respect to any Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap, the documentation that governs such Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap.

 

Series 2014-A Invested Percentage ” means, on any date of determination:

 

(a)                                  when used with respect to Group I Principal Collections, the percentage equivalent (which percentage shall never exceed 100%) of a fraction,

 

(i)                                      the numerator of which shall be equal to:

 

(x) during the Series 2014-A Revolving Period, the Series 2014-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount as of the close of business on the last day of the immediately preceding Related Month (or, until the end of the initial Related Month after the Series 2014-A Closing Date, on the Series 2014-A Closing Date),

 

(y) during the Series 2014-A Rapid Amortization Period, but prior to the first date on which an Amortization Event has been declared or has

 

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automatically occurred with respect to all Series of Group I Notes, the Series 2014-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount as of the close of business on the last day of the Series 2014-A Revolving Period, and

 

(z) on and after the first date on which an Amortization Event has been declared or automatically occurred with respect to all Series of Group I Notes, the Series 2014-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount as of the close of business on the day immediately prior to such first date on which an Amortization Event has been declared or automatically occurred with respect to all Series of Group I Notes, and

 

(ii)                                   the denominator of which shall be the Group I Aggregate Asset Coverage Threshold Amount as of the same date used to determine the numerator in clause (i) ;

 

(b)                                  when used with respect to Group I Interest Collections, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which shall be the Series 2014-A Accrued Amounts on such date of determination, and the denominator of which shall be the aggregate Group I Accrued Amounts with respect to all Series of Group I Notes on such date of determination.

 

Series 2014-A Investment Grade Manufacturer ” means, as of any date of determination, any Group I Manufacturer that has a Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date of at least “BBB(L)” from DBRS (or, if such Manufacturer does not have a Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date, then a DBRS Equivalent Rating of “BBB(L)”) as of such date; provided that , upon any withdrawal or downgrade of any rating of any Group I Manufacturer by DBRS (or, if such Manufacturer is not rated by DBRS, any Equivalent Rating Agency), such Group I Manufacturer may, in HVF II’s sole discretion, be deemed to have the rating applicable thereto immediately preceding such withdrawal or downgrade (as applicable) by DBRS (or, if such Manufacturer is not rated by DBRS, such DBRS Equivalent Rating) for a period of thirty (30) days following the earlier of (x) the date on which an Authorized Officer of any of the Group I Administrator, any Group I Leasing Company or any Group I Lease Servicer obtains actual knowledge of such withdrawal or downgrade (as applicable) and (y) the date on which the Trustee notifies the Group I Administrator in writing of such withdrawal or downgrade (as applicable).

 

Series 2014-A Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle ” means, as of any date of determination, any Group I Eligible Vehicle manufactured by a Series 2014-A Investment Grade Manufacturer that is not a Series 2014-A Investment Grade Program Vehicle as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Investment Grade Program Vehicle ” means, as of any date of determination, any Group I Program Vehicle manufactured by a Series 2014-A Investment Grade Manufacturer that is subject to a Group I Manufacturer Program on the Group I Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date for such Group I Program Vehicle unless it has been redesignated (and as of such date remains so designated) as a

 

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Group I Non-Program Vehicle pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Group I HVF Lease (or such other similar section of another Group I Lease, as applicable) as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2(a) .

 

Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account Collateral ” means the Series 2014-A Account Collateral with respect to the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account.

 

Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account Surplus ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, the lesser of (a) the Series 2014-A Available Cash Collateral Account Amount and (b) the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount over the Series 2014-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount on such Payment Date.

 

Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Percentage ” means, as of any date of determination, the percentage equivalent of a fraction, the numerator of which is the Series 2014-A Available Cash Collateral Account Amount as of such date and the denominator of which is the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A L/C Credit Disbursement ” means an amount drawn under a Series 2014-A Letter of Credit pursuant to a Series 2014-A Certificate of Credit Demand.

 

Series 2014-A L/C Preference Payment Disbursement ” means an amount drawn under a Series 2014-A Letter of Credit pursuant to a Series 2014-A Certificate of Preference Payment Demand.

 

Series 2014-A L/C Termination Disbursement ” means an amount drawn under a Series 2014-A Letter of Credit pursuant to a Series 2014-A Certificate of Termination Demand.

 

Series 2014-A L/C Unpaid Demand Note Disbursement ” means an amount drawn under a Series 2014-A Letter of Credit pursuant to a Series 2014-A Certificate of Unpaid Demand Note Demand.

 

Series 2014-A Lease Interest Payment Deficit ” means on any Payment Date an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate amount of Group I Interest Collections that pursuant to Section 5.1 would have been deposited into the Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account if all payments of Monthly Variable Rent required to have been made under the Group I Leases from but excluding the preceding Payment Date to and including such Payment Date were made in full over (b) the aggregate amount of Group I Interest Collections that pursuant to Section 5.1(b) have been received for deposit into the Series 2014-A Interest Collection Account from but excluding the preceding Payment Date to and including such Payment Date.

 

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Series 2014-A Lease Payment Deficit ” means either a Series 2014-A Lease Interest Payment Deficit or a Series 2014-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit.

 

Series 2014-A Lease Principal Payment Carryover Deficit ” means (a) for the initial Payment Date, zero and (b) for any other Payment Date, the excess, if any, of (x) the Series 2014-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit, if any, on the preceding Payment Date over (y) all amounts deposited into the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account on or prior to such Payment Date on account of such Series 2014-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit.

 

Series 2014-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit ” means on any Payment Date the sum of (a) the Series 2014-A Monthly Lease Principal Payment Deficit for such Payment Date and (b) the Series 2014-A Lease Principal Payment Carryover Deficit for such Payment Date.

 

Series 2014-A Letter of Credit ” means an irrevocable letter of credit, substantially in the form of Exhibit I to this Series 2014-A Supplement issued by a Series 2014-A Eligible Letter of Credit Provider in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Series 2014-A Noteholders; provided that , any Series 2014-A Letter of Credit issued after the Series 2014-A Closing Date not substantially in the form of Exhibit I to this Series 2014-A Supplement shall be subject to the satisfaction of the Series 2014-A Rating Agency Condition and the written consent of the Series 2014-A Required Noteholders.

 

Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the lesser of (a) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount available to be drawn as of such date under the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit, as specified therein, and (ii) if the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded pursuant to Section 4.2(a)(ii) , the Series 2014-A Available L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount as of such date and (b) the aggregate undrawn principal amount of the Series 2014-A Demand Note as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date ” means, with respect to any Series 2014-A Letter of Credit, the expiration date set forth in such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit, as such date may be extended in accordance with the terms of such Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the aggregate amount available to be drawn as of such date under each Series 2014-A Letter of Credit, as specified therein, and (b) if a Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established pursuant to Section 4.2(a)(ii) , the Series 2014-A Available L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider ” means each issuer of a Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Reimbursement Agreement ” means any and each reimbursement agreement providing for the reimbursement of a Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider for draws under its Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

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Series 2014-A Liquid Enhancement Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of (a) the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount and (b) the Series 2014-A Available Reserve Account Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Liquid Enhancement Deficiency ” means, as of any date of determination, the Series 2014-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount is less than the Series 2014-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Liquidation Event ” means, so long as such event or condition continues, (a) any Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes described in clauses (a) , (b) , (d) , (h)  through (k) , (n) , (o) , (p)  (with respect to a failure to comply by the Group I Administrator), (r) , (s) , (t)  or (v)  of Section 7.1 of this Series 2014-A Supplement that continues for thirty (30) consecutive days (without double counting the cure period, if any, provided therein) after declaration thereof (whether by notice or automatic) or (b) any Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes described in Section 7.1(c)  of this Series 2014-A Supplement, any Additional Group I Leasing Company Liquidation Event or any Amortization Event specified in clauses (a) or (b) of Article IX of the Group I Supplement.  Each Series 2014-A Liquidation Event shall be a “Group I Liquidation Event” with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes.

 

Series 2014-A Manufacturer Amount ” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any Group I Manufacturer, the sum of:

 

i.                   the aggregate Group I Net Book Value of all Group I Eligible Vehicles manufactured by such Group I Manufacturer as of such date; and

 

ii.                the aggregate amount of all Series 2014-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivables with respect to such Group I Manufacturer.

 

Series 2014-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount ” means, with respect to any Group I Manufacturer as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Manufacturer Amount with respect to such Group I Manufacturer as of such date over the Series 2014-A Maximum Manufacturer Amount with respect to such Group I Manufacturer as of such date; provided that , for purposes of calculating such excess as of any such date (i) the Group I Net Book Value of any Group I Eligible Vehicle included in the Series 2014-A Manufacturer Amount for the Group I Manufacturer of such Group I Eligible Vehicle for purposes of calculating the Series 2014-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount and designated by HVF II to constitute Series 2014-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amounts, as of such date, shall not be included in the Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Amount for purposes of calculating the Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amount as of such date, (ii) the Group I Net Book Value of any Group I Eligible Vehicle included in the Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Amount for purposes of calculating the Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amount and designated by HVF II to constitute Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amounts as of such date, shall not be included in the Series 2014-A Manufacturer Amount for the

 

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Group I Manufacturer of such Group I Eligible Vehicle for purposes of calculating the Series 2014-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount, as of such date, (iii) the amount of any Series 2014-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivables included in the Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount for purposes of calculating the Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amount and designated by HVF II to constitute Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amounts as of such date, shall not be included in the Series 2014-A Manufacturer Amount for the Group I Manufacturer with respect to such Series 2014-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivable for purposes of calculating the Series 2014-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount, as of such date, and (iv) the determination of which Group I Eligible Vehicles (or the Group I Net Book Value thereof) or Series 2014-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivables are to be designated as constituting (A) Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amounts, (B) Series 2014-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amounts and (C) Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amounts, in each case as of such date shall be made iteratively by HVF II in its reasonable discretion.

 

Series 2014-A Manufacturer Percentage ” means, for any Group I Manufacturer listed in the table below, the percentage set forth opposite such Manufacturer in such table.

 

Group I Manufacturer

 

Series 2014-A Manufacturer Percentage

Audi

 

12.5

BMW

 

12.5

Chrysler

 

55.0

Fiat

 

35.0

Ford

 

55.0

GM

 

55.0

Honda

 

55.0

Hyundai

 

55.0

Jaguar

 

12.5

Kia

 

35.0

Land Rover

 

12.5

Lexus

 

12.5

 

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Group I Manufacturer

 

Series 2014-A Manufacturer Percentage

Mazda

 

35.0

Mercedes

 

12.5

Mini

 

12.5

Mitsubishi

 

12.5

Nissan

 

55.0

Smart

 

12.5

Subaru

 

12.5

Toyota

 

55.0

Volkswagen

 

55.0

Volvo

 

35.0

Any other individual Manufacturer

 

3.0

 

Series 2014-A Market Value Average ” means, as of any date of determination, the percentage equivalent (not to exceed 100%) of a fraction, the numerator of which is the average of the Series 2014-A Non-Program Fleet Market Value as of the three preceding Determination Dates and the denominator of which is the average of the aggregate Group I/II Net Book Value of all Group I/II Non-Program Vehicles as of such three preceding Determination Dates.

 

Series 2014-A Maximum Manufacturer Amount ” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any Group I Manufacturer, an amount equal to the product of (a) the Series 2014-A Manufacturer Percentage for such Group I Manufacturer and (b) the Group I Aggregate Asset Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Maximum Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount ” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to any Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Manufacturer, an amount equal to 7.5% of the Group I Aggregate Asset Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Maximum Non-Liened Vehicle Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the product of (a) 0.50% and (b) the Group I Aggregate Asset Amount.

 

Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount ” means (a) as of any date of determination prior to January 7, 2015, $1,000,000,000.00, (b) as of any date of

 

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determination on or after January 7, 2015 but prior to February 4, 2015, $2,000,000,000.00, and (c) as of any date of determination on or after February 4, 2015, $3,250,000,000.00; provided that , such amount may be (i) reduced at any time and from time to time by HVF II upon notice to each Series 2014-A Noteholder, the Administrative Agent, each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser in accordance with the terms of this Series 2014-A Supplement, or (ii) increased at any time and from time to time upon the effective date for any Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase.

 

Series 2014-A Measurement Month ” on any Determination Date, means each complete calendar month, or the smallest number of consecutive complete calendar months preceding such Determination Date, in which at least the Series 2014-A Disposed Vehicle Threshold Number Vehicles were sold to unaffiliated third parties ( provided that , HVF II, in its sole discretion, may exclude salvage sales); provided, however, that no calendar month included in a single Series 2014-A Measurement Month shall be included in any other Series 2014-A Measurement Month.

 

Series 2014-A Monthly Default Interest Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the sum of (i) an amount equal to the product of (x) 2.0%, (y) the result of (a) the sum of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount as of each day during the related Series 2014-A Interest Period (after giving effect to any increases or decreases to the Series 2014-A Principal Amount on such day) during which an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes has occurred and is continuing divided by (b) the actual number of days in the related Series 2014-A Interest Period during which an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes has occurred and is continuing, and (z) the result of (a) the actual number of days in the related Series 2014-A Interest Period during which an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes has occurred and is continuing divided by (b) 360 plus (ii) all previously due and unpaid amounts described in clause (i) with respect to prior Series 2014-A Interest Periods (together with interest on such unpaid amounts required to be paid in this clause (ii) at the rate specified in clause (i)).

 

Series 2014-A Monthly Interest Amount ” means, with respect to any Payment Date, an amount equal to the sum of:

 

(i)                                      the Series 2014-A Daily Interest Amount for each day in the Series 2014-A Interest Period ending on the Determination Date related to such Payment Date; plus

 

(ii)                                   all previously due and unpaid amounts described in clause (i)  with respect to prior Series 2014-A Interest Periods (together with interest on such unpaid amounts required to be paid in this clause (ii)  at the Series 2014-A Note Rate); plus

 

(iii)                                the Undrawn Fee with respect to each Investor Group for such Payment Date; plus

 

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(iv)                               the Program Fee with respect to each Investor Group for such Payment Date; plus

 

(v)                                  the CP True-Up Payment Amounts, if any, owing to each Series 2014-A Noteholder on such Payment Date.

 

Series 2014-A Monthly Lease Principal Payment Deficit ” means on any Payment Date an amount equal to the excess, if any, of (a) the aggregate amount of Group I Principal Collections that pursuant to Section 5.1 would have been deposited into the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account if all payments required to have been made under the Group I Leases from but excluding the preceding Payment Date to and including such Payment Date were made in full over (b) the aggregate amount of Group I Principal Collections that pursuant to Section 5.1 have been received for deposit into the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account from but excluding the preceding Payment Date to and including such Payment Date.

 

Series 2014-A MTM/DT Advance Rate Adjustment ” means, as of any date of determination,

 

i.                   with respect to the Series 2014-A Eligible Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount, a percentage equal to the product of (i) the Series 2014-A Failure Percentage as of such date and (ii) the Series 2014-A Concentration Adjusted Advance Rate with respect to the Series 2014-A Eligible Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount, in each case as of such date;

 

ii.                with respect to the Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount, a percentage equal to the product of (i) the Series 2014-A Failure Percentage as of such date and (ii) the Series 2014-A Concentration Adjusted Advance Rate with respect to the Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount, in each case as of such date; and

 

iii.             with respect to any other Series 2014-A AAA Component, zero

 

Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Manufacturer ” means, as of any date of determination, any Group I Manufacturer that (a) has a Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date of (i) less than “BBB(L)” from DBRS and (ii) at least “BB(L)” from DBRS, or (b)  if such Manufacturer does not have a Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date, then has a DBRS Equivalent Rating of (i) less than “BBB(L)” as of such date and (ii) at least “BB(L)” as of such date; provided that , upon any withdrawal or downgrade of any rating of any Group I Manufacturer by DBRS (or, if such Manufacturer is not rated by DBRS, any Equivalent Rating Agency), such Group I Manufacturer may, in HVF II’s sole discretion, be deemed to have the rating applicable thereto immediately preceding such withdrawal or downgrade (as applicable) by DBRS (or, if such Manufacturer is not rated by DBRS, such Equivalent Rating Agency) for a period of thirty (30) days following the earlier of (x) the date on which an Authorized Officer of any of the Group I Administrator, any Group I Leasing Company or any Group

 

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I Lease Servicer obtains actual knowledge of such withdrawal or downgrade (as applicable) and (y) the date on which the Trustee notifies the Group I Administrator in writing of such withdrawal or downgrade (as applicable).

 

Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amount ” means, with respect to any Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Manufacturer, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount with respect to such Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Manufacturer as of such date over the Series 2014-A Maximum Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount with respect to such Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Manufacturer as of such date; provided that , for purposes of calculating such excess as of any such date (i) the amount of any Series 2014-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivables with respect to any Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Manufacturer included in the Series 2014-A Manufacturer Amount for purposes of calculating the Series 2014-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount and designated by HVF II to constitute Series 2014-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amounts as of such date, shall not be included in the Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount for purposes of calculating the Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amount, as of such date and (ii) the determination of which receivables are to be designated as constituting (A) Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amounts and (B) Series 2014-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amounts, in each case as of such date, shall be made iteratively by HVF II in its reasonable discretion.

 

Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Vehicle ” means, as of any date of determination, any Group I Program Vehicle manufactured by a Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Manufacturer that is or was subject to a Group I Manufacturer Program on the Group I Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date for such Group I Program Vehicle unless it has been redesignated (and as of such date remains so designated) as a Group I Non-Program Vehicle pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Group I HVF Lease (or such other similar section of another Group I Lease, as applicable) as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (Low) Manufacturer ” means, as of any date of determination, any Group I Manufacturer that has a Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date of less than “BB(L)” from DBRS (or, if such Manufacturer does not have a Relevant DBRS Rating as of such date, a DBRS Equivalent Rating of “BB(L)”) as of such date; provided that , upon any withdrawal or downgrade of any rating of any Group I Manufacturer by DBRS (or, if such Manufacturer is not rated by DBRS, any DBRS Equivalent Rating), such Group I Manufacturer may, in HVF II’s sole discretion, be deemed to have the rating applicable thereto immediately preceding such withdrawal or downgrade (as applicable) DBRS (or, if such Manufacturer is not rated by DBRS, such Equivalent Rating Agency) for a period of thirty (30) days following the earlier of (x) the date on which any of the Group I Administrator, any Group I Leasing Company or any Group I Lease Servicer obtains actual knowledge of such withdrawal or downgrade (as

 

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applicable) and (y) the date on which the Trustee notifies the Group I Administrator in writing of such withdrawal or downgrade (as applicable).

 

Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (Low) Program Vehicle ” means, as of any date of determination, any Group I Program Vehicle manufactured by a Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (Low) Manufacturer that is or was subject to a Group I Manufacturer Program on the Group I Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date for such Group I Program Vehicle unless it has been redesignated (and as of such date remains so designated) as a Group I Non-Program Vehicle pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Group I HVF Lease (or such other similar section of another Group I Lease, as applicable) as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle ” means, as of any date of determination, any Group I Eligible Vehicle that (i) was manufactured by a Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Manufacturer or a Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (Low) Manufacturer and (ii) is not a Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Vehicle or a Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (Low) Program Vehicle, in each case as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of the Group I Net Book Value as of such date of each Group I Eligible Vehicle for which the Disposition Date has not occurred as of such date and with respect to which the Certificate of Title does not note the Collateral Agent as the first lienholder (and, the Certificate of Title with respect to which has not been submitted to the appropriate state authorities for such notation or the fees due in respect of such notation have not yet been paid).

 

Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Amount as of such date over the Series 2014-A Maximum Non-Liened Vehicle Amount as of such date; provided that , for purposes of calculating such excess as of any such date (i) the Group I Net Book Value of any Group I Eligible Vehicle included in the Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Amount for purposes of calculating the Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amount and designated by HVF II to constitute Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amounts, as of such date, shall not be included in the Series 2014-A Manufacturer Amount for the Group I Manufacturer of such Group I Eligible Vehicle for purposes of calculating the Series 2014-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount, as of such date, (ii) the Group I Net Book Value of any Group I Eligible Vehicle included in the Series 2014-A Manufacturer Amount for the Group I Manufacturer of such Group I Eligible Vehicle for purposes of calculating the Series 2014-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount and designated by HVF II to constitute Series 2014-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amounts, as of such date, shall not be included in the Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Amount for purposes of calculating the Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amount as of such date, and (iii) the determination of which Group I Eligible Vehicles (or the Group I Net Book Value thereof) are to be designated as constituting (A) Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amounts and

 

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(B) Series 2014-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amounts, in each case as of such date shall be made iteratively by HVF II in its reasonable discretion.

 

Series 2014-A Non-Program Fleet Market Value ” means, with respect to all Group I/II Non-Program Vehicles as of any date of determination, the sum of the respective Series 2014-A Third-Party Market Values of each such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Non-Program Vehicle Disposition Proceeds Percentage Average ” means, with respect to any Series 2014-A Measurement Month, commencing with the third Series 2014-A Measurement Month following the Series 2014-A Closing Date, the percentage equivalent (not to exceed 100%) of a fraction, the numerator of which is the aggregate amount of Disposition Proceeds paid or payable in respect of all Group I/II Non-Program Vehicles that are sold to unaffiliated third parties (excluding salvage sales) during such Series 2014-A Measurement Month and the two Series 2014-A Measurement Months preceding such Series 2014-A Measurement Month and the denominator of which is the excess, if any, of the aggregate Group I/II Net Book Values of such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicles on the dates of their respective sales over the aggregate Group I/II Final Base Rent with respect such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicles.

 

Series 2014-A Note Rate ” means, for any Series 2014-A Interest Period, the weighted average of the sum of (a) the weighted average (by outstanding principal balance) of the CP Rates applicable to the Series 2014-A CP Tranche, (b) the Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted) applicable to the Series 2014-A Eurodollar Tranche and (c) the Series 2014-A Base Rate applicable to the Series 2014-A Base Rate Tranche, in each case, for such Series 2014-A Interest Period; provided , however , that the Series 2014-A Note Rate will in no event be higher than the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.

 

Series 2014-A Noteholder ” means each Person in whose name a Series 2014-A Note is registered in the Note Register.

 

Series 2014-A Note Repurchase Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 11.1 .

 

Series 2014-A Notes ” means any one of the Series 2014-A Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, executed by HVF II and authenticated by or on behalf of the Trustee, substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto.

 

Series 2014-A Notice of Reduction ” means a notice in the form of Annex G to a Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

Series 2014-A Past Due Rent Payment ” means, (a) with respect to any Past Due Rent Payment in respect of a Series 2014-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit, an amount equal to the Series 2014-A Invested Percentage with respect to Group I Principal Collections (as of the Payment Date on which such Series 2014-A Lease Payment Deficit occurred) of such Past Due Rent Payment and (b) with respect to any Past Due Rent Payment in respect of a Series 2014-A Lease Interest Payment Deficit, an

 

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amount equal to the Series 2014-A Invested Percentage with respect to Group I Interest Collections (as of the Payment Date on which such Series 2014-A Lease Payment Deficit occurred) of such Past Due Rent Payment.

 

Series 2014-A Payment Date Available Interest Amount ” means, with respect to each Series 2014-A Interest Period, the sum of the Series 2014-A Daily Interest Allocations for each Series 2014-A Deposit Date in such Series 2014-A Interest Period.

 

Series 2014-A Payment Date Interest Amount ” means, with respect to each Payment Date, the sum (without duplication) of the amounts payable pursuant to Sections 5.3(a)  through (e)  and (g)  through (i) .

 

Series 2014-A Percentage ” means, as of any date of determination, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, the numerator of which is the Series 2014-A Principal Amount as of such date and the denominator of which is the Aggregate Group I Principal Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Permitted Liens ” means (i) Liens for current taxes not delinquent or for taxes being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings, and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP, (ii) mechanics’, materialmen’s, landlords’, warehousemen’s and carriers’ Liens, and other Liens imposed by law, securing obligations that are not more than thirty (30) days past due or are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves have been established, and are being maintained, in accordance with GAAP and (iii) Liens in favor of the Trustee pursuant to any Series 2014-A Related Document and Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement.  Series 2014-A Permitted Liens shall be “Series Permitted Liens” with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes.

 

Series 2014-A Principal Amount ” means, when used with respect to any date, an amount equal to the sum of the Investor Group Principal Amount as of such date with respect to each Investor Group as of such date; provided that , during the Series 2014-A Revolving Period, for purposes of determining whether or not the Requisite Indenture Investors, Requisite Group I Investors or Series 2014-A Required Noteholders have given any consent, waiver, direction or instruction, the Series 2014-A Principal Amount held by each Series 2014-A Noteholder shall be deemed to include, without double counting, such Series 2014-A Noteholder’s undrawn portion of the “Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount” ( i.e ., the unutilized purchase commitments under this Series 2014-A Supplement) for such Series 2014-A Noteholder’s Investor Group as of such date.  The Series 2014-A Principal Amount shall be the “Principal Amount” with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes.

 

Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2(a)  of this Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

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Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the amount of cash on deposit in and Permitted Investments credited to the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Rapid Amortization Period ” means the period beginning on the earlier to occur of (i) the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Expected Final Payment Date and (ii) the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which an Amortization Event is deemed to have occurred with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes, and ending upon the earlier to occur of (i) the date on which (A) the Series 2014-A Notes are paid in full and (B) the termination of this Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

Series 2014-A Rating Agency Condition ” means (a) the notification in writing by each Rating Agency then rating any Series 2014-A Notes that a proposed action will not result in a reduction or withdrawal by such Rating Agency of the rating or credit risk assessment of such Class, or (b) each Rating Agency then rating any Series 2014-A Notes shall have been given notice of such event at least ten (10) days prior to the occurrence of such event (or, if ten day’s advance notice is impracticable, as much advance notice as is practicable) and such Rating Agency shall not have issued any written notice prior to the occurrence of such event that the occurrence of such event will itself cause such Rating Agency to downgrade, qualify, or withdraw its rating assigned to such Class.  The Series 2014-A Rating Agency Condition shall be the “Rating Agency Condition” with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes.

 

Series 2014-A Related Documents ” means the Base Related Documents, the Group I Related Documents, this Series 2014-A Supplement, each Series 2014-A Demand Note, the Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap Documents, the Group I Back-Up Administration Agreement and the Group I Back-Up Disposition Agreement.

 

Series 2014-A Remainder AAA Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of:

 

(a) the Group I Aggregate Asset Amount as of such date over

 

(b) the sum of:

 

(i) the Series 2014-A Eligible Investment Grade Program Vehicle Amount as of such date,

 

(ii) the Series 2014-A Eligible Investment Grade Program Receivable Amount as of such date,

 

(iii), the Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Program Vehicle Amount as of such date,

 

(iv) the Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount as of such date,

 

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(v) the Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade (Low) Program Receivable Amount as of such date,

 

(vi) the Series 2014-A Eligible Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount as of such date,

 

(vii) the Series 2014-A Eligible Non-Investment Grade Non-Program Vehicle Amount as of such date,

 

(viii) the Group I Cash Amount as of such date, and

 

(ix) the Group I Due and Unpaid Lease Payment Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to the product of (a) 2.0000% and (b) the Series 2014-A Adjusted Principal Amount as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Required Noteholders ” means Series 2014-A Noteholders holding more than 50% of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount (excluding any Series 2014-A Notes held by HVF II or any Affiliate of HVF II (other than Series 2014-A Notes held by an Affiliate Issuer)).  The Series 2014-A Required Noteholders shall be the “Required Series Noteholders” with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes.

 

Series 2014-A Required Reserve Account Amount ” means, with respect to any date of determination, an amount equal to the greater of:

 

(a) the excess, if any, of

 

(i) the Series 2014-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount over

 

(ii) the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount, in each case, as of such date,

 

excluding from the calculation of such excess the amount available to be drawn under any Series 2014-A Defaulted Letter of Credit as of such date, and:

 

(b) the excess, if any, of:

 

(i) the Series 2014-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount (excluding therefrom the Series 2014-A Available Reserve Account Amount) over

 

(ii) the Series 2014-A Asset Amount, in each case as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Reserve Account ” has the meaning specified in Section 4.2(a)  of this Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

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Series 2014-A Reserve Account Collateral ” means the Series 2014-A Account Collateral with respect to the Series 2014-A Reserve Account.

 

Series 2014-A Reserve Account Deficiency Amount ” means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Required Reserve Account Amount for such date over the Series 2014-A Available Reserve Account Amount for such date.

 

Series 2014-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.4(a) .

 

Series 2014-A Reserve Account Legal Final Withdrawal Shortfall ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.4(c) .

 

Series 2014-A Reserve Account Principal Withdrawal Shortfall ” has the meaning specified in Section 5.4(b) .

 

Series 2014-A Reserve Account Surplus ” means, as of any date of determination, the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Available Reserve Account Amount (after giving effect to any deposits thereto and withdrawals and releases therefrom on such date) over the Series 2014-A Required Reserve Account Amount, in each case, as of such date.

 

Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date ” means October 31, 2014.

 

Series 2014-A Revolving Period ” means the period from and including the Series 2014-A Closing Date to the earlier of (i) the Series 2014-A Commitment Termination Date and (ii) the commencement of the Series 2014-A Rapid Amortization Period.

 

Series 2014-A Supplement ” has the meaning specified in the Preamble.

 

Series 2014-A Supplemental Indenture ” means a supplement to the Series 2014-A Supplement complying (to the extent applicable) with the terms of Section 11.10 of this Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

Series 2014-A Third-Party Market Value ” means, with respect to each Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle, as of any date of determination during a calendar month:

 

(a)          if the Series 2014-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures have been completed for such month, then

 

(i)              the Monthly NADA Mark, if any, for such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle obtained in such calendar month in accordance with such Series 2014-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures;

 

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(ii)           if, pursuant to the Series 2014-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures, no Monthly NADA Mark for such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle was obtained in such calendar month, then the Monthly Blackbook Mark, if any, for such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle obtained in such calendar month in accordance with such Series 2014-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures; and

 

(iii)        if, pursuant to the Series 2014-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures, neither a Monthly NADA Mark nor a Monthly Blackbook Mark for such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle was obtained for such calendar month (regardless of whether such value was not obtained because (A) neither a Monthly NADA Mark nor a Monthly Blackbook Mark was obtained in undertaking the Series 2014-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures or (B) such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle experienced its Group I/II Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date on or after the first day of such calendar month), then the Group I Administrator’s reasonable estimation of the fair market value of such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle as of such date of determination; and

 

(b)          until the Series 2014-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures have been completed for such calendar month:

 

(i)              if such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle experienced its Group I/II Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date prior to the first day of such calendar month, the Series 2014-A Third-Party Market Value obtained in the immediately preceding calendar month, in accordance with the Series 2014-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures for such immediately preceding calendar month, and

 

(ii)           if such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle experienced its Group I/II Vehicle Operating Lease Commencement Date on or after the first day of such calendar month, then the Group I Administrator’s reasonable estimation of the fair market value of such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle as of such date of determination.

 

Series 2014-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures ” means, with respect to each calendar month and each Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle, on or prior to the Determination Date for such calendar month:

 

(a)          HVF II shall make one attempt (or cause the Group I Administrator to make one attempt) to obtain a Monthly NADA Mark for each Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle that was a Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle as of the first day of such calendar month, and

 

(b)          if no Monthly NADA Mark was obtained for any such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle described in clause (a)  above upon such attempt, then HVF II shall make

 

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one attempt (or cause the Group I Administrator to make one attempt) to obtain a Monthly Blackbook Mark for any such Group I/II Non-Program Vehicle.

 

Series-Specific 2014-A Collateral ” means each Series 2014-A Interest Rate Caps, the Series 2014-A Account Collateral with respect to each Series 2014-A Account and each Series 2014-A Demand Note.  The Series-Specific 2014-A Collateral shall be the “Group I Series-Specific Collateral” with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes.

 

Specified Bankruptcy Opinion Provisions ” means the provisions contained in the legal opinions delivered in connection with the issuance of the Series 2014-A Notes or, if applicable, amendments to any Series 2014-A Related Documents, in each case relating to the non-substantive consolidation of Hertz and HGI on the one hand, and each Group I Leasing Company, HVF II and Hertz Vehicles LLC, on the other hand.

 

Specified Cost Section ” means Sections 3.5 , 3.6 , 3.7 and/or 3.8 .

 

Subsidiary ” of any Person means any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock or other equity interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person or (ii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

 

Taxes ” has the meaning specified in Section 3.8(a) .

 

Term ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.6(a) .

 

Terminated Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.2(a) .

 

Transferee ” has the meaning specified in Section 9.3(e) .

 

Undrawn Fee ” means:

 

(a)          with respect to each Payment Date on or prior to the Series 2014-A Commitment Termination Date and each Investor Group, an amount equal to the sum with respect to each day in the Series 2014-A Interest Period of the product of:

 

i.                   the Undrawn Fee Rate for such Investor Group for such day, and

 

ii.                the excess, if any, of (i) the Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount for the related Investor Group (as if such Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount were determined on or after February 4, 2015) over (ii) the Investor Group Principal Amount for the related Investor Group (after giving effect to all Advances and Decreases on such day), in each case for such day, and

 

iii.             1/360, and

 

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(b)          with respect to each Payment Date following the Series 2014-A Commitment Termination Date, zero.

 

Undrawn Fee Rate ” has the meaning specified in the Program Fee Letter.

 

Up-Front Fee ” for each Committed Note Purchaser has the meaning specified in the Up-Front Fee Letter, if any, for such Committed Note Purchaser.

 

Up-Front Fee Letter ” means, with respect to a Committed Note Purchaser, if applicable, that certain fee letter dated as of the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date, by and among such Committed Note Purchaser, the Administrative Agent and HVF II setting forth the definition of Up-Front Fee for such Committed Note Purchaser.

 

Voluntary Decrease ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(c) .

 

Voluntary Decrease Amount ” has the meaning specified in Section 2.3(c) .

 

Voting Stock ” means, with respect to any Person, shares of Capital Stock entitled to vote generally in the election of directors to the board of directors or equivalent governing body of such Person.

 

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SCHEDULE II

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2014-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $76,724,985.96

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount:

 

(a) as of any date of determination prior to January 7, 2015: $111,111,111.11

(b) as of any date of determination on or after January 7, 2015 but prior to February 4, 2015: $222,222,222.22

(c) as of any date of determination on or after February 4, 2015: $361,111,111.11

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2014-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $76,724,985.96

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount:

 

(a) as of any date of determination prior to January 7, 2015: $111,111,111.11

(b) as of any date of determination on or after January 7, 2015 but prior to February 4, 2015: $222,222,222.22

(c) as of any date of determination on or after February 4, 2015: $361,111,111.11

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

 

ATLANTIC ASSET SECURITIZATION LLC, as a Conduit Investor

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2014-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $76,724,985.96

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount:

 

(a) as of any date of determination prior to January 7, 2015: $111,111,111.11

(b) as of any date of determination on or after January 7, 2015 but prior to February 4, 2015: $222,222,222.22

(c) as of any date of determination on or after February 4, 2015: $361,111,111.11

 

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser, for ATLANTIC ASSET SECURITIZATION LLC, as a Conduit Investor

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2014-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $76,724,985.96

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount:

 

(a) as of any date of determination prior to January 7, 2015: $111,111,111.12

(b) as of any date of determination on or after January 7, 2015 but prior to February 4, 2015: $222,222,222.24

(c) as of any date of determination on or after February 4, 2015: $361,111,111.12

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

 



 

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA , as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2014-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $76,724,985.96

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount:

 

(a) as of any date of determination prior to January 7, 2015: $111,111,111.11

(b) as of any date of determination on or after January 7, 2015 but prior to February 4, 2015: $222,222,222.22

(c) as of any date of determination on or after February 4, 2015: $361,111,111.11

 

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA , as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

 

OLD LINE FUNDING, LLC, as a Conduit Investor

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2014-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $76,724,985.96

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount:

 

(a) as of any date of determination prior to January 7, 2015: $111,111,111.11

(b) as of any date of determination on or after January 7, 2015 but prior to February 4, 2015: $222,222,222.22

(c) as of any date of determination on or after February 4, 2015: $361,111,111.11

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser, for OLD LINE FUNDING, LLC, as a Conduit Investor

 

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC , as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2014-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $76,724,985.96

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount:

 

(a) as of any date of determination prior to January 7, 2015: $111,111,111.11

(b) as of any date of determination on or after January 7, 2015 but prior to February 4, 2015: $222,222,222.22

(c) as of any date of determination on or after February 4, 2015: $361,111,111.11

 

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC , as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

 

GRESHAM RECEIVABLES (NO. 29) LTD, as a Conduit Investor

GRESHAM RECEIVABLES (NO. 29) LTD, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2014-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $76,724,985.96

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount:

 

(a) as of any date of determination prior to January 7, 2015: $111,111,111.11

(b) as of any date of determination on or after January 7, 2015 but prior to February 4, 2015: $222,222,222.22

(c) as of any date of determination on or after February 4, 2015: $361,111,111.11

 

LLOYDS BANK PLC, as a Funding Agent, for GRESHAM RECEIVABLES (NO. 29) LTD, as a Conduit Investor and a Committed Note Purchaser

 

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STARBIRD FUNDING CORPORATION, as a Conduit Investor

BNP PARIBAS, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2014-A Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $76,724,985.96

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount:

 

(a) as of any date of determination prior to January 7, 2015: $111,111,111.11

(b) as of any date of determination on or after January 7, 2015 but prior to February 4, 2015: $222,222,222.22

(c) as of any date of determination on or after February 4, 2015: $361,111,111.11

 

BNP PARIBAS, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser, for STARBIRD FUNDING CORPORATION, as a Conduit Investor

 

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SCHEDULE III

 

Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap Amortization Schedule

 

Date of Determination Occurring During
Period Set Forth Below

 

Notional Amount of Series 2014-A
Interest Rate Caps as Percentage of
Series 2014-A Maximum Principal 
Amount

On or prior to Expected Final Payment Date plus one Payment Date

 

100.00%

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus one Payment Date but on or prior to (y) Expected Final Payment Date plus two Payment Dates

 

91.67%

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus two Payment Dates but on or prior to (y) Expected Final Payment Date plus three Payment Dates

 

83.33%

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus three Payment Dates but on or prior to (y) Expected Final Payment Date plus four Payment Dates

 

75.00%

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus four Payment Dates but on or prior to (y) Expected Final Payment Date plus five Payment Dates

 

66.67%

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus five Payment Dates but on or prior to (y) Expected Final Payment Date plus six Payment Dates

 

58.33%

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus six Payment Dates but on or prior to (y) Expected Final Payment Date plus seven

 

50.00%

 



 

Payment Dates

 

 

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus seven Payment Dates but on or prior to (y) Expected Final Payment Date plus eight Payment Dates

 

41.67%

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus eight Payment Dates but on or prior to (y) Expected Final Payment Date plus nine Payment Dates

 

33.33%

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus nine Payment Dates but on or prior to (y) Expected Final Payment Date plus ten Payment Dates

 

25.00%

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus ten Payment Dates but on or prior to (y) Expected Final Payment Date plus eleven Payment Dates

 

16.67%

After (x) Expected Final Payment Date plus eleven Payment Dates but on or prior to (y) Legal Final Payment Date

 

8.33%

After Legal Final Payment Date

 

0%

 

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ANNEX 1

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

1.                                       HVF II .  HVF II represents and warrants to each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser that each of its representations and warranties in the Series 2014-A Related Documents is true and correct as of the date hereof (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date) and further represents and warrants to such parties that:

 

a.               no Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, in each case with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes, is continuing;

 

b.               assuming each Conduit Investor or other purchaser of the Series 2014-A Notes hereunder is not purchasing with a view toward further distribution and there has been no general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of the Securities Act, and further assuming that the representations and warranties of each Conduit Investor set forth in Article VI are true and correct, the offer and sale of the Series 2014-A Notes in the manner contemplated by this Series 2014-A Supplement is a transaction exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and the Group I Indenture is not required to be qualified under the Trust Indenture Act;

 

c.                on the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date, HVF II has furnished to the Administrative Agent true, accurate and complete copies of all Series 2014-A Related Documents to which it is a party as of the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date, all of which are in full force and effect as of the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date;

 

d.               as of the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date, none of the written information furnished by HVF II, Hertz or any of its Affiliates, agents or representatives to the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note Purchasers, the Administrative Agent or the Funding Agents for purposes of or in connection with this Series 2014-A Supplement, including any information relating to the Series 2014-A Collateral, taken as a whole, is inaccurate in any material respect, or contains any material misstatement of fact, or omits to state a material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein not misleading, in each case as of the date such information was stated or certified unless such information has been superseded by subsequently delivered information; and

 

e.                HVF II is not, and is not controlled by, an “investment company” within the meaning of, and is not required to register as an “investment company” under, the Investment Company Act.  In reaching this conclusion, although other statutory or regulatory exemptions under the Investment

 



 

Company Act may be available, HVF II has relied on the exemption from registration set forth in Rule 3a-7 under the Investment Company Act.

 

2.               Group I Administrator .  The Group I Administrator represents and warrants to each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser that each representation and warranty made by it in each Series 2014-A Related Document, is true and correct in all material respects as of the date hereof (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date).

