SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 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): September 11, 2012

 

 

LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

The Netherlands   001-34726   98-0646235

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

Stationsplein 45

3013 AK Rotterdam

The Netherlands

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

Registrant’s Telephone number, including area code: 31 10 275 5500

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

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:

 

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

 

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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 11, 2012, certain subsidiaries of LyondellBasell Industries N.V. (the “Company”) entered into a $1 billion accounts receivable securitization facility (the “Facility”) pursuant to (i) a Receivables Purchase Agreement (the “Receivables Purchase Agreement”) entered into by and among Lyondell Chemical Company, as initial servicer (the “Servicer”), and LYB Receivables LLC, a bankruptcy-remote special purpose entity that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “SPE”), PNC National Association, as Administrator and LC Bank, certain conduit purchasers, committed purchasers (together, the “Purchasers”), LC participants and purchaser agents that are parties thereto from time to time and (ii) a Purchase and Sale Agreement (the “Purchase and Sale Agreement”) by and among Lyondell Chemical Company, Equistar Chemicals, LP and LyondellBasell Acetyls, LLC (together, the “Originators”), the other originators from time to time parties thereto, the Servicer and the SPE (collectively, the “Agreements”).

Under the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Originators have sold (and contributed, in the case of Lyondell Chemical Company), and will continue to sell (and contribute, in the case of Lyondell Chemical Company) on an ongoing basis, their trade receivables, together with all related security and interests in the proceeds thereof, to the SPE. Under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the SPE may from time to time in turn sell undivided interests in such trade receivables, together with all related security and interests in the proceeds thereof, to the Purchasers.

The Originators, the Servicer and the SPE provide customary representations and covenants under the Agreements. Receivables in the Facility are subject to customary criteria, limits and reserves. The Receivables Purchase Agreement provides for certain Termination Events, as defined therein, upon the occurrence of which the Administrator may declare the Termination Date, as defined therein, to have occurred. The Company provides a guaranty of performance with respect to obligations of the Originators and the Servicer under the Facility.

The Facility also provides for the issuance of letters of credit. As of September 14, 2012, there were no trade receivable purchases or letters of credit outstanding under the Facility. The Facility is for an initial three-year term as may be extended in accordance with the terms of the Receivables Purchase Agreement.

Copies of the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Purchase and Sale Agreement are filed as Exhibit 10.1 and Exhibit 10.2, respectively, to this Current Report on Form 8-K. The foregoing description of the Facility does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Purchase and Sale Agreement, which are incorporated by reference herein.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits


10.1 Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated September 11, 2012, by and among Lyondell Chemical Company, as initial servicer, and LYB Receivables LLC, a bankruptcy-remote special purpose entity that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, PNC National Association, as Administrator and LC Bank, certain conduit purchasers, committed purchasers, LC participants and purchaser agents that are parties thereto from time to time

 

10.2 Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated September 11, 2012, by and among Lyondell Chemical Company, Equistar Chemicals, LP and LyondellBasell Acetyls, LLC, the other originators from time to time parties thereto, Lyondell Chemical Company, as initial servicer and LYB Receivables LLC, a bankruptcy-remote special purpose entity that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company


SIGNATURES

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

 

    LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V.
Date: September 14, 2012   By:  

/s/ Karyn F. Ovelmen

  Karyn F. Ovelmen
  Executive Vice President


Exhibit Index

 

Exhibit

  

Description

10.1    Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated September 11, 2012, by and among Lyondell Chemical Company, as initial servicer, and LYB Receivables LLC, a bankruptcy-remote special purpose entity that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company, PNC National Association, as Administrator and LC Bank, certain conduit purchasers, committed purchasers, LC participants and purchaser agents that are parties thereto from time to time
10.2    Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated September 11, 2012, by and among Lyondell Chemical Company, Equistar Chemicals, LP and LyondellBasell Acetyls, LLC, the other originators from time to time parties thereto, Lyondell Chemical Company, as initial servicer and LYB Receivables LLC, a bankruptcy-remote special purpose entity that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Compa

Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION COPY

RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

BY AND AMONG

LYB RECEIVABLES LLC,

as Seller,

LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY,

as initial Servicer,

THE VARIOUS CONDUIT PURCHASERS, RELATED COMMITTED PURCHASERS,

LC PARTICIPANTS AND PURCHASER AGENTS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY

HERETO,

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as LC Bank,

AND

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Administrator


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

   Page  

ARTICLE I. AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE PURCHASES

     1   

Section 1.1 Purchase Facility

     1   

Section 1.2 Making Purchases

     3   

Section 1.3 Purchased Interest Computation

     5   

Section 1.4 Settlement Procedures

     5   

Section 1.5 Fees

     10   

Section 1.6 Payments and Computations, Etc

     10   

Section 1.7 Increased Costs

     11   

Section 1.8 Break Funding Costs

     13   

Section 1.9 Inability to Determine the Euro-Rate

     13   

Section 1.10 Taxes

     14   

Section 1.11 Letters of Credit

     18   

Section 1.12 Issuance of Letters of Credit; Participations

     18   

Section 1.13 Requirements For Issuance of Letters of Credit

     19   

Section 1.14 Disbursements, Reimbursement

     19   

Section 1.15 Repayment of Participation Advances

     20   

Section 1.16 Documentation

     21   

Section 1.17 Determination to Honor Drawing Request

     21   

Section 1.18 Nature of Participation and Reimbursement Obligations

     22   

Section 1.19 Liability for Acts and Omissions

     23   

Section 1.20 Intended Tax Treatment

     25   

ARTICLE II. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS; TERMINATION EVENTS

     25   

Section 2.1 Representations and Warranties; Covenants

     25   

Section 2.2 Termination Events

     25   

ARTICLE III. INDEMNIFICATION

     25   

Section 3.1 Indemnities by the Seller

     25   

Section 3.2 Indemnities by the Servicer

     28   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

     Page  

ARTICLE IV. ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTIONS

     28   

Section 4.1 Appointment of the Servicer

     28   

Section 4.2 Duties of the Servicer

     30   

Section 4.3 Account Arrangements

     31   

Section 4.4 Enforcement Rights

     31   

Section 4.5 Responsibilities of the Seller

     33   

Section 4.6 Servicing Fee

     33   

Section 4.7 Authorization and Action of the Administrator and Purchaser Agents

     33   

Section 4.8 Nature of Administrator’s Duties; Delegation of Administrator’s Duties; Exculpatory Duties

     34   

Section 4.9 UCC Filings

     35   

Section 4.10 Agent’s Reliance, Etc

     36   

Section 4.11 Administrator and Affiliates

     37   

Section 4.12 Notice of Termination Events

     37   

Section 4.13 Non-Reliance on Administrator, Purchaser Agents and other Purchasers; Administrators and Affiliates

     37   

Section 4.14 Indemnification

     38   

Section 4.15 Successor Administrator

     39   

ARTICLE V. MISCELLANEOUS

     39   

Section 5.1 Amendments, Etc

     39   

Section 5.2 Notices, Etc

     40   

Section 5.3 Successors and Assigns; Assignability; Participations; Replacement of Purchasers

     41   

Section 5.4 Costs and Expenses

     45   

Section 5.5 No Proceedings; Limitation on Payments

     45   

Section 5.6 Confidentiality

     46   

Section 5.7 GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION

     47   

Section 5.8 Execution in Counterparts

     47   

Section 5.9 Survival of Termination

     47   

Section 5.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

     47   

Section 5.11 Entire Agreement

     48   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

     Page  

Section 5.12 Headings

     48   

Section 5.13 Right of Setoff

     48   

Section 5.14 Purchaser Groups’ Liabilities

     48   

Section 5.15 Sharing of Recoveries

     48   

Section 5.16 Defaulting Purchasers

     49   

Section 5.17 USA Patriot Act

     50   

Section 5.18 Release of Security Interests

     50   

Section 5.19 Construction

     51   

Section 5.20 Interpretation; Accounting Terms and Principles

     51   

 

EXHIBIT I    DEFINITIONS
EXHIBIT II    CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES
EXHIBIT III    REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
EXHIBIT IV    COVENANTS
EXHIBIT V    TERMINATION EVENTS
SCHEDULE I    CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY
SCHEDULE II    LOCK-BOX BANKS, LOCK-BOXES AND LOCK-BOX ACCOUNTS
SCHEDULE III    [RESERVED]
SCHEDULE IV    PURCHASER GROUPS AND MAXIMUM COMMITMENTS
SCHEDULE V    PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS
SCHEDULE VI    EXCLUDED OBLIGORS
ANNEX A    FORMS OF INFORMATION PACKAGE
ANNEX B    FORM OF PURCHASE NOTICE
ANNEX C    FORM OF PAYDOWN NOTICE
ANNEX D    FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
ANNEX E    FORM OF LETTER OF CREDIT APPLICATION
ANNEX F    FORM OF TRANSFER SUPPLEMENT

 

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This RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of September 11, 2012 by and among LYB RECEIVABLES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as seller (the “ Seller ”), LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (“ Lyondell Chemical ”), as initial servicer (in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity, the “ Servicer ”), the various CONDUIT PURCHASERS, RELATED COMMITTED PURCHASERS, LC PARTICIPANTS and PURCHASER AGENTS from time to time party hereto, PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“ PNC ”), as issuer of Letters of Credit (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “ LC Bank ”) and as administrator (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “ Administrator ”).

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS.

Certain terms that are capitalized and used throughout this Agreement are defined in, or by reference in, Exhibit I . References in the Exhibits, Schedules and Annexes hereto to the “Agreement” refer to this Agreement, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

The Seller (i) desires to sell, transfer and assign an undivided percentage ownership interest in a pool of receivables, and the Purchasers desire to acquire such undivided percentage ownership interest, as such percentage interest shall be adjusted from time to time based upon, in part, reinvestment payments that are made by such Purchasers, and (ii) may, subject to the terms and conditions hereof, request that the LC Bank issue or cause the issuance of one or more Letters of Credit.

In consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants contained herein, the sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.

AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE PURCHASES

Section 1.1 Purchase Facility .

(a) On the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, the Seller may, from time to time before the Termination Date, (i) request that (x) the Conduit Purchasers ratably (based on the aggregate Commitments of the Related Committed Purchasers in their respective Purchaser Groups) make purchases (and deemed purchases) of and reinvestments in, or (y) only if a Conduit Purchaser denies such request or is unable to fund (and provides notice of such denial or inability to the Seller, the Administrator and its Purchaser Agent), the Related Committed Purchasers ratably (based on their respective Commitments) make purchases (and deemed purchases) of and reinvestments in, undivided percentage ownership interests with regard to the Purchased Interest from the Seller and (ii) request that the LC Bank issue or cause the issuance of Letters of Credit (each such purchase, deemed purchase, reinvestment or issuance is referred to herein as a “ Purchase ”). Subject to Section 1.4(b) concerning reinvestments, at no time will a Conduit Purchaser have any obligation to make a Purchase. Each Related Committed Purchaser


severally hereby agrees, on the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, to make purchases of and reinvestments in undivided percentage ownership interests with regard to the Purchased Interest from the Seller from time to time from the Closing Date to (but excluding) the Termination Date, based on the applicable Purchaser Group’s Ratable Share of each Purchase requested pursuant to Section 1.2(a) (and, in the case of each Related Committed Purchaser, its Commitment Percentage of its Purchaser Group’s Ratable Share of such Purchase) and, on the terms of and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the LC Bank hereby agrees to issue Letters of Credit in return for (and each LC Participant hereby severally agrees to make Participation Advances in connection with any draws under such Letters of Credit equal to such LC Participant’s Pro Rata Share of such draws), undivided percentage ownership interests with regard to the Purchased Interest from the Seller from time to time from the Closing Date to (but excluding) the Termination Date. Notwithstanding anything set forth in this Section 1.1(a) or otherwise herein to the contrary, under no circumstances shall any Purchaser make any purchase or reinvestment (including, without limitation, any Purchases deemed to have been requested by Seller pursuant to Section 1.14(a) ) or issue any Letters of Credit hereunder, as applicable, if, after giving effect to such Purchase:

 

  (i) any event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Purchase, that constitutes a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event;

 

  (ii) the aggregate outstanding Capital of such Purchaser, when added to all other Capital of all other Purchasers in such Purchaser’s Purchaser Group, would exceed (A) its Purchaser Group’s Group Commitment, minus (B) the related LC Participant’s Pro Rata Share of the LC Participation Amount;

 

  (iii) the Aggregate Capital plus the LC Participation Amount would exceed the Purchase Limit;

 

  (iv) the LC Participation Amount would exceed the aggregate Commitments of the LC Participants;

 

  (v) the LC Participation Amount would exceed the LC Sub-Limit; or

 

  (vi) the Purchased Interest would exceed 100%.

The Seller may, subject to this paragraph (a)  and the other requirements and conditions herein, use the proceeds of any purchase by the Purchasers hereunder to satisfy any Reimbursement Obligation to the LC Bank and the LC Participants (ratably, based on the outstanding amounts funded by the LC Bank and each such LC Participant) pursuant to Section 1.14 below.

(b) The Seller may, upon at least 30 days’ prior written notice to the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent (except as otherwise provided below), terminate the Purchase Facility in whole or, upon at least five (5) days’ prior written notice to the Administrator, from time to time, irrevocably reduce in part the unused portion of the Purchase Limit (but not below the amount that would cause the Aggregate Capital plus the LC Participation Amount to exceed the

 

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Purchase Limit or would cause the Group Capital of any Purchaser Group to exceed its Group Commitment, in each case after giving effect to such reduction); provided , that each partial reduction shall be in the amount of at least $5,000,000, or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, and that, unless terminated in whole, the Purchase Limit shall in no event be reduced below $500,000,000. The Administrator shall promptly advise the Purchaser Agents of any notice received by it pursuant to this Section 1.1(b) . In addition to and without limiting any other requirements for termination, prepayment and/or the funding of the LC Collateral Account hereunder, no termination of the Purchase Facility shall be effective unless and until (i) the amount on deposit in the LC Collateral Account is at least equal to the then outstanding LC Participation Amount plus the Expected LC Fees, (ii) the Aggregate Capital is reduced to zero and (iii) all other amounts owed to the Administrator, the Purchaser Agents and the Purchasers under this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents have been paid in full.

Section 1.2 Making Purchases.

(a) The Seller may request a purchase (but not reinvestment) of undivided percentage ownership interests with regard to the Purchased Interest hereunder to be made in cash on any day upon the Seller’s irrevocable written notice in the form of Annex B (each, a “ Purchase Notice ”) delivered to the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent in accordance with Section 5.2 , which notice must be received by the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent by 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) at least two Business Days before the requested Purchase Date, and which notice shall specify (A) the amount requested to be paid to the Seller (such amount, which shall not be less than $5,000,000 and shall be in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof, being the Capital relating to the undivided percentage ownership interest then being purchased with respect to each Purchaser Group), (B) the date of such purchase (which shall be a Business Day) and (C) the pro forma calculation of the Purchased Interest after giving effect to the increase in the Aggregate Capital resulting from such purchase.

(b) On the date of each purchase requested by the Seller pursuant to Section 1.2(a) , each applicable Conduit Purchaser or Related Committed Purchaser, as the case may be, shall, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions set forth in Exhibit II , make available to the Seller in same day funds, at the Purchase Account (or such other account as may be designated in writing by the Seller to the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent), an amount equal to the portion of Capital relating to the undivided percentage ownership interest then being purchased by such Purchaser.

(c) Effective on the date of each Purchase pursuant to this Agreement, the Seller hereby sells and assigns to the Administrator for the benefit of the Purchasers (ratably, based on the Aggregate Capital plus the LC Participation Amount outstanding at such time for each such Purchaser’s Capital) an undivided percentage ownership interest in: (i) each Pool Receivable then existing, (ii) all Related Security with respect to such Pool Receivables and (iii) all Collections with respect to, and other proceeds of, such Pool Receivables and Related Security.

 

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(d) To secure all of the Seller’s obligations (monetary or otherwise) under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, whether now or hereafter existing or arising, due or to become due, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent (collectively, the “ Obligations ”), the Seller hereby grants to the Administrator (for the benefit of the Administrator, the Purchasers, the Purchaser Agents and their respective permitted assigns) a security interest in all of the Seller’s right, title and interest (including any undivided interest of the Seller) in, to and under all of the following, whether now or hereafter owned, existing or arising: (i) all Pool Receivables, (ii) all Related Security with respect to such Pool Receivables, (iii) all Collections with respect to such Pool Receivables, (iv) the Lock-Box Accounts and all amounts on deposit therein, and all certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time evidencing such Lock-Box Accounts and amounts on deposit therein, (v) all rights (but none of the obligations) of the Seller under the Purchase and Sale Agreement and (vi) all proceeds of, and all amounts received or receivable under any or all of, the foregoing (collectively, the “ Pool Assets ”). The Seller hereby authorizes the Administrator to file financing statements naming the Seller as debtor or seller and describing the collateral covered thereby as “all of the debtor’s personal property or assets” or words to that effect, notwithstanding that such wording may be broader in scope than the collateral described in this Agreement. The Administrator (on behalf of itself, the Purchasers, the Purchaser Agents and their respective permitted assigns) shall have, with respect to the Pool Assets, and in addition to all the other rights and remedies available to the Administrator and the Purchasers, all the rights and remedies of a secured party under any applicable UCC.

(e) Provided that no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event exists and is continuing, the Seller may request, in a written notice given to the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent, not less than 30 days and not more than 90 days prior to each anniversary of the Closing Date, that the then-current Scheduled Termination Date be extended to the date that is one year after such then-current Scheduled Termination Date. In the event that the Purchasers in any Purchaser Group are agreeable to such extension, the Administrator shall so notify the Seller and the Servicer in writing (it being understood that the Purchasers may accept or decline such a request in their sole discretion and on such terms as they may elect) and the Seller, the Servicer, the Purchasers, the Purchaser Agents and the Administrator shall enter into such documents as the Purchasers may reasonably deem necessary or appropriate to reflect such extension. In the event the Purchasers in any Purchaser Group decline the request for such extension, such Purchasers (or their Purchaser Agent) shall so notify the Administrator, and the Administrator shall so notify the Seller of such determination; provided , that the failure of the Administrator to affirmatively notify the Seller of any Purchasers’ election regarding such extension request within 30 days following receipt of such request shall be deemed to be a refusal by such Purchasers to grant the requested extension. If the Purchasers in any Purchaser Group do not agree to an extension request, the Seller may cause such Purchasers to assign their interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to new Purchasers as provided under Section 5.3(g) . If the Scheduled Termination Date is extended with respect to one or more, but less than all, Purchasers and the Exiting Purchasers are not replaced as described in the foregoing sentence, then the Purchase Limit shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Commitment(s) of the Exiting Purchaser(s).

(f) Each Related Committed Purchaser’s and LC Participant’s obligations hereunder shall be several, such that the failure of any Related Committed Purchaser or LC Participant to make a payment in connection with any purchase hereunder, or drawing under a Letter of Credit hereunder, as the case may be, shall not relieve any other Related Committed Purchaser or LC Participant of its obligations hereunder to make payment for any Funded Purchase or such drawing.

 

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Section 1.3 Purchased Interest Computation .

The Purchased Interest shall be initially computed on the Closing Date. Thereafter, until the Termination Date, the Purchased Interest shall be automatically recomputed (or deemed to be recomputed) on each Business Day other than a Termination Day. On each Termination Day, the Purchased Interest shall be deemed to be 100%. The Purchased Interest shall become zero on the Final Payout Date.

Section 1.4 Settlement Procedures .

(a) The collection of the Pool Receivables shall be administered by the Servicer in accordance with this Agreement. The Seller shall provide to the Servicer on a timely basis all information needed for such administration, including notice of the occurrence of any Termination Day and current computations of the Purchased Interest.

(b) The Servicer shall, on each day on which Collections of Pool Receivables are received (or deemed received) by the Seller or the Servicer:

(i) set aside and hold in trust (and shall, at the request of the Administrator, segregate in a separate account approved by the Administrator) for the benefit of the Purchasers, out of such Collections, an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Aggregate Discount accrued through such day for each Portion of Capital and not previously set aside, (ii) an amount equal to the fees set forth in the Fee Letters accrued and unpaid through such day and not previously set aside, and (iii) an amount equal to the aggregate of the Purchasers’ Share of the Servicing Fee accrued through such day and not previously set aside;

(ii) subject to Section 1.4(f) , if such day is not a Termination Day, remit to the Seller, ratably, on behalf of the Purchasers, the remainder of such Collections. Such remainder shall, to the extent representing a return of the Aggregate Capital, be automatically reinvested, ratably, according to each Purchaser’s Capital, in Pool Receivables and in the Related Security, Collections and other proceeds with respect thereto; provided , however , that if, after giving effect to any such reinvestment, (x) the Purchased Interest would exceed 100%, or (y) the Aggregate Capital plus the Adjusted LC Participation Amount would exceed the Purchase Limit then in effect, then the Servicer shall not remit such remainder to the Seller or reinvest, but shall set aside and hold in trust for the Administrator (for the benefit of the Purchasers) (and shall, at the request of the Administrator, segregate in a separate account approved by the Administrator) a portion of such Collections that, together with the other Collections set aside pursuant to this paragraph, shall equal the amount necessary to reduce the Purchased Interest to 100% or cause the Aggregate Capital plus the Adjusted LC Participation Amount not to exceed the Purchase Limit, as the case may be (determined as if such Collections set aside had been applied to reduce the Aggregate Capital and/or

 

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the Adjusted LC Participation Amount at such time), which amount shall be deposited ratably to each Purchaser Agent’s account (for the benefit of its related Purchasers) for distribution and application on the next Settlement Date in accordance with Section 1.4(d) ; provided , further , that in the case of any Purchaser that has either (i) provided notice to its Purchaser Agent and the Administrator of its refusal, following any request by the Seller to extend the then-current Scheduled Termination Date, to extend its Commitment hereunder or (ii) otherwise not affirmatively consented to any request by the Seller to extend the then-current Scheduled Termination Date (in either case, an “ Exiting Purchaser ”), then such Purchaser’s ratable share (determined according to outstanding Capital and Pro Rate Share of the Adjusted LC Participation Amount) of Collections shall not be reinvested or remitted to the Seller and shall instead be held in trust for the benefit of such Purchaser and applied in accordance with clause (iii)  below;

(iii) if such day is a Termination Day (or any Non-Extension Day), set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Purchasers or Exiting Purchasers, as applicable (and shall, at the request of the Administrator, segregate in a separate account approved by the Administrator), the entire remainder of such Collections (or in the case of any Non-Extension Day that is not also a Termination Day, an amount equal to the Exiting Purchasers’ ratable share of such Collections based on their respective Capital; provided , however , that solely for purposes of determining such Exiting Purchasers’ ratable share of such Collections, such Exiting Purchasers’ Capital shall be deemed to remain constant from the first Non-Extension Day until the date such Exiting Purchasers’ Capital has been paid in full; it being understood that if a Termination Day occurs following a Non-Extension Day, such Exiting Purchasers’ Capital shall be recalculated taking into account amounts received by such Exiting Purchasers in respect of this parenthetical and, thereafter, Collections shall be set aside for all Purchasers ratably in respect of their respective Capital (as recalculated)); and

(iv) release to the Seller (subject to Section 1.4(f) ) for its own account any Collections in excess of: (w) amounts required to be reinvested in accordance with clause (ii) plus (x) the amounts that are required to be set aside pursuant to clause (i)  above, pursuant to the proviso to clause (ii)  above and pursuant to clause (iii)  above, plus (y) the Seller’s Share of the Servicing Fee accrued and unpaid through such day and all reasonable and appropriate out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the Servicer for servicing, collecting and administering the Pool Receivables plus (z) all other amounts then due and payable by the Seller under this Agreement to the Purchasers, the Purchaser Agents, the Administrator, and any other Indemnified Party or Affected Person.

(c) The Servicer shall, in accordance with the priorities set forth in Section 1.4(d) , deposit into the account specified by each Purchaser Agent on each Settlement Date, Collections held for such Purchaser Agent (for the benefit of its related Purchasers) pursuant to Section 1.4(b)(i) or 1.4(f) plus the amount of Collections then held for such Purchaser Agent (for the benefit of its related Purchasers) pursuant to Sections 1.4(b)(ii) and 1.4(b)(iii) ; provided , that if Lyondell Chemical or an Affiliate thereof is the Servicer, such day is not a Termination Day and the Administrator has not notified Lyondell Chemical (or such Affiliate) that such right is revoked, Lyondell Chemical (or such Affiliate) may retain the portion of the Collections set

 

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aside pursuant to Section 1.4(b)(i) that represents the aggregate of the Purchasers’ Share of the Servicing Fee. On or prior to the last day of each Settlement Period, each Purchaser Agent will notify the Servicer telephonically, by electronic mail or by facsimile of the amount of Discount accrued with respect to each Portion of Capital during such related Settlement Period.

(d) The Servicer shall distribute the amounts described in Section 1.4(c) as follows:

(i) if such distribution occurs on a day that is not a Termination Day:

(A) first , to each Purchaser Agent ratably according to the Discount and Fees accrued during such Settlement Period (for the benefit of the relevant Purchasers within such Purchaser Agent’s Purchaser Group) in payment in full of all such accrued Discount with respect to each Portion of Capital maintained by such Purchasers and all such accrued Fees; it being understood that each Purchaser Agent shall distribute such amounts to the Purchasers within such Purchaser Agent’s Purchaser Group ratably according to Discount and Fees, respectively; and

(B) second , if the Servicer has set aside amounts in respect of the Servicing Fee pursuant to Section 1.4(b)(i) and has not retained such amounts pursuant to Section 1.4(c) , to the Servicer (payable in arrears on each Settlement Date) in payment in full of the aggregate of the Purchasers’ Share of accrued Servicing Fees so set aside; and

(ii) if such distribution occurs on a Termination Day:

(A) first , to the Servicer (if other than Lyondell Chemical or an Affiliate thereof), in payment in full of the Purchasers’ Share of all accrued Servicing Fees;

(B) second , to each Purchaser Agent ratably (based on the aggregate accrued and unpaid Discount and Fees payable to all Purchasers at such time) (for the benefit of the relevant Purchasers in such Purchaser Agent’s Purchaser Group) in payment in full of all accrued Discount with respect to each Portion of Capital funded or maintained by the Purchasers within such Purchaser Agent’s Purchaser Group and all accrued Fees;

(C) third , to each Purchaser Agent ratably according to the aggregate of the Capital of each Purchaser in each such Purchaser Agent’s Purchaser Group (for the benefit of the relevant Purchasers in such Purchaser Agent’s Purchaser Group) in payment in full of each Purchaser’s Capital; it being understood that each Purchaser Agent shall distribute the amounts described in the first , second and third clauses of this Section 1.4(d)(ii) to the Purchasers within such Purchaser Agent’s Purchaser Group ratably according to Discount, Fees and Capital, respectively;

(D) fourth , to the LC Collateral Account for the benefit of the LC Bank and the LC Participants, the amount necessary to cash collateralize the LC Participation Amount until the amount of cash collateral held in such LC Collateral Account equals 100% of the LC Participation Amount plus the aggregate amount of all LC Participation Fees and LC Fronting Fees to accrue thereon through the scheduled expiration of the related Letters of Credit;

 

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(E) fifth , if the Aggregate Capital and accrued Aggregate Discount with respect to each Portion of Capital for all Purchaser Groups have been reduced to zero, and the aggregate of the Purchasers’ Share of all accrued Servicing Fees payable to the Servicer (if other than Lyondell Chemical or an Affiliate thereof) have been paid in full, to each Purchaser Agent ratably, based on the remaining amounts, if any, payable to each Purchaser in such Purchaser Agent’s Purchaser Group (for the benefit of the relevant Purchasers in such Purchaser Agent’s Purchaser Group), the Administrator and any other Indemnified Party or Affected Person in payment in full of any other amounts owed thereto by the Seller or the Servicer hereunder; and

(F) sixth , to the Servicer (if the Servicer is Lyondell Chemical or an Affiliate thereof) in payment in full of the aggregate of the Purchasers’ Share of all accrued Servicing Fees.

After the Aggregate Capital, Aggregate Discount, fees payable pursuant to the Fee Letters and Servicing Fees with respect to the Purchased Interest, and any other amounts payable by the Seller and the Servicer to each Purchaser Group, the Administrator or any other Indemnified Party or Affected Person hereunder, have been paid in full, and (on and after a Termination Day) after an amount equal to 100% of the LC Participation Amount and the Expected LC Fees is on deposit in the LC Collateral Account, all additional Collections with respect to the Purchased Interest shall be paid to the Seller for its own account.

(e) For the purposes of this Section 1.4 :

(i) if on any day the Outstanding Balance of any Pool Receivable is either (A) reduced or canceled as a result of (I) any defective, rejected, returned goods or services, any cash or other discount, or any failure by an Originator to deliver any goods or perform any services or otherwise perform under the underlying Contract or invoice, (II) any change in or cancellation of any of the terms of such contract or invoice or any other adjustment by the Originator, the Servicer or the Seller which reduces the amount payable by the Obligor on the related Receivable, (III) any rebates, warranties, allowances or charge-backs or (IV) any setoff or credit in respect of any claim by the Obligor thereof (whether such claim arises out of the same or a related transaction or an unrelated transaction) or (B) subject to any specific dispute, offset, counterclaim or defense whatsoever (except the discharge in bankruptcy of the Obligor thereof), in either case, the Seller shall be deemed to have received on such day a Collection of such Pool Receivable in the amount of such reduction, adjustment, cancellation or dispute and shall, subject to Section 1.4(e)(v) , (x) prior to the Termination Date, hold any and all such amounts in trust for the benefit of the Purchasers and their assigns and, on the following Settlement Date, apply such amounts in accordance with this Section 1.4 or (y) on or after the Termination Date, within two (2) Business Days of such reduction or adjustment, pay any and all such amounts in respect thereof to a Lock-Box Account for the benefit of the Purchasers and their assigns and for application pursuant to Section 1.4 ;

 

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(ii) if (x) the representation and warranty in Section l(j) of Exhibit III is not true on the day such representation and warranty is made or deemed made, (y) if any of the representations or warranties in Section 1(r) of Exhibit III is not true with respect to any Pool Receivable or (z) the Obligor with respect to any Pool Receivable is designated an Excluded Obligor in accordance with Section 4.2(b) on any day, the Seller shall be deemed to have received a Collection of the full Outstanding Balance of such Pool Receivable or such Excluded Receivable existing on the date of such designation, as applicable, and shall, within two (2) Business Days of such designation or of the Seller or the Servicer having knowledge or notice of any such inaccuracy, as applicable, subject to Section 1.4(e)(v) , pay the amount of such deemed Collection to a Lock-Box Account (or as otherwise directed by the Administrator at such time) for the benefit of the Purchasers and their assigns and for application pursuant to Section 1.4(b) (Collections deemed to have been received pursuant to Section 1.4(e)(i) or (ii)  are hereinafter sometimes referred to as “ Deemed Collections ”);

(iii) except as provided in Section 1.4(e)(i) and (ii)  or as otherwise required by Applicable Law or the relevant Contract, all Collections received from an Obligor of any Receivable shall be applied to the Receivables of such Obligor in the order of the age of such Receivables, starting with the oldest such Receivable, unless such Obligor designates that its payment is to be applied to specific Receivables; and

(iv) if and to the extent the Administrator, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser shall be required for any reason to pay over to an Obligor (or any trustee, receiver, custodian or similar official in any Insolvency Proceeding) any amount received by it hereunder, such amount shall be deemed not to have been so received by such Person but rather to have been retained by the Seller and, accordingly, such Person shall have a claim against the Seller for such amount, payable when and to the extent that any distribution from or on behalf of such Obligor is made in respect thereof.

(v) so long as no Termination Day then exists, the Seller may satisfy its obligation to deliver the amount of such Deemed Collections to a Lock-Box Account by instead recalculating (or being deemed to have recalculated) the Purchased Interest by decreasing the Net Receivables Pool Balance by the amount of such Deemed Collections, but only so long as the Purchased Interest does not exceed 100% after giving effect to such adjustment.

(f) If at any time the Seller shall wish to cause a voluntary reduction (in whole or in part) of the Aggregate Capital, the Seller may do so as follows:

(i) the Seller shall give the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent written notice in substantially the form of Annex C (each, a “ Paydown Notice ”) at least two Business Days prior to the date of such reduction, which Paydown Notice shall include, among other things, the amount of such proposed reduction and the proposed date on which such reduction will commence;

 

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(ii) (A) on the proposed date of the commencement of such reduction and on each day thereafter, the Servicer shall cause Collections not to be reinvested until the amount thereof not so reinvested shall equal the desired amount of reduction or (B) the Seller shall remit to each Purchaser Agent’s account (for the benefit of the related Purchasers in such Purchaser Agent’s Purchaser Group), no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time), in immediately available funds, an amount equal to the desired amount of such reduction together with accrued and unpaid Aggregate Discount with respect to the amount of the Aggregate Capital reduced thereby and any amount due and payable under Section 1.8(a) in connection therewith, ratably based on such Purchaser Agent’s Purchasers’ portion of the Aggregate Capital reduced thereby and portion of the related Aggregate Discount;

(iii) in the case of clause (ii)(A) above, the Servicer shall hold such Collections in trust for the benefit of the Purchasers ratably (based on their respective Portions of Capital funded thereby) for payment to such Purchaser Agent (for the benefit of the relevant Purchasers in such Purchaser Agent’s Purchaser Group) on the next Settlement Date immediately following the current Settlement Period or such other date approved by the Administrator and each such Purchaser Agent, and the Aggregate Capital (together with the Capital of any related Purchaser) shall be deemed reduced in the amount to be paid to each such Purchaser Agent (on behalf of its related Purchasers) only when in fact finally so paid; and

(iv) any such amounts owing by the Seller pursuant to Section 1.8 related to such reduction shall be distributed pursuant to Section 1.4(c) on the Settlement Date immediately following the date of such reduction;

provided , that the amount of any such reduction shall be not less than $5,000,000 and shall be an integral multiple of $1,000,000.

Section 1.5 Fees .

The Seller shall pay to the Administrator, the Purchaser Agents, the Structuring Agent and the Purchasers, as applicable, certain fees in the amounts and on the dates set forth in (i) that certain fee letter agreement, dated as of Closing Date, among the Seller, the Servicer, the Purchaser Agents (on behalf of their respective Purchaser Groups), the LC Bank, the Structuring Agent and the Administrator (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ RPA Fee Letter ”) and (ii) that certain fee letter agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator, the LC Bank and the Structuring Agent (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Agent Fee Letter ”; together with the RPA Fee Letter, individually, a “ Fee Letter ” and collectively, the “ Fee Letters ”).

Section 1.6 Payments and Computations, Etc.

(a) All amounts to be paid or deposited by the Seller or the Servicer hereunder or under any other Transaction Document shall be made without reduction for offset or counterclaim and shall be paid or deposited no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the day when due in immediately available funds to each account designated by each applicable Purchaser Agent (for the benefit of the Purchasers in such Purchaser Agent’s Purchaser Group)

 

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and/or the Administrator, as applicable. All amounts received after 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) will be deemed to have been received on the next Business Day. Except as expressly set forth herein (including, without limitation, as set forth in Sections 1.4(b)(ii) or (iii)  with respect to Collections held in trust for Exiting Purchasers), each Purchaser Agent shall distribute the amounts paid to it hereunder for the benefit of the Purchasers in its Purchaser Group to the Purchasers within its Purchaser Group ratably (x) in the case of such amounts paid in respect of Discount and Fees, according to the Discount and Fees payable to such Purchasers and (y) in the case of such amounts paid in respect of Capital (or in respect of any other obligations other than Discount and Fees), according to the outstanding Capital funded by such Purchasers.

(b) The Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, shall, to the extent permitted by law, pay interest on any amount not paid or deposited by the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, when due hereunder, at an interest rate equal to 2.0% per annum above the Base Rate, payable on demand.

(c) All computations of interest under Section 1.6(b) and all computations of Discount, fees and other amounts hereunder shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 (or 365 or 366, as applicable, with respect to Discount or other amounts calculated by reference to the Base Rate) days for the actual number of days elapsed. Whenever any payment or deposit to be made hereunder shall be due on a day other than a Business Day, such payment or deposit shall be made on the next Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of such payment or deposit.

Section 1.7 Increased Costs .

(a) If after the Closing Date the Administrator, the Structuring Agent, any Purchaser Agent, any Purchaser, any Liquidity Provider or any other Program Support Provider (each an “ Affected Person ”) determines that any Change in Law affects or would affect the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such Affected Person, and such Affected Person determines that the amount of such capital is increased by or based upon the existence of any commitment to make purchases of (or otherwise to maintain the investment in) Pool Receivables or issue any Letter of Credit or any related liquidity facility, credit enhancement facility and other commitments of the same type, then, upon demand by such Affected Person or its related Purchaser Agent (with a copy to the Administrator), the Seller shall promptly pay to the related Purchaser Agent, for the account of such Affected Person, from time to time as specified by such Affected Person or its related Purchaser Agent, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Affected Person for such increased costs in the light of such circumstances, to the extent that such Affected Person reasonably determines such increase in capital to be allocable to the existence of any of such commitments.

(b) If due to any Change in Law, there shall be any increase after the Closing Date in the cost (other than with respect to Taxes) to any Affected Person of agreeing to purchase or purchasing, or maintaining the ownership of, the Purchased Interest (or its portion thereof and including, without limitation, funding or maintaining its Capital or issuing or participating in any Letter of Credit), then, upon demand by such Affected Person, the Seller shall promptly pay, in accordance with Section 1.7(e) , to such Affected Person, from time to time as specified by such Affected Person, additional amounts sufficient to compensate such Affected Person for such increased costs.

 

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(c) If any Affected Person reasonably determines that any Change in Law (i) does or shall impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, purchases, advances or loans by, or other credit extended by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Affected Person that are not otherwise included in the determination of the Euro-Rate or the Base Rate hereunder, or (ii) does or shall impose on such Affected Person any other condition or requirement (other than with respect to Taxes), and the result of any of the foregoing is: (A) to increase the cost to such Affected Person of acting as Administrator, or of agreeing to purchase or purchasing or maintaining the ownership of undivided percentage ownership interests with regard to, or issuing any Letter of Credit in respect of, the Purchased Interest (or interests therein) or any portion of Capital, or (B) to reduce any amount receivable hereunder (whether directly or indirectly) by such Affected Person, then, in any such case, upon demand therefor by such Affected Person, the Seller shall pay to such Affected Person additional amounts necessary to compensate such Affected Person for such additional cost or reduced amount receivable (except to the extent such cost or reduction relates to Taxes). All such amounts shall be payable as incurred.

(d) If any Affected Person reasonably determines that a Change in Law subjects such Affected Person to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b)  through (e)  of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto, and the result of the foregoing is: (A) to increase the cost to such Affected Person of agreeing to purchase or purchasing or maintaining the ownership of undivided percentage ownership interests with regard to, or issuing any Letter of Credit in respect of, the Purchased Interest (or interests therein) or any portion of Capital, or (B) to reduce any amount receivable by such Affected Person under this Agreement, then, in any such case, upon demand therefor by such Affected Person, the Seller shall pay to such Affected Person additional amounts necessary to compensate such Affected Person for such additional cost or reduced amount receivable. All such amounts shall be payable as incurred.

(e) A certificate of an Affected Person (or its related Purchaser Agent) setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Affected Person as specified in Sections 1.7(a) 1.7(b) , 1.7(c) or 1.7(d) and delivered to the Seller and the Administrator, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Seller shall pay such Affected Person’s related Purchaser Agent (for the account of such Affected Person) the amount shown as due on any such certificate on the first Settlement Date to occur at least 10 days after the Seller’s receipt of such certificate.

Failure or delay on the part of any Affected Person to demand compensation pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section shall not constitute a waiver of such Affected Person’s right to demand such compensation, provided that the Seller shall not be required to compensate an Affected Person pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this Section for any increased costs incurred or reductions suffered more than 90 days prior to the date that such Affected Person notifies the Seller of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Affected Person’s intention to claim compensation therefor (except that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the 90-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof).

 

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Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Affected Person shall demand compensation pursuant to the provisions of this Section if it shall not at the time be the general policy or practice of such Affected Person to demand such compensation in similar circumstances.

Section 1.8 Break Funding Costs .

(a) The Seller will compensate each Purchaser in accordance with the terms of this Section 1.8 for all losses, expenses and liabilities (including any loss, expense or liability incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such Purchaser in order to fund or maintain any Portion of Capital hereunder) as a result of (i) any repayment (in whole or in part) of any Portion of Capital of such Purchaser on any day other than a Settlement Date or (ii) any Funded Purchase not being completed by the Seller in accordance with its request therefor pursuant to Section 1.2 . Such losses, expenses and liabilities will include the amount, if any, by which (A) the additional Discount that would have accrued had such repayment or failure to Purchase not have occurred, exceeds (B) the income, if any, received by the applicable Purchaser.

(b) A certificate of a Purchaser (or its related Purchaser Agent) setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Purchaser as specified in Section 1.8(a) and delivered to the Seller and the Administrator, shall be conclusive absent manifest error. The Seller shall pay such Purchaser’s related Purchaser Agent (for the account of such Purchaser) the amount shown as due on any such certificate on the first Settlement Date to occur at least 10 days after the Seller’s receipt of such certificate.

Section 1.9 Inability to Determine the Euro-Rate .

(a) If the Administrator (or any Purchaser Agent) determines on any day (which determination shall be final and conclusive absent manifest error) that, by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank eurodollar market generally, (i) deposits in dollars are not being offered to banks in the interbank eurodollar market for such day, (ii) adequate means do not exist for ascertaining the Euro-Rate for such day or (iii) the Euro-Rate does not accurately reflect the cost to any Purchaser (as determined by such Purchaser or such Purchaser’s Purchaser Agent) of maintaining any Portion of Capital during any Settlement Period (or portion thereof), then the Administrator (or any Purchaser Agent) shall give notice thereof to the Seller. Thereafter, until the Administrator or such Purchaser Agent notifies the Seller that the circumstances giving rise to such suspension no longer exist, (A) no Portion of Capital shall be funded at the Alternate Rate determined by reference to the Euro-Rate and (B) the Discount for any outstanding Portions of Capital then funded at the Alternate Rate determined by reference to the Euro-Rate shall be converted to the Alternate Rate determined by reference to the Base Rate.

 

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(b) If, on any day, the Administrator shall have been notified by any Affected Person that such Affected Person has determined (which determination shall be final and conclusive) that any Change in Law, or compliance by such Affected Person with any Change in Law, shall make it unlawful or impossible for such Affected Person to fund or maintain any Portion of Capital at the Alternate Rate determined by reference to the Euro-Rate, the Administrator shall notify the Seller thereof. Upon receipt of such notice, until the Administrator notifies the Seller that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer apply, (A) no Portion of Capital shall be funded at the Alternate Rate determined by reference to the Euro-Rate and (B) the Discount for any outstanding Portions of Capital then funded at the Alternate Rate determined by reference to the Euro-Rate shall be converted to the Alternate Rate determined by reference to the Base Rate either (i) on the last day of the then current Settlement Period if such Affected Person may lawfully continue to maintain such Portion of Capital at the Alternate Rate determined by reference to the Euro-Rate to such day, or (ii) immediately, if such Affected Person may not lawfully continue to maintain such Portion of Capital at the Alternate Rate determined by reference to the Euro-Rate to the last day of the then-current Settlement Period.

Section 1.10 Taxes .

(a) Payments Free of Taxes . Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Seller under this Agreement shall be made free and clear of and without reduction or withholding for any Taxes, except to the extent required by Applicable Law. In the event that a Tax shall be required by Applicable Law to be deducted from such payments, then (i) the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such deductions as are determined by such Withholding Agent to be required based upon the information and documentation it has received pursuant to paragraph (e)  below, (ii) such Withholding Agent shall timely pay the full amount deducted by it to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law and (iii) if the Tax is an Indemnified Tax, the sum payable shall be increased by the Seller as necessary so that after making all such deductions for Indemnified Taxes (including deductions for Indemnified Taxes applicable to additional sums payable under this paragraph (a) ) the applicable Recipient receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions for Indemnified Taxes been made.

(b) Payment of Other Taxes by the Seller . Without limiting the provisions of paragraph (a) above, the Seller shall timely pay any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable Law.

(c) Tax Indemnifications .

(i) The Seller shall indemnify the Administrator, the Structuring Agent, any Purchaser and any Purchaser Agent within fifteen (15) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this paragraph (c) ) described in this Section that are paid by the Administrator, the Structuring Agent, such Purchaser, or such Purchaser Agent, as the case may be, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Indemnified Taxes were correctly or legally imposed

 

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or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to the Seller by the Administrator, the Structuring Agent, such Purchaser, or such Purchaser Agent (with a copy to the Administrator), shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(ii) Each Purchaser shall, and does hereby, severally indemnify, and shall make payment in respect thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, (x) the Administrator against any Indemnified Taxes attributable to such Purchaser (but only to the extent that the Seller has not already indemnified the Administrator for such Indemnified Taxes and without limiting the obligation of the Seller to do so), (y) the Seller, the Servicer and the Administrator, as applicable, against any Taxes attributable to such Purchaser’s failure to comply with the provisions of Section 5.3(b) relating to the maintenance of a Participant Register and (z) the Seller, the Servicer, and the Administrator, as applicable, against any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Purchaser, in each case, that are payable or paid by the Seller, the Servicer or the Administrator in connection with this Agreement or any Transaction Document, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such payment or liability delivered to any Purchaser by the Administrator, the Seller or the Servicer shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Each Purchaser hereby authorizes the Administrator to set off and apply any and all amounts at any time owing to such Purchaser under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document against any amount due to the Administrator under this clause (ii) .

(d) Evidence of Payments . As soon as practicable (but not later than 30 days) after any payment of Indemnified Taxes by the Seller to a Governmental Authority pursuant to this Section, the Seller shall deliver to the Administrator and the applicable Recipient (or its related Purchaser Agent) the original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental Authority evidencing such payment, a copy of the return reporting such payment or other evidence of such payment reasonably satisfactory to the Administrator and the applicable Purchaser Agent.

(e) Tax Forms.

(i) Any Recipient or Affected Person that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of any withholding Tax with respect to payments made under any Transaction Document shall deliver to the Seller and the Servicer, at the time or times reasonably requested by the Seller or the Servicer, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Seller or the Servicer as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate of withholding. In addition, any Recipient or Affected Person, if reasonably requested by the Seller or the Servicer, shall deliver such other documentation prescribed by Applicable Law or reasonably requested by the Seller or the Servicer as will enable the Seller or the

 

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Servicer to determine whether or not such Recipient is subject to backup withholding or information reporting requirements. Each Recipient and Affected Person agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered pursuant to this Section 1.10(e) expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall update such form or certification or promptly notify the Seller and the Servicer in writing of its legal inability to do so.

(ii) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,

(A) any Purchaser, Purchaser Agent, Structuring Agent, or Administrator that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Seller and the Servicer on or prior to the date on which such Purchaser, Purchaser Agent, Structuring Agent or Administrator becomes a Purchaser, Purchaser Agent, Structuring Agent or Administrator (as applicable) under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Seller or the Servicer), executed originals of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Purchaser, Purchaser Agent, Structuring Agent or Administrator (as applicable) is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax;

(B) any Purchaser, Purchaser Agent, Structuring Agent or Administrator that is not a U.S. Person shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Seller and the Servicer (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Purchaser, Purchaser Agent, Structuring Agent or Administrator becomes a Purchaser, Purchaser Agent, Structuring Agent or Administrator (as applicable) under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Seller or the Servicer), whichever of the following is applicable:

(i) in the case of a Purchaser, Purchaser Agent, Structuring Agent or Administrator claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of Discount or interest under any Transaction Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “interest” article of such tax treaty and (y) with respect to any other applicable payments under any Transaction Document, IRS Form W-8BEN establishing an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty;

(ii) executed originals of IRS Form W-8ECI;

(iii) in the case of a Purchaser, Purchaser Agent, Structuring Agent or Administrator claiming the benefits of the exemption for portfolio interest under Section 881(c) of the Code, (x) a certificate to the effect that such Purchaser, Purchaser Agent, Structuring Agent or Administrator (as applicable) is not a “bank” within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of the Code, a “10 percent shareholder” of the Seller within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(B) of the Code, or a “controlled foreign corporation” described in Section 881(c)(3)(C) of the Code (a “ U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate ”) and (y) executed originals of IRS Form W-8BEN; or

 

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(iv) to the extent a Purchaser, Purchaser Agent, Structuring Agent or Administrator (as applicable) is not the beneficial owner of payments made under a Transaction Document, executed originals of IRS Form W-8IMY on behalf of itself accompanied by IRS Form W-8ECI, IRS Form W-8BEN, a U.S. Tax Compliance Certificate, IRS Form W-9, and/or other certification documents from each beneficial owner, as applicable;

(C) any Purchaser, Purchaser Agent, Structuring Agent or Administrator that is not a U.S. Person shall, to the extent it is legally entitled to do so, deliver to the Seller and the Servicer (in such number of copies as shall be requested by the recipient) on or prior to the date on which such Purchaser, Purchaser Agent, Structuring Agent or Administrator becomes a Purchaser, Purchaser Agent, Structuring Agent or Administrator (as applicable) under this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Seller or the Servicer), executed originals of any other form prescribed by Applicable Law as a basis for claiming exemption from or a reduction in U.S. federal withholding Tax, duly completed, together with such supplementary documentation as may be prescribed by Applicable Law to permit the Seller or the Servicer to determine the withholding or deduction required to be made; and

(D) if a payment made to a Recipient under any Transaction Document would be subject to U.S. federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Recipient were to fail to comply with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained in Section 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), such Recipient shall deliver to the Seller and the Servicer at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Seller or the Servicer such documentation prescribed by Applicable Law (including as prescribed by Section 1471(b)(3)(C)(i) of the Code) and such additional documentation reasonably requested by the Seller or the Servicer as may be necessary for the Seller and the Servicer to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Recipient has complied with such Recipient’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (D) , “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

(f) Treatment of Certain Refunds. If any Recipient determines, in its sole discretion, exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund or credit of any Taxes as to which it has been reimbursed or indemnified by the Seller or with respect to which the Seller has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay over such refund or credit to the Seller (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Seller under this Section with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of such Recipient and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund); provided that the Seller, upon the request of such Recipient, agrees to repay the amount paid over to the Seller pursuant to this paragraph

 

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(f) (plus any penalties, interest, or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to such Recipient in the event such Recipient is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. The foregoing shall not be construed to require any Recipient to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes which it deems confidential) to the Seller or any other Person.

Section 1.11 Letters of Credit .

Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the LC Bank shall issue or cause the issuance of Letters of Credit (“ Letters of Credit ”) on behalf of the Seller (and, if applicable, on behalf of, or for the account of, an Originator or an Affiliate of an Originator in favor of such beneficiaries as such Originator or such Affiliate may elect with the consent of the Seller); provided , however , that the LC Bank will not be required to issue or cause to be issued any Letter of Credit to the extent that, after giving effect to the issuance of such Letter of Credit, (a) the sum of (i) the Aggregate Capital plus (ii) the LC Participation Amount would exceed the Purchase Limit, (b) the LC Participation Amount would exceed the aggregate of the Commitments of the LC Participants or (c) the LC Participation Amount would exceed the LC Sub-Limit. All amounts drawn upon Letters of Credit shall accrue Discount for each day on and after the applicable Reimbursement Date that such drawn amounts shall have not been reimbursed.

Section 1.12 Issuance of Letters of Credit; Participations .

(a) The Seller may request the LC Bank, upon two Business Days’ prior written notice submitted on or before 2:00 p.m., New York City time (or such later date and time as the LC Bank may agree in its sole discretion), to issue a Letter of Credit by completing and delivering to the Administrator (i) the LC Bank’s form of Letter of Credit Application (the “ Letter of Credit Application ”), substantially in the form of Annex E hereto, and a Purchase Notice, substantially in the form of Annex B hereto, in each case completed to the satisfaction of the Administrator and the LC Bank, and (ii) such other certificates, documents and other papers and information as the LC Bank may reasonably request. The Seller will also have the right to give instructions and make agreements with respect to any Letter of Credit Application and the disposition of documents, and to agree with the LC Bank upon any amendment, extension or renewal of any Letter of Credit.

(b) Each Letter of Credit will, among other things, (i) provide for the payment of sight drafts or other written demands for payment when presented for honor thereunder in accordance with the terms thereof and when accompanied by the documents described therein and (ii) have an expiry date not later than twelve (12) months after the date of issuance, extension or renewal, as the case may be, of such Letter of Credit and in no event later than twelve (12) months after the Termination Date. The terms of each Letter of Credit may include customary “evergreen” provisions providing that such Letter of Credit’s expiry date shall automatically be extended for additional periods not to exceed twelve (12) months unless, not less than thirty (30) days (or such longer period as may be specified in such Letter of Credit) (the “ Notice Date ”) prior to the applicable expiry date, the LC Bank delivers written notice to the beneficiary thereof declining such extension; provided , however , that if (x) any such extension would cause the expiry date of such Letter of Credit to occur after the date that is twelve (12)

 

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months after the Termination Date or (y) the LC Bank determines that any condition precedent (including, without limitation, those set forth in Section 1.1(a) or Exhibit II ) to issuing such Letter of Credit hereunder (as if such Letter of Credit were then being first issued) is not satisfied (other than any such condition requiring the Seller to submit a Purchase Notice or Letter of Credit Application in respect thereof), then the LC Bank, in the case of clause (x)  above, may (or, at the written direction of any LC Participant, shall) or, in the case of clause (y)  above, shall, use reasonable efforts in accordance with (and to the extent permitted by) the terms of such Letter of Credit to prevent the extension of such expiry date (including notifying the Seller and the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit in writing prior to the Notice Date that such expiry date will not be so extended). Each Letter of Credit shall be subject either to the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (2007 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600, and any amendments or revisions thereof adhered to by the LC Bank or the International Standby Practices (ISP98-International Chamber of Commerce Publication Number 590), and any amendments or revisions thereof adhered to by the LC Bank, as determined by the LC Bank.

(c) The Administrator shall promptly notify the LC Bank and each LC Participant of the request by the Seller for a Letter of Credit hereunder.

(d) Immediately upon the issuance by the LC Bank of any Letter of Credit (or any amendment to a Letter of Credit increasing the amount thereof), the LC Bank shall be deemed to have sold and transferred to each LC Participant, and each LC Participant shall be deemed irrevocably and unconditionally to have purchased and received from the LC Bank, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and participation, to the extent of such LC Participant’s Pro Rata Share, in such Letter of Credit, each drawing made thereunder and the obligations of the Seller hereunder with respect thereto, and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto. Upon any change in the Commitments or Pro Rata Shares of the LC Participants pursuant to this Agreement, it is hereby agreed that, with respect to all outstanding Letters of Credit and unreimbursed drawings thereunder, there shall be an automatic adjustment to the participations pursuant to this Section 1.12(d) to reflect the new Pro Rata Shares of the assignor and assignee LC Participant or of all LC Participants with Commitments, as the case may be. In the event that the LC Bank makes any payment under any Letter of Credit and the Seller shall not have reimbursed such amount in full to the LC Bank pursuant to Section 1.14(a) , each LC Participant will be obligated to make Participation Advances with respect to such Letter of Credit in accordance with Section 1.14(b) .

Section 1.13 Requirements For Issuance of Letters of Credit .

The Seller shall authorize and direct the LC Bank to name the Seller, an Originator or an Affiliate of an Originator as the “Applicant” or “Account Party” of each Letter of Credit.

 

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Section 1.14 Disbursements, Reimbursement .

(a) In the event of any request for a drawing under a Letter of Credit by the beneficiary or transferee thereof, the LC Bank will promptly notify the Administrator who will notify the Seller and each Purchaser Agent of such request. The Seller shall reimburse (such obligation to reimburse the LC Bank, the “ Reimbursement Obligation ”) the LC Bank (i) if the Seller shall have received notice of such drawing prior to 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on any Business Day, no later than 3:00 p.m., New York City time, on such Business Day, or (ii) otherwise, noon, New York City time, on the Business Day immediately following the day that the Seller receives such notice (each such date for reimbursement, a “ Reimbursement Date ”) in an amount equal to the amount so paid by the LC Bank. Upon its receipt of such notice, (i) the Seller will be deemed to have requested that a Purchase (each such Purchase, a “ Reimbursement Purchase ”) be made on the applicable Reimbursement Date in an amount equal to such Reimbursement Obligation and (ii) the Administrator will notify the Purchaser Agents of such requested Reimbursement Purchase. Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 1.1(a) , a Reimbursement Purchase will be made by the Purchasers in each related Purchaser Group in accordance with Section 1.1(a) by delivering its Pro Rata Share of such Reimbursement Purchase (or, in the case of a Defaulting Purchaser, by the Administrator using funds in the LC Collateral Account, if available, to fund such Defaulting Purchaser’s Pro Rata Share of the Reimbursement Purchase) directly to the LC Bank. In the event the Seller fails to reimburse the LC Bank for the full amount of any drawing under any Letter of Credit by the applicable time, on the Reimbursement Date (including because the conditions precedent to a Reimbursement Purchase deemed to have been requested by the Seller pursuant to this Section 1.14(a) to reimburse the LC Bank shall not have been satisfied), the LC Bank will promptly notify each LC Participant thereof.

(b) Each LC Participant shall, upon receipt of any notice pursuant to Section 1.14(a) , make available to the LC Bank an amount in immediately available funds equal to its Pro Rata Share of the amount of the drawing (a “ Participation Advance ”). If any LC Participant so notified fails to make available to the LC Bank the amount of such LC Participant’s Pro Rata Share of such amount by no later than 2:00 p.m., New York City time on the Reimbursement Date, then interest shall accrue on such LC Participant’s obligation to make such payment, from the Reimbursement Date to the date on which such LC Participant makes such payment (i) at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate during the first three days following the Reimbursement Date and (ii) at a rate per annum equal to the rate applicable to Capital on and after the fourth day following the Reimbursement Date. Each LC Participant’s Commitment shall continue until the last to occur of any of the following events: (A) the LC Bank ceases to be obligated to issue or cause to be issued Letters of Credit hereunder; (B) no Letter of Credit issued hereunder remains outstanding and uncancelled or (C) all Persons (other than the Seller) have been fully reimbursed for all payments made under or relating to Letters of Credit.

Section 1.15 Repayment of Participation Advances .

(a) Upon receipt by the LC Bank for its account of immediately available funds from or for the account of the Seller (i) in reimbursement of any payment made by the LC Bank under a Letter of Credit with respect to which any LC Participant has made a Participation Advance to the LC Bank, or (ii) in payment of Discount on the Reimbursement Purchases made or deemed to have been requested in connection with any such draw, the LC Bank will pay to each LC Participant, ratably (based on the outstanding drawn amounts funded by each such LC Participant in respect of such Letter of Credit), in the same funds as those received by the LC Bank.

 

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(b) If the LC Bank is required at any time to return to the Seller, or to a trustee, receiver, liquidator, custodian, or any official in any insolvency proceeding, any portion of the payments made by the Seller to the LC Bank pursuant to this Agreement in reimbursement of a payment made under a Letter of Credit or interest or fee thereon, each LC Participant shall, on demand of the LC Bank, forthwith return to the LC Bank the amount of its Pro Rata Share of any amounts so returned by the LC Bank plus interest at the Federal Funds Rate, from the date the payment was first made to such LC Participant through, but not including, the date the payment is returned by such LC Participant.

(c) If any Letters of Credit are outstanding and undrawn on the Termination Date, the LC Collateral Account shall be funded from Collections (or by other funds available to the Seller) in an amount equal to the aggregate undrawn face amount of such Letters of Credit plus fees to accrue through the stated expiration dates thereof.

(d) Funds in the LC Collateral Account will be used to reimburse the LC Bank and (to the extent they have unreimbursed Participation Advances) the LC Participants for fees related to the Letters of Credit and for any draws on the Letters of Credit and Participation Advances which have not reimbursed by the Seller or repaid from Collections. If at any time the amount of the funds on deposit in the LC Collateral Account exceeds 100% of the LC Participation Amount at such time, plus the amount of the Expected LC Fees at such time, the Administrator shall remit an amount equal to such excess to the Servicer to be applied as a Collection of Pool Receivables in accordance with Section 1.4(d) . Any funds on deposit in the LC Cash Collateral Account after all Letters of Credit have expired, all draws on the Letters of Credit have been reimbursed, all Participation Advances have been repaid, all fees due with respect to the Letters of Credit have been paid in full, and the Facility has been terminated, shall be remitted to the Seller.

Section 1.16 Documentation .

The Seller agrees to be bound by the terms of the Letter of Credit Application and by the LC Bank’s reasonable interpretations of any Letter of Credit issued for the Seller and by the LC Bank’s written regulations and customary practices relating to letters of credit, though the LC Bank’s reasonable interpretation of such regulations and practices may be different from the Seller’s own. In the event of a conflict between the Letter of Credit Application and this Agreement, this Agreement shall govern. It is understood and agreed that, except in the case of gross negligence or willful misconduct by the LC Bank, the LC Bank shall not be liable for any error, negligence and/or mistakes, whether of omission or commission, in following the Seller’s instructions or those contained in the Letters of Credit or any modifications, amendments or supplements thereto.

Section 1.17 Determination to Honor Drawing Request .

In determining whether to honor any request for drawing under any Letter of Credit by the beneficiary thereof, the LC Bank shall be responsible only to determine that the documents and certificates required to be delivered under such Letter of Credit have been delivered and that they comply on their face with the requirements of such Letter of Credit and that any other drawing condition appearing on the face of such Letter of Credit has been satisfied in the manner so set forth.

 

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Section 1.18 Nature of Participation and Reimbursement Obligations .

Each LC Participant’s obligation in accordance with this Agreement to make Participation Advances as a result of a drawing under a Letter of Credit, and the obligations of the Seller to reimburse the LC Bank upon a draw under a Letter of Credit, shall be absolute, unconditional and irrevocable, and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of this Article I under all circumstances, including the following circumstances:

(i) any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which such LC Participant may have against the LC Bank, the Administrator, the Purchaser Agents, the Purchasers, the Seller or any other Person for any reason whatsoever;

(ii) the failure of the Seller or any other Person to comply with the conditions set forth in this Agreement for the making of a purchase, reinvestments, requests for Letters of Credit or otherwise, it being acknowledged that such conditions are not required for the making of Participation Advances hereunder;

(iii) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Letter of Credit or any set-off, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right which the Seller, any Originator or any Affiliate thereof on behalf of which a Letter of Credit has been issued may have against the LC Bank, the Administrator, any Purchaser, any Purchaser Agent or any other Person for any reason whatsoever;

(iv) any claim of breach of warranty that might be made by the Seller, the LC Bank or any LC Participant against the beneficiary of a Letter of Credit, or the existence of any claim, set-off, defense or other right which the Seller, the LC Bank or any LC Participant may have at any time against a beneficiary, any successor beneficiary or any transferee of any Letter of Credit or the proceeds thereof (or any Persons for whom any such transferee may be acting), the LC Bank, any LC Participant, the Administrator, any Purchaser or any Purchaser Agent or any other Person, whether in connection with this Agreement, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated transaction (including any underlying transaction between the Seller or any Subsidiaries of the Seller or any Affiliates of the Seller and the beneficiary for which any Letter of Credit was procured);

(v) the lack of power or authority of any signer of, or lack of validity, sufficiency, accuracy, enforceability or genuineness of, any draft, demand, instrument, certificate or other document presented under any Letter of Credit, or any such draft, demand, instrument, certificate or other document proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid, defective or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein being untrue or inaccurate in any respect, even if the Administrator or the LC Bank has been notified thereof;

(vi) payment by the LC Bank under any Letter of Credit against presentation of a demand, draft or certificate or other document which does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit other than as a result of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the LC Bank;

 

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(vii) the solvency of, or any acts or omissions by, any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit, or any other Person having a role in any transaction or obligation relating to a Letter of Credit, or the existence, nature, quality, quantity, condition, value or other characteristic of any property or services relating to a Letter of Credit;

(viii) any failure by the LC Bank or any of the LC Bank’s Affiliates to issue any Letter of Credit in the form requested by the Seller, unless the LC Bank has received written notice from the Seller of such failure within three Business Days after the LC Bank shall have furnished the Seller a copy of such Letter of Credit and such error is material and no drawing has been made thereon prior to receipt of such notice;

(ix) any Material Adverse Effect;

(x) any breach of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document by any party thereto;

(xi) the occurrence or continuance of an Insolvency Proceeding with respect to the Seller, any Originator or any Affiliate thereof;

(xii) the fact that a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing;

(xiii) the fact that this Agreement or the obligations of the Seller or the Servicer hereunder shall have been terminated; and

(xiv) any other circumstance or happening whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing.

Section 1.19 Liability for Acts and Omissions.

As between the Seller, on the one hand, and the Administrator, the LC Bank, the LC Participants, the Purchaser Agents and the Purchasers, on the other, the Seller assumes all risks of the acts and omissions of, or misuse of any Letter of Credit by, the respective beneficiaries of such Letter of Credit. In furtherance and not in limitation of the foregoing, none of the Administrator, the LC Bank, the LC Participants, the Purchaser Agents or the Purchasers shall be responsible for: (i) the form, validity, sufficiency, accuracy, genuineness or legal effect of any document submitted by any party in connection with the application for an issuance of any such Letter of Credit, even if it should in fact prove to be in any or all respects invalid, insufficient, inaccurate, fraudulent or forged (even if the LC Bank or any LC Participant shall have been notified thereof); (ii) the validity or sufficiency of any instrument transferring or assigning or purporting to transfer or assign any such Letter of Credit or the rights or benefits thereunder or proceeds thereof, in whole or in part, which may prove to be invalid or ineffective for any reason; (iii) the failure of the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit, or any other party to which such Letter of Credit may be transferred, to comply fully with any conditions required in order to

 

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draw upon such Letter of Credit or any other claim of the Seller against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit, or any such transferee, or any dispute between or among the Seller and any beneficiary of any Letter of Credit or any such transferee; (iv) errors, omissions, interruptions or delays in transmission or delivery of any messages, by mail, electronic mail, cable, telegraph, telex, facsimile or otherwise, whether or not they be encrypted; (v) errors in interpretation of technical terms; (vi) any loss or delay in the transmission or otherwise of any document required in order to make a drawing under any such Letter of Credit or of the proceeds thereof; (vii) the misapplication by the beneficiary of any such Letter of Credit of the proceeds of any drawing under such Letter of Credit; or (viii) any consequences arising from causes beyond the control of the Administrator, the LC Bank, the LC Participants, the Purchaser Agents and the Purchasers, including any Governmental Acts, and none of the above shall affect or impair, or prevent the vesting of, any of the LC Bank’s rights or powers hereunder. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall relieve the LC Bank from liability for its gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with actions or omissions described in such clauses (i)  through (viii)  of such sentence. In no event shall the Administrator, the LC Bank, the LC Participants, the Purchaser Agents or the Purchasers or their respective Affiliates, be liable to the Seller or any other Person for any indirect, consequential, incidental, punitive, exemplary or special damages or expenses (including without limitation attorneys’ fees), or for any damages resulting from any change in the value of any property relating to a Letter of Credit.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Administrator, the LC Bank, the LC Participants, the Purchaser Agents and the Purchasers and each of its Affiliates (i) may rely on any written communication believed in good faith by such Person to have been authorized or given by or on behalf of the applicant for a Letter of Credit; (ii) may honor any presentation if the documents presented appear on their face to comply with the terms and conditions of the relevant Letter of Credit; (iii) may honor a previously dishonored presentation under a Letter of Credit, whether such dishonor was pursuant to a court order, to settle or compromise any claim of wrongful dishonor, or otherwise, and shall be entitled to reimbursement to the same extent as if such presentation had initially been honored, together with any interest paid by the LC Bank or its Affiliates; (iv) may honor any drawing that is payable upon presentation of a statement advising negotiation or payment, upon receipt of such statement (even if such statement indicates that a draft or other document is being delivered separately), and shall not be liable for any failure of any such draft or other document to arrive, or to conform in any way with the relevant Letter of Credit; (v) may pay any paying or negotiating bank claiming that it rightfully honored under the laws or practices of the place where such bank is located; and (vi) may settle or adjust any claim or demand made on the Administrator, the LC Bank, the LC Participants, the Purchaser Agents or the Purchasers or their respective Affiliates, in any way related to any order issued at the applicant’s request to an air carrier, a letter of guarantee or of indemnity issued to a carrier or any similar document (each an “ Order ”) and may honor any drawing in connection with any Letter of Credit that is the subject of such Order, notwithstanding that any drafts or other documents presented in connection with such Letter of Credit fail to conform in any way with such Letter of Credit.

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Credit issued by it or any documents and certificates delivered thereunder, if taken or omitted in good faith and without gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, shall not put the LC Bank under any resulting liability to the Seller, any LC Participant or any other Person.

Section 1.20 Intended Tax Treatment .

All parties to this Agreement covenant and agree to treat any undivided percentage ownership interest with regard to the Purchased Interest acquired by Purchase and any Reimbursement Obligation with respect to a Letter of Credit under this Agreement as debt for all U.S. federal income tax purposes and to not take any position on any tax return inconsistent with the foregoing, except as otherwise required pursuant to a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code (or any comparable provision of any state, local or foreign law).

ARTICLE II.

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES; COVENANTS;

TERMINATION EVENTS

Section 2.1 Representations and Warranties; Covenants .

Each of the Seller and the Servicer hereby makes the representations and warranties, and hereby agrees to perform and observe the covenants, applicable to it as set forth in Exhibits III and IV , respectively.

Section 2.2 Termination Events .

If any of the Termination Events set forth in Exhibit V shall occur, the Administrator may (with the consent of the Majority Purchaser Agents) and shall (at the direction of the Majority Purchaser Agents), by notice to the Seller, declare the Termination Date to have occurred (in which case the Termination Date shall be deemed to have occurred); provided , that the Termination Date shall occur automatically upon the occurrence of any event described in paragraph (d)  of Exhibit V . Upon any such declaration, occurrence or deemed occurrence of the Termination Date, the Purchasers, the Purchaser Agents and the Administrator shall have, in addition to the rights and remedies that they may have under this Agreement, all other rights and remedies provided to secured parties after default under the UCC and under other Applicable Law, which rights and remedies shall be cumulative.

ARTICLE III.

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 3.1 Indemnities by the Seller .

Without limiting any other rights that the Administrator, the Purchasers, the Purchaser Agents, the Liquidity Providers, any Program Support Provider, the LC Bank or any of their respective Affiliates, employees, officers, directors, agents, counsel, successors or permitted assigns (each, an “ Indemnified Party ”) may have hereunder or under Applicable Law, the Seller hereby agrees to indemnify each Indemnified Party from and against any and all claims,

 

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damages, expenses, costs, losses, liabilities and penalties (including reasonable Attorney Costs), but excluding Taxes (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as “ Indemnified Amounts ”) at any time awarded against or incurred by such Indemnified Party arising out of, relating to or in connection with the Transaction Documents, the LC Collateral Account, the transactions contemplated thereby (including the issuance of, or the fronting for, any Letter of Credit), or the ownership, maintenance or funding, directly or indirectly, of the Purchased Interest (or any part thereof), the issuance of or drawing on any Letter of Credit, or in respect of or related to the Pool Receivables or any Related Security or otherwise arising out of or relating to or in connection with the actions of the Seller (including any action taken by the Administrator as attorney-in-fact for the Seller or any Originator under any Transaction Document), provided , however , notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this provision, that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnified Party, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party, (y) result from a claim brought by the Seller against an Indemnified Party for breach of such Indemnified Party’s obligations under this Agreement or under any other Transaction Document, if the Seller has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or (z) constitute recourse with respect to a Pool Receivable by reason of the bankruptcy or insolvency, or the financial or credit condition or financial default, of the related Obligor. Without limiting the foregoing, the Seller shall indemnify, subject to the express limitations set forth in this provision, and hold harmless each Indemnified Party for any and all Indemnified Amounts incurred by any of them arising out of, relating to or in connection with:

(i) the transfer by the Seller or the Originators of any interest in any Pool Receivable other than the transfer of any Pool Receivable and Related Security to the Administrator and any Purchaser pursuant to this Agreement, to the Administrator and to the Seller pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the grant of a security interest to the Administrator pursuant to this Agreement and to the Seller pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement;

(ii) any representation or warranty made by the Seller under or in connection with any Transaction Document, any Information Package or any other information or report delivered by or on behalf of the Seller pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, which shall have been untrue, false or incorrect when made or deemed made;

(iii) the failure of the Seller to comply with the terms of any Transaction Document or any Applicable Law (including with respect to any Pool Receivable or Related Security), or the nonconformity of any Pool Receivable or Related Security with any such law;

(iv) the lack of an enforceable ownership interest, or a first priority perfected lien, in the Pool Receivables (and all Related Security) against all Persons (including any bankruptcy trustee or similar Person), in either case, free and clear of any Adverse Claim;

 

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(v) any Dilution;

(vi) the failure to file, or any delay in filing of, financing statements or other similar instruments or documents under the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or under any other Applicable Laws with respect to any Pool Receivable as may be necessary from time to time to perfect the Seller’s or the Administrator’s interest therein;

(vii) any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than discharge in bankruptcy) of the Obligor to the payment of any Receivable in the Receivables Pool (including a defense based on such Receivable’s or the related Contract’s not being a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms) or any other claim resulting from the sale of the petrochemicals or other property, products or services related to such Receivable or the furnishing or failure to furnish such petrochemicals, property, products, or services;

(viii) any suit or claim related to the Pool Receivables or any Transaction Document (including any products liability or environmental liability claim arising out of or in connection with the petrochemicals or other property, products or services that are the subject of any Pool Receivable to the extent not covered pursuant to other applicable provisions of this Agreement);

(ix) the ownership, delivery, non-delivery, possession, design, construction, use, maintenance, transportation, performance (whether or not according to specifications), operation (including the failure to operate or faulty operation), condition, return, sale, repossession or other disposition or safety of any Related Security (including claims for patent, trademark, or copyright infringement and claims for injury to persons or property, liability principles, or otherwise, and claims of breach of warranty, whether express or implied);

(x) the failure by the Seller to notify (or to cause notification to be delivered to) any Obligor of the assignment pursuant to the terms of this Agreement of any Pool Receivable to Administrator for the benefit of Purchasers or the failure to require that payments (including any under the related insurance policies) be made directly to the Administrator for the benefit of Purchasers;

(xi) any commingling of any Collections by the Seller, the Originators, the Parent or the Servicer relating to the Pool Receivables with any of their funds or the funds of any other Person;

(xii) the failure or delay to provide any Obligor with an invoice or other evidence of indebtedness;

(xiii) any inability of the Originators or the Seller to assign any Receivable or other Related Asset as contemplated under the Transaction Documents; or the violation or breach by any Originator, the Seller, the Servicer, the Parent or any of their respective Affiliates of any confidentiality provision, or of any similar covenant of non-disclosure, with respect to any Contract, or any other Indemnified Amount with respect to or resulting from any such violation or breach;

 

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(xiv) the use of proceeds of purchases or reinvestments or the issuance of any Letter of Credit; or

(xv) any reduction in Capital as a result of the distribution of Collections pursuant to Section 1.4(d) , if all or a portion of such distributions shall thereafter be rescinded or otherwise must be returned for any reason.

Section 3.2 Indemnities by the Servicer .

Without limiting any other rights that any Indemnified Party may have hereunder or under Applicable Law, the Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Party from any and all Indemnified Amounts incurred by any of them and arising out of, relating to or in connection with (i) any breach of any representation, warranty or agreement by the Servicer in any Transaction Document; (ii) the failure of any information contained in an Information Package to be true and correct, or the failure of any other information provided to any such Indemnified Party by, or on behalf of, the Servicer (in any capacity) to be true and correct; (iii) any gross negligence or willful misconduct on the Servicer’s (in any capacity) part arising out of, relating to, in connection with, or affecting any transaction contemplated by the Transaction Documents, any Pool Receivable or any Related Asset; (iv) the failure by the Servicer (in any capacity) to comply with any Applicable Law, rule or regulation with respect to any Pool Receivable or the related Contract or its servicing thereof; or (v) any commingling of any funds by the Servicer (in any capacity) with any of the Servicer’s funds or the funds of any other Person; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnified Party, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnified Party, (y) result from a claim brought by the Servicer against an Indemnified Party for breach of such Indemnified Party’s obligations hereunder or under any other Transaction Document, if the Servicer has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or (z) constitute recourse with respect to a Pool Receivable by reason of the bankruptcy or insolvency, or the financial or credit condition or financial default, of the related Obligor.

ARTICLE IV.

ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTIONS

Section 4.1 Appointment of the Servicer .

(a) The servicing, administering and collection of the Pool Receivables shall be conducted by the Person so designated from time to time as the Servicer in accordance with this Section. Until the Administrator gives notice to Lyondell Chemical in accordance with this Section of the designation of a new Servicer, Lyondell Chemical is hereby designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the duties and obligations of, the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Termination Event, the Administrator may (with the consent of the Majority Purchaser Agents) and shall (at the direction of the Majority Purchaser Agents) designate as the Servicer any Person (including itself) to succeed Lyondell Chemical or any successor Servicer, on the condition in each case that any such Person so designated shall agree to perform the duties and obligations of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof.

(b) Upon the designation of a successor Servicer as set forth in Section 4.1(a) above, Lyondell Chemical agrees that it will terminate its activities as the Servicer hereunder in a manner that the Administrator determines will facilitate the transition of the performance of such activities to the new Servicer, and Lyondell Chemical shall cooperate with and assist such new Servicer. Such cooperation shall include access to and transfer of records (including Contracts) related to Pool Receivables and use by the new Servicer of all licenses, hardware or software necessary or desirable to collect the Pool Receivables and the Related Security.

(c) Lyondell Chemical acknowledges that, in making their decision to execute and deliver this Agreement, the Administrator, the Purchaser Agents and the Purchasers have relied on Lyondell Chemical’s agreement to act as the Servicer hereunder. Accordingly, Lyondell Chemical agrees that it will not voluntarily resign as the Servicer without the prior written consent of the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent; provided that Lyondell Chemical may transfer all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement in accordance with Section 4.1(e) .

(d) The Servicer may delegate its duties and obligations under this Agreement to any subservicer (each a “ Sub-Servicer ”); provided , that, in each such delegation: (i) each such Sub-Servicer shall agree in writing to perform the delegated duties and obligations of the Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, (ii) the Servicer shall remain liable for the performance of the duties and obligations so delegated, (iii) the Seller, the Administrator, the Purchaser Agents and the Purchasers shall have the right to look solely to the Servicer for performance, and (iv) the terms of any agreement with any Sub-Servicer shall provide that the Administrator may terminate such agreement upon the termination of the Servicer hereunder by giving notice of its desire to terminate such agreement to the Servicer (and the Servicer shall provide appropriate notice to each such Sub-Servicer); provided , however , that if any such delegation is to any Person other than an Originator or another Affiliate of the Parent, the Administrator and the Majority Purchaser Agents shall have consented in writing in advance to such delegation.

(e) At any time and from time to time when no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event exists, the Servicer may, with the consent of the Seller and each Originator, transfer all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents to another wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Parent, upon the satisfaction of each of the following conditions (collectively, the “ Servicer Replacement Conditions ”): (i) receipt of 30 days’ prior written notice thereof by the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent, (ii) prior written consent to such replacement by the Administrator and the Majority Purchaser Agents, (iii) delivery to the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent of opinions of counsel to the replacement Servicer and the Parent covering corporate and enforceability matters and that are addressed, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory, to the Administrator, the Purchasers and each Purchaser Agent, (iv) delivery to the Administrator and each Purchaser

 

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Agent of a replacement Performance Undertaking by the Parent with respect to the obligations of the replacement Servicer under the Transaction Documents, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent, (v) each of the representations and warranties made by the Servicer under each of the Transaction Documents shall be true and correct with respect to the replacement Servicer after giving effect to such replacement and (vi) receipt by the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent of such additional documents and information reasonably requested by such Person concerning the replacement Servicer. Any such assignee shall be the “Servicer” for all purposes under this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents from and after the date of the transferee’s written acceptance of such transfer of rights and obligations, which acceptance shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrator and the Majority Purchaser Agents. Upon such transfer, the previous Servicer shall transfer to the new Servicer all its documents and rights as the Servicer and will be released from any liability for actions or inactions of the Servicer taken thereafter; provided , that notwithstanding such transfer, the Servicer shall remain liable under the Transaction Documents for any breach, indemnity or other obligation owing by the Servicer under any Transaction Document that occurred or accrued at any time prior to the effectiveness of such assignment of its rights and obligations under the Transaction Documents to the replacement Servicer.

Section 4.2 Duties of the Servicer .

(a) The Servicer shall take or cause to be taken all such action as may be necessary or advisable to service, administer and collect the Pool Receivables from time to time, in accordance with this Agreement and all Applicable Laws, with reasonable care and diligence, and in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy. The Servicer shall set aside, for the accounts of the Seller and the Purchasers, the amount of the Collections to which each is entitled in accordance with Article I . The Servicer may, in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, take such action, including modifications, waivers or restructurings of Pool Receivables and the related Contracts, as the Servicer may determine to be appropriate to maximize Collections thereof or reflect adjustments permitted under the Credit and Collection Policy or required under Applicable Laws or the applicable Contract; provided , however , that for the purposes of this Agreement, (i) such action shall not change the number of days such Pool Receivable has remained unpaid from the date of the original due date related to such Pool Receivable, (ii) such action shall not alter the status of such Pool Receivable as a Delinquent Receivable or a Defaulted Receivable under this Agreement or limit the rights of any of the Purchasers, Purchaser Agents or the Administrator under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document and (iii) if a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Servicer may take such action only with the prior written consent of the Administrator. The Seller shall deliver to the Servicer and the Servicer shall hold for the benefit of the Seller and the Administrator (individually and for the benefit of the Purchasers), in accordance with their respective interests, all records and documents (including computer tapes or disks) with respect to each Pool Receivable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Administrator may direct the Servicer to commence or settle any legal action to enforce collection of any Pool Receivable that is a Delinquent Receivable or to foreclose upon or repossess, if applicable, any Related Security with respect to any such Delinquent Receivable.

 

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(b) The Servicer may, from time to time, designate at its own discretion one or more Obligors as Excluded Obligors by delivering a revised copy of Schedule VI hereto to the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent; provided , however , that the Servicer shall not add any additional Obligor to Schedule VI hereto if at the time of such addition or after giving effect thereto, either (i) a Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event (other than an Unmatured Termination Event that is cured by such addition and the resulting removal of such Obligor’s Excluded Receivables from the Receivables Pool) has occurred and is continuing or (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables, the Obligors of which are Excluded Obligors, exceeds $100,000,000 at such time, unless each Purchaser Agent has either (A) consented in writing to the addition of such Obligor as an Excluded Obligor (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld) or (B) failed to notify the Seller or the Servicer of its objection to the addition of such Obligor as an Excluded Obligor within fourteen (14) days following its receipt of a revised copy of Schedule VI hereto. Upon any such designation and the Seller’s satisfaction of its obligation to deliver to the applicable Lock-Box Account the amount of the resulting Deemed Collection pursuant to Section 1.4(e)(ii) or 1.4(e)(v) , as applicable, (i) the Administrator shall be deemed to have sold and assigned (without recourse) to the Seller its entire undivided percentage ownership interest in the resulting Excluded Receivables of such Excluded Obligor and to have relinquished and disclaimed any right to such Excluded Receivables and (ii) the security interests in any such Excluded Receivables created by the Transaction Documents shall be automatically terminated and released.

Section 4.3 Account Arrangements .

On the Closing Date, the Seller shall enter into Lock-Box Agreements with all of the Lock-Box Banks and in each case deliver executed counterparts thereof to the Administrator. Upon the occurrence of a Termination Event and during the continuance thereof, the Administrator may, or shall, at the direction of the Majority Purchaser Agents, instruct the Seller or the Servicer to direct Obligors of Receivables to make payments to such accounts (other than the Lock-Box Accounts) as directed by the Administrator; provided , that if the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, fails to so direct each Obligor, the Administrator (at the Seller’s or the Servicer’s, as the case may be, expense) may so direct the Obligors. Any proceeds of Pool Receivables received by the Seller or the Servicer thereafter other than through a Lock-Box Account (or at any time prior to the Lock-Box Conversion Date, so long as no Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Citi Account) shall be sent immediately to, or as otherwise instructed by, the Administrator.

Section 4.4 Enforcement Rights .

(a) At any time following the occurrence and during the continuation of a Termination Event and upon notice to the Seller and the Servicer:

(i) the Administrator may instruct the Seller or the Servicer to direct the Obligors that payment of all amounts payable under any Pool Receivable is to be made directly to the Administrator or its designee; provided , that if (i) the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, fails to so instruct each Obligor within two Business Days following request by the Administrator or (ii) a Termination Event set forth in clause (d) of the definition thereof shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrator (at the Seller’s or the Servicer’s, as the case may be, expense) may so direct the Obligors;

 

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(ii) the Administrator may instruct the Seller or the Servicer to give notice of the Purchasers’ interest in Pool Receivables to each Obligor, which notice shall direct that payments be made directly to the Administrator or its designee (on behalf of the Purchasers), and the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, shall give such notice at the expense of the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be; provided , that if (i) the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, fails to so notify each Obligor within two Business Days following request by the Administrator or (ii) a Termination Event set forth in clause (d)  of the definition thereof shall have occurred and be continuing, the Administrator (at the Seller’s or the Servicer’s, as the case may be, expense) may so notify the Obligors;

(iii) the Administrator may request the Servicer to, and upon such request the Servicer shall: (A) assemble all of the records necessary or desirable to collect the Pool Receivables and the Related Security, and transfer or license to a successor Servicer the use of all software necessary or desirable to collect the Pool Receivables and the Related Security, and make the same available to the Administrator or its designee (for the benefit of the Purchasers) at a place selected by the Administrator, and (B) segregate all cash, checks and other instruments received by it from time to time constituting Collections in a manner acceptable to the Administrator and, promptly upon receipt, remit all such cash, checks and instruments, duly endorsed or with duly executed instruments of transfer, to the Administrator or its designee;

(iv) the Administrator may notify the Lock-Box Banks that the Seller and the Servicer will no longer have any access to the Lock-Box Accounts; and

(v) the Administrator may (with the consent of the Majority Purchaser Agents) and shall (at the direction of the Majority Purchaser Agents) replace the Person then acting as the Servicer.