 

3.               Conduit Investors and Committed Note Purchasers .  Each of the Conduit Investors and each of the Committed Note Purchasers represents and warrants to HVF II and the Group I Administrator, as of the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date (or, with respect to each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser that becomes a party hereto after the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date, as of the date such Person becomes a party hereto), that:

 

a.               it has had an opportunity to discuss HVF II’s and the Group I Administrator’s business, management and financial affairs, and the terms and conditions of the proposed purchase, with HVF II and the Group I Administrator and their respective representatives;

 

b.               it is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act and has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investing in, and is able and prepared to bear the economic risk of investing in, the Series 2014-A Notes;

 

c.                it is purchasing the Series 2014-A Notes for its own account, or for the account of one or more “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act that meet the criteria described in subsection (b) and for which it is acting with complete investment discretion, for investment purposes only and not with a view to distribution, subject, nevertheless, to the understanding that the disposition of its property shall at all times be and remain within its control;

 

d.               it understands that the Series 2014-A Notes have not been and will not be registered or qualified under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and is being offered only in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and may not be resold or otherwise transferred unless so registered or qualified or unless an exemption from registration or qualification is available, that HVF II is not required to register the Series 2014-A Notes, and that any transfer must comply with the provisions of the Group I Supplement and Article IX of the Series 2014-A Supplement;

 

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e.                it understands that the Series 2014-A Notes will bear the legend set out in the form of Series 2014-A Notes attached as Exhibit A hereto and be subject to the restrictions on transfer described in such legend and in Section 9.1 ;

 

f.                 it will comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws in connection with any subsequent resale of the Series 2014-A Notes;

 

g.                it understands that the Series 2014-A Notes may be offered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred only in accordance with Section 9.3 and only:

 

i.                        to HVF II,

 

ii.                     in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act,

 

iii.                  outside the United States to a foreign person in a transaction meeting the requirements of Regulation S under the Securities Act, or

 

iv.                 in a transaction complying with or exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction; notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3(g) , it is hereby understood and agreed by HVF II that the Series 2014-A Notes will be pledged by each Conduit Investor pursuant to its related commercial paper program documents, and the Series 2014-A Notes, or interests therein, may be sold, transferred or pledged to its related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider or any affiliate of its related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider or, any commercial paper conduit administered by its related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider or any affiliate of its related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider;

 

provided that , for the avoidance of doubt, HVF II may, in its sole and absolute discretion, withhold its consent with respect to any offer, sale, pledge or other transfer of any Series 2014-A Note to any Person and any such withholding shall be deemed reasonable;

 

h.               if it desires to offer, sell or otherwise transfer, pledge or hypothecate the Series 2014-A Notes as described in clause (ii)  or (iv)  of Section 3(g)  of this Annex 1 , and such sale, transfer or pledge does not fall within the “notwithstanding the foregoing” provision of Section 3(g)(iv)  of this Annex 1 , the transferee of the Series 2014-A Notes will be required to deliver a certificate that an exemption from the registration requirements

 

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of the Securities Act applies to such offer, sale, transfer or hypothecation, and it understands that the registrar and transfer agent for the Series 2014-A Notes will not be required to accept for registration of transfer the Series 2014-A Notes acquired by it, except upon presentation of an executed letter in the form described herein; and

 

i.                   it will obtain from any purchaser of the Series 2014-A Notes substantially the same representations and warranties contained in the foregoing paragraphs.

 

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ANNEX 2

 

COVENANTS

 

HVF II and the Group I Administrator each severally covenants and agrees that, until the Series 2014-A Notes have been paid in full and the Term has expired, it will:

 

1.               Performance of Obligations .  Duly and timely perform all of its covenants (both affirmative and negative) and obligations under each Series 2014-A Related Document to which it is a party.

 

2.               Amendments .  Not amend, supplement or otherwise modify, or consent to any amendment, supplement, modification or waiver of:

 

i.                   (A) other than with respect to the waiver of a Group I Leasing Company Amortization Event with respect to the HVF Series 2013-G1 Note, any provision of the Series 2014-A Related Documents or the HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Documents, if such amendment, supplement, modification, waiver or consent adversely affects the Series 2014-A Noteholders, without the consent of the Series 2014-A Required Noteholders, or (B) solely with respect to the waiver of a Group I Leasing Company Amortization Event with respect to the HVF Series 2013-G1 Note, any provision of the Series 2014-A Related Documents or the HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Documents if such amendment, supplement, modification, waiver or consent adversely affects the Series 2014-A Noteholders without the consent of Series 2014-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount; provided that , prior to entering into, granting or effecting any such amendment, supplement, modification or consent without the consent of the Series 2014-A Required Noteholders (in the case of the foregoing clause (A)) or the consent of Series 2014-A Noteholders holding more than 66 2 / 3 % of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount (in the case of the foregoing clause (B)), HVF II shall deliver to the Trustee and each Funding Agent an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel (which may be based on an Officer’s Certificate) confirming, in each case, that such amendment, modification, waiver, supplement or consent does not adversely affect the Series 2014-A Noteholders;

 

ii.                any Series 2014-A Letter of Credit that is not substantially in the form of Exhibit I to this Series 2014-A Supplement without written consent of the Series 2014-A Required Noteholders;

 

iii.             (a) the defined terms “HVF II Group I Aggregate Asset Amount Deficiency” and “HVF II Group I Liquidation Event” appearing in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement, (b) the defined terms “Group I Aggregate Asset Amount”, “Group I Aggregate Asset Amount Deficiency”, “Group I Manufacturer Program”, “Group I Liquidation

 



 

Event”, “Group I Required Contractual Criteria” and “Group I Aggregate Asset Coverage Threshold Amount”, in each case, appearing in the Group I Supplement, (c) the defined terms “Commitment”, “Commitment Percentage”, “Conduit Assignee”, “CP Rate”, “Eurodollar Advance”, “Eurodollar Interest Period”, “Eurodollar Rate”, “Eurodollar Rate (Reserve Adjusted)”, “Funding Conditions”, “Investor Group Principal Amount”, “Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount”, “Prime Rate”, “Program Fee”, “Series 2014-A AAA Component”, “Series 2014-A Adjusted Advance Rate”, “Series 2014-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount”, “Series 2014-A Asset Amount”, “Series 2014-A Asset Coverage Threshold Amount”, “Series 2014-A Base Rate”, “Series 2014-A Baseline Advance Rate”, “Series 2014-A Blended Advance Rate”, “Series 2014-A Commitment Termination Date”, “Series 2014-A Concentration Excess Advance Rate Adjustment”, “Series 2014-A Eligible Manufacturer Receivable”, “Series 2014-A Liquidation Event”, “Series 2014-A Manufacturer Concentration Excess Amount”, “Series 2014-A Manufacturer Percentage”, “Series 2014-A Maximum Manufacturer Amount”, “Series 2014-A Maximum Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Amount”, “Series 2014-A MTM/DT Advance Rate Adjustment”, “Series 2014-A Non-Investment Grade (High) Program Receivable Concentration Excess Amount”, “Series 2014-A Non-Liened Vehicle Concentration Excess Amount”, “Series 2014-A Select Component”, “Series 2014-A Third-Party Market Value”, “Undrawn Fee” or “Up-Front Fee”, in each case, appearing in the Series 2014-A Supplement, or (d) the required amount of Enhancement or Group I Series Enhancement with respect to the Series 2014-A Noteholders, in each case, without the written consent of each Committed Note Purchaser and each Conduit Investor; or

 

iv.            any defined terms included in any of the defined terms listed in the preceding clause (iii)  if such amendment, supplement or modification materially adversely affects the Series 2014-A Noteholders, without the consent of each Committed Note Purchaser and each Conduit Investor; provided that , prior to entering into, granting or effecting any such amendment, supplement or modification without the consent of each Committed Note Purchaser and each Conduit Investor, HVF II shall deliver to each Funding Agent an Officer’s Certificate confirming, in each case, that such amendment, supplement or modification does not materially adversely affect the Series 2014-A Noteholders; provided further that , for the avoidance of doubt, in any such case, the requirements of the preceding clause (i)  shall remain applicable to such amendment, supplement or modification of such defined term;

 

provided that , (a) the preceding clause (i)  shall not apply to (I) any amendment, supplement, modification or consent with respect to any Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap (A) the sole effect of which amendment, supplement, modification or consent is to (w) increase the notional amount

 

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thereunder, (x) modify the notional amortization schedule thereunder applicable during the period between the Expected Final Payment Date and the Legal Final Payment Date (y) decrease the strike rate of or (z) extend the term thereunder (B) if HVF II would be permitted to enter into such Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap, as so amended, supplemented or modified without the consent of the Series 2014-A Noteholders, (II) any amendment, supplement, modification or consent with respect to any Series 2014-A Demand Note permitted pursuant to Section 4.5 of the Series 2014-A Supplement or (III) any amendment, supplement, modification or consent with respect to the definitions of “Series 2013-G1 Commitment Termination Date”, “Series 2013-G1 Maximum Principal Amount” or “Special Term”, in each case, as such terms are defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement; and (b) HVF II and the Group I Administrator agree that any amendment or modification described in Section 11.2(b)(i)  (which for the avoidance of doubt, includes amendments or modifications to any Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount), 10.2(b)(ii), 10.2(b)(iii) and 10.2(b)(iv) of the Group I Supplement that affects the Series 2014-A Noteholders shall require the consent of Series 2014-A Noteholders holding 100% of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount.

 

3.               Delivery of Information .  (i) At the same time any report, notice, certificate, statement, Opinion of Counsel or other document is provided or caused to be provided to the Trustee or any Rating Agency by HVF II or the Group I Administrator under the Series 2014-A Supplement or, to the extent such report, notice, certificate, statement, Opinion of Counsel or other document relates to the Series 2014-A Notes, Series 2014-A Collateral or the Group I Indenture, provide the Administrative Agent (who shall provide a copy thereof to the Committed Note Purchasers and the Conduit Investors) with a copy of such report, notice, certificate, Opinion of Counsel or other document, provided that, no Opinion of Counsel delivered in connection with the issuance of any Series of Notes (other than the Series 2014-A Notes) shall be required to be provided pursuant to this clause (i) , (ii) at the same time any report is provided or caused to be provided by HVF to the HVF II Trustee pursuant to Sections 5.1(e) or (f) of the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement, provide or cause to be provided to the Administrative Agent a copy of such report and (iii) provide the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent such other information with respect to HVF II or the Group I Administrator as the Administrative Agent or any Funding Agent may from time to time reasonably request; provided however , that neither HVF II nor the Group I Administrator shall have any obligation under this Section 3 to deliver to the Administrative Agent copies of any information, reports, notices, certificates, statements, Opinions of Counsel or other documents relating solely to any Series of Notes other than the Series 2014-A Notes, or any legal opinions or routine communications, including determinations relating to payments, payment requests, payment directions or other similar calculations.  For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 3 shall require any Opinion of Counsel provided to any Person pursuant to this Section 3 to be addressed to such Person or to permit such Person any basis on which to rely on such Opinion of Counsel.

 

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4.               Access to Collateral Information .  At any time and from time to time, following reasonable prior notice from the Administrative Agent or any Funding Agent, and during regular business hours, permit, and, if applicable, cause HVF to permit, the Administrative Agent or any Funding Agent, or their respective agents or representatives (including any independent public accounting firm, independent consulting firm or other third party auditors) or permitted assigns, access to the offices of, the Group I Administrator, Hertz, and HVF II, as applicable,

 

(i)                                      to examine and make copies of and abstracts from all documentation relating to the Series 2014-A Collateral on the same terms as are provided to the Trustee under Section 6.4 of the Base Indenture (but excluding making copies of or abstracts from any information that the Group I Administrator or HVF II reasonably determines to be proprietary or confidential; provided that , for the avoidance of doubt, all data and information used to calculate any Series 2014-A MTM/DT Advance Rate Adjustment or lack thereof shall be deemed to be proprietary and confidential), and

 

(ii)                                   upon reasonable notice, to visit the offices and properties of, the Group I Administrator, Hertz, and HVF II for the purpose of examining such materials described in clause (i)  above, and to discuss matters relating to the Series 2014-A Collateral, or the administration and performance of the Base Indenture, the Group I Supplement, the Series 2014-A Supplement and the other Series 2014-A Related Documents with any of the Authorized Officers or other nominees as such officers specify, of the Group I Administrator, Hertz and/or HVF II, as applicable, having knowledge of such matters, in each case as may reasonably be requested; provided that , (i) prior to the occurrence of an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, in each case, with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes, one such visit per annum, if requested, coordinated by the Administrative Agent and in which each Funding Agent may participate shall be at HVF II’s sole cost and expense and (ii) during the continuance of an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, in each case, with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes, each such visit shall be at HVF II’s sole cost and expense.

 

Each party making a request pursuant to this Section 4 shall simultaneously send a copy of such request to each of the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent, as applicable, so as to allow such other parties to participate in the requested visit.

 

5.               Cash AUP .  At any time and from time to time, following reasonable prior notice from the Administrative Agent, cooperate with the Administrative Agent or its agents or representatives (including any independent public accounting firm, independent consulting firm or other third party auditors) or permitted assigns in conducting a review of any ten (10) Business Days selected by the Administrative Agent (or its representatives or agents), confirming (i) the information contained

 

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in the Daily Group I Collection Report for each such day, (ii) that the Group I Collections described in each such Daily Group I Collection Report for each such day were applied correctly in accordance with Article V of the Series 2014-A Supplement, (iii) the information contained in the Series 2013-G1 Daily Collection Report (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) for each such day and (iv) that the Series 2013-G1 Collections (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) described in each such Series 2013-G1 Daily Collection Report for each such day were applied correctly in accordance with Article VII of the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement (a “ Cash AUP ”); provided that , such Cash AUPs shall be at HVF II’s sole cost and expense (i) for no more than one such Cash AUP per annum prior to the occurrence of an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, in each case with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes, and (ii) for each such Cash AUP after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, in each case with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes.

 

6.               Noteholder Statement AUP. On or prior to the Payment Date occurring in July of each year, the Group I Administrator shall cause a firm of independent certified public accountants or independent consultants (reasonably acceptable to both the Administrative Agent and the Group I Administrator, which may be the Group I Administrator’s accountants) to deliver to the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent, a report in a form reasonably acceptable to HVF II and the Administrative Agent (a “ Noteholder Statement AUP ”); provided that, such Noteholder Statement AUPs shall be at HVF II’s sole cost and expense (i) for no more than one such Noteholder Statement AUP per annum prior to the occurrence of an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, in each case with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes and (ii) for each such Noteholder Statement AUP after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event, in each case with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes.

 

7.               Margin Stock.   Not permit any (i) part of the proceeds of any Advance to be (x) used to purchase or carry any Margin Stock or (y) loaned to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock or (ii) amounts owed with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes to be secured, directly or indirectly, by any Margin Stock.

 

8.               Reallocation of Excess Collections .  On or after the Expected Final Payment Date, use all amounts allocated to and available for distribution from each principal collection account in respect of each Series of Group I Notes to decrease, pro rata (based on Principal Amount), the Series 2014-A Principal Amount and the principal amount of any other Series of Group I Notes that is then required to be paid.

 

9.               Financial Statements .  Commencing June 30, 2015, deliver to each Funding Agent within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of HVF II, the financial statements prepared pursuant to Section 6.16 of the Base Indenture.

 

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10.        Collateral Agent Report .  In the case of the Group I Administrator, for so long as a Group I Liquidation Event for any Series of Group I Notes is continuing, furnish or cause the Group I Lease Servicer to furnish to the Administrative Agent and each Series 2014-A Noteholder, the Collateral Agent Report prepared in accordance with Section 2.4 of the Collateral Agency Agreement; provided that the Group I Servicer may furnish or cause to be furnished to the Administrative Agent any such Collateral Agent Report, by posting, or causing to be posted, such Collateral Agent Report to a password-protected website made available to the Administrative Agent or by any other reasonable means of electronic transmission (including, without limitation, e-mail, file transfer protocol or otherwise).

 

11.        Further Assurances .  At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the Administrative Agent, and at its sole expense, promptly and duly execute and deliver any and all such further instruments and documents and take such further action as the Administrative Agent may reasonably deem desirable in obtaining the full benefits of this Series 2014-A Supplement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including the filing of any financing or continuation statements under the UCC in effect in any jurisdiction with respect to the liens and security interests granted hereby.

 

12.        Group I Administrator Replacement .  Not appoint or agree to the appointment of any successor Group I Administrator (other than the Group I Back-Up Administrator) without the prior written consent of the Series 2014-A Required Noteholders.

 

13.        Series 2013-G1 Administrator Replacement .  Not appoint or agree to the appointment of any successor Series 2013-G1 Administrator (other than the Series 2013-G1 Back-Up Administrator) without the prior written consent of the Series 2014-A Required Noteholders.

 

14.        Series 2013-G1 Back-Up Disposition Agent Agreement Amendments .  Not amend the Series 2013-G1 Back-Up Disposition Agent Agreement in a manner that materially adversely affects the Series 2014-A Noteholders, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, without the prior written consent of the Series 2014-A Required Noteholders.

 

15.        Independent Directors .  (x) Not remove any Independent Director of the HVF II General Partner or HVF, without (i) delivering an Officer’s Certificate to the Administrative Agent certifying that the replacement Independent Director of the applicable entity satisfies the definition of Independent Director and (ii) obtaining the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), in each case, no later than ten (10) Business Days prior to the effectiveness of such removal (or such shorter period as my be agreed to by the Administrative Agent) and (y) not replace any Independent Director of the HVF II General Partner or HVF unless (i) it has obtained the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or (ii) such replacement Independent Director is an officer, director or employee of an

 

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entity that provides, in the ordinary course of its business, advisory, management or placement services to issuers of securitization or structured finance instruments, agreements or securities and otherwise meets the applicable definition of Independent Director ; provided , that , for the avoidance of doubt, in the event that an Independent Director of the HVF II General Partner or HVF is removed in connection with any such replacement, the HVF II General Partner or HVF, as applicable, and the Group I Administrator shall be required to effect such removal in accordance with clause (x)  above.

 

16.        Notice of Certain Amendments .  Within five (5) Business Days of the execution of any amendment or modification of any Series 2014-A Related Document or any HVF Series 2013-G1 Related Document, the Group I Administrator shall provide written notification of such amendment or modification to Standard & Poor’s for so long as Standard & Poor’s is rating any Series 2014-A Commercial Paper.

 

17.        Standard & Poor’s Limitation on Permitted Investments .  For so long as any Series 2014-A Commercial Paper is being rated by Standard & Poor’s and the Funding Agent with respect the Investor Group that issues such Series 2014-A Commercial Paper has notified HVF II in writing that such Series 2014-A Commercial Paper has not been issued on a “fully-wrapped” basis (and, if so notified, until such notice has been revoked by such Funding Agent), neither the Group I Administrator nor HVF II shall invest, or direct the investment of, any funds on deposit in any Series 2014-A Accounts, in a Permitted Investment that is a Permitted Investment pursuant to clause (viii) of the definition thereof (an “ Additional Permitted Investment ”), unless the Group I Administrator shall have received confirmation in writing from Standard & Poor’s that the investment of such funds in an Additional Permitted Investment will not cause the rating on such Series 2014-A Commercial Paper being rated by Standard & Poor’s to be reduced or withdrawn.

 

18.        Maintenance of Separate Existence .  Take or refrain from taking, as the case may be, all other actions that are necessary to be taken or not to be taken in order to (x) ensure that the assumptions and factual recitations set forth in the Specified Bankruptcy Opinion Provisions remain true and correct in all material respects with respect to HVF II and (y) comply in all material respects with those procedures described in such provisions that are applicable to HVF II.

 

19.        Merger .

 

i.                   Solely with respect to HVF II, not be a party to any merger or consolidation without the prior written consent of the Series 2014-A Required Noteholders.

 

ii.                Solely with respect to the Group I Administrator, not permit or suffer HVF to be a party to any merger or consolidation without the prior written consent of the Series 2014-A Required Noteholders.

 

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20.        Series 2014-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures .  Comply with the Series 2014-A Third-Party Market Value Procedures in all material respects.

 

21.        Enhancement Provider Ratings .  Solely with respect to the Group I Administrator, at least once every calendar month, determine (a) whether each Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider is a Series 2014-A Eligible Letter of Credit Provider and (b) whether each Interest Rate Cap Provider is an Eligible Interest Rate Cap Provider.

 

22.        RCFC Nominee .  On any date during the RCFC Nominee Applicability Period, not permit or suffer to exist any amendment to the RCFC Nominee Agreement or to RCFC’s organizational documents unless the Series 2014-A Rating Agency Condition shall have been satisfied with respect to such amendment.

 

23.        Additional Group I Leasing Companies .  HVF II will not designate any Additional Group I Leasing Company or acquire any Additional Group I Leasing Company Notes, in each case, without the prior written consent of the Series 2014-A Required Noteholders.

 

24.        Future Issuance of Group I Notes .  Not issue any other Series of Group I Notes on any date on which any Group I Leasing Company Amortization Event or Group I Potential Leasing Company Amortization Event is continuing without the prior written consent of the Series 2014-A Required Noteholders.

 

25.        Financial Statements and Other Reporting .  Solely with respect to the Group I Administrator, furnish or cause to be furnished to each Funding Agent:

 

i.                   commencing June 30, 2015, within 120 days after the end of each of Hertz’s fiscal years, copies of the Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by Hertz with the SEC or, if Hertz is not a reporting company, information equivalent to that which would be required to be included in the financial statements contained in such an Annual Report if Hertz were a reporting company, including consolidated financial statements consisting of a balance sheet of Hertz and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Hertz and its consolidated subsidiaries for such fiscal year, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the preceding fiscal year (if applicable), certified by and containing an opinion, unqualified as to scope, of a firm of independent certified public accountants of nationally recognized standing selected by Hertz;

 

ii.                commencing June 30, 2015, within sixty (60) days after the end of each of the first three quarters of each of Hertz’s fiscal years, copies of the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by Hertz with the SEC or, if Hertz is not a reporting company, information equivalent to that which would be required to be included in the financial statements contained in such a

 

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Quarterly Report if Hertz were a reporting company, including (x) financial statements consisting of consolidated balance sheets of Hertz and its consolidated subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and statements of income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Hertz and its consolidated subsidiaries for each such quarter, setting forth in comparative form the corresponding figures for the corresponding periods of the preceding fiscal year (if applicable), all in reasonable detail and certified (subject to normal year-end audit adjustments) by a senior financial officer of Hertz as having been prepared in accordance with GAAP;

 

iii.             simultaneously with the delivery of the Annual Report on Form 10-K (or equivalent information) referred to in (i) above and the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (or equivalent information) referred to in (ii) above, an Officer’s Certificate of Hertz stating whether, to the knowledge of such officer, there exists on the date of the certificate any condition or event that then constitutes, or that after notice or lapse of time or both would constitute, a Series 2013-G1 Potential Operating Lease Event of Default (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) or Series 2013-G1 Operating Lease Event of Default (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement), and, if any such condition or event exists, specifying the nature and period of existence thereof and the action Hertz is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto;

 

iv.            promptly after obtaining actual knowledge thereof, notice of any Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Event of Default (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) or termination of a Series 2013-G1 Manufacturer Program (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement); and

 

v.               promptly after any Authorized Officer of Hertz becomes aware of the occurrence of any Reportable Event (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) (other than a reduction in active Plan participants) with respect to any Plan (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) of Hertz, a certificate signed by an Authorized Officer of Hertz setting forth the details as to such Reportable Event and the action that such Lessee is taking and proposes to take with respect thereto, together with a copy of the notice of such Reportable Event given to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.

 

The financial data that shall be delivered to the Funding Agents pursuant to the foregoing paragraphs (i) and (ii) shall be prepared in conformity with GAAP.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 25 , if any audited or reviewed financial statements or information required to be included in any such filing are not reasonably available on a timely basis as a result of such

 

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Hertz’s accountants not being “independent” (as defined pursuant to the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC thereunder), the Group I Administrator may, in lieu of furnishing or causing to be furnished the information, documents and reports so required to be furnished, elect to make a filing on an alternative form or transmit or make available unaudited or unreviewed financial statements or information substantially similar to such required audited or reviewed financial statements or information, provided that the Group I Administrator shall in any event be required to furnish or cause to be furnished such filing and so transmit or make available such audited or reviewed financial statements or information no later than the first anniversary of the date on which the same was otherwise required pursuant to the preceding provisions of this Section 25 .

 

Documents, reports, notices or other information required to be furnished or delivered pursuant to this Section 25 may be delivered electronically and, if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which Hertz posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on Hertz’s or any Parent Entity’s website (or such other website address as the Group I Administrator may specify by written notice to the Funding Agents from time to time) or (ii) on which such documents are posted on Hertz’s or any Parent Entity’s behalf on an internet or intranet website to which the Funding Agents have access (whether a commercial, government or third-party website or whether sponsored by or on behalf of the Funding Agents).

 

26.        Delivery of Specified Financial Statements . Solely with respect to the Group I Administrator, no later than June 30, 2015, file or cause to be filed with the SEC all annual and quarterly financial statements required to have been filed by Hertz with the SEC as of such date, so that Hertz is deemed to be current in its reporting obligations under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 as of such date.  Upon such filing, such financial statements shall be deemed to have been delivered to the Trustee and each Funding Agent by the Group I Administrator.

 

27.        Paired Drawn Percentages .  Solely with respect to HVF II, if, immediately after giving effect to any Advance or any “Advance” (under and as defined in the Series 2013-A Supplement), the difference between the Drawn Percentage and the “Drawn Percentage” (under and as defined in the Series 2013-A Supplement) would exceed 5.00%, then promptly use commercially reasonable efforts to request Advances and/or “Advances” (under and as defined in the Series 2013-A Supplement) and/or effect Voluntary Decreases and/or “Voluntary Decreases” (under and as defined in the Series 2013-A Supplement) to the extent necessary to cause the Drawn Percentage to equal the “Drawn Percentage” (under and as defined in the Series 2013-A Supplement) promptly following such Advance or “Advance”, as the case may be; provided that , HVF II’s obligation pursuant to this Section 27 shall be qualified in its entirety by HVF II’s right to request Advances and/or “Advances” (under and as defined in the Series 2013-A Supplement) and/or effect Voluntary Decreases and/or “Voluntary Decreases”

 

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(under and as defined in the Series 2013-A Supplement) pursuant to the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

28.        Mandatory Reductions of Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount .  Solely with respect to HVF II, within five (5) Business Days following the issuance or incurrence of any Qualifying RAC Debt by Hertz or any Affiliate thereof, effect a permanent reduction (but without prejudice to HVF II’s right to effect an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase with respect to any Investor Group in accordance with Section 2.1 of the Series 2014-A Supplement) of the Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount as of such date and a corresponding reduction of each Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount in accordance with Section 2.5 of the Series 2014-A Supplement in an amount equal to the aggregate amount of such Qualifying RAC Debt (net of reasonable expenses incurred in connection with such issuance or incurrence) (and effect any Decreases pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Series Supplement that would be necessary to effect any such reduction (the amount of any such Decrease, the “ RAC Debt Decrease Amount ”)).  Any such Decrease relating to any such permanent reduction of the Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount shall occur on the date notified by HVF II to each Series 2014-A Noteholder, each Conduit Investor, each Committed Note Purchaser and the Trustee pursuant to Section 2.3 of the Series Supplement (the “ RAC Debt Decrease Date ”), which RAC Debt Decrease Date, for the avoidance of doubt, shall be not later than the fifth Business Day following the issuance or incurrence of any related Qualifying RAC Debt.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, HVF II shall not be required to effect any such reduction or Decrease with respect to the first $1,500,000,000 of aggregate Qualifying RAC Debt issued or incurred by Hertz or any Affiliate thereof.

 

29.        Delivery of Certain Written Rating Agency Confirmations . Upon written request of the Administrative Agent at any time following the issuance of any other Series of Group I Notes on any date after the date hereof, promptly furnish to the Administrative Agent a copy of each written confirmation received by HVF II from any Rating Agency confirming that the Rating Agency Condition with respect to any Series of Group I Notes Outstanding as of the date of such issuance has been satisfied with respect to such issuance.

 

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ANNEX 3

 

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

The effectiveness of this Series 2014-A Supplement is subject to the following, in each case as of the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date:

 

1.                                       the Base Indenture, the Group I Supplement and the Series 2014-A Supplement shall be in full force and effect;

 

2.                                       each Funding Agent shall have received copies of (i) the Certificate of Incorporation and By-Laws of Hertz, the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of the HVF II General Partner and the certificate of formation and limited partnership agreement of HVF II, certified by the Secretary of State of the state of incorporation or organization, as the case may be, (ii) resolutions of the board of directors (or an authorized committee thereof) of the HVF II General Partner and Hertz with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Series 2014-A Supplement, and (iii) an incumbency certificate of the HVF II General Partner and Hertz, each certified by the secretary or assistant secretary of the related entity in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

 

3.                                       each Conduit Investor, or if there is no Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group, the Committed Note Purchaser with respect to such Investor Group, shall have received a copy of a notification in writing by DBRS that the execution of this Series 2014-A Supplement will not result in a reduction or withdrawal by DBRS of the rating or credit risk assessment of the Series 2014-A Notes;

 

4.                                       each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser shall have received opinions of counsel (i) from Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, or other counsel acceptable to the Conduit Investors and the Committed Note Purchasers, with respect to such matters as any such Conduit Investor or Committed Note Purchaser shall reasonably request (including regarding non-consolidation, true lease, true-sale and UCC security interest matters, tax and no-conflicts) and (ii) from counsel to the Trustee acceptable to the Conduit Investors and the Committed Note Purchasers with respect to such matters as any such Conduit Investor or Committed Note Purchaser shall reasonably request;

 

5.                                       the Administrative Agent shall have received evidence satisfactory to it of the completion of all UCC filings as may be necessary to perfect or evidence the assignment by HVF II to the Trustee of its interests in the Series 2014-A Collateral, the proceeds thereof and the security interests granted pursuant to the Series 2014-A Supplement and the Group I Supplement;

 

6.                                       the Administrative Agent shall have received a written search report listing all effective financing statements that name HVF II as debtor or assignor and that are filed in the State of Delaware and in any other jurisdiction that the Administrative Agent determines is necessary or appropriate, together with copies of such financing statements, and tax and judgment lien searches showing no such liens that are not permitted by the Series 2014-A Related Documents;

 

 



 

7.                                       each Committed Note Purchaser shall have received payment of the Up-Front Fee owing to it; and

 

8.                                       no later than two (2) days prior to the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received all documentation and other information about HVF II and Hertz that the Administrative Agent has reasonably determined is required by regulatory authorities under “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act, and that the Administrative Agent has reasonably requested in writing at least five (5) days prior to the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date.

 

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ANNEX 4

 

SECURITISATION RISK RETENTION REPRESENTATIONS AND UNDERTAKING

 

1.               The Group I Administrator represents and warrants to each Conduit Investor and each Committed Note Purchaser as of the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date that:

 

i.                   it owns 100% of the issued and outstanding limited liability company interests in HVF (the “ HVF Equity ”);

 

ii.                the Series 2014-A Blended Advance Rate does not exceed 95%; and

 

iii.             the Series 2013-G1 Advance Rate (as defined in the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement) does not exceed 95%,

 

2.               The Group I Administrator agrees for the benefit of each Conduit Investor and Committed Note Purchaser that it shall, for so long as any Series 2014-A Notes are Outstanding:

 

(a)                                              not sell or transfer (in whole or in part) the HVF Equity or subject the HVF Equity to any credit risk mitigation, any short positions or any other hedge; provided that , the HVF Equity may be pledged insofar as it is not otherwise prohibited from pledging the HVF Equity under the HVF Series 2013-G1 Supplement;

 

(b)                                              promptly provide notice to each Conduit Investor and Committed Note Purchaser in the event that it fails to comply with clause (a)  above; and

 

(c)                                               provide any and all information reasonably requested by any Committed Note Purchaser that is required by any such Committed Note Purchaser or any Conduit Investor in such Committed Note Purchaser’s Investor Group for purposes of complying with the Retention Requirement Law; provided that , compliance by the Group I Administrator with this clause (c)  shall be at the expense of the requesting Committed Note Purchaser, and provided further that , this clause (c)  shall not apply to information that the Group I Administrator is not able to provide (whether because the Group I Administrator has not been able to obtain the requested information after having made all reasonable efforts to do so, or by reason of any contractual, statutory or regulatory obligations binding on it).

 

3.               The Group I Administrator hereby represents and warrants to each Conduit Investor and each Committed Purchaser, as of the Series 2014-A Restatement Effective Date, as of the date of each Advance and as of the date of delivery of

 



 

each Monthly Noteholders’ Statement that it continues to comply with Section 1 of this Annex 4 as of such date.

 

4.               Anything to the contrary in this Annex 4 notwithstanding, the Group I Administrator shall not be in breach of any undertaking, representation or warranty in this Annex 4 if it fails to comply due to events, actions or circumstances beyond its control.

 

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EXHIBIT A
TO
SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF SERIES 2014-A VARIABLE FUNDING

 

RENTAL CAR ASSET BACKED NOTE

 



 

SERIES 2014-A VARIABLE FUNDING RENTAL CAR ASSET BACKED NOTE

 

REGISTERED

 

$

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No. R- [  ]

 

SEE REVERSE FOR CERTAIN CONDITIONS

 

THIS SERIES 2014-A NOTE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ SECURITIES ACT ”), OR WITH ANY STATE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY” LAWS.  THE HOLDER HEREOF, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF, AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, A SPECIAL PURPOSE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP ESTABLISHED UNDER THE LAWS OF DELAWARE (THE “ COMPANY ”), THAT SUCH SERIES 2014-A NOTE IS BEING ACQUIRED FOR ITS OWN ACCOUNT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO DISTRIBUTION AND TO OFFER, SELL OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER SUCH NOTE ONLY (A) TO THE COMPANY, (B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT THAT HAS BEEN DECLARED EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, (C) TO AN INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR (D) PURSUANT TO AN APPLICABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND, IN EACH SUCH CASE, IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE INDENTURE AND ALL APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY STATE OF THE UNITED STATES OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION, SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY, PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (C) , TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY TO IT OF A PURCHASER’S LETTER IN THE FORM OF EXHIBIT E TO THE SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT CERTIFYING, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THAT SUCH PURCHASER IS AN INSTITUTIONAL “ACCREDITED INVESTOR” WITHIN THE MEANING OF RULE 501(A)(1), (2), (3) OR (7) UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT AND SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY, PRIOR TO ANY TRANSFER PURSUANT TO CLAUSE (D) , TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, CERTIFICATION AND/OR OTHER INFORMATION SATISFACTORY TO IT.

 



 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP

 

SERIES 2014-A VARIABLE FUNDING RENTAL CAR ASSET BACKED NOTE

 

Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, a special purpose limited partnership established under the laws of Delaware, (herein referenced as the “ Company ”), for value received, hereby promises to pay to [         ] , as funding agent for [          ] , as a Committed Note Purchaser, and [         ], as a Conduit Investor (the “ Series 2014-A Note Purchaser ”), or its registered assigns, the aggregate principal sum of [                       ] ($ [         ] ) or, if less, the aggregate unpaid principal amount shown on the schedule attached hereto (and any continuation thereof), which amount shall be payable in the amounts and at the times set forth in the Group I Indenture and the Series 2014-A Supplement; provided , that , the entire unpaid principal amount of this Series 2014-A Note shall be due on the Legal Final Payment Date.  The Company will pay interest on this Series 2014-A Note at the Series 2014-A Note Rate.  Such interest shall be payable on each Payment Date until the principal of this Series 2014-A Note is paid or made available for payment, to the extent funds are available from Group I Interest Collections allocable to the Series 2014-A Note in accordance with the terms of the Series 2014-A Supplement.  In addition, the Company will pay interest on this Series 2014-A Note, to the extent funds are available from Group I Interest Collections allocable to the Series 2014-A Note, on the dates set forth in Section 5.3 of the Series 2014-A Supplement.  Pursuant to Sections 2.2 and 2.3 of the Series 2014-A Supplement, the principal amount of this Series 2014-A Note shall be subject to Advances and Decreases on any Business Day during the Series 2014-A Revolving Period, and accordingly, such principal amount is subject to prepayment in whole or in part at any time.  During the Series 2014-A Revolving Period, this Series 2014-A Note is subject to mandatory prepayment, to the extent funds have been allocated to the Series 2014-A Principal Collection Account and are available therefor, in accordance with Section 2.3(b)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement.  Beginning on the first Payment Date following the occurrence of a Series 2014-A Amortization Event, subject to cure in accordance with the Series 2014-A Supplement, the principal of this Series 2014-A Note shall be paid in installments on each subsequent Payment Date to the extent of funds available for payment therefor pursuant to the Indenture.  Such principal of and interest on this Series 2014-A Note shall be paid in the manner specified on the reverse hereof.

 

The principal of and interest on this Series 2014-A Note are payable in such coin or currency of the United States of America as at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.  Except as otherwise provided in the Indenture, payments made by the Company with respect to this Series 2014-A Note shall be applied first to interest due and payable on this Series 2014-A Note as provided above and then to the unpaid principal of this Series 2014-A Note.  This Series 2014-A Note does not represent an interest in, or an obligation of, The Hertz Corporation or any affiliate of The Hertz Corporation other than the Company.

 

Reference is made to the further provisions of this Series 2014-A Note set forth on the reverse hereof, which shall have the same effect as though fully set forth on the face of this Series 2014-A Note.  Although a summary of certain provisions of the

 



 

Indenture is set forth below and on the reverse hereof and made a part hereof, this Series 2014-A Note does not purport to summarize the Indenture and reference is made to the Indenture for information with respect to the interests, rights, benefits, obligations, proceeds and duties evidenced hereby and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company and the Trustee.  A copy of the Indenture may be requested from the Trustee by writing to the Trustee at:  The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., 2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020, Chicago, Illinois 60602, Attention:  Corporate Trust Administration—Structured Finance.

 

Unless the certificate of authentication hereon has been executed by the Trustee whose name appears below by manual signature, this Series 2014-A Note shall not be entitled to any benefit under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof, or be valid or obligatory for any purpose.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this instrument to be signed, manually or in facsimile, by its Authorized Officer.

 

Dated: [  ], 2014

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP

 

 

 

By HVF II GP Corp., its General Partner

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION

 

This is a Series 2014-A Note, a series issued under the within-mentioned Indenture.

 

Dated: [  ] , 2014

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Authorized Signatory

 



 

REVERSE OF SERIES 2014-A NOTE

 

This Series 2014-A Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Group I Notes of the Company, designated as its Series 2014-A Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Notes (herein called the “ Series 2014-A Note ”), issued under (i) an Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31 , 2014 (as amended, supplemented or modified, is herein referred to as the “ Base Indenture ”), between the Company and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as trustee (the “ Trustee ”, which term includes any successor Trustee under the Base Indenture), (ii) an Amended and Restated Group I Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, is herein referred to as the “ Group I Supplement ”), between the Company and the Trustee and (iii) the Amended and Restated Series 2014-A Supplement, dated as of October 31 , 2014 (as further amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, is herein referred to as the “ Series 2014-A Supplement ”), among the Company, the Administrative Agent, certain Committed Note Purchasers, certain Conduit Investors, certain Funding Agents and the Trustee.  The Base Indenture, together with the Group I Supplement and the Series 2014-A Supplement are referred to herein collectively, as the “ Indenture ”.  Except as set forth in the Series 2014-A Supplement, the Series 2014-A Note is subject to all terms of the Base Indenture and Group I Supplement.  Except as set forth in the Series 2014-A Supplement and the Group I Supplement, the Series 2014-A Note is subject to all of the terms of the Base Indenture.  All terms used in this Series 2014-A Note that are defined in the Series 2014-A Supplement shall have the meanings assigned to them in or pursuant to the Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

The Series 2014-A Note is and will be equally and ratably secured by the Collateral pledged as security therefor as provided in the Indenture.

 

Payment Date ” means the 25th day of each calendar month, or, if any such date is not a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, commencing August 25 , 2014 .

 

As described above, the entire unpaid principal amount of this Series 2014-A Note shall be due and payable on the Legal Final Payment Date, in accordance with Section 2.8 of the Series 2014-A Supplement.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, if an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes shall have occurred and be continuing then, in certain circumstances, principal of the Series 2014-A Note may be paid earlier, as described in the Indenture.  All principal payments of the Series 2014-A Note shall be made to the Series 2014-A Noteholders.

 

Payments of interest on this Series 2014-A Note are due and payable on each Payment Date or such other date as may be specified in the Series 2014-A Supplement, together with the installment of principal then due, if any, and any payments of principal made on any Business Day in respect of any Decreases, to the extent not in full payment of this Series 2014-A Note, shall be made by wire transfer to the Holder of record of this Series 2014-A Note (or one or more predecessor Series 2014-A Notes) on the Note Register as of the close of business on each Record Date.  Any reduction in the principal amount of this Series 2014-A Note (or one or more predecessor Series 2014-A Notes) effected by any payments made on any Payment Date shall be binding upon all future Holders of this Series 2014-A Note and of any Series 2014-A

 

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Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof, whether or not noted thereon.

 

The Company shall pay interest on overdue installments of interest at the Series 2014-A Note Rate to the extent lawful.

 

Subject to the terms of the Indenture, the holder of any Series 2014-A Note may transfer the same in whole or in part, in an amount equivalent to an authorized denomination, by surrendering such Series 2014-A Note at the office maintained by the Registrar for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.5 of the Base Indenture, with the form of transfer endorsed on it duly completed and executed by, or accompanied by a written instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and the Registrar by, the holder thereof and accompanied by a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit E to the Series 2014-A Supplement.  In exchange for any Series 2014-A Note properly presented for transfer, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver or cause to be authenticated and delivered in compliance with applicable law, to the transferee at such office, or send by mail (at the risk of the transferee) to such address as the transferee may request, Series 2014-A Notes for the same aggregate principal amount as was transferred.  In the case of the transfer of any Series 2014-A Note in part, the Company shall execute and the Trustee shall promptly authenticate and deliver or cause to be authenticated and delivered to the transferor at such office, or send by mail (at the risk of the transferor) to such address as the transferor may request, Series 2014-A Notes for the aggregate principal amount that was not transferred.  No transfer of any Series 2014-A Note shall be made unless the request for such transfer is made by each Series 2014-A Noteholder at such office.  Upon the issuance of transferred Series 2014-A Notes, the Trustee shall recognize the Holders of such Series 2014-A Note as Series 2014-A Noteholders.

 

Each Series 2014-A Noteholder, by acceptance of a Series 2014-A Note, covenants and agrees that no recourse may be taken, directly or indirectly, with respect to the obligations of the Trustee or the Company on the Series 2014-A Note or under the Indenture or any certificate or other writing delivered in connection therewith, against the Trustee in its individual capacity, or against any stockholder, member, employee, officer, director or incorporator of the Company; provided , however , that nothing contained herein shall be taken to prevent recourse to, and enforcement against, the assets of the Company constituting Series 2014-A Collateral for any and all liabilities, obligations and undertakings contained in the Indenture or in this Series 2014-A Note, to the extent provided for in the Indenture.

 

Each Series 2014-A Noteholder, by acceptance of a Series 2014-A Note, covenants and agrees that by accepting the benefits of the Indenture that such Series 2014-A Noteholder will not, for a period of one year and one day following payment in full of the Series 2014-A Notes and each other Series of Notes issued under the Base Indenture, institute against the Company, or join with any other Person in instituting against the Company, any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceedings, or other proceedings, under any United States Federal or state bankruptcy or similar law in connection with any obligations relating to the Notes, the Indenture or the Master Related Documents.

 

Prior to the due presentment for registration of transfer of this Series 2014-A Note, the Company, the Trustee and any agent of the Company or the Trustee may treat the

 

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Person in whose name this Series 2014-A Note (as of the day of determination or as of such other date as may be specified in the Indenture) is registered as the owner hereof for all purposes, whether or not this Series 2014-A Note shall be overdue, and neither the Company, the Trustee nor any such agent shall be affected by notice to the contrary.

 

It is the intent of the Company and each Series 2014-A Noteholder that, for Federal, state and local income and franchise tax purposes and any other tax imposed on or measured by income, the Series 2014-A Note will evidence indebtedness secured by the Series 2014-A Collateral.  Each Series 2014-A Noteholder, by the acceptance of this Series 2014-A Note, agrees to treat this Series 2014-A Note for purposes of Federal, state and local income or franchise taxes and any other tax imposed on or measured by income, as indebtedness.

 

The Indenture permits, with certain exceptions as therein provided, the amendment thereof and the modification of the rights and obligations of the Company and the rights of the Holder of the Series 2014-A Notes under the Indenture at any time by the Company with the consent of the applicable Person(s) specified therein.  The Indenture also contains provisions permitting the applicable Person(s) specified therein to waive compliance by the Company with certain provisions of the Indenture and certain past defaults under the Indenture and their consequences with respect to the Series 2014-A Notes.  Any such consent or waiver by such Person(s) shall be conclusive and binding upon the Series 2014-A Noteholders and upon all future Holders of this Series 2014-A Note and of any Series 2014-A Note issued upon the registration of transfer hereof or in exchange hereof or in lieu hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made upon this Series 2014-A Note.  The Indenture also permits the Company and the Trustee to amend or waive certain terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture without the consent of any other Person.

 

The term “Company” as used in this Series 2014-A Note includes any successor to the Company under the Indenture.

 

The Series 2014-A Note is issuable only in registered form in denominations as provided in the Indenture, subject to certain limitations set forth therein.

 

This Series 2014-A Note and the Indenture, and all matters arising out of or relating to this Series 2014-A Note or Indenture, shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the internal law of the State of New York, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereto shall be determined in accordance with such law.

 

No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Series 2014-A Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay the principal of and interest on this Series 2014-A Note at the times, place and rate, and in the coin or currency herein prescribed, subject to any duty of the Company to deduct or withhold any amounts as required by law, including any applicable U.S. withholding taxes; provided that , notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Indenture, the Series 2014-A Noteholders shall only have recourse to the Series 2014-A Collateral.

 

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INCREASES AND DECREASES

 

Date

 

Unpaid
Principal
Amount

 

Increase

 

Decrease

 

Total

 

Series 
2014-A
Note Rate

 

Interest Period
(if applicable)

 

Notation
Made By

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ASSIGNMENT

 

Social Security or taxpayer I.D. or other identifying number of assignee

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto

(name and address of assignee)

the within Series 2014-A Note and all rights thereunder, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints                               , attorney, to transfer said Series 2014-A Note on the books kept for registration thereof, with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Signature Guaranteed:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 


(1)  NOTE:  The signature to this assignment must correspond with the name of the registered owner as it appears on the face of the within Series 2014-A Note in every particular, without alteration, enlargement or any change whatsoever.

 

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EXHIBIT B-1

TO
SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF SERIES 2014-A DEMAND NOTE

 

$ [         ]

New York, New York

 

[   ], 2014

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ Hertz ”), promises to pay to the order of HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a special purpose limited partnership established under the laws of Delaware (“ HVF II ”), on any date of demand (the “ Demand Date ”) the principal sum of $ [       ] .

 

1.  Definitions .  Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Demand Note shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Series 2014-A Supplement (as defined below).  Reference is made to that certain Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Base Indenture ”), between HVF II and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), a national banking association (in such capacity, the “ Trustee ”), the Amended and Restated Group I Supplement thereto, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Group I Supplement ”), between HVF II and the Trustee and the Amended and Restated Series 2014-A Supplement thereto, dated as of October 31 , 2014 (as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Series 2014-A Supplement ”), among HVF II, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as the Administrative Agent, certain Committed Note Purchasers, certain Conduit Investors, certain Funding Agents and the Trustee.

 

2.  Principal The outstanding principal balance (or any portion thereof) of this Demand Note shall be due and payable on each Demand Date to the extent demand is made therefor by the Trustee.

 

3.  Interest .  Interest shall be paid on each Payment Date on the weighted average principal balance outstanding during the Interest Period immediately preceding such Payment Date at the Demand Note Rate.  Interest hereon shall be calculated based on the actual number of days elapsed in each Interest Period calculated on a 30-360 basis.  The “ Demand Note Rate ” means the London Interbank Offered Rate appearing on the BBA Libor Rates Page at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the first day of such Interest Period as the rate for dollar deposits with a one-month maturity.  “ BBA Libor Rates Page ” shall mean the display designated as Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or on any successor or substitute page of such service, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as determined by Hertz from time to time for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to Dollar deposits offered by leading banks in the London interbank

 



 

market.  “ Interest Period ” means a period commencing on and including the second Business Day preceding a Determination Date and ending on and including the day preceding the second Business Day preceding the next succeeding Determination Date; provided, however, that the initial Interest Period shall commence on July 25, 2014 and end on and include August 13, 2014.  The maker and endorser waives presentment for payment, protest and notice of dishonor and nonpayment of this Demand Note.  The receipt of interest in advance or the extension of time shall not relinquish or discharge any endorser of this Demand Note.

 

4.  No Waiver, Amendment .  No failure or delay on the part of HVF II in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single .  or partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right.  No amendment, modification or waiver of, or consent with respect to, any provision of this Demand Note shall in any event be effective unless (a) the same shall be in writing and signed and delivered by each of Hertz, HVF II and the Trustee and (b) all consents, if any, required for such actions under any material contracts or agreements of either Hertz or HVF II and the Series 2014-A Supplement shall have been received by the appropriate Persons.

 

5.  Payments .  All payments shall be made in lawful money of the United States of America by wire transfer in immediately available funds and shall be applied first to fees and costs, including collection costs, if any, next to interest and then to principal.  Payments shall be made to the account designated in the written demand for payment.

 

6.  Collection Costs .  Hertz agrees to pay all costs of collection of this Demand Note, including, without limitation, reasonable attorney’s fees, paralegal’s fees and other legal costs (including court costs) incurred in connection with consultation, arbitration and litigation (including trial, appellate, administrative and bankruptcy proceedings), regardless of whether or not suit is brought, and all other costs and expenses incurred by HVF II or the Trustee in exercising its rights and remedies hereunder.  Such costs of collection shall bear interest at the Demand Note Rate until paid.

 

7.  No Negotiation .  This Demand Note is not negotiable other than to the Trustee for the benefit of the Series 2014-A Noteholders pursuant to the Series 2014-A Supplement.  The parties intend that this Demand Note will be pledged to the Trustee for the benefit of the secured parties under the Series 2014-A Supplement and the other Series 2014-A Related Documents and payments hereunder shall be made only to said Trustee.

 

8.  Reduction of Principal .  The principal amount of this Demand Note may be modified from time to time, only in accordance with the provisions of the Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

9.  Governing Law .  THIS DEMAND NOTE, AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS DEMAND NOTE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAW.

 

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10.  Captions .  Paragraph captions used in this Demand Note are provided solely for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision this Demand Note.

 

11.  Replacement .  This Demand Note replaces that certain Demand Note, dated July 25, 2014, in an initial principal amount of $20,000,000 issued by Hertz

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

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PAYMENT GRID

 

Date

 

Principal
Amount

 

Amount of
Principal
Payment

 

Outstanding
Principal
Balance

 

Notation Made
By

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT B-2

TO
SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF DEMAND NOTICE

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,
AS TRUSTEE

 

, 20   

 

The Hertz Corporation
225 Brae Boulevard
Park Ridge, NJ 07656
Attn: Treasury Department

 

This Demand Notice is being delivered to you pursuant to Section 5.5(c)  of that certain Amended and Restated Series 2014-A Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 ( as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “ Series 2014-A Supplement ”), by and among Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, a special purpose limited partnership established under the laws of Delaware (“ HVF II ”), as Issuer, The Hertz Corporation, as the Group I Administrator, certain committed note purchasers, certain conduit investors, certain funding agents and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”), to the Amended and Restated Group I Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Group I Supplement ”), by and between HVF II and the Trustee, to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Base Indenture ”), by and between HVF II, as Issuer, and the Trustee.  Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Demand Notice shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

Demand is hereby made for payment on the Series 2014-A Demand Note in the amount of $[                  ] in immediately available funds by wire transfer to the account set forth below:

 

Account bank:   [                 ]

 

Account name:  [                 ]

 

ABA routing number: [                 ]

 

Reference:  [                 ]

 



 

EXHIBIT C
TO
SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF REDUCTION NOTICE REQUEST
SERIES 2014-A LETTER OF CREDIT

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
as Trustee under the
Series 2014-A Supplement
referred to below

2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020

Chicago, Illinois 60602

 

Attention: Corporate Trust Administration—Structured Finance

 

Request for reduction of the stated amount of the Amended and Restated Series 2014-A Letter of Credit under the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Agreement, dated as of [  ], 2014, (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof as of the date hereof, the “ Letter of Credit Agreement ”), between The Hertz Corporation (“ Hertz ”) and [                                ], as the Issuing Bank.

 

The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of Hertz, hereby certifies to The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as the Trustee (the “ Trustee ”) under the Series 2014-A Supplement referred to in the Letter of Credit Agreement (as may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Series 2014-A Supplement ”) as follows:

 

1.             The Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount and the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount as of the date of this request prior to giving effect to the reduction of the stated amount of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit requested in paragraph 2 of this request are $                     and $                   , respectively.

 

2.             The Trustee is hereby requested pursuant to Section 5.7(c) of the Series 2014-A Series Supplement to execute and deliver to the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider a Series 2014-A Notice of Reduction substantially in the form of Annex G to the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit (the “ Notice of Reduction ”) for a reduction (the “ Reduction ”) in the stated amount of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit by an amount equal to $                   . The Trustee is requested to execute and deliver the Notice of Reduction promptly following its receipt of this request, and in no event more than two (2) Business Days following the date of its receipt of this request (as required pursuant to Section 5.7(c) of the Series 2014-A Series Supplement), and to provide for the reduction pursuant to the Notice of Reduction to be as of                ,       . The undersigned understands that the Trustee will be relying on the contents hereof.  The undersigned further understands that the Trustee shall not be liable to the undersigned for any failure to transmit (or any delay in transmitting) the Notice of Reduction (including any fees and expenses attributable to the stated amount of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit not being

 



 

reduced in accordance with this paragraph) to the extent such failure (or delay) does not result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee.

 

3.             To the best of the knowledge of the undersigned, the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount and the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount will be $                    and $                   , respectively, as of the date of the reduction (immediately after giving effect to such reduction) requested in paragraph 2 of this request.

 

4.             The undersigned acknowledges and agrees that each of (a) the execution and delivery of this request by the undersigned, (b) the execution and delivery by the Trustee of a Notice of Reduction of the stated amount of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit, substantially in the form of Annex G to the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit, and (c) the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider’s acknowledgment of such notice constitutes a representation and warranty to the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider and the Trustee (i) by the undersigned, in its capacity as [_], that each of the statements set forth in the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Agreement is true and correct and (ii) by the undersigned, in its capacity as Group I Administrator under the Series 2014-A Supplement, that (A) the Series 2014-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount will equal or exceed the Series 2014-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount, (B) the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount will equal or exceed the Series 2014-A Demand Note Payment Amount and (C) no Group I Aggregate Asset Amount Deficiency will exist immediately after giving effect to such reduction.

 

5.             The undersigned agrees that if on or prior to the date as of which the stated amount of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit is reduced by the amount set forth in paragraph 2 of this request the undersigned obtains knowledge that any of the statements set forth in this request is not true and correct or will not be true and correct after giving effect to such reduction, the undersigned shall immediately so notify the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider and the Trustee by telephone and in writing by telefacsimile in the manner provided in the Letter of Credit Agreement and the request set forth herein to reduce the stated amount of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit shall be deemed canceled upon receipt by the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider of such notice in writing.

 

6.             Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, The Hertz Corporation, as the Group I Administrator, has executed and delivered this request on this        day of                ,       .

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION, as the Group I Administrator

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

TO SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF LEASE PAYMENT
DEFICIT NOTICE

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee

2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020

Chicago, Illinois 60602

Attn:  Corporate Trust Administration—Structured Finance

 

[ · ]

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This Lease Payment Deficit Notice is delivered to you pursuant to Section 5.9(b) of the Amended and Restated Series 2014-A Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 ( as may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time the “ Series 2014-A Supplement ”) , by and among Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP (“ HVF II ”), as Issuer, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and Securities Intermediary, The Hertz Corporation, as Group I Administrator (the “ Group I Administrator ”), Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, certain committed note purchasers, certain conduit investors and certain funding agents, to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture , dated as of October 31 , 20 14 ( as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, Base Indenture ), by and between HVF II and the Trustee, as supplemented by the Amended and Restated Group I Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the Group I Supplement ”), by and between HVF II and the Trustee .   Terms used herein have the meanings provided in the Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

Pursuant to Section 5.9(a) and (b) of the Series 2014-A Supplement, The Hertz Corporation, in its capacity as Group I Administrator under the Group I Related Documents and the Series 2014-A Related Documents, hereby provides notice of a Series 2014-A Lease Payment Deficit in the amount of $                    (consisting of a Series 2014-A Lease Interest Payment Deficit in the amount of $                    and a Series 2014-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit in the amount of $                   ).

 



 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION, as Group I Administrator

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT E
TO
SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF PURCHASER’S LETTER

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.,
as Registrar
2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020
Chicago, Illinois 60602
Attention: Corporate Trust Administration—Structured Finance

 

Re:           Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP
Series 2014-A Rental Car Asset Backed Notes

 

Reference is made to the Amended and Restated Series 2014-A Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Series 2014-A Supplement ”), by and among Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, as Issuer (“ HVF II ”), The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and Securities Intermediary, The Hertz Corporation (“ Hertz ”), as Group I Administrator, Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, certain committed note purchasers, certain conduit investors and certain funding agents, to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the Base Indenture ) , by and between HVF II and the Trustee, as supplemented by the Amended and Restated Group I Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the Group I Supplement ) , by and between HVF II and the Trustee .  Capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

In connection with a proposed purchase of certain Series 2014-A Notes from [                                    ] by the undersigned, the undersigned hereby represents and warrants that:

 

(a)           it has had an opportunity to discuss HVF II’s and the Group I Administrator’s business, management and financial affairs, and the terms and conditions of the proposed purchase, with HVF II and the Group I Administrator and their respective representatives;

 

(b)           it is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act and has sufficient knowledge and experience in financial and business matters to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of investing in, and is able and prepared to bear the economic risk of investing in, the Series 2014-A Notes;

 

(c)           it is purchasing the Series 2014-A Notes for its own account, or for the account of one or more “accredited investors” within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D under the Securities Act that meet the criteria described in

 



 

subsection (b)  and for which it is acting with complete investment discretion, for investment purposes only and not with a view to distribution, subject, nevertheless, to the understanding that the disposition of its property shall at all times be and remain within its control;

 

(d)           it understands that the Series 2014-A Notes have not been and will not be registered or qualified under the Securities Act or any applicable state securities laws or the securities laws of any other jurisdiction and is being offered only in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and may not be resold or otherwise transferred unless so registered or qualified or unless an exemption from registration or qualification is available, that HVF II is not required to register the Series 2014-A Notes, and that any transfer must comply with provisions of Section 2.8 of the Base Indenture;

 

(e)           it understands that the Series 2014-A Notes will bear the legend set out in the form of Series 2014-A Notes attached as Exhibit A to the Series 2014-A Supplement and be subject to the restrictions on transfer described in such legend;

 

(f)            it will comply with all applicable federal and state securities laws in connection with any subsequent resale of the Series 2014-A Notes;

 

(g)           it understands that the Series 2014-A Notes may be offered, resold, pledged or otherwise transferred only with HVF II’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, and only (A) to HVF II, (B) in a transaction meeting the requirements of Rule 144A under the Securities Act, (C) outside the United States to a foreign person in a transaction meeting the requirements of Regulation S under the Securities Act, or (D) in a transaction complying with or exempt from the registration requirements of the Securities Act and in accordance with any applicable securities laws of any state of the United States or any other jurisdiction; notwithstanding the foregoing, it is hereby understood and agreed by HVF II that (i) in the case of each Investor Group with respect to which there is a Conduit Investor, the Series 2014-A Notes will be pledged by each Conduit Investor pursuant to its related commercial paper program documents, and the Series 2014-A Notes, or interests therein, may be sold, transferred or pledged to the related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider or any Affiliate of its related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider or, any commercial paper conduit administered by its related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider or any affiliate of its related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider and (ii) in the case of each Investor Group, the Series 2014-A Notes, or interests therein, may be sold, transferred or pledged to the related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider or any affiliate of its related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider or, any commercial paper conduit administered by its related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider or any affiliate of its related Committed Note Purchaser or any Program Support Provider;

 

(h)           if it desires to offer, sell or otherwise transfer, pledge or hypothecate the Series 2014-A Notes as described in Section 3(g)(ii) or Section 3(g)(iv) of Annex 1 to the

 

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Series 2014-A Supplement, and such sale, transfer or pledge does not fall within the “notwithstanding the foregoing” provision of Section 3(g)(iv) of Annex 1 to the Series 2014-A Supplement, the transferee of the Series 2014-A Notes will be required to deliver a certificate, as described in Section 3(h) of Annex 1 to the Series 2014-A Supplement, that an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act applies to such offer, sale, transfer or hypothecation.  Upon original issuance thereof, and until such time as the same may no longer be required under the applicable requirements of the Securities Act, the certificate evidencing the Series 2014-A Notes (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof) shall bear a legend substantially in the form set forth in the Series 2014-A Notes included as an exhibit to the Series 2014-A Supplement.  The undersigned understands that the registrar and transfer agent for the Series 2014-A Notes will not be required to accept for registration of transfer the Series 2014-A Notes acquired by it, except upon presentation of an executed letter in the form required by the Series 2014-A Supplement; and

 

(i)            it will obtain from any purchaser of the Series 2014-A Notes substantially the same representations and warranties contained in the foregoing paragraphs.

 

This certificate and the statements contained herein are made for your benefit and for the benefit of HVF II.

 

 

 

[                                              ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dated:

 

 

 

 

 

 

cc: Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP

 

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EXHIBIT F

 

HVF II — Integrated Model

 

Daily_Series_2014A_CE

2014-A

Calculation Date:

MASTER CHECK

 

 

HVF II Series 2014-A Series Specific Required Credit Enhancement Calculations

 

Series 2014-A AAA Component

 

Series 2014-A
AAA
Component
Amount

 

Series 2014-A
Baseline
Advance Rates

 

Series 2014-A
Allocable
Concentration
Excess
Amount

 

Series 2014-A
Concentration
Excess
Advance Rate
Adjustment

 

MTM/
Disposition
Testing
Advance Rate
Adjustment

 

Series 2014-A
Adjusted
Advance Rate

 

Series 2014-A
Applicable
Advance Rate

 

Series 2014-A Eligible IG Program Metal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Eligible IG Program Receivables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Eligible NIG Program Metal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Eligible HNIG Program Receivables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Eligible LNIG Program Receivables

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Eligible IG Risk Metal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Eligible NIG Risk Metal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2014-A HVF II G1 Exchange Account Cash

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Remainder AAA Amount

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Group I Due & Unpaid Lease Amounts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Blended Advance Rate:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Program Metal Check

Program Receivables Check

Risk Metal Check

Concentration Excess Check

 



 

HVF II Series 2014-A Series Specific Asset Coverage Calculations

 

Adjusted ACTA Calculation

 

Series Class A Outstanding Principal Amount (BOD)

 

 

 

Series Class B Outstanding Principal Amount (BOD)

 

 

 

Series Class C Outstanding Principal Amount (BOD)

 

 

 

Total Series Principal Amount

 

 

 

Series Principal Collection Account Amount

 

 

 

Series Adjusted Principal Amount

 

 

 

Series Blended Advance Rate

 

 

 

Series Asset Coverage Threshold Amount

 

 

 

Series Letter of Credit Amount

 

 

 

Series Available Reserve Account Amount

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

Series Adjusted ACTA

 

 

 

 

Series Asset Amount Calculation

 

Series Floating Allocation Percentage

 

 

 

Series Asset Amount

 

 

 

 

Principal Deficit Amount Calculation

 

Series Adjusted Principal Amount

 

 

 

Series Asset Amount

 

 

 

Principal Deficit Amount

 

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Excess Principal Event / Mandatory Decrease Calculation

 

Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Outstanding Principal Amount (BOD)

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Excess Principal Event Occurring

 

 

 

Mandatory Decrease Amount

 

 

 

 

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HVF II Series 2014-A Series Specific Liquid Enhancement Calculations

 

Liquid Enhancement Calculations

 

Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount (gross)

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount (gross)

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount (net)

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount (net)

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Available Reserve Account Amount

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Liquid Enhancement Amount (gross)

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Liquid Enhancement (Deficiency) / Surplus Amount

 

 

 

Liquid Enhancement Check

 

 

 

 

Available Reserve Account Amount Calculations

 

Series 2014-A Available Reserve Account Amount

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Required Reserve Account Amount

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Reserve Account (Deficiency) / Surplus Amount

 

 

 

Check

 

 

 

 

Letter of Credit Provider Information

 

LC 1

 

LC 1 In Use

 

 

 

LC 1 Issuing Bank

 

 

 

LC 1 Expiration Date

 

 

 

LC 1 Expired?

 

 

 

LC1 Expiring w/in 60 Days?

 

 

 

LC 1 In Full Force and Effect?

 

 

 

Event of Bankruptcy w/r/t LC 1 LC Issuing Bank?

 

 

 

LC 1 Repudiated?

 

 

 

LC 1 Issuing Bank Series Eligible LC Provider Ratings?

 

 

 

 

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LC 2

 

LC 2 In Use

 

 

 

LC 2 Issuing Bank

 

 

 

LC 2 Expiration Date

 

 

 

LC 2 Expired?

 

 

 

LC1 Expiring w/in 60 Days?

 

 

 

LC 2 In Full Force and Effect?

 

 

 

Event of Bankruptcy w/r/t LC 2 LC Issuing Bank?

 

 

 

LC 2 Repudiated?

 

 

 

LC 2 Issuing Bank Series Eligible LC Provider Ratings?

 

 

 

 

LC 3

 

LC 3 In Use

 

 

 

LC 3 Issuing Bank

 

 

 

LC 3 Expiration Date

 

 

 

LC 3 Expired?

 

 

 

LC1 Expiring w/in 60 Days?

 

 

 

LC 3 In Full Force and Effect?

 

 

 

Event of Bankruptcy w/r/t LC 3 LC Issuing Bank?

 

 

 

LC 3 Repudiated?

 

 

 

LC 3 Issuing Bank Series Eligible LC Provider Ratings?

 

 

 

 

Series 2014-A Interest Rate Cap Calculations

 

2014-A [ ] Cap

 

2014-A Eligible Interest Rate Cap Provider

 

 

 

Current Notional

 

 

 

Strike Rate

 

 

 

Min Strike Rate Test

 

 

 

 

2014-A [ ] Cap

 

2014-A Eligible Interest Rate Cap Provider

 

 

 

Current Notional

 

 

 

Strike Rate

 

 

 

Min Strike Rate Test

 

 

 

 

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2014-A [ ] Cap

 

2014-A Eligible Interest Rate Cap Provider

 

 

 

Current Notional

 

 

 

Strike Rate

 

 

 

Min Strike Rate Test

 

 

 

 

Current Notional Test

 

Current Aggregate Cap Notional

 

 

 

Current Series 2014-A Maximum Principal Amount

 

 

 

Current Notional Sufficient

 

 

 

 

Required 2014-A Notional Schedule Test

 

Scheduled Notional Equals Required Notional

 

Date

 

Factor

 

Required

 

Aggregate

 

 

 

7/25/2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8/25/2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9/25/2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/25/2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11/25/2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12/25/2014

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1/25/2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2/25/2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3/25/2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4/25/2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5/25/2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6/25/2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7/25/2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8/25/2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9/25/2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/25/2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11/25/2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12/25/2015

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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EXHIBIT G
TO
SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

 

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT, dated as of [         ], among [         ] (the “ Transferor ”), each purchaser listed as an Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser on the signature pages hereof (each, an “ Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser ”), the Funding Agent with respect to the assigning Committed Note Purchaser listed in the signature pages hereof (the “ Funding Agent ”), and Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, a special purpose limited partnership established under the laws of Delaware (the “ Company ”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, this Assignment and Assumption Agreement is being executed and delivered in accordance with subsection 9.3(a) of the Amended and Restated Series 2014-A Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as from time to time further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Series 2014-A Supplement ”; terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined unless indicated otherwise), by and among the Company, the Conduit Investors named therein, the Committed Note Purchasers named therein, the Funding Agents named therein, The Hertz Corporation, as Group I Administrator, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (“ Trustee ”) to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as from time to time further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Base Indenture ”), by and between the Company and the Trustee, as supplemented by the Amended and Restated Group I Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as from time to time further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Group I Supplement ” and together with the Base Indenture and the Series 2014-A Supplement, the “ Indenture ”), by and between the Company and the Trustee;

 

WHEREAS, each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser (if it is not already an existing Committed Note Purchaser) wishes to become a Committed Note Purchaser party to the Series 2014-A Supplement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Transferor is selling and assigning to each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser, the portion of its rights, obligations and commitments under the Series 2014-A Supplement and the Series 2014-A Notes as set forth herein;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Upon the execution and delivery of this Assignment and Assumption Agreement by each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser, the Funding Agent, the Transferor and the Company (the date of such execution and delivery, the “ Transfer Issuance Date ”), each Acquiring

 



 

Committed Note Purchaser shall become a Committed Note Purchaser party to the Series 2014-A Supplement for all purposes thereof.

 

The Transferor acknowledges receipt from each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser of an amount equal to the purchase price, as agreed between the Transferor and such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser (the “ Purchase Price ”), of the portion being purchased by such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser (such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser’s “ Purchased Percentage ”) of the Transferor’s Commitment under the Series 2014-A Supplement and the Transferor’s Investor Group Invested Amount.  The Transferor hereby irrevocably sells, assigns and transfers to each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser, without recourse, representation or warranty, and each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser hereby irrevocably purchases, takes and assumes from the Transferor, such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser’s Purchased Percentage of the Transferor’s Commitment under the Series 2014-A Supplement and the Transferor’s Investor Group Invested Amount.

 

The Transferor has made arrangements with each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser with respect to [(i)] the portion, if any, to be paid, and the date or dates for payment, by the Transferor to such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser of any program fees, undrawn facility fee, structuring and commitment fees or other fees (collectively, the “ Fees ”) [heretofore received] by the Transferor pursuant to Article III of the Series 2014-A Supplement prior to the Transfer Issuance Date [and (ii) the portion, if any, to be paid, and the date or dates for payment, by such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser to the Transferor of Fees received by such Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser pursuant to the Series 2014-A Supplement from and after the Transfer Issuance Date].

 

From and after the Transfer Issuance Date, amounts that would otherwise by payable to or for the account of the Transferor pursuant to the Series 2014-A Supplement shall, instead, be payable to or for the account of the Transferor and the Acquiring Committed Note Purchasers, as the case may be, in accordance with their respective interests as reflected in this Assignment and Assumption Agreement, whether such amounts have accrued prior to the Transfer Issuance Date or accrue subsequent to the Transfer Issuance Date.

 

Each of the parties to this Assignment and Assumption Agreement agrees that at any time and from time to time upon the written request of any other party, it will execute and deliver such further documents and do such further acts and things as such other party may reasonably request in order to effect the purposes of this Assignment and Assumption Agreement.

 

By executing and delivering this Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the Transferor and each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser confirm to and agree with each other and the Committed Note Purchasers as follows: (i) other than the representation and warranty that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned hereby free and clear of any adverse claim, the Transferor makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Series 2014-A Supplement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Indenture, the Series 2014-A Notes, the Series 2014-A Related Documents or any instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; (ii) the Transferor makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of

 

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the Company or the performance or observance by the Company of any of the Company’s obligations under the Indenture, the Series 2014-A Related Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser confirms that it has received a copy of the Indenture, the Series 2014-A Supplement and such other Series 2014-A Related Documents and other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption Agreement; (iv) each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Transferor or any other Investor Group and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Series 2014-A Supplement; (v) each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Series 2014-A Supplement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, all in accordance with Article X of the Series 2014-A Supplement; (vi) each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser appoints and authorizes a Funding Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Series 2014-A Supplement as are delegated to such Funding Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, all in accordance with Article X of the Series 2014-A Supplement, (vii) each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Series 2014-A Supplement are required to be performed by it as an Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser and (viii) the Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company and the Group I Administrator that the representations and warranties contained in Section 3 of Annex 1 to the Series 2014-A Supplement are true and correct with respect to the Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser on and as of the date hereof and the Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser shall be deemed to have made such representations and warranties contained in Section 3 of Annex 1 to the Series 2014-A Supplement on and as of the date hereof.

 

Schedule I hereto sets forth the revised Commitment Percentages of the Transferor and each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser as well as administrative information with respect to each Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser and its Funding Agent.

 

This Assignment and Assumption Agreement and all matters arising under or in any manner relating to this Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereto shall be determined in accordance with such law.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Assignment and Assumption Agreement to be executed by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

[            ], as Transferor

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

[            ], as Acquiring Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

[            ], as Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Title:

 

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CONSENTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED:

 

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a limited partnership

 

 

 

 

 

By: HVF II GP Corp., its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

LIST OF ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES

AND OF COMMITMENT PERCENTAGES

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as
Administrative Agent

 

Address:

 

 

Attention:
Telephone:
Facsimile:

 

 

[TRANSFEROR]

 

Address:

[            ]

 

Attention: [         ]

 

Telephone: [       ]

 

Facsimile:  [          ]

 

 

Prior Commitment Percentage:

[            ]

 

 

Revised Commitment Percentage:

[            ]

 

 

Prior Investor Group Principal Amount:

[            ]

 

 

Revised Investor Group Principal Amount:

[            ]

 

 

[TRANSFEROR FUNDING AGENT]

 

Address:

[            ]

 

Attention: [         ]

 

Telephone: [       ]

 

Facsimile:  [          ]

 

 

[ACQUIRING COMMITTED NOTE PURCHASER]

 

Address:

[            ]

 

Attention: [         ]

 

Telephone: [       ]

 

Facsimile:  [          ]

 



 

Prior Commitment Percentage:

[            ]

 

 

Revised Commitment Percentage:

[            ]

 

 

Prior Investor Group Principal Amount:

[            ]

 

 

Revised Investor Group Principal Amount:

[            ]

 

 

[ACQUIRING COMMITTED NOTE PURCHASER FUNDING AGENT]

 

Address:

[            ]

 

Attention: [         ]

 

Telephone: [       ]

 

Facsimile:  [          ]

 

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EXHIBIT H
TO
SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF INVESTOR GROUP SUPPLEMENT

 

INVESTOR GROUP SUPPLEMENT, dated as of [  ], [  ], among (i) [      ] (the “ Transferor Investor Group ”), (ii) the Funding Agent with respect to the Transferor Investor Group in the signature pages hereof (the “ Transferor Funding Agent ”) (iii) [             ] (the “ Acquiring Investor Group ”), (iv) the Funding Agent with respect to the Acquiring Investor Group listed in the signature pages hereof (the “ Acquiring Funding Agent ”), and (v) Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, a special purpose limited partnership established under the laws of Delaware (the “ Company ”).

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, this Investor Group Supplement is being executed and delivered in accordance with subsection 9.3(c) of the Amended and Restated Series 2014-A Supplement, dated as of October 31 , 2014 (as from time to time further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Series 2014-A Supplement ”; terms defined therein being used herein as therein defined unless indicated otherwise), by and among the Company, the Conduit Investors named therein, the Committed Note Purchasers named therein, the Funding Agents named therein, The Hertz Corporation, as Group I Administrator, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee (the “ Trustee ”) to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as from time to time further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Base Indenture ”), by and between the Company and the Trustee, as supplemented by the Amended and Restated Group I Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as from time to time further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Group I Supplement ” and together with the Base Indenture and the Series 2014-A Supplement, the “ Indenture ”), by and between the Company and the Trustee;

 

WHEREAS, the Acquiring Investor Group wishes to become a Conduit Investor and a Committed Note Purchaser with respect to such Conduit Investor under the Series 2014-A Supplement; and

 

WHEREAS, the Transferor Investor Group is selling and assigning to the Acquiring Investor Group its respective rights, obligations and commitments under the Series 2014-A Supplement and the Series 2014-A Notes with respect to the percentage of its total commitment specified on Schedule I attached hereto;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Upon the execution and delivery of this Investor Group Supplement by the Acquiring Investor Group, the Acquiring Funding Agent with respect thereto, the Transferor

 



 

Investor Group, the Transferor Funding Agent and the Company (the date of such execution and delivery, the “ Transfer Issuance Date ”), the Conduit Investor(s) and the Committed Note Purchasers with respect to the Acquiring Investor Group shall become parties to the Series 2014-A Supplement for all purposes thereof.

 

The Transferor Investor Group acknowledges receipt from the Acquiring Investor Group of an amount equal to the purchase price, as agreed between the Transferor Investor Group and the Acquiring Investor Group (the “ Purchase Price ”), of the portion being purchased by the Acquiring Investor Group (the Acquiring Investor Group’s “ Purchased Percentage ”) of the Commitment Amount with respect to the Committed Note Purchasers included in the Transferor Investor Group under the Series 2014-A Supplement and the Transferor Investor Group’s Investor Group Principal Amount.  The Transferor Investor Group hereby irrevocably sells, assigns and transfers to the Acquiring Investor Group, without recourse, representation or warranty, and the Acquiring Investor Group hereby irrevocably purchases, takes and assumes from the Transferor Investor Group, the Acquiring Investor Group’s Purchased Percentage of the Commitment with respect to the Committed Note Purchasers included in the Transferor Investor Group under the Series 2014-A Supplement and the Transferor Investor Group’s Investor Group Principal Amount.

 

From and after the Transfer Issuance Date, amounts that would otherwise be payable to or for the account of the Transferor Investor Group pursuant to the Series 2014-A Supplement shall, instead, be payable to or for the account of the Transferor Investor Group and the Acquiring Investor Group, as the case may be, in accordance with their respective interests as reflected in this Investor Group Supplement, whether such amounts have accrued prior to the Transfer Issuance Date or accrue subsequent to the Transfer Issuance Date.

 

Each of the parties to this Investor Group Supplement agrees that at any time and from time to time upon the written request of any other party, it will execute and deliver such further documents and do such further acts and things as such other party may reasonably request in order to effect the purposes of this Investor Group Supplement.

 

By executing and delivering this Investor Group Supplement, the Transferor Investor Group and the Acquiring Investor Group confirm to and agree with each other as follows:  (i) other than the representation and warranty that it is the legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned hereby free and clear of any adverse claim, the Transferor Investor Group makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Series 2014-A Supplement or the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Indenture, the Series 2014-A Notes, the Series 2014-A Related Documents or any instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto; (ii) the Transferor Investor Group makes no representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition of the Company or the performance or observance by the Company of any of the Company’s obligations under the Indenture and the Series 2014-A Related Documents or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; (iii) the Acquiring Investor Group confirms that it has received a copy of the Indenture and the Series 2014-A Related Documents and other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and

 

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decision to enter into this Investor Group Supplement; (iv) the Acquiring Investor Group will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent, the Transferor Investor Group or any other Person and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Series 2014-A Supplement; (v) the Acquiring Investor Group appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Series 2014-A Supplement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, all in  accordance with Article X of the Series 2014-A Supplement; (vi) each member of the Acquiring Investor Group appoints and authorizes its respective Acquiring Funding Agent, listed on Schedule I hereto, to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Series 2014-A Supplement as are delegated to such Acquiring Funding Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto, all in accordance with Article X of the Series 2014-A Supplement, (vii) each member of the Acquiring Investor Group agrees that it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Series 2014-A Supplement are required to be performed by it as a member of the Acquiring Investor Group and (viii) each member of the Acquiring Investor Group hereby represents and warrants to the Company and the Group I Administrator that the representations and warranties contained in Section 3 of Annex 1 to the Series 2014-A Supplement are true and correct with respect to the Acquiring Investor Group on and as of the date hereof and the Acquiring Investor Group shall be deemed to have made such representations and warranties contained in Section 3 of Annex 1 to the Series 2014-A Supplement on and as of the date hereof.

 

Schedule I hereto sets forth the revised Commitment Percentages of the Transferor Investor Group and the Acquiring Investor Group, as well as administrative information with respect to the Acquiring Investor Group and its Acquiring Funding Agent.

 

This Investor Group Supplement and all matters arising under or in any manner relating to this Investor Group Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York, and the obligations, rights and remedies of the parties hereto shall be determined in accordance with such law.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Investor Group Supplement to be executed by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first set forth above.

 

 

[            ], as Transferor Investor Group

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

[            ], as Transferor Investor Group

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

[            ], as Transferor Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

[            ], as Acquiring Investor Group

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

[            ], as Acquiring Investor Group

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

[            ], as Funding Agent

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Title:

 

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CONSENTED AND ACKNOWLEDGED:

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a limited partnership

 

 

By: HVF II GP Corp., its general partner

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

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LIST OF ADDRESSES FOR NOTICES

AND OF COMMITMENT PERCENTAGES

 



 

EXHIBIT I
TO
SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF SERIES 2014-A LETTER OF CREDIT

 



 

SERIES 2014-A LETTER OF CREDIT

 

NO. [    ]

 

OUR IRREVOCABLE LETTER OF CREDIT NO. DBS-[ ]

 

[ ] [   ]

 

Beneficiary:

 

The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.
                        as Trustee
                        under the Series 2014-A Supplement
                        referred to below
                        2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020
                        Chicago, Illinois 60602

 

Attention:                                          Corporate Trust Administration—Structured Finance

 

Dear Sir or Madam:

 

The undersigned (“[               ]” or the “ Issuing Bank ”) hereby establishes, at the request and for the account of The Hertz Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Hertz ”), pursuant to that certain senior secured asset based revolving loan facility, provided under a credit agreement, dated as of March 11, 2011 (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Agreement ”), among Hertz, the Issuing Bank, certain affiliates of Hertz and the several banks and financial institutions party thereto from time to time, in the Beneficiary’s favor on Beneficiary’s behalf as Trustee under the Amended and Restated Series 2014-A Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Series 2014-A Supplement ”), by and among Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, a special purpose limited partnership established under the laws of Delaware (“ HVF II ”), as Issuer, The Hertz Corporation, as the Group I Administrator, certain committed note purchasers, certain conduit investors, certain funding agents and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”), to the Amended and Restated Group I Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Group I Supplement ”), by and between HVF II and the Trustee, to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as such agreement may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Base Indenture ”), by and between HVF II, as Issuer, and the Trustee, in respect of Credit Demands (as defined below), Unpaid Demand Note Demands (as defined below), Preference Payment Demands (as defined below) and Termination Demands (as defined below) this Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. P- [                                     ] in the amount of [                                        ] ($[                           ]) (such amount, as the same may be reduced, increased (to an amount not exceeding $[                 ]) or reinstated as provided herein, being the “ Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount ”), effective immediately and expiring at 4:00 p.m. (New York time) at our office located at [                                                                                             ] (such office or any other office which may be designated by the Issuing Bank by written notice delivered to Beneficiary, being the “ Issuing Bank’s Office ”) on [ ] (or, if such date is not a Business Day (as defined below), the immediately succeeding Business Day) (the “ Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date ”).  The Issuing Bank hereby agrees that the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date shall be automatically extended, without amendment, [to the earlier of (i) the date that is one year from the then current Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date and (ii) [_], in each case][for successive one year periods from each Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date] unless, no fewer than sixty (60) days before the then current Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date, we notify you in writing by registered mail (return receipt) or overnight courier that this letter of credit will not be extended beyond the then current Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date.  The term “Beneficiary” refers herein (and in

 

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each Annex hereto) to the Trustee, as such term is defined in the Base Indenture.  Terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meaning set forth in the Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

The Issuing Bank irrevocably authorizes Beneficiary to draw on it, in accordance with the terms and conditions and subject to the reductions in amount as hereinafter set forth, (1) in one or more draws by one or more of the Trustee’s drafts, each drawn on the Issuing Bank at the Issuing Bank’s Office, payable at sight on a Business Day (as defined below), and accompanied by the Trustee’s written and completed certificate signed by the Trustee in substantially the form of Annex A attached hereto (any such draft accompanied by such certificate being a “ Credit Demand ”), an amount equal to the face amount of each such draft but in the aggregate amount not exceeding the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount as in effect on such Business Day (as defined below), (2) in one or more draws by one or more of the Trustee’s drafts, each drawn on the Issuing Bank at the Issuing Bank’s Office, payable at sight on a Business Day (as defined below), and accompanied by the Trustee’s written and completed certificate signed by it in substantially the form of Annex B attached hereto (any such draft accompanied by such certificate being an “ Unpaid Demand Note Demand ”), an amount equal to the face amount of each such draft but not exceeding the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount as in effect on such Business Day (as defined below), (3) in one or more draws by one or more of the Trustee’s drafts, each drawn on the Issuing Bank at the Issuing Bank’s Office, payable at sight on a Business Day (as defined below), and accompanied by the Trustee’s written and completed certificate signed by the Trustee in substantially the form of Annex C attached hereto (any such draft accompanied by such certificate being a “ Preference Payment Demand ”), an amount equal to the face amount of each such draft but not exceeding the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount as in effect on such Business Day (as defined below) and (4) in one or more draws by one or more of the Trustee’s drafts, drawn on the Issuing Bank at the Issuing Bank’s Office, payable at sight on a Business Day (as defined below), and accompanied by the Trustee’s written and completed certificate signed by the Trustee in substantially the form of Annex D attached hereto (any such draft accompanied by such certificate being a “ Termination Demand ”), an amount equal to the face amount of each such draft but not exceeding the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount as in effect on such Business Day (as defined below).  Any Credit Demand, Unpaid Demand Note Demand, Preference Payment Demand or Termination Demand may be delivered by facsimile transmission.  [Drawings may also be presented to us by facsimile transmission to facsimile number [_] (each such drawing, a “fax drawing”); provided that , a fax drawing will not be effectively presented until you confirm by telephone our receipt of such fax drawing by calling us at telephone number [_].  If you present a fax drawing under this Letter of Credit you do not need to present the original of any drawing documents, and if we receive any such original drawing documents they will not be examined by us.  In the event of a full or final drawing, the original Letter of Credit must be returned to us by overnight courier.]  The Trustee shall deliver the original executed counterpart of such Credit Demand, Unpaid Demand Note Demand, Preference Payment Demand or Termination Demand, as the case may be, to the Issuing Bank by means of overnight courier.  “ Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks are authorized or required by law to close in New York City, New York.  Upon the Issuing Bank honoring any Credit Demand, Unpaid Demand Note Demand, Preference Payment Demand or Termination Demand presented hereunder, the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount shall automatically be decreased by an amount equal to the amount of such Credit Demand, Unpaid Demand Note Demand, Preference Payment Demand or Termination Demand.  In addition to the foregoing reduction, (i) upon the Issuing Bank honoring any Termination Demand in respect of the entire Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount presented to it hereunder, the amount available to be drawn under this Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount shall automatically be reduced to zero and this Series 2014-A Letter of Credit shall be terminated and (ii) no amount decreased on the honoring of any Preference Payment Demand or Termination Demand shall be reinstated.