(b) The Seller hereby authorizes the Administrator (on behalf of each Purchaser Group), and irrevocably appoints the Administrator as its attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution and with full authority in the place and stead of the Seller, which appointment is coupled with an interest, to take any and all steps in the name of the Seller and on behalf of the Seller necessary or desirable, in the determination of the Administrator, following the occurrence and during the continuation of a Termination Event, to collect any and all amounts or portions thereof due under any and all Pool Assets, including endorsing the name of the Seller on checks and other instruments representing Collections and enforcing such Pool Assets. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 4.4(b) , none of the powers conferred upon such attorney-in-fact pursuant to the preceding sentence shall subject such attorney-in-fact to any liability if any action taken by it shall prove to be inadequate or invalid, nor shall they confer any obligations upon such attorney-in-fact in any manner whatsoever.

 

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Section 4.5 Responsibilities of the Seller .

(a) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Seller shall: (i) perform all of its obligations, if any, under the Contracts related to the Pool Receivables to the same extent as if interests in such Pool Receivables had not been transferred hereunder, and the exercise by the Administrator, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser of their respective rights hereunder shall not relieve the Seller from such obligations, and (ii) pay (or cause to be paid) when due any taxes payable by the Seller, including any sales taxes payable by the Seller in connection with the Pool Receivables and their creation and satisfaction. None of the Administrator, the Purchaser Agents and the Purchasers shall have any obligation or liability with respect to any Pool Asset, nor shall any of them be obligated to perform any of the obligations of the Seller or any Originator thereunder.

(b) Lyondell Chemical hereby irrevocably agrees that if at any time it shall cease to be the Servicer hereunder, it shall act (if the then-current Servicer so requests) as the data-processing agent of the Servicer and, in such capacity, Lyondell Chemical shall conduct the data-processing functions of the administration of the Receivables and the Collections thereon in substantially the same way that Lyondell Chemical conducted such data-processing functions while it acted as the Servicer.

Section 4.6 Servicing Fee .

The Servicer shall be paid a fee (the “ Servicing Fee ”) equal to 1.00% per annum (the “ Servicing Fee Rate ”) of the daily average aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Pool Receivables. The Purchasers’ Share of the Servicing Fee shall be paid through the distributions contemplated by Section 1.4(d) , and the Seller’s Share of the Servicing Fee shall be paid by the Seller on each Settlement Date.

Section 4.7 Authorization and Action of the Administrator and Purchaser Agents .

(a) Each Purchaser and Purchaser Agent hereby accepts the appointment of and irrevocably authorizes the Administrator to take such actions as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrator hereby and to exercise such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. The Administrator shall hold, in its name, for the benefit of each Purchaser, ratably, the Purchased Interest. The Administrator shall not have any duties other than those expressly set forth herein or any fiduciary relationship with any Purchaser or Purchaser Agent, and no implied obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement, or otherwise exist, against the Administrator. The Administrator does not assume, nor shall it be deemed to have assumed, any obligation to, or relationship of trust or agency with, the Seller or the Servicer. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to the contrary, in no event shall the Administrator ever be required to take any action which exposes the Administrator to personal liability or which is contrary to the provisions of this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or Applicable Law. The appointment and authority of the Administrator hereunder shall terminate on the Final Payout Date.

 

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(b) Each Purchaser hereby accepts the appointment of the respective institution identified as the Purchaser Agent for such Purchaser’s Purchaser Group on Schedule IV hereto or in the Transfer Supplement or other agreement pursuant to which such Purchaser becomes a party hereto, and irrevocably authorizes such Purchaser Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to such Purchaser Agent by the terms of this Agreement, if any, together with such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary elsewhere in this Agreement, no Purchaser Agent shall have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, or any fiduciary relationship with any Purchaser or other Purchaser Agent or the Administrator, and no implied obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement, or otherwise exist, against any Purchaser Agent.

(c) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, the provisions of this Section 4.7 are solely for the benefit of the Administrator, the Purchaser Agents and the Purchasers, and none of the Seller or the Servicer shall have any rights as a third-party beneficiary or otherwise under any of the provisions of this Section 4.7 , except that this Section 4.7 shall not affect any obligations which the Administrator, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser may have to the Seller or the Servicer under the other provisions of this Agreement. Furthermore, no Purchaser shall have any rights as a third-party beneficiary or otherwise under any of the provisions hereof in respect of a Purchaser Agent that is not the Purchaser Agent for such Purchaser.

(d) In performing its functions and duties hereunder, the Administrator shall act solely as the agent of the Purchasers and the Purchaser Agents and does not assume nor shall be deemed to have assumed any obligation or relationship of trust or agency with or for the Seller or the Servicer or any of their respective successors and assigns. In performing its functions and duties hereunder, each Purchaser Agent shall act solely as the agent of its respective Purchasers and does not assume nor shall be deemed to have assumed any obligation or relationship of trust or agency with or for the Seller, the Servicer, any Purchaser not in such Purchaser Agent’s Purchaser Group, any other Purchaser Agent or the Administrator, or any of their respective successors and assigns.

Section 4.8 Nature of Administrator’s Duties; Delegation of Administrator’s Duties; Exculpatory Duties .

(a) The Administrator shall have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement or in the other Transaction Documents. The duties of the Administrator shall be mechanical and administrative in nature. At no time shall the Administrator have any duty or responsibility to any Person to investigate or confirm the correctness or accuracy of any information or documents delivered to it in its role as Administrator hereunder or any obligation in respect of the failure of any Person (other than the Administrator) to perform any obligation hereunder or under any other Transaction Document. The Administrator shall not have, by reason of this Agreement, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Purchaser. Nothing in this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents, express or implied, is intended to or shall be construed to impose upon the Administrator any obligations in respect of this Agreement or any of the Transaction Documents except as expressly set forth

 

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herein or therein. The Administrator shall not have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide any Purchaser or Purchaser Agent with any credit or other information with respect to the Seller, the Parent, any Originator, Lyondell Chemical, any Sub-Servicer or the Servicer, whether coming into its possession before the Closing Date or at any time or times thereafter. If the Administrator seeks the consent or approval of the Purchasers or the Purchaser Agents to the taking or refraining from taking any action hereunder, the Administrator shall send notice thereof to each Purchaser (or such Purchaser’s Purchaser Agent, on its behalf) or each Purchaser Agent, as applicable. The Administrator shall promptly notify each Purchaser Agent any time that the Purchasers and/or Purchaser Agents, as the case may be, have instructed the Administrator to act or refrain from acting pursuant hereto.

(b) The Administrator may execute any of its duties through agents or attorneys-in-fact and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrator shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agents or attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable care.

(c) None of the Administrator and the Purchaser Agents, nor any of their respective directors, officers, agents or employees, shall be liable for any action taken or omitted (i) with the consent or at the direction of the Majority Purchaser Agents (or, in the case of any Purchaser Agent, the Purchasers within such Purchaser Agent’s Purchaser Group that have a majority of the aggregate Commitments of such Purchaser Group) or (ii) in the absence of such Person’s gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrator shall not be responsible to any Purchaser, Purchaser Agent or other Person for (i) any recitals, representations, warranties or other statements made by the Seller, the Parent, any Sub-Servicer, the Servicer, Lyondell Chemical, any Originator or any of their Affiliates, (ii) the value, validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of any Transaction Document, (iii) any failure of the Seller, the Parent, any Sub-Servicer, the Servicer, Lyondell Chemical, any Originator or any of their Affiliates to perform any obligation hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party (or under any Contract), or (iv) the satisfaction of any condition specified in Exhibit II . The Administrator shall not have any obligation to any Purchaser Agent or Purchaser to ascertain or inquire about the observance or performance of any agreement contained in any Transaction Document or to inspect the properties, books or records of the Seller, the Servicer, any Originator or any of their respective Affiliates.

Section 4.9 UCC Filings .

Each of the Seller and the Purchasers expressly recognizes and agrees that the Administrator may be listed as the assignee or secured party of record on the various UCC filings required to be made hereunder in order to perfect the transfer of the Purchased Interest from the Seller to the Purchasers, that such listing shall be for administrative convenience only in creating a record or nominee owner to take certain actions hereunder on behalf of the Purchasers and that such listing will not affect in any way the status of the Purchasers as the beneficial owners of the Purchased Interest. In addition, such listing shall impose no duties on the Administrator other than those expressly and specifically undertaken in accordance with this Section 4.9 .

 

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Section 4.10 Agent’s Reliance, Etc .

None of the Administrator and the Purchaser Agents, nor any of their respective directors, officers, agents or employees shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it as Administrator or as Purchaser Agent, as the case may be, under or in connection with this Agreement except for such Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct. Each of the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent: (i) may consult with legal counsel (including counsel for the Seller), independent public accountants and other experts selected by the Administrator and shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken in good faith by it in accordance with the advice of such counsel, accountants or experts; (ii) makes no warranty or representation to any Purchaser or Purchaser Agent and shall not be responsible to any Purchaser or Purchaser Agent for any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with this Agreement; (iii) shall not have any duty to ascertain or to inquire as to the performance or observance of any of the terms, covenants or conditions of this Agreement on the part of the Seller, the Servicer, any Sub-Servicer, Lyondell Chemical or any Originator or to inspect the property (including the books and records) of the Seller, the Servicer, any Sub-Servicer, Lyondell Chemical or any Originator; (iv) shall not be responsible to any Purchaser or Purchaser Agent for the due execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency, or value of this Agreement, or any other instrument or document furnished pursuant hereto; and (v) shall incur no liability under or in respect of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document by acting upon any notice (including notice by telephone), consent, certificate or other instrument or writing (which may be by facsimile) believed by it to be genuine and signed or sent by the proper party or parties. The Administrator may at any time request instructions from the Purchasers and/or Purchaser Agents, and the Purchaser Agents may at any time request instructions from the Purchasers in their Purchaser Groups, with respect to any actions or approvals which by the terms of this Agreement or of any of the other Transaction Documents the Administrator or such Purchaser Agent is permitted or required to take or to grant, and if such instructions are promptly requested, the Administrator and/or such Purchaser Agent shall be absolutely entitled to refrain from taking any action or to withhold any approval and shall not be under any liability whatsoever to any Person for refraining from any action or withholding any approval under any of the Transaction Documents until it shall have received such instructions from the Majority Purchaser Agents, in the case of the Administrator or Purchasers holding the majority of the aggregate of the Commitments in such Purchaser Agent’s Purchaser Group, in the case of any Purchaser Agent (or, in either case, where expressly required hereunder, from the Majority LC Participants, the LC Bank, all of the Purchasers and/or all of the LC Participants). Without limiting the foregoing, (x) none of the Purchasers and the Purchaser Agents shall have any right of action whatsoever against the Administrator as a result of the Administrator acting or refraining from acting under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the instructions of the Majority Purchaser Agent and (y) none of the Purchasers in a Purchaser Agent’s Purchaser Group shall have any right of action whatsoever against such Purchaser Agent as a result of such Purchaser Agent acting or refraining from acting under this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents in accordance with the instructions of the Purchasers within such Purchaser Agent’s Purchaser Group with a majority of the Commitments of such Purchaser Group. The Administrator shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement in accordance with a request of the required Purchasers or required Purchaser Agents, and such request and any action taken or failure to act

 

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pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all Purchasers, all Purchaser Agents and the Administrator. Each Purchaser Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement in accordance with a request of the Purchasers in such Purchaser Agent’s Purchaser Group with a majority of the Commitments of such Purchaser Group, and any such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Purchasers in such Purchaser Agent’s Purchaser Group and such Purchaser Agent.

Section 4.11 Administrator and Affiliates .

To the extent that the Administrator or any of its Affiliates is or shall become an LC Participant hereunder, the Administrator or such Affiliate, in such capacity, shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as would any other LC Participant hereunder and may exercise the same as though it were not the Administrator. The Administrator and its Affiliates may generally engage in any kind of business with the Seller, any Originator, Lyondell Chemical, any Sub-Servicer or the Servicer, any of their respective Affiliates and any Person who may do business with or own securities of the Seller, any Originator, Lyondell Chemical, any Sub-Servicer or the Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates, all as if it were not the Administrator hereunder and without any duty to account therefor to any Purchaser Agent or Purchaser.

Section 4.12 Notice of Termination Events .

Neither the Administrator nor any Purchaser Agent shall be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event unless it has received notice from, in the case of the Administrator, any Purchaser Agent, any Purchaser, the Servicer or the Seller and, in the case of any Purchaser Agent, the Administrator, any other Purchaser Agent, any Purchaser, the Servicer or the Seller, in each case stating that a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event has occurred hereunder and describing such Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event. In the event that the Administrator receives such a notice, it shall promptly give notice thereof to each Purchaser Agent. In the event that a Purchaser Agent receives such a notice, it shall promptly give notice thereof to the Administrator (unless such Purchaser Agent first received notice of such Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event from the Administrator) and to each of its related Purchasers. The Administrator shall take such action concerning a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event as may be directed by the Majority Purchaser Agents (unless such action otherwise requires the consent of all Purchasers, all Purchaser Agents or the LC Bank), but until the Administrator receives such directions, the Administrator may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, as the Administrator deems advisable and in the best interests of the Purchasers and the Purchaser Agents.

 

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Section 4.13 Non-Reliance on Administrator, Purchaser Agents and other Purchasers; Administrators and Affiliates .

(a) Each Purchaser and Purchaser Agent expressly acknowledges that none of the Administrator and the Purchaser Agents, in the case of such Purchaser, and none of the Administrator or any other Purchaser Agent, in the case of such Purchaser Agent, nor in either case any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates has made any representations or warranties to it and that no act by the Administrator or any Purchaser Agent hereafter taken, including any review of the affairs of the Seller, Lyondell Chemical, the Servicer or any Originator, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by the Administrator or such Purchaser Agent. Each Purchaser and Purchaser Agent represents and warrants to the Administrator and such Purchaser’s Purchaser Agent, in the case of such Purchaser, and the Administrator, in the case of such Purchaser Agent, that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrator, the LC Bank, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made and will continue to make its own appraisal of any investigation into the business, operations, property, prospects, financial and other conditions and creditworthiness of the Seller, Lyondell Chemical, the Servicer or the Originators, and made its own evaluation and decision to enter into this Agreement. Except for items specifically required to be delivered hereunder, the Administrator shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Purchaser or Purchaser Agent, and no Purchaser Agent have any duty or responsibility to provide any Purchaser, with any information concerning the Seller, Lyondell Chemical, the Servicer or the Originators or any of their Affiliates that comes into the possession of the Administrator or such Purchaser Agent, respectively, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys-in-fact or Affiliates.

(b) Each of the Purchasers, the Purchaser Agents and the Administrator and any of their respective Affiliates may extend credit to, accept deposits from and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, debt, entity or other business with the Seller, Lyondell Chemical, the Servicer or any Originator or any of their Affiliates. With respect to the acquisition of the Eligible Receivables pursuant to this Agreement, each of the Purchaser Agents and the Administrator shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any Purchaser and may exercise the same as though it were not such an agent, and the terms “Purchaser” and “Purchasers” shall include, to the extent applicable, each of the Purchaser Agents and the Administrator in their individual capacities.

Section 4.14 Indemnification .

Each LC Participant and Related Committed Purchaser agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Administrator and its officers, directors, employees, representatives and agents and the LC Bank (to the extent not reimbursed by the Seller, the Servicer or any Originator and without limiting the obligation of the Seller, the Servicer, or any Originator to do so), ratably according to its Pro Rata Share, from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, settlements, costs, expenses and/or disbursements of any kind or nature whatsoever (including in connection with any investigative or threatened proceeding, whether or not the Administrator, the LC Bank or such Person shall be designated a party thereto) that may at any time be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Administrator, the LC Bank or such Person as a result of, or related to, any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or the execution, delivery or performance of the Transaction Documents or any other document furnished in connection therewith; provided , however , that no LC Participant or Related Committed Purchaser shall be liable for any portion

 

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of such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses, or disbursements resulting from the Administrator’s or the LC Bank’s gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by a final non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each LC Participant agrees to reimburse the Administrator and the LC Bank, ratably according to their Pro Rata Shares, promptly upon demand, for any out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable Attorney Costs) incurred by the Administrator or the LC Bank in connection with the administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of its rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement.

Section 4.15 Successor Administrator .

The Administrator may resign as Administrator, subject to the following sentence, (i) by written notice to the Seller, the Purchaser Agents and the Servicer, if neither the Administrator nor any Affiliate thereof is a party to this Agreement in the capacity of a Purchaser or a Purchaser Agent or (ii) otherwise, upon at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Seller, the Purchaser Agents and the Servicer. Such resignation shall not become effective until (a) a successor Administrator is appointed by the Majority Purchaser Agents and the LC Bank, and such successor Administrator has accepted such appointment (provided, if no successor Administrator is appointed within thirty (30) days of the Administrator’s written notice of resignation delivered in accordance with the above, the Administrator may appoint a successor Administrator from among the Purchasers and Purchaser Agents) and (b) so long as no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Seller and the Servicer shall have consented to such successor Administrator; provided , such consent by the Seller and the Servicer shall not be required if the successor Administrator is an existing Purchaser or Purchaser Agent. Upon such acceptance of its appointment as Administrator hereunder by a successor Administrator, such successor Administrator shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights and duties of the resigning Administrator, and the resigning Administrator shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Transaction Documents. After any retiring Administrator’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of Sections 3.1 and 3.2 and this Article IV shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrator.

ARTICLE V.

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.1 Amendments, Etc.

No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (other than the Agent Fee Letter) shall be effective unless in a writing signed by the Administrator, the Majority Purchaser Agents, the LC Bank and, in the case of an amendment, by the other parties thereto; provided , however , that no such amendment shall, (a) without the consent of each affected Purchaser, (i) extend the date of any payment or deposit of Collections by the Seller or the Servicer or decrease the outstanding amount of or rate of Discount or extend the repayment of or any scheduled payment date for the payment of any Discount in respect of any Portion of Capital or any Fees owed to a Purchaser; (ii) reduce any Fees payable pursuant to

 

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the RPA Fee Letter; (iii) forgive or waive or otherwise excuse any repayment of Capital or change either the amount of Capital of any Purchaser or any Purchaser’s Ratable Share of the Purchased Interest; (iv) increase the Commitment of any Purchaser; (v) amend or modify the Pro Rata Share of any LC Participant; (vi) amend or modify the provisions of this Section 5.1 or the definition of “Capital”, “Eligible Receivables”, “Majority LC Participants”, “Majority Purchaser Agents”, “Net Receivables Pool Balance”, “Purchased Interest”, “Scheduled Termination Date” (other than pursuant to an extension thereof in accordance with Section 1.2(e) ), “Termination Date” or “Total Reserves” or (vii) amend or modify any defined term (or any term used directly or indirectly in such defined term) used in clauses (i)  through (vi)  above in a manner that would circumvent the intention of the restrictions set forth in such clauses and (b) without the consent of the Majority Purchaser Agents and/or Majority LC Participants, as applicable, amend, waive or modify any provision expressly requiring the consent of such Majority Purchaser Agents and/or Majority LC Participant. Defaulting Purchasers shall have limited voting rights as set forth in Section 5.16 . Each such amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which it was given. No failure on the part of any Purchaser Agent, any Purchaser or the Administrator to exercise, and no delay in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right.

In the event that the Seller (or the Servicer on its behalf) requests that the Administrator, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser, in any case, that is then or whose Affiliate is then a party to the Lyondell Credit Agreement as a lender, agree to amend or waive clause (h)  of Exhibit IV to this Agreement (including, without limitation, to change the meaning of the term “Leverage Ratio” (or any defined term constituting a component thereof under the Lyondell Credit Agreement) or to increase the ratio that would result in a Termination Event under such clause (h) ) concurrently with a substantially similar amendment to or waiver of the minimum leverage ratio covenant under the Lyondell Credit Agreement (which covenant is set forth in Section 5.15 of the Lyondell Credit Agreement as of the Closing Date) or the defined term “Leverage Ratio” (or any defined term constituting a component thereof under the Lyondell Credit Agreement), then the Administrator, such Purchaser Agent or such Purchaser, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have agreed (for all purposes hereof) to such amendment or waiver of clause (h)  of Exhibit IV to this Agreement if the Administrator, such Purchaser Agent or such Purchaser or such entity’s Affiliate, as the case may be, also agrees in writing to such concurrent amendment or waiver under the Lyondell Credit Agreement.

Section 5.2 Notices, Etc.

All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing (including facsimile or electronic mail communication) and shall be delivered or sent by facsimile, electronic mail or by overnight mail, to the intended party at the mailing or electronic mail address or facsimile number of such party set forth under its name on the signature pages hereof (or in any other document or agreement pursuant to which it is or became a party hereto), or at such other address or facsimile number as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties hereto. All such notices and communications shall be effective (i) if delivered by overnight mail, when received, and (ii) if transmitted by facsimile or electronic mail, when sent, receipt confirmed by telephone or electronic means.

 

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Section 5.3 Successors and Assigns; Assignability; Participations; Replacement of Purchasers.

(a) Successors and Assigns . Unless the context otherwise requires, whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the successors and permitted assigns of such party; all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any parties hereto that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Except as otherwise provided in Section 4.1(d) or 4.1(e) , neither the Seller nor the Servicer may assign or transfer any of its rights or delegate any of its duties hereunder or under any Transaction Document without the prior written consent of each Purchaser Agent.

(b) Participations . Any Purchaser may sell participating interests (each acquirer of a participating interest, a “ participant ”) in its rights and obligations pursuant to this Agreement; provided , however , that the selling Purchaser shall retain all rights and obligations under this Agreement and all parties to this Agreement shall continue to deal solely with such selling Purchaser. Except with respect to participations by Conduit Purchasers pursuant to Section 5.3(i) , each agreement between a Purchaser and a participant shall provide that such Purchaser shall retain the sole right to enforce the Transaction Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement (other than any amendment, modification or waiver of a provision described in Section 5.1(a) that affects such participant). The Seller agrees that each participant shall be entitled to the benefits of the Sections 1.7 , 1.8 and 1.10 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein, including the requirements under Section 1.10 ; it being understood that the documentation required under Section 1.10(e) shall be delivered to the Purchaser who sells the participation) to the same extent as if it were a Purchaser and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to this Section 5.3(b) , provided that such participant (A) agrees to be subject to the provisions of the Sections 5.3(g) and 5.3(h) as if it were an assignee under this Section and (B) shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under the Section 1.7 or Section 1.10 , with respect to any participation, than the Purchaser from whom it acquired the applicable participation would have been entitled to receive. Each Purchaser that sells a participation agrees, at the Seller’s request and expense, to use reasonable efforts to cooperate with the Seller to effectuate the provisions of Section 5.3(g) with respect to any participant. To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, each participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of any set-off rights provided to the Purchasers under this Agreement as though it were a Purchaser, provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to the provisions of Section 5.15 as though it were a Purchaser. Each Purchaser that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Seller, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated Discount) of each participant’s interest in the Receivables and rights under this Agreement (the “ Participant Register ”); provided that no Purchaser shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any participant or any information relating to a participant’s interest in any commitments, loans, letters of credit or its other obligations under this Agreement) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish

 

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that such interest in Receivables and under this Agreement 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 Purchaser 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. For the avoidance of doubt, the Administrator shall have no responsibility for maintaining the Participant Register.

(c) Assignments by Purchasers . Each Purchaser may assign, in whole or in part, its interests in the Receivables and its rights or obligations pursuant to this Agreement to any financial or other institution (which, in the case of an assignment by a Related Committed Purchaser, shall be to a financial institution with short-term unsecured debt ratings of at least “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s and “P-1” by Moody’s and that is consented to in writing by the Administrator and the LC Bank, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), pursuant to a supplement hereto, substantially in the form of Annex F with any changes as have been approved by the parties thereto (each, a “ Transfer Supplement ”) executed by each such assignee, such selling Purchaser, such related Purchaser Agent and the Administrator; provided that, so long as no Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, any such assignment (other than to another Purchaser or Program Support Provider within its Purchaser Group or conduit managed or sponsored by the same Purchaser Agent) shall require the consent of the Seller. No assignment shall be effective until recorded in the Register. The Administrator, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Seller, shall maintain at one of its offices in Pittsburgh, PA a copy of each Transfer Supplement delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Purchasers and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and stated Discount) of the interests in the Receivables and rights under this Agreement owing to each Purchaser pursuant to the terms of this Agreement from time to time (the “ Register ”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Seller and the Administrator shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Purchaser hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Seller and any Purchaser, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(d) Certain Pledges . Without limiting the right of any Purchaser to sell or grant interests, security interests or participations to any Person as otherwise described in this Section 5.3 , any Purchaser may pledge, or grant a security interest in, all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure its obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank without any notice to, or consent of, the Seller; provided that no such pledge or grant of a security interest shall release a Purchaser from any of its obligations under this Agreement or substitute any such pledgee or grantee for such Purchaser as a party to this Agreement.

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(f) Disclosure; Notice . Each assignor may, in connection with an assignment permitted hereunder, disclose to the applicable assignee (that shall have agreed to be bound by an agreement containing a confidentiality undertaking in substantially the form set forth in Section 5.6 ) any information relating to the Servicer, the Seller or the Pool Receivables furnished to such assignor by or on behalf of the Servicer, the Seller, any Purchaser, any Purchaser Agent or the Administrator. Such assignor shall give prior written notice to the Seller of any assignment of such assignor’s rights and obligations (including ownership of the Purchased Interest) to any Person other than a Program Support Provider.

(g) Replacement of Purchasers . If (a) the Seller receives a claim for compensation under Section 1.7 or Section 1.10 of this Agreement from any Purchaser (or its Liquidity Provider or Program Support Provider), (b) any Purchaser is a Defaulting Purchaser, or (c) any Purchaser does not consent to a request to extend the Scheduled Termination Date, then the Seller may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Purchaser, its related Purchaser Agent and the Administrator, require such Purchaser, its related Purchaser Agent and any other Purchaser in such Purchaser’s Purchaser Group to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in, and consents required by, Section 5.3(c) or (j) , as applicable, of this Agreement), all of their respective interests, rights (other than their existing rights to payment under Sections 1.7 and 1.10 of this Agreement) and obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be a member of an existing Purchaser Group, if such Person accepts such assignment); provided , however , that the Seller shall be permitted to require the assignment by (i) the Purchaser Group of which the Administrator is a member, or (ii) any Purchaser which is administered by the Administrator or an Affiliate thereof only if, in either case, the Administrator is also replaced contemporaneously, pursuant to documents reasonably satisfactory to the Administrator; provided , further , that (i) the assignee financial institution shall purchase, at par, all Capital, Discount and other amounts owing to such assigning Purchaser and Purchaser Agent (other than any amounts owing under Sections 1.7 and 1.10 of this Agreement for which payment is then sought) on or prior to the date of assignment, (ii) if the replacement financial institution is not already a member of an existing Purchaser Group, the Seller shall have received the written consent of the Administrator and the LC Bank (which consents shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) to such assignment, (iii) until such time as such assignment shall be consummated, the Seller shall pay all additional amounts required under Sections 1.7 and 1.10 , subject to the terms of this Agreement, (iv) such assignment shall not conflict with Applicable Law, (v) any such assignment shall not be deemed to be a waiver of any right that the Seller, the Administrator, any Purchaser Agent or any other Purchaser shall have against the assignor Purchaser or any member of its Purchaser Group and (vi) any such assignment by a Related Committed Purchaser shall be to a financial institution with short-term unsecured debt ratings of at least A-1 by Standard & Poor’s and “P-1” by Moody’s. No Purchaser or Purchaser Group may be required to make an assignment pursuant to this Section 5.3(g) (i) at any time when there is only one Purchaser Group or (ii) if the condition that gave rise to the Seller’s right to require such assignment ceases to apply.

(h) Mitigation Obligations . If any Affected Person requests compensation under Section 1.7 , or if the Seller is required to pay any additional amount to any Affected Person or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Affected Person pursuant to Section 1.10 , then such Affected Person shall (at the request of the Seller) use reasonable efforts to designate a different office for funding or booking its Purchases hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the judgment of such

 

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Affected Person, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 1.7 or 1.10 , as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Affected Person to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Affected Person. The Seller hereby agrees to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Affected Person in connection with any such designation or assignment; provided , that such Affected Person is generally seeking compensation from similarly situated borrowers under similar trade receivables securitization facilities (to the extent such Affected Person has the right under such similar facilities to do so).

(i) Assignments to Liquidity Providers and other Program Support Providers . Any Conduit Purchaser may at any time grant to one or more of its Liquidity Providers or other Program Support Providers participating interests in its portion of the Purchased Interest. In the event of any such grant by such Conduit Purchaser of a participating interest to a Liquidity Provider or other Program Support Provider, such Conduit Purchaser shall remain responsible for the performance of its obligations hereunder. The Seller agrees that each Liquidity Provider and Program Support Provider shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 1.7 and 1.8 .

(j) Other Assignment by Conduit Purchasers . Each party hereto agrees and consents (i) to any Conduit Purchaser’s assignment, participation, grant of security interests in or other transfers of any portion of, or any of its beneficial interest in, the Purchased Interest (or portion thereof), including without limitation to any collateral agent in connection with its commercial paper program and (ii) to the complete assignment by any Conduit Purchaser of all of its rights and obligations hereunder to any Liquidity Provider or Related Committed Purchaser for such Conduit Purchaser or to any other Person; provided , that such Conduit Purchaser may not, without the prior consent of its Related Committed Purchasers and, so long as no Termination Event is continuing, of the Seller (which consent the Seller may grant or withhold in its sole discretion), make any such assignment of its rights hereunder unless the assignee (x) is a commercial paper conduit that (i) is principally engaged in the purchase of assets similar to the assets being purchased hereunder, (ii) has as its Purchaser Agent the Purchaser Agent of the assigning Conduit Purchaser and (iii) issues commercial paper or other Notes with credit ratings substantially comparable to the ratings of the assigning Conduit Purchaser or (y) is a Related Committed Purchaser or Liquidity Provider for such Conduit Purchaser. Any assigning Conduit Purchaser shall deliver to any assignee a Transfer Supplement with any changes as have been approved by the parties thereto, duly executed by such Conduit Purchaser, assigning any portion of its interest in the Purchased Interest to its assignee. Such Conduit Purchaser shall promptly (i) notify each of the other parties hereto of such assignment and (ii) take all further action that the assignee reasonably requests in order to evidence the assignee’s right, title and interest in such interest in the Purchased Interest and to enable the assignee to exercise or enforce any rights of such Conduit Purchaser hereunder. Upon the assignment of any portion of its interest in the Purchased Interest, the assignee shall have all of the rights hereunder with respect to such interest (except that the Discount therefor shall thereafter accrue at the rate, determined with respect to the assigning Conduit Purchaser unless the Seller, the related Purchaser Agent and the assignee shall have agreed upon a different Discount). No assignment (excluding a collateral assignment, pledge or granting of a security interest) shall be effective until recorded in the Register. Any transfer (excluding a collateral assignment, pledge or granting of a security interest) other than by assignment shall be treated as a sale of a participation pursuant to Section 5.3(b) .

 

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Section 5.4 Costs and Expenses .

Without limiting any of the Seller’s other obligations hereunder or under any other Transaction Document (including, without limitation, its obligations under Sections 1.5, 1.7 , 1.8 , 1.10 , 3.1 or Section 1(e) of Exhibit IV of this Agreement), the Seller will pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses related to execution and delivery of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, the rating agency fees (the total amount of which shall not exceed the cap separately agreed upon in the Engagement Letter), the reasonable and properly documented costs and expenses of counsel from one law firm to the Administrator and the Purchaser Agents (the total amount of which shall not exceed the cap separately agreed upon in the Engagement Letter), and the reasonable fees of a consulting firm selected by the Administrator in conducting the agreed-upon procedures. From the Closing Date until the Final Payout Date, the Seller shall pay (a) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred by the Administrator with respect to the administration of this Agreement and each of the other Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, the reasonable and properly documented fees and expenses of one law firm for the Administrator), including all reasonable fees and expenses actually incurred in connection with amendments to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the granting of any waivers under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, and audit and due diligence fees (limited as provided in this Agreement), and (b) during the continuation of a Termination Event, all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including reasonable and properly documented attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred by the Administrator, the Purchasers and the Purchaser Agents in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

Section 5.5 No Proceedings; Limitation on Payments .

(a) Each of the Seller, the Servicer, the Administrator, the LC Bank, the Purchaser Agents and the Purchasers and each assignee of the Purchased Interest or any interest therein, and each Person that enters into a commitment to purchase the Purchased Interest or interests therein, hereby covenants and agrees that it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, any Conduit Purchaser any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding, or any other proceeding under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the latest maturing Note issued by such Conduit Purchaser is paid in full. The provisions of this paragraph shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

(b) Each of the Servicer, the Administrator, the LC Bank, the Purchaser Agents and the Purchasers and each assignee of the Purchased Interest or any interest therein, and each Person that enters into a commitment to purchase the Purchased Interest or interests therein, hereby covenants and agrees that it will not institute against, or join any other Person in instituting against, the Seller any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding, or any other proceeding under any federal or state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the Final Payout Date; provided , that the Administrator may take any such action with the prior written consent of the Majority Purchaser Agents and the LC Bank. The provisions of this paragraph shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding any provisions contained in this Agreement to the contrary, no Conduit Purchaser shall, or shall be obligated to, pay any amount, if any, payable by it pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document unless (i) such Conduit Purchaser has received funds which may be used to make such payment and which funds are not required to repay such Conduit Purchaser’s Notes when due and (ii) after giving effect to such payment, either (x) such Conduit Purchaser could issue Notes to refinance all of its outstanding Notes (assuming such outstanding Notes matured at such time) in accordance with the program documents governing such Conduit Purchaser’s securitization program or (y) all such Conduit Purchaser’s Notes are paid in full. Any amount which a Conduit Purchaser does not pay pursuant to the operation of the preceding sentence shall not constitute a claim (as defined in §101 of the Bankruptcy Code) against or company obligation of such Conduit Purchaser for any such insufficiency unless and until such Conduit Purchaser satisfies the provisions of clauses (i)  and (ii)  above. The provisions of this paragraph shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

Section 5.6 Confidentiality .

(a) Unless otherwise required by Applicable Law, each of the Seller and the Servicer will agree to maintain the confidentiality of the Transaction Documents (and all drafts thereof) in communications with third parties and otherwise; provided , that any Transaction Document may be disclosed: (a) to third parties to the extent such disclosure is made pursuant to a written agreement of confidentiality in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent, (b) to the Seller’s legal counsel, financial advisors and auditors if they agree to hold it confidential, subject to Applicable Law, (c) in connection with any legal proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or the preservation or maintenance of that party’s rights hereunder or thereunder, (d) if required to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction whether in pursuance of any procedure for discovering documents or otherwise, (e) in connection with a party’s compliance with any law pursuant to which that party is required or accustomed to act (including applicable SEC requirements) and (f) to any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Seller or the Servicer, the Originators or the Parent. The restrictions in the preceding sentence shall not apply to disclosures to any party to this Agreement by any other party thereto, information already known to a recipient otherwise than in breach of this confidentiality agreement, information also received from another source on terms not requiring it to be kept confidential, or information that is or becomes publicly available otherwise than in breach of this Section 5.6(a) .

(b) Unless otherwise required by Applicable Law (in which case, the disclosing Person shall (i) promptly notify the Seller, the Parent, the Servicer and the Originators in advance of such disclosure, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, and (ii) furnish only that portion of the information which in the good faith determination of the applicable Person is legally required to disclose), each of the Administrator, the Purchaser Agents and the Purchasers will agree to maintain the confidentiality of non-public information regarding the Seller, the Parent, the Servicer and the Originators; provided , that such information may be disclosed to: (i) third parties to the extent such disclosure is made pursuant to a written agreement of confidentiality in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Parent, the Servicer, the Seller and the Originators, (ii) legal counsel and auditors of the Purchasers, the Purchaser Agents or the Administrator if they agree to hold it confidential, (iii) any nationally recognized statistical

 

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rating organization, (iv) any Program Support Provider or potential Program Support Provider (if they agree to hold it confidential), and (v) any placement agency placing any Conduit Purchaser’s commercial paper notes and (vi) any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over the Administrator, any Purchaser Agent, any Purchaser, or any Program Support Provider.

Section 5.7 GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION .

(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHERWISE APPLICABLE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK).

(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK; AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH SERVICE MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY NEW YORK LAW.

Section 5.8 Execution in Counterparts .

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which, when so executed, shall be deemed to be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one and the same agreement.

Section 5.9 Survival of Termination .

The provisions of Sections 1.7 , 1.8 , 1.10 , 1.18 , 1.19 , 1.20 , 3.1 , 3.2 , 4.14 , 5.4 , 5.5 , 5.6 , 5.7 , 5.9 , 5.10 and 5.14 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

Section 5.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL .

EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY OF THE PARTIES AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY

 

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OR PARTIES, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS OR OTHERWISE. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO FURTHER AGREES THAT ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING THAT SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT.

Section 5.11 Entire Agreement .

This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents embody the entire agreement and understanding between the parties hereto, and supersede all prior or contemporaneous agreements and understandings of such Persons, verbal or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof.

Section 5.12 Headings .

The captions and headings of this Agreement and any Exhibit, Schedule or Annex hereto are for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation hereof or thereof.

Section 5.13 Right of Setoff .

Each Purchaser is hereby authorized (in addition to any other rights it may have), at any time during the continuance of a Termination Event, to setoff, appropriate and apply (without presentment, demand, protest or other notice which are hereby expressly waived) any deposits and any other indebtedness held or owing by such Purchaser (including by any branches or agencies of such Purchaser) to, or for the account of, the Seller against amounts owing by the Seller hereunder (even if contingent or unmatured); provided that such Purchaser shall notify the Seller concurrently with such setoff.

Section 5.14 Purchaser Groups’ Liabilities .

The obligations of the Administrator, each Purchaser Agent and each Purchaser under the Transaction Documents are solely the corporate obligations of such Person. No recourse shall be had for any obligation or claim arising out of or based upon any Transaction Document against any member, employee, officer, director or incorporator of any such Person.

Section 5.15 Sharing of Recoveries .

Each Purchaser agrees that if it receives any recovery, through set-off, judicial action or otherwise, on any amount payable or recoverable hereunder in a greater proportion than should have been received hereunder or otherwise inconsistent with the provisions hereof, then the recipient of such recovery shall purchase for cash an interest in amounts owing to the other Purchasers (as return of Capital or otherwise), without representation or warranty except for the

 

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representation and warranty that such interest is being sold by each such other Purchaser free and clear of any Adverse Claim created or granted by such other Purchaser, in the amount necessary to create proportional participation by the Purchaser in such recovery. If all or any portion of such amount is thereafter recovered from the recipient, such purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, but without interest.

Section 5.16 Defaulting Purchasers .

(a) If any LC Participant becomes a Defaulting Purchaser at any time when there are undrawn Letters of Credit outstanding, then all or any part of such Defaulting Purchaser’s participation in such Letters of Credit shall be reallocated among the LC Participants that are not Defaulting Purchasers in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares (calculated without regard to such Defaulting Purchaser’s Commitment), but only to the extent that (x) the conditions precedent to issuance of Letters of Credit are satisfied at the time of such reallocation (and, unless the Seller shall have otherwise notified the Administrator at such time, the Seller shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such conditions are satisfied at such time), and (y) such reallocation does not cause the aggregate credit exposure of any Purchaser to exceed such Purchaser’s Commitment. No such reallocation shall constitute a waiver or release of any claim of any party against a Defaulting Purchaser arising from that Purchaser having become a Defaulting Purchaser, including any claim of any other Purchaser as a result of such other Purchaser’s increased exposure following such reallocation.

(b) If any LC Participant becomes a Defaulting Purchaser at any time when there are undrawn Letters of Credit outstanding and the reallocation described in Section 5.16(a) above cannot, or can only partially, be effected, then the Seller shall (i) within two (2) Business Days following notice by the LC Bank, cash collateralize for the benefit of the LC Bank a portion of the amount of the then outstanding Letters of Credit equal to such Defaulting Purchaser’s Pro Rata Share (determined after giving effect to any reallocation of its participation in Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 5.16(a) above) of the undrawn stated amount of outstanding Letters of Credit by depositing such amount into the LC Collateral Account, and (ii) maintain funds in the LC Collateral Account to cash collateralize such Defaulting Purchaser’s Pro Rata Share (determined after giving effect to any reallocation of its participation in Letters of Credit pursuant to Section 5.16(a) above) of the undrawn stated amount of outstanding Letters of Credit. The Administrator shall apply funds deposited into the LC Collateral Account to satisfy a Defaulting Purchaser’s obligation to fund its portion of a Reimbursement Purchase requested or deemed requested by the Seller and to fund any Participation Advance required to be made by such Defaulting Purchaser.

(c) The Seller shall not be required to pay such Defaulting Purchaser any fees payable with respect to the amount of the undrawn Letters of Credit that is so cash collateralized by the Seller.

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to the LC Collateral Account until the amount therein is equal to the amount of such Defaulting Purchaser’s Pro Rata Share of the stated amount of the undrawn Letters of Credit that is not cash collateralized, and to the extent of any remaining amounts, to pay to such Defaulting Purchaser amounts owed to it. Notwithstanding any provision herein or in any Fee Letter to the contrary, if any Related Committed Purchaser becomes a Defaulting Purchaser, for so long as such Related Committed Purchaser is a Defaulting Purchaser, Commitment Fees (as defined in the RPA Fee Letter) shall cease to accrue on the Commitment of such Defaulting Purchaser.

(e) No Defaulting Purchaser shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent under this Agreement (and any amendment, waiver or consent which by its terms requires the consent of all Purchasers or each affected Purchaser may be effected with the consent of the applicable Purchasers other than Defaulting Purchasers), except that (x) the Commitment of any Defaulting Purchaser may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Purchaser and (y) any waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Purchasers or each affected Purchaser that by its terms affects any Defaulting Purchaser more adversely than other affected Purchasers shall require the consent of such Defaulting Purchaser.

Section 5.17 USA Patriot Act .

Each of the Administrator and each of the Purchasers hereby notifies the Seller and the Servicer that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001) (the “ PATRIOT Act ”), the Administrator and the Purchasers may be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Seller, the Servicer, the Originators and the Parent, which information includes the name, address, tax identification number and other information regarding the Seller, the Servicer, the Originators and the Parent that will allow the Administrator and the Purchasers to identify the Seller, the Servicer, the Originators and the Parent in accordance with the PATRIOT Act. This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the PATRIOT Act. Each of the Seller and the Servicer agrees to provide the Administrator and the Purchasers, from time to time, with all documentation and other information required by bank regulatory authorities under “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the PATRIOT Act.

Section 5.18 Release of Security Interests .

Upon the Final Payout Date, the security interests in all of the Pool Receivables and Related Security and the Lock-Box Accounts created by the Transaction Documents (for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any ownership, security or other interest of the Seller) shall be automatically terminated and released. In connection with any release pursuant to Section 4.2(b) or this Section 5.18 , the Administrator shall (and each Purchaser, each Purchaser Agent and the LC Bank irrevocably authorizes the Administrator to), at the Seller’s expense, execute, deliver or authorize, as applicable, any documents (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrator) that Seller (or Servicer on its behalf) may reasonably request which are necessary or desirable to evidence such release, including, without limitation, financing statement amendments (Form UCC-3).

 

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Section 5.19 Construction .

The parties acknowledge and agree that this Agreement shall not be construed more favorably in favor of any party hereto based upon which party drafted the same, it being acknowledged that all parties hereto contributed substantially to the drafting and negotiation of this Agreement.