 

The Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount shall be automatically reinstated when and to the extent, but only when and to the extent, that (i) the Issuing Bank is reimbursed by Hertz (or by HVF II under Section 5.6 or 5.7 of the Series 2014-A Supplement) for any amount drawn hereunder as a Credit Demand or an Unpaid Demand Note Demand and (ii) the Issuing Bank receives written notice from Hertz in substantially the form of Annex E hereto that no Event of Bankruptcy (as defined in the Base Indenture) with respect to Hertz has occurred and is continuing; provided , however , that the Series 2014-A Letter of

 

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Credit Amount shall, in no event, be reinstated to an amount in excess of the then current Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount (without giving effect to any reduction to the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount that resulted from any such Credit Demand or Unpaid Demand Note Demand).

 

The Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount shall be automatically reduced in accordance with the terms of a written request from the Trustee to the Issuing Bank in substantially the form of Annex G attached hereto that is acknowledged and agreed to in writing by the Issuing Bank.  The Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount shall be automatically increased upon receipt by (and written acknowledgment of such receipt by) the Trustee of written notice from the Issuing Bank in substantially the form of Annex H attached hereto certifying that the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount has been increased and setting forth the amount of such increase, which increase shall not result in the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount exceeding an amount equal to [                                 ]($[                              ]).

 

Each Credit Demand, Unpaid Demand Note Demand, Preference Payment Demand and Termination Demand shall be dated the date of its presentation, and shall be presented to the Issuing Bank at the Issuing Bank’s Office, Attention: [Global Loan Operations, Standby Letter of Credit Unit].  If the Issuing Bank receives any Credit Demand, Unpaid Demand Note Demand, Preference Payment Demand or Termination Demand at such office, all in strict conformity with the terms and conditions of this Series 2014-A Letter of Credit, not later than 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day prior to the termination hereof, the Issuing Bank will make such funds available by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the same day in accordance with Beneficiary’s payment instructions.  If the Issuing Bank receives any Credit Demand, Unpaid Demand Note Demand, Preference Payment Demand or Termination Demand at such office, all in strict conformity with the terms and conditions of this Series 2014-A Letter of Credit, after 12:00 p.m. (New York City time) on a Business Day prior to the termination hereof, the Issuing Bank will make the funds available by 4:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the next succeeding Business Day in accordance with Beneficiary’s payment instructions.  If Beneficiary so requests to the Issuing Bank, payment under this Series 2014-A Letter of Credit may be made by wire transfer of Federal Reserve Bank of New York funds to Beneficiary’s account in a bank on the Federal Reserve wire system or by deposit of same day funds into a designated account.  All payments made by the Issuing Bank under this Series 2014-A Letter of Credit shall be made with the Issuing Bank’s own funds.

 

In the event there is more than one draw request on the same Business Day, the draw requests shall be honored in the following order:  (1) the Credit Demands, (2) the Unpaid Demand Note Demands, (3) the Preference Payment Demand and (4) the Termination Demand.

 

Upon the earliest of (i) the date on which the Issuing Bank honors a Preference Payment Demand or Termination Demand presented hereunder to the extent of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount as in effect on such date, (ii) the date on which the Issuing Bank receives written notice from Beneficiary that an alternate letter of credit or other credit facility has been substituted for this Series 2014-A Letter of Credit and (iii) the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date, this Series 2014-A Letter of Credit shall automatically terminate and Beneficiary shall surrender this Series 2014-A Letter of Credit to the undersigned Issuing Bank on such day.

 

This Series 2014-A Letter of Credit is transferable in its entirety to any transferee(s) who Beneficiary certifies to the Issuing Bank has succeeded Beneficiary as Trustee under the Base Indenture, the Group I Supplement and the Series 2014-A Supplement, and may be successively transferred.  Transfer of this Series 2014-A Letter of Credit to such transferee shall be effected by the presentation to the Issuing Bank of this Series 2014-A Letter of Credit accompanied by a certificate in substantially the form of Annex F attached hereto.  Upon such presentation the Issuing Bank shall forthwith transfer this Series 2014-A Letter of Credit to (or to the order of) the transferee or, if so requested by Beneficiary’s transferee, issue a letter of credit to (or to the order of) Beneficiary’s transferee with provisions therein consistent with this Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

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This Series 2014-A Letter of Credit sets forth in full the undertaking of the Issuing Bank, and such undertaking shall not in any way be modified, amended, amplified or limited by reference to any document, instrument or agreement referred to herein, except only the certificates and the drafts referred to herein; and any such reference shall not be deemed to incorporate herein by reference any document, instrument or agreement except for such certificates and such drafts.

 

This Series 2014-A Letter of Credit is subject to the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits, 2007 Revision, ICC Publication No. 600 (the “ Uniform Customs ”), which is incorporated into the text of this Series 2014-A Letter of Credit by reference, and shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York, including, as to matters not covered by the Uniform Customs, the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York; provided that , if an interruption of business (as described in such Article 17) exists at the Issuing Bank’s Office, the Issuing Bank agrees to (i) promptly notify the Trustee of an alternative location in which to send any communications with respect to this Series 2014-A Letter of Credit or (ii) to effect payment under this Series 2014-A Letter of Credit if a draw which otherwise conforms to the terms and conditions of this Series 2014-A Letter of Credit is made prior to the earlier of (A) the thirtieth day after the resumption of business and (B) the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date and (ii) Article 41 of the Uniform Customs shall not apply to this Series 2014-A Letter of Credit as draws hereunder shall not be deemed to be installments for purposes thereof.

 

Communications with respect to this Series 2014-A Letter of Credit shall be in writing and shall be addressed to the Issuing Bank at the Issuing Bank’s Office, specifically referring to the number of this Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

[                             ]

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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ANNEX A

 

CERTIFICATE OF CREDIT DEMAND

 

[Issuing Bank’s Address]

 

Attention:  [Global Loan Operations, Standby Letter of Credit Unit]

 

Certificate of Credit Demand under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. [                                         ] (the “ Series 2014-A Letter of Credit ”), dated [  ], issued by [                                                                                  ], as the Issuing Bank, in favor of the Trustee.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit or, if not defined therein, the Series 2014-A Supplement (as defined in the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit).

 

The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of the Trustee, hereby certifies to the Issuing Bank as follows:

 

1.                                       [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](1) is the Trustee under the Series 2014-A Supplement referred to in the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

2.                                       [A Series 2014-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall exists on the [_](2) Payment Date and pursuant to Section 5.5(a)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement, an amount equal to the Issuing Bank’s Pro Rata Share of the least of: (i) such Series 2014-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall, (ii) the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount as of such Payment Date, and (iii) the Series 2014-A Lease Interest Payment Deficit for such Payment Date ](3)

 

[A Series 2014-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall exists on the [_](4) Payment Date and pursuant to Section 5.5(a)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement, an amount equal to the Issuing Bank’s Pro Rata Share of the excess of: (i) the least of (A) such Series 2014-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall, (B) the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount as of such Payment Date on the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit, and (C) the Series 2014-A Lease Interest Payment Deficit for such Payment Date , over (ii) the lesser of (x) the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Percentage on such Payment Date of the least of the amounts described in clauses (A) , (B)  and (C)  above and (y) the Series 2014-A Available L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount on such Payment Date](5)

 

[A Series 2014-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit exists on the [_](6) Payment Date that exceeds the amount, if any, withdrawn from the Series 2014-A Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4(b)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement and pursuant to Section 5.5(b)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement, an amount equal to the Issuing Bank’s Pro Rata Share of the least of: (i) the excess of the Series 2014-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit over the amounts withdrawn from the Series 2014-A Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4(b)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement, (ii) the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount as of such Payment Date (after giving effect to any drawings on the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.5(a)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement) and (iii) [the excess, if any, of the Principal Deficit Amount over the amount, if any, withdrawn from the Series 2014-A Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4(c)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement](7)[the excess, if any, of the

 


(1)                                  If Trustee under the Series 2014-A Supplement is other than The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the name of such other Trustee is to be inserted.

 

(2)                                  Specify the relevant Payment Date.

 

(3)                                  Use in case of a Series 2014-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall on any Payment Date and if no Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded.

 

(4)                                  Specify the relevant Payment Date.

 

(5)                                  Use in case of a Series 2014-A Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall on any Payment Date and if the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded.

 

(6)                                  Specify relevant Payment Date.

 

(7)                                  Use on any Payment Date other than the Legal Final Payment Date occurring during the period commencing on and including the date of the filing by any Group I Lessee of a petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code to but excluding the date on which such Group I Lessee shall have resumed making all payments of Monthly Variable Rent required to be made under the Group I Leases.

 

 



 

Series 2014-A Principal Amount over the amount to be deposited into the Series 2014-A Distribution Account (together with any amounts to be deposited therein pursuant to the terms of the Series 2014-A Supplement (other than pursuant to amounts allocated and drawn in accordance with this sentence or as a result of a Principal Deficit Amount exceeding zero) on the Legal Final Payment Date for payment of principal of the Series 2014-A Notes](8)](9)

 

[A Series 2014-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit exists on the [_](10) Payment Date that exceeds the amount, if any, withdrawn from the Series 2014-A Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4(b)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement and pursuant to Section 5.5(b)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement, an amount equal to the Issuing Bank’s Pro Rata Share of the excess of: (i) the least of: (A) the excess of the Series 2014-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit over the amounts withdrawn from the Series 2014-A Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4(b)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement, (B) the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount as of such Payment Date (after giving effect to any drawings on the Series 2014-A Letters of Credit on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.5(a)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement) and (C) [the excess, if any, of the Principal Deficit Amount over the amount, if any, withdrawn from the Series 2014-A Reserve Account pursuant to Section 5.4(c)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement](11)[the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Principal Amount over the amount to be deposited into the Series 2014-A Distribution Account (together with any amounts to be deposited therein pursuant to the terms of the Series 2014-A Supplement (other than pursuant to amounts allocated and drawn in accordance with this sentence or as a result of a Principal Deficit Amount exceeding zero) on the Legal Final Payment Date for payment of principal of the Series 2014-A Notes](12), over (ii) the lesser of (A) the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Percentage on such Payment Date of the amount calculated pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (i)  and (B) the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount on such Payment Date (after giving effect to any withdrawals therefrom on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.5(a)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement)](13)

 

has been allocated to making a drawing under the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

3.                                       The Trustee is making a drawing under the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit as required by Section[s] [5.5(a)  and/or 5 .5(b) ](14) of the Series 2014-A Supplement for an amount equal to $                          , which amount is a Series 2014-A L/C Credit Disbursement (the “ Series 2014-A L/C Credit Disbursement ”) and is equal to the amount allocated to making a drawing on the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit under such Section [5.5(a)  and/or 5.5(b) ](15) of the Series 2014-A Supplement as described above.  The Series 2014-A L/C Credit Disbursement does not exceed the amount that is available to be drawn by the Trustee under the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit on the date of this certificate.

 

 

4.                                       The amount of the draft shall be delivered pursuant to the following instructions:

 

[insert payment instructions (including payment date) for wire to [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](16) as Trustee].

 


(8)                                  Use on the Legal Final Payment Date.

 

(9)                                  Use in case of a Series 2014-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit on any Payment Date and if no Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded.

 

(10)                           Specify relevant Payment Date.

 

(11)                           Use on any Payment Date other than the Legal Final Payment Date occurring during the period commencing on and including the date of the filing by any Group I Lessee of a petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code to but excluding the date on which such Group I Lessee shall have resumed making all payments of Monthly Variable Rent required to be made under the Group I Leases.

 

(12)                           Use on the Legal Final Payment Date.

 

(13)                           Use in case of a Series 2014-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit on any Payment Date and if the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded.

 

(14)                           Use reference to Section 5.5(a) of the Series 2014-A Supplement in case of a Series 2014-Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall and/or Section 5.5(b) of the Series 2014-A Supplement in case of a Series 2014-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit.

 

(15)                           Use reference to Section 5.5(a) of the Series 2014-A Supplement in case of a Series 2014-Reserve Account Interest Withdrawal Shortfall and/or Section 5.5(b) of the Series 2014-A Supplement in case of a Series 2014-A Lease Principal Payment Deficit.

 

(16)                           See footnote 1 above.

 



 

5.                                       The Trustee acknowledges that, pursuant to the terms of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit, upon the Issuing Bank honoring the draft accompanying this certificate, the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount shall be automatically decreased by an amount equal to such draft.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has executed and delivered this certificate on this          day of      ,      .

 

 

[THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.](17),
as Trustee

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Title:

 


(17)                           See footnote 1 above.

 



 

ANNEX B

 

CERTIFICATE OF UNPAID DEMAND NOTE DEMAND

 

[Issuing Bank’s Address]

 

Attention:  [Global Loan Operations, Standby Letter of Credit Unit]

 

Certificate of Unpaid Demand Note Demand under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. [                          ] (the “ Series 2014-A Letter of Credit ”), dated [  ], issued by [                                                                                                                                           ], as the Issuing Bank, in favor of the Trustee.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit or, if not defined therein, the Series 2014-A Supplement (as defined in the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit).

 

The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of the Trustee, hereby certifies to the Issuing Bank as follows:

 

1.                                       [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](1) is the Trustee under the Series 2014-A Supplement referred to in the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

2.                                       As of the date of this certificate, there exists an amount due and payable by The Hertz Corporation (“ Hertz ”) under the Series 2014-A Demand Note (the “ Demand Note ”) issued by Hertz to HVF II and pledged to the Trustee under the Series 2014-A Supplement which amount has not been paid (or the Trustee has failed to make a demand for payment under the Demand Note in such amount due to the occurrence of an Event of Bankruptcy (or the occurrence of an event described in clause (a) of the definition thereof, without the lapse of a period of 60 consecutive days) with respect to Hertz) and, pursuant to Section 5.5(d)   of the Series 2014-A Supplement, an amount equal to the Issuing Bank’s Pro Rata Share

 

[of the lesser of (i) the amount that Hertz failed to pay under the Demand Note (or the amount that the Trustee failed to demand for payment thereunder); and (ii) the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount as of the date hereof;](2)

 

[of the excess of (i) the lesser of (A) the amount that Hertz failed to pay under the Demand Note (or the amount that the Trustee failed to demand for payment thereunder) and (B) the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount as of the date hereof over (ii) the lesser of (x) the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Percentage on such Business Day of the lesser of the amounts set forth in the immediately preceding clauses (A) and (B)  and (y) the Series 2014-A Available L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount as of the date hereof (after giving effect to any withdrawals therefrom on such date pursuant to Section 5.5(a)  and Section 5.5(b)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement);](3)

 

has been allocated to making a drawing on the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

3.                                       Pursuant to Section 5.5(d)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement, the Trustee is making a drawing under the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit in an amount equal to $                                                                                                                                           , which amount is a Series 2014-A L/C Unpaid Demand Note Disbursement (the “ Series 2014-A L/C Unpaid Demand Note Disbursement ”) and is equal to the amount allocated to making a drawing on the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit under Section 5.5(d)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement as described above.  The Series 2014-A L/C Unpaid Demand Note Disbursement does not exceed the amount that is available to be drawn by the Trustee under the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit on the date of this certificate.

 


(1)                                  If Trustee under the Series 2014-A Supplement is other than The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the name of such other Trustee is to be inserted.

 

(2)                                  Use on any Business Day if no Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded as of such date.

 

(3)                                  Use on any Business Day if the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded as of such date.

 



 

4.                                       The amount of the draft shall be delivered pursuant to the following instructions:

 

[insert payment instructions (including payment date) for wire to [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](4) as Trustee].

 

5.                                       The Trustee acknowledges that, pursuant to the terms of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit, upon the Issuing Bank honoring the draft accompanying this certificate, the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount shall be automatically decreased by an amount equal to such draft.

 


(4)                                  See footnote 1 above.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has executed and delivered this certificate on this       day of        ,       .

 

 

[THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.](5),

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Title:

 


(5)                                  See footnote 1 above.

 



 

ANNEX C

 

CERTIFICATE OF PREFERENCE PAYMENT DEMAND

 

[Issuing Bank’s Address]

 

Attention:  [Global Loan Operations, Standby Letter of Credit Unit]

 

Certificate of Preference Payment Demand under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. [                        ] (the “ Series 2014-A Letter of Credit ”), dated [  ], issued by [                        ], as the Issuing Bank, in favor of the Trustee.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit or, if not defined therein, the Series 2014-A Supplement (as defined in the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit).

 

The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of the Trustee, hereby certifies to the Issuing Bank as follows:

 

1.                                       [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](1) is the Trustee under the Series 2014-A Supplement referred to in the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

2.                                       The Trustee has received a certified copy of the final non-appealable order of the applicable bankruptcy court requiring the return of a Preference Amount.

 

3.                                       Pursuant to Section 5.5(d)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement, an amount equal to the Issuing Bank’s Pro Rata Share of [the lesser of (i) the Preference Amount referred to above and (ii) the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount as of the date hereof](2) [the excess of (i) lesser of (A) the Preference Amount referred to above and (B) the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount as of the date hereof over (ii) the lesser of (x) the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Percentage as of the date hereof of the lesser of the amounts set forth in the immediately preceding clauses (A) and (B)  and (y) the Series 2014-A Available L/C Cash Collateral Account Amount as of the date hereof (after giving effect to any withdrawals therefrom on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 5.5(a)  and Section 5.5(b)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement)](3) has been allocated to making a drawing under the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

4.                                       Pursuant to Section 5.5(d)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement, the Trustee is making a drawing in the amount of $                         which amount is a Series 2014-A L/C Preference Payment Disbursement (the “ Series 2014-A L/C Preference Payment Disbursement ”) and is equal to the amount allocated to making a drawing on the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit under such Section 5.5(d)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement as described above.  The Series 2014-A L/C Preference Payment Disbursement does not exceed the amount that is available to be drawn by the Trustee under the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit on the date of this certificate.

 

5.                                       The amount of the draft shall be delivered pursuant to the following instructions:

 

[insert payment instructions (including payment date) for wire to [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](4) as Trustee]

 


(1)                                  If Trustee under the Series 2014-A Supplement is other than The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the name of such other Trustee is to be inserted.

 

(2)                                  Use if no Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded as of such date.

 

(3)                                  Use if the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account has been established and funded as of such date.

 

(4)                                  See footnote 1 above.

 



 

6.                                       The Trustee acknowledges that, pursuant to the terms of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit, upon the Issuing Bank honoring the draft accompanying this certificate, the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount shall be automatically decreased by an amount equal to such draft.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has executed and delivered this certificate on this             day of                ,          .

 

 

[THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.],(5)

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 


(5)                                  See footnote 1 above.

 



 

ANNEX D

 

CERTIFICATE OF TERMINATION DEMAND

 

[Issuing Bank’s Address]

 

Attention:  [Global Loan Operations, Standby Letter of Credit Unit]

 

Certificate of Termination Demand under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. [                        ] (the “ Series 2014-A Letter of Credit ”), dated [  ], issued by [                       ], as the Issuing Bank, in favor of the Trustee.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Agreement or, if not defined therein, the Series 2014-A Supplement (as defined in the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit).

 

The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of the Trustee, hereby certifies to the Issuing Bank as follows:

 

1.                                       [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](1) is the Trustee under the Series 2014-A Supplement referred to in the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

2.                                       [Pursuant to Section 5.7(a)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement, an amount equal to the Issuing Bank’s Pro Rata Share of the lesser of (x) the greatest of (A) the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount over the Series 2014-A Asset Amount, in each case, as of the date that is sixteen (16) Business Days prior to the scheduled expiration date of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit (after giving effect to all deposits to, and withdrawals from, the Series 2014-A Reserve Account and the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account on such date), excluding the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit but taking into account any substitute Series 2014-A Letter of Credit that has been obtained from a Series 2014-A Eligible Letter of Credit Provider and is in full force and effect on such date, (B) the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount over the Series 2014-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount, in each case, as of such date (after giving effect to all deposits to, and withdrawals from, the Series 2014-A Reserve Account and the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account on such date), excluding the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit but taking into account each substitute Series 2014-A Letter of Credit that has been obtained from a Series 2014-A Eligible Letter of Credit Provider and is in full force and effect on such date, and (C) the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Demand Note Payment Amount over the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount, in each case, as of such date (after giving effect to all deposits to, and withdrawals from, the Series 2014-A L/C Cash Collateral Account on such date), excluding the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit but taking into account each substitute Series 2014-A Letter of Credit that has been obtained from a Series 2014-A Eligible Letter of Credit Provider and is in full force and effect on such date, and (y) the amount available to be drawn on the expiring Series 2014-A Letter of Credit on such date has been allocated to making a drawing under the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.](2)

 

[The Trustee has not received the notice required from HVF II pursuant to Section 5.7(a)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement on or prior to the date that is fifteen (15) Business Days prior to each Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Expiration Date.  As such, pursuant to such Section 5.7(a)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement, the Trustee is making a drawing for the full amount of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.](3)

 


(1)                                  If Trustee under the Series 2014-A Supplement is other than The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the name of such other Trustee is to be inserted.

 

(2)                                  Use in case of an expiring Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

(3)                                  Use if HVF II does not provide the Trustee with notices required under Section 5.7(a) of the Series 2014-A Supplement with respect to an expiring Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 



 

[Pursuant to Section 5.7(b)  of the Series 2014-A Supplement, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the greatest of (A) the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Adjusted Asset Coverage Threshold Amount over the Series 2014-A Asset Amount as of the thirtieth (30) day after the occurrence of a Series 2014-A Downgrade Event with respect to the Issuing Bank, excluding the available amount under the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit on such date, (B) the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Required Liquid Enhancement Amount over the Series 2014-A Adjusted Liquid Enhancement Amount as of such date, excluding the available amount under the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit on such date, and (C) the excess, if any, of the Series 2014-A Demand Note Payment Amount over the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Liquidity Amount as of such date, excluding the available amount under the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit on such date, and (ii) the amount available to be drawn on the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit on such date has been allocated to making a drawing under the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.](4)

 

3.                                       [Pursuant to Section [5.7(a) ](5) [ 5.7(b) ](6) of the Series 2014-A Supplement, the Trustee is making a drawing in the amount of $                   which is a Series 2014-A L/C Termination Disbursement (the “ Series 2014-A L/C Termination Disbursement ”) and is equal to the amount allocated to making a drawing on the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit under such Section [5.7(a) ](7)  [5.7(b) ](8) of the Series 2014-A Supplement as described above.  The Series 2014-A L/C Termination Disbursement does not exceed the amount that is available to be drawn by the Trustee under the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit on the date of this certificate.

 

4.                                       The amount of the draft shall be delivered pursuant to the following instructions:

 

[insert payment instructions (including payment date) for wire to [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](9) as Trustee]

 


(4)                                  Use in case of Issuing Bank being subject to a Series 2014-A Downgrade Event.

 

(5)                                  Use in case of an expiring Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

(6)                                  Use in case of a Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider being subject to a Series 2014-A Downgrade Event.

 

(7)                                  Use in case of an expiring Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

(8)                                  Use in case of a Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Provider being subject to a Series 2014-A Downgrade Event.

 

(9)                                  See footnote 1 above.

 



 

5.                                       The Trustee acknowledges that, pursuant to the terms of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit, upon the Issuing Bank honoring the draft accompanying this certificate, the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount shall be automatically reduced to zero and the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit shall terminate and be immediately returned to the Issuing Bank.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has executed and delivered this certificate on this                       day of                         ,           .

 

 

[THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.],(10)

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

 


(10)                           See footnote 1 above.

 



 

ANNEX E

 

CERTIFICATE OF REINSTATEMENT
OF LETTER OF CREDIT AMOUNT

 

[Issuing Bank’s Address]

 

Attention:  [Global Loan Operations, Standby Letter of Credit Unit]

 

Certificate of Reinstatement of Letter of Credit Amount under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. [                      ] (the “ Series 2014-A Letter of Credit ”), dated [_], issued by [                                  ], as the Issuing Bank, in favor of [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., a New York banking corporation](1), as Trustee (in such capacity, the “ Trustee ”) under the Series 2014-A Supplement, Group I Supplement and the Base Indenture.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of The Hertz Corporation (“ Hertz ”), hereby certifies to the Issuing Bank as follows:

 

1.                                       As of the date of this certificate, the Issuing Bank has been reimbursed by Hertz in the amount of $[              ] (the “ Reimbursement Amount ”) in respect of the [Credit Demand] [Unpaid Demand Note Demand] made on                    ,               .

 

2.                                       The Reimbursement Amount was paid to the Issuing Bank prior to payment in full of the Series 2014-A Notes (as defined in the Series 2014-A Supplement).

 

3.                                       Hertz hereby notifies you that, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit, the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount of the Issuing Bank is hereby reinstated in the amount of $[        ] so that the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount of the Issuing Bank after taking into account such reinstatement is in amount equal to $[       ].

 

4.                                       As of the date of this certificate, no Event of Bankruptcy with respect to Hertz has occurred and is continuing.  “ Event of Bankruptcy ” with respect to Hertz means (a) a case or other proceeding shall be commenced, without the application or consent of Hertz, in any court, seeking the liquidation, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of debts of Hertz, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, sequestrator or the like for Hertz or all or any substantial part of its assets, or any similar action with respect to Hertz under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or composition or adjustment of debts, and any such case or proceeding shall continue undismissed, or unstayed and in effect, for a period of 60 consecutive days; or an order for relief in respect of Hertz shall be entered in an involuntary case under the federal bankruptcy laws or any other similar law now or hereafter in effect; or (b) Hertz shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution or other similar law now or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other similar official) for any substantial part of its property, or shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (c) Hertz or its board of directors shall vote to implement any of the actions set forth in the preceding clause (b).

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Hertz has executed and delivered this certificate on this          day of                          ,             .

 


(1)                                  If the Trustee under the Series 2014-A Supplement is other than The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the name of such other Trustee is to be inserted.

 



 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Title:

 



 

Acknowledged and Agreed:

 

The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Reimbursement Amount (as defined above) in the amount set forth above and agrees that the undersigned’s Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount is in an amount equal to $                       as of this            day of                           , 200     after taking into account the reinstatement of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount by an amount equal to the Reimbursement Amount.

 

[                         ]

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 



 

ANNEX F

 

INSTRUCTION TO TRANSFER

 

[Issuing Bank’s Address]

 

Attention:                                          [Global Loan Operations, Standby Letter of Credit Unit]

 

Re:                              Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. [                   ]

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Instruction to Transfer under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. [ ] (the “ Series 2014-A Letter of Credit ”), dated [  ], issued by [                                           ], as Issuing Bank in favor of the Trustee.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

For value received, the undersigned beneficiary hereby irrevocably transfers to:

 

 

 

 

 

[Name of Transferee]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Issuing Bank’s Address]

 

 

all rights of the undersigned beneficiary to draw under the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.  The transferee has succeeded the undersigned as Trustee under the [Base Indenture, the Group I Supplement] and the Series 2014-A Supplement (as defined in the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit).

 

By this transfer, all rights of the undersigned beneficiary in the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit are transferred to the transferee and the transferee shall hereafter have the sole rights as beneficiary thereof; provided , however , that no rights shall be deemed to have been transferred to the transferee until such transfer complies with the requirements of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit pertaining to transfers.

 



 

The Series 2014-A Letter of Credit is returned herewith and in accordance therewith we ask that this transfer be effective and that the Issuing Bank transfer the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit to our transferee and that the Issuing Bank endorse the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit returned herewith in favor of the transferee or, if requested by the transferee, issue a new irrevocable letter of credit in favor of the transferee with provisions consistent with the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

[THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.],(1)

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


(1)                                  If the Trustee under the Series 2014-A Supplement is other than The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the name of such other Trustee is to be inserted.

 



 

ANNEX G

 

NOTICE OF REDUCTION OF SERIES 2014-A LETTER OF CREDIT AMOUNT

 

[Issuing Bank’s Address]

 

Attention:  [Global Loan Operations, Standby Letter of Credit Unit]

 

Notice of Reduction of Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. [                    ] (the “ Series 2014-A Letter of Credit ”), dated [  ], issued by [                       ], as the Issuing Bank, in favor of [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](1), as the Trustee.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of the Trustee, hereby notifies the Issuing Bank as follows:

 

1.                                       The Trustee has received a notice in accordance with the Series 2014-A Supplement authorizing it to request a reduction of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount to $                       and is delivering this notice in accordance with the terms of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Agreement.

 

2.                                       The Issuing Bank acknowledges that the aggregate maximum amount of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit is reduced to $                    from $                    pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit and that the reference in the first paragraph of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit to “                  ($                  )” is amended to read “                        ($                   ).

 

3.                                       This request, upon your acknowledgment set forth below, shall constitute an amendment to the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit and shall form an integral part thereof and confirms that all other terms of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit remain unchanged.

 

4.                                       [The Issuing Bank is requested to execute and deliver its acknowledgment and agreement to this notice to the Trustee in the manner provided in Section [3.2(a)] of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Agreement.]

 


(1)                                  If Trustee under the Series 2014-A Supplement is other than The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the name of such other Trustee is to be inserted.

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trustee has executed and delivered this certificate on this                      day of                           ,        .

 

 

[THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.](2),

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

ACKNOWLEDGED

 

THIS                   DAY OF                       ,         :

 

[                                                                 ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 


(2)                                  See footnote 1 above.

 



 

ANNEX H

 

NOTICE OF INCREASE OF SERIES 2014-A LETTER OF CREDIT AMOUNT

 

[The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](1),
as Trustee under the
Series 2014-A Supplement
referred to below

2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020

Chicago, Illinois 60602

 

Attention:  Corporate Trust Administration—Structured Finance

 

Notice of Increase of Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount under the Irrevocable Letter of Credit No. [                        ] (the “ Series 2014-A Letter of Credit ”), dated [ ], 2014, issued by [                    ], as the Issuing Bank, in favor of [The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A.](2), as the Trustee.  Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit.

 

The undersigned, duly authorized officers of the Issuing Bank, hereby notify the Trustee as follows:

 

1.                                       The Issuing Bank has received a request from [                          ] to increase the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount by $                  , which increase shall not result in the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Amount exceeding an amount equal to [            ] Dollars ($[                         ]).

 

2.                                       Upon your acknowledgment set forth below, the aggregate maximum amount of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit is increased to $                 from $                  pursuant to and in accordance with the terms and provisions of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit and that the reference in the first paragraph of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit to “                                                   ($                   )” is amended to read “                                                      ($                   )”.

 

3.                                       This notice, upon your acknowledgment set forth below, shall constitute an amendment to the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit and shall form an integral part thereof and confirms that all other terms of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit remain unchanged.

 

4.                                       [The Trustee is requested to execute and deliver its acknowledgment and acceptance to this notice to the Issuing Bank, in the manner provided in Section [3.2(a)] of the Series 2014-A Letter of Credit Agreement.]

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Issuing Bank has executed and delivered this certificate on this          day of              ,           .

 

 

[

 

                            ]

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 


(1)                                  If Trustee under the Series 2014-A Supplement is other than The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., the name of such other Trustee is to be inserted.

 

(2)                                  See footnote 1 above.

 



 

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO

 

THIS            DAY OF                    ,         :

 

 

 

[THE BANK OF NEW YORK

 

MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.](3),

 

as Trustee

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 


(3)                                  See footnote 1 above.

 



 

EXHIBIT J
TO
SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT

 

FORM OF ADVANCE REQUEST

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP

 

SERIES 2014-A VARIABLE FUNDING RENTAL CAR
ASSET BACKED NOTES

 

To:  Addressees on Schedule I hereto

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This Advance Request is delivered to you pursuant to Section 2.2 of that certain Amended and Restated Series 2014-A Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as further amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Series 2014-A Supplement ”), by and among Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP, the Conduit Investors named therein, the Committed Note Purchasers named therein, the Funding Agents named therein, The Hertz Corporation, as Group I Administrator, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

 

Unless otherwise defined herein or as the context otherwise requires, terms used herein have the meaning assigned thereto under Schedule I of the Series 2014-A Supplement.

 

The undersigned hereby requests that an Advance be made in the aggregate principal amount of $                       on                         , 20      .  The undersigned hereby acknowledges that, subject to the terms of the Series 2014-A Supplement, any Advance that is not funded at the CP Rate by a Conduit Investor or otherwise shall be a Eurodollar Advance and the related Eurodollar Interest Period shall commence on the date of such Eurodollar Advance and end on the next Payment Date.

 

The Group I Aggregate Asset Amount as of the date hereof is an amount equal to $                            .

 

The undersigned hereby acknowledges that the delivery of this Advance Request and the acceptance by undersigned of the proceeds of the Advance requested hereby constitute a representation and warranty by the undersigned that, on the date of such Advance, and before and after giving effect thereto and to the application of the proceeds therefrom, all conditions set forth in the definition of “Funding Conditions” in Schedule I of the Series 2014-A Supplement and, if applicable, Section 2.1(d) of the Series 2014-A Supplement have been satisfied.

 



 

The undersigned agrees that if prior to the time of the Advance requested hereby any matter certified to herein by it will not be true and correct at such time as if then made, it will immediately so notify both you and each Committed Note Purchaser and each Conduit Investor, if any, in your Investor Group.  Except to the extent, if any, that prior to the time of the Advance requested hereby you and each Committed Note Purchaser and each Conduit Investor, if any, in your Investor Group, shall receive written notice to the contrary from the undersigned, each matter certified to herein shall be deemed once again to be certified as true and correct at the date of such Advance as if then made.

 

Please wire transfer the proceeds of the Advance to the following account pursuant to the following instructions:

 

[insert payment instructions]

 

The undersigned has caused this Advance Request to be executed and delivered, and the certification and warranties contained herein to be made, by its duly Authorized Officer this          day of                     , 20      .

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a limited partnership

 

 

 

By: HVF II GP Corp., its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

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SCHEDULE I:

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

2 North LaSalle Street, Suite 1020

Chicago, IL  60602

Contact person:  Corporate Trust Administration – Structured Finance

Telephone:  (312) 827-8569
Fax:  (312) 827-8562

Email: mitchell.brumwell@bnymellon.com

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as Administrative Agent

60 Wall Street, 3rd Floor

New York, NY 10005-2858

Contact person:  Robert Sheldon

Telephone:  (212) 250-4493

Fax:  (212) 797-5160

Email: robert.sheldon@db.com

 

With an electronic copy to: abs.conduits@db.com

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

60 Wall Street, 3rd Floor

New York, NY 10005-2858

Contact person:  Mary Conners

Telephone:  (212) 250-4731

Fax:  (212) 797-5150

Email: abs.conduits@db.com; mary.conners@db.com

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

214 North Tryon Street, 15th Floor

Charlotte, NC 28255

Contact person: Judith Helms

Telephone number:                    (980) 387-1693

Fax number:                                                        (704) 387-2828

E-mail address:                                          judith.e.helms@baml.com

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Funding Agent, for BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Committed Note Purchaser

745 Seventh Avenue

5th Floor

New York, NY 10019

Contact person:  John McVeigh / Laura Spichiger

Telephone:  (212) 320-7323 / (212) 528-7475

E-mail address:                                          barcapconduitops@barclayscapital.com; asgreports@barclayscapital.com;

 

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laura.spichiger@barclays.com

 

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK , as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser, for ATLANTIC ASSET SECURITIZATION LLC, as a Conduit Investor

Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank

1301 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10019

Contact person: Tina Kourmpetis / Deric Bradford

Telephone number:                                       (212) 261-7814 / (212) 261-3470

Fax number:  (917) 849-5584

E-mail address: Conduitsec@ca-cib.com; Conduit.Funding@ca-cib.com

 

Or, in the case of Atlantic Asset Securitization LLC or Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, as a Committed Note Purchaser:

 

Contact person: Tina Kourmpetis / Deric Bradford

Telephone number:                                       (212) 261-7814 / (212) 261-3470

Fax number:  (917) 849-5584

E-mail address: Conduitsec@ca-cib.com; Conduit.Funding@ca-cib.com

 

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

200 West Street
New York, NY 10282

Contact person:                                       Peter McGrane

Telephone number:                    (972) 368-2256

Fax number:                           (646) 769-5285

E-mail address:                                          peter.mcgrane@gs.com

gs-warehouselending@gs.com

 

LLOYDS BANK PLC , as a Funding Agent, for GRESHAM RECEIVABLES (NO.29) LTD , as a Conduit Investor and a Committed Note Purchaser

25 Gresham Street

London, EC2V 7HN

Contact person:  Chris Rigby

Telephone:  +44 (0)207 158 1930

Facsimile:                            +44 (0) 207 158 3247

E-mail address:  Chris.rigby@lloydsbanking.com

 

Or, in the case of Gresham Receivables (No.29) Ltd:

 

26 New Street

St Helier, Jersey, JE2 3RA
Contact person:  Chris Rigby

Telephone:  +44 (0)207 158 1930

Facsimile:                            +44 (0) 207 158 3247

 

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E-mail address:  Edward.leng@lloydsbanking.com

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA., as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser, for OLD LINE FUNDING, LLC , as a Conduit Investor

3 World Financial Center, 200 Vesey
Street 12
th  Floor

New York, New York 10281-8098

Contact person:                                  Securitization Finance

Telephone:                      (212) 428-6537
Facsimile:
                           (212) 428-2304

 

With a copy to:

 

Attn: Conduit Management Securitization Finance Little Falls Centre II
2751 Centerville Road, Suite 212
Wilmington, Delaware 19808

Tel No: (302)-892-5903

Fax No: (302)-892-590

 

Or, in the case of Old Line Funding, LLC

 

c/o Global Securitization Services LLC

68 South Service Road

Melville, NY 11747

Contact person:  Kevin Burns

Telephone:  ( 631)-587-4700

Fax:  (212) 302-8767

 

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC , as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

550 West Jackson Blvd.

Chicago, IL 60661

Contact person:  David Donofrio

Telephone number:                    (312) 338-6720

Fax number:                           (312) 338-0140

E-mail address:                                          david.donofrio@rbs.com

 

BNP PARIBAS, NEW YORK BRANCH , as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser, for STARBIRD FUNDING CORPORATION , as a Conduit Investor

787 Seventh Avenue, 7 th  Floor
New York, NY 10019
Contact person:  Sean Reddington
Telephone:
                     (212) 841-2565

 

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Facsimile:                            (212) 841-2140

Email:                                               sean.reddington@us.bnpparibas.com

 

Or, in the case of StarBird Funding Corporation:

 

68 South Service Road
Suite 120

Melville NY  11747-2350
Contact person:  David DeAngelis

Telephone:                      (631) 930-7216

Facsimile:                            (212) 302-8767

Email:                                               ddeangelis@gssnyc.com

 

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EXHIBIT K
TO
SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT

 

[RESERVED]

 



 

EXHIBIT L
TO
SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT

 

Additional UCC Representations

 

General

 

1.               (a)          The Group I Supplement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Group I Indenture Collateral in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Group I Noteholders and (b) the Series 2014-A Supplement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in (A) the Series 2014-A Demand Note and (B) all of HVF II’s right, title and interest in the Series 2014-A Interest Rate Caps and all proceeds of any and all of the items described in the preceding clauses (A) and (B) (the collateral described in clauses (A)  and (B)  above, the “ Series Collateral ”) in favor of the Trustee for the benefit of the Series 2014-A Noteholders and in the case of each of clause (a)  and (b)  is prior to all other Liens on such Group I Indenture Collateral and Series Collateral, as applicable, except for Group I Permitted Liens or Series 2014-A Permitted Liens, respectively, and is enforceable as such against creditors and purchasers from HVF II.