Section 5.20 Interpretation; Accounting Terms and Principles .

For purposes of this Agreement and all such certificates and other documents delivered in connection herewith, unless the context otherwise requires or unless otherwise specifically provided herein: (a) except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature shall be construed in accordance with GAAP, as in effect from time to time (subject to the immediately succeeding paragraph); (b) all terms used in Article 9 of the UCC in the State of New York, and not specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in such Article 9; (c) references to any amount as on deposit or outstanding on any particular date means such amount at the close of business on such day; (d) the words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import refer to such agreement (or the certificate or other document in which they are used) as a whole and not to any particular provision of such agreement (or such certificate or document); (e) references to any Section, Annexes, Schedule or Exhibit are references to Sections, Annexes, Schedules and Exhibits in or to such agreement (or the certificate or other document in which the reference is made), and references to any paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision within any Section or definition refer to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such Section or definition; (f) the term “including” means “including without limitation”; (g) references to any Applicable Law refer to that Applicable Law as amended from time to time and include any successor Applicable Law; (h) references to any agreement refer to that agreement as from time to time amended, restated or supplemented or as the terms of such agreement are waived or modified in accordance with its terms; (i) references to any Person include that Person’s permitted successors and assigns; (j) headings are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof; (k) unless otherwise provided, in the calculation of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the term “from” means “from and including”, and the terms “to” and “until” each means “to but excluding”; (l) terms in one gender include the parallel terms in the neuter and opposite gender; and (m) the term “or” is not exclusive.

If, after the date of this Agreement, there shall occur any change in GAAP from those used in the preparation of the financial statements referred to in Section 1(a) or 2(a) of Exhibit IV and such change shall result in a change in the calculation of any financial covenant, requirement, standard or term found in this Agreement, either the Seller or the Majority Purchaser Agents may by notice to the Purchasers and the Seller, respectively, require that the Purchasers and the Seller negotiate in good faith to amend such covenant, requirement, standard and term so as equitably to reflect such change in accounting principles, with the desired result being that the criteria for evaluating the financial condition of the Parent and its Subsidiaries shall be the same as if such change had not been made. No delay by the Seller or the Majority Purchaser Agents in requiring such negotiation shall limit their right to so require such a negotiation at any time after such a change in accounting principles. Until any such covenant,

 

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standard, or term is amended in accordance with this Section 5.20 , financial covenants shall be computed and determined in accordance with GAAP in effect prior to such change in accounting principles. Obligations relating to a lease that was accounted for by a Person as an operating lease before such change in GAAP and any similar lease entered into after such change in GAAP shall be accounted for as obligations relating to an operating lease and not as a capital lease.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties have caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective signatories thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.

 

LYB RECEIVABLES LLC,

as the Seller
By:   /s/ Francesco Svelto
Name:   Francesco Svelto
Title:   President and Treasurer

 

Address:   LYB Receivables LLC
  1221 McKinney, Suite 700
  Houston, Texas 77010
Attention:   Francesco Svelto
Telephone:   (713) 309-3155
Email:   Francesco.Svelto@lyondellbasell.com

 

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LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY,

as the initial Servicer
By:   /s/ Gerald A. O’Brien
 

 

Name:   Gerald A. O’Brien
Title:   Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

 

Address:   Lyondell Chemical Company
  1221 McKinney, Suite 700
  Houston, Texas 77010
Attention:   Francesco Svelto
Telephone:   (713) 309-3155
Email:   Francesco.Svelto@lyondellbasell.com

 

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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as a Related Committed Purchaser and as an LC Participant
By:   /s/ Mark Falcione
 

 

Name:   Mark Falcione
Title:   Senior Vice President

 

Address:   PNC Bank, National Association
  Three PNC Plaza
  225 Fifth Avenue
  Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2707
Attention:   Mark Falcione
Telephone:   412-762-7325
Facsimile:   412-762-9184
Email:   mark.falcione@pnc.com
With a copy to:pncconduitgroup@pnc.com

 

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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as LC Bank
By:   /s/ Mark Falcione
 

 

Name:   Mark Falcione
Title:   Senior Vice President

 

Address:   PNC Bank, National Association
  Three PNC Plaza
  225 Fifth Avenue
  Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2707
Attention:   Mark Falcione
Telephone:   412-762- 7325
Facsimile:   412-762-9184
Email:   mark.falcione@pnc.com
With a copy to:pncconduitgroup@pnc.com

 

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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as a Purchaser Agent
By:   /s/ Mark Falcione
Name:   Mark Falcione
Title:   Senior Vice President

 

Address:   PNC Bank, National Association
  Three PNC Plaza
  225 Fifth Avenue
  Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2707
Attention:   Mark Falcione
Telephone:   412-762- 7325
Facsimile:   412-762-9184
Email:   mark.falcione@pnc.com
With a copy to:pncconduitgroup@pnc.com

 

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PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Administrator
By:   /s/ Mark Falcione
 

 

Name:   Mark Falcione
Title:   Senior Vice President

 

Address:   PNC Bank, National Association
  Three PNC Plaza
  225 Fifth Avenue
  Pittsburgh, PA 15222-2707
Attention:   Mark Falcione
Telephone:   412-762-5327
Facsimile:   412-762-9184
Email:   mark.falcione@pnc.com
With a copy to: pncconduitgroup@pnc.com

 

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MARKET STREET FUNDING LLC,
as a Conduit Purchaser
By:   /s/ Karla L. Boyd
 

 

Name:   Karla L. Boyd
Title:   President

 

Address:   Market Street Funding LLC
  c/o AMACAR Group, LLC
  6525 Morrison Blvd. Ste. 318
  Charlotte, NC 28211
Attention:   Cynthia Reames
Telephone:   704-365-0569
Facsimile:   704-365-1362
Email:   careames@amacar.com
With a copy to its Purchaser Agent

 

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THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH,
as a Purchaser Agent
By:   /s/ Eric Williams
 

 

Name:   Eric Williams
Title:   Director

 

Address:   The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.,
  New York Branch
  1251 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor
  New York, NY 10020
Attention:   Securitization Group
Telephone:   (212) 782-4910
Facsimile:   (212) 782-6448
Email:   ewilliams@us.mufg.jp and securitization_reporting@us.mufg.jp

 

THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH ,

as a Related Committed Purchaser and as an LC

Participant

By:   /s/ Christine Howatt
 

 

Name:   Christine Howatt
Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

Address:   The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ, Ltd.,
  New York Branch
  1251 Avenue of the Americas, 12th Floor
  New York, NY 10020
Attention:   Securitization Group
Telephone:   (212) 782-4910
Facsimile:   (212) 782-6448
Email:   ewilliams@us.mufg.jp and
  securitization_reporting@us.mufg.jp

 

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GOTHAM FUNDING CORPORATION,
as a Conduit Purchaser
By:   /s/ David V. DeAngelis
 

 

Name:   David V. DeAngelis
Title:   Vice President

 

Address:   Gotham Funding Corporation
  c/o Global Securitization Services LLC
  114 West 47 th Street, Suite 2310
  New York, New York 10036
Attention:   Frank Bilotta
Facsimile:   (212) 302-8767
Email:   fbilotta@gssnyc.com

 

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SMBC NIKKO SECURITIES AMERICA, INC.,
as a Purchaser Agent
By:   /s/ Makota Tagaya
 

 

Name:   Makota Tagaya
Title:   President

 

Address:   SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.
  277 Park Avenue
  New York, New York 10172
Attention:   Peter Nakhla
Telephone:   (212) 224-5370
Facsimile:   (212) 224-4929
Email:   PNakhla@smbcnikko-si.com

 

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SUMITOMO MITSUI BANKING CORPORATION,
as a Related Committed Purchaser and as an LC Participant
By:   /s/ Shuji Yabe
 

 

Name:   Shuji Yabe
Title:   Managing Director

 

Address:   Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation
  277 Park Avenue
  New York, New York 10172
Attention:   Mohan Mahimtura
Telephone:   (212) 224-4715
Facsimile:   (212) 224 4384
Email:   Mohan_Mahimtura@smbcgroup.com

 

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MANHATTAN ASSET FUNDING COMPANY LLC,

as a Conduit Purchaser

By: MAF Receivables Corp., Its Member
By:   /s/ Irina Khalmova
 

 

Name:   Irina Khalmova
Title:   Vice President

 

Address:   Manhattan Asset Funding Company LLC
  c/o SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc.
  277 Park Avenue
  New York, New York 10172
Attention:   SVP
Telephone:   (212) 224-5347
Facsimile:   (212) 224-4929
Email:  

schembri@smbcnikko-si.com

 

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MIZUHO CORPORATE BANK, LTD.,
as a Related Committed Purchaser, as a Purchaser Agent and as an LC Participant
By:   /s/ Raymond Ventura
 

 

Name:   Raymond Ventura
Title:   Deputy General Manager

 

Address:   Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
  1251 Avenue of the Americas
  New York, NY 10020
Attention:   Leon Mo
Telephone:   (212) 282-4984
  (212) 282-3633
Facsimile:   (212) 282-4488
Email:   leon.mo@mizuhocbus.com

 

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WORKING CAPITAL MANAGEMENT CO., L.P.,
as a Conduit Purchaser
By:   /s/ Shinichi Nochiide
 

 

Name:   Shinichi Nochiide
Title:   Attorney-in-fact

 

Address:   Working Capital Management Co., L.P.
  c/o Mizuho Corporate Bank, Ltd.
  1251 Avenue of the Americas
  New York, NY 10020
Attention:   Conduit Management Group
Telephone:   (212) 282-4998
  (212) 282-3633
Facsimile:   (212) 282-4105
Email:   david.krafchik@mizuhocbus.com

 

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EXHIBIT I

DEFINITIONS

As used in this Agreement (including its Exhibits, Schedules and Annexes), the following terms shall have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the terms defined). Unless otherwise indicated, all Section, Annex, Exhibit and Schedule references in this Exhibit are to Sections of and Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules to this Agreement.

Adjusted LC Participation Amount ” means, at any time, the LC Participation Amount minus the amount of cash collateral held in the LC Collateral Account at such time.

Administrator ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Adverse Claim ” means a lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance, or any other type of preferential arrangement; it being understood that any thereof in favor of, or assigned to, the Administrator (for the benefit of the Purchasers) shall not constitute an Adverse Claim.

Affected Person ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7(a) of this Agreement.

Affiliate ” means, as to any Person (a) any Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such Person and (b) in the case of each Conduit Purchaser, the holder(s) of its capital stock or membership interests, as the case may be. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person for purposes of this definition if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct, or cause the direction of, the management and policies of the other Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, common directors, trustees or officers, by contract or otherwise.

Affiliate Receivables ” mean any Receivable, the Obligor of which is an Affiliate of the Seller, the Servicer, any Originator or the Parent.

Agent Fee Letter ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.5 of this Agreement.

Aggregate Capital ” means at any time the aggregate outstanding Capital of all Purchasers at such time.

Aggregate Discount ” means, at any time, the sum of the aggregate for each Purchaser of the accrued and unpaid Discount with respect to each such Purchaser’s Capital at such time.

Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to the Receivables Purchase Agreement to which this Exhibit I is attached and made a part.

Alternate Rate ” means, for any Settlement Period for any Capital (or portion thereof) funded by any Purchaser other than through the issuance of Notes, an interest rate per annum equal to: (a) the Euro-Rate for such Settlement Period or (b) solely for any Portion of Capital for such Settlement Period for which the Euro-Rate is unavailable as described in Section 1.9 , the daily average Base Rate for such Settlement Period; provided , however , that the “Alternate Rate” for any day while a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing shall be an interest rate equal to the Base Rate plus 2.0% per annum.

 

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Applicable Law ” shall mean all applicable provisions of constitutions, laws, statutes, ordinances, rules, treaties, regulations, permits, licenses, approvals, interpretations and orders of courts or Governmental Authorities and all orders and decrees of all courts and arbitrators.

Attorney Costs ” means the reasonable and properly documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel for the Administrator and the other Indemnified Parties taken as a whole and, in the case of any conflict of interest, one additional counsel to each group of affected Indemnified Parties similarly situated taken as a whole.

Bankruptcy Code ” means the Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. § 101, et seq.), as amended from time to time.

Base Rate ” means, for any day and any Purchaser Group, a fluctuating interest rate per annum as shall be in effect from time to time, which rate shall be at all times equal to the greater of:

(a) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by the applicable Purchaser Agent or its Affiliate as its “reference rate” or “prime rate”, as applicable. Such “reference rate” or “prime rate” is set by the applicable Purchaser Agent or its Affiliate based upon various factors, including such Person’s costs and desired return, general economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above or below such announced rate, and is not necessarily the lowest rate charged to any customer; and

(b) 0.50% per annum above the latest Federal Funds Rate.

Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the laws of, or are in fact closed in, New York City, and if this definition of “Business Day” is utilized in connection with the Euro-Rate, such day is also a day on which dealings in deposits in U.S. Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.

Canadian Obligor ” means an Obligor which (i) if a natural person, is a resident of Canada or (ii) if a corporation or other business organization, is organized under the laws of Canada or any political subdivision thereof, or is a resident of Canada or any political subdivision thereof.

Capital ” means, with respect to any Purchaser, without duplication, the aggregate amounts (i) paid to, or on behalf of, the Seller in connection with all Funded Purchases made by such Purchaser pursuant to Sections 1.2(b) and 1.14(a) of this Agreement, (ii) paid by such Purchaser, as an LC Participant, to the LC Bank in respect of a Participation Advance made by such Purchaser to LC Bank pursuant to Section 1.14(b) of this Agreement and (iii) with respect to the Purchaser that is the LC Bank, paid by the LC Bank with respect to all drawings under Letters of Credit to the extent such drawings have not been reimbursed by the Seller or funded by Participation Advances, as reduced from time to time by Collections distributed and applied

 

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on account of such Capital pursuant to Section 1.4(d) of this Agreement; provided , that if such Capital shall have been reduced by any distribution and thereafter all or a portion of such distribution is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason, such Capital shall be increased by the amount of such rescinded or returned distribution as though it had not been made.

Change in Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following:

(a) the Parent ceases to own, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock, membership interests and all other equity interests of the Servicer and each Originator free and clear of all Adverse Claims;

(b) Lyondell Chemical ceases to own, directly, 100% of the issued and outstanding membership interests and all other equity interests of the Seller free and clear of all Adverse Claims;

(c) the sale, lease or transfer, in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the assets of the Parent and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than the Parent or one of its Subsidiaries; or

(d) the Parent becomes aware of (by way of a report or any other filing pursuant to Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, proxy, vote, written notice or otherwise) the acquisition by any Person or group (within the meaning of Section 13(d)(3) or Section 14(d)(2) of the Exchange Act, or any successor provision), including any group acting for the purpose of acquiring, holding or disposing of securities (within the meaning of Rule 13d-5(b)(1) under the Exchange Act), in a single transaction or in a related series of transactions, by way of acquisition, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, transfer, conveyance or other business combination or purchase of beneficial ownership (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, or any successor provision) of more than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock of the Parent, other than by virtue of the imposition of a holding company, or the reincorporation of the Parent in another jurisdiction, so long as the beneficial owners of the Voting Stock of the Parent immediately prior to such transaction hold a majority of the voting power of the Voting Stock of such holding company or reincorporation entity immediately thereafter.

Change in Law ” means the occurrence, after the Closing Date, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty or (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority; provided that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (x) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (y) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to the agreements reached by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in “Basel III: A Global Regulatory Framework for More Resilient Banks and Banking Systems” (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or replaced from time to time), shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

 

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Citi Account ” means each account established and maintained by the Originators at Citibank for the purpose of receiving Collections on Receivables.

Closing Date ” means September 11, 2012.

Code ” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Collections ” means, with respect to any Pool Receivable: (a) all funds that are received by any Originator, the Seller, the Servicer, the Parent, any Affiliate of any of the foregoing or any other Person on their behalf in payment of any amounts owed in respect of such Receivable (including purchase price, finance charges, interest and all other charges), or applied to amounts owed in respect of such Receivable (including insurance payments and net proceeds of the sale or other disposition of repossessed goods or other collateral or property of the related Obligor or any other Person directly or indirectly liable for the payment of such Pool Receivable and available to be applied thereon), (b) all amounts deemed to have been received pursuant to Section 1.4(e) of this Agreement and (c) all other proceeds of such Pool Receivable.

Commitment ” means, with respect to any Related Committed Purchaser, LC Participant or LC Bank, as applicable, the maximum aggregate amount which such Purchaser is obligated to pay hereunder on account of all Funded Purchases and all drawings under all Letters of Credit, on a combined basis, as set forth on Schedule IV or in the applicable Transfer Supplement or other agreement pursuant to which it became a Purchaser, as such amount may be modified pursuant to any subsequent assignment pursuant to Section 5.3 or pursuant to a reduction in the Purchase Limit pursuant to Section 1.1(b) of this Agreement. If the context so requires, “Commitment” also refers to a Purchaser’s obligation to make Purchases, make Participation Advances and/or issue Letters of Credit hereunder.

Commitment Percentage ” means, for each Related Committed Purchaser or related LC Participant in a Purchaser Group, the Commitment of such Related Committed Purchaser or related LC Participant, as the case may be, divided by the total of all Commitments of all Related Committed Purchasers or related LC Participants, as the case may be, in such Purchaser Group.

Concentration Percentage ” means (i) for any Group A Obligor, 10.00%, (ii) for any Group B Obligor, 8.00%, (iii) for any Group C Obligor, 6.00% and (iv) for any Group D Obligor, 4.00%.

Concentration Reserve Percentage ” means, at any time, the largest of: (a) the sum of the five (5) largest Obligor Percentages of the Group D Obligors at such time, (b) the sum of the three (3) largest Obligor Percentages of the Group C Obligors at such time, (c) the sum of the two (2) largest Obligor Percentages of the Group B Obligors at such time, (d) the largest Obligor Percentage of the Group A Obligors at such time and (e) 10.00%.

Conduit Purchaser ” means each commercial paper conduit that is or becomes a party to this Agreement as a “Conduit Purchaser.”

 

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Connection Income Taxes ” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

Contract ” means, with respect to any Receivable or Excluded Receivable, any and all contracts, instruments, agreements, leases, invoices, notes or other writings pursuant to which such Receivable or Excluded Receivables arises or that evidence such Receivable or Excluded Receivable or under which an Obligor becomes or is obligated to make payment in respect of such Receivable or Excluded Receivable.

Controlled Group ” means all members of a controlled group of corporations and all trades or businesses (whether or not incorporated) under common control which, together with the Seller, the Originators and Lyondell Chemical, are treated as a single employer under Section 414 of the Code.

CP Rate ” means, for any Conduit Purchaser and for any Settlement Period for any Portion of Capital, (a) the per annum rate equivalent to the weighted average cost (as determined by the applicable Purchaser Agent and which shall include commissions of placement agents and dealers, incremental carrying costs incurred with respect to Notes of such Person maturing on dates other than those on which corresponding funds are received by such Conduit Purchaser, other borrowings by such Conduit Purchaser (other than under any Program Support Agreement) and any other costs associated with the issuance of Notes) of or related to the issuance of Notes that are allocated, in whole or in part, by the applicable Conduit Purchaser to fund or maintain such Portion of Capital (and which may be also allocated in part to the funding of other assets of such Conduit Purchaser); provided , however , that if any component of such rate is a discount rate, in calculating the “ CP Rate ” for such Portion of Capital for such Settlement Period, the applicable Purchaser Agent shall for such component use the rate resulting from converting such discount rate to an interest bearing equivalent rate per annum; provided , further , that notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to the contrary, the Seller agrees that any amounts payable to Conduit Purchasers in respect of Discount for any Settlement Period with respect to any Portion of Capital funded by such Conduit Purchasers at the CP Rate shall include an amount equal to the portion of the face amount of the outstanding Notes issued to fund or maintain such Portion of Capital that corresponds to the portion of the proceeds of such Notes that was used to pay the interest component of maturing Notes issued to fund or maintain such Portion of Capital, to the extent that such Conduit Purchaser had not received payments of interest in respect of such interest component prior to the maturity date of such maturing Notes (for purposes of the foregoing, the “interest component” of Notes equals the excess of the face amount thereof over the net proceeds received by such Conduit Purchaser from the issuance of Notes, except that if such Notes are issued on an interest-bearing basis, its “interest component” will equal the amount of interest accruing on such Notes through maturity) or (b) any other rate agreed to by the Seller and such Conduit Purchaser as the “CP Rate” for such Conduit Purchaser in the document pursuant to which such Person becomes a party as a Conduit Purchaser to this Agreement, or any other writing or agreement provided by such Conduit Purchaser to the Seller, the Servicer and the applicable Purchaser Agent from time to time. The “CP Rate” for any Conduit Purchaser for any day while a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing shall be an interest rate equal to the Base Rate plus 2.0% per annum.

 

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Credit and Collection Policy ” means the global credit policy of the Parent and its operating Subsidiaries (including the Servicer) in effect on the Closing Date and attached as Schedule I to this Agreement, as from time to time modified in compliance with this Agreement.

Days’ Sales Outstanding ” means the ratio, calculated as of the last day of each calendar month, of (a) the average aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables over the prior three (3) calendar months to (b) the ratio of (i) the aggregate initial Outstanding Balance of all Receivables generated by the Originators during the prior three (3) calendar months to (ii) 90.

Debt ” means, as to any Person at any time, without duplication, any and all indebtedness, obligations or liabilities (whether matured or unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, or joint or several) of such Person for or in respect of: (i) borrowed money, (ii) bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments, (iii) reimbursement obligations under any drawn letter of credit, (iv) any other transaction (including production payments (excluding royalties), installment purchase agreements, forward sale or purchase agreements, capitalized leases and conditional sales agreements) having the commercial effect of a borrowing of money entered into by such Person to finance its operations or capital requirements (but not including (x) any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and (y) accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of such Person’s business payable on terms customary in the trade), or (v) any Guaranty of any such indebtedness of another Person.

Deemed Collections ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4(e)(ii) of this Agreement.

Defaulted Receivable ” means a Receivable:

(a) which remains unpaid for more than 90 days but equal to or less than 120 days from the original due date;

(b) as to which an Insolvency Proceeding shall have occurred with respect to the Obligor thereof; or

(c) which, consistent with the Credit and Collection Policy, would be written off as uncollectible;

it being understood and agreed that the Outstanding Balance of any Defaulted Receivable shall be computed without giving effect to any open credit memos or credit balances; and provided that any Receivable described in clause (b)  or (c)  above shall only constitute a Defaulted Receivable for the 30-day period following the date of commencement of the related Insolvency Proceeding or write-off, as the case may be.

Defaulting Purchaser ” means any Related Committed Purchaser or LC Participant, as applicable, that (a) has failed to (i) perform its obligation to fund any portion of its Purchases or Participation Advances or (ii) pay over to the Administrator or any Purchaser any other amount within two Business Days of the date required to be funded or paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i)  above, such Related Committed Purchaser or LC Participant, as applicable, notifies the Administrator and the Seller in writing that such failure is the result of such Related Committed Purchaser’s or LC Participant’s, as applicable, good faith determination that a

 

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condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied, (b) has notified the Seller, the Administrator or any Purchaser in writing, or has made a public statement to the effect, that it does not intend to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or generally under other agreements in which it commits or extends credit (unless such writing or public statement relates to such Related Committed Purchaser’s or LC Participant’s, as applicable, obligation to fund any portion of its Purchases or Participation Advances and states that such position is based on such Related Committed Purchaser’s or LC Participant’s, as applicable, good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and including the particular default, if any) has not been satisfied), (c) has failed, within three Business Days after written request by the Administrator or the Seller, to confirm in writing in a manner satisfactory to the Administrator and the Seller, that it will comply with the terms of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents relating to its obligations to fund prospective Purchases and Participation Advances under this Agreement ( provided that such Related Committed Purchaser or LC Participant, as applicable, shall cease to be a Defaulting Purchaser pursuant to this clause (c)  upon receipt of such written confirmation by the Administrator and the Seller), (d) has, or has a direct or indirect parent company that has, (i) become the subject of a proceeding under any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or (ii) had appointed for it a receiver, custodian, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or assets, including the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other state or federal regulatory authority acting in such capacity; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, a Related Committed Purchaser or LC Participant, as applicable, shall not be a Defaulting Purchaser solely by virtue of the ownership or acquisition of any equity interest in such Related Committed Purchaser or LC Participant, as applicable, or any direct or indirect parent company thereof by a Governmental Authority so long as such ownership interest does not result in or provide such Related Committed Purchaser or LC Participant, as applicable, 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 Related Committed Purchaser or LC Participant, as applicable (or such Governmental Authority) to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made with such Related Committed Purchaser or LC Participant, as applicable.

Delinquency Ratio ” means the ratio (expressed as a percentage) calculated as of the last day of each calendar month, of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Delinquent Receivables on such day to (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables on such day.

Delinquent Receivable ” means a Receivable which remains unpaid for more than 90 days from the original due date or which would be classified as delinquent pursuant to the Credit and Collection Policy; it being understood that the Outstanding Balance of Delinquent Receivables shall be computed without regard to any open credit memos or credit balances.

Dilution ” the portion of any Receivable which is reduced or canceled as a result of any of the events set forth in Section 1.4(e)(i) of this Agreement.

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Receivables generated by the Originators during the most recent calendar month (and/or such other calendar month(s) as may be agreed by the Administrator and the Servicer following an audit of the Servicer), to (ii) the Net Receivables Pool Balance as of the last day of the most recent calendar month.

Dilution Ratio ” means the ratio (expressed as a percentage), calculated as of the last day of each calendar month, of (i) the aggregate amount of Dilutions during such month (other than amounts related to the Specifically Reserved Dilution Amount), to (ii) the aggregate initial Outstanding Balance of all Receivables generated by the Originators during the calendar month prior to such month.

Dilution Reserve Floor Percentage ” means, on any day, a percentage equal to the product of (a) the Expected Dilution, times (b) the Dilution Horizon Ratio.

Dilution Spike ” means the highest Dilution Ratio for any calendar month over the twelve most recently ended calendar months.

Dilution Volatility ” means, on any date, a percentage equal to the product of (i) the Dilution Spike minus the Expected Dilution and (ii) the Dilution Spike divided by the Expected Dilution.

Discount ” means:

(a) for any Portion of Capital for any Settlement Period with respect to any Purchaser to the extent such Portion of Capital will be funded by such Purchaser during such Settlement Period through the issuance of Notes:

CPR x C x ED/360

(b) for any Portion of Capital for any Settlement Period with respect to any Purchaser to the extent such Portion of Capital will not be funded by such Purchaser during such Settlement Period through the issuance of Notes or, if the LC Bank or any LC Participant has made, or is deemed to have made, a Funded Purchase in connection with any drawing under a Letter of Credit that has not been reimbursed pursuant to Section 1.14 of this Agreement:

AR x C x ED/Year

where:

 

    AR   =    the Alternate Rate for such Portion of Capital for such Settlement Period with respect to such Purchaser,
    C   =    the Portion of Capital during such Settlement Period with respect to such Purchaser,
    CPR   =    the CP Rate for the Portion of Capital for such Settlement Period with respect to such Purchaser,

 

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    ED   =    the actual number of days during such Settlement Period, and
    Year   =    if such Portion of Capital is funded based upon: (i) the Euro-Rate, 360 days, and (ii) the Base Rate, 365 or 366 days, as applicable;

provided , that no provision of this Agreement shall require the payment or permit the collection of Discount in excess of the maximum permitted by Applicable Law; and provided further , that Discount for the Portion of Capital shall not be considered paid by any distribution to the extent that at any time all or a portion of such distribution is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any reason.

Dynamic Dilution Reserve Percentage ” means the ratio (expressed as a percentage), calculated on any day, of the product of (a) the sum of (i) the Stress Factor multiplied by Expected Dilution, plus (ii) the Dilution Volatility, times (b) the Dilution Horizon Ratio.

Dynamic Loss Reserve Percentage ” means a percentage equal to the product of (i) Stress Factor, (ii) the highest average of the Loss Ratios for any three consecutive calendar months during the twelve most recent calendar months and (iii) the Loss Horizon Ratio.

Eligible Receivable ” means, at any time, a Pool Receivable that satisfies the following:

(a) the Receivable is an “account” or “payment intangible”, each as defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the applicable jurisdiction;

(b) the Obligor of the Receivable is: (i) a U.S. Obligor, Canadian Obligor, or Foreign Obligor; (ii) not a government or a governmental subdivision, affiliate or agency; (iii) not a debtor in any Insolvency Proceeding; (iv) not an Affiliate of the Seller, the Servicer, any Originator or the Parent and (v) not a Sanctioned Obligor;

(c) the Receivable is denominated in U.S. dollars and payable in the United States of America;

(d) the Receivable is free of all Adverse Claims and freely transferable/assignable (without requiring the consent of the related Obligor), giving effect to Applicable Laws that render unenforceable restrictions on assignment of such Receivable under Applicable Law (including the UCC);

(e) the Receivable represents a bona fide obligation of the Obligor to pay the stated amount, and the Receivable, together with the related Contract, is enforceable against the related Obligor in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law;

(f) the Receivable is not subject to any dispute, counterclaim or hold back defense, adverse claim, litigation or right of set-off or any offset or netting arrangement between the related Obligor and an Originator, the Seller or the Servicer, but a Receivable subject to any of the foregoing shall be ineligible only to the extent of the amount of such dispute, counterclaim or hold back defense, adverse claim, litigation or right of set-off or offset or netting arrangement;

 

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(g) the Receivable, together with the related Contract, conforms with all Applicable Laws in effect that would materially affect the payment obligations of the Obligor thereunder;

(h) the Receivable satisfies in all material respects the applicable requirements of the Credit and Collection Policy;

(i) the Receivable has been billed and is due within 90 days of its original billing date;

(j) the Originator has validly sold or transferred all of its right, title and interest in and to such Receivable to the Seller, and the Seller owns good and marketable title to the Receivable, free and clear of any Adverse Claim;

(k) the Receivable represents a specified amount earned and payable by the related Obligor that is not subject to the performance of additional services or the delivery of additional products or goods by the Seller or the Originators, other than an Originator’s obligation to deliver the related products or goods to such Obligor’s destination if such products or goods were shipped to such Obligor within the preceding 14 days and remain in transit to such Obligor; it being understood that such Receivable shall cease to constitute an Eligible Receivable if the related products or goods are not delivered (per the terms of the related Contract) to such Obligor on or prior to the 14 th day after the origination of such Receivable;

(l) the Receivable is not a Delinquent Receivable;

(m) the payment terms of the Receivable have not been amended in any material respect since its creation, except in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy or as otherwise permitted in this Agreement;

(n) the Receivable is not owed by an Obligor of which 50% or more of such Obligor’s aggregate Receivables balance constitutes Delinquent Receivables or Defaulted Receivables; and

(o) the Receivable was not originated by a business line or division of a Person (other than an Originator)   that merged or was consolidated with or into an Originator (whether originated before or after such merger or consolidation) unless (x) such merger or consolidation complied with the applicable terms of the Purchase and Sale Agreement and (y) the inclusion of such business line’s or division’s Receivables as Eligible Receivables has been approved in writing by the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent, such approvals not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed so long as the Servicer, the Seller and the Originator shall have provided the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent with such information with respect to such merger or consolidation, such business line or division and the affected Receivables as the Administrator or any Purchaser Agent has reasonably requested.

 

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Engagement Letter ” means that certain engagement letter agreement, entered into between the Servicer and the Structuring Agent in connection with the Purchase Facility prior to the closing date.

ERISA ” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

Euro-Rate ” means, with respect to any Settlement Period, the interest rate per annum determined by the Administrator (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) by dividing (the resulting quotient rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest 1/100th of 1% per annum) (i) the rate appearing on the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page (or on any successor or substitute page of such service, or any successor to or substitute for such service, in either case, providing rate quotations comparable to those currently provided on such page of such service, as selected by the Administrator for purposes of providing quotations of interest rates applicable to U.S. dollar deposits in the London interbank market) at or about 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the Business Day which is two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Settlement Period for an amount comparable to the Portion of Capital to be funded at the Alternate Rate determined by reference to the Euro-Rate during such Settlement Period, for a one-month period, by (ii) a number equal to 1.00 minus the Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage. The Euro-Rate may also be expressed by the following formula:

 

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,where “ Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage ” means the maximum effective percentage in effect on such day as prescribed by the Federal Reserve Board for determining the reserve requirements (including without limitation, supplemental, marginal, and emergency reserve requirements) with respect to eurocurrency funding (currently referred to as “Eurocurrency Liabilities”). The Euro-Rate shall be adjusted with respect to any Portion of Capital funded at the Alternate Rate and based upon the Euro-Rate that is outstanding on the effective date of any change in the Euro-Rate Reserve Percentage as of such effective date. The Administrator shall give prompt notice to the Seller of the Euro-Rate as determined or adjusted in accordance herewith (which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error).

Excess Concentration ” means, without duplication, the sum of the following amounts:

(a) the sum of the amounts calculated for each of the Obligors equal to the excess (if any) of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Eligible Receivables of such Obligor, over the product of (x) such Obligor’s Concentration Percentage, multiplied by (y) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables; plus

 

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(b) the amount (if any) by which the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables, the Obligors of which are Foreign Obligors, exceeds 10.00% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables; provided , however , that the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables, the Obligors of which are organized under the laws of a country that neither (a) is a member of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development nor (b) has a long-term sovereign debt rating of at least “A” by Standard & Poor’s and “A2” by Moody’s, shall not exceed 2.50% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables; plus

(c) the amount (if any) by which the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables, the Obligors of which are Canadian Obligors, exceeds 7.50% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables; plus

(d) the amount (if any) by which the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables due more than 60 days after the original billing date thereof, exceeds 10.00% of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables; plus

(e) the amount (if any) by which the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables for which the related products and goods have been shipped to the related Obligor but not delivered (per the terms of the related Contract) to the related Obligor, exceeds 10.00% (or such lesser percentage, if any, which may be zero percent, designated by the Majority Purchaser Agents upon at least 15 days’ prior written notice to the Seller and the Servicer) of the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables.

Exchange Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

Excluded Obligor ” means each of the Persons identified on Schedule VI to this Agreement, as such Schedule may be amended (or deemed amended) by the Servicer from time to time in accordance with Section 4.2(b) of this Agreement.

Excluded Receivable ” means any Receivables owing by any Obligor that is designated as an “Excluded Obligor”.

Excluded Taxes ” means, with respect to any Recipient or Affected Person, (a) Taxes imposed on, or measured by, net income (however denominated, including gross margin Taxes), franchise Taxes and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient (or Affected Person) being organized under the laws of, or having an applicable office or branch in, the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) any U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Recipient (or Affected Person) with respect to an applicable interest in Receivables, Related Security, Pool Receivables, a Purchased Interest, a Purchase, a Letter of Credit or a Commitment, or otherwise under this Agreement or another Transaction Document pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which (i) such Recipient (or Affected Person) acquires such interest in such Receivables, Related Security, Pool Receivables, Purchased Interest, Purchase, Letter of Credit, or Commitment or becomes a party to this Agreement or such other Transaction Document (other than pursuant to a request of the Seller pursuant to Section 5.3(g) )

 

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or (ii) such Recipient (or Affected Person) changes its applicable office or branch, except in each case to the extent that amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable (pursuant to Section 1.10(a) or (c) ) either to such Recipient’s (or Affected Person’s) assignor immediately before such Recipient (or Affected Person) became a party to this Agreement or to such Recipient (or Affected Person) immediately before it changed its applicable office or branch, (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s (or Affected Person’s) failure to deliver documentation prescribed by Section 1.10(e) , (d) any U.S. federal backup withholding imposed pursuant to Section 3406 of the Code (or any successor provision) and (e) any withholding Taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.

Exiting Purchaser ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4(b)(ii) of this Agreement.

Expected Dilution ” means the average of the Dilution Ratios for the twelve most recently ended calendar months.

Expected LC Fees ” means, on any day, the aggregate amount of all LC Participation Fees and LC Fronting Fees that are scheduled to accrue on all outstanding Letters of Credit over the period beginning on such day and ending for each Letter of Credit on the date that such Letter of Credit is scheduled to have expired in accordance with its terms (assuming that no such Letter of Credit will be drawn or extended, except to the extent already extended or required to be extended in accordance with its terms).

FATCA ” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the Closing Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) together with any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code.

Federal Funds Rate ” means, for any day, the per annum rate set forth in the weekly statistical release designated as H.15(519), or any successor publication, published by the Federal Reserve Board (including any such successor, “H.15(519)”) for such day opposite the caption “Federal Funds (Effective).” If on any relevant day such rate is not yet published in H. 15(519), the rate for such day will be the rate set forth in the daily statistical release designated as the Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S. Government Securities, or any successor publication, published by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (including any such successor, the “Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations”) for such day under the caption “Federal Funds Effective Rate.” If on any relevant day the appropriate rate is not yet published in either H.15(519) or the Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations, the rate for such day will be the arithmetic mean as determined by the Administrator of the rates for the last transaction in overnight Federal funds arranged before 9:00 a.m. (New York City time) on that day by each of three leading brokers of Federal funds transactions in New York City selected by the Administrator.

Federal Reserve Board ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or any entity succeeding to any of its principal functions.

Fee Letters ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.5 of this Agreement.

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Final Payout Date ” means the date on or after the Termination Date when (i) all amounts owed to the Administrator, the Purchaser Agents, the Purchasers, the LC Bank and the LC Participants by the Seller, the Originators, the Servicer and the Parent under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents have been paid; (ii) the Aggregate Capital is reduced to zero and (iii) no Letters of Credit remain outstanding (or other arrangements with respect to any outstanding Letters of Credit that are satisfactory to the LC Bank have been made).

Foreign Obligor ” means an Obligor which is not a U.S. Obligor or a Canadian Obligor.

Funded Purchase ” shall mean (a) a Purchase that (i) is made pursuant to Section 1.2(b) or (ii) deemed to have been requested by the Seller pursuant to Section 1.14(a), the proceeds of which are used to reimburse the LC Bank on behalf of the Seller for a drawing under a Letter of Credit and (b) a Participation Advance made by an LC Participant pursuant to Section 1.14(b) .

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the United States as set forth from time to time in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (or agencies with similar functions of comparable stature and authority within the U.S. accounting profession), which are applicable to the circumstances as of the date of determination.

Governmental Acts ” means any act or omission, whether rightful or wrongful, of any present or future de jure or de facto Governmental Authority.

Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States of America or any other nation, or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

Group A Obligor ” means an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such parent or majority owner is a guarantor on the related Contract) with a short-term rating of at least: (a) “A-1” by Standard & Poor’s, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Standard & Poor’s, a rating of “A+” or better by Standard & Poor’s on such Obligor’s (or, if applicable, its parent’s or its majority owner’s) long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities, and (b) “P-1” by Moody’s, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Moody’s, a rating of “Al” or better by Moody’s on such Obligor’s (or, if applicable, its parent’s or its majority owner’s) long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities; provided , that if an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such parent or majority owner is a guarantor on the related Contract) receives a split rating from Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s, then such Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable) shall be deemed to have the lower of the two ratings; provided , further , that if an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such parent or majority owner is a guarantor on the related Contract) is rated by either Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s, but not both, and satisfies either clause (a)  or clause (b)  above, then such Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable) shall be deemed to be a Group B Obligor. Notwithstanding the foregoing,

 

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any Obligor that is a Subsidiary or an Affiliate of an Obligor that satisfies the definition of “Group A Obligor” shall be deemed to be a Group A Obligor and shall be aggregated with the Obligor that satisfies such definition for the purposes of determining the “Concentration Reserve Percentage” and clause (i)  of the definition of “Excess Concentration” for such Obligors, unless such deemed Obligor separately satisfies the definition of “Group A Obligor”, “Group B Obligor”, or “Group C Obligor”, in which case such Obligor shall be separately treated as a Group A Obligor, a Group B Obligor or a Group C Obligor, as the case may be, and shall be aggregated and combined for such purposes with any of its Subsidiaries that are Obligors.

Group B Obligor ” means an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such parent or majority owner is a guarantor on the related Contract) that is not a Group A Obligor and that has a short-term rating of at least: (a) “A-2” by Standard & Poor’s, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Standard & Poor’s, a rating of “BBB+” or better by Standard & Poor’s on such Obligor’s (or, if applicable, its parent’s or its majority owner’s) long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities, and (b) “P-2” by Moody’s, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Moody’s, a rating of “Baal” or better by Moody’s on such Obligor’s (or, if applicable, its parent’s or its majority owner’s) long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities; provided , that if an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such parent or majority owner is a guarantor on the related Contract) receives a split rating from Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s, then such Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable) shall be deemed to have the lower of the two ratings; provided , further , that if an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such parent or majority owner is a guarantor on the related Contract) is rated by either Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s, but not both, and satisfies either clause (a)  or clause (b)  above, then such Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable) shall be deemed to be a Group C Obligor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Obligor that is a Subsidiary or Affiliate of an Obligor that satisfies the definition of “Group B Obligor” shall be deemed to be a Group B Obligor and shall be aggregated with the Obligor that satisfies such definition for the purposes of determining the “Concentration Reserve Percentage” and clause (i)  of the definition of “Excess Concentration” for such Obligors, unless such deemed Obligor separately satisfies the definition of “Group A Obligor”, “Group B Obligor”, or “Group C Obligor”, in which case such Obligor shall be separately treated as a Group A Obligor, a Group B Obligor or a Group C Obligor, as the case may be, and shall be aggregated and combined for such purposes with any of its Subsidiaries that are Obligors.

Group C Obligor ” means an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such parent or majority owner is a guarantor on the related Contract) that is not a Group A Obligor or a Group B Obligor and that has a short-term rating of at least: (a) “A-3” by Standard & Poor’s, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Standard & Poor’s, a rating of “BBB-”or better by Standard & Poor’s on such Obligor’s (or, if applicable, its parent’s or its majority owner’s) long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities, and (b) “P-3” by Moody’s, or if such Obligor does not have a short-term rating from Moody’s, a rating of “Baa3” or better by Moody’s on such Obligor’s (or, if applicable, its parent’s or its majority owner’s) long-term senior unsecured and uncredit-enhanced debt securities; provided , that if an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such parent or majority owner is a guarantor on the related Contract) receives a split rating from Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s, then such Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable) shall be deemed to have the

 

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lower of the two ratings; provided , further , that if an Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such parent or majority owner is a guarantor on the related Contract) is rated by either Standard & Poor’s or Moody’s, but not both, and satisfies either clause (a)  or clause (b)  above, then such Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable) shall be deemed to be a Group D Obligor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any Obligor that is a Subsidiary or Affiliate of an Obligor that satisfies the definition of “Group C Obligor” shall be deemed to be a Group C Obligor and shall be aggregated with the Obligor that satisfies such definition for the purposes of determining the “Concentration Reserve Percentage” and clause (i)  of the definition of “Excess Concentration” for such Obligors, unless such deemed Obligor separately satisfies the definition of “Group A Obligor”, “Group B Obligor”, or “Group C Obligor”, in which case such Obligor shall be separately treated as a Group A Obligor, a Group B Obligor or a Group C Obligor, as the case may be, and shall be aggregated and combined for such purposes with any of its Subsidiaries that are Obligors.

Group Capital ” means, with respect to any Purchaser Group, an amount equal to the aggregate outstanding Capital of all Purchasers within such Purchaser Group.

Group Commitment ” means, with respect to any Purchaser Group at any time, the aggregate Commitments of all Related Committed Purchasers within such Purchaser Group.

Group D Obligor ” means any Obligor that is not a Group A Obligor, Group B Obligor or Group C Obligor; provided , that any Obligor (or its parent or majority owner, as applicable, if such Obligor is unrated) that is rated by neither Moody’s nor Standard & Poor’s shall be a Group D Obligor.

Guaranty ” of any Person means any obligation of such Person guarantying or in effect guarantying any liability or obligation of any other Person in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, including any such liability arising by virtue of partnership agreements, including any agreement to indemnify or hold harmless any other Person, any performance bond or other suretyship arrangement and any other form of assurance against loss, except endorsement of negotiable or other instruments for deposit or collection in the ordinary course of business.

Indemnified Amounts ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 of this Agreement.

Indemnified Party ” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1 of this Agreement.

Indemnified Taxes ” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Seller under any Transaction Document, and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in clause (a)  above, Other Taxes.

Independent Director ” has the meaning set forth in paragraph 3(c) of Exhibit IV to this Agreement.

Information Package ” means a report, in substantially the form of Annex A to this Agreement, furnished to the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent pursuant to this Agreement, reflective of the Receivables Pool as of the end of the most recently ended calendar month.

 

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Insolvency Proceeding ” means (a) any case, action or proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidation, receivership, dissolution, winding-up or relief of debtors, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit of creditors of a Person, or any composition or marshaling of assets for creditors of a Person, or other similar arrangement in respect of a Person’s creditors generally or any substantial portion of a Person’s creditors, in each of cases (a) and (b) undertaken under U.S. Federal, state or foreign law, including the Bankruptcy Code.

LC Bank ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

LC Collateral Account ” means the account at any time designated as the LC Collateral Account established and maintained by the Administrator (for the benefit of the LC Bank and the LC Participants), or such other account as may be so designated as such by the Administrator.

LC Fronting Fees ” has the meaning set forth in the Agent Fee Letter.

LC Participant ” means each Person listed as such for each Purchaser Group as set forth on the signature pages of this Agreement or in the applicable Transfer Supplement or other agreement pursuant to which it became an LC Participant.

LC Participation Amount ” means at any time, the sum of the amounts then available to be drawn under all outstanding Letters of Credit.

LC Participation Fees ” has the meaning set forth in the RPA Fee Letter.

LC Sub-Limit ” means an amount equal to the lesser of (a) $200,000,000 and (b) the Purchase Limit.

Letter of Credit ” means any stand-by letter of credit issued by the LC Bank at the request of the Seller pursuant to this Agreement.

Letter of Credit Application ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.12(a) of this Agreement.

Liquidity Agent ” means any bank or other financial institution acting as agent for the various Liquidity Providers under each Liquidity Agreement.

Liquidity Agreement ” means any agreement entered into in connection with this Agreement pursuant to which a Liquidity Provider agrees to make purchases or advances to, or purchase assets from, any Conduit Purchaser in order to provide liquidity for such Conduit Purchaser’s Purchases.

Liquidity Provider ” means each bank or other financial institution that provides liquidity support to any Conduit Purchaser pursuant to the terms of a Liquidity Agreement.

Lock-Box ” means each locked postal box with respect to which a Lock-Box Bank that has executed a Lock-Box Agreement pursuant to which it has been granted exclusive access for the purpose of retrieving and processing payments made on the Receivables and which is listed on Schedule II to this Agreement (as such schedule may be modified from time to time in connection with the addition or removal of any Lock-Box in accordance with the terms hereof).

 

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Lock-Box Account ” means each account listed on Schedule II to this Agreement (as such schedule may be modified from time to time in connection with the closing or opening of any Lock-Box Account in accordance with the terms hereof) (in each case, in the name of the Seller) and maintained at a bank or other financial institution acting as a Lock-Box Bank pursuant to a Lock-Box Agreement for the purpose of receiving Collections.

Lock-Box Agreement ” means each deposit account control agreement or similar agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrator, among the Seller, the Servicer (if applicable), the Administrator and a Lock-Box Bank, governing the terms of the related Lock-Box Accounts, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Lock-Box Bank ” means any of the banks or other financial institutions holding one or more Lock-Box Accounts.

Lock-Box Conversion Date ” means the earlier of (i) October 2, 2012 and (ii) the Termination Date.

Loss Horizon Ratio ” means the ratio (expressed as a percentage), calculated on any day, of (i) the aggregate initial Outstanding Balance of all Receivables generated by the Originators during the five (5) most recent calendar months (or such other number of calendar months as may be agreed by the Administrator and the Servicer following an audit of the Servicer), to (ii) the Net Receivables Pool Balance as of the last day of the most recent calendar month.

Loss Ratio ” means the ratio (expressed as a percentage), calculated as of the last day of each calendar month, of (a) the sum of (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Defaulted Receivables as of the last day of such calendar month and (ii) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Receivables that were less than or equal to 90 days past due and were written off the applicable Originator’s or the Seller’s books as uncollectible during the most recently ended calendar month, to (b) the aggregate initial Outstanding Balance of all Receivables generated by the Originators during the fourth (4 th ) most recent calendar month.

Lyondell Chemical ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Lyondell Credit Agreement ” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of May 4, 2012, among the Parent and LYB Americas Finance Company, as borrowers, the various lenders from time to time party thereto, Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent, swing line lender and letter of credit issuer, and the other parties from time to time party thereto, as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Majority LC Participants ” means, at any time, the LC Participants who at such time are not Defaulting Purchasers and whose Commitments aggregate more than 50% of the Commitments of all LC Participants at such time who are not Defaulting Purchasers.

 

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Majority Purchaser Agents ” means, at any time, the Purchaser Agents for the Purchaser Groups with Related Committed Purchasers who at such time are not Defaulting Purchasers and whose Commitments aggregate more than 50% of the aggregate of all Group Commitments without giving effect to the Commitment of any Related Committed Purchaser who at such time is a Defaulting Purchaser.

Material Adverse Effect ” means relative to any Person ( provided that if no particular Person is specified, “Material Adverse Effect” shall be deemed to be relative to the Seller, the Servicer, the Parent and the Originators, individually and in the aggregate) with respect to any event or circumstance, a material adverse effect on:

(a) the assets, operations, business or financial condition of such Person;

(b) the ability of any such Person to perform its obligations under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party;

(c) the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or the validity, enforceability or collectability of any material portion of the Pool Receivables; or

(d) the status, perfection, enforceability or priority of the Administrator’s, any Purchaser’s or the Seller’s interest in the Pool Assets.

Monthly Settlement Date ” means the 18 th calendar day of each calendar month (or if such day is not a Business Day, the next occurring Business Day).

Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto that is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.

Net Receivables Pool Balance ” means, at any time: (a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables then in the Receivables Pool, minus (b) the Excess Concentration, minus (c) the Specifically Reserved Dilution Amount.

Net Worth ” means, at any time, an amount equal to (i) the Outstanding Balance at such time of all Pool Receivables that (A) an Insolvency Proceeding has not have occurred with respect to the applicable Obligor thereof, (B) consistent with the Credit and Collection Policy, neither have nor should have been written off as uncollectible and (C) are then owned by the Seller, minus (ii) the sum of (A) Aggregate Capital at such time, plus (B) the Adjusted LC Participation Amount, plus (C) the aggregate accrued and unpaid Discount and Fees at such time, plus (D) the aggregate outstanding principal balance of all Subordinated Notes at such time, plus (E) the aggregate accrued and unpaid interest on the Subordinated Notes at such time, plus (F) the aggregate amount of all other accrued and unpaid obligations of the Seller at such time.

Non-Extension Day ” means the date on which the Scheduled Termination Date would have occurred if no Purchaser Group had consented to the extension thereof and each day thereafter until the Capital and all other amounts owed to the applicable Exiting Purchasers have been paid in full.

 

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Notes ” means short-term promissory notes issued, or to be issued, by any Conduit Purchaser to fund its investments in accounts receivable or other financial assets.

Notice Date ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.12(b) .

Obligations ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(d) .

Obligor ” means, with respect to any Receivable or Excluded Receivable, the Person obligated to make payments pursuant to the Contract relating to such Receivable or Excluded Receivable, as the case may be.

Obligor Percentage ” means, at any time, for each Obligor, a fraction, expressed as a percentage, (a) the numerator of which is the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Eligible Receivables of such Obligor at such time less the amount (if any) then included in the calculation of the Excess Concentration pursuant to clause (i)  of the definition thereof with respect to such Obligor, and (b) the denominator of which is the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Eligible Receivables at such time.

OFAC ” means the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control.

Order ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.19 of this Agreement.

Originator ” and “ Originators ” have the meaning set forth in the Purchase and Sale Agreement, as the same may be modified from time to time by adding new Originators or removing Originators, in each case in accordance with the terms thereof.

Other Connection Taxes ” means, with respect to any Recipient or Affected Person, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient or Affected Person and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient or Affected Person having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Transaction Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Purchase or Transaction Document).

Other Taxes ” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment or participation (other than an assignment made pursuant to a request of the Seller pursuant to Section 5.3(g) ).

Outstanding Balance ” of any Receivable at any time means the then outstanding principal balance thereof.

Parent ” means LyondellBasell Industries N.V., a naamloze vennootschap (a public limited liability company) formed under the laws of The Netherlands.

 

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Participant Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(b) of this Agreement.

Participation Advance ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.14(b) .

Paydown Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.4(f)(i) of this Agreement.

PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, or any successor thereto.

Performance Undertaking ” means the Performance Undertaking, dated as of the Closing Date, by the Parent in favor of the Administrator for the benefit of the Purchasers and the Purchaser Agents, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Person ” means an individual, partnership, corporation (including a business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity, or a government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.

Plan ” means any employee pension benefit plan covered by Title IV of ERISA or subject to the minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Code that either (a) is maintained by a member of the Controlled Group for employees of a member of the Controlled Group or (b) is maintained pursuant to a collective bargaining agreement or any other arrangement under which more than one employer makes contributions and to which a member of the Controlled Group is then making or accruing an obligation to make contributions or has within the preceding five plan years made contributions.

PNC ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Pool Assets ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(d) of this Agreement.

Pool Receivable ” means a Receivable in the Receivables Pool.

Portion of Capital ” means, with respect to any Purchaser and its related Capital, the portion of such Capital being funded or maintained by such Purchaser by reference to a particular interest rate basis.

Pro Rata Share ” shall mean, (i) as to any LC Participant, a fraction, the numerator of which equals the Commitment of such LC Participant at such time and the denominator of which equals the aggregate of the Commitments of all LC Participants at such time and (ii) as to any Related Committed Purchaser, a fraction, the numerator of which equals the Commitment of such Related Committed Purchaser at such time and the denominator of which equals the aggregate of the Commitments of all Related Committed Purchaser at such time.

Program Support Agreement ” means and includes any Liquidity Agreement and any other agreement entered into by any Program Support Provider providing for: (a) the issuance of one or more letters of credit for the account of any Conduit Purchaser, (b) the issuance of one or more surety bonds for which any Conduit Purchaser is obligated to reimburse the applicable Program Support Provider for any drawings thereunder, (c) the sale by any Conduit Purchaser to any Program Support Provider of the Purchased Interest (or portions thereof) maintained by such

 

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Conduit Purchaser and/or (d) the making of loans and/or other extensions of credit to any Conduit Purchaser in connection with such Conduit Purchaser’s receivables securitization program contemplated in this Agreement, together with any letter of credit, surety bond or other instrument issued thereunder.

Program Support Provider ” means and includes, with respect to any Conduit Purchaser, any Liquidity Provider and any other Person (other than any customer of such Conduit Purchaser) now or hereafter extending credit or having a commitment to extend credit to or for the account of, or to make purchases from, such Conduit Purchaser pursuant to any Program Support Agreement.

Purchase ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1(a) of this Agreement.

Purchase Account ” means the account identified as such on Schedule V of this Agreement.

Purchase and Sale Agreement ” means the Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of the Closing Date, among the Servicer, the Originators and the Seller, as such agreement may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

Purchase Date ” means the date on which a Funded Purchase or a reinvestment is made pursuant to this Agreement.

Purchase Facility ” means the receivables purchase facility evidenced by this Agreement.

Purchase Limit ” means $1,000,000,000, as such amount may be reduced from time to time pursuant to Section 1.1(b) . References to the unused portion of the Purchase Limit shall mean, at any time, an amount equal to (x) the Purchase Limit at such time, minus (y) the sum of the Aggregate Capital plus the LC Participation Amount.

Purchase Notice ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.2(a) of this Agreement.

Purchased Interest ” means, at any time, the undivided percentage ownership interest in: (a) each and every Pool Receivable now existing or hereafter arising, (b) all Related Security with respect to such Pool Receivables and (c) all Collections with respect to, and other proceeds of, such Pool Receivables and Related Security. Such undivided percentage interest shall be computed as:

Aggregate Capital + Adjusted LC

Participation Amount + Total Reserves

Net Receivables Pool Balance

The Purchased Interest shall be determined from time to time pursuant to Section 1.3 of this Agreement.

Purchaser ” means each Conduit Purchaser, each Related Committed Purchaser, each LC Participant and the LC Bank, as applicable.

 

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Purchaser Agent ” means each Person acting as agent on behalf of a Purchaser Group and designated as a Purchaser Agent for such Purchaser Group on the signature pages to this Agreement or any other Person who becomes a party to this Agreement as a Purchaser Agent in accordance with this Agreement.

Purchaser Group ” means, (i) for any Conduit Purchaser, such Conduit Purchaser, together with such Conduit Purchaser’s Related Committed Purchasers, related Purchaser Agent and related LC Participants and (ii) for any other Purchaser that does not have a related Conduit Purchaser, such Purchaser, together with its Purchaser Agent and each other Purchaser for which such Purchaser Agent acts as a Purchaser Agent hereunder. Each Purchaser Group party to this Agreement as of the Closing Date is identified on Schedule IV .

Purchasers’ Share ” of any amount, at any time, means such amount multiplied by the Purchased Interest at such time.

Ratable Share ” means, for each Purchaser Group, such Purchaser Group’s Group Commitment divided by the aggregate Group Commitments of all Purchaser Groups.

Rating Agency ” mean each of Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s and each of the other nationally recognized statistical rating organizations (and each other rating agency then rating the Notes of any Conduit Purchaser).

Receivable ” means any indebtedness and other obligations owed to any Originator or the Seller (as assignee of an Originator), or any right of the Seller or any Originator to payment from or on behalf of, an Obligor, whether constituting an account, chattel paper, payment intangible, instrument or general intangible, in each instance arising in connection with the sale of petrochemicals or other goods and the rendering of services in the ordinary course of the applicable Originator’s business, and includes, without limitation, the obligation to pay any finance charges, fees and other charges with respect thereto. Indebtedness and other obligations arising from any one transaction, including, without limitation, indebtedness and other obligations represented by an individual invoice or agreement, shall constitute a Receivable separate from a Receivable consisting of the indebtedness and other obligations arising from any other transaction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither (i) Excluded Receivables nor (ii) Affiliate Receivables shall constitute “Receivables” for purposes of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

Receivables Pool ” means, at any time, all of the then outstanding Receivables sold or contributed (or purported to be sold or contributed) to the Seller pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement prior to the Termination Date.

Recipient ” means the Administrator, a Purchaser, a Purchaser Agent or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of the Seller (or otherwise) under this Agreement.

Register ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(c) of this Agreement.

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Reimbursement Obligation ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.14(a) of this Agreement.

Related Committed Purchaser ” means each Person listed as such for each Conduit Purchaser as set forth on the signature pages of this Agreement or in the applicable Transfer Supplement or other agreement pursuant to which it became a Related Committed Purchaser, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to a Transfer Supplement.

Related Rights ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.1 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

Related Security ” means, with respect to any Receivable:

(a) all of the Seller’s and each Originator’s interest in any goods (including returned goods), and documentation of title evidencing the shipment or storage of any goods (including returned goods), the sale of which gave rise to such Receivable;

 

(b) all instruments and chattel paper that may evidence such Receivable;

(c) all other security interests or liens and property subject thereto from time to time purporting to secure payment of such Receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise, together with all UCC financing statements or similar filings relating thereto;

(d) solely to the extent applicable to such Receivable, all of the Seller’s and each Originator’s rights, interests and claims under the related Contracts and all guaranties, indemnities, insurance and other agreements (including the related Contract) or arrangements of whatever character from time to time supporting or securing payment of such Receivable or otherwise relating to such Receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise; and

(e) all of the Seller’s rights, interests and claims under the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

Required Capital Amount ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

Restricted Payments ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1(l) of Exhibit IV of this Agreement.

RPA Fee Letter ” has the meaning set forth in Section 1.5 of this Agreement.

Sanctioned Country ” means a country subject to a sanctions program identified on the list maintained by OFAC and available at: http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/Pages/Programs.aspx , or as otherwise published from time to time.

Sanctioned Obligor ” means an Obligor which (i) if a natural person, is either (A) a resident of a Sanctioned Country or (B) a Sanctioned Person or (ii) if a corporation or other business organization, is organized under the laws of a Sanctioned Country or any political subdivision thereof.

 

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Sanctioned Person ” means (i) A person named on the list of “Specially Designated Nationals” or “Blocked Persons” maintained by OFAC available at: http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/SDN-List/Pages/default.aspx , or as otherwise published from time to time or (ii) (A) an agency of the government of a Sanctioned Country, (B) an organization controlled by a Sanctioned Country, or (C) a person resident in a Sanctioned Country, to the extent subject to a sanctions program administered by OFAC.

Scheduled Termination Date ” means September 11, 2015, subject to the extension thereof with respect to any Purchaser pursuant to Section 1.2(e) .

SEC ” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor thereto.

Seller ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Seller’s Share ” of any amount means the greater of: (a) $0 and (b) such amount minus the Purchasers’ Share.

Servicer ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

Servicer Replacement Conditions ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(e) of this Agreement.

Servicing Fee ” shall mean the fee referred to in Section 4.6 of this Agreement.

Servicing Fee Rate ” shall mean the rate referred to in Section 4.6 of this Agreement.

Settlement Date ” means with respect to any Portion of Capital for any Settlement Period, (i) prior to the Termination Date, the Monthly Settlement Date and (ii) on and after the Termination Date, each Business Day selected from time to time by the Administrator (it being understood that the Administrator may select such Settlement Date to occur as frequently as daily), or, in the absence of such selection, the Monthly Settlement Date.

Settlement Period ” means: (a) before the Termination Date: (i) initially the period commencing on the date of the initial purchase pursuant to Section 1.2 of this Agreement (or in the case of any fees payable hereunder, commencing on the Closing Date) and ending on (but not including) the next Monthly Settlement Date, and (ii) thereafter, each period commencing on such Monthly Settlement Date and ending on (but not including) the next Monthly Settlement Date, and (b) on and after the Termination Date, such period (including a period of one day) as shall be selected from time to time by the Administrator or, in the absence of any such selection, each period of 30 days from the last day of the preceding Settlement Period.

Specifically Reserved Dilution Amount ” means, at any time, the aggregate amount then recorded on the books and records of the Originators as the aggregate accrued liability for future deductions or rebate payments related to trade and marketing activities of the Originators with respect to the Pool Receivables.

 

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Standard & Poor’s ” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC business and any successor thereto that is a nationally recognized statistical rating organization.

Stress Factor ” means 2.25.

Structuring Agent ” means PNC Capital Markets LLC.

Subordinated Note ” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

Sub-Servicer ” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1(d) of this Agreement.

Subsidiary ” means, as to any Person, a corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity of which shares of stock of each class or other interests having ordinary voting power (other than stock or other 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 entity are at the time owned, or management of which is otherwise controlled: (a) by such Person, (b) by one or more Subsidiaries of such Person or (c) by such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.

Taxes ” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority and all interest, penalties, additions to tax and any similar liabilities with respect thereto.

Termination Date ” means, the earliest to occur of: (a) the Scheduled Termination Date, (b) the date determined pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Agreement, and (c) the date specified by the Seller upon 30 days prior written notice to the Administrator and the Purchaser Agents pursuant to Section 1.1(b) .

Termination Day ” means: (a) each day on which any of the conditions set forth in Section 2 of Exhibit II to this Agreement are not satisfied and (b) each day that occurs on or after the Termination Date.

Termination Event ” has the meaning specified in Exhibit V to this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, any Termination Event that occurs shall be deemed to be continuing unless and until such Termination Event has been waived in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Total Reserves ” means an amount, as of any date of calculation, equal to the sum of (I) the product of (i) the sum of (a) the higher of (x) the sum of the Concentration Reserve Percentage and Dilution Reserve Floor Percentage and (y) the sum of the Dynamic Loss Reserve Percentage and Dynamic Dilution Reserve Percentage and (b) the Yield and Servicing Fee Reserve Percentage and (ii) the Net Receivables Pool Balance, plus (II) (i) if such date is more than ninety (90) days prior to the Scheduled Termination Date (or, if the Purchasers have agreed to extend the current Scheduled Termination Date in accordance with Section 1.2(e) , the

 

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Scheduled Termination Date as it will be so extended), zero ($0), or (ii) in any other case, the aggregate amount of all LC Participation Fees that are scheduled to accrue on all outstanding Letters of Credit over the period beginning on the Scheduled Termination Date and ending for each Letter of Credit on the date that such Letter of Credit is scheduled to have expired in accordance with its terms (assuming that no such Letter of Credit will be drawn or extended, except to the extent already extended or required to be extended in accordance with its terms).

Transaction Documents ” means this Agreement, the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Subordinated Notes, the Fee Letters, the Performance Undertaking, the Lock-Box Agreements, the Seller’s limited liability company agreement and all other certificates, instruments, UCC financing statements, reports, notices, agreements and documents executed or delivered under or in connection with this Agreement, in each case as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.

Transaction Information ” means any information provided to any Rating Agency in connection with such Rating Agency providing or proposing to provide a rating of any Conduit Purchaser’s commercial paper notes or monitoring any such rating, including, without limitation, such information regarding the Seller, the Servicer, any Originator, the Parent, any of their respective Affiliates or the Receivables; provided , however , that, “Transaction Information” shall not include any information provided by the Parent or any of its Affiliates to any nationally recognized statistical rating organization (other than information solely related to the Receivables subject to this Agreement) in connection with such rating organization providing a rating or proposing to provide a rating to, or monitoring an existing rating of the Parent or any of its Affiliates or any debt securities of any of the foregoing.

Transfer Supplement ” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.3(c) .

UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the applicable jurisdiction.

Unfunded Vested Liabilities ” means, for any Plan at any time, the amount (if any) by which the present value of all vested nonforfeitable accrued benefits under such Plan exceeds the fair market value of all Plan assets allocable to such benefits, all determined as of the then most recent valuation date for such Plan, but only to the extent that such excess represents a potential liability of a member of the Controlled Group to the PBGC or the Plan under Title IV of ERISA.

Unmatured Termination Event ” means an event that, with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a Termination Event.

U.S. Obligor ” means an Obligor which (i) if a natural person, is a resident of the United States (or of a U.S. territory (including, without limitation, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands)) or (ii) if a corporation or other business organization, is organized under the laws of the United States (or of a U.S. territory (including, without limitation, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands)) or any political subdivision thereof, or is a resident of the United States (or of a U.S. territory (including, without limitation, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands)) or any political subdivision thereof.

 

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U.S. Person ” means any Person that is a “United States Person” as defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code.

Voting Stock ” of any Person means capital stock or other equity interests of any class or classes (however designated) having ordinary power for the election of directors or other similar governing body of such Person (including, without limitation, general partners of a partnership), other than stock or other equity interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency.

Welfare Plan ” means a “welfare plan” as defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA.

Withholding Agent ” means the Seller, the Servicer and any party making a payment on behalf of, and at the request of, the Seller or the Servicer.

Yield and Servicing Fee Reserve Percentage ” means at any time:

                                         1.50 x DSO x (BR + SFR)

                                                             360

where:

BR      =   the daily average Base Rate computed for the most recent Settlement Period,

DSO   =  Days’ Sales Outstanding for the Fiscal Month most recently ended, and

SFR    =   the Servicing Fee Rate.

 

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EXHIBIT II

CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES

1. Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness . The effectiveness of this Agreement is subject to the condition precedent that the Administrator shall have received, on or before the Closing Date, each of the following, each in form and substance (including the date thereof) reasonably satisfactory to the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent:

(a) Counterparts of (i) this Agreement, duly executed by the parties hereto, and (ii) the Lock-Box Agreements, the Fee Letters, the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Performance Undertaking and each of the other Transaction Documents, duly executed by the parties thereto.

(b) Copies of: (i) the resolutions or unanimous written consents of the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of each of the Parent, the Seller, the Servicer and each Originator authorizing the execution, delivery and performance by the Parent, the Seller, the Servicer and such Originator, as the case may be, of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party; (ii) all documents evidencing other necessary corporate or organizational action and governmental approvals, if any, with respect to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents and (iii) the certificate of incorporation (or equivalent organizational document) and by-laws (or equivalent governing document) of the Parent, the Seller, each Originator and the Servicer, in each case, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or equivalent authorized person) of the applicable party.

(c) A certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary (or equivalent authorized person) of each of the Parent, the Seller, the Servicer and each Originator certifying as to the names and true signatures of its officers who are authorized to sign this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party. Until the Administrator receives a subsequent incumbency certificate from the Parent, the Seller, the Servicer or such Originator, as the case may be, the Administrator shall be entitled to rely on the last such certificate delivered to it by the Parent, the Seller, the Servicer or such Originator, as the case may be.

(d) Proper financing statements (Form UCC-1), duly authorized and suitable for filing under the UCC of all jurisdictions that the Administrator may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order to perfect the interests of the Seller and the Administrator (for the benefit of the Purchasers) contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement and this Agreement, as applicable.

(e) Proper financing statement amendments (Form UCC-3), duly authorized and suitable for filing under the UCC of all jurisdictions that the Administrator may reasonably deem necessary or desirable to release all security interests and other rights of any Person in the Receivables, Contracts or Related Security previously granted by any Originator or the Seller.

(f) Completed UCC search reports, dated on or shortly before the Closing Date, listing the financing statements filed with the Secretary of State (or similar official) in all applicable jurisdictions that name the Originators or the Seller as debtor, together with copies of such financing statements, and similar search reports with respect to judgment liens, federal tax liens and liens of the PBGC in such jurisdictions, as the Administrator may reasonably request, showing no Adverse Claims on any Pool Assets other than those which are released as of the Closing Date pursuant to clause (e)  above.

 

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(g) Favorable opinions, addressed to the Administrator, each Purchaser Agent and each Purchaser, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrator, from Baker Botts L.L.P., counsel for the Parent, the Seller, the Originators and the Servicer, and internal counsel for the Parent, the Seller, the Originators and the Servicer, covering such matters as the Administrator may reasonably request, including, without limitation, certain organizational and New York enforceability matters, certain bankruptcy matters and certain UCC matters.

(h) A pro forma Information Package representing the performance of the Receivables Pool for the calendar month of July, 2012.

(i) Evidence of payment by the Seller of all accrued and unpaid fees (including those contemplated by the Fee Letters), costs and expenses to the extent then due and payable on the Closing Date, including, to the extent invoices have been presented to the Seller at least one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date, any such costs, fees and expenses arising under or referenced in Section 5.4 of this Agreement and the Fee Letters.

(j) certificates of existence or good standing with respect to each of the Seller, the Originators and the Servicer issued by the Secretary of State (or similar official) of the jurisdiction of each such Person’s organization or formation.

(k) All information with respect to the Receivables as the Administrator or the Purchasers may reasonably request.

(l) Such other approvals, opinions or documents as the Administrator or the Purchasers may reasonably request.

2. Conditions Precedent to All Funded Purchases, Issuances of Letters of Credit and Reinvestments . Each Funded Purchase (including the initial Funded Purchase) and the issuance of any Letters of Credit and each reinvestment shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that:

(a) in the case of each Funded Purchase and the issuance of any Letters of Credit, the Servicer shall have delivered to the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent on or before such purchase or issuance, as the case may be, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent, a completed pro forma Information Package to reflect the level of Aggregate Capital, the LC Participation Amount and related reserves and the calculation of the Purchased Interest after such purchase or issuance, as the case may be, and a completed Purchase Notice in the form of Annex B ; and

(b) on the date of such Funded Purchase, issuance of any Letters of Credit or reinvestment, as the case may be, the following statements shall be true (and acceptance of the proceeds of such Funded Purchase, issuance or reinvestment shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Seller that such statements are then true):

 

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  (i) the representations and warranties contained in Exhibit III to this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date of such Funded Purchase, issuance or reinvestment as though made on and as of such date except for representations and warranties that are expressly made as of an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date);

 

  (ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result immediately after giving effect to such Funded Purchase, issuance or reinvestment, that constitutes a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event;

 

  (iii) the Aggregate Capital plus the LC Participation Amount, immediately after giving effect to any such Funded Purchase, issuance or reinvestment, as the case may be, does not exceed the Purchase Limit;

 

  (iv) the LC Participation Amount, immediately after giving effect to any such issuance, does not exceed the aggregate of the Commitments of the LC Participants;

 

  (v) the Purchased Interest, immediately after giving effect to any such Funded Purchase, issuance or reinvestment, as the case may be, does not exceed 100%; and

 

  (vi) the Termination Date has not occurred.

 

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EXHIBIT III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

1. Representations and Warranties of the Seller . The Seller represents and warrants to the Administrator, each Purchaser Agent and each Purchaser on the Closing Date and on the date of each Funded Purchase, reinvestment and issuance of a Letter of Credit under this Agreement that:

(a) Existence and Power . The Seller (i) is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (ii) has the limited liability company power and authority to transact the business in which it is engaged and proposes to engage and (iii) is duly qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Company and Governmental Authorization, Contravention . The execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party (i) are within the Seller’s limited liability company powers, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary limited liability company action, (iii) require no authorization, consent, license or exemption from, or filing or registration with, any governmental body, agency or official, except (A) such approvals which have been obtained prior to the Closing Date and remain in full force and effect, (B) the filing of UCC financing statements and continuation statements and (C) such approvals, the absence of which would not reasonably be expected have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) do not contravene, or constitute a default under, (A) any provision of Applicable Law or any judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Seller, (B) any provision of the limited liability company agreement of the Seller, (C) any covenant, indenture or agreement of or affecting the Seller or any of its property, in each case, where such contravention or default, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (v) do not result in the creation or imposition of any lien prohibited by the Transaction Documents on any property of the Seller.

(c) Binding Effect of Agreement . This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

(d) Accuracy of Information . Each Information Package and all other information (including, without limitation, any financial statements) furnished by or on behalf of the Seller in writing (or, in the case of any Information Package, by or on behalf of the Servicer) to the Administrator, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document is true and accurate in all material respects on the date such information is stated or certified; provided that to the extent any such information was based upon or constitutes a forecast or projection, the Seller represents only that it acted in good faith and utilized assumptions reasonable at the time made (it being understood and agreed that any information set forth in any Information Package shall not constitute a forecast or projection for purposes of this proviso).

 

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(e) Actions, Suits . There is no litigation, arbitration or governmental proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Seller, threatened in writing against the Seller that (i) purports to adversely affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (other than such litigation that the Administrator has reasonably determined to be frivolous) or (ii) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(f) Accuracy of Exhibits; Account Arrangements . The names and addresses of all the Lock-Box Banks together with the account numbers of the Lock-Box Accounts and Lock-Boxes at such Lock-Box Banks, are specified in Schedule II to this Agreement (or at such other Lock-Box Banks and/or with such other Lock-Box Accounts and Lock-Boxes as have been notified to the Administrator), and each Lock-Box Account and Lock-Box is subject to a Lock-Box Agreement. All information on each Exhibit, Schedule or Annex to this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents is true and complete. The Seller has not granted any interest in any Lock-Box Account (or any related Lock-Box) to any Person other than the Administrator and the Administrator has control (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC) of each Lock-Box Account.

(g) No Material Adverse Effect . Since the date of formation of the Seller as set forth in its certificate of formation, there has been no Material Adverse Effect.

(h) Names and Location . The Seller has not used any corporate names, trade names or assumed names other than its name set forth on the signature pages of this Agreement. The Seller is “located” (as such term is defined in the applicable UCC) in Delaware. The office where the Seller keeps its records concerning the Receivables is at the address set forth in the notice provision of this Agreement.

(i) Margin Stock . The Seller is not engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulations T, U and X, as issued by the Federal Reserve Board), and no proceeds of any purchase or reinvestment under this Agreement will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock.

(j) Eligible Receivables . Each Pool Receivable listed as an Eligible Receivable in any Information Package or any other report delivered by the Seller or the Servicer to the Administrator or included as an Eligible Receivable in the calculation of the Net Receivables Pool Balance on any date is an Eligible Receivable as of the effective date of the information reported in such Information Package or other report or as of the date of such calculation, as the case may be.

(k) Credit and Collection Policy . The Seller has complied, or has caused the compliance, in all material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy with regard to each Pool Receivable.

 

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(l) Investment Company Act . The Seller is not required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(m) No Other Obligations . The Seller does not have outstanding any security of any kind except membership interests issued to Lyondell Chemical in connection with its organization and the Subordinated Notes, and has not incurred, assumed, guaranteed or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable for, or in respect of, any Debt and no Person has any commitment or other arrangement to extend credit to the Seller, in each case, except pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents.

(n) No Sanctions . The Seller is not a Sanctioned Person. To the Seller’s knowledge, no Obligor was a Sanctioned Person at the time of origination of any Pool Receivable owing by such Obligor. The Seller and its Affiliates: (i) have less than 15% of their assets in Sanctioned Countries; and (ii) derive less than 15% of their operating income from investments in, or transactions with Sanctioned Persons or Sanctioned Countries. Neither the Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries engages in activities related to Sanctioned Countries except for such activities as are (A) specifically or generally licensed by OFAC, or (B) otherwise in compliance with OFAC’s sanctions regulations.

(o) Tax Status . The Seller has (i) timely filed all material tax returns (federal, state and local) required to be filed by it and (ii) paid, or caused to be paid, all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges, which are shown to be due and payable by it in such returns, other than taxes, assessments and other governmental charges being contested in good faith, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Adequate provisions in accordance with GAAP for taxes on the books of the Seller have been made for all open years and for the current fiscal period.

(p) Bulk Sales Act . No transaction contemplated by this Agreement requires compliance by it with any bulk sales act or similar law.

(q) Ordinary Course of Business . Each remittance of Collections by or on behalf of the Seller to the Purchasers under this Agreement will have been (i) in payment of a debt incurred by the Seller in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs of the Seller and (ii) made in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs of the Seller.

(r) The Receivables .

(i) Creation . This Agreement creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the applicable UCC) in the Pool Receivables in favor of the Administrator (for the benefit of the Purchasers), which security interest is prior to all other Adverse Claims and is enforceable as such as against creditors of and purchasers from the Seller.

(ii) Ownership of Receivables . The Seller has acquired, for fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value, all of the right, title and interest of the applicable Originator in each Pool Receivable, together with the Related Security. Each Pool Receivable, together with the Related Security, is owned by the Seller free and clear of any Adverse Claim.

 

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(iii) Perfection and Related Security . All appropriate financing statements have been filed in the proper filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under Applicable Law in order to perfect the sale of the Receivables and Related Security from the Originators to the Seller pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement, and the sale and security interest therein from the Seller to the Administrator under this Agreement.

(s) The Lock-Box Accounts .

(i) Nature of Lock-Box Accounts . Each Lock-Box Account constitutes a “deposit account” within the meaning of the applicable UCC.

(ii) Ownership . Each Lock-Box Account is in the name of the Seller, and the Seller owns the Lock-Box Accounts free and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than the interest of the Lock-Box Bank as set forth in the applicable Lock-Box Agreement).

(iii) Perfection . The Seller has delivered to the Administrator a fully executed Lock-Box Agreement relating to each Lock-Box Account, pursuant to which each applicable Lock-Box Bank has agreed, following notice by the Administrator that it is exercising its right to assume exclusive control of such Lock-Box Account, to comply only with all instructions originated by the Administrator (on behalf of the Purchasers) directing the disposition of funds in such Lock-Box Account without further consent by the Seller or the Servicer.

(t) Priority .

(i) Other than the transfer of the Receivables to the Seller under the Purchase and Sale Agreement, and by the Seller under this Agreement and/or the security interest granted to the Administrator pursuant to this Agreement, neither the Seller nor any Originator has pledged, assigned, sold, granted a security interest in, or otherwise conveyed any of the Receivables transferred or purported to be transferred under the Transaction Documents, the Lock-Box Accounts or any subaccount thereof. Neither the Seller nor any Originator has authorized the filing of, or is aware of any financing statements against any of the Seller or such Originator that purport to perfect a security interest in Receivables or include a description of Receivables transferred or purported to be transferred under the Transaction Documents, the Lock-Box Accounts or any subaccount thereof, other than any financing statement (i) relating to the sale thereof by such Originator to the Seller under the Purchase and Sale Agreement or (ii) relating to the security interest granted to the Administrator under this Agreement.

 

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(ii) Neither the Seller nor the Servicer has consented to any bank maintaining any Lock-Box Account to comply with instructions of any person other than the Seller, the Servicer and the Administrator.

2. Representations and Warranties of the Servicer . The Servicer represents and warrants to the Administrator, each Purchaser Agent and each Purchaser on the Closing Date and on the date of each Funded Purchase, reinvestment and issuance of a Letter of Credit under this Agreement that:

(a) Existence and Power . The Servicer (i) is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, (ii) has the corporate power and authority to transact the business in which it is engaged and proposes to engage and (iii) is duly qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Company and Governmental Authorization, Contravention . The execution, delivery and performance by the Servicer of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party (i) are within the Servicer’s corporate powers, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, (iii) require no authorization, consent, license or exemption from, or filing or registration with, any governmental body, agency or official, except (A) such approvals which have been obtained prior to the Closing Date and remain in full force and effect and (B) such approvals, the absence of which would not reasonably be expected have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) do not contravene, or constitute a default under, (A) any provision of Applicable Law or any judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Servicer, (B) any provision of the certificate of incorporation or bylaws of the Servicer, (C) any covenant, indenture or material agreement of or affecting the Servicer or any of its property, in each case, where such contravention or default, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (v) do not result in the creation or imposition of any lien prohibited by the Transaction Documents any property of the Servicer or any of its Subsidiaries.

(c) Binding Effect of Agreement . This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Servicer enforceable against the Servicer in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

(d) Accuracy of Information . Each Information Package and all other information (including, without limitation, any financial statements) furnished by (or on behalf of) the Servicer in writing to the Administrator, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document is true and accurate in all material respects on the date such information is stated or certified; provided that to the extent any such information was based upon or constitutes a forecast or projection, the Servicer represents only that it acted in good faith and utilized assumptions reasonable at the time made.

 

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(e) Actions, Suits . Except as disclosed in the Parent’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, there is no litigation, arbitration or governmental proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of the Servicer, threatened in writing against the Servicer that (i) purports to adversely affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (other than such litigation that the Administrator has reasonably determined to be frivolous) or (ii) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(f) No Material Adverse Effect . Since December 31, 2011, there has been no Material Adverse Effect.

(g) Credit and Collection Policy . The Servicer has complied in all material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy with regard to each Receivable.

(h) Investment Company Act . The Servicer is not required to registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

(i) No Sanctions . The Servicer is not a Sanctioned Person. To the Servicer’s knowledge, no Obligor was a Sanctioned Person at the time of origination of any Pool Receivable owing by such Obligor. The Servicer and its Affiliates: (i) have less than 15% of their assets in Sanctioned Countries; and (ii) derive less than 15% of their operating income from investments in, or transactions with Sanctioned Persons or Sanctioned Countries. Neither the Servicer nor any of its Subsidiaries engages in activities related to Sanctioned Countries except for such activities as are (A) specifically or generally licensed by OFAC, or (B) otherwise in compliance with OFAC’s sanctions regulations.

(j) Financial Condition . The consolidated balance sheets of the Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries as of June 30, 2012 and the related statements of income and shareholders’ equity of the Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter then ended, copies of which have been furnished to the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries for the period ended on such date, all in accordance with GAAP consistently applied except as noted therein.

(k) Tax Status . The Servicer has (i) timely filed all material tax returns (federal, state and local) required to be filed by it and (ii) paid, or caused to be paid, all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges, which are shown to be due and payable by it in such returns, other than taxes, assessments and other governmental charges being contested in good faith, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Adequate provisions in accordance with GAAP for taxes on the books of the Servicer have been made for all open years and for the current fiscal period.

(l) ERISA . Each member of the Controlled Group has fulfilled its obligations under the minimum funding standards of, and is in compliance in all material respects with, ERISA and the Code to the extent applicable to it and, other than a liability for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA, does not owe any liability to the PBGC or a Plan under Title IV of ERISA, except any such matters as would not reasonably be expected, in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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As of the Closing Date, no member of the Controlled Group has any contingent liabilities with respect to any post-retirement benefits under a Welfare Plan, other than liability for continuation coverage described in article 6 of Title I of ERISA except such liabilities as would not reasonably be expected, in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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EXHIBIT IV

COVENANTS

1. Covenants of the Seller . At all times from the Closing Date until the Final Payout Date:

(a) Financial Reporting . The Seller will maintain a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP, and the Seller (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall furnish to the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent:

(i) Annual Financial Statements of the Seller . Promptly upon completion and in no event later than 90 days after the close of each fiscal year of the Seller, annual unaudited financial statements of the Seller certified by a designated financial or other officer of the Seller.

(ii) Information Packages . Not later than 2 Business Days prior to each Settlement Date, an Information Package as of the most recently completed calendar month.

(iii) Quarterly Financial Statements of the Parent . As soon as available and in no event later than 60 days following the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters in each of the Parent’s fiscal years, (A) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet and statements of income of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of earnings and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such fiscal quarter, in each case setting forth comparative figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter in the prior fiscal year, all of which shall be certified by the chief financial officer, the treasurer or any financial officer (including a controller) of the Parent that they fairly present in all material respects, in accordance with GAAP, the financial condition of the Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations for the periods indicated, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes, and (B) management’s discussion and analysis of the important operational and financial developments during such fiscal quarter.

(iv) Annual Financial Statements of the Parent . Within 90 days after the close of each of the Parent’s fiscal years, the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of earnings and cash flows for such fiscal year setting forth comparative figures for the preceding fiscal year, all reported on by independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

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(v) Other Reports and Filings . Promptly (but in any event within ten days) after the filing or delivery thereof, copies of all financial information, proxy materials and reports, if any, which the Parent or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries shall publicly file with the SEC.

(vi) Other Information . Such other information (including non-financial information) as the Administrator or any Purchaser Agent may from time to time reasonably request.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 3(a)(iii) , 3(a)(iv) and 3(a)(v) of this Exhibit IV (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) (A) on which the Parent posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Parent’s website on the Internet at www.lyondellbasell.com/index.htm, or such documents are posted to the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov; or (B) on which such documents are posted on the Parent’s behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another relevant website, if any, to which each Purchaser Agent and the Administrator have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrator), and (ii) on which the Seller notifies (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent of the posting of any such documents.

(b) Notice of Termination Events or Unmatured Termination Events . The Seller (or the Servicer on its behalf) will notify the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent in writing promptly upon (but in no event later than five Business Days after) a financial or other officer learning of the occurrence of a Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event. Such notice shall be given by the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Seller and shall describe such Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event, and if applicable, the steps being taken by the Person(s) affected with respect thereto.