 

2.               HVF II owns and has good and marketable title to the Group I Indenture Collateral and the Series Collateral free and clear of any lien, claim, or encumbrance of any Person, except for Group I Permitted Liens or Series 2014-A Permitted Liens, respectively.

 

Characterization

 

1.               (a) The Series 2014-A Demand Note constitutes an “instrument” within the meaning of the applicable UCC and (b) the Series 2014-A Interest Rate Caps and all Group I Manufacturer Receivables constitute “accounts” or “general intangibles” within the meaning of the applicable UCC.

 

Perfection by filing

 

1.               HVF II has caused or will have caused, within ten days after the Series 2014-A Closing Date, the filing of all appropriate financing statements in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under applicable law in order to perfect (a) the security interest in any accounts and general intangibles included in the Group I Indenture Collateral granted to the Trustee, and (b) the security interest in any accounts and general intangibles included in the Series Collateral granted to the Trustee.

 

Perfection by Possession

 

All original copies of the Series 2014-A Demand Note that constitute or evidence the Series 2014-A Demand Note have been delivered to the Trustee.

 



 

Priority

 

1.               Other than the security interest granted to the Trustee pursuant to the Group I Supplement and the Series 2014-A Supplement, HVF II has not pledged, assigned, sold or granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed, any of the Group I Indenture Collateral or the Series Collateral.  HVF II has not authorized the filing of and is not aware of any financing statements against HVF II that include a description of collateral covering the Group I Indenture Collateral or the Series Collateral, other than any financing statement relating to the security interests granted to the Trustee, as secured parties under the Group I Supplement and the Series 2014-A Supplement, respectively, or that has been terminated.  HVF II is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against HVF II.

 

2.               The Series 2014-A Demand Note does not contain any marks or notations indicating that it has been pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Trustee.

 

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EXHIBIT  M
TO
SERIES 2014-A SUPPLEMENT

 

INVESTOR GROUP MAXIMUM PRINCIPAL INCREASE ADDENDUM

 

In order to effect an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase with respect to its Investor Group, each of the undersigned:

 

(i) confirms that it has received a copy of the Amended and Restated Series 2014-A Supplement, dated as of October 31, 2014 (as from time to time further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, the “ Series 2014-A Supplement ”; terms defined therein being used herein as defined therein), among Hertz Vehicle Financing II LP (“ HVF II ”), the Conduit Investors named therein, the Committed Note Purchasers named therein, the Funding Agents named therein, The Hertz Corporation, as Group I Administrator, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “ Administrative Agent ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., as trustee and securities intermediary, and such other agreements, documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Addendum;

 

(ii) reaffirms its appointment and authorization of the Administrative Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under the Series 2014-A Supplement as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto;

 

(iii) reaffirms its agreement to all of the provisions of the Series 2014-A Supplement;

 

(iv) agrees to (1) an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase in an amount equal to $                     and (2) an Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Amount in an amount equal to $                                  ;

 

(v) agrees that the related Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount is $                                   and the related Committed Note Purchaser’s Committed Note Purchaser Percentage is        percent (    %) (in each case after giving effect to the Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase described in clause (iv)  above); and

 

(vi) each member of the Investor Group hereby represents and warrants that the representations and warranties contained in Section 3 of Annex 1 to the Series 2014-A Supplement are true and correct with respect to the Investor Group on and as of the date hereof and the Investor Group shall be deemed to have made such representations and warranties contained in Section 3 of Annex 1 to the Series 2014-A Supplement on and as of the date hereof.

 

This Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Addendum shall be effective when a counterpart hereof, signed by the undersigned and HVF II, has been delivered to the parties hereof.

 



 

This Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Addendum shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the law of the State of New York.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Investor Group Maximum Principal Increase Addendum to be duly executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer or agent as of this          day of                     , 20    .

 

 

 

[NAME OF FUNDING AGENT], as Funding Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

[NAME OF CONDUIT INVESTOR], as Conduit Investor

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

[NAME OF COMMITTED NOTE PURCHASER], as Committed Note Purchaser

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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Acknowledged and agreed to as of the date first above written:

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP,

a limited partnership

 

By: HVF II GP Corp., its general partner

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

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EXHIBIT N

 

Bank Name

 

DATE:

 

FROM:

 

RE:                                                                           HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LLP
Interest from [ ] up to and including [ ]

 

Maximum Facility Amount

 

Series 2014-A

 

 

 

FEE TYPE

 

 

 

DATES

 

 

 

TERM

 

AVERAGE
PRINCIPAL
OUTS.

 

RATE

 

AMOUNT
DUE

 

 

 

 

Period Start

 

Period End

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PROGRAM FEE

 

Actual

 

[ ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UNUSED FEE

 

Actual

 

[ ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INTEREST

 

Actual

 

[ ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTHER

 

Actual

 

[ ]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AMOUNT DUE:

 

 

 

 

 

On         [ ]          , kindly wire payment to:

 

Bank Name:
ABA:
For Account #:
Account Name:
Attn:
Reference:

 

If you have any questions, please contact me at phone number.

 


Exhibit 10.18

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

WAIVER AND CONSENT

 

WAIVER AND CONSENT under the Supplements referred to below, dated as of May 16, 2014 (this “ Consent ”), among THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ Hertz ”), HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a special purpose Delaware limited partnership (“ HVF II ”), HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC, a special purpose Delaware limited liability company (“ HVF ”), RENTAL CAR FINANCE CORP., a special purpose Oklahoma corporation (“ RCFC ”), DTG OPERATIONS, INC., an Oklahoma corporation (“ DTG Operations ”), each party identified on the signature pages attached hereto as a Conduit Investor, each party identified on the signature pages attached hereto as a Committed Note Purchaser and each party identified on the signature pages attached hereto as a Funding Agent (such Conduit Investors, Committed Note Purchasers and Funding Agents, collectively, the “ Lenders ”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, HVF II is party to that certain Series 2013-A Supplement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (the “ Series 2013-A Supplement ”), by and among HVF II, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., Hertz, as Group I Administrator, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, and those certain conduit investors, committed note purchasers and funding agents from time to time party thereto;

 

WHEREAS, HVF II is party to that certain Series 2013-B Supplement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (the “ Series 2013-B Supplement ”, and together with the Series 2013-A Supplement, the “ Supplements ”), by and among HVF II, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., Hertz, as Group II Administrator, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, and those certain conduit investors, committed note purchasers and funding agents from time to time party thereto;

 

WHEREAS, each of Hertz, HVF II, HVF and RCFC has requested that the Lenders consent to extend the date for delivery of the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements (as defined below) and certain other information required pursuant to the Series 2013-A Related Documents and the Series 2013-B Related Documents;

 

WHEREAS, each of Hertz, HVF II, HVF and RCFC has requested that the Lenders waive any Amortization Event (with respect to any of the Series 2013-A Notes or any of the Series 2013-B Notes), Potential Amortization Event (with respect to any of the Series 2013-A Notes or any of the Series 2013-B Notes), Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Potential Amortization Event, Operating Lease Event of Default (as defined in each of the Group I HVF Lease and the Group II RCFC Lease) or Potential Operating Lease Event of Default (as defined in each of the Group I HVF Lease and the Group II RCFC Lease) that may arise, directly or indirectly, from or in connection with the failure to deliver the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements (and any certificates and other information required to be delivered concurrently therewith) on or prior to the Extended Delivery Date (as defined below) to the Lenders;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Series 2013-A Related Documents and the Series 2013-B Related Documents, Hertz delivered annual and quarterly financial statements of Hertz

 



 

and its consolidated Subsidiaries from time to time on or prior to the date hereof (collectively, the “ Previous THC Financial Statements ”);

 

WHEREAS, as part of the process of completing the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements, Hertz is reviewing the Previous THC Financial Statements;

 

WHEREAS, Hertz does not currently know what action, if any, will be required to be taken as a result of such review, which has not yet been completed; however, it is possible that Hertz may restate one or more of the Previous THC Financial Statements (such a restatement, if it were to occur, the “ Restatement ”);

 

WHEREAS, each of Hertz, HVF II, HVF and RCFC has requested that the Lenders waive any Amortization Event (with respect to any of the Series 2013-A Notes or any of the Series 2013-B Notes), Potential Amortization Event (with respect to any of the Series 2013-A Notes or any of the Series 2013-B Notes), Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Potential Amortization Event, Operating Lease Event of Default (as defined in each of the Group I HVF Lease and the Group II RCFC Lease) or Potential Operating Lease Event of Default (as defined in each of the Group I HVF Lease and the Group II RCFC Lease) that may arise, directly or indirectly, as a result of or in connection with the Restatement, if any, or any action taken or any failure to take action while any such Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Potential Amortization Event, Operating Lease Event of Default or Potential Operating Lease Event of Default was continuing to the extent such action or failure to take action would have been permitted but for the existence of such Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Potential Amortization Event, Operating Lease Event of Default or Potential Operating Lease Event of Default;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1.                                            Defined Terms .  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Supplements.

 

Section 2.                                            Waiver and Consent .

 

(a)                                  The Lenders hereby agree that, notwithstanding any provision of any Series 2013-A Related Document or any Series 2013-B Related Document, the quarterly financial statements required to be delivered under such documents for Hertz’s fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014 (the “ March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements ”) and the certificates and other information required pursuant to the Series 2013-A Related Documents and/or the Series 2013-B Related Documents to be delivered concurrently therewith need not be delivered on or prior to June 15, 2014 (such date, the “ Extended Delivery Date ”).

 

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(b)                                  So long as the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements and the certificates and other information required to be delivered in connection therewith to the Lenders under the Group I HVF Lease and the Group II RCFC Lease are delivered on or prior to the Extended Delivery Date, the Lenders hereby waive any existing or future Amortization Event (with respect to any of the Series 2013-A Notes or any of the Series 2013-B Notes), Potential Amortization Event (with respect to any of the Series 2013-A Notes or any of the Series 2013-B Notes), Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Potential Amortization Event, Operating Lease Event of Default (as defined in each of the Group I HVF Lease and the Group II RCFC Lease) or Potential Operating Lease Event of Default (as defined in each of the Group I HVF Lease and the Group II RCFC Lease) that may arise, directly or indirectly, as a result of or in connection with the failure to deliver any of the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements, such certificates or such other information.

 

(c)                                   The Lenders hereby waive, from the Consent Effective Date until the Extended Delivery Date, any Amortization Event (with respect to any of the Series 2013-A Notes or any of the Series 2013-B Notes), Potential Amortization Event (with respect to any of the Series 2013-A Notes or any of the Series 2013-B Notes), Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Potential Amortization Event, Operating Lease Event of Default (as defined in each of the Group I HVF Lease and the Group II RCFC Lease) or Potential Operating Lease Event of Default (as defined in each of the Group I HVF Lease and the Group II RCFC Lease) that may arise, directly or indirectly, as a result of or in connection with the Restatement, if any, or any action taken or any failure to take action while any such Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Potential Amortization Event, Operating Lease Event of Default or Potential Operating Lease Event of Default was continuing to the extent such action or failure to take action would have been permitted but for the existence of such Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Potential Amortization Event, Operating Lease Event of Default or Potential Operating Lease Event of Default.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the waiver in this Section 2(c) is a limited waiver for the period ending on the Extended Delivery Date, and for the avoidance of doubt, after the Extended Delivery Date, unless otherwise waived, no such Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Potential Amortization Event, Operating Lease Event of Default or Potential Operating Lease Event of Default that arises, directly or indirectly, from the Restatement shall be deemed waived pursuant to this Section 2(c).

 

(d)          For the avoidance of doubt, from the Consent Effective Date until the Extended Delivery Date (i) each Lender shall continue to honor notices for Advances delivered in compliance with the Supplements notwithstanding the occurrence or continuation of the events described in this Section 2 and (ii) neither Hertz nor HVF II shall be required to deliver any notice pursuant to any Series 2013-A Related Document or any Series 2013-B Related Document in connection with the occurrence or continuation of the events described in this Section 2.

 

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Section 3.                                            Conditions to Effectiveness of Consent .  This Consent shall become effective on the date (such date, if any, the “ Consent Effective Date ”) the Administrative Agent shall have received this Consent executed and delivered by the parties hereto.  The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice in writing to Hertz of the occurrence of the Consent Effective Date.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Lenders hereby expressly waive any requirement that any “Rating Agency Condition” (as defined in any Series 2013-A Related Document or any Series 2013-B Related Document) be satisfied in connection with this Consent.

 

Section 4.                                            Effects on Related Documents; Acknowledgement .

 

(a)                                  Except as expressly set forth herein, this Consent ( i ) shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Trustee under any Series 2013-A Related Document or any Series 2013-B Related Document, and ( ii ) shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Supplements or in any other provision of any Series 2013-A Related Document or any Series 2013-B Related Document.  Each and every term, condition, obligation, covenant and agreement contained in the Supplements or any other Series 2013-A Related Document or any other Series 2013-B Related Document is hereby ratified and re-affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect as modified hereby and nothing herein can or may be construed as a novation thereof.  Each of Hertz, DTG Operations, HVF II, HVF and RCFC reaffirms on the Consent Effective Date its obligations under the Series 2013-A Related Documents and the Series 2013-B Related Documents, in each case, to which it is a party and the validity, enforceability and perfection of the Liens, if any, granted by it pursuant to the Series 2013-A Related Documents and the Series 2013-B Related Documents, in each case, to which it is a party.  All references to any Series 2013-A Related Document or to any Series 2013-B Related in any Series 2013-A Related Document or in any Series 2013-B Related Document and all references in any such document to “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to any such document, shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, refer to such document after giving effect to the waivers set forth in this Consent.

 

(b)                                  For the avoidance of doubt, this Consent does not constitute an acknowledgement by any of Hertz or any of its Subsidiaries that a Restatement, if any, would result in an Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Potential Amortization Event, Operating Lease Event of Default or Potential Operating Lease Event of Default under any Series 2013-A Related Documents or any Series 2013-B Related Documents and each of Hertz, HVF II, HVF and RCFC reserves all of its rights under the Series 2013-A Related Documents and the Series 2013-B Related Documents in connection therewith.

 

Section 5.                                            Expenses .  Hertz agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for ( i ) all of its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Consent, any other documents prepared in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby, and ( ii ) the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Latham & Watkins LLP, as counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

 

Section 6.                                            Counterparts .  This Consent may be executed in any number of

 

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counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Consent by facsimile or any other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

Section 7.                                            Applicable Law THIS CONSENT, AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CONSENT, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAW.

 

Section 8.                                            Headings .  The headings of this Consent are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Waiver and Consent to be executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

DTG OPERATIONS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a limited partnership

 

 

 

By:

HVF II GP Corp., its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES 2013-A AND 2013-B WAIVER AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

RENTAL CAR FINANCE CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 



 

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Laura Spichiger

 

 

Name: Laura Spichiger

 

 

Title: Director

 



 

 

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kimberley Snyder                                             ~

 

 

Name: Kimberley Snyder

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

LIBERTY STREET FUNDING LLC , as a Conduit Investor, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jill A. Russo

 

 

Name: Jill A. Russo

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES 2013-A AND 2013-B WAIVER AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Nina Austin

 

 

Name: Nina Austin

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES 2013-A AND 2013-B WAIVER AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Sam Pilcer

 

 

Name: Sam Pilcer

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kostantina Kourmpetis

 

 

Name: Konstantina Kourmpetis

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATLANTIC ASSET SECURITIZATION LLC , as a Conduit Investor, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

By: CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Sam Pilcer

 

 

Name: Sam Pilcer

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kostantina Kourmpetis

 

 

Name: Konstantina Kourmpetis

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 



 

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas C. Dean

 

 

Name: Thomas C. Dean

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Austin J. Meier

 

 

Name: Austin J. Meier

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

THUNDER BAY FUNDING, LLC , as a Conduit Investor, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas C. Dean

 

 

Name: Thomas C. Dean

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 



 

 

VERSAILLES ASSETS LLC , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Conduit Investor, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By: GLOBAL SECURITIZATION SERVICES, LLC, its Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Bernard J. Angelo

 

 

Name: Bernard J. Angelo

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

NATIXIS NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Funding Agent, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Terrence Gregersen

 

 

Name: Terrence Gregersen

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David S. Bondy

 

 

Name: David S. Bondy

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 



 

 

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By: RBS SECURITIES INC., as Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David J. Donofrio

 

 

Name: David J. Donofrio

 

 

Title: Director

 



 

 

BANK OF MONTREAL , as a Committed Note Purchaser, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brian Zaban

 

 

Name: Brian Zaban

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

FAIRWAY FINANCE COMPANY, LLC , as a Conduit Investor, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael R. Newell

 

 

Name: Michael R. Newell

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP., as a Funding Agent, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John Pappano

 

 

Name: John Pappano

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 



 

 

SUNTRUST BANK , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kheang Lim

 

 

Name: Kheang Lim

 

 

Title: Vice President

 



 

 

BNP PARIBAS, NEW YORK BRANCH , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Khoi-Anh Berger-Luong

 

 

Name: Khoi-Anh Berger-Luong

 

 

Title:  Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Steve Parsons

 

 

Name: Steve Parsons

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

STARBIRD FUNDING CORPORATION , as a Conduit Investor, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David V. DeAngelis

 

 

Name: David V. DeAngelis

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John L. Fridlington

 

 

Name: John L. Fridlington

 

 

Title:  Vice President

 



 

 

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles D. Johnston

 

 

Name: Charles D. Johnston

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 



 

 

GRESHAM RECEIVABLES (NO. 29) LTD , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Conduit Investor, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Shane Hollywood

 

 

Name: Shane Hollywood

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

LLOYDS BANK PLC , as a Funding Agent, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas Spary

 

 

Name: Thomas Spary

 

 

Title: Director

 



 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Colin Bennett

 

 

Name: Colin Bennett

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Billy Strobel

 

 

Name: Billy Strobel

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

SARATOGA FUNDING CORP., LLC , as a Conduit Investor, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael R. Newell

 

 

Name: Michael R. Newell

 

 

Title: Vice President

 


Exhibit 10.19

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

EXTENSION OF WAIVER AND CONSENT

 

EXTENSION OF WAIVER AND CONSENT under the Supplements referred to below, dated as of June 12, 2014 (this “ Consent Extension ”), among THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ Hertz ”), HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a special purpose Delaware limited partnership (“ HVF II ”), HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC, a special purpose Delaware limited liability company (“ HVF ”), RENTAL CAR FINANCE CORP., a special purpose Oklahoma corporation (“ RCFC ”), DTG OPERATIONS, INC., an Oklahoma corporation (“ DTG Operations ”), each party identified on the signature pages attached hereto as a Conduit Investor, each party identified on the signature pages attached hereto as a Committed Note Purchaser and each party identified on the signature pages attached hereto as a Funding Agent (such Conduit Investors, Committed Note Purchasers and Funding Agents, collectively, the “ Lenders ”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, HVF II is party to that certain Series 2013-A Supplement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, including pursuant to the Waiver and Consent referred to below, from time to time, the “ Series 2013-A Supplement ”), by and among HVF II, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., Hertz, as Group I Administrator, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, and those certain conduit investors, committed note purchasers and funding agents from time to time party thereto;

 

WHEREAS, HVF II is party to that certain Series 2013-B Supplement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, including pursuant to the Waiver and Consent referred to below, from time to time, the “ Series 2013-B Supplement ”, and together with the Series 2013-A Supplement, the “ Supplements ”), by and among HVF II, The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., Hertz, as Group II Administrator, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, and those certain conduit investors, committed note purchasers and funding agents from time to time party thereto;

 

WHEREAS, each of Hertz, HVF II, HVF, RCFC and the Lenders is a party to that certain Waiver and Consent, dated as of May 16, 2014 (the “ Waiver and Consent ”), pursuant to which the Lenders consented to extend the date for delivery of the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements (as defined therein) and certain other information required pursuant to the Series 2013-A Related Documents and the Series 2013-B Related Documents to the Extended Delivery Date (as defined therein) and granted the waivers specified therein until the Extended Delivery Date;

 

WHEREAS, each of Hertz, HVF II, HVF and RCFC has requested that the Lenders consent to extend the Extended Delivery Date specified in the Waiver and Consent, including for delivery of financial and other information for the second fiscal quarter of 2014;

 



 

WHEREAS, Hertz has concluded that the financial statements of Hertz and its consolidated subsidiaries for the fiscal year 2011 must be restated;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1.                                            Defined Terms .  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Waiver and Consent or in the Supplements, as applicable.

 

Section 2.                                            Extension of Waiver and Consent .

 

(a)          The Lenders hereby (i) agree to amend the Waiver and Consent by deleting the phrase “June 15, 2014” in Section 2(a) of the Waiver and Consent and substituting therefor the phrase “November 14, 2014” and (ii) agree that each reference to the “Extended Delivery Date” in the Waiver and Consent and in this Section 2 shall be construed to be a reference to the date November 14, 2014, including without limitation for purposes of the waivers set forth in Sections 2(b) and 2(c) of the Waiver and Consent, and the agreement and acknowledgement set forth in Section 2(d) of the Waiver and Consent.

 

(b)          The Lenders hereby agree to amend the Waiver and Consent by:

 

(i)                                      deleting the phrase “fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014” in Section 2(a) of the Waiver and Consent and substituting therefor the phrase “fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2014 and June 30, 2014”,

 

(ii)                                   deleting the phrase “March 2014” each time such phrase appears in Sections 2(a) and 2(b) and in the recitals of the Waiver and Consent;

 

(iii)                                adding the following to the end of Section 2(b) of the Waiver and Consent:

 

“; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the foregoing shall not constitute a waiver of, and the Lenders do not hereby waive, any Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event with respect to any of the Series 2013-A Notes or any of the Series 2013-B Notes resulting from a Hertz Senior Credit Facility Default whether or not such Hertz Senior Credit Facility Default arose, directly or indirectly, as a result of or in connection with the failure to deliver any of the Quarterly Financial Statements or any certificates or other information under any documents related to Hertz’s Senior Credit Facilities or to any other indebtedness”;

 

(iv)                               deleting the phrase “until the Extended Delivery Date” in the first sentence of Section 2(c) of the Waiver and Consent and substituting therefor the phrase “until the earlier of the Extended Delivery Date and the 15th day following the first date on which all Quarterly Financial Statements have been delivered (such earlier date, the “ Extension Date ”)”;

 

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(v)                                  adding the following to the end of the first sentence of Section 2(c) of the Waiver and Consent:

 

“; provided that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the foregoing shall not constitute a waiver of, and the Lenders do not hereby waive, any Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event with respect to any of the Series 2013-A Notes or any of the Series 2013-B Notes resulting from (A) a Hertz Senior Credit Facility Default, (B) any Event of Bankruptcy with respect to Hertz Vehicles LLC, HGI, HVF, HVF II, the HVF II General Partner, DTAG, DTG, Hertz or RCFC, (C) the failure of the Series 2013-G1 Aggregate Asset Amount to exceed the Series 2013-G1 Asset Coverage Threshold Amount, (D) the failure of the Series 2010-3 Aggregate Asset Amount to exceed the Series 2010-3 Asset Coverage Threshold Amount, (E) the occurrence of a Group I Aggregate Asset Amount Deficiency, (F) the occurrence of a Group II Aggregate Asset Amount Deficiency, (G) the occurrence of a Series 2013-A Liquid Enhancement Deficiency, (H) the occurrence of a Series 2013-B Liquid Enhancement Deficiency, (I) with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes, the occurrence of a Series 2013-B Amortization Event and (J) with respect to the Series 2013-B Notes, the occurrence of a Series 2013-A Amortization Event, in each case, whether or not any of the events or circumstances specified in the foregoing clauses (A) through (J) arose, directly or indirectly, as a result of or in connection with the Restatement, if any, or any action taken or any failure to take action while any such events giving rise to such events or circumstances was continuing to the extent such action or failure to take action would have been permitted but for the existence of such events”;

 

(vi)                               deleting the phrase “Extended Delivery Date” each time such phrase appears in the second sentence of Section 2(c) of the Waiver and Consent and substituting therefor the phrase “Extension Date”;

 

(vii)                            deleting the phrase “Extended Delivery Date” in Section 2(d) of the Waiver and Consent and substituting therefor the phrase “Extension Date”; and

 

(viii)                         adding the following immediately after each reference to “Section 2” in Section 2(d) of the Waiver and Consent:

 

“(other than any Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event with respect to any of the Series 2013-A Notes or any of the Series 2013-B Notes resulting from any of the events or circumstances described in clauses (A) through (J) of Section 2(c) above)”.

 

Section 3.                                            Conditions to Effectiveness of Consent Extension .  This Consent Extension shall become effective on the date (such date, if any, the “ Consent Effective Date ”) the Administrative Agent shall have received this Consent Extension executed and delivered by the parties hereto.  The Administrative Agent shall give prompt notice in writing to Hertz of the occurrence of the Consent Effective Date.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Lenders hereby expressly waive any requirement that any “Rating Agency Condition” (as defined in any Series 2013-A Related Document or any Series 2013-B Related Document) be satisfied in connection with this Consent Extension.

 

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Section 4.                                            Effects on Related Documents; Acknowledgement .

 

(a)                                  Except as expressly modified hereby, the Waiver and Consent shall continue in effect in accordance with its terms.  Except as expressly set forth herein and in the Waiver and Consent as modified hereby, this Consent Extension ( i ) shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or the Trustee under any Series 2013-A Related Document or any Series 2013-B Related Document, and ( ii ) shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Supplements or in any other provision of any Series 2013-A Related Document or any Series 2013-B Related Document.  Each and every term, condition, obligation, covenant and agreement contained in the Supplements or any other Series 2013-A Related Document or any other Series 2013-B Related Document is hereby ratified and re-affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect as modified by this Consent Extension and the Waiver and Consent and nothing herein can or may be construed as a novation thereof.  Each of Hertz, DTG Operations, HVF II, HVF and RCFC reaffirms on the Consent Effective Date its obligations under the Series 2013-A Related Documents and the Series 2013-B Related Documents, in each case, to which it is a party and the validity, enforceability and perfection of the Liens, if any, granted by it pursuant to the Series 2013-A Related Documents and the Series 2013-B Related Documents, in each case, to which it is a party.  All references to any Series 2013-A Related Document or to any Series 2013-B Related in any Series 2013-A Related Document or in any Series 2013-B Related Document and all references in any such document to “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to any such document, shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, refer to such document after giving effect to the waivers set forth in this Consent Extension and the Waiver and Consent.

 

(b)                                  For the avoidance of doubt, neither this Consent Extension nor the Waiver and Consent as modified hereby constitutes an acknowledgement by any of Hertz or any of its Subsidiaries that a Restatement would result in an Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Potential Amortization Event, Operating Lease Event of Default or Potential Operating Lease Event of Default under any Series 2013-A Related Documents or any Series 2013-B Related Documents and each of Hertz, HVF II, HVF and RCFC reserves all of its rights under the Series 2013-A Related Documents and the Series 2013-B Related Documents in connection therewith.

 

Section 5.                                            Expenses .  Hertz agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent for ( i ) all of its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Consent Extension, any other documents prepared in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby, and ( ii ) the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Latham & Watkins LLP, as counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders.

 

Section 6.                                            Counterparts .  This Consent Extension may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Consent Extension by facsimile or any other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

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Section 7.                                            Applicable Law THIS CONSENT EXTENSION, AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CONSENT EXTENSION, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAW.

 

Section 8.                                            Headings .  The headings of this Consent Extension are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Consent Extension to be executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

DTG OPERATIONS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

Title: Assistant Treasurer

 

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a limited partnership

 

 

 

By: HVF II GP Corp., its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

Title: Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

DTG OPERATIONS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

Title: Treasurer

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES 2013-A AND 2013-B EXTENSION OF WAIVER AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

Title: Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

RENTAL CAR FINANCE CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

Title: Assistant Treasurer

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES 2013-A AND 2013-B EXTENSION OF WAIVER AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Laura Spichiger

 

 

Name: Laura Spichiger

 

 

Title: Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES 2013-A AND 2013-B EXTENSION OF WAIVER AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kimberley Snyder

 

 

Name: Kimberley Snyder

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

LIBERTY STREET FUNDING LLC , as a Conduit Investor, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Jill A. Russo

 

 

Name: Jill A. Russo

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES 2013-A AND 2013-B EXTENSION OF WAIVER AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Nina Austin

 

 

Name: Nina Austin

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES 2013-A AND 2013-B EXTENSION OF WAIVER AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Sam Pilcer

 

 

Name:  Sam Pilcer

 

 

Title:  Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Roger Klepper

 

 

Name:  Roger Klepper

 

 

Title:  Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATLANTIC ASSET SECURITIZATION LLC , as a Conduit Investor, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By: CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Sam Pilcer

 

 

Name:  Sam Pilcer

 

 

Title:  Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Roger Klepper

 

 

Name:  Roger Klepper

 

 

Title:  Managing Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES 2013-A AND 2013-B EXTENSION OF WAIVER AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert S. Jones

 

 

Name:  Robert S. Jones

 

 

Title:  Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kevin P. Wilson

 

 

Name:  Kevin P. Wilson

 

 

Title:  Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

THUNDER BAY FUNDING, LLC , as a Conduit Investor, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kevin P. Wilson

 

 

Name:  Kevin P. Wilson

 

 

Title:  Authorized Signatory

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES 2013-A AND 2013-B EXTENSION OF WAIVER AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

VERSAILLES ASSETS LLC , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Conduit Investor, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By: GLOBAL SECURITIZATION SERVICES, LLC, its Manager

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John L. Fridlington

 

 

Name: John L. Fridlington

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

NATIXIS NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Funding Agent, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Terrence Gregersen

 

 

Name:  Terrence Gregersen

 

 

Title:  Executive Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David S. Bondy

 

 

Name:  David S. Bondy

 

 

Title:  Managing Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES 2013-A AND 2013-B EXTENSION OF WAIVER AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By: RBS SECURITIES INC., as Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David J. Donofrio

 

 

Name:  David J. Donofrio

 

 

Title:  Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES 2013-A AND 2013-B EXTENSION OF WAIVER AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

BANK OF MONTREAL , as a Committed Note Purchaser, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brian Zaban

 

 

Name:  Brian Zaban

 

 

Title:  Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

FAIRWAY FINANCE COMPANY, LLC , as a Conduit Investor, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lori Gebron

 

 

 

Name:  Lori Gebron

 

 

Title:  Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP., as a Funding Agent, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John Pappano

 

 

Name:  John Pappano

 

 

Title:  Managing Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES 2013-A AND 2013-B EXTENSION OF WAIVER AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

SUNTRUST BANK , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kheang Lim

 

 

Name:  Kheang Lim

 

 

Title:  Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES 2013-A AND 2013-B EXTENSION OF WAIVER AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

BNP PARIBAS, NEW YORK BRANCH , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mary Dierdorff

 

 

Name:  Mary Dierdorff

 

 

Title:  Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Khoi-Ann Berger-Luong

 

 

Name:  Khoi-Ann Berger-Luong

 

 

Title:  Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

STARBIRD FUNDING CORPORATION , as a Conduit Investor, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David V. DeAngelis

 

 

Name:  David V. DeAngelis

 

 

Title:  Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John L. Fridlington

 

 

Name:  John L. Fridlington

 

 

Title:  Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES 2013-A AND 2013-B EXTENSION OF WAIVER AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Charles D. Johnston

 

 

Name:  Charles D. Johnston

 

 

Title:  Authorized Signatory

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES 2013-A AND 2013-B EXTENSION OF WAIVER AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

GRESHAM RECEIVABLES (NO. 29) LTD , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Conduit Investor, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ariel Pinel

 

 

Name:  Ariel Pinel

 

 

Title:  Director

 

 

 

 

 

LLOYDS BANK PLC, as a Funding Agent, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas Spary

 

 

Name:  Thomas Spary

 

 

Title:  Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES 2013-A AND 2013-B EXTENSION OF WAIVER AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Colin Bennet

 

 

Name:  Colin Bennet

 

 

Title:  Director

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Billy Strobel

 

 

Name:  Billy Strobel

 

 

Title:  Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

SARATOGA FUNDING CORP., LLC , as a Conduit Investor, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael R. Newell

 

 

Name:  Michael R. Newell

 

 

Title:  Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO SERIES 2013-A AND 2013-B EXTENSION OF WAIVER AND CONSENT]

 


Exhibit 10.20

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

WAIVER, AMENDMENT AND CONSENT

 

WAIVER, AMENDMENT AND CONSENT under the various documents referred to below, dated as of October 31, 2014 (this “ Consent ”), among THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ Hertz ”), HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a special purpose Delaware limited partnership (“ HVF II ”), HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC, a special purpose Delaware limited liability company (“ HVF ”), RENTAL CAR FINANCE CORP., a special purpose Oklahoma corporation (“ RCFC ”), DTG OPERATIONS, INC., an Oklahoma corporation (“ DTG Operations ”), each party identified on the signature pages attached hereto as a Conduit Investor, each party identified on the signature pages attached hereto as a Committed Note Purchaser, each party identified on the signature pages attached hereto as a Funding Agent (such Conduit Investors, Committed Note Purchasers and Funding Agents, collectively, the “ Lenders ”) and The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A. (“ BNY ”), as Trustee.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, HVF II is a party to that certain HVF II Base Indenture, dated as of November 25, 2013 (the “ HVF II Base Indenture ”), between HVF II and the Trustee;

 

WHEREAS, HVF II is a party to that certain Group I Supplement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (the “ Group I Supplement ”), between HVF II and the Trustee;

 

WHEREAS, HVF II is a party to that certain Group I Administration Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (the “ Group I Administration Agreement ”), among HVF II, Hertz and the Trustee;

 

WHEREAS, HVF II is party to that certain Series 2013-A Supplement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (the “ Series 2013-A Supplement ”), by and among HVF II, the Trustee, Hertz, as Group I Administrator, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, and those certain conduit investors, committed note purchasers and funding agents from time to time party thereto;

 

WHEREAS, HVF II is party to that certain Series 2014-A Supplement, dated as of July 25, 2014 (the “ Series 2014-A Supplement ”), by and among HVF II, the Trustee, Hertz, as Group I Administrator, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, and those certain conduit investors, committed note purchasers and funding agents from time to time party thereto;

 

WHEREAS, HVF II is party to that certain Series 2013-B Supplement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (the “ Series 2013-B Supplement ”, and together with the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2014-A Supplement, the “ Supplements ”), by and among HVF II, the Trustee, Hertz, as Group II Administrator, Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as Administrative Agent, and those certain conduit investors, committed note purchasers and funding agents from time to time party thereto;

 



 

WHEREAS, HVF is a party to that certain Series 2013-G1 Supplement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (the “ Series 2013-G1 Supplement ”), between HVF and BNY, as trustee;

 

WHEREAS, HVF is a party to that certain Master Motor Vehicle Operating Lease and Servicing Agreement (Series 2013-G1), dated as of November 25, 2013 (the “ Series 2013-G1 Lease ”), among HVF, Hertz and DTG Operations;

 

WHEREAS, HVF is a party to that certain Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (the “ Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement ”), among HVF, Hertz and BNY, as trustee;

 

WHEREAS, Hertz is a party to that certain Series 2013-G1 Back-Up Administration Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (the “ Series 2013-G1 Back-Up Administration Agreement ”), among Hertz, Lord Securities Corporation (“ Lord ”) and BNY, as trustee;

 

WHEREAS, Hertz is a party to that certain Group I Back-Up Administration Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (the “ Group I Back-Up Administration Agreement ”), among Hertz, Lord and the Trustee;

 

WHEREAS, Hertz is party to that certain Third Amended and Restated Vehicle Title Nominee Agreement, dated as of November 25, 2013 (the “ Nominee Agreement ”), among Hertz, Hertz Vehicles LLC, HVF, Hertz General Interest LLC, and BNY, as collateral agent;

 

WHEREAS, each of Hertz, HVF II, RCFC and the Lenders is party to that certain Waiver and Consent, dated as of May 16, 2014 (as amended by that certain Extension of Waiver and Consent, dated as of June 12, 2014, the “ Waiver and Consent ”);

 

WHEREAS, each of Hertz, HVF II, and RCFC has requested that the Lenders (with respect to the Series 2013-B Notes) consent to extend the date for delivery of the Financial Statements (as defined below) and certain other information required pursuant to the Series 2013-B Related Documents;

 

WHEREAS, each of Hertz, HVF II, and RCFC has requested that the Lenders (with respect to the Series 2013-B Notes) waive any Amortization Event (with respect to any of the Series 2013-B Notes), Potential Amortization Event (with respect to any of the Series 2013-B Notes), Series 2010-3 Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Potential Amortization Event, Operating Lease Event of Default (as defined in the Group II RCFC Lease) or Potential Operating Lease Event of Default (as defined in the Group II RCFC Lease) that may arise, directly or indirectly, from or in connection with the failure to deliver the Financial Statements (and any certificates and other information required to be delivered concurrently therewith) on or prior to the Extended Delivery Date (as defined below) to the Lenders (with respect to the Series 2013-B Notes);

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Series 2013-B Related Documents, Hertz delivered annual and quarterly financial statements of Hertz and its consolidated Subsidiaries from time to time on or prior to the date hereof (collectively, the “ Previous THC Financial Statements ”);

 

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WHEREAS, as part of the process of completing the Financial Statements, Hertz is reviewing the Previous THC Financial Statements;

 

WHEREAS, Hertz has concluded that the financial statements of Hertz and its consolidated subsidiaries for the fiscal year 2011 must be restated;

 

WHEREAS, Hertz does not currently know what further action, if any, will be required to be taken as a result of such review, which has not yet been completed; however, it is possible that Hertz may restate more of the Previous THC Financial Statements;

 

WHEREAS, each of Hertz, HVF II, and RCFC has requested that the Lenders (with respect to the Series 2013-B Notes) waive any Amortization Event (with respect to any of the Series 2013-B Notes), Potential Amortization Event (with respect to any of the Series 2013-B Notes), Series 2010-3 Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Potential Amortization Event, Operating Lease Event of Default (as defined in the Group II RCFC Lease) or Potential Operating Lease Event of Default (as defined in the Group II RCFC Lease) that may arise, directly or indirectly, as a result of or in connection with the Restatement (as defined below), if any, or any action taken or any failure to take action while any such Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Potential Amortization Event, Operating Lease Event of Default or Potential Operating Lease Event of Default was continuing to the extent such action or failure to take action would have been permitted but for the existence of such Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Potential Amortization Event, Operating Lease Event of Default or Potential Operating Lease Event of Default;

 

WHEREAS, each of HVF, HVF II, the Trustee, Hertz, the Administrative Agent (as defined in the Series 2013-A Supplement) and the Lenders (with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes and the Series 2014-A Notes, as applicable) wish to consent to the amendment and restatement of the HVF II Base Indenture, the Group I Supplement, the Series 2013-A Supplement, the Series 2014-A Supplement, the Group I Administration Agreement, the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, the Series 2013-G1 Lease and the Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement, in each case as specified herein;

 

WHEREAS, the Lenders (with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes and the Series 2014-A Notes, as applicable) wish to consent to the amendment of the Series 2013-G1 Back-Up Administration Agreement as specified herein;

 

WHEREAS, the Lenders (with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes and the Series 2014-A Notes, as applicable) wish to consent to the amendment of the Group I Back-Up Administration Agreement as specified herein;

 

WHEREAS, each of HVF II, the Trustee, Hertz, the Administrative Agent (as defined in the Series 2013-B Supplement) and the Lenders (with respect to the Series 2013-B Notes) wish to consent to the amendment of the Series 2013-B Supplement as specified herein;

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1.                                            Defined Terms .  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Supplements.

 

Section 2.                                            Previous Waiver and Consent .  Each of the parties to the Waiver and Consent hereby agrees that, as of the date hereof, the Waiver and Consent shall be terminated.

 

Section 3.                                            Waiver .

 

(a)                          The Lenders (with respect to the Series 2013-B Notes) hereby agree that, notwithstanding any provision of any Series 2013-B Related Document (i) the quarterly financial statements required to be delivered under the Series 2013-B Related Documents for Hertz’s fiscal quarters ended March 31, 2014, June 30, 2014, September 30, 2014, and March 31, 2015 (collectively, the “ Quarterly Financial Statements ”) and (ii) the annual financial statements required to be delivered under the Series 2013-B Related Documents for Hertz’s fiscal year ended December 31, 2014 (together with the Quarterly Financial Statements, collectively, the “ Financial Statements ”), and in each case the certificates and other information required pursuant to the Series 2013-B Related Documents to be delivered concurrently therewith, need not be delivered prior to June 30, 2015 (such date, the “ Extended Delivery Date ”).