(c) Conduct of Business . The Seller will carry on and conduct its business in substantially the same manner and in substantially the same fields of enterprise as it is presently conducted and will do all things necessary to remain duly organized, validly existing and in good standing as a domestic organization in its jurisdiction of organization and maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, except, in each case, where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; provided , however , that nothing in this paragraph (c)  shall prevent any transaction permitted by paragraph (i)  below or not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

(d) Compliance with Laws . The Seller will comply in all material respects with the requirements of all laws, rules, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which it may be subject and regulations applicable to its property or business operations, except in such instance where any failure to comply therewith, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(e) Furnishing of Information and Inspection of Receivables . The Seller will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent from time to time such information with respect to the Pool Receivables as the Administrator or any Purchaser Agent may reasonably request. The Seller will, at the Seller’s expense, during regular business hours upon reasonable prior written notice, permit the Administrator and/or any Purchaser Agent or their agents or representatives to (i) examine and make copies of and abstracts from the books and records relating to the Pool Receivables or other Pool Assets, (ii) visit the offices and properties of the Seller for the purpose of examining such books and records (subject to applicable restrictions or limitations on access to any facility or information that is classified or restricted by contract (so long as any such contractual restrictions are not created in contemplation of preventing the inspection rights under this provision) or by law, regulation or governmental guidelines and in accordance with applicable safety procedures), and (iii) discuss matters relating to the Pool Receivables, other Pool Assets or the Seller’s performance under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party with any of the officers of the Seller and (only during the continuance of a Termination Event) its independent accountants, in each case, having knowledge of such matters; provided , that unless a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, (A) the Seller shall be required to reimburse the Administrator for only one (1) such audit in any twelve-month period and (B) the Administrator and the Purchaser Agents hereby agree to coordinate their due diligence visits.

(f) Payments on Receivables, Lock-Box Accounts . The Seller (or the Servicer on its behalf) will, and will cause each Originator to, at all times, instruct all Obligors to deliver payments on the Pool Receivables to a Lock-Box Account or a Lock-Box (or at any time prior to the Lock-Box Conversion Date, so long as no Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Citi Account). If any payments on the Pool Receivables or other Collections are received by the Seller, the Servicer or an Originator, it shall hold (or cause the Servicer or such Originator to hold) such payments in trust for the benefit of the Administrator, the Purchaser Agents and the Purchasers and promptly (but in any event within one Business Day after receipt) remit such funds into a Lock-Box Account; provided , however , at any time prior to the Lock-Box Conversion Date, so long as no Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, funds received in the Citi Account shall not be required to be remitted to a Lock-Box Account. The Seller (or the Servicer on its behalf) will cause each Lock-Box Bank to comply with the terms of each applicable Lock-Box Agreement. The Seller shall not permit funds other than Collections on Pool Receivables and other Pool Assets to be deposited into any Lock-Box Account. If such funds are nevertheless deposited into any Lock-Box Account, the Seller (or the Servicer on its behalf) will within two Business Days identify and transfer such funds, to the appropriate Person entitled to such funds. The Seller will not, and will not permit the Servicer, any Originator or other Person to commingle Collections or other funds to which the Administrator, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser is entitled with any other funds. The Seller shall only add a Lock-Box Account (or the related Lock-Box), or a Lock-Box Bank to those listed on Schedule II to this Agreement, if the Administrator has received notice of such addition and an executed and acknowledged copy of a Lock-Box Agreement in form and substance acceptable to the Administrator from any such new Lock-Box Bank. The Seller shall only terminate a Lock-Box Bank or close a Lock-Box Account (or the related Lock-Box) with the prior written consent of the Administrator.

 

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(g) Sales, Liens, etc. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Seller will not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or create or suffer to exist any Adverse Claim upon (including, without limitation, the filing of any financing statement) or with respect to, any Pool Receivable or other Pool Asset, or assign any right to receive income in respect thereof.

(h) Extension or Amendment of Pool Receivables . Except as otherwise permitted under Section 4.2(a) of this Agreement, the Seller will not, and will not permit the Servicer to, alter the delinquency status or adjust the Outstanding Balance or otherwise modify the terms of any Pool Receivable in any material respect, or amend, modify or waive, in any material respect, any term or condition of any related Contract. The Seller shall at its expense, timely and fully perform and comply in all material respects with all provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the Pool Receivables, and timely and fully comply with the Credit and Collection Policy with regard to each Pool Receivable and the related Contract.

(i) Fundamental Changes . The Seller shall not, without the prior written consent of the Administrator and the Majority Purchaser Agents, permit itself (i) to merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to, any Person or (ii) to be owned by any Person other than Lyondell Chemical. The Seller shall provide the Administrator at least 30 days’ prior written notice before making any change in the Seller’s name, location or making any other change in the Seller’s identity or corporate structure that could impair or otherwise render any UCC financing statement filed in connection with this Agreement “seriously misleading” as such term (or similar term) is used in the applicable UCC; each notice to the Administrator pursuant to this sentence shall set forth the applicable change and the proposed effective date thereof. The Seller will also maintain and implement (or cause the Servicer to maintain and implement) administrative and operating procedures (including an ability to recreate records evidencing Pool Receivables and related Contracts in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain (or cause the Servicer to keep and maintain) all documents, books, records, computer tapes and disks and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection of all Pool Receivables (including records adequate to permit the daily identification of each Pool Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each existing Pool Receivable).

(j) Ownership Interest, Etc. The Seller shall (and shall cause the Servicer to), at its expense, take all action necessary or reasonably desirable to establish and maintain a valid and enforceable undivided percentage ownership or security interest, to the extent of the Purchased Interest, in the Pool Receivables, the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto, and a first priority perfected security interest in the Pool Assets, in each case free and clear of any Adverse Claim, in favor of the Administrator (on behalf of the Purchasers), including taking such action to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the interest of the Administrator (on behalf of the Purchasers) as the Administrator or any Purchaser Agent may reasonably request.

(k) Certain Agreements . Without the prior written consent of the Administrator and the Majority Purchaser Agents, the Seller will not (and will not permit the Originators to) amend, modify, waive, revoke or terminate any Transaction Document to which it is a party or any provision of the Seller’s organizational documents which requires the consent of the “Independent Director” (as such term is used in the Seller’s limited liability company agreement).

 

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(l) Restricted Payments .

(i) Except pursuant to clause (ii)  below, the Seller will not: (A) purchase or redeem any shares of its capital stock, (B) declare or pay any dividend or set aside any funds for any such purpose, (C) prepay, purchase or redeem any Debt, (D) lend or advance any funds or (E) repay any loans or advances to, for or from any of its Affiliates (the amounts described in clauses (A)  through (E)  being referred to as “ Restricted Payments ”).

(ii) Subject to the limitations set forth in clause (iii)  below, the Seller may make Restricted Payments so long as such Restricted Payments are made only in one or more of the following ways: (A) the Seller may make cash payments (including prepayments) on the Subordinated Notes in accordance with their respective terms (it being understood that the foregoing shall not restrict any adjustment to the balance of any Subordinated Note pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement as a result of the issuance or expiration of any Letter of Credit), and (B) the Seller may declare and pay dividends and distributions if, both immediately before and immediately after giving effect thereto, the Seller’s Net Worth is equal to or greater than the Required Capital Amount.

(iii) The Seller may make Restricted Payments only out of the funds, if any, it receives pursuant to Sections 1.2(b), 1.4(b)(ii) and (iv)  and 1.4(d) of this Agreement. Furthermore, the Seller shall not pay, make or declare any Restricted Payment (including any dividend) if, after giving effect thereto, any Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing.

(m) Other Business . The Seller will not: (i) engage in any business other than the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, (ii) create, incur or permit to exist any Debt of any kind (or cause or permit to be issued for its account any letters of credit (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Letters of Credit issued under this Agreement) or bankers’ acceptances) other than pursuant to this Agreement or the Subordinated Notes, or (iii) form any Subsidiary or make any investments in any other Person.

(n) Use of the Seller’s Share of Collections . The Seller shall apply the Seller’s Share of Collections to make payments in the following order of priority: (i) to the extent not otherwise paid in accordance with Section 1.4 of this Agreement, the payment of its expenses (including all obligations payable to the Purchasers, Purchaser Agents and the Administrator under this Agreement and under the Fee Letters), (ii) the payment of accrued and unpaid interest on the Subordinated Notes and (iii) other legal and valid purposes.

 

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(o) Further Assurances; Change in Name or Jurisdiction of Origination, etc.

(i) The Seller hereby authorizes and hereby agrees from time to time, at its own expense, promptly to execute (if necessary) and deliver all further instruments and documents, and to take all further actions, that the Administrator may reasonably request, to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the purchases or issuances made under this Agreement and/or security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or to enable the Administrator (on behalf of the Purchasers) to exercise and enforce the Purchaser Agents’ and the Purchasers’ rights and remedies under this Agreement and any other Transaction Document. Without limiting the foregoing, the Seller hereby authorizes, and will, upon the request of the Administrator, at the Seller’s own expense, execute (if necessary) and file such financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, and such other instruments and documents, that may be necessary or desirable, or that the Administrator may reasonably request, to perfect, protect or evidence any of the foregoing.

(ii) The Seller authorizes the Administrator to file financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto and assignments thereof, relating to the Receivables and the Related Security, the related Contracts and the Collections with respect thereto and the other collateral subject to a lien under any Transaction Document without the signature of the Seller. A photocopy or other reproduction of this Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing statement where permitted by law.

(iii) The Seller shall at all times be organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and shall not take any action to change its jurisdiction of organization.

(iv) The Seller will not change its name, location, identity or corporate structure unless (x) the Seller, at its own expense, shall have taken all action necessary or appropriate to perfect or maintain the perfection of the lien under this Agreement (including, without limitation, the filing of all financing statements and the taking of such other action as the Administrator may request in connection with such change or relocation), and (y) if requested by the Administrator, the Seller shall cause to be delivered to the Administrator, an opinion, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrator as to such UCC perfection and priority matters as such Person may request at such time.

(p) OFAC . The Seller will not use the proceeds of any Receivable or any Purchase under this Agreement to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Country.

(q) Transaction Information . None of the Seller, any Affiliate of the Seller or any third party with which the Seller or any Affiliate thereof has contracted, shall deliver, in writing or orally, to any Rating Agency, any Transaction Information without providing such Transaction Information to the applicable Purchaser Agent prior to delivery to such Rating Agency and will not participate in any oral communications with respect to Transaction Information with any Rating Agency without the participation of such Purchaser Agent.

 

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(r) Seller’s Net Worth . The Seller shall not permit its Net Worth to be less than the Required Capital Amount.

2. Covenants of the Servicer . At all times from the Closing Date until the Final Payout Date:

(a) Financial Reporting . The Servicer will maintain a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with GAAP, and the Servicer shall furnish to the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent:

(i) Compliance Certificates . A compliance certificate not later than 10 days after the Seller’s delivery of the Parent’s quarterly and annual financial statements, in each case, substantially in the form of Annex D to this Agreement and signed by the Servicer’s chief accounting officer or treasurer solely in its capacity as officers of the Servicer, which certificate shall state that no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, or if any Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, stating the nature and status thereof.

(ii) Information Packages . Not later than 2 Business Days prior to each Settlement Date, an Information Package as of the most recently completed calendar month.

(iii) Quarterly Financial Statements of the Parent . As soon as available and in no event later than 60 days following the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters in each of the Parent’s fiscal years, (A) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet and statements of income of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter and the related unaudited consolidated statements of earnings and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the elapsed portion of the fiscal year ended with the last day of such fiscal quarter, in each case setting forth comparative figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter in the prior fiscal year, all of which shall be certified by the chief financial officer, the treasurer or any financial officer (including a controller) of the Parent that they fairly present in all material respects, in accordance with GAAP, the financial condition of the Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations for the periods indicated, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes, and (B) management’s discussion and analysis of the important operational and financial developments during such fiscal quarter.

(iv) Annual Financial Statements of the Parent . Within 90 days after the close of each of the Parent’s fiscal years, the consolidated balance sheet of the Parent and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year and the related consolidated statements of earnings and cash flows for such fiscal year setting forth comparative figures for the preceding fiscal year, all reported on by independent certified public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception) to the effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Parent and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

 

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(v) Other Reports and Filings . Promptly (but in any event within ten days) after the filing or delivery thereof, copies of all financial information, proxy materials and reports, if any, which the Parent or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries shall publicly file with the SEC.

(vi) Other Information . Such other information (including non-financial information) as the Administrator or any Purchaser Agent may from time to time reasonably request.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 4(a)(iii) , 4(a)(iv) and 4(a)(v) of this Exhibit IV (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) (A) on which the Parent posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Parent’s website on the Internet at www.lyondellbasell.com/index.htm, or such documents are posted to the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov; or (B) on which such documents are posted on the Parent’s behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another relevant website, if any, to which each Purchaser Agent and the Administrator have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrator), and (ii) on which the Seller notifies (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent of the posting of any such documents.

(b) Notice of Termination Events or Unmatured Termination Events . The Servicer will notify the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent in writing promptly upon (but in no event later than five Business Days after) a financial or other officer learning of the occurrence of a Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event. Such notice shall be given by the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Servicer and shall describe such Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event, and if applicable, the steps being taken by the Person(s) affected with respect thereto.

(c) Conduct of Business . The Servicer will carry on and conduct its business in substantially the same manner and in substantially the same fields of enterprise as it is presently conducted and will do all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, its franchises, authority to do business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, licenses, patents, trademarks, copyrights and other proprietary rights; provided however, that nothing in this paragraph (c)  shall prevent any transaction permitted by paragraph (m)  below or not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

 

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(d) Compliance with Laws . The Servicer will comply with the requirements of all laws, rules and regulations applicable to its property or business operations, except in such instance where (i) any failure to comply therewith, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) the requirement to comply therewith is being contested in good faith.

(e) Furnishing of Information and Inspection of Receivables . The Servicer will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent from time to time such information with respect to the Pool Receivables as the Administrator or any Purchaser Agent may reasonably request. The Servicer will, during regular business hours upon reasonable prior written notice, permit the Administrator and/or any Purchaser Agent or their agents or representatives to (i) examine the books and records relating to the Pool Receivables or other Pool Assets and (ii) visit the offices and properties of the Servicer for the purpose of examining such books and records (subject to applicable restrictions or limitations on access to any facility or information that is classified or restricted by contract (so long as any such contractual restrictions are not created in contemplation of preventing the inspection rights under this provision) or by law, regulation or governmental guidelines and in accordance with applicable safety procedures), and (iii) discuss matters relating to the Pool Receivables, other Pool Assets or the Servicer’s performance under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party with any of the officers of the Servicer and (only during the continuance of a Termination Event) its independent accountants, in each case, having knowledge of such matters; provided , that unless a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, (A) the Servicer shall be required to reimburse the Administrator for only one (1) such audit in any twelve-month period and (B) the Administrator and the Purchaser Agents hereby agree to coordinate their due diligence visits.

(f) Payments on Receivables, Lock-Box Accounts . The Servicer will, and will cause each Originator to, at all times, instruct all Obligors to deliver payments on the Pool Receivables to a Lock-Box Account or a Lock-Box (or at any time prior to the Lock-Box Conversion Date, so long as no Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the Citi Account). If any payments on the Pool Receivables or other Collections are received by the Seller, the Servicer or an Originator, it shall hold (or cause the Seller or such Originator to hold) such payments in trust for the benefit of the Administrator, the Purchaser Agents and the Purchasers and promptly (but in any event within one Business Day after receipt) remit such funds into a Lock-Box Account; provided , however , at any time prior to the Lock-Box Conversion Date, so long as no Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, funds received in the Citi Account shall not be required to be remitted to a Lock-Box Account. The Servicer will cause each Lock-Box Bank to comply with the terms of each applicable Lock-Box Agreement. The Servicer shall not permit funds other than Collections on Pool Receivables and other Pool Assets to be deposited into any Lock-Box Account. If such funds are nevertheless deposited into any Lock-Box Account, the Servicer will within two Business Days identify and transfer such funds, to the appropriate Person entitled to such funds. The Servicer will not, and will not permit any Originator or other Person to commingle Collections or other funds to which the Administrator, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser is entitled with any other funds. The Servicer shall only add a Lock-Box Account (or the related Lock-Box), or a Lock-Box Bank to those listed on Schedule II to this Agreement, if the Administrator has received notice of such addition and an executed and acknowledged copy of a Lock-Box Agreement in form and substance acceptable to the Administrator from any such new Lock-Box Bank. The Servicer shall only terminate a Lock-Box Bank or close a Lock-Box Account (or the related Lock-Box) with the prior written consent

 

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of the Administrator. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if on any date, any funds in payment of any amounts owed in respect of any Excluded Receivable (including purchase price, finance charges, interest and all other charges) or funds to be applied to amounts owed in respect of any Excluded Receivable (including insurance payments and net proceeds of the sale or other disposition of repossessed goods or other collateral or property of the related Excluded Obligor or any other Person directly or indirectly liable for the payment of such Excluded Receivable and available to be applied thereon) are delivered to a Lock-Box Account or Lock-Box, the Servicer shall remit the amount of any such funds to the owner of such Excluded Receivable or its designee.

(g) Extension or Amendment of Pool Receivables . Except as otherwise permitted in Section 4.2 of this Agreement, the Servicer will not alter the delinquency status or adjust the Outstanding Balance or otherwise modify the terms of any Pool Receivable in any material respect, or amend, modify or waive, in any material respect, any term or condition of any related Contract. The Servicer shall at its expense, timely and fully perform and comply in all material respects with all provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the Pool Receivables, and timely and fully comply with the Credit and Collection Policy with regard to each Pool Receivable and the related Contract.

(h) Change in Credit and Collection Policy . The Servicer will not make any material change in the Credit and Collection Policy without the prior written consent of the Administrator and the Majority Purchaser Agents (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

(i) Records . The Servicer will maintain and implement administrative and operating procedures (including an ability to recreate records evidencing Pool Receivables and related Contracts in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain all documents, books, records, computer tapes and disks and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection of all Pool Receivables (including records adequate to permit the daily identification of each Pool Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each existing Pool Receivable).

(j) Ownership Interest, Etc. The Servicer shall, at its expense, take all action necessary or reasonably desirable to establish and maintain a valid and enforceable undivided percentage ownership or security interest, to the extent of the Purchased Interest, in the Pool Receivables, the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto, and a first priority perfected security interest in the Pool Assets, in each case free and clear of any Adverse Claim, in favor of the Administrator (on behalf of the Purchasers), including taking such action to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the interest of the Administrator (on behalf of the Purchasers) as the Administrator or any Purchaser Agent may reasonably request. In order to evidence the interests of the Administrator (on behalf of the Purchasers) under this Agreement, the Servicer shall, from time to time take such action, or execute and deliver such instruments as may be necessary (including, without limitation, such actions as are reasonably requested by the Administrator) to maintain and perfect, as a first-priority interest, the Administrator’s security interest in the Receivables, Related Security and Collections. The Servicer shall, from time to time and within the time limits established by law, prepare and present to the Administrator for the Administrator’s authorization and approval, all financing statements, amendments,

 

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continuations or initial financing statements in lieu of a continuation statement, or other filings necessary to continue, maintain and perfect the Administrator’s security interest as a first-priority interest. The Administrator’s approval of such filings shall authorize the Servicer to file such financing statements under the UCC without the signature of the Seller, any Originator or the Administrator where allowed by Applicable Law. Notwithstanding anything else in the Transaction Documents to the contrary, the Servicer shall not have any authority to file a termination, partial termination, release, partial release, or any amendment that deletes the name of a debtor or excludes collateral of any such financing statements filed in connection with the Transaction Documents, without the prior written consent of the Administrator.

(k) Further Assurances. The Servicer hereby authorizes and hereby agrees from time to time, at its own expense, promptly to execute (if necessary) and deliver all further instruments and documents, and to take all further actions, that may be necessary or desirable, or that the Administrator may reasonably request, to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the purchases or issuances made under this Agreement and/or security interest granted pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or to enable the Administrator (on behalf of the Purchasers) to exercise and enforce their respective rights and remedies under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

(l) Transaction Information . None of the Servicer, any Affiliate of the Servicer or any third party with which the Servicer or any Affiliate thereof has contracted, shall deliver, in writing or orally, to any Rating Agency, any Transaction Information without providing such Transaction Information to the applicable Purchaser Agent prior to delivery to such Rating Agency and will not participate in any oral communications with respect to Transaction Information with any Rating Agency without the participation of such Purchaser Agent.

(m) Mergers, Sales, Etc . The Servicer shall not sell substantially all of its business or assets and shall not merge or consolidate with or into any other Person; provided , however , that (i) if no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing or would result therefrom and (ii) either (A) the Servicer is the surviving Person or (B) the Servicer is not the surviving Person but the Seller complies with the Servicer Replacement Conditions as if the surviving Person is the assignee of the Servicer, the Servicer may merge or consolidate with any other U.S. corporation or limited liability company.

3. Separateness Covenants . In order to preserve the bankruptcy-remote status of the Seller, each of the Seller and the Servicer covenants to take such actions as shall be necessary in order that:

(a) Special Purpose Entity . The Seller will be a special purpose limited liability company whose primary activities are restricted in its limited liability company agreement to: (i) purchasing or otherwise acquiring from the Originators, owning, holding, granting security interests or selling interests in Pool Assets, (ii) entering into agreements for the selling, servicing and financing of the Receivables Pool (including the Transaction Documents), and (iii) conducting such other activities as it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out its primary activities.

 

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(b) No Other Business or Debt . The Seller shall not engage in any business or activity except as set forth in the Transaction Documents nor, incur any indebtedness or liability other than as expressly permitted by this Agreement.

(c) Independent Director . Not fewer than one member of the Seller’s board of directors (the “ Independent Director ”) shall be a natural person who (A) for the five-year period prior to his or her appointment as Independent Director of the Seller has not been, and during the continuation of his or her service as Independent Director of the Seller is not: (i) an employee, director, stockholder, member, manager, partner or officer of the Seller, the Parent, the Servicer, any Originator or any of their respective Affiliates (other than his or her service as an Independent Director of the Seller); (ii) a customer or supplier of the Seller, the Parent, the Servicer, any Originator or any of their respective Affiliates (other than his or her service as an Independent Director of the Seller); or (iii) any member of the immediate family of a person described in (i)  or (ii) ; (B) has (x) prior experience as an Independent Director for a corporation or limited liability company whose organizational or charter documents required the unanimous consent of all Independent Directors thereof before such corporation or limited liability company could consent to the institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it or could file a petition seeking relief under any applicable federal or state law relating to bankruptcy and (y) at least three years of employment experience with one or more entities that provide, in the ordinary course of their respective businesses, advisory, management or placement services to issuers of securitization or structured finance instruments, agreements or securities; and (C) is either (x) Robert Klein (an employee of Lord Securities Corporation or any Affiliate thereof) or (y) reasonably acceptable to the Administrator as evidenced in a writing executed by the Administrator.

The Seller shall (A) give written notice to the Administrator of the election or appointment, or proposed election or appointment, of a new Independent Director of the Seller, which notice shall be given not later than 10 days prior to the date such appointment or election would be effective (except when such election or appointment is necessary to fill a vacancy caused by the death, disability, or incapacity of the existing Independent Director, or the failure of such Independent Director to satisfy the criteria for an Independent Director set forth in this Section 5(c) of Exhibit IV , in which case the Seller shall provide written notice of such election or appointment within one Business Day), and (B) with any such written notice, certify to the Administrator that the Independent Director satis f ies the criteria for an Independent Director set forth in this Section 5(c) of Exhibit IV .

The Seller’s limited liability company agreement shall provide that: (A) the Seller’s board of directors shall not approve, or take any other action to cause the filing of, a voluntary bankruptcy petition with respect to the Seller unless the Independent Director shall approve the taking of such action in writing before the taking of such action, and (B) such provision and each other provision requiring an Independent Director cannot be amended without the prior written consent of the Independent Director.

The Independent Director shall not at any time serve as a trustee in bankruptcy for the Seller, the Parent, any Originator, the Servicer or any of their respective Affiliates.

 

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(d) Organizational Documents . The Seller shall maintain its limited liability company agreement and other organizational documents in conformity with this Agreement, such that it does not amend, restate, supplement or otherwise modify its ability to comply with the terms and provisions of any of the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, paragraph (c)  above.

(e) Conduct of Business . The Seller shall conduct its affairs strictly in accordance with its organizational documents and observe all necessary, appropriate and customary company formalities, including, but not limited to, holding all regular and special members’ and board of directors’ (or managers’) meetings appropriate to authorize all corporate action, 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.

(f) Compensation . Any employee, consultant or agent of the Seller will be compensated from the Seller’s funds for services provided to the Seller, and to the extent that the Seller shares the same officers or other employees as the Servicer (or the Parent or any other Affiliate thereof), the salaries and expenses relating to providing benefits to such officers and other employees shall be fairly allocated among such entities, and each such entity shall bear its fair share of the salary and benefit costs associated with such common officers and employees. The Seller will not engage any agents other than its attorneys, auditors and other professionals, and a servicer and any other agent contemplated by the Transaction Documents for the Receivables Pool, which servicer will be fully compensated for its services by payment of the Servicing Fee.

(g) Servicing and Costs . The Seller will contract with the Servicer to perform for the Seller all operations required on a daily basis to service the Receivables Pool. The Seller will not incur any indirect or overhead expenses for items shared with the Servicer (or the Parent or any other Affiliate thereof) that are not reflected in the Servicing Fee. To the extent, if any, that the Seller (or any Affiliate thereof) shares items of expenses not reflected in the Servicing Fee, such as legal, auditing and other professional services, such expenses will be allocated to the extent practical on the basis of actual use or the value of services rendered, and otherwise on a basis reasonably related to the actual use or the value of services rendered.

(h) Operating Expenses . The Seller’s operating expenses will not be borne by the Servicer, any Originator, the Parent or any of their Affiliates.

(i) Stationery . The Seller will have its own separate stationery.

(j) Books and Records . The Seller’s books and records will be maintained separately from those of the Servicer, the Originators, the Parent and any of their Affiliates and in a manner such that it will not be difficult or costly to segregate, ascertain or otherwise identify the assets and liabilities of the Seller.

 

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(k) Disclosure of Transactions . All financial statements of the Servicer, the Parent, the Originators and any Affiliate thereof that are consolidated to include the Seller will disclose that (i) the Seller’s sole business consists of the purchase or acceptance through capital contributions of the Receivables and Related Rights from the Originators and the subsequent retransfer of or granting of a security interest in such Receivables and Related Rights to certain purchasers party to this Agreement, (ii) the Seller is a separate legal entity with its own separate creditors who will be entitled, upon its liquidation, to be satisfied out of the Seller’s assets prior to any assets or value in the Seller becoming available to the Seller’s equity holders and (iii) the assets of the Seller are not available to pay creditors of the Servicer, the Parent, any Originator or any Affiliate thereof.

(l) Segregation of Assets . The Seller’s assets will be maintained in a manner that facilitates their identification and segregation from those of the Servicer, the Parent, the Originators and any Affiliates thereof.

(m) Corporate Formalities . The Seller will strictly observe corporate formalities in its dealings with the Servicer, the Parent, the Originators and any Affiliates thereof, and funds or other assets of the Seller will not be commingled with those of the Servicer, the Parent, the Originators and any Affiliates thereof except as permitted by this Agreement in connection with servicing the Pool Receivables. The Seller shall not maintain joint bank accounts or other depository accounts to which the Servicer, the Parent, the Originators and any Affiliates thereof (other than the Servicer solely in its capacity as such) has independent access. The Seller is not named, and has not entered into any agreement to be named, directly or indirectly, as a direct or contingent beneficiary or loss payee on any insurance policy with respect to any loss relating to the property of the Servicer, the Parent, the Originators or any Affiliates thereof. The Seller will pay to the appropriate Affiliate (or will provide in the allocation of overhead described below) the marginal increase or, in the absence of such increase, the market amount of its portion of the premium payable with respect to any insurance policy that covers the Seller and such Affiliate.

(n) Arm’s-Length Relationships . The Seller will maintain arm’s-length relationships with the Servicer, the Parent, the Originators and any Affiliates thereof. Neither the Seller on the one hand, nor the Servicer, the Parent, any Originator or any Affiliate thereof, on the other hand, will be or will hold itself out to be responsible for the debts of the other or the decisions or actions respecting the daily business and affairs of the other. The Seller, the Servicer, the Parent, the Originators and their respective Affiliates will immediately correct any known misrepresentation with respect to the foregoing, and they will not operate or purport to operate as an integrated single economic unit with respect to each other or in their dealing with any other entity.

(o) Allocation of Overhead . To the extent that the Seller, on the one hand, and the Servicer, the Parent, any Originator or any Affiliate thereof, on the other hand, have offices in the same location, there shall be a fair and appropriate allocation of overhead costs between them, and the Seller shall bear its fair share of such expenses, which may be paid through the Servicing Fee or otherwise.

 

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EXHIBIT V

TERMINATION EVENTS

The occurrence of any of the following shall constitute a “ Termination Event ”:

(a) (i) the Seller, any Originator, the Parent or the Servicer shall fail to make when due any payment or deposit to be made by it under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document and such failure shall continue unremedied for three (3) Business Days, (ii) the Seller or the Servicer shall fail to deliver any Information Package when due pursuant to this Agreement, and such failure shall continue unremedied for two (2) Business Days, (iii) Lyondell Chemical shall resign as the Servicer, and no successor Servicer reasonably satisfactory to the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent shall have been appointed or (iv) the Seller, any Originator, the Parent or the Servicer shall fail to perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document and such failure, solely to the extent capable of cure, shall continue unremedied for thirty (30) days after the Seller, the Parent, any Originator or the Servicer has knowledge or receives written notice thereof;

(b) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the Seller, the Parent, any Originator or the Servicer (or any of their respective officers) under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any information or report delivered by the Seller, the Parent, any Originator or the Servicer pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, shall prove to have been incorrect or untrue in any material respect when made or deemed made or delivered; provided , however , that such circumstance shall not constitute a Termination Event pursuant to this clause (b)  if (i) such breach is corrected promptly (but not later than five (5) Business Days) after the Seller, the Parent, any Originator or the Servicer has knowledge or receives notice thereof or (ii) such breach is of a representation or warranty that a Pool Receivable is an Eligible Receivable and the Purchased Interest will not exceed 100% after excluding such Pool Receivable from the Net Receivables Pool Balance;

(c) this Agreement or any purchase or reinvestment pursuant to this Agreement shall for any reason: (i) cease to create, or the Purchased Interest shall for any reason cease to be, a valid and enforceable first priority perfected undivided percentage ownership or security interest to the extent of the Purchased Interest in each Pool Receivable, the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim, or (ii) cease to create with respect to the Pool Assets, or the interest of the Administrator with respect to such Pool Assets shall cease to be, a valid and enforceable first priority perfected security interest, free and clear of any Adverse Claim;

(d) the Seller, the Parent, the Servicer or any Originator shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any proceeding shall be instituted by or against the Seller, the Parent, the Servicer or any Originator seeking to adjudicate it as bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such proceeding instituted against it (but not instituted by it), either such proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 60 days, or any of the actions

 

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sought in such proceeding (including the entry of an order for relief against, or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official for, it or for any substantial part of its property) shall occur; or the Seller, the Parent, the Servicer or any Originator shall take any corporate or organizational action to authorize any of the actions set forth above in this paragraph;

(e) the Seller, the Parent, the Servicer or any Originator shall generally not pay its debts as such debts become due, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts generally;

(f) (i) the sum of (A) the Aggregate Capital, plus the Adjusted LC Participation Amount, plus (B) the Total Reserves, exceeds (ii) the sum of (A) Net Receivables Pool Balance at such time, plus (B) the Purchasers’ Share of the amount of Collections then on deposit in the Lock-Box Accounts (other than amounts set aside therein representing Discount and fees), and such circumstance shall not have been cured within two (2) Business Days;

(g) default shall occur under any Debt of the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries aggregating in excess of $100,000,000, or under any indenture, agreement or other instrument under which the same may be issued, the effect of such default is to cause the acceleration of the maturity of any such Indebtedness (whether automatically or otherwise), or any such Debt shall not be paid when due (whether by demand, lapse of time, acceleration or otherwise) after expiry of any applicable grace period;

(h) the “Leverage Ratio” (subject to Section 5.1, as such term and any defined terms used therein are defined in the Lyondell Credit Agreement as in effect on the Closing Date, without giving effect to any subsequent amendments or modifications thereto and regardless if the Lyondell Credit Agreement is subsequently terminated or replaced) as of the last day of any fiscal quarter of the Parent shall exceed 3.50 to 1.00;

(i) a Change in Control shall occur;

(j) any member of the Controlled Group shall fail to pay when due an amount or amounts aggregating in excess of $100,000,000 which it shall have become liable to pay to the PBGC or to a Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA; or notice of intent to terminate a Plan or Plans having aggregate Unfunded Vested Liabilities in excess of $100,000,000 (collectively, a “ Material Plan ”) shall be filed under Title IV of ERISA by the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or any other member of the Controlled Group, any plan administrator or any combination of the foregoing; or the PBGC shall institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate or to cause a trustee to be appointed to administer any Material Plan or a proceeding shall be instituted by a fiduciary of any Material Plan against the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries, or any member of the Controlled Group, to enforce Section 515 or 4219(c)(5) of ERISA and such proceeding shall not have been dismissed within 30 days thereafter; or a condition shall exist by reason of which the PBGC would be entitled to obtain a decree adjudicating that any Material Plan must be terminated;

(k) either (i) the Internal Revenue Service shall file notice of a lien pursuant to Section 6323 of the Code with regard to any assets of the Seller and such lien shall not have been released within five (5) days, or (ii) the PBGC shall file notice of a lien pursuant to Section 4068 of ERISA with regard to any of the assets of the Seller, or (iii) a judgment lien shall be imposed on the assets of the Seller in connection with a complete or partial withdrawal from, or a default, within the meaning of Section 4219(c)(5) of ERISA, with respect to one or more Plans;

 

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(l) the average for three consecutive calendar months of: (A) the Loss Ratio shall exceed 2.0%, (B) the Delinquency Ratio shall exceed 5.5% or (C) the Dilution Ratio shall exceed 4.5%;

(m) the Seller shall fail (i) at any time (other than for ten (10) Business Days following notice of the death or resignation of any Independent Director) to have an Independent Director who satisfies each requirement and qualification specified in Section 3(c) of Exhibit IV to this Agreement for Independent Directors, on the Seller’s board of directors or (ii) to timely notify the Administrator of any replacement or appointment of any director that is to serve as an Independent Director on the Seller’s board of directors as required pursuant to such Section 3(c) ;

(n) any Letter of Credit is drawn upon and is not fully reimbursed by the Seller, or funded by Participation Advances as required pursuant to Section 1.14 ;

(o) any material provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall cease to be in full force and effect or any of the Seller, the Servicer, the Parent or any Originator shall so state in writing; or

(p) one or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against the Seller, the Parent, the Servicer, any Originator or any other Significant Subsidiary (as defined in the Lyondell Credit Agreement) involving in the aggregate a liability (not paid or to the extent not covered by a reputable and solvent insurance company) and such judgments and decrees either shall be final and non-appealable or shall not be vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal for any period of 60 consecutive days, and the aggregate amount of all such judgments equals or exceeds $100,000,000 (or solely with respect to the Seller, $12,500).

 

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SCHEDULE I

CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY

(Attached)

 

Schedule I-1


SCHEDULE II

LOCK-BOX BANKS, LOCK-BOXES, COLLECTION

ACCOUNT BANKS AND ACCOUNTS

 

Lock-Box Banks

   Lock-Boxes      Lock-Box Accounts  

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

270 Park Ave

New York, NY 10017-2014

ABA: 021000021

SWIFT: CHASUS33

     204027         964256564   

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

270 Park Ave

New York, NY 10017-2014

ABA: 021000021

SWIFT: CHASUS33

     204028         964256630   

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

270 Park Ave

New York, NY 10017-2014

ABA: 021000021

SWIFT: CHASUS33

     204029         964256713   

 

Schedule II-1


SCHEDULE III

[RESERVED]

 

Schedule III


SCHEDULE IV

PURCHASER GROUPS AND MAXIMUM COMMITMENTS

Purchaser Group of Market Street

 

Party

  

Capacity

   Maximum Commitment  

Market Street

   Conduit Purchaser      N/A   

PNC

   Related Committed Purchaser    $ 310,000,000   

PNC

   LC Participant    $ 62,000,000   

PNC

   LC Bank      N/A   

PNC

   Purchaser Agent      N/A   

Purchaser Group of Gotham

 

Party

   Capacity    Maximum Commitment  

Gotham

   Conduit Purchaser      N/A   

BTMU

   Related Committed Purchaser    $ 230,000,000   

BTMU

   LC Participant    $ 46,000,000   

BTMU

   Purchaser Agent      N/A   

Purchaser Group of Working Capital

 

Party

   Capacity    Maximum Commitment  

Working Capital

   Conduit Purchaser      N/A   

Mizuho

   Related Committed Purchaser    $ 230,000,000   

Mizuho

   LC Participant    $ 46,000,000   

Mizuho

   Purchaser Agent      N/A   

Purchaser Group of Manhattan

 

Party

   Capacity    Maximum Commitment  

Manhattan

   Conduit Purchaser      N/A   

SMBC

   Related Committed Purchaser    $ 230,000,000   

SMBC

   LC Participant    $ 46,000,000   

SMBCSI

   Purchaser Agent      N/A   

 

Schedule IV


SCHEDULE V

PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS

Purchase Account

 

Beneficiary:    LYB Americas Finance Company
Bank:   

JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA

270 Park Ave

New York, NY 10017-2014

Account Number:    964256408
ABA Number:    021000021
SWIFT Number:    CHASUS33

 

Schedule V


SCHEDULE VI

EXCLUDED OBLIGORS

None as of the Closing Date.

 

Schedule VI


ANNEX A

to Receivables Purchase Agreement

FORM OF INFORMATION PACKAGE

(Attached)

 

Annex A1-1


ANNEX B

to Receivables Purchase Agreement

FORM OF PURCHASE NOTICE

                              , 20         

PNC Bank, National Association

Three PNC Plaza

225 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

[Each other Purchaser Agent]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2012 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the “ Receivables Purchase Agreement ”), among LYB Receivables LLC, (“ Seller ”), Lyondell Chemical Company, as Servicer, the various Conduit Purchasers, Related Committed Purchasers, LC Participants and Purchaser Agents from time to time party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, as the issuer of letters of credit thereunder (in such capacity, the “ LC Bank ”), and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrator (in such capacity, the “ Administrator ”). Capitalized terms used in this Purchase Notice and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.

[This letter constitutes a Purchase Notice pursuant to Section 1.2(a) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement. Seller desires to sell an undivided percentage ownership interest in a pool of receivables on                                 , [20        ] 1 , for a purchase price of $                             2 (of which $             will be funded by [            ] and $             will be funded by [            ]). Subsequent to this Purchase, the Aggregate Capital will be $            .] 3

 

1  

Must be at least two (2) Business Days from the date of this Purchase Notice.

2  

Such amount shall not be less than $5,000,000 (or such lesser amount as agreed to by the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent) and shall be in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.

3  

In the case of a Cash Purchase Request.

 

Annex B-1


[This letter constitutes a Purchase Notice pursuant to Section 1.12(a) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement. Seller desires that LC Bank issue a Letter of Credit with a face amount of $             on                             , [20        ] 4 . Subsequent to this purchase, the LC Participation Amount will be $             and the Aggregate Capital will be $            .] 5

Seller hereby represents and warrants as of the date hereof, and as of the date of such Purchase, as follows:

(i) the representations and warranties contained in Exhibit III of the Receivables Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on and as of such dates as though made on and as of such dates and shall be deemed to have been made on such dates (except for representations and warranties that are expressly made as of an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date);

(ii) no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, or would result immediately after giving effect to such purchase;

(iii) immediately after giving effect to the purchase proposed hereby, the Aggregate Capital plus the LC Participation Amount shall not exceed the Purchase Limit, and the Purchased Interest shall not exceed 100%; and

(iv) the Termination Date shall not have occurred.

 

4  

Must be at least two (2) Business Days from the date of this Purchase Notice.

5  

In the case of a request for an issuance of a Letter of Credit.

 

Annex B-2


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Purchase Notice to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.

 

LYB RECEIVABLES LLC

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

Annex B-3


ANNEX C

to Receivables Purchase Agreement

FORM OF PAYDOWN NOTICE

                              , 20         

PNC Bank, National Association

Three PNC Plaza

225 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

[Each other Purchaser Agent]

Lyondell Chemical Company

1221 McKinney, Suite 700

Houston, Texas 77010

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2012 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Receivables Purchase Agreement ”), among LYB Receivables LLC, as Seller, Lyondell Chemical Company, as Servicer, the various Conduit Purchasers, Related Committed Purchasers, LC Participants and Purchaser Agents from time to time party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, as the issuer of letters of credit thereunder (in such capacity, the “ LC Bank ”), and PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrator. Capitalized terms used in this Paydown Notice and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.

This letter constitutes a Paydown Notice pursuant to Section 1.4(f)(i) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement. The Seller desires to reduce the Aggregate Capital on                                 ,              1 by the application of $                                 2 (of which $             will reduce Capital funded by the Market Street Purchaser Group, $                 will reduce Capital funded by the Gotham Purchaser Group, $             will reduce Capital funded by the Working Capital Purchaser Group and $             will reduce Capital funded by the Manhattan Purchaser Group in cash to reduce Aggregate Capital by such amount). Subsequent to this paydown, the Aggregate Capital will be $            .

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this paydown notice to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.

 

 

1  

Notice must be given at least two (2) Business Days prior to the requested paydown date.

2  

Such reduction shall not be less than $5,000,000 and shall be in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.

 

Annex C-1


LYB RECEIVABLES LLC

By:

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

Annex C-2


ANNEX D

to Receivables Purchase Agreement

FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

 

To: PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrator

[Each Purchaser Agent]

This Compliance Certificate is furnished pursuant to that certain Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2012 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Agreement ”), among LYB Receivables LLC (“ Seller ”), Lyondell Chemical Company (the “ Servicer ”), the various Conduit Purchasers, Related Committed Purchasers, LC Participants and Purchaser Agents from time to time party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, as the issuer of letters of credit thereunder (in such capacity, the “ LC Bank ”), and PNC Bank, National Association (the “ Administrator ”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Agreement.

THE UNDERSIGNED HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT:

1. I am the duly elected                          8 of the Servicer.

2. I have reviewed the terms of the Agreement and I have made, or have caused to be made under my supervision, a detailed review of the transactions and condition (financial or otherwise) of Seller during the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements.

3. The examinations described in paragraph 2 did not disclose, and I have no knowledge of, the existence of any condition or event which constitutes a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event, as each such term is defined under the Agreement, during or at the end of the accounting period covered by the attached financial statements or as of the date of this Certificate, except as set forth in paragraph 4 below.

4. Described below are the exceptions, if any, to paragraph 3 by listing, in detail, the nature of the condition or event, the period during which it has existed and the action which Seller or the Servicer has taken, is taking, or proposes to take with respect to each such condition or event:

 

 

8  

Must be the chief accounting officer or treasurer.

 

Annex D-1


The foregoing certifications and the financial statements delivered with this Compliance Certificate in support hereof, are made and delivered this         day of                     , 20        .

LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY

By:

   

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

Annex D-2


ANNEX E

to Receivables Purchase Agreement

FORM OF LETTER OF CREDIT APPLICATION

(Attached)

 

Annex E-1


ANNEX F

FORM OF TRANSFER SUPPLEMENT

Dated as of [                           , 20      ]

Section 1 .

Commitment assigned: $                     

Assignor’s remaining Commitment: $                     

Capital allocable to Commitment assigned: $                     

Assignor’s remaining Capital: $                     

Discount (if any) allocable to

Capital assigned: $                     

Discount(if any) allocable to Assignor’s

remaining Capital: $                     

Section 2 .

Effective Date of this Transfer Supplement: [                      ]

Upon execution and delivery of this Transfer Supplement by assignee, assignor and each other party required by Section 5.3(c) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement (as defined below) and upon the satisfaction of the other conditions to assignment specified in Section 5.3(c) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement (as defined below), from and after the effective date specified above, the transferee shall become a party to, and have the rights and obligations of a [Related Committed Purchaser] [Conduit Purchaser] under, the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2012 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof, the “ Receivables Purchase Agreement ”), among LYB Receivables LLC, as Seller, Lyondell Chemical Company, as initial Servicer, the various Conduit Purchasers, Related Committed Purchasers, Purchaser Agents and LC Participants from time to time parties thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, as LC Bank and as Administrator.

 

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ASSIGNOR: [                      ]

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

ASSIGNEE: [                      ]

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

[Address]

Accepted as of date first above written:

[                           ], as Purchaser Agent for

the [              ] Purchaser Group

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

[Consented to as of date first above written]:

[LYB RECEIVABLES LLC

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

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[PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,as Administrator and LC Bank

 

 

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To be included only if required pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Receivables Purchase Agreement.

 

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By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:   ] 10

 

 

10  

To be included in the case of an assignment by a Related Committed Purchaser.

 

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Exhibit 10.2

EXECUTION COPY

PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT

Dated as of September 11, 2012

among

LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY,

EQUISTAR CHEMICALS, LP

and

LYONDELLBASELL ACETYLS, LLC,

as Originators,

THE OTHER ORIGINATORS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,

LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY,

as Servicer,

and

LYB RECEIVABLES LLC,

as Buyer


CONTENTS

 

Clause     Subject Matter    Page  
ARTICLE I   
AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL   
SECTION 1.1 Agreement To Purchase and Sell      1   
SECTION 1.2 Timing of Purchases      3   
SECTION 1.3 Consideration for Purchases      3   
SECTION 1.4 Purchase and Sale Termination Date      3   
SECTION 1.5 Intention of the Parties      3   
ARTICLE II   
PURCHASE REPORT; CALCULATION OF PURCHASE PRICE   
SECTION 2.1 Purchase Report      4   
SECTION 2.2 Calculation of Purchase Price      4   
ARTICLE III   
CONTRIBUTIONS AND PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE   
SECTION 3.1 Initial Contribution of Receivables and Initial Purchase Price Payment      5   
SECTION 3.2 Subsequent Purchase Price Payments      6   
SECTION 3.3 Letters of Credit      7   
SECTION 3.4 Settlement as to Specific Receivables and Dilution.      8   
SECTION 3.5 Reconveyance of Receivables      9   
ARTICLE IV   
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES; ADDITIONAL ORIGINATORS   
SECTION 4.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase      9   
SECTION 4.2 Certification as to Representations and Warranties      10   
SECTION 4.3 Additional Originators      10   
ARTICLE V   
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ORIGINATORS   
SECTION 5.1 Existence and Power      11   
SECTION 5.2 Company and Governmental Authorization, Contravention      11   
SECTION 5.3 Binding Effect of Agreement      12   
SECTION 5.4 Accuracy of Information      12   
SECTION 5.5 Actions, Suits      12   
SECTION 5.6 No Material Adverse Effect      12   
SECTION 5.7 Names and Location      12   
SECTION 5.8 Margin Stock      12   
SECTION 5.9 Eligible Receivables      13   
SECTION 5.10 Credit and Collection Policy      13   
SECTION 5.11 Investment Company Act      13   
SECTION 5.12 No Sanctions      13   
SECTION 5.13 Financial Condition      13   
SECTION 5.14 Tax Status      13   

 

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CONTENTS

 

Clause     Subject Matter    Page  

SECTION 5.15 ERISA

     13   

SECTION 5.16 Bulk Sales

     14   

SECTION 5.17 No Fraudulent Conveyance

     14   

SECTION 5.18 Ordinary Course of Business

     14   

SECTION 5.19 Perfection; Good Title

     14   

SECTION 5.20 Reaffirmation of Representations and Warranties by each Originator

     14   
ARTICLE VI   
COVENANTS OF THE ORIGINATORS   

SECTION 6.1 Covenants

     15   

SECTION 6.2 Separateness Covenants

     19   
ARTICLE VII   
ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN RESPECT OF RECEIVABLES   

SECTION 7.1 Rights of the Buyer

     20   

SECTION 7.2 Responsibilities of the Originators

     20   

SECTION 7.3 Further Action Evidencing Purchases

     21   

SECTION 7.4 Application of Collections

     21   
ARTICLE VIII   
PURCHASE AND SALE TERMINATION EVENTS   

SECTION 8.1 Purchase and Sale Termination Events

     22   

SECTION 8.2 Remedies

     22   
ARTICLE IX   
INDEMNIFICATION   

SECTION 9.1 Indemnities by the Originators

     23   
ARTICLE X   
MISCELLANEOUS   

SECTION 10.1 Amendments, etc

     24   

SECTION 10.2 Notices, etc

     24   

SECTION 10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies

     25   

SECTION 10.4 Binding Effect; Assignability

     25   

SECTION 10.5 Governing Law

     25   

SECTION 10.6 Costs, Expenses and Taxes

     25   

SECTION 10.7 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION

     26   

SECTION 10.8 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

     26   

SECTION 10.9 Captions and Cross References; Incorporation by Reference

     26   

SECTION 10.10 Execution in Counterparts

     26   

SECTION 10.11 Acknowledgment and Agreement

     27   

SECTION 10.12 No Proceeding

     27   

SECTION 10.13 Limited Recourse

     27   

 

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CONTENTS

 

Clause     Subject Matter    Page

SCHEDULES

 

Schedule I Location of Each Originator

Schedule II Location of Books and Records of Originators

Schedule III Trade Names

Schedule IV Notice Addresses

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A Form of Purchase Report

Exhibit B Form of Subordinated Note

Exhibit C Form of Joinder Agreement

 

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This PURCHASE AND SALE AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “ Agreement ”), dated as of September 11, 2012 is entered into among LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (“ Lyondell Chemical ”), EQUISTAR CHEMICALS, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, and LYONDELLBASELL ACETYLS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with the other Persons that from time to time become parties hereto as originators, the “ Originators ” and each, an “ Originator ”), LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY, as initial Servicer (as defined below), and LYB RECEIVABLES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Buyer ”).

DEFINITIONS

Unless otherwise indicated herein, capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are defined in Exhibit I to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Receivables Purchase Agreement ”), among the Buyer, as seller, Lyondell Chemical, as initial Servicer (in such capacity, the “ Servicer ”), the Purchasers and Purchaser Agents from time to time party thereto, and PNC Bank, National Association, as LC Bank and as Administrator.

BACKGROUND:

1. The Buyer is a special purpose limited liability company, all of the issued and outstanding membership interests of which are owned by Lyondell Chemical.

2. The Originators generate Receivables in the ordinary course of their businesses.

3. The Originators wish to sell and/or, in the case of Lyondell Chemical, contribute Receivables to the Buyer, and the Buyer is willing to purchase and/or accept such Receivables from the Originators, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

4. The Originators and the Buyer intend this transaction to be a true sale and/or, in the case of Lyondell Chemical, an absolute conveyance of Receivables by each Originator to the Buyer, providing the Buyer with the full benefits of ownership of the Receivables, and the Originators and the Buyer do not intend the transactions hereunder to be characterized as a loan from the Buyer to any Originator.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual agreements herein contained, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL

SECTION 1.1 Agreement To Purchase and Sell . On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each Originator, severally and for itself, agrees to sell to the Buyer, and the Buyer agrees to purchase from such Originator, from time to time on or after the Closing Date, but before the Purchase and Sale Termination Date (as defined in Section 1.4 ), all of such Originator’s right, title and interest in and to:

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(a) each Receivable (other than a Contributed Receivable) of such Originator that existed and was owing to such Originator at the closing of such Originator’s business on July 31, 2012 (the “ Cut-Off Date ”);

(b) each Receivable generated by such Originator from and including the Cut-Off Date to but excluding the Purchase and Sale Termination Date;

(c) all of such Originator’s interest in any goods (including returned goods), and documentation of title evidencing the shipment or storage of any goods (including returned goods), the sale of which gave rise to such Receivable;

(d) all instruments and chattel paper that may evidence such Receivable;

(e) all other security interests or liens and property subject thereto from time to time purporting to secure payment of such Receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise, together with all UCC financing statements or similar filings relating thereto;

(f) solely to the extent applicable to such Receivable, all of such Originator’s rights, interests and claims under the related Contracts and all guaranties, indemnities, insurance and other agreements (including the related Contract) or arrangements of whatever character from time to time supporting or securing payment of such Receivable or otherwise relating to such Receivable, whether pursuant to the Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise;

(g) all rights, remedies, powers, privileges, title and interest (but not obligations) in and to each lock-box address and all Lock-Box Accounts, into which any Collections or other proceeds with respect to such Receivables may be deposited, and any related investment property acquired with any such Collections or other proceeds (as such term is defined in the applicable UCC); and

(h) all Collections and other proceeds (as defined in the UCC) of any of the foregoing that are or were received by such Originator on or after the Cut-Off Date, including, without limitation, all funds which either are received by such Originator, the Buyer or the Servicer from or on behalf of the Obligors in payment of any amounts owed (including, without limitation, invoice price, finance charges, interest and all other charges) in respect of any of the above Receivables or are applied to such amounts owed by the Obligors (including, without limitation, any insurance payments that such Originator, the Buyer or the Servicer applies in the ordinary course of its business to amounts owed in respect of any of the above Receivables, and net proceeds of sale or other disposition of repossessed goods or other collateral or property of the Obligors in respect of any of the above Receivables or any other parties directly or indirectly liable for payment of such Receivables).

All purchases and contributions hereunder shall be made without recourse, but shall be made pursuant to, and in reliance upon, the representations, warranties and covenants of the Originators set forth in this Agreement. No obligation or liability to any Obligor on any

 

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Receivable is intended to be assumed by the Buyer hereunder, and any such assumption is expressly disclaimed. The property, proceeds and rights described in clauses (c)  through (h)  above, including with respect to any Contributed Receivable, are herein referred to as the “ Related Rights ”, and the Buyer’s foregoing commitment to purchase Receivables and Related Rights is herein called the “ Purchase Facility .”

SECTION 1.2 Timing of Purchases .

(a) Closing Date Purchases . Effective on the Closing Date, each Originator hereby sells to the Buyer, and the Buyer hereby purchases, such Originator’s entire right, title and interest in (i) each Receivable (other than Contributed Receivables) that existed and was owing to such Originator at the Cut-Off Date, (ii) all Receivables (other than Contributed Receivables) created by such Originator from and including the Cut-Off Date, to and including the Closing Date, and (iii) all Related Rights with respect thereto.

(b) Subsequent Purchases . After the Closing Date, until the Purchase and Sale Termination Date, each Receivable and the Related Rights generated by each Originator shall be, and shall be deemed to have been sold or contributed, as applicable, by such Originator to the Buyer immediately (and without further action) upon the creation of such Receivable.

SECTION 1.3 Consideration for Purchases . On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Buyer agrees to make Purchase Price payments to the Originators and to reflect all capital contributions in accordance with Article III .

SECTION 1.4 Purchase and Sale Termination Date . The “ Purchase and Sale Termination Date ” shall be the earlier to occur of (a) the date the Purchase Facility is terminated pursuant to Section 8.2 and (b) the Payment Date immediately following the day on which the Originators shall have given written notice to the Buyer, the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent at or prior to 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) that the Originators desire to terminate this Agreement.

SECTION 1.5 Intention of the Parties . It is the express intent of each Originator and the Buyer that each conveyance by such Originator to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement of the Receivables and Related Rights, including without limitation, all Receivables, if any, constituting general intangibles as defined in the UCC, and all Related Rights be construed as a valid and perfected sale and absolute assignment (without recourse except as provided herein) of such Receivables and Related Rights by such Originator to the Buyer (rather than the grant of a security interest to secure a debt or other obligation of such Originator) and that the right, title and interest in and to such Receivables and Related Rights conveyed to the Buyer be prior to the rights of and enforceable against all other Persons at any time, including, without limitation, lien creditors, secured lenders, purchasers and any Person claiming through such Originator. The parties acknowledge that certain terms used under Article 9 of the UCC as enacted in the State of New York and any other applicable jurisdiction (without distinguishing the applicable jurisdiction, “ Article 9 ”) for secured loan transactions also apply to outright sales of receivables, including “debtor,” “secured party,” and “security interest,” which applies to the buyer’s outright ownership interest. Thus, such terms, and other terms used in Article 9, will apply to this Agreement, and may be used in this Agreement or in connection with this Agreement and such

 

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use does not affect the nature of the outright sale of the Receivables by the Originators to the Buyer. Thus, under the Article 9 drafting convention, the outright sale of the Receivables may be described as a transaction by which the Originators have granted to the Buyer a security interest in, among other things, the Receivables. However, if, contrary to the mutual intent of the parties, any conveyance of Receivables and Related Rights, including without limitation any Receivables constituting general intangibles, is not construed to be both a valid and perfected sale and absolute assignment of such Receivables and Related Rights, and a conveyance of such Receivables and Related Rights that is prior to the rights of and enforceable against all other Persons at any time, including without limitation lien creditors, secured lenders, purchasers and any Person claiming through such Originator, then, it is the intent of such Originator and the Buyer that (i) this Agreement also shall be deemed to be, and hereby is, a security agreement within the meaning of the UCC; and (ii) such Originator shall be deemed to have granted to the Buyer as of the date of this Agreement, and such Originator hereby grants to the Buyer a security interest in, to and under all of such Originator’s right, title and interest in and to: (A) the Receivables and the Related Rights now existing and hereafter created by such Originator transferred or purported to be transferred hereunder, (B) all monies due or to become due and all amounts received with respect thereto and (C) all books and records of such Originator to the extent related to any of the foregoing.

ARTICLE II

PURCHASE REPORT; CALCULATION OF PURCHASE PRICE

SECTION 2.1 Purchase Report . On the Closing Date and on each date when an Information Package is due to be delivered under the Receivables Purchase Agreement (each such date, a “ Monthly Purchase Report Date ”), the Servicer shall deliver to the Buyer and each Originator a report in substantially the form of Exhibit A (each such report being herein called a “ Purchase Report ”) setting forth, among other things:

(a) Receivables purchased by the Buyer from each Originator, or contributed to the capital of the Buyer by Lyondell Chemical, on the Closing Date (in the case of the Purchase Report to be delivered on the Closing Date);

(b) Receivables purchased by the Buyer from each Originator, or contributed to the capital of the Buyer by Lyondell Chemical, during the calendar month immediately preceding such Monthly Purchase Report Date (in the case of each subsequent Purchase Report); and

(c) the calculations of reductions of the Purchase Price for any Receivables as provided in Section 3.4 (a)  and (b) .

SECTION 2.2 Calculation of Purchase Price . The “ Purchase Price ” to be paid to each Originator for the Receivables that are purchased hereunder from such Originator shall be determined in accordance with the following formula:

 

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PP      =       OB x FMVD
where:      
PP      =       Purchase Price for each Receivable as calculated on the relevant Payment Date.
OB      =       The Outstanding Balance of such Receivable on the relevant Payment Date.
FMVD      =       Fair Market Value Discount, as measured on such Payment Date, which is equal to the quotient (expressed as percentage) of (a) one divided by (b) the sum of (i) one, plus (ii) the product of (A) the Prime Rate on such Payment Date, and (B) a fraction, the numerator of which is the Days’ Sales Outstanding (calculated as of the last day of the calendar month immediately preceding such Payment Date) and the denominator of which is 365 or 366, as applicable.

Payment Date ” means (i) the Closing Date and (ii) each Business Day thereafter that the Originators are open for business.

Prime Rate ” means a per annum rate equal to the “ U.S. Prime Rate ” as published in the “ Money Rates ” section of The Wall Street Journal or if such information ceases to be published in The Wall Street Journal, such other publication as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion.

ARTICLE III

CONTRIBUTIONS AND PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE

SECTION 3.1 Initial Contribution of Receivables and Initial Purchase Price Payment .

(a) On the Closing Date, Lyondell Chemical shall, and hereby does, contribute to the capital of the Buyer Receivables and Related Rights consisting of each Receivable of Lyondell Chemical that existed and was owing to Lyondell Chemical on the Closing Date beginning with the oldest of such Receivables and continuing chronologically thereafter such that the aggregate outstanding balance of all equity held by Lyondell Chemical in the Buyer, after giving effect to such contribution, shall be at least equal to the Required Capital Amount. Each Receivable contributed by Lyondell Chemical to the capital of the Buyer pursuant to this Section 3.1 and Section 3.2 below is herein referred to as a “ Contributed Receivable ”.

(b) On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Buyer agrees to pay to each Originator the Purchase Price for the purchase to be made from such Originator on the Closing Date partially in cash (in an amount to be agreed between the Buyer and such Originator and set forth in the initial Purchase Report) (and solely in the case of Lyondell Chemical, if elected by Lyondell Chemical in its sole discretion, by accepting a contribution to its capital) and partially by issuing a promissory note in the form of Exhibit B to such Originator (each such promissory note, as it may be amended, supplemented, endorsed or otherwise modified from time to time, together with all promissory notes issued from time to time in substitution therefor or renewal thereof in accordance with the Transaction Documents, each being herein called a “ Subordinated Note ”) with an initial principal amount equal to the remaining Purchase Price payable to such Originator.

 

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SECTION 3.2 Subsequent Purchase Price Payments . On each Payment Date subsequent to the Closing Date, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Buyer shall pay to each Originator the Purchase Price for the Receivables generated by such Originator on such Payment Date:

(a) First , in cash to the extent the Buyer has cash available therefor (and such payment is not prohibited under the Receivables Purchase Agreement) and/or, if requested by such Originator, by causing the LC Bank to issue one or more Letters of Credit in accordance with Section 3.3 and on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Article III and the Receivables Purchase Agreement;

(b) Second , solely in the case of Lyondell Chemical, if elected by Lyondell Chemical in its sole discretion, to the extent any portion of the Purchase Price remains unpaid, by accepting a contribution of such Receivable and the Related Rights to its capital in an amount equal to such remaining unpaid portion of such Purchase Price; and

(c) Third , to the extent any portion of the Purchase Price remains unpaid, the principal amount outstanding under the applicable Subordinated Note shall be automatically increased by an amount equal to the lesser of (x) such remaining unpaid portion of such Purchase Price and (y) the maximum increase in the principal balance of the applicable Subordinated Note that could be made without rendering the Buyer’s Net Worth less than the Required Capital Amount;

provided , however , that if more than one Originator is selling Receivables to the Buyer on the date of such purchase, the Buyer shall make cash payments among the Originators in such a way as to minimize to the greatest extent practicable the aggregate principal amounts outstanding under the Subordinated Notes; provided , further , however , that the foregoing shall not be construed to require Lyondell Chemical to make any capital contribution to the Buyer. For the avoidance of doubt, no portion of the Purchase Price shall be deemed to remain unpaid for purposes of the foregoing to the extent that a Letter of Credit has been issued and applied as a credit against the Purchase Price pursuant to Section 3.3 .

Net Worth ” has the meaning set forth in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.

Required Capital Amount ” means $100,000,000.

The Servicer shall make all appropriate record keeping entries with respect to each of the Subordinated Notes to reflect the foregoing payments and payments and reductions made pursuant to Sections 3.3 and 3.4 , and the Servicer’s books and records shall constitute rebuttable presumptive evidence of the principal amount of, and accrued interest on, each of the Subordinated Notes at any time. Each Originator hereby irrevocably authorizes the Servicer to mark the Subordinated Notes “CANCELED” and to return such Subordinated Notes to the Buyer upon the final payment thereof after the occurrence of the Purchase and Sale Termination Date.

 

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SECTION 3.3 Letters of Credit .

(a) An Originator may request that the Purchase Price for Receivables sold on a Payment Date be paid by the Buyer procuring the issuance of a Letter of Credit by the LC Bank. Upon the request of an Originator, and on the terms and conditions for issuing Letters of Credit under the Receivables Purchase Agreement (including any limitations therein on the amount of any such issuance), the Buyer agrees to cause the LC Bank to issue, on the Payment Dates specified by such Originator, Letters of Credit on behalf of the Buyer (and, if applicable, on behalf of, or for the account of, such Originator or an Affiliate of such Originator) in favor of the beneficiaries elected by such Originator or Affiliate of such Originator, with the consent of the Buyer. The aggregate stated amount of the Letters of Credit being issued on any Payment Date on behalf of any Originator or an Affiliate of such Originator shall constitute a credit against the aggregate Purchase Price otherwise payable by the Buyer to such Originator on such Payment Date pursuant to Section 3.2 . To the extent that the aggregate stated amount of the Letters of Credit being issued on any Payment Date exceeds the aggregate Purchase Price payable by the Buyer to an Originator on such Payment Date, such excess shall be deemed to be a (i) reduction in the outstanding principal balance of (and, to the extent necessary, the accrued but unpaid interest on) the Subordinated Note payable to such Originator and/or (ii) a reduction in the Purchase Price payable on the Payment Dates immediately following the date any such Letter of Credit is issued. In the event that any such Letter of Credit issued pursuant to this Section 3.3 (i) expires or is cancelled or otherwise terminated with all or any portion of its stated amount undrawn, (ii) has its stated amount decreased (for a reason other than a drawing having been made thereunder) or (iii) the Buyer’s Reimbursement Obligation in respect thereof is reduced for any reason other than by virtue of a payment made in respect of a drawing thereunder, then an amount equal to such undrawn amount or such reduction, as the case may be, shall either be paid in cash to such Originator on the next Payment Date or, if the Buyer does not then have cash available therefor, shall be deemed to be (x) solely in the case of Lyondell Chemical, if elected by Lyondell Chemical in its sole discretion, a contribution to the capital of the Buyer, and (y) otherwise, added to the outstanding principal balance of the Subordinated Note issued to such Originator. Under no circumstances shall any Originator (or any Affiliate thereof (other than the Buyer)) have any reimbursement or recourse obligations in respect of any Letter of Credit.

(b) In the event that any Originator requests that any purchases be paid for by the issuance of a Letter of Credit hereunder, such Originator shall on a timely basis provide the Buyer with such information as is necessary for the Buyer to obtain such Letter of Credit from the LC Bank, and shall notify the Buyer, the Servicer, each Purchaser Agent and the Administrator of the allocations described in clause (a)  above. Such allocations shall be binding on the Buyer and the applicable Originator, absent manifest error.

(c) Each Originator agrees to be bound by the terms of each Letter of Credit Application referenced in the Receivables Purchase Agreement and that each Letter of Credit shall be subject either to the Uniform Customs and Practice for Documentary Credits (2007 Revision), International Chamber of Commerce Publication No. 600, and any amendments or revisions thereof adhered to by the LC Bank or the International Standby Practices (ISP98-International Chamber of Commerce Publication Number 590), and any amendments or revisions thereof adhered to by the LC Bank, as determined by the LC Bank, in each case subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Receivables Purchase Agreement.

 

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SECTION 3.4 Settlement as to Specific Receivables and Dilution .

(a) If, (i) on the day of purchase of any Receivable from an Originator hereunder, any of the representations or warranties set forth in Sections 5.9 or 5.19 are not true with respect to such Receivable or (ii) as a result of any action or inaction (other than solely as a result of the failure to collect such Receivable due to a discharge in bankruptcy or similar insolvency proceeding or other credit related reasons with respect to the relevant Obligor) of such Originator, on any subsequent day, any of such representations or warranties set forth in Sections 5.9 or 5.19 is no longer true with respect to such Receivable, then the Purchase Price for such Receivable shall be reduced by an amount equal to the Outstanding Balance of such Receivable and shall be accounted to such Originator as provided in clause (c)  below; provided , that if the Buyer thereafter receives payment on account of the Outstanding Balance of such Receivable, the Buyer promptly shall deliver such funds to such Originator.

(b) If, on any day, the Outstanding Balance of any Receivable purchased or contributed hereunder is either (a) reduced or canceled as a result of (i) any defective, rejected or returned goods or services, any cash or other discount, or any failure by an Originator to deliver any goods or perform any services or otherwise perform under the underlying Contract or invoice, (ii) any change in or cancellation of any of the terms of such Contract or invoice or any other adjustment by an Originator, the Servicer or the Buyer which reduces the amount payable by the Obligor on the related Receivable, (iii) any rebates, warranties, allowances or charge-backs, or (iv) any setoff or credit in respect of any claim by the Obligor thereof (whether such claim arises out of the same or a related transaction or an unrelated transaction), or (b) subject to any specific dispute, offset, counterclaim or defense whatsoever (except the discharge in bankruptcy of the Obligor thereof), then the Purchase Price with respect to such Receivable shall be reduced by the amount of such net reduction or dispute and shall be accounted to such Originator as provided in clause (c)  below.

(c) Any reduction in the Purchase Price of any Receivable pursuant to clause (a)  or (b)  above shall be applied as a credit for the account of the Buyer against the Purchase Price of Receivables subsequently purchased by the Buyer from such Originator hereunder; provided , however if there have been no purchases of Receivables from such Originator (or insufficiently large purchases of Receivables) to create a Purchase Price sufficient to so apply such credit against, the amount of such credit:

(i) to the extent of any outstanding principal balance under the Subordinated Note payable to such Originator, shall be deemed to be a payment under, and shall be deducted from the principal amount outstanding under, the Subordinated Note payable to such Originator; and

(ii) after making any deduction pursuant to clause (i)  above, shall be paid in cash to the Buyer by such Originator in the manner and for application as described in the following proviso ;

 

 

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provided , further , that at any time (x) when a Termination Event or an Unmatured Termination Event exists under the Receivables Purchase Agreement or (y) on or after the Purchase and Sale Termination Date, the amount of any such credit shall be paid by such Originator to the Buyer by deposit in immediately available funds into a Lock-Box Account for application by the Servicer to the same extent as if Collections of the applicable Receivable in such amount had actually been received on such date.

SECTION 3.5 Reconveyance of Receivables . In the event that the Purchase Price of a Receivable has been reduced to zero, and the credit for such reduction has been applied pursuant to Section 3.4 , the Buyer shall reconvey such Receivable to such Originator, without representation or warranty, but free and clear of all liens, security interests, charges, and encumbrances created by the Buyer.

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES; ADDITIONAL ORIGINATORS

SECTION 4.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase . The initial purchase hereunder is subject to the condition precedent that the Buyer, the Administrator (as the Buyer’s assignee) and each Purchaser Agent shall have received, on or before the Closing Date, the following, each (unless otherwise indicated) dated the Closing Date, and each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer and the Administrator (as the Buyer’s assignee) and each Purchaser Agent:

(a) a copy of the resolutions or unanimous written consent of the board of directors or other governing body of each Originator approving this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to be executed and delivered by it and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, certified by the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of such Originator;

(b) good standing certificates for each Originator issued as of a recent date acceptable to the Buyer and the Administrator (as the Buyer’s assignee) by the Secretary of State (or similar official) of the jurisdiction of such Originator’s organization or formation and each other jurisdiction where such Originator is required to be qualified to transact business, except where the failure to be so qualified would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

(c) a certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each Originator certifying the names and true signatures of the officers authorized on such Person’s behalf to sign this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to be executed and delivered by it (on which certificate the Servicer, the Buyer, the Administrator (as the Buyer’s assignee) and each Purchaser Agent may conclusively rely until such time as the Servicer, the Buyer, the Administrator (as the Buyer’s assignee) and each Purchaser Agent shall receive from such Person a revised certificate meeting the requirements of this clause (c) );

(d) the certificate or articles of incorporation or other organizational document of each Originator (including all amendments and modifications thereto) duly certified by the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of such Originator’s organization as of a recent date, together with a copy of the by-laws or other governing documents of such Originator (including all amendments and modifications thereto), as applicable, each duly certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of such Originator;

 

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(e) proper financing statements (Form UCC-1) that have been duly authorized and name each Originator as the debtor/seller and the Buyer as the buyer/assignor (and the Administrator, for the benefit of the Purchasers, as secured party/assignee) of the Receivables generated by such Originator as may be necessary or, in the Buyer’s or the Administrator’s reasonable opinion, desirable under the UCC of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect the Buyer’s ownership interest in such Receivables and the Related Rights in which an ownership or security interest has been assigned to it hereunder;

(f) a written search report listing all effective financing statements that name the Originators as debtors or sellers and that are filed in all jurisdictions in which filings may be made against such Person pursuant to the applicable UCC, together with copies of such financing statements (none of which, except for those described in the foregoing clause (e)  (and/or released or terminated, as the case may be, prior to the date hereof), shall cover any Receivable or any Related Rights which are to be sold to the Buyer hereunder), and tax and judgment lien search reports (including, without limitation, liens of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation) from a Person satisfactory to the Buyer and the Administrator (as the Buyer’s assignee) showing no evidence of such liens filed against any Originator;

(g) favorable opinions of counsel to the Originators, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer, the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent;

(h) a Subordinated Note in favor of each Originator, duly executed by the Buyer; and

(i) Evidence of the execution and delivery by each of the parties thereto of each of the other Transaction Documents to be executed and delivered by it in connection herewith.

SECTION 4.2 Certification as to Representations and Warranties . Each Originator, by accepting the Purchase Price related to each purchase of Receivables generated by such Originator, shall be deemed to have certified that the representations and warranties of such Originator contained in Article V , as from time to time amended in accordance with the terms hereof, are true and correct in all material respects (unless such representation or warranty contains a material qualification and, in such case, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct as made) on and as of such day, with the same effect as though made on and as of such day (except for representations and warranties which apply to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects (unless such representation or warranty contains a material qualification and, in such case, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct as made) as of such earlier date).

SECTION 4.3 Additional Originators . Additional Persons may be added as Originators hereunder, with the prior written consent of the Buyer, the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent (such consents not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided that the following conditions are satisfied on or before the date of such addition:

 

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(a) the Servicer shall have given the Buyer, the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent at least thirty days’ prior written notice of such proposed addition and the identity of the proposed additional Originator and shall have provided such other information with respect to such proposed additional Originator as the Buyer, the Administrator or any Purchaser Agent may reasonably request;

(b) such proposed additional Originator shall have executed and delivered to the Buyer, the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent an agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (a “ Joinder Agreement ”);

(c) such proposed additional Originator shall have delivered to the Buyer, the Administrator (as the Buyer’s assignee) and each Purchaser Agent each of the documents with respect to such Originator described in Section 4.1 , in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer, the Administrator (as the Buyer’s assignee) and each Purchaser Agent;

(d) no Purchase and Sale Termination Event or Unmatured Purchase and Sale Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing; and

(e) no Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing.

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ORIGINATORS

In order to induce the Buyer to enter into this Agreement and to make purchases hereunder, each Originator hereby makes with respect to itself the representations and warranties set forth in this Article V . In addition, the Buyer also hereby makes the representation and warranty set forth in Section 5.18 below.

SECTION 5.1 Existence and Power . Such Originator (i) is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization or formation, (ii) has the organizational power and authority to transact the business in which it is engaged and proposes to engage and (iii) is duly qualified and in good standing in each jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except where the failure to be so qualified and in good standing would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.2 Company and Governmental Authorization, Contravention . The execution, delivery and performance by such Originator of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party (i) are within such Originator’s organizational powers, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary organizational action, (iii) require no authorization, consent, license or exemption from, or filing or registration with, any governmental body, agency or official, except (A) such approvals which have been obtained prior to the Closing Date and remain in full force and effect, (B) the filing of UCC financing statements and continuation statements and (C) such approvals, the absence of which would not reasonably be expected have a Material Adverse Effect, (iv) do not contravene, or constitute a default under, (A) any provision of applicable law or any judgment, injunction, order or decree

 

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binding upon such Originator, (B) any provision of the organizational documents of such Originator, (C) any covenant, indenture or agreement of or affecting such Originator or any of its property, in each case, where such contravention or default, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and (v) do not result in the creation or imposition of any lien prohibited by the Transaction Documents on any property of such Originator.

SECTION 5.3 Binding Effect of Agreement . This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Originator enforceable against such Originator in accordance with its respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity, regardless of whether enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

SECTION 5.4 Accuracy of Information . All information heretofore furnished in writing by such Originator to the Buyer, the Administrator, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document is true and accurate in all material respects on the date such information is stated or certified; provided that to the extent any such information was based upon or constitutes a forecast or projection, such Originator represents only that it acted in good faith and utilized assumptions reasonable at the time made.

SECTION 5.5 Actions, Suits . Except as disclosed in the Parent’s Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011, there is no litigation, arbitration or governmental proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of such Originator, threatened in writing against such Originator that (i) purports to adversely affect the legality, validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (other than such litigation that the Buyer and the Administrator has reasonably determined to be frivolous) or (ii) would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.6 No Material Adverse Effect . Since December 31, 2011, there has been no Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.7 Names and Location . Except as described in Schedule III, such Originator has not used any corporate names, trade names or assumed names since the date occurring five calendar years prior to the Closing Date other than its name set forth on the signature pages hereto. Such Originator is “located” (as such term is defined in the applicable UCC) in the jurisdiction specified in Schedule I . The office(s) where such Originator keeps its records concerning the Receivables is at the address(es) set forth in Schedule II .

SECTION 5.8 Margin Stock . Such Originator is not engaged in the business of extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulations T, U and X, as issued by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System), and no Purchase Price payments or proceeds under this Agreement will be used to purchase or carry any margin stock or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any margin stock.

 

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SECTION 5.9 Eligible Receivables . Each Pool Receivable listed as an Eligible Receivable in any Information Package or any other report delivered to the Administrator or included as an Eligible Receivable in the calculation of the Net Receivables Pool Balance on any date is an Eligible Receivable as of the effective date of the information reported in such Information Package or other report or as of the date of such calculation, as the case may be.

SECTION 5.10 Credit and Collection Policy . Such Originator has complied in all material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy with regard to each Receivable sold by it hereunder and each related Contract.

SECTION 5.11 Investment Company Act . Such Originator is not required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

SECTION 5.12 No Sanctions . Such Originator is not a Sanctioned Person. To such Originator’s knowledge, no Obligor was a Sanctioned Person at the time of origination of any Pool Receivable owing by such Obligor. Such Originator and its Affiliates: (i) have less than 15% of their assets in Sanctioned Countries; and (ii) derive less than 15% of their operating income from investments in, or transactions with Sanctioned Persons or Sanctioned Countries. Neither such Originator nor any of its Subsidiaries engages in activities related to Sanctioned Countries except for such activities as are (A) specifically or generally licensed by OFAC, or (B) otherwise in compliance with OFAC’s sanctions regulations.

SECTION 5.13 Financial Condition . The consolidated balance sheets of the Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries as of June 30, 2012 and the related statements of income and shareholders’ equity of the Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries for the fiscal quarter then ended, copies of which have been furnished to the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Parent and its consolidated subsidiaries for the period ended on such date, all in accordance with GAAP consistently applied except as noted therein.

SECTION 5.14 Tax Status . Such Originator has (i) timely filed all material tax returns (federal, state and local) required to be filed by it and (ii) paid, or caused to be paid, all taxes, assessments and other governmental charges, which are shown to be due and payable by it in such returns, other than taxes, assessments and other governmental charges being contested in good faith, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. Adequate provisions in accordance with GAAP for taxes on the books of such Originator have been made for all open years and for the current fiscal period.

SECTION 5.15 ERISA . Each member of the Controlled Group has fulfilled its obligations under the minimum funding standards of, and is in compliance in all material respects with, ERISA and the Code to the extent applicable to it and, other than a liability for premiums under Section 4007 of ERISA, does not owe any liability to the PBGC or a Plan under Title IV of ERISA, except any such matters as would not reasonably be expected, in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, no member of the Controlled Group has any contingent liabilities with respect to any post-retirement benefits under a Welfare Plan, other than liability for continuation coverage described in article 6 of Title I of ERISA except such liabilities as would not reasonably be expected, in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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SECTION 5.16 Bulk Sales . No transaction contemplated by this Agreement requires compliance by it with any bulk sales act or similar law.

SECTION 5.17 No Fraudulent Conveyance . No sale or contribution hereunder constitutes a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under any United States federal or applicable state bankruptcy or insolvency laws or is otherwise void or voidable under such or similar laws or principles or for any other reason.

SECTION 5.18 Ordinary Course of Business . Each of the Originators and Buyer represents and warrants as to itself that each remittance of Collections by such Originator to the Buyer under this Agreement will have been (i) in payment of a debt incurred by such Originator in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs of such Originator and the Buyer and (ii) made in the ordinary course of business or financial affairs of such Originator and the Buyer.

SECTION 5.19 Perfection; Good Title . Immediately preceding its sale or contribution of each Receivable hereunder, such Originator was the owner of such Receivable sold or contributed or purported to be sold or contributed, as the case may be, free and clear of any Adverse Claims, and each such sale or contribution hereunder constitutes a valid sale, transfer and assignment of all of such Originator’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables sold or contributed by it, free and clear of any Adverse Claims. On or before the date hereof and before the generation by such Originator of any new Receivable to be sold, contributed or otherwise conveyed hereunder, all financing statements and other documents, if any, required to be recorded or filed in order to perfect and protect the Buyer’s ownership interest in such Receivable against all creditors of and purchasers from such Originator will have been duly filed in each filing office necessary for such purpose, and all filing fees and taxes, if any, payable in connection with such filings shall have been paid in full. Upon the creation of each new Receivable sold, contributed or otherwise conveyed or purported to be conveyed hereunder and on the Closing Date for then existing Receivables, the Buyer shall have a valid and perfected first priority ownership interest in each Receivable sold to it hereunder, free and clear of any Adverse Claim.

SECTION 5.20 Reaffirmation of Representations and Warranties by each Originator . On each day that a new Receivable is created, and when sold or contributed to the Buyer hereunder, such Originator shall be deemed to have certified that all representations and warranties set forth in this Article V are true and correct in all material respects (unless such representation or warranty contains a material qualification and, in such case, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct as made) on and as of such day (except for representations and warranties which apply as to an earlier date (in which case such representations and warranties shall be true and correct as of such earlier date)).

 

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ARTICLE VI

COVENANTS OF THE ORIGINATORS

SECTION 6.1 Covenants . From the date hereof until the Final Payout Date, each Originator will, unless the Administrator and the Buyer shall otherwise consent in writing, perform the following covenants:

(a) Financial Reporting . Each Originator will maintain a system of accounting established and administered in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles as in effect in the appropriate jurisdiction, and each Originator shall furnish to the Buyer, the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent such information (including non-financial information) as the Administrator or any Purchaser Agent may from time to time reasonably request.

(b) Notice of Termination Events, Unmatured Termination Events, Purchase and Sale Termination Events and Unmatured Purchase and Sale Termination Events . Each Originator will notify the Buyer, the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent in writing promptly upon (but in no event later than five Business Days after) a financial or other officer learning of the occurrence of a Termination Event, Unmatured Termination Event, Purchase and Sale Termination Event or Unmatured Purchase and Sale Termination Event. Such notice shall be given by the chief financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Servicer and shall describe such Termination Event, Unmatured Termination Event, Purchase and Sale Termination Event or Unmatured Purchase and Sale Termination Event, and if applicable, the steps being taken by the Person(s) affected with respect thereto.

(c) Conduct of Business . Each Originator will carry on and conduct its business in substantially the same manner and in substantially the same fields of enterprise as it is presently conducted and will do all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its existence and, except where the failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, its franchises, authority to do business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, licenses, patents, trademarks, copyrights and other proprietary rights; provided however , that nothing in this paragraph (c)  shall prevent any transaction permitted by paragraph (o)  below or not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

(d) Compliance with Laws . Each Originator will comply with the requirements of all laws, rules and regulations applicable to its property or business operations, except in such instance where (i) any failure to comply therewith, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) the requirement to comply therewith is being contested in good faith.

(e) Furnishing of Information and Inspection of Receivables . Each Originator will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Buyer, the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent from time to time such information with respect to the Pool Receivables as the Buyer, the Administrator or any Purchaser Agent may reasonably request. Each Originator will, during regular business hours upon reasonable prior written notice, permit the Buyer, the Administrator and/or any Purchaser Agent or their agents or representatives to (i) examine the books and records relating to the Pool Receivables or other Pool Assets and (ii) visit the offices and properties of such Originator for the purpose of examining such books and records (subject to applicable restrictions or limitations on access to any facility or information that is classified or

 

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restricted by contract (so long as any such contractual restrictions are not created in contemplation of preventing the inspection rights under this provision) or by law, regulation or governmental guidelines and in accordance with applicable safety procedures), and (iii) discuss matters relating to the Pool Receivables, other Pool Assets or such Originator’s performance under the Transaction Documents to which it is a party with any of the officers of such Originator and (only during the continuance of a Termination Event) its independent accountants, in each case, having knowledge of such matters; provided , that unless a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, (A) each Originator shall be required to reimburse the Administrator for only one (1) such audit in any twelve-month period and (B) the Administrator and the Purchaser Agents hereby agree to coordinate their due diligence visits.

(f) Payments on Receivables, Lock-Box Accounts . Each Originator will, at all times, instruct all Obligors to deliver payments on the Pool Receivables to a Lock-Box Account or a Lock-Box. If any payments on the Pool Receivables or other Collections are received by an Originator, it shall hold (or cause the Servicer to hold) such payments in trust for the benefit of the Buyer (and the Administrator, the Purchaser Agents and the Purchasers as the Buyer’s assignees) and promptly (but in any event within one Business Day after receipt) remit such funds into a Lock-Box Account. The Originators will cause each Lock-Box Bank to comply with the terms of each applicable Lock-Box Agreement. The Originators shall not permit funds other than Collections on Pool Receivables and other Pool Assets to be deposited into any Lock-Box Account. If such funds are nevertheless deposited into any Lock-Box Account, the Originators will cause the Servicer to, within two Business Days identify and transfer such funds, to the appropriate Person entitled to such funds. The Originators will not, and will not permit the Servicer or other Person to commingle Collections or other funds to which the Administrator, any Purchaser Agent or any Purchaser is entitled with any other funds. The Originators shall only add (or permit the Servicer to add) a Lock-Box Account (or the related Lock-Box), or a Lock-Box Bank to those listed in the Receivables Purchase Agreement, if the Administrator has received notice of such addition and an executed and acknowledged copy of a Lock-Box Agreement in form and substance acceptable to the Administrator from any such new Lock-Box Bank. The Originators shall only terminate (or permit the Servicer to terminate) a Lock-Box Bank or close a Lock-Box Account (or the related Lock-Box) with the prior written consent of the Administrator.

(g) Sales, Liens, etc. Except as otherwise provided herein, no Originator will sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or create or suffer to exist any Adverse Claim upon (including, without limitation, the filing of any financing statement) or with respect to, any Pool Receivable or other Related Rights, or assign any right to receive income in respect thereof.