 

(b)                          So long as the Financial Statements and the certificates and other information required to be delivered in connection therewith to the Lenders (with respect to the Series 2013-B Notes) under the Group II RCFC Lease are delivered prior to the Extended Delivery Date, the Lenders (with respect to the Series 2013-B Notes) hereby waive any existing or future Amortization Event (with respect to any of the Series 2013-B Notes), Potential Amortization Event (with respect to any of the Series 2013-B Notes), Series 2010-3 Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Potential Amortization Event, Operating Lease Event of Default (as defined in the Group II RCFC Lease) or Potential Operating Lease Event of Default (as defined in the Group II RCFC Lease) that may arise, directly or indirectly, as a result of or in connection with the failure to deliver any of the Financial Statements, such certificates or such other information; provided that , notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the foregoing shall not constitute a waiver of, and the Lenders (with respect to the Series 2013-B Notes) do not hereby waive, any Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event with respect to any of the Series 2013-B Notes resulting from a Hertz Senior Credit Facility Default whether or not such Hertz Senior Credit Facility Default arose, directly or indirectly, as a result of or in connection with the failure to deliver any of the Financial Statements or any certificates or other information under any documents related to Hertz’s Senior Credit Facilities or to any other indebtedness .

 

(c)                           The Lenders (with respect to the Series 2013-B Notes) hereby waive, from the Consent Effective Date until the earlier of the Extended Delivery Date and the 15th day following the first date on which all Financial Statements have been delivered (such earlier date, the “ Extension Date ”) , any Amortization Event (with respect to any of the Series 2013-B Notes), Potential Amortization Event (with respect to any of the Series 2013-B Notes), Series 2010-3

 

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Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Potential Amortization Event, Operating Lease Event of Default (as defined in the Group II RCFC Lease) or Potential Operating Lease Event of Default (as defined in the Group II RCFC Lease) that may arise, directly or indirectly, as a result of or in connection with the Restatement, if any, or any action taken or any failure to take action while any such Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Potential Amortization Event, Operating Lease Event of Default or Potential Operating Lease Event of Default was continuing to the extent such action or failure to take action would have been permitted but for the existence of such Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Potential Amortization Event, Operating Lease Event of Default or Potential Operating Lease Event of Default.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, the waiver in this Section 3(c) is a limited waiver for the period ending on the Extension Date, and for the avoidance of doubt, after the Extension Date, unless otherwise waived, no such Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Amortization Event, Series 2013-G1 Potential Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Potential Amortization Event, Operating Lease Event of Default or Potential Operating Lease Event of Default that arises, directly or indirectly, from the Restatement shall be deemed waived pursuant to this Section 3(c) ; provided that , notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the foregoing shall not constitute a waiver of, and the Lenders (with respect to the Series 2013-B Notes) do not hereby waive, any Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event with respect to any of the Series 2013-B Notes resulting from (A) a Hertz Senior Credit Facility Default, (B) any Event of Bankruptcy with respect to HVF II, the HVF II General Partner, DTAG, DTG Operations, Hertz or RCFC, (C) the failure of the Series 2010-3 Aggregate Asset Amount to exceed the Series 2010-3 Asset Coverage Threshold Amount, (D) the occurrence of a Group II Aggregate Asset Amount Deficiency, (E) the occurrence of a Series 2013-B Liquid Enhancement Deficiency, and (F) with respect to the Series 2013-B Notes, the occurrence of a Series 2013-A Amortization Event, in each case, whether or not any of the events or circumstances specified in the foregoing clauses (A) through (F) arose, directly or indirectly, as a result of or in connection with the Restatement, if any, or any action taken or any failure to take action while any such events giving rise to such events or circumstances was continuing to the extent such action or failure to take action would have been permitted but for the existence of such events For purposes of this Consent, “ Restatement ” shall mean any restatement of one or more of the annual and quarterly financial statements (including the annual financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011) of Hertz and its consolidated Subsidiaries delivered under the Series 2013-B Related Documents or otherwise issued by Hertz from time to time prior to the date hereof and one or more financial statements or other financial information relating to any Subsidiary of Hertz.

 

(d)                          For the avoidance of doubt, from the Consent Effective Date until the Extension Date (i) each Lender (with respect to the Series 2013-B Notes) shall continue to honor notices for Advances delivered in compliance with the Supplements notwithstanding the occurrence or continuation of the events described in this Section 3 (other than any Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event with respect to any of the Series 2013-B Notes resulting from any of the events or circumstances described in clauses (A) through (F) of Section 3(c) above) and (ii) neither Hertz nor HVF II shall be required to deliver any notice pursuant to any Series 2013-B Related Document in connection with the occurrence or continuation of the events described in this Section 3 (other than any Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event with respect

 

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to any of the Series 2013-B Notes resulting from any of the events or circumstances described in clauses (A) through (F) of Section 3(c) above) .

 

Section 4.                                            Amendment of the Series 2013-B Supplement . The Series 2013-B Supplement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a) The definition of “Series 2013-B Commitment Termination Date” shall be deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

““ Series 2013-B Commitment Termination Date means the last Business Day occurring in October 2016 or such later date designated in accordance with Section 2.6

 

(b) The last sentence of Section 2.1(i) of the Series 2013-B Supplement shall be deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

“Any increase made pursuant to this Section 2.1(i)  shall be made ratably among the Investor Groups’ on the basis of their respective Maximum Investor Group Principal Amounts, and no later than one Business Day following any such increase of the Series 2013-B Maximum Principal Amount, the Administrative Agent shall revise Schedule II to reflect each related increase of each Investor Group Maximum Principal Amount, which revision, for the avoidance of doubt, shall not require the consent of the Trustee or any Series 2013-B Noteholder.”

 

(c) The following definition shall be added to Schedule I to the Series 2013-B Supplement in the appropriate alphabetical position:

 

““ Series 2013-B Amortization Event ” means an Amortization Event with respect to the Series 2013-B Notes.”

 

Section 5.                                            Amendment and Restatement .

 

(a)                          Hertz, each of its Affiliates party hereto, and the Lenders (with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes and the Series 2014-A Notes, as applicable) hereby consent to the amendment and restatement of the HVF II Base Indenture, the Group I Supplement, the Group I Administration Agreement, the Series 2013-A Supplement, the Series 2014-A Supplement, the Series 2013-G1 Supplement, the Series 2013-G1 Lease and the Series 2013-G1 Administration Agreement in the forms attached hereto as Exhibits A through H , respectively.

 

(b)                                  The Lenders (with respect to the Series 2013-B Notes) hereby consent to the amendment and restatement of the HVF II Base Indenture in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A .

 

(c)                                   The Lenders (with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes and the Series 2014-A Notes) hereby consent to the amendment of the Series 2013-G1 Back-Up Administration Agreement, the Group I Back-Up Administration Agreement and the Nominee Agreement, in the forms attached hereto as Exhibits I through K , respectively.

 

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Section 6.                                            Series 2013-B Notes Toggle Increase .

 

(a)                                  The Lenders (with respect to the Series 2013-B Notes) hereby acknowledge and agree that, in connection with the amendment and restatement of the Series 2013-A Supplement on the date hereof, the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount will be reduced in an aggregate amount equal to $250,000,000, and such Lenders hereby further acknowledge and agree that such reduction shall be deemed made pursuant to Section 2.5(b) of the Series 2013-A Supplement for the purposes of effecting a corresponding increase of the Series 2013-B Maximum Principal Amount in an aggregate amount equal to $250,000,000 and a corresponding increase of each Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount (as defined in the Series 2013-B Supplement), in each case, pursuant to Section 2.1(i) of the Series 2013-B Supplement, each of which such increase of each such Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount (as defined in the Series 2013-B Supplement) shall be made ratably among the Investor Groups (as defined in the Series 2013-B Supplement) on the basis of their respective Maximum Investor Group Principal Amounts (as defined in the Series 2013-B Supplement) .  The Lenders (with respect to the Series 2013-A Notes and the Series 2013-B Notes), the Administrative Agent under Series 2013-A and the Administrative Agent under Series 2013-B each hereby waive any requirement that any notice be delivered pursuant to (i) Section 2.5(b) of the Series 2013-A Supplement in connection with the reduction of the Series 2013-A Maximum Principal Amount described in this clause (a) and (ii) Section 2.l(i) of the Series 2013-B Supplement in connection with the increase of the Series 2013-B Maximum Principal Amount described in this clause (a).

 

(b)                                  In connection the increase of the Series 2013-B Maximum Principal Amount and each Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount (as defined in the Series 2013-B Supplement), in each case pursuant to the immediately preceding clause (a) , the Lenders (with respect to the Series 2013-B Notes) and the Administrative Agent (as defined in the Series 2013-B Supplement) hereby acknowledge and agree that such increases shall become effective simultaneous with the amendment and restatement of the Series 2013-A Supplement on the date hereof and that Schedule II to the Series 2013-B Supplement shall be amended as set forth in Exhibit L .

 

Section 7.                                            Conditions to Effectiveness of Consent .  This Consent shall become effective on the date (such date, if any, the “ Consent Effective Date ”) the Administrative Agent (as defined in the Supplements) shall have received this Consent executed and delivered by the parties hereto.  The Administrative Agent (as defined in the Supplements) shall give prompt notice in writing to Hertz of the occurrence of the Consent Effective Date.  For the avoidance of doubt, the Lenders hereby expressly waive any requirement that any “Rating Agency Condition” (as defined in any Series 2013-A Related Document or any Series 2013-B Related Document) be satisfied in connection with this Consent.

 

Section 8.                                            Effects on Related Documents; Acknowledgement .

 

(a)                                  Except as expressly set forth herein, this Consent ( i ) shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Lenders (with respect to the Series 2013-B Notes) , the Administrative Agent (as defined in the Series 2013-B Supplement), the Collateral Agent or the Trustee under any Series 2013-B Related

 

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Document (excluding the HVF II Base Indenture), and ( ii ) shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Series 2013-B Supplement or in any other provision of any Series 2013-B Related Document.  Each and every term, condition, obligation, covenant and agreement contained in the Series 2013-B Supplement or any other Series 2013-B Related Document is hereby ratified and re-affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect as modified hereby and nothing herein can or may be construed as a novation thereof.  Each of Hertz, DTG Operations, HVF II, and RCFC reaffirms on the Consent Effective Date its obligations under the Series 2013-B Related Documents, in each case, to which it is a party and the validity, enforceability and perfection of the Liens, if any, granted by it pursuant to the Series 2013-B Related Documents, in each case, to which it is a party.  All references to any Series 2013-B Related Document in any Series 2013-B Related Document and all references in any such document to “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to any such document, shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, refer to such document after giving effect to the waivers set forth in this Consent.

 

(b)                                  For the avoidance of doubt, this Consent does not constitute an acknowledgement by any of Hertz or any of its Subsidiaries that a Restatement, if any, would result in an Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Amortization Event, Series 2010-3 Potential Amortization Event,  Operating Lease Event of Default or Potential Operating Lease Event of Default under any Series 2013-B Related Documents and each of Hertz, HVF II, and RCFC reserves all of its rights under the Series 2013-B Related Documents in connection therewith.

 

Section 9.                                            Expenses .  Hertz agrees to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent (as defined in the Supplements) for ( i ) all of its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Consent, any other documents prepared in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby, and ( ii ) the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Latham & Watkins LLP, as counsel to the Administrative Agent (as defined in the Supplements) and the Lenders.

 

Section 10.                                     Counterparts .  This Consent may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Consent by facsimile or any other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

Section 11.                                     Applicable Law THIS CONSENT, AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CONSENT, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAW.

 

Section 12.                                     Headings .  The headings of this Consent are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Consent to be executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DTG OPERATIONS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Assistant Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, a limited partnership

 

 

 

 

By: HVF II GP Corp., its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

RENTAL CAR FINANCE CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name: R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title: Assistant Treasurer

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO WAIVER, AMENDMENT AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

Acknowledged and agreed with respect to Section 4:

 

 

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A.,

 

   as Trustee,

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mitchell L. Brumwell

 

 

Name: Mitchell L. Brumwell

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO WAIVER, AMENDMENT AND CONSENT]

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Consent to be executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under the Series 2013-A Supplement, the Series 2013-B Supplement and the Series 2014-A Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Laura Spichiger

 

 

Name: Laura Spichiger

 

 

Title: Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO WAIVER, AMENDMENT AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Paula J. Czach

 

 

Name: Paula J. Czach

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

LIBERTY STREET FUNDING LLC , as a Conduit Investor, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John L. Fridlington

 

 

Name: John L. Fridlington

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO WAIVER, AMENDMENT AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under the Series 2013-A Supplement, the Series 2013-B Supplement and the Series 2014-A Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Nina Austin

 

 

Name: Nina Austin

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO WAIVER, AMENDMENT AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under the Series 2013-A Supplement, the Series 2013-B Supplement and the Series 2014-A Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Frederic Truchot

 

 

Name: Frederic Truchot

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kostantina Kourmpetis

 

 

Name: Kostantina Kourmpetis

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ATLANTIC ASSET SECURITIZATION LLC , as a Conduit Investor, under the Series 2013-A Supplement, the Series 2013-B Supplement and the Series 2014-A Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as Attorney-in-Fact

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Frederic Truchot

 

 

Name: Frederic Truchot

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kostantina Kourmpetis

 

 

Name: Kostantina Kourmpetis

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO WAIVER, AMENDMENT AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert S. Jones

 

 

Name: Robert S. Jones

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kevin P. Wilson

 

 

Name: Kevin P. Wilson

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OLD LINE FUNDING, LLC , as a Conduit Investor, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kevin P. Wilson

 

 

Name: Kevin P. Wilson

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO WAIVER, AMENDMENT AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

VERSAILLES ASSETS LLC , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Conduit Investor, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: GLOBAL SECURITIZATION SERVICES, LLC, its Manager

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David V. DeAngelis

 

 

Name: David V. DeAngelis

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NATIXIS NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Funding Agent, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Terrence Gregersen

 

 

Name: Terrence Gregersen

 

 

Title: Executive Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David S. Bondy

 

 

Name: David S. Bondy

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO WAIVER, AMENDMENT AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: RBS SECURITIES INC., as Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David J. Donofrio

 

 

Name: David J. Donofrio

 

 

Title: Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO WAIVER, AMENDMENT AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

BANK OF MONTREAL , as a Committed Note Purchaser, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Brian Zaban

 

 

Name: Brian Zaban

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

FAIRWAY FINANCE COMPANY, LLC , as a Conduit Investor, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Dewen Tarn

 

 

Name: Dewen Tarn

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP., as a Funding Agent, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John Pappano

 

 

Name: John Pappano

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO WAIVER, AMENDMENT AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

SUNTRUST BANK , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David Hufnagel

 

 

Name: David Hufnagel

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO WAIVER, AMENDMENT AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

BNP PARIBAS, NEW YORK BRANCH , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Mary Dierdorff

 

 

Name: Mary Dierdorff

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Khoi-Anh Berger-Luong

 

 

Name: Khoi-Anh Berger-Luong

 

 

Title: Managing Director

 

 

 

 

 

STARBIRD FUNDING CORPORATION , as a Conduit Investor, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ David V. DeAngelis

 

 

Name: David V. DeAngelis

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ John L. Fridlington

 

 

Name: John L. Fridlington

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO WAIVER, AMENDMENT AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under the Series 2013-A Supplement, the Series 2013-B Supplement and the Series 2014-A Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Robert Ehudin

 

 

Name: Robert Ehudin

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO WAIVER, AMENDMENT AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

GRESHAM RECEIVABLES (NO. 29) LTD , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Conduit Investor, in each case under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ariel Pinel

 

 

Name: Ariel Pinel

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

LLOYDS BANK PLC, as a Funding Agent, under both the Series 2013-A Supplement and the Series 2013-B Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Thomas Spary

 

 

Name: Thomas Spary

 

 

Title: Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO WAIVER, AMENDMENT AND CONSENT]

 



 

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH , as a Committed Note Purchaser and as a Funding Agent, in each case under the Series 2013-A Supplement, the Series 2013-B Supplement and the Series 2014-A Supplement

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Colin Bennett

 

 

Name: Colin Bennett 

 

 

Title: Director

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Joseph McElroy

 

 

Name: Joseph McElroy

 

 

Title: Director

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE TO WAIVER, AMENDMENT AND CONSENT]

 



 

EXHIBIT A

 

For the full text of Exhibit A, please see Exhibit 10.13 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference herein.

 



 

EXHIBIT B

 

For the full text of Exhibit B, please see Exhibit 10.14 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference herein.

 



 

EXHIBIT C

 

For the full text of Exhibit C, please see Exhibit 10.6 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference herein.

 



 

EXHIBIT D

 

For the full text of Exhibit D, please see Exhibit 10.15 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference herein.

 



 

EXHIBIT E

 

For the full text of Exhibit E, please see Exhibit 10.17 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference herein.

 



 

EXHIBIT F

 

For the full text of Exhibit F, please see Exhibit 10.11 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference herein.

 



 

EXHIBIT G

 

For the full text of Exhibit G, please see Exhibit 10.6 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference herein.

 



 

EXHIBIT H

 

For the full text of Exhibit H, please see Exhibit 10.12 to this Current Report on Form 8-K, which is incorporated by reference herein.

 



 

EXHIBIT I

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 (this “ Amendment ”), dated as of October 31, 2014, to the SERIES 2013-G1 BACK-UP ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of November 25, 2013 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “ Agreement ”), among THE HERTZ CORPORATION (“ Hertz ”), as administrator (the “ Series 2013-G1 Administrator ”), LORD SECURITIES CORPORATION (“ Lord ”, or, in its capacity as the Series 2013-G1 Back-up Administrator, the “ Series 2013-G1 Back-up Administrator ”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., in its capacity as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

 

WITNESSETH :

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto have previously entered into the Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend the Agreement as provided herein pursuant to Section 6.02 thereof; and

 

WHEREAS, Section 6.02 of the Agreement permits the parties thereto to effect certain amendments to the Agreement, subject to the conditions set forth therein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, based upon the mutual promises and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENTS

 

1.                           Defined Terms .  All capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement.

 

2.                           Amendment to the Agreement . The Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

Section 2.02(e) of the Agreement shall be deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

“(e)  The Series 2013-G1 Back-up Administrator shall, (i) within thirty (30) days after the first anniversary of the date hereof, and not less than twice during each 12-month period thereafter, and (ii) within thirty (30) days after either of (A) the long-term corporate family rating of Hertz falling below “B2” as determined by Moody’s or (B) the long-term issuer rating of Hertz falling below “B” as determined by S&P, conduct an on-site visit of the Series 2013-G1 Administrator’s servicing operations to reevaluate and perform a general review of the Series 2013-G1 Administrator’s processes and procedures;”

 

3.                           Reference to and Effect on Agreement; Ratification .

 

(a)                                  Except as specifically amended above, the Agreement is and shall continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects by each of the parties hereto.

 



 

(b)                                  Except as expressly set forth herein, the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any party hereto under the Agreement, or constitute a waiver of any provision of any other agreement.

 

(c)                                   This Amendment shall apply and be effective only with respect to the provisions of the Agreement specifically referred to herein, and any references in the Agreement to the provisions of the Agreement specifically referred to herein shall be to such provisions as amended by this Amendment.

 

4.                           Counterparts; Facsimile Signature .  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same instrument.  Any signature page to this Amendment containing a manual signature may be delivered by facsimile transmission or other electronic communication device capable of transmitting or creating a printable written record, and when so delivered shall have the effect of delivery of an original manually signed signature page.

 

5.                           Binding Effect .  This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

6.                           Governing Law . THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

7.                           Headings .  The descriptive headings of the various sections of this Amendment are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions thereof.

 

8.                           Severability .  The failure or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall not affect the other provisions of this Amendment.  Whenever possible each provision of this Amendment shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Amendment shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Amendment.

 

9.                           Interpretation .  Whenever the context and construction so require, all words used in the singular number herein shall be deemed to have been used in the plural, and vice versa, and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter and the neuter shall include the masculine and feminine.

 

10.                    Trustee Not Responsible .  The Trustee shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of this Amendment nor for the recitals herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their duly authorized officers and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION, as Series 2013-G1 Administrator

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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LORD SECURITIES CORPORATION, as Series 2013-G1 Back-Up Administrator

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

4



 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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Acknowledged and Agreed to by:

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING II LP, as Series 2013-G1 Noteholder

 

 

 

By: HVF II GP Corp., its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 



 

EXHIBIT J

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 (this “ Amendment ”), dated as of October 31, 2014, to the GROUP I BACK-UP ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of November 25, 2013 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “ Agreement ”), among THE HERTZ CORPORATION (“ Hertz ”), as administrator (the “ Group I Administrator ”), LORD SECURITIES CORPORATION (“ Lord ”, or, in its capacity as the Group I Back-up Administrator, the “ Group I Back-up Administrator ”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., in its capacity as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

 

WITNESSETH :

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto have previously entered into the Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend the Agreement as provided herein pursuant to Section 6.02 thereof; and

 

WHEREAS, Section 6.02 of the Agreement permits the parties thereto to effect certain amendments to the Agreement, subject to the conditions set forth therein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, based upon the mutual promises and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENTS

 

1.                           Defined Terms .  All capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Agreement.

 

2.                           Amendment to the Agreement . The Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a) Section 2.02(e) of the Agreement shall be deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

“(e) The Group I Back-up Administrator shall, (i) within 30 days after the first anniversary of the date hereof, and not less than twice during each 12-month period thereafter, and (ii) within 30 days after either of (A) the long-term corporate family rating of Hertz falling below “B2” as determined by Moody’s or (B) the long-term issuer rating of Hertz falling below “B” as determined by S&P, conduct an on-site visit of the Group I Administrator’s servicing operations to reevaluate and perform a general review of the Group I Administrator’s processes and procedures;”

 

(b) Section 6.10 of the Agreement shall be deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

“Section 6.10. No Petition . Each of the parties hereto hereby covenants and agrees that, prior to the date that is one year and one day after payment in full of all Notes Outstanding, it will not institute against, or join any other person in instituting against, the Issuer or any Affiliate thereof, respectively, any involuntary bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or

 



 

liquidation proceeding or other proceedings under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law.”

 

3.                           Reference to and Effect on Agreement; Ratification .

 

(a)                                  Except as specifically amended above, the Agreement is and shall continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects by each of the parties hereto.

 

(b)                                  Except as expressly set forth herein, the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any party hereto under the Agreement, or constitute a waiver of any provision of any other agreement.

 

(c)                                   This Amendment shall apply and be effective only with respect to the provisions of the Agreement specifically referred to herein, and any references in the Agreement to the provisions of the Agreement specifically referred to herein shall be to such provisions as amended by this Amendment.

 

4.                           Counterparts; Facsimile Signature .  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same instrument.  Any signature page to this Amendment containing a manual signature may be delivered by facsimile transmission or other electronic communication device capable of transmitting or creating a printable written record, and when so delivered shall have the effect of delivery of an original manually signed signature page.

 

5.                           Binding Effect .  This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

6.                           Governing Law . THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

7.                           Headings .  The descriptive headings of the various sections of this Amendment are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions thereof.

 

8.                           Severability .  The failure or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall not affect the other provisions of this Amendment.  Whenever possible each provision of this Amendment shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Amendment shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Amendment.

 

9.                           Interpretation .  Whenever the context and construction so require, all words used in the singular number herein shall be deemed to have been used in the plural, and vice versa, and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter and the neuter shall include the masculine and feminine.

 

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10.                    Trustee Not Responsible .  The Trustee shall not be responsible for the validity or sufficiency of this Amendment nor for the recitals herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their duly authorized officers and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION, as Group I Administrator

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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LORD SECURITIES CORPORATION, as Group I Back-Up Administrator

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

5



 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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EXHIBIT K

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

AMENDMENT NO. 1 (this “ Amendment ”), dated as of October 31, 2014, to the THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED NOMINEE AGREEMENT, dated as of November 25, 2013 (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the “ Nominee Agreement ”), among HERTZ VEHICLES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Nominee ”), HERTZ GENERAL INTEREST LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ HGI ”), HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ HVF ”), THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ Hertz ”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., a national banking association, as Collateral Agent.

 

WITNESSETH :

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto have previously entered into that certain Nominee Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to amend the Nominee Agreement as provided herein pursuant to Section 14.9 thereof.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, based upon the mutual promises and agreements contained herein, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENTS

 

1.         Defined Terms .  All capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Nominee Agreement.

 

2.         Amendments to the Nominee Agreement . Section 11.1 of the Nominee Agreement is hereby amended by deleting clause (i) thereof in its entirety and replacing it with the following:

 

“(i) that it will not engage in any business or other activity other than (A) acting as titleholder of record for the Nominee Vehicles and (B) entering into documents related to various financing arrangements related to the Nominee Vehicles, and”

 

3.         Reference to and Effect on the Nominee Agreement; Ratification .

 

(a)           Except as specifically amended above, the Nominee Agreement is and shall continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects by each of the parties hereto.

 

(b)           Except as expressly set forth herein, the execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any party hereto under the Nominee Agreement, or constitute a waiver of any provision of any other agreement.

 

(c)           This Amendment shall apply and be effective only with respect to the provisions of the Nominee Agreement specifically referred to herein, and any references in the Nominee Agreement to the provisions of the Nominee Agreement specifically referred to herein shall be to such provisions as amended by this Amendment.

 



 

4.         Counterparts; Facsimile Signature .  This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same instrument.  Any signature page to this Amendment containing a manual signature may be delivered by facsimile transmission or other electronic communication device capable of transmitting or creating a printable written record, and when so delivered shall have the effect of delivery of an original manually signed signature page.

 

5.         Binding Effect .  This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

6.         Governing Law . THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE DOMESTIC LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

7.         Headings .  The descriptive headings of the various sections of this Amendment are inserted for convenience of reference only and shall not be deemed to affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions thereof.

 

8.         Severability .  The failure or unenforceability of any provision hereof shall not affect the other provisions of this Amendment.  Whenever possible each provision of this Amendment shall be interpreted in such manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Amendment shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity, without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Amendment.

 

9.         Interpretation .  Whenever the context and construction so require, all words used in the singular number herein shall be deemed to have been used in the plural, and vice versa, and the masculine gender shall include the feminine and neuter and the neuter shall include the masculine and feminine.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed by their duly authorized officers and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLES LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Scott Massengill

 

 

Vice President & Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ GENERAL INTEREST LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Scott Massengill

 

 

Vice President & Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Scott Massengill

 

 

Vice President & Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Scott Massengill

 

 

Senior Vice President & Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Collateral Agent

 

 

 

 

 

By

 

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

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EXHIBIT L

 

SCHEDULE II

 

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-B Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $66,141,732.28

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $ 105,665,739.55

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

 

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-B Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $42,519,685.04

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $ 85,853,413.38

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

 

LIBERTY STREET FUNDING LLC, as a Conduit Investor

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, acting through its New York Agency, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-B Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $47,244,094.49

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100 %

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $66,041,087.22

THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser, for LIBERTY STREET FUNDING LLC, as a Conduit Investor

 

BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-B Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $47,244,094.49

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100%

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $66,041,087.22

BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Funding Agent, for BARCLAYS BANK PLC, as a Committed Note Purchaser

 



 

FAIRWAY FINANCE COMPANY, LLC, as a Conduit Investor

BANK OF MONTREAL, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-B Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $47,244,094.49

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100%

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $66,041,087.22

BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP., as a Funding Agent, for FAIRWAY FINANCE COMPANY LLC, as a Conduit Investor, and BANK OF MONTREAL, as a Committed Note Purchaser

 

ATLANTIC ASSET SECURITIZATION LLC, as a Conduit Investor

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-B Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $47,244,094.49

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100%

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $66,041,087.22

CREDIT AGRICOLE CORPORATE AND INVESTMENT BANK, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser, for ATLANTIC ASSET SECURITIZATION LLC, as a Conduit Investor

 

VERSAILLES ASSETS LLC, as a Conduit Investor

VERSAILLES ASSETS LLC, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-B Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $37,795,275.59

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100%

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $52,832,869.77

NATIXIS NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Funding Agent, for VERSAILLES ASSETS LLC, as a Conduit Investor and a Committed Note Purchaser

 

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC , as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-B Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $47,244,094.49

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100%

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $66,041,087.22

THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC , as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

 

SUNTRUST BANK, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-B Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $47,244,094.49

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100%

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $66,041,087.22

SUNTRUST BANK, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

 



 

OLD LINE FUNDING, LLC, as a Conduit Investor

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-B Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $47,244,094.49

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100%

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $66,041,087.22

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser, for OLD LINE FUNDING, LLC, as a Conduit Investor

 

STARBIRD FUNDING CORPORATION, as a Conduit Investor

BNP PARIBAS, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-B Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $28,346,456.69

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100%

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $39,624,652.33

BNP PARIBAS, NEW YORK BRANCH, as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser, for STARBIRD FUNDING CORPORATION, as a Conduit Investor

 

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA , as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-B Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $47,244,094.49

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100%

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $66,041,087.22

GOLDMAN SACHS BANK USA , as a Funding Agent and a Committed Note Purchaser

 

GRESHAM RECEIVABLES (NO. 29) LTD, as a Conduit Investor

GRESHAM RECEIVABLES (NO. 29) LTD, as a Committed Note Purchaser

Series 2013-B Initial Investor Group Principal Amount: $47,244,094.49

Committed Note Purchaser Percentage: 100%

Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount: $66,041,087.22

LLOYDS BANK PLC, as a Funding Agent, for GRESHAM RECEIVABLES (NO. 29) LTD, as a Conduit Investor and a Committed Note Purchaser

 


 

Exhibit 10.21

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

WAIVER AGREEMENT

 

WAIVER AGREEMENT, dated as of July 18, 2014 (this “ Waiver Agreement ”), between Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC, a special purpose Delaware limited liability company (“ HVF ”), and The Hertz Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Hertz ”), and acknowledged and agreed to by The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., (the “ Trustee ”).  Reference is made to that certain Third Amended and Restated Master Motor Vehicle Operating Lease and Servicing Agreement, dated as of September 18, 2009 (as amended prior to the date hereof, the “ Lease ”), between HVF, as Lessor, and Hertz, as Lessee and Servicer.  Unless otherwise specified, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Lease.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, HVF has previously issued (i) Series 2009-2 5.29% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2; (ii) Series 2009-2 5.93% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class B-2; (iii) Series 2010-1 3.74% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2; (iv) Series 2010-1 4.73% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class A-3; (v) Series 2010-1 5.70% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class B-2; (vi) Series 2010-1 6.44% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class B-3; (vii) Series 2011-1 2.20% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1; (viii) Series 2011-1 3.29% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2; (ix) Series 2011-1 4.17% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class B-1; (x) Series 2011-1 4.96% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class B-2; (xi) Series 2013-1 1.12% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class A-1; (xii) Series 2013-1 1.83% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class A-2; (xiii) Series 2013-1 1.86% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class B-1; (xiv) Series 2013-1 2.48% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class B-2; and (xv) Series 2009-1 Variable Funding Rental Car Asset Backed Notes (such (i) through (xv) collectively, the “ Legacy Notes ”);

 

WHEREAS, Hertz previously announced that it would delay filing its 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014 (the “ March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements ”);

 

WHEREAS, Hertz has not furnished (or caused to be furnished) the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements as of the date of this Waiver Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the failure of Hertz to furnish (or cause to be furnished) the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements (and the lapse of the applicable cure period) has resulted in an Operating Lease Event of Default under the Lease;

 

WHEREAS, as part of the process of completing the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements, Hertz will be restating its financial statements with respect to fiscal year 2011 and will be revising its financial statements with respect to fiscal years 2012 and 2013, which revisions may require a restatement of those financial statements (any such revisions or restatements, collectively, the “ Restatement ”);

 

WHEREAS, due to the Restatement, Hertz will not be furnishing, or causing any other person to furnish, any financial statements, including the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements, the quarterly financial statements for the fiscal quarter

 



 

ending June 30, 2014 and the quarterly financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2014 (such financial statements for the fiscal quarters ending June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2014, the “ Future THC Financial Statements ”), until after it has completed its review of its financial records for fiscal years 2011, 2012 and 2013;

 

WHEREAS, the Restatement, together with any failure to furnish (or cause to be furnished) any of the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements or the Future THC Financial Statements prior to December 31, 2014, are collectively referred to herein as the “ Specified Events ”;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8.7(b) of the Base Indenture, HVF may not, without the prior written consent of the Trustee, acting at the direction of the Requisite Indenture Investors, waive the terms of the Lease; provided that , if any such waiver does not materially adversely affect the Indenture Noteholders of one or more, but not all, Series of Indenture Notes, any such Series of Indenture Notes that is not materially adversely affected by such waiver shall be deemed not to be Outstanding for purposes of obtaining such consent (and the related calculation of Requisite Indenture Investors shall be modified accordingly);

 

WHEREAS, HVF has furnished an Officer’s Certificate to the other signatories hereto that this Waiver Agreement does not materially adversely affect the Indenture Noteholders of any Series of Indenture Notes other than the Legacy Notes;

 

WHEREAS, HVF has received consent of the Requisite Indenture Investors (as the related calculation has been modified pursuant to the two immediately preceding recitals) to effect this Waiver Agreement;

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained herein, the adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENTS

 

SECTION 1.                                                     Waiver .  HVF, as Lessor, hereby expressly waives any Potential Operating Lease Event of Default or Operating Lease Event of Default, in any such case, directly or indirectly arising out of or in connection with the Specified Events; provided that , HVF does not hereby waive any other Operating Lease Events of Default, such as those (i) arising in connection with the bankruptcy of Hertz, whether or not any such events or conditions are related to the Specified Events, or (ii) arising in connection with breaches of representations, warranties or covenants that are, in any such case, not related to the Specified Events.

 

SECTION 2.                                                     Restatement . For the avoidance of doubt, none of this Waiver Agreement or any document furnished in connection therewith constitutes an acknowledgement by any of HVF or any of its Affiliates that a Restatement, if any, would result in any Potential Operating Lease Event of Default, Operating Lease Event of Default, Potential Amortization Event, Amortization Event or Limited Liquidation Event of Default, and each of HVF and each of its Affiliates reserves all of its rights under the Related Documents in connection therewith.

 

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SECTION 3.                                                     Governing Law .  THIS WAIVER AGREEMENT, AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS WAIVER AGREEMENT, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAW.

 

SECTION 4.                                                     Entire Agreement .  This Waiver Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior agreements, whether written or oral with respect to the subject matter hereof.  This Waiver Agreement cannot be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified without the written agreement of each party hereto.

 

SECTION 5.                                                     Effectiveness .  This Waiver Agreement shall be effective upon its execution and delivery by all the parties hereto.

 

SECTION 6.                                                     Counterparts .  This Waiver Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute one and the same Waiver Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.                                                     Trustee .                      The Trustee shall not be responsible for the recitals contained herein, or for the validity or sufficiency of this Waiver Agreement.  In acknowledging and agreeing to this Waiver Agreement, the Trustee has all of the rights, protections and immunities given to it under the Indenture, all of which are incorporated by reference herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Waiver Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC, as Lessor

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION, as Servicer and Lessee

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

Acknowledged and Agreed:

 

THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A., not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Diane Moser

 

Name:

Diane Moser

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 


Exhibit 10.22

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

WAIVER AGREEMENT

 

WAIVER AGREEMENT, dated as of July 18, 2014 (this “ Waiver Agreement ”), among Rental Car Finance Corp., a special purpose Oklahoma corporation (“ RCFC ”), Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc.,  a Delaware corporation (“ DTAG ”), DTG Operations, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation (“ DTG ”), The Hertz Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“ Hertz ”), and acknowledged and agreed to by Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee (the “ Trustee ”) and Master Collateral Agent (the “ Master Collateral Agent ”).  Reference is made to (i) that certain Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of February 14, 2007 (as amended prior to the date hereof, the “ Base Indenture ”), between RCFC and the Trustee, (ii) that certain Series 2011-1 Supplement, dated as of July 28, 2011 (as amended prior to the date hereof, the “ Series 2011-1 Supplement ”, and together with the Base Indenture, the “ Indenture ”), and (iii) that certain Master Motor Vehicle Lease and Servicing Agreement (Group VIII), dated as of July 28, 2011 (as amended prior to the date hereof, the “ Lease ”), among RCFC, DTAG, DTG and Hertz and acknowledged by the Master Collateral Agent.  Unless otherwise specified, capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Indenture and, if not defined therein, in the Lease.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, RCFC has previously issued (i) Series 2011-1 2.51% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class A (the “ Class A Notes ”); (ii)  Series 2011-1 4.38%% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class B (the “ Class B Notes ”, and together with the Class A Notes, the “ Series 2011-1 Notes ”); and (iii) RCFC Series 2011-2 3.21% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes (the “ Series 2011-2 Notes ”);

 

WHEREAS, RCFC has received each of (i) valid and unrevoked consents to enter into this Waiver Agreement from Class A Noteholders holding in excess of 50% of the Class A Invested Amount, excluding Series 2011-1 Notes held by RCFC or any Affiliate of RCFC, (ii) valid and unrevoked consents to enter into this Waiver Agreement from Series 2011-1 Noteholders holding in excess of 50% of the Series 2011-1 Invested Amount, excluding Series 2011-1 Notes held by RCFC or any Affiliate of RCFC, and (iii) the consent of the holder of the Series 2011-2 Notes to enter into this Waiver Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with Hertz’s acquisition of DTAG, pursuant to a Performance Guaranty, dated November 20, 2012, Hertz irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed the due and punctual performance of all of DTAG’s obligations as Guarantor and Master Servicer under the Lease;

 

WHEREAS, Hertz previously announced that it would delay filing its 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014 (the “ March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements ”);

 

WHEREAS, Hertz has not furnished (or caused to be furnished) the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements as of the date of this Waiver Agreement;

 



 

WHEREAS, the failure of Hertz to furnish (or cause to be furnished) the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements (and the lapse of the applicable cure period) has resulted in a Lease Event of Default under the Lease and Potential Amortization Events under the Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, as part of the process of completing the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements, Hertz will be restating its financial statements with respect to fiscal year 2011 and will be revising its financial statements with respect to fiscal years 2012 and 2013, which revisions may require a restatement of those financial statements (any such revisions or restatements, collectively, the “ Restatement ”);

 

WHEREAS, due to the Restatement, Hertz will not be furnishing, or causing any other person to furnish, any financial statements, including the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements, the quarterly financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2014 and the quarterly financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2014 (such financial statements for the fiscal quarters ending June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2014, the “ Future THC Financial Statements ”), until after it has completed its review of its financial records for fiscal years 2011, 2012 and 2013;

 

WHEREAS, the Restatement, together with any failure to furnish (or cause to be furnished) any of the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements or the Future THC Financial Statements prior to December 31, 2014, are collectively referred to herein as the “ Specified Events ”;

 

WHEREAS, with respect to any potential default, default, potential amortization event, amortization event and any other similar event or condition, however described, including without limitation any Potential Lease Event of Default, Lease Event of Default, Potential Amortization Event, Amortization Event and Limited Liquidation Event of Default, in any such case, directly or indirectly arising out of or in connection with the Specified Events, subject to certain exceptions, RCFC has received each of (i) waivers in respect of each such event or condition from Class A Noteholders holding in excess of 50% of the Class A Invested Amount, excluding Series 2011-1 Notes held by RCFC or any Affiliate of RCFC, and (ii) waivers in respect of each such event or condition from Series 2011-1 Noteholders holding in excess of 50% of the Series 2011-1 Invested Amount, excluding Series 2011-1 Notes held by RCFC or any Affiliate of RCFC;

 

WHEREAS, written notice of the waivers specified in the immediately preceding recital has been furnished to the Trustee and the Master Collateral Agent, which notice is attached as Annex A hereto and is comprised of the RCFC Consent Solicitation Statement, dated June 30, 2014 (the “ Consent Solicitation Statement ”), with respect to such waivers and the confirmation of the results thereof by D.F. King & Co, Inc., as tabulation agent in respect of such Consent Solicitation Statement;

 

WHEREAS, with respect to any potential default, default, potential amortization event, amortization event and any other similar event or condition, however described, including without limitation any Potential Lease Event of Default, Lease Event of Default, Potential Amortization Event, Amortization Event and Limited Liquidation Event of Default, in any such case, directly or indirectly arising out of or in connection

 

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with the Specified Events, subject to certain exceptions, RCFC has received waivers in respect of each such event of condition from the sole holder of the Series 2011-2 Notes;

 

WHEREAS, written notice of the waivers specified in the immediately preceding recital has been furnished to the Trustee and the Master Collateral Agent, which notice is attached as Annex B hereto and is comprised of a waiver agreement executed by, inter alia , the sole holder of the Series 2011-2 Notes;

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants contained herein, the adequacy and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

AGREEMENTS

 

SECTION 1.                             Waiver .  RCFC, as Lessor, hereby expressly waives any Potential Lease Event of Default or Lease Event of Default, in any such case, directly or indirectly arising out of or in connection with the Specified Events; provided that, RCFC does not hereby waive any other Lease Events of Default, such as those (i) arising in connection with the bankruptcy of RCFC, DTAG or Hertz, whether or not any such events or conditions are related to the Specified Events, or (ii) arising in connection with breaches of representations, warranties or covenants that are, in any such case, not related to the Specified Events.

 

SECTION 2.                             Restatement . For the avoidance of doubt, none of this Waiver Agreement or any document furnished in connection therewith constitutes an acknowledgement by any of RCFC or any of its Affiliates that a Restatement, if any, would result in any Potential Lease Event of Default, Lease Event of Default, Potential Amortization Event, Amortization Event or Limited Liquidation Event of Default, and each of RCFC and each of its Affiliates reserves all of its rights under the Related Documents in connection therewith.

 

SECTION 3.                             Governing Law .  THIS WAIVER AGREEMENT, AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS WAIVER AGREEMENT, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAW.

 

SECTION 4.                             Entire Agreement .  This Waiver Agreement constitutes the entire agreement of the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior agreements, whether written or oral with respect to the subject matter hereof.  This Waiver Agreement cannot be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified without the written agreement of each party hereto.

 

SECTION 5.                             Effectiveness .  This Waiver Agreement shall be effective upon its execution and delivery by all the parties hereto.

 

SECTION 6.                             Counterparts .  This Waiver Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be

 

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deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute one and the same Waiver Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.                             Trustee and Master Collateral Agent .  The Trustee and Master Collateral Agent shall not be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Waiver Agreement or the due execution thereof by RCFC, DTAG, DTG and Hertz.  The recitals of fact contained herein shall be taken as the statements solely of RCFC, DTAG, DTG and Hertz, and the Trustee and Master Collateral Agent assume no responsibility for the correctness thereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Waiver Agreement to be executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

RENTAL CAR FINANCE CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Assistant Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

 

DOLLAR THRIFTY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Assistant Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

DTG OPERATIONS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

Title:

Assistant Treasurer

 



 

Acknowledged and Agreed:

 

DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee and Master Collateral Agent

 

 

By:

/s/ Irene Siegel

 

Name:

Irene Siegel

 

Title:

Vice President

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Sadie Richards

 

Name:

Sadie Richards

 

Title:

Associate

 

 

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ANNEX A

 



 

Consent Solicitation Statement
June 30, 2014

 

RENTAL CAR FINANCE CORP.

 

SERIES 2011-1

 

Solicitation of Consents to Waivers of Potential Lease Event of Default, Lease Event of Default, Potential Amortization Event, Amortization Event and Limited Liquidation Event of Default

 

Record Date

 

5:00 P.M., New York City time, on June 27, 2014

 

Expiration Time

 

5:00 P.M., New York City time, on July 14, 2014

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank Securities

 

Solicitation Agent

 

D. F. King & Co., Inc.

 

Tabulation Agent & Information Agent

 

 

 

Consent Fee: $0.35 per $1,000 in Principal Amount of Solicited Notes
(subject to conditions contained herein)

 

THE CONSENT SOLICITATION WILL EXPIRE AT THE EXPIRATION TIME.  HOLDERS MUST VALIDLY DELIVER CONSENTS AT OR BEFORE THE EXPIRATION TIME IN ORDER TO BE ELIGIBLE TO RECEIVE THE CONSENT FEE.  CONSENTS MAY BE REVOKED AT OR PRIOR TO THE EARLIER OF THE EXPIRATION TIME AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE.  RENTAL CAR FINANCE CORP. MAY, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, TERMINATE, EXTEND OR AMEND THE CONSENT SOLICITATION AT ANY TIME.

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

SOLICITED NOTES

1

INTRODUCTION

1

SUMMARY

4

BACKGROUND

1

PROPOSED WAIVERS

2

CERTAIN SIGNIFICANT CONSIDERATIONS

3

SOLICITATION PROCEDURES

5

MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

9

TABULATION AGENT AND INFORMATION AGENT

13

SOLICITATION AGENT

14

EXPENSES

15

MISCELLANEOUS

15

STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

15

IMPORTANT NOTICE

16

CONSENT SOLICITATION STATEMENT

18

 



 

SOLICITED NOTES

 

Reference is made herein to the following securities issued by RCFC, which are collectively referred to as the “ Solicited Notes ”:

 

Description of Securities

 

CUSIP

 

ISIN

 

Outstanding Principal
Amount as of June 27,
2014

 

Series 2011-1 2.51% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class A

 

760106 AY0 (144A)
U76017 AX7 (Reg S)

 

US760106AY02 (144A)
USU76017AX70 (Reg S)

 

$

420,000,000

 

Series 2011-1 4.38%% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class B

 

760106 AZ7 (144A)
U76017 AY5 (Reg S)

 

US760106AZ76 (144A)
USU76017AY53 (Reg S)

 

$

80,000,000

 

Total:

 

 

 

 

 

$

500,000,000

 

 

For the avoidance of doubt, the consent of the Series 2011-2 Noteholder is not being solicited by this Statement.

 

INTRODUCTION

 

Holders are requested to read and carefully consider the information contained herein and to deliver their Consent to the Proposed Waivers by properly completing, executing and delivering the accompanying Consent Form in accordance with the instructions set forth herein and therein.

 

Rental Car Finance Corp. (the “ Company, ” “ RCFC, ” “ our, ” “ we ” or “ us ”), hereby solicits consents to:

 

(i) the waiver of a Potential Lease Event of Default and Lease Event of Default (collectively, the “ Lease Waiver ”) under the Master Motor Vehicle Lease and Servicing Agreement (Group VIII), dated as of July 28, 2011 (as amended and restated as of the date hereof, the “ Lease ”), among RCFC, as lessor, DTG Operations, Inc., as lessee and servicer (“ DTG ”), those additional lessees party thereto from time to time and Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc. (“ DTAG ”), as master servicer and guarantor; and

 

(ii) the waiver of Potential Amortization Events, Amortization Events and Limited Liquidation Events of Default (collectively, the “ Indenture Waiver ”) under the Series 2011-1 Supplement, dated as of July 28, 2011 (as amended and restated as of the date hereof, the “ Series 2011-1 Supplement ”), to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of February 14, 2007 (as amended and restated as of the date hereof, the “ Base Indenture ” and together with the Series 2011-1 Supplement, the “ Indenture ”), each between RCFC, as issuer, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”), governing the Series 2011-1 2.51% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class A (the “ Class A Notes ”), and Series 2011-1 4.38% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class B (the “ Class B Notes ”).

 

The Lease Waiver and the Indenture Waiver, as the same are further described under the heading “Proposed Waivers”, are herein collectively referred to as the “ Proposed Waivers ”.  In connection with the Proposed Waivers described above and herein, the Company is furnishing this Consent Solicitation Statement (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “ Statement ”).

 

The Company is furnishing the Statement and the accompanying form of consent (the “ Consent Form ” and, together with the Statement and other documents related to the Consent Solicitation, the “ Consent Documents ”) to the holders of record of the Solicited Notes (each, a “ Holder ” and, collectively, the “ Holders ”) at 5:00 P.M., New York

 

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City time, on June 27, 2014 (the “ Record Date ”), as such Holders are reflected in the records of the Trustee under the Indenture or the records of The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”).  By this Statement, the Company is soliciting (the “ Consent Solicitation ”) consents by Holders (the “ Consents ”) to approve the Proposed Waivers.  All capitalized terms used herein but not defined in this Statement have the meaning ascribed to them in the Indenture, or if not defined therein, the meanings ascribed to them in the Lease.

 

Only Holders as of the Record Date are eligible to consent to the Proposed Waivers and receive the Consent Fee.  If the Solicited Notes are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and the beneficial owner of the Solicited Notes wishes to consent to the Proposed Waivers, the beneficial owner must promptly contact and instruct such registered Holder to deliver a Consent to the Tabulation Agent (as defined below) on the beneficial owner’s behalf.  Holders may consent to the Proposed Waivers notwithstanding that they no longer own Solicited Notes as of the date of delivery of their Consents.  The Company will accept all properly completed, executed and dated Consent Forms received by the Tabulation Agent at or before 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on July 14, 2014 (such date and time, the “ Expiration Time ”).  Full instructions for completing and returning the Consents are included in the Statement at “Solicitation Procedures—How to Consent.”

 

On any date following the receipt of each of (i) valid and unrevoked Consents from Class A Noteholders holding in excess of 50% of the Class A Invested Amount, excluding Solicited Notes held by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, (ii) valid and unrevoked Consents from Series 2011-1 Noteholders holding in excess of 50% of the Series 2011-1 Invested Amount, excluding Solicited Notes held by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, and (iii) the consent of the holder of the RCFC Series 2011-2 3.21% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes (the “ Series 2011-2 Note ” and the holder of such note, the “ Series 2011-2 Noteholder ”), issued pursuant to the Base Indenture and the Series 2011-2 Supplement, dated as of October 26, 2011, between RCFC and the Trustee, to the Lease Waiver (the foregoing (i) through (iii), collectively, the “ Requisite Consents ”), and in compliance with the conditions contained in the Lease and the Indenture, the Proposed Waivers will become effective (such date, the “ Effective Date ”).  However, the Consent Fee (as defined below) will not become payable unless all conditions to the consummation of the Consent Solicitation and payment of the Consent Fee described in this Statement are satisfied or, where possible, waived.

 

As of the Record Date, neither RCFC nor any Affiliate of RCFC owns any of the Solicited Notes or the Series 2011-2 Notes.  As of the Record Date, (i) the Class A Invested Amount equaled $420,000,000 and (ii) the Series 2011-1 Invested Amount equaled $500,000,000, and, therefore, obtaining the Requisite Consents will require (i) the receipt of valid and unrevoked Consents of Class A Noteholders holding in excess of $210,000,000 of the Class A Notes, (ii) the receipt of valid and unrevoked Consents of Class A Noteholders and Class B Noteholders, which Class A Noteholders and Class B Noteholders collectively hold in the aggregate in excess of $250,000,000 of the Solicited Notes and (iii) the receipt of consent to the Lease Waiver from the Series 2011-2 Noteholder.

 

The consummation of the Consent Solicitation is conditioned upon receipt of the Requisite Consents by the Tabulation Agent at or before the Expiration Time.

 

In the event that the Proposed Waivers become effective, on the second Business Day following the Effective Date the Company will pay or cause to be paid to the Holders who delivered a valid Consent (not subsequently revoked) at or prior to the Expiration Time an aggregate cash payment of $0.35 per $1,000 principal amount of Solicited Notes for which Consents have been delivered by such Holder (the “ Consent Fee ”).  Holders for which no Consent is delivered will not receive any Consent Fee, even though the Proposed Waivers, if they become effective, will be applicable and binding with respect to all Holders and their transferees.  The payment of the Consent Fee is subject to the successful consummation of the Consent Solicitation.  Payment of the Consent Fee will be made to each DTC participant who has delivered a Consent Form on or prior to the Expiration Date and such DTC participant should distribute the Consent Fee to the beneficial owner of the Solicited Notes on whose behalf such DTC participant delivered Consent in accordance with its procedures.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other document related to the Consent Solicitation, the Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion to (i) terminate the Consent Solicitation for any reason, (ii) extend the Expiration Time, (iii) amend the terms of the Consent Solicitation, including to waive any of the conditions to the Proposed Waivers (other than the condition with respect to the receipt of the Requisite

 



 

Consents), or (iv) modify the form or amount of the consideration to be paid, including the Consent Fee, pursuant to the Consent Solicitation.

 

The Company has appointed D. F. King & Co., Inc. as tabulation agent (the “ Tabulation Agent ”) and as information agent (the “ Information Agent ”) with respect to the Consent Solicitation.  None of the Trustee, the Solicitation Agent (as defined below), the Information Agent or the Tabulation Agent makes any recommendation as to whether or not Holders should deliver Consents in response to the Consent Solicitation.

 

The solicitation agent for the Consent Solicitation (the “ Solicitation Agent ”) is: Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 



 

SUMMARY

 

The following summary is provided for the convenience of the Holders.  This section does not contain all of the information that may be important to you.  You should carefully read this Statement and all of the Consent Documents and Related Documents to fully understand the terms of the Proposed Waivers, as well as the other considerations that are important to you in deciding whether to deliver your Consent.  All capitalized terms used but not defined in this section are defined in other sections of this Statement. References to agreements in the following summary are to such agreements as amended, modified or supplemented as of the date hereof.

 

The Company

 

Rental Car Finance Corp. is a special purpose Oklahoma corporation established for the purpose of acquiring, financing the acquisition of and refinancing of vehicles from eligible manufacturers, and leasing such vehicles, to DTG and its affiliates, for use in their respective businesses, and disposing of the vehicles it acquires, finances or refinances. RCFC is a wholly owned subsidiary of DTAG. DTAG is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hertz.

 

 

 

DTG

 

DTG Operations, Inc., an Oklahoma corporation. DTG Operations is wholly owned by DTAG.

 

 

 

DTAG

 

Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation. DTAG is wholly-owned by Hertz.

 

 

 

Hertz

 

The Hertz Corporation, a Delaware Corporation.

 

 

 

The Base Indenture

 

The Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of February 14, 2007, between RCFC and the Trustee.

 

 

 

The Series 2011-1 Supplement

 

The Series 2011-1 Supplement, dated as of July 28, 2011, to the Base Indenture, between RCFC and the Trustee.

 

 

 

The Lease

 

The Master Motor Vehicle Lease and Servicing Agreement (Group VIII), dated as of July 28, 2011, among RCFC, as lessor, DTG, as lessee and servicer, those additional lessees party thereto from time to time, and DTAG, as master servicer and guarantor.

 

 

 

The Solicited Notes

 

See table on page 1.

 

 

 

Record Date

 

5:00 P.M., New York City time, on June 27, 2014.

 

 

 

Holders

 

The Company is soliciting Consents from all Holders of the Solicited Notes as of the Record Date.

 

 

 

Trustee

 

Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas.

 

 

 

Consent Solicitation

 

The Company is soliciting consents by Holders to the Proposed Waivers. The Proposed Waivers are the waivers of certain events and conditions under the Lease and the Indenture resulting (directly or indirectly) from the failure to timely furnish certain required financial statements and the restatement of certain required financial statements.

 

 

 

Expiration Time

 

The Consent Solicitation will expire at 5:00 P.M. New York City

 



 

 

 

time on July 14, 2014, unless extended.

 

 

 

Conditions to the Consent Solicitation

 

The consummation of the Consent Solicitation is conditioned upon receipt by the Tabulation Agent at or before the Expiration Time of the Requisite Consents.

 

 

 

Requisite Consents

 

In accordance with the requirements of the Indenture, the Series 2011-2 Supplement and the Lease, in order to approve the Proposed Waivers, the Company must receive each of (i) valid and unrevoked Consents of Class A Noteholders holding in excess of 50% of the Class A Invested Amount, excluding Notes held by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company (ii) valid and unrevoked Consents of Series 2011-1 Noteholders holding in excess of 50% of the Series 2011-1 Invested Amount, excluding Notes held by the Company or any Affiliate of the Company, and (iii) the consent of the Series 2011-2 Noteholder to the Lease Waiver.

 

 

 

Consequences of Not Delivering a Consent

 

If the Proposed Waivers become effective, all Holders will be bound by the terms of the Proposed Waivers, including those Holders that did not deliver their Consents and receive a Consent Fee.

 

 

 

Procedures for Delivering Consent

 

To effectively consent to the Proposed Waivers and be eligible to receive the Consent Fee, a properly completed Consent Form or facsimile or email (attaching a properly executed Consent Form in PDF or similar format) thereof, duly executed by the Holder must be received by the Tabulation Agent at its address set forth on the back cover of this Statement at or prior to the Expiration Time. See “Solicitation Procedures—How to Consent.”

 

 

 

Revocation of Consents

 

A Consent may be revoked by a Holder if the Tabulation Agent receives the written notice of revocation of Consent (or facsimile or email thereof) at or prior to the earlier of the Expiration Time and the Effective Date in accordance with the procedures set forth in “Solicitation Procedures—Revocation of Consents.” If the Company extends the Expiration Time, the Company may also extend the right of the Holders to revoke their Consents.

 

 

 

Certain Tax Considerations to Holders

 

For a discussion of certain U.S. federal income tax considerations relating to Holders of the Proposed Waivers, including payment of the Consent Fee, see “Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations.”

 

 

 

Solicitation Agent

 

Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.

 

 

 

Information and Tabulation Agent

 

D. F. King & Co., Inc.

 



 

BACKGROUND

 

RCFC is a special purpose Oklahoma corporation established for the purpose of acquiring, financing the acquisition of and refinancing of vehicles from eligible manufacturers and leasing such vehicles to DTG and its affiliates for use in their respective businesses, and disposing of the vehicles it acquires, finances or refinances. RCFC is a wholly owned subsidiary of DTAG.  DTAG is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hertz.

 

Pursuant to the Indenture, RCFC issued the Solicited Notes, which Solicited Notes are secured by, among other things, the Lease and the vehicles leased thereunder. Under the Lease, DTAG, as guarantor, is required from time to time to deliver annual and quarterly financial statements of DTAG to RCFC and any applicable Rating Agency.  Under the Base Indenture, RCFC is required from time to time to deliver annual and quarterly financial statements of DTAG to the Trustee and the Rating Agencies.  In connection with Hertz’s acquisition of DTAG, pursuant to a Performance Guaranty, dated November 20, 2012, Hertz irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed the due and punctual performance of all of DTAG’s obligations as Guarantor and Master Servicer under the Lease.  Since Hertz’s acquisition of DTAG, and the consolidation of DTAG’s balance sheets and statements of earnings and cash flows with those of Hertz, DTAG’s and RCFC’s requirements to deliver annual or quarterly financial statements of DTAG under the Lease and the Base Indenture have been met through the delivery of Hertz’s annual or quarterly financial statements, as applicable, and the satisfaction of such requirements through such deliveries by Hertz will be deemed acknowledged by the delivery of a Consent to the Proposed Waivers.

 

Hertz previously announced that it would delay filing its 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2014 (the “ March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements ”).  Hertz has not furnished (or caused to be furnished) the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements as of the date of this Statement.  The failure of Hertz to furnish (or cause to be furnished) the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements has resulted in a Lease Event of Default under the Lease and Potential Amortization Events under the Indenture and may, if the requisite notices are delivered pursuant to the Series 2011-1 Supplement, result in Amortization Events under the Indenture.  On June 25, 2014, Hertz delivered written notice to the Trustee of such Lease Event of Default and such Potential Amortization Events.

 

As part of the process of completing the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements, Hertz will be restating its financial statements with respect to fiscal year 2011 and will be revising its financial statements with respect to fiscal years 2012 and 2013, which revisions may require a restatement of those financial statements (any such revisions or restatements, collectively, the “ Restatement ”).  Due to the Restatement, Hertz will not be furnishing, or causing any other person to furnish, any financial statements, including the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements, the quarterly financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2014 and the quarterly financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2014 (such financial statements for the fiscal quarters ending June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2014, the “ Future THC Financial Statements ”), until after it has completed its review of its financial records for fiscal years 2011, 2012 and 2013.

 

The Restatement, together with any failure to furnish (or cause to be furnished) any of the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements or the Future THC Financial Statements prior to December 31, 2014, are collectively referred to herein as the “ Specified Events ”.

 

Further information regarding Hertz’s delay in filing the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements and the Restatement can be found in Hertz’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on June 6, 2014 (the “ 8-K ”), which is excerpted (in part) below for convenience:

 

“On May 13, 2014, each of Hertz Global Holdings, Inc. and The Hertz Corporation (collectively referred to herein as “Hertz” or the “Company”) delayed the filing of its Form 10-Q for the period ended March 31, 2014 (the “First Quarter 10-Q”).

 

During the preparation of the First Quarter 10-Q, errors were identified relating to Hertz’s conclusions regarding the capitalization and timing of depreciation for certain non-fleet assets, allowances for doubtful accounts in Brazil, as well as other items.  Hertz continued its review and recently identified additional errors related to allowances for uncollectible amounts with respect to renter obligations for damaged vehicles and restoration obligations at the end of facility leases.

 

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The Audit Committee of the Board of Directors has consulted with management and analyzed the adjustments. The Audit Committee has concluded that the financial statements for 2011 should no longer be relied upon, and Hertz must restate them.  Hertz also needs to correct the 2012 and 2013 financial statements to reflect these errors.  However, because of the above mentioned errors, the Audit Committee has directed the Company to conduct a thorough review of the financial records for fiscal years 2011, 2012 and 2013, and this review may require Hertz to make further adjustments to the 2012 and 2013 financial statements.  If these further adjustments to the 2012 and 2013 financial statements are determined to be material adjustments individually or in the aggregate, Hertz will need to also restate and withdraw reliance on those financial statements. Hertz will make a decision on 2012 and 2013 financial statements after the work described in Item 7.01 below is completed.

 

The financial statements for 2011 were most recently included in the Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2013 (the “10-K”).  As soon as practicable, Hertz expects to amend the 10-K to correct the errors identified and related disclosures.  Hertz will file the First Quarter Form 10-Q, and issue the first quarter earnings release, at the same time it files the 10-K amendment.  Consequently, the Company will not hold the conference call scheduled for June 9, 2014.”

 

Notwithstanding the excerpted portions of the 8-K included above, we encourage Holders to carefully read and review the 8-K in its entirety.

 

PROPOSED WAIVERS

 

RCFC requests that the Holders waive any potential default, default, potential amortization event, amortization event and any other similar event or condition, however described, including without limitation any Potential Lease Event of Default, Lease Event of Default, Potential Amortization Event, Amortization Event and Limited Liquidation Event of Default, in any such case, directly or indirectly arising out of or in connection with the Specified Events. If such waivers become effective, then Holders will not have a right to declare an Amortization Event as a result of a Lease Event of Default or covenant breach under the Indenture that would have otherwise occurred and been continuing as a result of the Specified Events.  However, RCFC does not hereby request that the Holders waive any rights to declare any other Lease Events of Default or Amortization Events, such as (i) any Lease Events of Default or Amortization Events arising in connection with the bankruptcy of RCFC, DTAG or Hertz, or the failure by RCFC to maintain sufficient collateral or credit enhancement in accordance with the Indenture, whether or not any such events or conditions are related to the Specified Events, or (ii) any Lease Events of Default or Amortization Events arising in connection with breaches of representations, warranties or covenants that are, in any such case, not related to the Specified Events.

 

Upon the Proposed Waivers becoming effective upon the satisfaction of the conditions stated in this Statement, all Holders will be bound by the terms of the Proposed Waivers, even if they did not deliver Consents to the Proposed Waivers.  The Proposed Waivers will not become effective unless all conditions to the Proposed Waivers described in this Statement are satisfied or, where allowed, waived and payment of the Consent Fee has been made.

 

Regardless of whether the Proposed Waivers become effective, the Solicited Notes will remain outstanding in accordance with all other terms of the Indenture.  The changes effected by the Proposed Waivers do not alter the Company’s obligation (as such obligation would exist but for the occurrence of the Specified Events) to pay the principal of or interest on the Solicited Notes or alter the interest rate or maturity date thereof, and such changes are effective only upon the terms contained herein.  If the Consent Solicitation is terminated, the Proposed Waivers will have no effect on the Solicited Notes or the Holders.

 



 

Copies of the Indenture and the Lease are available upon request from the Information Agent.  All statements in this Statement regarding the substance of the Proposed Waivers, the Indenture and the Lease are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Indenture and the Lease.

 

CERTAIN SIGNIFICANT CONSIDERATIONS

 

The following considerations, in addition to the other information described elsewhere in this Statement, should be carefully considered by each Holder before deciding whether to consent to the Proposed Waivers.

 

The Lease Waiver and Indenture Waiver

 

The failure to deliver the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements on or prior to June 14, 2014, the final day of the applicable 30 day cure period, has resulted in a Lease Event of Default under the Lease and Potential Amortization Events under the Indenture and may, if the required declaration notices are delivered pursuant to the Indenture while such failure to deliver the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements is continuing, result in Amortization Events under the Indenture.  Generally, in this context, for the Solicited Notes, a majority of the most senior class of notes of the Solicited Notes would be required to declare an Amortization Event with respect to the Solicited Notes.

 

If either the Lease Waiver or Indenture Waiver does not become effective, then, for so long as the Potential Amortization Events resulting from the Specified Events are continuing, the required noteholder constituency with respect to the Solicited Notes may declare an Amortization Event with respect to the Solicited Notes.

 

If the Lease Waiver and Indenture Waiver become effective, then Holders will not have the right to an Amortization Event as a result of a Lease Event of Default or covenant breach under the Indenture that would have otherwise occurred and been continuing as a result of any of the Specified Events.  However, notwithstanding Holders no longer having such a right to declare such an Amortization Event, the Lease Waiver and Indenture Waiver will not restrict any rights of Holders to declare other Lease Events of Default or Amortization Events, such as (i) those arising in connection with certain events of bankruptcy, or certain failures to maintain sufficient collateral or credit enhancement, whether or not any such events or conditions are related to the Specified Events, or (ii) those arising in connection with certain other breaches of representations, warranties or covenants that are, in any such case, not related to the Specified Events.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, the Lease Waiver and Indenture Waiver will not restrict any rights of the Holders with respect to any financial statements furnished by, or required to be furnished by, Hertz after December 31, 2014, including the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements and the future THC Financial Statements, in each case, if not delivered prior to such date.  However, the Lease Waiver and Indenture Waiver will remain in effect in perpetuity with respect to the Restatement.

 

As stated above under “Proposed Waivers”, RCFC is not requesting that the Holders waive any rights to declare any Amortization Events arising in connection with the bankruptcy of RCFC, DTAG or Hertz, or the failure by RCFC to maintain sufficient collateral or credit enhancement in accordance with the Indenture, whether or not any such events or conditions are related to the Specified Events.  As a consequence, by consenting to the Proposed Waivers, no Holders are foregoing any rights they currently possess to declare any Amortization Events arising in connection with the bankruptcy of RCFC, DTAG or Hertz, or the failure by RCFC to maintain sufficient collateral or credit enhancement in accordance with the Indenture.

 

Risks to Holders Who Do Not Deliver Consents if the Proposed Waivers are Approved

 

If a Holder does not deliver its Consent to the Proposed Waivers at or prior to the Expiration Time or votes against the Proposed Waivers, such Holder will not receive any Consent Fee, whether or not the Requisite Consents are received.  In addition, if the Requisite Consents to the Proposed Waivers are provided prior to the Expiration Time, the rights of all Holders will be subject to the provisions of the Proposed Waivers, including those Holders that have not provided their Consents.

 



 

Risks to Holders if the Proposed Waivers are not Approved

 

If either the Lease Waiver or Indenture Waiver does not become effective, then, for so long as any of the Potential Amortization Events resulting from the Specified Events are continuing, the required noteholder constituency with respect to the Solicited Notes may declare an Amortization Event with respect to the Solicited Notes.  If such an Amortization Event were so declared, then the Holders of the Solicited Notes may be prepaid prior to the otherwise anticipated repayment date in respect of the Solicited Notes (or class thereof).

 

Risks to Consummation of the Consent Solicitation and Payment of the Consent Fees

 

The successful consummation of the Consent Solicitation and the payment of any Consent Fee are subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the Company of certain conditions, including the receipt by the Company of the Requisite Consents.  There can be no assurance that such conditions will be met or waived.  If those conditions are not met or waived and the Consent Solicitation is not successfully consummated, then no Holders will receive the Consent Fee.

 

All statements in this Statement regarding the consequences of the Proposed Waivers are qualified in their entirety by reference to the Indenture and the Lease, and for further information on such consequences, Holders should refer to the Indenture and the Lease, all of which will be provided upon request as set forth herein.

 

SOLICITATION PROCEDURES

 

General

 

In order for the Proposed Waivers to become effective, the Company must receive the Requisite Consents.

 

If the Proposed Waivers become effective, they will be binding on all Holders and their successors and transferees, whether or not such Holders consented to the Proposed Waivers.  The delivery of a Consent to the Proposed Waivers will not affect a Holder’s right to sell or transfer the Solicited Notes, and a sale or transfer of the Solicited Notes after the Record Date will not have the effect of revoking any Consent theretofore validly given by the Holder of such Solicited Notes.  Therefore, each properly executed and delivered Consent will be counted notwithstanding any subsequent sale or transfer of the Solicited Notes to which such Consent relates, unless the applicable Holder has complied with the procedure for revoking Consents, as described herein and in the Consent Documents.  Failure to deliver a Consent will have the same effect as if a Holder had voted “No” to the Proposed Waivers.

 

Consent Fee

 

Upon receipt by the Tabulation Agent at or before the Expiration Time of the Requisite Consents and the Company having not otherwise terminated the Consent Solicitation at or before the Expiration Time, the Company will pay, promptly following the satisfaction or, where allowed, waiver by the Company in its sole discretion of the conditions described herein, to each Holder who delivered a valid Consent (not subsequently revoked) to the Tabulation Agent at or prior to the Expiration Time, a one-time cash payment of $0.35 per $1,000 in principal amount of Solicited Notes held by such Record Holder (and to which such Consent relates).

 

The right to receive the Consent Fee is not transferable with a Solicited Note.  The Company will only make payments of the Consent Fee, subject to the conditions described herein, to the persons who were Holders on the Record Date and who have delivered valid and unrevoked Consents at or prior to the Expiration Time pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

Consents will expire if the Requisite Consents to the Proposed Waivers have not been obtained at or before the Expiration Time (which term includes any extension of the original Expiration Time).  Interest will not accrue on or be payable with respect to any Consent Fee.

 



 

Record Date

 

The Consent Documents are being sent to all Holders on the Record Date (defined to be 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on June 27, 2014).  Such date has been fixed by the Company as the date for the determination of Holders entitled to deliver Consents and receive the Consent Fee, if payable, pursuant to the Consent Solicitation.  The Company reserves the right to establish, from time to time but in all cases prior to receipt of the Requisite Consents, any new date as such Record Date and, thereupon, any such new date will be deemed to be the Record Date for purposes of the Consent Solicitation.

 

How to Consent

 

Each Holder who delivers a Consent to the Proposed Waivers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Consent Documents will be deemed to have validly consented to the Proposed Waivers.

 

To effectively consent to the Proposed Waivers and be eligible to receive the Consent Fee, a properly completed Consent Form or facsimile or email (attaching a properly executed Consent Form in PDF or similar format) thereof, duly executed by the Holder, must be received by the Tabulation Agent at its address set forth on the back cover of this Statement prior to the Expiration Time.  Consent Forms should be sent only to the Tabulation Agent and should not be sent to the Company, the Solicitation Agent, the Information Agent or the Trustee.

 

If the Solicited Notes are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and the beneficial owner of the Solicited Notes wishes to consent to the Proposed Waivers, the beneficial owner must promptly contact and instruct such registered Holder to deliver a Consent to the Tabulation Agent on the beneficial owner’s behalf.  The Tabulation Agent will not accept Consents delivered by beneficial owners directly to the Tabulation Agent.  Any beneficial owner of the Solicited Notes registered in the name of a DTC participant may direct the DTC participant through which such beneficial owner’s Solicited Notes are held to execute a Consent Form on such beneficial owner’s behalf and deliver the executed Consent to the Tabulation Agent.  Please contact your DTC participant for more information regarding any procedures or rules applicable to and/or imposed by your DTC participant.

 

The Company anticipates that DTC or its nominee will execute an omnibus proxy in favor of DTC participants holding the Solicited Notes, which will authorize each such DTC participant to consent to the Proposed Waivers with respect to the principal amount of Solicited Notes shown as owned by such DTC participant on the books of DTC on the Record Date.  For purposes of the Consent Solicitation, the term “ Holder ” shall be deemed to include DTC participants, and DTC has authorized participants to execute Consent Forms as if they were Holders of record.  The Tabulation Agent will accept and record only a properly executed Consent Form in respect of any Solicited Notes held by DTC or a DTC participant from those parties listed as a Holder in the omnibus proxy received by the Tabulation Agent from DTC.  If DTC or its nominee has authorized a proxy to execute a Consent Form, then the Consent Form must be executed by the DTC Participant.

 

Consent Forms by the Holder(s) of the Solicited Notes should be executed in exactly the same manner as the name(s) of such registered Holder(s) appear(s) on the Solicited Notes, or in the case of a DTC Participant, as its name appears in the omnibus proxy.  If the Solicited Notes to which a Consent relates are held by two or more joint Holders, all such Holders should sign the Consent Form.  If a Consent Form is signed by a trustee, partner, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such person must so indicate when signing and must also submit with the Consent Form appropriate evidence of authority to execute the Consent Form.

 

If a Consent relates to fewer than all the Solicited Notes held of record as of the Record Date by the Holder providing such Consent, such Holder must indicate on the relevant Consent Form the aggregate dollar amount (in minimum denominations of $1,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Solicited Notes to which the Consent relates.  Otherwise, the Consent will be deemed to relate to all such Solicited Notes.

 



 

The method of delivery of the Consent Form and any other required documents to the Tabulation Agent is at the election and risk of the Holder and, except as otherwise provided in the Consent Documents, delivery will be deemed made only when the Consent Form or any other required document is actually received by the Tabulation Agent at or prior to the Expiration Time.  If the delivery is by mail, it is suggested that the Holder use registered mail with return receipt requested, and that the mailing be made sufficiently in advance of the Expiration Time to permit delivery to the Tabulation Agent at or prior to such time.  The Company believes email will be the most efficient means of delivering Consent Forms.

 

IN NO EVENT SHOULD A HOLDER DELIVER THE SOLICITED NOTES TOGETHER WITH THE CONSENT.  Delivering a Consent will not affect the Holder’s right to sell or transfer the Solicited Notes.  Consent Forms should be sent only to the Tabulation Agent and should not be sent to the Company, the Solicitation Agent, the Information Agent or the Trustee.  However, the Company reserves the right (but is not obligated) to accept any Consent received by the Company, the Solicitation Agent, Information Agent or the Trustee.  The Company reserves the right (but is not obligated) to accept any Consent received by any other reasonable means or in any form that reasonably evidences the giving of consent.

 

Determination of Validity

 

All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance of any delivered Consent pursuant to any of the procedures described above shall be determined by the Company, in its sole discretion (which determination shall be final and binding).  The Company reserves the absolute right to reject any or all deliveries of any Consent determined by it not to be in proper form or the acceptance of which would, in the Company’s opinion, be unlawful.  The Company also reserves the absolute right, in its sole discretion, to waive any defect or irregularity as to any delivery of any Consent of any particular Holder, whether or not similar defects or irregularities are waived in the case of other Holders.  The Company’s interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Consent Solicitation, including the instructions to the Consent, shall be final and binding.  Any defect or irregularity in connection with deliveries of Consents must be cured within such time as the Company determines, unless waived by the Company.  Deliveries of Consents shall not be deemed to have been made until all defects and irregularities have been waived by the Company or cured.  None of the Company, the Trustee, or any other person shall be under any duty to give notification to any Holder of any defects or irregularities in deliveries of Consents or shall incur any liability for failure to give any such notification.

 

Expiration Time; Extensions; Amendment

 

The Expiration Time shall occur at 5:00 P.M. New York City time, on July 14, 2014, unless extended.  The Company may, in its sole discretion, extend the Expiration Time.  In order to extend the Expiration Time, the Company will notify the Information Agent and the Tabulation Agent of any extension by telephonic or written notice and will make (or cause to be made) an announcement thereof, each at or before 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on July 14, 2014, or if the Expiration Time has been extended prior to such date, then at or before 9:00 A.M., New York City time, on the next business day after the previously scheduled Expiration Time.  Such announcements may state that the Company is extending the Consent Solicitation for a specified period of time or on a daily basis.  Failure of any Holder or beneficial owner of Solicited Notes to be so notified will not affect the extension of the Consent Solicitation.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this Statement, the Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion to (i) terminate the Consent Solicitation for any reason, (ii) extend the Expiration Time, (iii) amend the terms of the Consent Solicitation, including to waive any of the conditions to the Proposed Waivers (other than the condition with respect to the receipt of the Requisite Consents), or (iv) modify the form or amount of the consideration, including the Consent Fee, pursuant to the Consent Solicitation.

 

If the Consent Solicitation, or any of the Consent Documents, is amended prior to the Effective Date in a manner determined by the Company, in its sole discretion, to constitute a material change to the terms of the Consent Solicitation, the Company will promptly disseminate additional Consent Solicitation materials and, if necessary, extend the Expiration Time for a period deemed by the Company to be adequate to permit Holders to consider such amendments and revoke their Consents.  An extension by the Company of the Expiration Time or the

 



 

right to revoke Consents shall not constitute a material change with respect to Holders of Solicited Notes for whom the Expiration Time and/or right to revoke Consents has not been extended.

 

Without limiting the manner in which the Company may choose to make any announcement of any extension, amendment or termination of the Consent Solicitation, the Company shall have no obligation to publish, advertise, or otherwise communicate any such announcement, other than by complying with any applicable notice provisions of the Indenture.

 

Revocation of Consents

 

A Consent may be revoked by a Holder if the Tabulation Agent receives the written notice of revocation of Consent (or facsimile or email thereof) at or prior to the earlier of the Expiration Time and the Effective Date.  The notice of revocation of Consent must be signed by the Holder in the same manner as the Consent Form to which the notice of revocation of Consent relates.  Notices of revocation of Consent must be sent to the Tabulation Agent at the address set forth on the back cover of this Statement in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Consent Documents.

 

If the Company extends the Expiration Time, the Company may, or will (if the Effective Date has not yet occurred), also extend the right of the Holders to revoke their Consents.

 

The Company reserves the right to contest the validity of any notice of revocation of Consent and all questions as to validity, including the time of receipt of any notice of revocation of Consent, will be determined by the Company in its sole discretion, which determination shall be final and binding on all parties.  None of the Company, the Trustee, or any other person shall be under any duty to give notification to any Holder of any defects or irregularities with respect to any notice of revocation of Consent or shall incur any liability for failure to give any such notification.

 

A revocation of a Consent may be rescinded only by the execution and delivery of a new Consent prior to the Expiration Time.  A Holder who delivered a notice of revocation of Consent may thereafter deliver a new Consent by following the procedures described in the Consent Documents at any time at or prior to the Expiration Time.  See “—How to Consent.”

 

MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSIDERATIONS

 

The following is a discussion of certain material U.S. federal income tax considerations relating to the adoption of the Proposed Waivers and receipt of the Consent Fee that may be relevant to U.S. Holders and Non-U.S. Holders (each as defined below) that hold their Solicited Notes as capital assets.  This discussion is based on the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”), U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated or proposed thereunder and administrative and judicial interpretations thereof, all as in effect on the date hereof, and all of which are subject to change, possibly with retroactive effect, or to different interpretation.  This discussion does not address all of the U.S. federal income tax considerations that may be relevant to specific Holders (as defined below for purposes of this Section only) in light of their particular circumstances or to Holders subject to special treatment under U.S. federal income tax law (such as financial institutions, insurance companies, dealers in securities or other Holders that generally mark their securities to market for U.S. federal income tax purposes, tax-exempt entities, retirement plans, regulated investment companies, real estate investment trusts, entities or arrangements treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes, certain former citizens or residents of the United States, Holders that hold their Solicited Notes as part of a straddle, hedge, constructive sale, conversion or other integrated transaction or U.S. Holders that have a “functional currency” other than the U.S. dollar).  This discussion does not address any U.S. state or local or non-U.S. tax considerations or any U.S. federal estate, gift or alternative minimum tax considerations or the 3.8% Medicare tax on certain investment income.

 

As used in this discussion, the term “U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of a Solicited Note that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, is (i) an individual who is a citizen or resident of the United States, (ii) a corporation created or organized in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia, (iii) an estate the income of which is subject to U.S. federal income tax regardless of its source or (iv) a

 



 

trust (x) with respect to which a court within the United States is able to exercise primary supervision over its administration and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all of its substantial decisions or (y) that has in effect a valid election under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

The term “Non-U.S. Holder” means a beneficial owner of a Solicited Note that is not a U.S. Holder. The term “Holder” means a U.S. Holder or a Non-U.S. Holder.

 

If an entity or an arrangement treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes holds a Solicited Note, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner in such entity (or owner of such entity) generally will depend upon the status and activities of such entity and the particular partner (or owner).  Any such entity should consult its own tax advisor regarding the U.S. federal income tax considerations applicable to it and its partners (or owners) relating to the adoption of the Proposed Waivers and receipt of the Consent Fee.

 

No ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (the “ IRS ”) has been or will be sought with respect to any of the U.S. federal income tax considerations discussed below, and no assurance can be given that the IRS will not take a position contrary to the discussion below or that any such contrary position would not be sustained by a court.

 

EACH HOLDER SHOULD CONSULT ITS OWN TAX ADVISOR REGARDING THE U.S. FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, ESTATE, NON-U.S. OR OTHER TAX CONSIDERATIONS RELATING TO THE ADOPTION OF THE PROPOSED WAIVERS AND RECEIPT OF THE CONSENT FEE IN LIGHT OF ITS PARTICULAR CIRCUMSTANCES.

 

U.S. Holders

 

Modification of the Solicited Notes

 

The U.S. federal income tax consequences of the adoption of the Proposed Waivers and receipt of the Consent Fee to a U.S. Holder of a Solicited Note will depend in part upon whether the adoption of the Proposed Waivers or receipt of the Consent Fee results in a deemed exchange of such Solicited Note for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  A modification of a debt instrument generally results in a deemed exchange of the original debt instrument for a modified instrument if such modification is “significant” within the meaning of U.S. Treasury regulations promulgated under section 1001 of the Code (the “ Section 1001 Regulations ”).  Under the Section 1001 Regulations, as a general rule, a modification of a debt instrument is a significant modification only if, based on all facts and circumstances (and, subject to certain exceptions, taking into account all modifications of such debt instrument collectively), the legal rights or obligations that are altered and the degree to which they are altered are “economically significant.”  The Section 1001 Regulations provide that a change in the yield of a debt instrument is a significant modification if the yield of the modified instrument (determined by taking into account any payments made to the holder as consideration for the modification) varies from the yield of the unmodified instrument (determined as of the date of the modification) by more than the greater of (i) 0.25% (i.e., 25 basis points) and (ii) 5% of the annual yield of the unmodified instrument. The Section 1001 Regulations also specifically provide that a modification of a debt instrument that adds, deletes or alters customary accounting or financial covenants is not a significant modification.  The Section 1001 Regulations do not define “customary accounting or financial covenants.”  A modification of a debt instrument that is not a significant modification does not result in a deemed exchange of such instrument for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

The change in the yield of a Solicited Note resulting from receipt of the related Consent Fee by a U.S. Holder is not expected to constitute a significant modification of such Solicited Note under the Section 1001 Regulations and, therefore, is not expected to result in a deemed exchange of such Solicited Note for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

To the extent the Proposed Waivers are treated as the addition, deletion or alteration of customary accounting or financial covenants, their adoption would not constitute a significant modification of the Solicited Notes.  To the extent the Proposed Waivers are not so treated, their adoption would not constitute a significant modification of the Solicited Notes so long as the legal rights or obligations that are altered by the Proposed

 



 

Waivers, or the degree to which they are altered, are not “economically significant” when considered collectively.  Although the matter is not entirely free from doubt, the Company intends to take the position that none of the adoption of the Proposed Waivers, the receipt of the Consent Fee, or the combination thereof should result in a significant modification of the Solicited Notes under the Section 1001 Regulations and, therefore, as not resulting in a deemed exchange of the Solicited Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  If the IRS were to successfully challenge such treatment, a U.S. Holder of a Solicited Note could be treated as exchanging such Solicited Note for a new Solicited Note deemed to be issued at the current fair market value of the Solicited Note.  The discussion below assumes that the adoption of the Proposed Waivers and the receipt of the Consent Fee will not be treated as a significant modification of the Solicited Notes.