(h) Extension or Amendment of Pool Receivables . Except as otherwise permitted by the Receivables Purchase Agreement, no Originator will, or will permit the Servicer to, alter the delinquency status or adjust the Outstanding Balance or otherwise modify the terms of any Pool Receivable in any material respect, or amend, modify or waive, in any material respect, any term or condition of any related Contract. Each Originator shall at its expense, timely and fully perform and comply in all material respects with all provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the Pool Receivables, and timely and fully comply with the Credit and Collection Policy with regard to each Pool Receivable and the related Contract.

 

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(i) Fundamental Changes . Each Originator shall provide the Buyer and the Administrator at least 30 days’ prior written notice before making any change in such Originator’s name, location or making any other change in such Originator’s identity or corporate structure that could impair or otherwise render any UCC financing statement filed in connection with this Agreement or the Receivables Purchase Agreement “seriously misleading” as such term (or similar term) is used in the applicable UCC; each notice to the Buyer and the Administrator pursuant to this sentence shall set forth the applicable change and the proposed effective date thereof.

(j) Change in Credit and Collection Policy . No Originator will make any material change in the Credit and Collection Policy without the prior written consent of the Administrator and the Majority Purchaser Agents (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

(k) Records . Each Originator will maintain and implement (or cause the Servicer to maintain and implement) administrative and operating procedures (including an ability to recreate records evidencing Pool Receivables and related Contracts in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain (or cause the Servicer to keep and maintain) all documents, books, records, computer tapes and disks and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection of all Pool Receivables (including records adequate to permit the daily identification of each Pool Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each existing Pool Receivable).

(l) Ownership Interest, Etc. Each Originator shall (and shall cause the Servicer to), at its expense, take all action necessary or reasonably desirable to establish and maintain a valid and enforceable undivided percentage ownership or security interest in the Pool Receivables, the Related Rights and Collections with respect thereto, and a first priority perfected security interest in the Pool Assets, in each case free and clear of any Adverse Claim, in favor of the Buyer (and the Administrator (on behalf of the Purchasers), as the Buyer’s assignee), including taking such action to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the interest of the Buyer (and the Administrator (on behalf of the Purchasers), as the Buyer’s assignee) as the Buyer, the Administrator or any Purchaser Agent may reasonably request.

(m) Further Assurances. Each Originator hereby authorizes and hereby agrees from time to time, at its own expense, promptly to execute (if necessary) and deliver all further instruments and documents, and to take all further actions, that may be necessary or desirable, or that the Buyer or the Administrator may reasonably request, to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the purchases and contributions made hereunder or under the Receivables Purchase Agreement and/or security interest granted pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or to enable the Buyer or the Administrator (on behalf of the Purchasers) to exercise and enforce their respective rights and remedies hereunder, under the Receivables Purchase Agreement or under any other Transaction Document.

 

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(n) Transaction Information . None of the Originators, any Affiliate of an Originator or any third party with which an Originator or any Affiliate thereof has contracted, shall deliver, in writing or orally, to any Rating Agency, any Transaction Information without providing such Transaction Information to the applicable Purchaser Agent prior to delivery to such Rating Agency and will not participate in any oral communications with respect to Transaction Information with any Rating Agency without the participation of such Purchaser Agent.

(o) Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, etc .

(a) No Originator (other than any Originator that is also the Servicer under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, so long as such Originator remains the Servicer) shall (i) be a party to any merger, consolidation or other restructuring, except (1) a merger of (x) an Originator into another Originator, (y) a Subsidiary of the Parent into an Originator or (z) a merger of an Originator into a Subsidiary of the Parent; provided that if the Originator is not the surviving entity of any such merger, the surviving entity is added as an Originator pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.3 or (2) a merger, consolidation or other restructuring where the Buyer and the Administrator have each (A) received 30 days’ prior notice thereof, (B) consented in writing thereto (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), (C) received executed copies of all documents, certificates and opinions (including, without limitation, opinions relating to bankruptcy and UCC matters) as the Buyer or the Administrator shall reasonably request and (D) been satisfied that all other action to perfect and protect the interests of the Buyer and the Administrator, on behalf of the Purchasers, in and to the Receivables to be sold by it hereunder and other Related Rights, as reasonably requested by the Buyer or the Administrator shall have been taken by, and at the expense of, such Originator (including the filing of any UCC financing statements, the receipt of certificates and other requested documents from public officials and all such other actions required pursuant to Section 7.3 ) or (ii) directly or indirectly sell, transfer, assign, convey or lease (A) whether in one or a series of transactions, all or substantially all of its assets or (B) any Receivables or any interest therein (other than pursuant to this Agreement).

(b) At any time when any Originator is also the Servicer under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, such Originator shall not sell substantially all of its business or assets and shall not merge or consolidate with or into any other Person unless (x) such sale, merger or consolidation is permitted by and complies with the applicable terms of the Receivables Purchase Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 2(m) of Exhibit IV thereof) and (y) if such Originator is not the surviving entity, concurrently therewith, such surviving entity shall have been added as an Originator pursuant to the provisions of Section 4.3 .

(p) OFAC . Such Originator will not use the proceeds of the sale of any Receivable under this Agreement to fund any operations in, finance any investments or activities in or make any payments to, a Sanctioned Person or a Sanctioned Country.

 

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SECTION 6.2 Separateness Covenants . Each Originator hereby acknowledges that this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents are being entered into in reliance upon the Buyer’s identity as a legal entity separate from such Originator and its Affiliates. Therefore, from and after the date hereof, each Originator shall take all reasonable steps necessary to make it apparent to third Persons that the Buyer is an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those of such Originator and any other Person, and is not a division of such Originator, its Affiliates or any other Person. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition to and consistent with the other covenants set forth herein, such Originator shall take such actions as shall be required in order that:

(a) such Originator shall not be involved in the day to day management of the Buyer;

(b) such Originator shall maintain separate corporate records and books of account from the Buyer and otherwise will observe corporate formalities and have a separate area from the Buyer for its business (which may be located at the same address as the Buyer, and, to the extent that it and the Buyer have offices in the same location, there shall be a fair and appropriate allocation of overhead costs between them, and each shall bear its fair share of such expenses);

(c) the financial statements and books and records of such Originator shall be prepared after the date of creation of the Buyer to reflect and shall reflect the separate existence of the Buyer; provided , that the Buyer’s assets and liabilities may be included in a consolidated financial statement issued by an Affiliate of the Buyer; provided , however , that any such consolidated financial statement or the notes thereto shall make clear that the Buyer’s assets are not available to satisfy the obligations of such Affiliate;

(d) except as permitted by the Receivables Purchase Agreement, (i) such Originator shall maintain its assets (including, without limitation, deposit accounts) separately from the assets (including, without limitation, deposit accounts) of the Buyer and (ii) the Buyer’s assets, and records relating thereto, have not been, are not, and shall not be, commingled with those of the Buyer;

(e) such Originator shall not act as an agent for the Buyer (except in the capacity of Servicer or a Sub-Servicer);

(f) such Originator shall not conduct any of the business of the Buyer in its own name (except in the capacity of Servicer or a Sub-Servicer);

(g) such Originator shall not pay any liabilities of the Buyer out of its own funds or assets;

(h) such Originator shall maintain an arm’s-length relationship with the Buyer;

(i) such Originator shall not assume or guarantee or become obligated for the debts of the Buyer or hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the obligations of the Buyer;

 

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(j) such Originator shall not acquire obligations of the Buyer;

(k) such Originator shall allocate fairly and reasonably overhead or other expenses that are properly shared with the Buyer, including, without limitation, shared office space;

(l) such Originator shall identify and hold itself out as a separate and distinct entity from the Buyer;

(m) such Originator shall correct any known misunderstanding respecting its separate identity from the Buyer;

(n) such Originator shall not enter into, or be a party to, any transaction with the Buyer, except in the ordinary course of its business and on terms which are not less favorable to it than would be obtained in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with an unrelated third party;

(o) such Originator shall not pay the salaries of the Buyer’s employees, if any; and

(p) to the extent not already covered in paragraphs (a)  through (p)  above, such Originator shall comply and/or act in accordance with all of the other separateness covenants set forth in Section 3 of Exhibit IV to the Receivables Purchase Agreement.

ARTICLE VII

ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS

IN RESPECT OF RECEIVABLES

SECTION 7.1 Rights of the Buyer . Each Originator hereby authorizes the Buyer, the Servicer or their respective designees or assignees under the Receivables Purchase Agreement (including, without limitation, the Administrator) to take any and all steps in such Originator’s name necessary or desirable, in their respective determination, to collect all amounts due under any and all Receivables sold, contributed or otherwise conveyed or purported to be conveyed by it hereunder, including, without limitation, endorsing the name of such Originator on checks and other instruments representing Collections and enforcing such Receivables and the provisions of the related Contracts that concern payment and/or enforcement of rights to payment; provided that the Administrator shall not take any of the foregoing actions unless a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing.

SECTION 7.2 Responsibilities of the Originators . Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding:

(a) Each Originator shall perform its obligations hereunder, and the exercise by the Buyer or its designee of its rights hereunder shall not relieve such Originator from such obligations.

 

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(b) None of the Buyer, the Servicer, the Purchasers, the Purchaser Agents or the Administrator shall have any obligation or liability to any Obligor or any other third Person with respect to any Receivables, Contracts related thereto or any other related agreements, nor shall the Buyer, the Servicer, the Purchasers, the Purchaser Agents or the Administrator be obligated to perform any of the obligations of such Originator thereunder.

(c) Each Originator hereby grants to the Administrator an irrevocable power of attorney, with full power of substitution, coupled with an interest, during the occurrence and continuation of a Termination Event to take in the name of such Originator all steps necessary or advisable to endorse, negotiate or otherwise realize on any writing or other right of any kind held or transmitted by such Originator or transmitted or received by the Buyer (whether or not from such Originator) in connection with any Receivable sold, contributed or otherwise conveyed or purported to be conveyed by it hereunder or Related Right.

SECTION 7.3 Further Action Evidencing Purchases . On or prior to the Closing Date, each Originator shall mark its master data processing records evidencing Pool Receivables and Contracts with a legend, acceptable to the Buyer and the Administrator, evidencing that the Pool Receivables have been transferred in accordance with this Agreement and none of the Originators or Servicer shall change or remove such notation without the consent of the Buyer and the Administrator. Each Originator agrees that from time to time, at its expense, it will promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action that the Buyer, the Servicer, the Administrator or any Purchaser Agent may reasonably request in order to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the Receivables and Related Rights purchased by or contributed to the Buyer hereunder, or to enable the Buyer to exercise or enforce any of its rights hereunder or under any other Transaction Document. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, upon the request of the Buyer, the Administrator or any Purchaser Agent, such Originator will execute (if applicable), authorize and file such financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto or assignments thereof, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or appropriate.

Each Originator hereby authorizes the Buyer or its designee or assignee (including, without limitation, the Administrator) to file one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto and assignments thereof, relative to all or any of the Receivables and Related Rights sold or otherwise conveyed or purported to be conveyed by it hereunder and now existing or hereafter generated by such Originator. If any Originator fails to perform any of its agreements or obligations under this Agreement, the Buyer or its designee or assignee (including, without limitation, the Administrator) may (but shall not be required to) itself perform, or cause the performance of, such agreement or obligation, and the expenses of the Buyer or its designee or assignee (including, without limitation, the Administrator) incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by such Originator.

SECTION 7.4 Application of Collections . Any payment by an Obligor in respect of any indebtedness owed by it to any Originator shall, except as otherwise specified by such Obligor or required by applicable law and unless otherwise instructed by the Servicer (with the prior written consent of the Administrator) or the Administrator, be applied as a Collection of any Receivable or Receivables of such Obligor to the extent of any amounts then due and payable thereunder before being applied to any other indebtedness of such Obligor.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

PURCHASE AND SALE TERMINATION EVENTS

SECTION 8.1 Purchase and Sale Termination Events . Each of the following events or occurrences described in this Section 8.1 shall constitute a “ Purchase and Sale Termination Event ” (each event which with notice or the passage of time or both would become a Purchase and Sale Termination Event being referred to herein as an “ Unmatured Purchase and Sale Termination Event ”):

(a) The Termination Date shall have occurred; or

(b) Any Originator shall fail to make when due any payment or deposit to be made by it under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party and such failure shall remain unremedied for three (3) Business Days; or

(c) Any representation or warranty made or deemed to be made by any Originator (or any of its officers) under or in connection with this Agreement, any other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, or any other information or report delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to have been incorrect or untrue in any material respect when made or deemed made or delivered; provided , that such circumstance shall not constitute a Purchase and Sale Termination Event if such representation or warranty, or such information or report is corrected promptly (but not later than five (5) days) after the Originator has knowledge or receives notice thereof; provided , further that no breach of a representation or warranty set forth in Sections 5.9 or 5.19 shall constitute a Purchase and Sale Termination Event pursuant to this clause (c)  if credit has been given for a reduction of the Purchase Price, the outstanding principal balance of the applicable Subordinated Note has been reduced or the applicable Originator has made a cash payment to the Buyer, in any case, as required pursuant to Section 3.4(c) with respect to such breach; or

(d) Any Originator shall fail to perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party on its part to be performed or observed and such failure shall continue unremedied for thirty (30) days after the such Originator has knowledge or receives written notice thereof.

SECTION 8.2 Remedies .

(a) Optional Termination . Upon the occurrence and during the continuation of a Purchase and Sale Termination Event, the Buyer (and not the Servicer), shall have the option, by notice to the Originators (with a copy to the Administrator and the Purchaser Agents), to declare the Purchase Facility terminated.

(b) Remedies Cumulative . Upon any termination of the Purchase Facility pursuant to Section 8.2(a) , the Buyer shall have, in addition to all other rights and remedies under this Agreement, all other rights and remedies provided under the UCC of each applicable jurisdiction and other applicable laws, which rights shall be cumulative.

 

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ARTICLE IX

INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 9.1 Indemnities by the Originators . Without limiting any other rights which the Buyer may have hereunder or under applicable law, each Originator, severally and for itself alone and Lyondell Chemical, jointly and severally with each Originator, hereby agrees to indemnify the Buyer and each of its officers, directors, employees and agents (each of the foregoing Persons being individually called a “ Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party ”), forthwith on demand, from and against any and all damages, losses, claims, judgments, liabilities, penalties and related costs and expenses, including reasonable Attorney Costs (all of the foregoing being collectively called “ Purchase and Sale Indemnified Amounts ”) awarded against or incurred by any of them arising out of, relating to or in connection with:

(a) the breach of any representation or warranty made by such Originator (or any employee, officer or agent of such Originator) under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document;

(b) the transfer by such Originator of any interest in any Pool Receivable other than the transfer of any Pool Receivable and Related Security to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement and the grant of a security interest to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement;

(c) the failure of such Originator to comply with the terms of any Transaction Document or any applicable law (including with respect to any Receivable or Related Security), or the nonconformity of any Pool Receivable or Related Security with any such law;

(d) the lack of an enforceable ownership interest, or a first priority perfected lien, in the Pool Receivables (and all Related Security) originated by such Originator against all Persons (including any bankruptcy trustee or similar Person), in either case, free and clear of any Adverse Claim;

(e) any suit or claim related to the Pool Receivables originated by such Originator (including any products liability or environmental liability claim arising out of or in connection with the petrochemicals or other property, products or services that are the subject of any Pool Receivable originated by such Originator); and

(f) any dispute, claim, offset or defense (other than discharge in bankruptcy) of the Obligor to the payment of any Receivable in the Receivables Pool (including a defense based on such Receivable’s or the related Contract’s not being a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it in accordance with its terms) or any other claim resulting from the sale of the petrochemicals or other property, products or services to such Receivable or the furnishing or failure to furnish such petrochemicals or other property, products or services;

provided that such indemnity shall not be available to any Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses (x) are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from

 

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the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Buyer, (y) result from a claim brought by such Originator against the Buyer for breach of the Buyer’s obligations under this Agreement or under any other Transaction Document, if such Originator has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction or (z) constitute recourse with respect to a Pool Receivable by reason of the bankruptcy or insolvency, or the financial or credit condition or financial default, of the related Obligor.

If for any reason the indemnification provided above in this Section 9.1 is unavailable to a Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party or is insufficient to hold such Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party harmless, then each of the Originators, severally and for itself and Lyondell Chemical, jointly and severally with each Originator, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party to the maximum extent permitted under applicable law.

ARTICLE X

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 10.1 Amendments, etc .

(a) The provisions of this Agreement may from time to time be amended, modified or waived, if such amendment, modification or waiver is in writing and executed by the Buyer and each Originator, with the prior written consent of the Administrator and the Majority Purchaser Agents.

(b) No failure or delay on the part of the Buyer, the Servicer, any Originator or any third-party beneficiary in exercising any power or right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such power or right preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other power or right. No notice to or demand on the Buyer, the Servicer or any Originator in any case shall entitle it to any notice or demand in similar or other circumstances. No waiver or approval by the Buyer or the Servicer under this Agreement shall, except as may otherwise be stated in such waiver or approval, be applicable to subsequent transactions. No waiver or approval under this Agreement shall require any similar or dissimilar waiver or approval thereafter to be granted hereunder.

(c) The Transaction Documents contain a final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof and shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter thereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings.

SECTION 10.2 Notices, etc . All notices and other communications provided for hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing (including facsimile or electronic mail communication) and shall be delivered or sent by facsimile, electronic mail, or by overnight mail, to the intended party at the mailing or electronic mail address or facsimile number of such party set forth under its name on Schedule IV hereof or at such other address or facsimile number as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other parties hereto or in the case of the Administrator, any Purchaser or any Purchaser Agent, at their respective address for notices pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement. All such notices and communications shall be effective (i) if delivered by overnight mail, when received, and (ii) if transmitted by facsimile or electronic mail, when sent, receipt confirmed by telephone or electronic means.

 

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SECTION 10.3 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies . The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law. Without limiting the foregoing, each Originator hereby authorizes the Buyer, at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off, against any obligations of such Originator to the Buyer arising in connection with the Transaction Documents (including, without limitation, amounts payable pursuant to Section 9.1 ) that are then due and payable or that are not then due and payable but have accrued, any and all indebtedness at any time owing by the Buyer to or for the credit or the account of such Originator.

SECTION 10.4 Binding Effect; Assignability . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Buyer and each Originator and their respective successors and permitted assigns. No Originator may assign any of its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Buyer, the Administrator and each Purchaser Agent, except as otherwise herein specifically provided. This Agreement shall create and constitute the continuing obligations of the parties hereto in accordance with its terms, and shall remain in full force and effect until such time as the parties hereto shall agree. The rights and remedies with respect to any breach of any representation and warranty made by any Originator pursuant to Article V and the indemnification and payment provisions of Article IX and Section 10.6 shall be continuing and shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 10.5 Governing Law . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE A CONTRACT MADE UNDER AND GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHERWISE APPLICABLE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK) EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE PERFECTION OF A SECURITY INTEREST OR REMEDIES HEREUNDER, IN RESPECT OF ANY PARTICULAR COLLATERAL ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 10.6 Costs, Expenses and Taxes . In addition to the obligations of the Originators under Article IX , each Originator, severally and for itself alone and Lyondell Chemical, jointly and severally with each Originator, agrees to pay on demand:

(a) to the Buyer (and any successor and permitted assigns thereof) and any third-party beneficiary of the Buyer’s rights hereunder all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by such Person in connection with the enforcement of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents; and

(b) all stamp, franchise and other taxes and fees payable in connection with the execution, delivery, filing and recording of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to be delivered hereunder, and agrees to indemnify each Purchase and Sale Indemnified Party against any liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or omitting to pay such taxes and fees.

 

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SECTION 10.7 SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION . ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK; AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES PERSONAL SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH SERVICE MAY BE MADE BY ANY OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY NEW YORK LAW.

SECTION 10.8 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY OF THE PARTIES AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR PARTIES, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS OR OTHERWISE. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO FURTHER AGREES THAT ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER PROCEEDING THAT SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO THIS AGREEMENT.

SECTION 10.9 Captions and Cross References; Incorporation by Reference . The various captions (including, without limitation, the table of contents) in this Agreement are included for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. References in this Agreement to any underscored Article, Section, Schedule or Exhibit are to such Article, Section, Schedule or Exhibit of this Agreement, as the case may be. The Schedules and Exhibits hereto are hereby incorporated by reference into and made a part of this Agreement.

SECTION 10.10 Execution in Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same Agreement.

 

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SECTION 10.11 Acknowledgment and Agreement . By execution below, each Originator expressly acknowledges and agrees that all of the Buyer’s rights, title, and interests in, to, and under this Agreement (but not its obligations), shall be assigned by the Buyer to the Administrator (for the benefit of the Purchasers) pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, and each Originator consents to such assignment. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the Purchasers, the Purchaser Agents and the Administrator are third-party beneficiaries of the rights of the Buyer arising hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents to which any Originator is a party, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Transaction Document, during the occurrence and continuation of a Termination Event under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Administrator, and not the Buyer, shall have the sole right to exercise all such rights and related remedies.

SECTION 10.12 No Proceeding . Each Originator hereby agrees that it will not institute, or join any other Person in instituting, against the Buyer any Insolvency Proceeding for at least one year and one day following the Final Payout Date. Each Originator further agrees that notwithstanding any provisions contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Buyer shall not, and shall not be obligated to, pay any amount in respect of any Subordinated Note or otherwise to such Originator pursuant to this Agreement unless the Buyer has received funds which may, subject to Section 1.4 of the Receivables Purchase Agreement, be used to make such payment. Any amount which the Buyer does not pay pursuant to the operation of the preceding sentence shall not constitute a claim (as defined in §101 of the Bankruptcy Code) against or corporate obligation of the Buyer by such Originator for any such insufficiency unless and until the provisions of the foregoing sentence are satisfied. The agreements in this Section 10.12 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 10.13 Limited Recourse . Except as explicitly set forth herein, the obligations of the Buyer under this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents to which it is a party are solely the obligations of the Buyer. No recourse under any Transaction Document shall be had against, and no liability shall attach to, any officer, employee, director, or beneficiary, whether directly or indirectly, of the Buyer. The agreements in this Section 10.13 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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

 

LYB RECEIVABLES LLC,
as Buyer
By:   /s/ Francesco Svelto
  Name: Francesco Svelto
  Title:   President and Treasurer

LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY,

as Servicer

By:   /s/ Gerald A. O’Brien
  Name: Gerald A. O’Brien
  Title:   Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

 

   S-1    Purchase and Sale Agreement


LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY,

as an Originator

By:   /s/ Gerald A. O’Brien
  Name: Gerald A. O’Brien
  Title:   Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

EQUISTAR CHEMICALS, LP,

as an Originator

By:   /s/ Gerald A. O’Brien
  Name: Gerald A. O’Brien
  Title:   Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

LYONDELLBASELL ACETYLS, LLC,

as an Originator

By:   /s/ Gerald A. O’Brien
  Name: Gerald A. O’Brien
  Title:   Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

 

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Schedule I

LOCATION OF EACH ORIGINATOR

 

Originator

        

Location

Lyondell Chemical Company        Delaware
Equistar Chemicals, LP        Delaware
LyondellBasell Acetyls, LLC        Delaware

 

   Schedule I-1    Purchase and Sale Agreement


Schedule II

LOCATION OF BOOKS AND RECORDS OF ORIGINATORS

 

Originator

      

Location of Books and Records

Lyondell Chemical Company

    

1221 McKinney, Suite 700

Houston, Texas 77010 U.S.A.

Equistar Chemicals, LP

    

1221 McKinney, Suite 700

Houston, Texas 77010 U.S.A.

LyondellBasell Acetyls, LLC

    

1221 McKinney, Suite 700

Houston, Texas 77010 U.S.A.

 

   Schedule II-1    Purchase and Sale Agreement


Schedule III

TRADE NAMES

Lyondell Chemical Company uses the assumed name “Lyondell Petrochimique Inc.” in Quebec, Canada.

 

   Schedule III-1    Purchase and Sale Agreement


Schedule IV

NOTICE ADDRESSES

 

LYB Receivables LLC

1221 McKinney, Suite 700, Houston, Texas 77010 U.S.A.

Attention:   Francesco Svelto
Telephone:   713-309-3155
Facsimile:   713-309-7136
Email:   Francesco.Svelto@lyondellbasell.com
Lyondell Chemical Company

1221 McKinney, Suite 700, Houston, Texas 77010 U.S.A.

Attention:   Francesco Svelto
Telephone:   713-309-3155
Facsimile:   713-309-7136
Email:   Francesco.Svelto@lyondellbasell.com
Equistar Chemicals, LP

1221 McKinney, Suite 700, Houston, Texas 77010 U.S.A.

Attention:   Francesco Svelto
Telephone:   713-309-3155
Facsimile:   713-309-7136
Email:   Francesco.Svelto@lyondellbasell.com
LyondellBasell Acetyls, LLC

1221 McKinney, Suite 700, Houston, Texas 77010 U.S.A.

Attention:   Francesco Svelto
Telephone:   713-309-3155
Facsimile:   713-309-7136
Email:   Francesco.Svelto@lyondellbasell.com

 

   Schedule IV-1    Purchase and Sale Agreement


Exhibit A

FORM OF PURCHASE REPORT

 

Originator:     [Name of Originator]
Purchaser:     LYB Receivables LLC
Payment Date:                                           , 20             

1.      Outstanding Balance of Receivables Purchased:

2.      Fair Market Value Discount:

1/{1 + [(Prime Rate x Days’ Sales Outstanding ]}

                                                     365

Where:

Prime Rate = __________

Days’ Sales Outstanding =                     

3.      Purchase Price (1 x 2) = $                     

4.      Reductions in the Purchase Price

5.      Net Purchase Price (3 – 4) = $                     

 

   Exhibit A-1    Purchase and Sale Agreement


Exhibit B

SUBORDINATED NOTE

New York, New York

[            ], 20[        ]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, LYB RECEIVABLES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Buyer ”), promises to pay to [            ], a [            ] (the “ Originator ”), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Purchase and Sale Agreement referred to below, the aggregate unpaid Purchase Price of all Receivables purchased by the Buyer from the Originator pursuant to such Purchase and Sale Agreement, as such unpaid Purchase Price is shown in the records of the Servicer.

1. Purchase and Sale Agreement . This Subordinated Note is one of the Subordinated Notes described in, and is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in, that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of September 11, 2012 (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Purchase and Sale Agreement ”), among the Buyer, the Servicer, the Originator, and the other originators from time to time party thereto. Reference is hereby made to the Purchase and Sale Agreement for a statement of certain other rights and obligations of the Buyer and the Originator.

2. Definitions . Capitalized terms used (but not defined) herein have the meanings assigned thereto in the Purchase and Sale Agreement and in Exhibit I to the Receivables Purchase Agreement (as defined in the Purchase and Sale Agreement). In addition, as used herein, the following terms have the following meanings:

Bankruptcy Proceedings ” has the meaning set forth in clause (b)  of paragraph 9 hereof.

Final Maturity Date ” means the Payment Date immediately following the date that falls one year and one day after the Termination Date.

Senior Interests ” means, collectively, (i) all accrued Discount on the Purchased Interest, (ii) the fees referred to in Section 1.5 of the Receivables Purchase Agreement, (iii) all amounts payable pursuant to Sections 1.7 , 1.8 , 1.10 , 1.14 , 1.19 , 3.1 , 3.2 or 5.4 of the Receivables Purchase Agreement, (iv) the Aggregate Capital and (v) all other obligations of the Buyer and the Servicer that are due and payable, to (a) the Purchasers, the Purchaser Agents, the Administrator and their respective successors, permitted transferees and assigns arising in connection with the Transaction Documents and (b) any Indemnified Party or Affected Person arising in connection with the Receivables Purchase Agreement, in each case, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, now or hereafter existing, or due or to become due, together with any and all interest and Discount accruing on any such amount after the commencement of any Bankruptcy Proceedings, notwithstanding any provision or rule of law that might restrict the rights of any Senior Interest Holder, as against the Buyer or anyone else, to collect such interest.

 

   Exhibit B-1    Purchase and Sale Agreement


Senior Interest Holders ” means, collectively, the Purchasers, the Purchaser Agents, the Administrator and the Indemnified Parties and Affected Persons.

Subordination Provisions ” means, collectively, clauses (a)  through (l)  of paragraph 9 hereof.

3. Interest . Subject to the Subordination Provisions set forth below, the Buyer promises to pay interest on this Subordinated Note as follows: to (but excluding) the date on which the entire aggregate unpaid Purchase Price is fully paid, the aggregate unpaid Purchase Price from time to time outstanding shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest publicly announced from time to time by PNC Bank, National Association, as its “base rate”, “reference rate” or other comparable rate, as determined by the Servicer, minus 150 basis points.

4. Interest Payment Dates . Subject to the Subordination Provisions set forth below, the Buyer shall pay accrued interest on this Subordinated Note on each Monthly Settlement Date, and shall pay accrued interest on the amount of each principal payment made in cash on a date other than a Monthly Settlement Date at the time of such principal payment.

5. Basis of Computation . Interest accrued hereunder shall be computed for the actual number of days elapsed on the basis of a 365- or 366-day year.

6. Principal Payment Dates . Subject to the Subordination Provisions set forth below, payments of the principal amount of this Subordinated Note shall be made as follows:

(a) The principal amount of this Subordinated Note shall be reduced by an amount equal to each payment deemed made pursuant to Sections 3.3 or 3.4 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement; and

(b) The entire remaining unpaid Purchase Price of all Receivables purchased by the Buyer from the Originator pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement shall be paid on the Final Maturity Date.

Subject to the Subordination Provisions set forth below, the principal amount of and accrued interest on this Subordinated Note may be prepaid by, and in the sole discretion of the Buyer, on any Business Day without premium or penalty.

7. Payment Mechanics . All payments of principal and interest hereunder are to be made in lawful money of the United States of America in the manner specified in Article III of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

8. Enforcement Expenses . In addition to and not in limitation of the foregoing, but subject to the Subordination Provisions set forth below and to any limitation imposed by applicable law, the Buyer agrees to pay all expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses, incurred by the Originator in seeking to collect any amounts payable hereunder which are not paid when due.

 

   Exhibit B-2    Purchase and Sale Agreement


9. Subordination Provisions . The Buyer covenants and agrees, and the Originator and any other holder of this Subordinated Note (collectively, the Originator and any such other holder are called the “ Holder ”), by its acceptance of this Subordinated Note, likewise covenants and agrees on behalf of itself and any Holder, that the payment of the principal amount of and interest on this Subordinated Note is hereby expressly subordinated in right of payment to the payment and performance of the Senior Interests to the extent and in the manner set forth in the following clauses of this paragraph 9 :

(a) No payment or other distribution of the Buyer’s assets of any kind or character, whether in cash, securities, or other rights or property, shall be made on account of this Subordinated Note except to the extent such payment or other distribution is (i) permitted under Section 1(n) of Exhibit IV to the Receivables Purchase Agreement or (ii) made pursuant to clause (a)  or (b)  of paragraph 6 of this Subordinated Note;

(b) In the event of any dissolution, winding up, liquidation, readjustment, reorganization or other similar event relating to the Buyer, whether voluntary or involuntary, partial or complete, and whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings, or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or any other marshalling of the assets and liabilities of the Buyer or any sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Buyer other than as permitted by the Purchase and Sale Agreement (such proceedings being herein collectively called “ Bankruptcy Proceedings ”), the Senior Interests shall first be paid and performed in full and in cash before the Originator shall be entitled to receive and to retain any payment or distribution in respect of this Subordinated Note. In order to implement the foregoing: (i) all payments and distributions of any kind or character in respect of this Subordinated Note to which the Holder would be entitled except for this clause (b)  shall be made directly to the Administrator (for the benefit of the Senior Interest Holders); (ii) the Holder shall promptly file a claim or claims, in the form required in any Bankruptcy Proceedings, for the full outstanding amount of this Subordinated Note, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause said claim or claims to be approved and all payments and other distributions in respect thereof to be made directly to the Administrator (for the benefit of the Senior Interest Holders) until the Senior Interests shall have been paid and performed in full and in cash; and (iii) the Holder hereby irrevocably agrees that the Administrator (acting on behalf of the Purchasers), may in the name of the Holder or otherwise, demand, sue for, collect, receive and receipt for any and all such payments or distributions, and file, prove and vote or consent in any such Bankruptcy Proceedings with respect to any and all claims of the Holder relating to this Subordinated Note, in each case until the Senior Interests shall have been paid and performed in full and in cash;

(c) In the event that the Holder receives any payment or other distribution of any kind or character from the Buyer or from any other source whatsoever, in respect of this Subordinated Note, other than as expressly permitted by the terms of this Subordinated Note, such payment or other distribution shall be received in trust for the

 

   Exhibit B-3    Purchase and Sale Agreement


Senior Interest Holders and shall be turned over by the Holder to the Administrator (for the benefit of the Senior Interest Holders) forthwith. The Holder will mark its books and records so as clearly to indicate that this Subordinated Note is subordinated in accordance with the terms hereof. All payments and distributions received by the Administrator in respect of this Subordinated Note, to the extent received in or converted into cash, may be applied by the Administrator (for the benefit of the Senior Interest Holders) first to the payment of any and all expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) paid or incurred by the Senior Interest Holders in enforcing these Subordination Provisions, or in endeavoring to collect or realize upon this Subordinated Note, and any balance thereof shall, solely as between the Originator and the Senior Interest Holders, be applied by the Administrator (in the order of application set forth in Section 1.4(d) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement) toward the payment of the Senior Interests; but as between the Buyer and its creditors, no such payments or distributions of any kind or character shall be deemed to be payments or distributions in respect of the Senior Interests;

(d) Notwithstanding any payments or distributions received by the Senior Interest Holders in respect of this Subordinated Note, while any Bankruptcy Proceedings are pending the Holder shall not be subrogated to the then existing rights of the Senior Interest Holders in respect of the Senior Interests until the Senior Interests have been paid and performed in full and in cash. If no Bankruptcy Proceedings are pending, the Holder shall only be entitled to exercise any subrogation rights that it may acquire (by reason of a payment or distribution to the Senior Interest Holders in respect of this Subordinated Note) to the extent that any payment arising out of the exercise of such rights would be permitted under Section 1(n) of Exhibit IV to the Receivables Purchase Agreement;

(e) These Subordination Provisions are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the Holder, on the one hand, and the Senior Interest Holders on the other hand. Nothing contained in these Subordination Provisions or elsewhere in this Subordinated Note is intended to or shall impair, as between the Buyer, its creditors (other than the Senior Interest Holders) and the Holder, the Buyer’s obligation, which is unconditional and absolute, to pay the Holder the principal of and interest on this Subordinated Note as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof or to affect the relative rights of the Holder and creditors of the Buyer (other than the Senior Interest Holders);

(f) The Holder shall not, until the Senior Interests have been paid and performed in full and in cash, (i) cancel, waive, forgive, transfer or assign, or commence legal proceedings to enforce or collect, or subordinate to any obligation of the Buyer, howsoever created, arising or evidenced, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, or now or hereafter existing, or due or to become due, other than the Senior Interests, this Subordinated Note or any rights in respect hereof or (ii) convert this Subordinated Note into an equity interest in the Buyer, unless the Holder shall, in either case, have received the prior written consent of the Administrator;

(g) The Holder shall not, without the advance written consent of the Administrator and Purchaser, commence, or join with any other Person in commencing, any Bankruptcy Proceedings with respect to the Buyer until at least one year and one day shall have passed since the Senior Interests shall have been paid and performed in full and in cash;

 

   Exhibit B-4    Purchase and Sale Agreement


(h) If, at any time, any payment (in whole or in part) of any Senior Interest is rescinded or must be restored or returned by a Senior Interest Holder (whether in connection with Bankruptcy Proceedings or otherwise), these Subordination Provisions shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, as though such payment had not been made;

(i) Each of the Senior Interest Holders may, from time to time, at its sole discretion, without notice to the Holder, and without waiving any of its rights under these Subordination Provisions, take any or all of the following actions: (i) retain or obtain an interest in any property to secure any of the Senior Interests; (ii) retain or obtain the primary or secondary obligations of any other obligor or obligors with respect to any of the Senior Interests; (iii) extend or renew for one or more periods (whether or not longer than the original period), alter or exchange any of the Senior Interests, or release or compromise any obligation of any nature with respect to any of the Senior Interests; (iv) amend, supplement, amend and restate, or otherwise modify any Transaction Document; and (v) release its security interest in, or surrender, release or permit any substitution or exchange for all or any part of any rights or property securing any of the Senior Interests, or extend or renew for one or more periods (whether or not longer than the original period), or release, compromise, alter or exchange any obligations of any nature of any obligor with respect to any such rights or property;

(j) The Holder hereby waives: (i) notice of acceptance of these Subordination Provisions by any of the Senior Interest Holders; (ii) notice of the existence, creation, non-payment or non-performance of all or any of the Senior Interests; and (iii) all diligence in enforcement, collection or protection of, or realization upon, the Senior Interests, or any thereof, or any security therefor;

(k) Each of the Senior Interest Holders may, from time to time, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Transaction Documents to which such Persons are party, but without notice to the Holder, assign or transfer any or all of the Senior Interests, or any interest therein; and, notwithstanding any such assignment or transfer or any subsequent assignment or transfer thereof, such Senior Interests shall be and remain Senior Interests for the purposes of these Subordination Provisions, and every immediate and successive assignee or transferee of any of the Senior Interests or of any interest of such assignee or transferee in the Senior Interests shall be entitled to the benefits of these Subordination Provisions to the same extent as if such assignee or transferee were the assignor or transferor; and

(l) These Subordination Provisions constitute a continuing offer from the Holder to all Persons who become the holders of, or who continue to hold, Senior Interests; and these Subordination Provisions are made for the benefit of the Senior Interest Holders, and the Administrator may proceed to enforce such provisions on behalf of each of such Persons.

 

   Exhibit B-5    Purchase and Sale Agreement


10. General . No failure or delay on the part of the Originator 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 Subordinated Note shall in any event be effective unless (i) the same shall be in writing and signed and delivered by the Buyer and the Holder and (ii) all consents required for such actions under the Transaction Documents shall have been received by the appropriate Persons.

11. Maximum Interest . Notwithstanding anything in this Subordinated Note to the contrary, the Buyer shall never be required to pay unearned interest on any amount outstanding hereunder and shall never be required to pay interest on the principal amount outstanding hereunder at a rate in excess of the maximum nonusurious interest rate that may be contracted for, charged or received under applicable federal or state law (such maximum rate being herein called the “ Highest Lawful Rate ”). If the effective rate of interest which would otherwise be payable under this Subordinated Note would exceed the Highest Lawful Rate, or if the holder of this Subordinated Note shall receive any unearned interest or shall receive monies that are deemed to constitute interest which would increase the effective rate of interest payable by the Buyer under this Subordinated Note to a rate in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate, then (i) the amount of interest which would otherwise be payable by the Buyer under this Subordinated Note shall be reduced to the amount allowed by applicable law, and (ii) any unearned interest paid by the Buyer or any interest paid by the Buyer in excess of the Highest Lawful Rate shall be refunded to the Buyer. Without limitation of the foregoing, all calculations of the rate of interest contracted for, charged or received by the Originator under this Subordinated Note that are made for the purpose of determining whether such rate exceeds the Highest Lawful Rate applicable to the Originator (such Highest Lawful Rate being herein called the “ Originator’s Maximum Permissible Rate ”) shall be made, to the extent permitted by usury laws applicable to the Originator (now or hereafter enacted), by amortizing, prorating and spreading in equal parts during the actual period during which any amount has been outstanding hereunder all interest at any time contracted for, charged or received by the Originator in connection herewith. If at any time and from time to time (i) the amount of interest payable to the Originator on any date shall be computed at the Originator’s Maximum Permissible Rate pursuant to the provisions of the foregoing sentence and (ii) in respect of any subsequent interest computation period the amount of interest otherwise payable to the Originator would be less than the amount of interest payable to Originator computed at the Originator’s Maximum Permissible Rate, then the amount of interest payable to the Originator in respect of such subsequent interest computation period shall continue to be computed at the Originator’s Maximum Permissible Rate until the total amount of interest payable to the Originator shall equal the total amount of interest which would have been payable to the Originator if the total amount of interest had been computed without giving effect to the provisions of the foregoing sentence.

12. Governing Law . THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHERWISE APPLICABLE CONFLICTS OF LAW PRINCIPLES (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK).

 

   Exhibit B-6    Purchase and Sale Agreement


13. Captions . Paragraph captions used in this Subordinated Note are for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision of this Subordinated Note.

 

   Exhibit B-7    Purchase and Sale Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Buyer has caused this Subordinated Note to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

    LYB RECEIVABLES LLC
  By:                                                                                                 
  Name:                                                                                            
  Title:                                                                                              

 

   Exhibit B-8    Purchase and Sale Agreement


Exhibit C

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT, dated as of                     , 20             (this “ Agreement ”) is executed by                    , a                      organized under the laws of                      (the “ Additional Originator ”), with its principal place of business located at            .

BACKGROUND:

A. LYB Receivables LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Buyer ”) and the various entities from time to time party thereto, as Originators (collectively, the “ Originators ”), have entered into that certain Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of September 11, 2012 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified through the date hereof, and as it may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Purchase and Sale Agreement ”).

B. The Additional Originator desires to become an Originator pursuant to Section 4.3 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Additional Originator hereby agrees as follows:

SECTION 1. Definitions . Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the Purchase and Sale Agreement or in the Receivables Purchase Agreement (as defined in the Purchase and Sale Agreement).

SECTION 2. Transaction Documents . The Additional Originator hereby agrees that it shall be bound by all of the terms, conditions and provisions of, and shall be deemed to be a party to (as if it were an original signatory to), the Purchase and Sale Agreement and each of the other relevant Transaction Documents. From and after the later of the date hereof and the date that the Additional Originator has complied with all of the requirements of Section 4.3 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the Additional Originator shall be an Originator for all purposes of the Purchase and Sale Agreement and all other Transaction Documents. The Additional Originator hereby acknowledges that it has received copies of the Purchase and Sale Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties . The Additional Originator hereby makes all of the representations and warranties set forth in Article V (to the extent applicable) of the Purchase and Sale Agreement as of the date hereof (unless such representations or warranties relate to an earlier date, in which case as of such earlier date), as if such representations and warranties were fully set forth herein. The Additional Originator hereby represents and warrants that its location (as defined in the applicable UCC) is [                    ], and the offices where the Additional Originator keeps all of its records concerning the Receivables is as follows:

  

 

     
  

 

     
  

 

     

 

   Exhibit C-1    Purchase and Sale Agreement


SECTION 4. Miscellaneous . This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to any otherwise applicable conflicts of law principles (other than Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York). This Agreement is executed by the Additional Originator for the benefit of the Buyer, and its assigns, and each of the foregoing parties may rely hereon. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and shall inure to the benefit of, the Additional Originator and its successors and permitted assigns.

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

   Exhibit C-2    Purchase and Sale Agreement


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized officer as of the date and year first above written.

 

[NAME OF ADDITIONAL ORIGINATOR]
By:                                                                                                 
        Name:                                                                                  
        Title:                                                                                     

Consented to:

 

LYB RECEIVABLES LLC
By:                                                                                            
        Name:                                                                            
        Title:                                                                              

Acknowledged by:

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as Administrator

 

By:                                                                                            
        Name:                                                                            
        Title:                                                                              
[PURCHASER AGENTS]
By:                                                                                            
        Name:                                                                            
        Title:                                                                              

 

LYONDELLBASELL INDUSTRIES N.V.,
as Parent
By:                                                                                            
        Name:                                                                            
        Title:                                                                              

 

   Exhibit C-3    Purchase and Sale Agreement