 

Each U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor regarding the U.S. federal income and other tax consequences of the adoption of the Proposed Waivers and receipt of the Consent Fee.

 

Consent Fee

 

The U.S. federal income tax treatment of the Consent Fee is unclear and based on our view that no “deemed exchange” will take place, the receipt of the Consent Fee by a U.S. Holder may be characterized as either (i) an additional payment with respect to such Solicited Notes or (ii) a separate fee (taxable as ordinary income) for consenting to the Proposed Waivers. The IRS in a private letter ruling concluded that a payment in connection with a consent solicitation should be treated as a payment of accrued and unpaid interest (to the extent thereof) and then as a return of principal under the relevant Solicited Notes.  However, because private letter rulings are not binding on the IRS or taxpayers, other than in respect of the taxpayer to which they are issued, this conclusion does not necessarily apply to the Consent Fee. We do not intend to follow the conclusion of this private letter ruling. Instead we intend to take the position that the payment of the Consent Fee will be treated as separate consideration for consenting to the Proposed Waivers, constituting ordinary income to a U.S. Holder in the full amount of the payment, without causing a reduction to the U.S. Holder’s basis in the Solicited Notes. U.S. Holders should consult their tax advisors regarding the proper U.S. federal income tax treatment of the Consent Fee.

 

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

 

Information reporting generally will apply with respect to payment of the Consent Fee to a U.S. Holder, unless such U.S. Holder is an entity that is exempt from information reporting and, when required, demonstrates this fact.  Payment of the Consent Fee to a U.S. Holder generally will also be subject to backup withholding unless such U.S. Holder provides the appropriate documentation (generally, IRS Form W-9) to the applicable withholding agent certifying that, among other things, its taxpayer identification number (which for an individual would be such individual’s Social Security number) is correct, or otherwise establishes an exemption.

 

Backup withholding is not an additional tax.  Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules generally will be allowed as a refund or a credit against a U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability if the required information is furnished by the U.S. Holder on a timely basis to the IRS.

 

Non-U.S. Holders

 

Modification of the Solicited Notes

 

The U.S. federal income tax consequences of the adoption of the Proposed Waivers and receipt of the Consent Fee to a Non-U.S. Holder of a Solicited Note will depend in part upon whether the adoption of the Proposed Waivers results in a deemed exchange of such Solicited Note for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

As discussed above under the heading “U.S. Holders — Modification of the Solicited Notes”, although the matter is not entirely free from doubt, the Company does not intend to treat any of the adoption of the Proposed Waivers, the receipt of the Consent Fee or the combination thereof as constituting a significant modification of the Solicited Notes under the Section 1001 Regulations and, therefore, as resulting in a deemed exchange of the Solicited Notes for U.S. federal income tax purposes.  If the adoption of the Proposed Waivers does not result in a deemed exchange of the Solicited Notes, a Non-U.S. Holder of a Solicited Note would not recognize any gain or

 



 

loss with respect to such Solicited Note as a result of the adoption of the Proposed Waivers.  If the IRS were to successfully challenge such treatment, such Non-U.S. Holder could be treated as exchanging such Solicited Note for a new Solicited Note and may be subject to U.S. federal income or withholding tax.  The discussion below assumes that the adoption of the Proposed Waivers and the receipt of the Consent Fee will not be treated as a significant modification of the Solicited Notes.

 

Each Non-U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor regarding the U.S. federal income and other tax consequences of the adoption of the Proposed Waivers and receipt of the Consent Fee.

 

Consent Fee

 

As discussed above under the heading “U.S. Holders — Consent Fee”, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of the Consent Fee is unclear.  Receipt of the Consent Fee by a Non-U.S. Holder with respect to a Solicited Note may be treated as (i) a separate payment for consenting to the Proposed Waivers, as discussed below, or (ii) a payment on such Solicited Note, which may be treated first as a payment of any accrued and unpaid interest on such Solicited Note and then as a payment of principal on such Solicited Note.

 

In light of the uncertainty regarding the U.S. federal income tax treatment of the Consent Fee, the applicable withholding agent may treat the receipt of the Consent Fee by a Non-U.S. Holder as a separate payment for consenting to the Proposed Waivers, in which case such withholding agent may withhold U.S. federal tax from the Consent Fee paid to such Non-U.S. Holder at a rate of 30% unless:

 

·                                           the Non-U.S. Holder is engaged in the conduct of a trade or business within the United States with which the receipt of such payment is effectively connected and provides the appropriate documentation (generally, IRS Form W-8ECI) to the applicable withholding agent, in which case such payment would be subject to net income tax (and a Non-U.S. Holder that is a corporation may also be subject to a branch profits tax); or

 

·                                           an applicable income tax treaty between the United States and the country of residence of the Non-U.S. Holder eliminates or reduces the withholding tax on such payment and such Non-U.S. Holder provides the appropriate documentation (generally, IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E) to the applicable withholding agent.

 

Each Non-U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor regarding the application of U.S. federal income and withholding tax to the Consent Fee, including such Non-U.S. Holder’s eligibility for a withholding exemption and the availability of a refund of any U.S. federal tax withheld.

 

Information Reporting and Backup Withholding

 

Any amount realized by a Non-U.S. Holder in connection the payment of the Consent Fee and the amount of any tax withheld from the Consent Fee generally must be reported to the IRS and to such Non-U.S. Holder.

 

The information reporting and backup withholding rules that apply to payment of the Consent Fee to a U.S. Holder generally will not apply to payment of the Consent Fee to a Non-U.S. Holder if such Non-U.S. Holder certifies under penalties of perjury that it is not a United States person (generally by providing an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E) or otherwise establishes an exemption.

 

Backup withholding is not an additional tax.  Any amounts withheld under the backup withholding rules generally will be allowed as a refund or a credit against a Non-U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability if the required information is furnished by such Non-U.S. Holder on a timely basis to the IRS.

 

Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act

 

In addition to the 30% U.S. federal withholding tax described above, under Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code (“ FATCA ”), payments made to or through certain foreign financial institutions or certain other foreign

 



 

entities could be subject to a 30% FATCA withholding tax. FATCA withholding would generally not apply to a foreign financial institution or other foreign entity if it complies with certain information reporting requirements. In light of the uncertainty regarding the U.S. federal income tax treatment of the Consent Fee, the applicable withholding agent may treat the Consent Fee as a payment subject to the 30% FATCA withholding tax, unless the Non-U.S. Holder establishes an exemption thereto (generally by providing an IRS Form W-8BEN or W-8BEN-E). Each Non-U.S. Holder should consult its own tax advisor regarding the possible implications of FATCA to the Proposed Waivers, including the possible application of FATCA withholding to the Consent Fee.

 

TABULATION AGENT AND INFORMATION AGENT

 

D. F. King & Co., Inc. has been appointed as Tabulation Agent for the Consent Solicitation to receive, tabulate and verify Consents.  All Consent Forms and correspondence sent to the Tabulation Agent should be directed to the address (and/or email address) set forth on the back cover of this Statement.  The Company has agreed to indemnify the Tabulation Agent for certain liabilities.  D. F. King & Co., Inc. has agreed to facilitate the Consent Solicitation in its capacity as Tabulation Agent; however, it is not passing upon the merits or accuracy of the information contained in the Consent Solicitation in its capacity as Tabulation Agent.

 

D. F. King & Co., Inc. will also act as Information Agent with respect to the Consent Solicitation.  Requests for additional copies of and questions relating to the Consent Documents, the Indenture or the Lease may be directed to the Information Agent at the address (and/or email address) and telephone number set forth on the back cover of this Statement.  Holders of the Solicited Notes may also contact their broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Consent Solicitation.

 

In connection with the Consent Solicitation, directors, officers and regular employees of the Company (who will not be specifically compensated for such services) may solicit Consents by use of the mails, personally or by telephone, facsimile, email or other means.

 

The Company will pay or cause to be paid to the Tabulation Agent and the Information Agent reasonable and customary fees for their services and will reimburse them for their out-of-pocket expenses in connection therewith.

 

SOLICITATION AGENT

 

The Company has engaged Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. to act as Solicitation Agent in connection with the Consent Solicitation.  The Company will pay or cause to be paid to Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. reasonable and customary fees for its services as Solicitation Agent and will reimburse it for it reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection herewith.  The Company has also agreed to indemnify the Solicitation Agent for certain liabilities in connection with their service as Solicitation Agent.  At any given time, the Solicitation Agent may trade the Solicited Notes or other debt securities of the Company for its own account or for the accounts of customers and, accordingly, may hold a long or short position in the Solicited Notes or such other securities.  All inquiries and correspondence addressed to the Solicitation Agent relating to the Consent Solicitation should be directed to the address (and/or email address) and telephone number set forth on the back cover page of this Statement.

 

The Solicitation Agent assumes no responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information contained in this Statement or for any failure by the Company to disclose events that may affect the significance or accuracy of that information.

 

The Solicitation Agent has provided in the past and may continue to provide other investment banking and financial advisory services to the Company and their respective affiliates and could receive customary compensation from the Company for such services.

 



 

EXPENSES

 

The Company will bear all of the costs of the Consent Solicitation.  We will reimburse the Trustee in accordance with the Indenture for the expenses that the Trustee incurs in connection with the Consent Solicitation.

 

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Holders residing outside the United States who wish to deliver a Consent must satisfy themselves as to their full observance of the laws of the relevant jurisdiction in connection therewith.  If the Company becomes aware of any jurisdiction where the making of the Consent Solicitation would not be in compliance with such laws, the Company will make a good faith effort to comply with any such laws or may seek to have such laws declared inapplicable to the Consent Solicitation.  If, after such good faith effort, the Company cannot comply with any such applicable laws, the Consent Solicitation will not be made to (nor will Consents be accepted from or on behalf of) the Holders of the Solicited Notes residing or having a principal place of business in each such jurisdiction.

 

From time to time, the Company or its affiliates may engage in additional consent solicitations.  Any future consent solicitations may be on the same terms or on terms that are more or less favorable to Holders of the Solicited Notes than the terms of the Consent Solicitation, as the Company may determine in its sole discretion.

 

For the avoidance of doubt, none of this Statement, the Consent Solicitation or any document furnished in connect therewith constitutes an acknowledgement by any of the Company or any of its Affiliates that a Restatement, if any, would result in any Potential Lease Event of Default, Lease Event of Default, Potential Amortization Event, Amortization Event or Limited Liquidation Event of Default, and each of the Company and each of its Affiliates reserves all of its rights under the Related Documents in connection therewith.

 

STATEMENT REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

This Statement may contain forward-looking statements.  Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, many of which cannot be predicted or quantified.  When used in this Statement, the words “will,” “could,” “estimates,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “believes,” “plans,” “intends” and variations of such words and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.  These statements are based on certain assumptions that the Company has made in light of its experience in the industry as well as its perceptions of historical trends, current conditions, expected future developments and other factors they believe are appropriate in these circumstances. The Company believes these judgments are reasonable, but you should understand that these statements are not guarantees of performance or results, and the Company’s actual results could differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements due to a variety of important factors, both positive and negative.

 

Undue reliance should not be placed on these forward-looking statements, which are applicable only as of the date hereof.  The Company undertakes no obligation to revise or update these forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date of this Statement or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

 



 

IMPORTANT NOTICE

 

Recipients of this Statement and the accompanying materials should not construe the contents hereof or thereof as legal, business or tax advice.  Each recipient should consult its own attorney, business advisor and tax advisor as to legal, business, tax and related matters concerning the Consent Solicitation.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other document related to the Consent Solicitation, the Company reserves the right, in its sole discretion to (i) terminate the Consent Solicitation for any reason, (ii) extend the Expiration Time, (iii) amend the terms of the Consent Solicitation, including to waive any of the conditions to the Proposed Waivers (other than the condition with respect to the receipt of the Requisite Consents), or (iv) modify the form or amount of the consideration to be paid, including the Consent Fee, pursuant to the Consent Solicitation.  See “Solicitation Procedures.”

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Statement or in any other document related to the Consent Solicitation, if the Consent Solicitation is terminated or the Requisite Consents are not received prior to the Expiration Time, the Company will not pay or cause to be paid any Consent Fees to any Holder.

 

Delivering a Consent will not affect the Holder’s right to sell or transfer the Solicited Notes .  Each validly delivered Consent will be counted notwithstanding any transfer of the Solicited Notes to which such Consent relates, unless the procedure for revoking Consents described herein and in the Consent Form has been satisfied.

 

Questions concerning the terms of the Consent Solicitation should be directed to the Solicitation Agent at the address or telephone number set forth on the back cover page hereof.  Requests for assistance in completing and delivering Consent Forms or requests for additional copies of this Statement, the Consent Form or other related documents should be directed to the Information Agent at the address or telephone number set forth on the back cover page hereof.

 

This Statement does not constitute a solicitation of Consents in any jurisdiction in which, or to or from any person to or from whom, it is unlawful to make such solicitation under applicable federal securities or blue sky laws.  The delivery of this Statement shall not under any circumstances create any implication that the information contained herein is correct as of any time subsequent to the date hereof or that there has been no change in the information set forth herein or in any attachments hereto or in the affairs of the Company or any of its affiliates since the date hereof.

 

No person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representation not contained in this Statement (other than any information provided by the Information Agent, as expressly described herein) and, if given or made, such information or representation may not be relied upon as having been authorized by the Company or the Trustee.

 

This Statement has not been approved or disapproved by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) or any state securities commission, nor has the SEC or any state securities commission passed upon the fairness or merits of such transaction nor upon the accuracy or adequacy of the information contained in the Consent Documents.  Any representation to the contrary is unlawful.

 



 

CONSENT SOLICITATION STATEMENT

 

Rental Car Finance Corp.

 

Questions and requests for assistance or additional copies of the Consent Documents, the Indenture or the Lease may be directed to the Information Agent at the address below.  Holders should retain their Solicited Notes and not deliver any such Solicited Notes to the Tabulation Agent or the Information Agent.  Duly executed Consent Forms should be sent to the Tabulation Agent at the address provided below in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Consent Documents:

 

The Information Agent and Tabulation Agent for the Consent Solicitation is:

 

D. F. King & Co., Inc.

 

By Mail or Courier:

By Email:

By Facsimile

By Telephone:

 

 

(Eligible Institutions only):

 

 

 

 

 

D.F. King & Co., Inc.

hertz@dfking.com

(212) 709-3328

Confirmation:

48 Wall Street 22nd Floor

 

 

(212) 493-6940

New York, New York 10005

 

 

 

United States of America

 

 

Banks and Brokers:

Attention: Krystal Scrudato

 

 

(212) 269-5550

 

 

 

(collect)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All others:

 

 

 

(800) 758-5880

 

Questions and requests for assistance may be directed to the Solicitation Agent at the address and telephone numbers set forth below.

 

The Solicitation Agent for the Consent Solicitation is:

 

Deutsche Bank Securities

 

By Mail or Courier:

By Telephone:

 

 

60 Wall Street, 3rd Floor

(212) 250-4880

New York, New York 10007

 

Attention: ABS Syndicate

 

 

 

 



 

Form of Consent
Rental Car Finance Corp.

 

Series 2011-1

 

Solicitation of Consents to Waivers of Potential Lease Event of Default, Lease Event of Default, Potential Amortization Event, Amortization Event and Limited Liquidation Event of Default

 

Pursuant to the Consent Solicitation Statement dated June 30, 2014

 

The Solicitation Agent for the solicitation is:

 

Deutsche Bank

 

The Information Agent for the solicitation is:

 

D. F. King & Co.

 

The Tabulation Agent for the solicitation is:

 

D. F. King & Co.

 

THE CONSENT SOLICITATION WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON JULY 14, 2014 (SUCH DATE AND TIME, THE “ EXPIRATION TIME ”).  CONSENTS MAY BE REVOKED AT OR PRIOR TO THE EARLIER OF THE EXPIRATION TIME AND THE EFFECTIVE DATE (AS DEFINED IN THE CONSENT SOLICITATION STATEMENT DATED JUNE 30, 2014 (THE “ STATEMENT ”)).  RENTAL CAR FINANCE CORP. (“ RCFC ”) MAY, IN ITS SOLE DISCRETION, TERMINATE, EXTEND OR AMEND THE CONSENT SOLICITATION AT ANY TIME.

 

The Consent Solicitation is being made by RCFC pursuant to the Statement to the holders of record (each, a “ Holder ” and, collectively, the “ Holders ”) at 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on June 27, 2014 (the “ Record Date ”) of (collectively, the “ Solicited Notes ”):

 

·                   Series 2011-1 2.51% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class A, and

 

·                   Series 2011-1 4.38% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class B

 

as such Holders are reflected in the records of the Trustee under the Indenture or the records of The Depository Trust Company (“ DTC ”).

 



 

Requirements for Completion of Consent Form .  For purposes of the Consent Solicitation, the term “ Holder ” shall be deemed to include DTC participants, and DTC, through an omnibus proxy, has authorized participants to execute Consent Forms as if they were Holders of record, as a result of which the Consent Form must be executed in the name of such DTC participant.  The Tabulation Agent will accept and record only a properly executed Consent Form in respect of any Solicited Notes held by DTC or a DTC participant from those parties listed as a Holder in the omnibus proxy received by the Tabulation Agent from DTC.   If DTC or its nominee has authorized a proxy to execute a Consent Form, then the Consent Form must be executed by the DTC Participant.  A Consent Form in respect of any Solicited Notes not held by DTC or a DTC participant must be executed in the name of the Holder.

 

Deadline .  To effectively consent to the Proposed Waivers and be eligible to receive the Consent Fee, a properly completed Consent Form or facsimile or email (attaching a properly executed Consent Form in PDF or similar format) thereof, duly executed by the Holder, must be received by the Tabulation Agent at its address set forth below at or prior to the Expiration Time.  Consent Forms should be sent only to the Tabulation Agent and should not be sent to the Company, the Solicitation Agent, the Information Agent or the Trustee.

 

Instructions for Beneficial Owners of Solicited Notes .  If the Solicited Notes are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and the beneficial owner of the Solicited Notes wishes to consent to the Proposed Amendment, the beneficial owner must promptly contact and instruct such registered Holder to deliver a Consent to the Tabulation Agent on the beneficial owner’s behalf.  The Tabulation Agent will not accept Consents delivered by beneficial owners directly to the Tabulation Agent .  Any beneficial owner of the Solicited Notes registered in the name of a DTC participant may direct the DTC participant through which such beneficial owner’s Solicited Notes are held to execute a Consent Form on such beneficial owner’s behalf and deliver the executed Consent to the Tabulation Agent.

 

All capitalized terms used herein but not defined in this Consent Form have the meaning ascribed to them in the Statement.

 

Tabulation Agent:

 

D. F. King & Co.

 

By Mail or Courier:

By Email:

By Facsimile

By Telephone:

 

 

(Eligible Institutions only):

 

 

 

 

 

D.F. King & Co., Inc.

hertz@dfking.com

(212) 709-3328

Confirmation:

48 Wall Street 22nd Floor

 

 

(212) 493-6940

New York, New York 10005

 

 

 

United States of America

 

 

Banks and Brokers:

Attention: Krystal Scrudato

 

 

(212) 269-5550

 

 

 

(collect)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

All others:

 

 

 

(800) 758-5880

 



 

CONSENT

 

By execution hereof, the undersigned acknowledges receipt of the Statement and that the terms and conditions of the Statement shall be incorporated in, and form a part of, this Consent, which shall be read and construed accordingly.  The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned is a Holder of the Solicited Notes indicated below and has full power and authority to take the action indicated below in respect of such Solicited Notes.  The undersigned will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Company to be necessary or desirable to perfect the undersigned’s Consent.

 

The undersigned hereby consents to the Proposed Waivers described in the Statement with respect to the aggregate principal amount of the Solicited Notes specified in the Signature Annex (or, if no principal amount is so stated, with respect to 100% of the Solicited Notes held of record as of the Record Date by the undersigned or credited to the undersigned’s account at DTC).

 



 

SIGNATURE ANNEX

 

Rental Car Finance Corp. — Consent Solicitation Statement, dated June 30, 2014

 

Only this signature page need be faxed or emailed in order to give your consent.   If this Consent Form is executed by the Holder, it must be executed in exactly the same manner as the name of such registered Holder appears on the Solicited Notes or in the case of a DTC Participant, as its name appears in the omnibus proxy.  If the Solicited Notes to which a Consent relates are held by two or more joint Holders, all such Holders should sign the Consent Form. If a Consent Form is signed by a trustee, partner, executor, administrator, guardian, attorney-in-fact, officer of a corporation or other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such person must so indicate when signing and must submit with the Consent Form appropriate evidence of authority to execute the Consent Form. If a Consent Form is executed by a person other than the registered Holder, then it must be accompanied by a proxy duly executed by such Holder.

 

1.                                       The record Holder signing this Signature Annex is:

 

Name:

 

 

 

Company Name:

 

 

 

Participant Account Number

 

(in case of DTC Participant):

 

 

 

Contact Person:

 

 

 

Mailing Address:

 

 

 

Tax Identification Number:

 

 

 

Telephone:

 

 

 

Email address:

 

 

2.                                       The Solicited Notes with respect to which this Signature Annex relates and with respect to which you consent to the Proposed Waivers are:

 

Name(s) and Address(es) of Holder(s)
(Please fill in exactly as such name appears
on the DTC listing for the Solicited Notes
with respect to which Consents are given)

 

Title of Issue

 

Aggregate Principal
Amount of Solicited Notes*

 

Principal Amount with Respect to
Which Consents are Given
(Complete only if Consents relate to
less than entire aggregate principal
amount)*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


* Unless otherwise indicated in the column labeled “Principal Amount with Respect to Which Consents are Given,” the Holder will be deemed to have consented in respect of the entire aggregate principal amount represented by the Solicited Notes indicated in the column labeled “Aggregate Principal Amount of the Solicited Notes.”

 

Signature of Authorized Signatory:

 

 

 

 

 

Name of Authorized Signatory:

 

 

 



 

Supplement to Consent Solicitation Statement
July 11, 2014

 

RENTAL CAR FINANCE CORP.

 

SERIES 2011-1

 

THE EXPIRATION TIME UNDER THE CONSENT SOLICITATION HAS BEEN EXTENDED TO 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON JULY 16, 2014.

 

This Supplement, dated as of July 11, 2014 (this “ Supplement ”), extends the Expiration Time with respect to the Consent Solicitation Statement, dated as of June 30, 2014 (the “ Consent Solicitation Statement ”), of Rental Car Finance Corp., an Oklahoma corporation, to 5:00 P.M., New York City time, on July 16, 2014.  All capitalized terms used herein but not defined in this Supplement have the meaning ascribed to them in the Consent Solicitation Statement.

 

This Supplement relates to all Solicited Notes referenced in the Consent Solicitation Statement, which for convenience are restated in the following table:

 

Description of Securities

 

CUSIP

 

ISIN

 

Outstanding Principal
Amount as of June 27,
2014

 

Series 2011-1 2.51% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class A

 

760106 AY0 (144A)

U76017 AX7 (Reg S)

 

US760106AY02 (144A)

USU76017AX70 (Reg S)

 

$

420,000,000

 

Series 2011-1 4.38%% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes, Class B

 

760106 AZ7 (144A)

U76017 AY5 (Reg S)

 

US760106AZ76 (144A)

USU76017AY53 (Reg S)

 

$

80,000,000

 

Total:

 

 

 

 

 

$

500,000,000

 

 

Delivery of the original Consent Form that accompanied the Consent Solicitation Statement will satisfy the consent requirements pursuant to the Consent Solicitation.  Holders who have previously delivered their Consent Forms pursuant to the Consent Solicitation are not required to take any further action.

 

Holders who consented prior to the date of this Supplement may, but are not required to, withdraw or revoke their Consents in accordance with the Consent Solicitation Statement on or before the Expiration Time.

 

THIS SUPPLEMENT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT IS OF INTEREST TO THE BENEFICIAL HOLDERS OF THE SOLICITED NOTES.  ALL DEPOSITORIES, CUSTODIANS AND OTHER INTERMEDIARIES RECEIVING THIS SUPPLEMENT ARE REQUESTED TO EXPEDITE RE-TRANSMITTAL TO SUCH BENEFICIAL HOLDERS IN A TIMELY MANNER.

 



 

SUPPLEMENT TO CONSENT SOLICITATION STATEMENT

 

Rental Car Finance Corp.

 

Questions and requests for assistance or additional copies of the Consent Documents, the Indenture or the Lease may be directed to the Information Agent at the address below.  Holders should retain their Solicited Notes and not deliver any such Solicited Notes to the Tabulation Agent or the Information Agent.  Duly executed Consent Forms should be sent to the Tabulation Agent at the address provided below in accordance with the instructions set forth in the Consent Documents:

 

The Information Agent and Tabulation Agent for the Consent Solicitation is:

 

D. F. King & Co., Inc.

 

By Mail or Courier:

By Email:

By Facsimile
(Eligible Institutions only):

By Telephone:

 

 

 

 

D.F. King & Co., Inc.

48 Wall Street 22nd Floor

New York, New York 10005

United States of America

Attention: Krystal Scrudato

hertz@dfking.com

(212) 709-3328

Confirmation:

(212) 493-6940

 

Banks and Brokers:

(212) 269-5550

(collect)

 

All others:

(800) 758-5880

 

Questions and requests for assistance may be directed to the Solicitation Agent at the address and telephone numbers set forth below.

 

The Solicitation Agent for the Consent Solicitation is:

 

Deutsche Bank Securities

 

 

By Mail or Courier:

 

By Telephone:

 

 

 

60 Wall Street, 3rd Floor

New York, New York 10007

Attention: ABS Syndicate

 

(212) 250-4880

 

Delivery of the original Consent Form that accompanied the Consent Solicitation Statement will satisfy the consent requirements pursuant to the Consent Solicitation.  Holders who have previously delivered their Consent Forms pursuant to the Consent Solicitation are not required to take any further action.

 

Holders who consented prior to the date of this Supplement may, but are not required to, withdraw or revoke their Consents in accordance with the Consent Solicitation Statement on or before the Expiration Time.

 

 



 

 

HERTZ VEHICLE FINANCING LLC

RENTAL CAR FINANCE CORP.

 

CONFIRMATION OF RECEIPT OF CONSENTS

 

D.F. King & Co., Inc., pursuant to its authority and capacity as Tabulation Agent in connection with the Solicitation of Consents from Hertz Vehicle Financing LLC and Rental Car Finance Corp.’s Notes described below pursuant to the Consent Solicitation Statement, dated June 30, 2014, hereby confirms receipt of Consents from holders in the aggregate principal amounts listed below.

 

ISSUE

 

DESCRIPTION

 

POSITION

 

CONSENTED

 

% O/S

 

INDIVIDUAL SERIES (HVF)

 

SERIES 2009-2

 

42805RAV1 (144A)

 

5.29% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes

 

Class A-2

 

700,000,000

 

634,425,000

 

90.63

%

42805RAX7 (144A)

 

5.93% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes

 

Class B-2

 

107,500,000

 

107,500,000

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SERIES 2009-2:

 

807,500,000

 

741,925,000

 

91.68

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SERIES 2010-1

 

42805RAZ2 (144A)

 

3.74% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes

 

Class A-2

 

325,000,000

 

301,095,000

 

92.64

%

42805RBA6 (144A)

 

4.73% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes

 

Class A-3

 

100,000,000

 

97,000,000

 

97.00

%

42805RBC2 (144A)

 

5.70% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes

 

Class B-2

 

49,920,000

 

49,920,000

 

100.00

%

42805RBD0 (144A)

 

6.44% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes

 

Class B-3

 

15,360,000

 

15,360,000

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SERIES 2010-1:

 

490,280,000

 

463,375,000

 

94.51

%

 

 

SERIES 2011-1

 

42805RBE8 (144A)

 

2.20% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes

 

Class A-1

 

320,000,000

 

314,912,000

 

98.41

%

42805RBF5 (144A)

 

3.29% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes

 

Class A-2

 

200,000,000

 

199,345,000

 

99.67

%

42805RBH1 (144A)

 

4.17% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes

 

Class B-1

 

48,000,000

 

48,000,000

 

100.00

%

42805RBJ7 (144A)

 

4.96% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes

 

Class B-2

 

30,000,000

 

30,000,000

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SERIES 2011-1:

 

598,000,000

 

592,257,000

 

99.04

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SERIES 2013-1

 

42805RBL2 (144A)

 

1.12% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes

 

Class A-1

 

282,750,000

 

280,390,000

 

99.17

%

42805RBN8 (144A)

 

1.83% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes

 

Class A-2

 

543,750,000

 

522,910,000

 

96.17

%

42805RBQ1 (144A)

 

1.86% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes

 

Class B-1

 

42,250,000

 

42,250,000

 

100.00

%

42805RBS7 (144A)

 

2.48% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes

 

Class B-2

 

81,250,000

 

81,250,000

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SERIES 2013-1:

 

950,000,000

 

926,800,000

 

97.56

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INDIVIDUAL SERIES (RCFC)

 

SERIES 2011-1

 

760106AY0 (144A)

 

2.51% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes

 

Class A

 

420,000,000

 

351,500,000

 

83.69

%

760106AZ7 (144A)

 

4.38% Rental Car Asset Backed Notes

 

Class B

 

80,000,000

 

80,000,000

 

100.00

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TOTAL SERIES 2011-1:

 

500,000,000

 

431,500,000

 

86.30

%

 

The aforementioned consents were received at or prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on July 16, 2014, and such consents have not been revoked or rescinded in whole or in part and are in full force and effect as of the date hereof.

 

 

 

D.F. King & Co., Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kristian Klein

 

 

Kristian Klein

 

 

Senior Vice President

 

 

 

July 16, 2014

 



 

ANNEX B

 



 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

WAIVER AND CONSENT

 

WAIVER AND CONSENT under each of the Indenture and Lease referred to below, dated as of July 18, 2014 (this “ Consent ”), among THE HERTZ CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ Hertz ”), DOLLAR THRIFTY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ DTAG ”), RENTAL CAR FINANCE CORP., a special purpose Oklahoma corporation (“ RCFC ”), DTG OPERATIONS, INC., an Oklahoma corporation (“ DTG Operations ”), and WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Series 2011-2 Noteholder (the “ Series 2011-2 Noteholder ”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, RCFC is party to that certain Series 2011-2 Supplement, dated as of October 26, 2011 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “ Series 2011-2 Supplement ”), to the Amended and Restated Base Indenture, dated as of February 14, 2007 (as amended, supplement, or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “ Base Indenture ”, and together with the Series 2011-2 Supplement, the “ Indenture ”), each by and between RCFC and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as trustee;

 

WHEREAS, RCFC is party to that certain Master Motor Vehicle Lease and Servicing Agreement (Group VIII), dated as of July 28, 2011 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “ Lease ”), by and among RCFC, as lessor, DTG Operations, as lessee and servicer, Hertz, as lessee, and DTAG as guarantor and master servicer;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with Hertz’s acquisition of DTAG, pursuant to a Performance Guaranty, dated November 20, 2012, Hertz irrevocably and unconditionally guaranteed the due and punctual performance of all of DTAG’s obligations as Guarantor and Master Servicer under the Lease;

 

WHEREAS, since Hertz’s acquisition of DTAG, and the consolidation of DTAG’s balance sheets and statements of earnings and cash flows with those of Hertz, DTAG’s and RCFC’s requirements to deliver annual or quarterly financial statements of DTAG under the Lease and the Base Indenture have been met through the delivery of Hertz’s annual or quarterly financial statements, as applicable;

 

WHEREAS, Hertz has not furnished (or caused to be furnished) the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements (as defined below) as of the date hereof and the failure of Hertz to furnish (or cause to be furnished) the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements has resulted in a Lease Event of Default under the Lease and Potential Amortization Events under the Indenture;

 

WHEREAS, as part of the process of completing the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements, Hertz will be restating its financial statements with respect to fiscal year 2011 and will be revising its financial statements with respect to fiscal years 2012 and 2013, which revisions may require a restatement of those financial statements (any such revisions or restatements, collectively, the “ Restatement ”);

 



 

WHEREAS, due to the Restatement, Hertz will not be furnishing, or causing any other person to furnish, any financial statements, including the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements, the quarterly financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2014 and the quarterly financial statements for the fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2014 (such financial statements for the fiscal quarters ending June 30, 2014 and September 30, 2014, the “ Future THC Financial Statements ”), until after it has completed its review of its financial records for fiscal years 2011, 2012 and 2013;

 

WHEREAS, the Restatement, together with any failure to furnish (or cause to be furnished) any of the March 2014 Quarterly Financial Statements or the Future THC Financial Statements prior to December 31, 2014, are collectively referred to herein as the “ Specified Events ”;

 

WHEREAS, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. is the sole Series 2011-2 Noteholder;

 

WHEREAS, RCFC has requested that the Series 2011-2 Noteholder waive, to the extent set forth below, any potential default, default, potential amortization event, amortization event and any other similar event or condition, however described, including without limitation any Potential Lease Event of Default, Lease Event of Default, Potential Amortization Event, Amortization Event and Limited Liquidation Event of Default, in any such case, directly or indirectly arising out of or in connection with the Specified Events;

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the covenants and agreements contained herein, as well as other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

Section 1.                                            Defined Terms .  Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Series 2011-2 Supplement, and if not defined therein, shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Lease.

 

Section 2.                                            Waiver and Consent .

 

(a)                                  The Series 2011-2 Noteholder hereby waives any potential default, default, potential amortization event, amortization event and any other similar event or condition, however described, including without limitation any Potential Lease Event of Default, Lease Event of Default, Potential Amortization Event, Amortization Event and Limited Liquidation Event of Default, in any such case, directly or indirectly arising out of or in connection with the Specified Events; provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Series 2011-2 Noteholder does not waive any rights to declare any Lease Events of Default or Amortization Events arising in connection with the bankruptcy of RCFC, DTAG or Hertz, or the failure by RCFC to maintain sufficient collateral or credit enhancement in accordance with the Indenture, whether or not any such events or conditions are related to, or arose directly or indirectly out of or in connection with, the Specified Events.

 

(b)   For the avoidance of doubt, the Series 2011-2 Noteholder does not hereby waive any Potential Lease Event of Default, Lease Event of Default, Potential Amortization Event,

 

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Amortization Event or Limited Liquidation Event of Default arising in connection with breaches of representations, warranties or covenants or otherwise that are , in any such case, not related to the Specified Events.

 

Section 3.                                            Consent Fee . In consideration for its execution of this Consent, RCFC will pay or cause to be paid to the Series 2011-2 Noteholder an aggregate cash payment of $140,000 (the “ Consent Fee ”).

 

Section 4.                                            Effectiveness of Consent .  This Consent shall become effective on the first date (such date, if any, the “ Consent Effective Date ”) as of which both of the following shall have occurred: (i) the Trustee shall have received a PDF copy of this Consent executed and delivered by the parties hereto and (ii) RCFC shall have paid or caused to be paid the Consent Fee to the Series 2011-2 Noteholder.

 

Section 5.                                            Effects on Related Documents; Acknowledgement .

 

(a)                                  Except as expressly set forth herein, this Consent ( i ) shall not by implication or otherwise limit, impair, constitute a waiver of or otherwise affect the rights and remedies of the Series 2011-2 Noteholder, the Collateral Agent or the Trustee under any Related Document, and ( ii ) shall not alter, modify, amend or in any way affect any of the terms, conditions, obligations, covenants or agreements contained in the Indenture, the Lease or in any other provision of any Related Document.  Each and every term, condition, obligation, covenant and agreement contained in the Indenture, the Lease or any other Related Document is hereby ratified and re-affirmed in all respects and shall continue in full force and effect as modified hereby and nothing herein can or may be construed as a novation thereof.  Each of Hertz, DTG Operations, DTAG and RCFC reaffirms on the Consent Effective Date its obligations under the Related Documents, in each case, to which it is a party and the validity, enforceability and perfection of the Liens, if any, granted by it pursuant to the Related Documents, in each case, to which it is a party.  All references to any Related Document in any Related Document and all references in any such document to “hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import referring to any such document, shall, unless expressly provided otherwise, refer to such document after giving effect to the waivers set forth in this Consent.

 

(b)                                  For the avoidance of doubt, this Consent does not constitute an acknowledgement by any of Hertz or any of its Subsidiaries that a Restatement, if any, would result in an Amortization Event, Potential Amortization Event, Lease Event of Default, Limited Liquidation Event of Default or Potential Lease Event of Default under any Related Documents, and each of Hertz and RCFC reserves all of its rights under the Related Documents in connection therewith.

 

Section 6.                                            Expenses .  Hertz agrees to pay or reimburse the Series 2011-2 Noteholder for ( i ) all of its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Consent, any other documents prepared in connection herewith and the transactions contemplated hereby, and ( ii ) the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Latham & Watkins LLP, as counsel to the 2011-2 Noteholder.

 

Section 7.                                            Counterparts .  This Consent may be executed in any number of

 

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counterparts and by different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single instrument.  Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Consent by facsimile or any other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.

 

Section 8.                                            Applicable Law THIS CONSENT, AND ALL MATTERS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS CONSENT, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND THE OBLIGATIONS, RIGHTS AND REMEDIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO SHALL BE DETERMINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH LAW.

 

Section 9.                                            Headings .  The headings of this Consent are for purposes of reference only and shall not limit or otherwise affect the meaning hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Waiver and Consent to be executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

 

THE HERTZ CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:

Senior Vice President and Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

DOLLAR THRIFTY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:

Assistant Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

DTG OPERATIONS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:

Assistant Treasurer

 

 

 

 

 

RENTAL CAR FINANCE CORP.

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Name:

R. Scott Massengill

 

 

Title:

Assistant Treasurer

 



 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Waiver and Consent to be executed and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

 

 

WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., as Series 2011-2
Noteholder

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ruben Avilez

 

 

Name: Ruben Avilez

 

 

Title: Senior Vice President

 


Exhibit 10.23

 

The Hertz Corporation

Hertz Equipment Rental Corporation

225 Brae Blvd
Park Ridge, NJ 07656

 

November 3, 2014

 

Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch,

as Administrative Agent

60 Wall Street

New York, New York 10005

Attention: Stephen Lapidus

 

Mizuho Bank

1251 Avenue of the Americas, 32 nd  Floor

New York, New York 10020

 

Re:                              Hertz — Designation Notice under Section 2.11

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is hereby made to the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2011 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”) by and among the Borrowers, the several banks and other financial institutions from time to time parties thereto (the “ Lenders ”), the Administrative Agent, DBNY as collateral agent for the Lenders, DEUTSCHE BANK AG CANADA BRANCH, as Canadian agent and Canadian collateral agent for the Lenders, WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as co-collateral agent for the Lenders and the other parties thereto (capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Credit Agreement).

 

Section 1.                                            Designation of Additional U.S. Facility Issuing Lender .  Pursuant to and in accordance with Section 2.11(f)  of the Credit Agreement, MIZUHO BANK (the “ Non-Extending Lender ”) elects to have its Existing Commitment under the Credit Agreement under the U.S. Facility Commitment deemed to be an Extended Commitment.  As of the date hereof, the Existing Commitments of the Non-Extending Lender shall be deemed to be an Extended Commitment, all Tranche A U.S. Facility Commitments and Tranche A U.S. Facility Loans of the Non-Extending Lender shall be deemed to be Tranche B U.S.  Facility Commitments and Tranche B U.S. Facility Loans.  Pursuant to Section 2.11(f)  of the Credit Agreement, the Administrative Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees to waive the 10 Business Day notice period set forth therein.

 

Section 2.                                            No Amendments .  This letter agreement may not be amended, modified or waived except by an instrument in writing signed by each of the parties hereto.  This letter agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one agreement.  Delivery of an executed signature page of this letter agreement by facsimile, pdf or other customary electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereto.  This letter agreement supersedes all prior communications, written or oral, with respect to the matters contained herein.

 



 

Section 3.                                            Governing Law; etc.                                    THIS LETTER AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE, WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each party hereto hereby irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York, the courts of the United States of America for the Southern District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof in respect of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to the provisions of this letter agreement and irrevocably agrees that all claims in respect of any such suit, action or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such court.  Each party hereto hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that they may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court, and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.  Each party hereto hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any right to trial by jury with respect to any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this letter agreement.  This letter agreement shall become effective upon this letter agreement being duly executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

 

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Please acknowledge your agreement with the above by countersigning this letter in the signature block set forth below.

 

 

Very truly yours,

 

 

 

 

 

The Hertz Corporation

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Kelly Shryoc

 

 

Name: Kelly Shryoc

 

 

Title: Assistant Treasurer

 

Designation Letter

 



 

 

Mizuho Bank

 

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ James Fayen

 

 

Name: James Fayen

 

 

Title: Deputy General Manager

 

Designation Letter

 



 

Acknowledged and Consented to by:

 

 

 

Deutsche Bank AG New York Branch,

 

as Administrative Agent

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Michael Shannon

 

 

Name: Michael Shannon

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Lisa Wong

 

 

Name: Lisa Wong

 

 

Title: Vice President

 

 

 

CC:

 

Wells Fargo Bank, National Association,

 

As Co-Collateral Agent

 

 

Designation Letter