UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 28, 2016

 

 

SPRINT CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   1-04721   46-1170005
(State of Incorporation)  

(Commission

File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

6200 Sprint Parkway, Overland Park, Kansas   66251
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (855) 848-3280

Not Applicable

(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)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

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

 

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Handset Sale Leaseback

On April 28, 2016, certain wholly-owned subsidiaries (each, an “ Originator ” and, collectively, the “ Originators ”) of Sprint Corporation (“ Sprint ”) entered into a series of agreements (the “ Handset Sale Leaseback (Tranche 2) ”) to sell, for an aggregate purchase price of approximately $1.2 billion, subject to adjustment, certain iPhone ® devices (each a “ Device ” and, collectively, the “ Devices ”) subject to customer leases (each a “ Customer Lease ” and, collectively, the “ Customer Leases ”) with Sprint customers (“ Customers ”) to Mobile Leasing Solutions, LLC, a Delaware series limited liability company, acting for itself and on behalf of Series 2 thereof (“ Mobile Leasing ”). The Devices will simultaneously be leased back by the Lessees (as defined below). The Customer Leases were all entered into under Sprint’s “iPhone ® Forever” or “iPhone ® For Life” programs. The Handset Sale Leaseback (Tranche 2) will provide additional liquidity and funding for the ongoing business needs of Sprint and its subsidiaries. The consummation of the transactions under the Handset Sale Leaseback (Tranche 2), including payment of the Cash Purchase Price (defined below), is expected to occur during the second week of May 2016 (the “ Closing Date ”), subject to the satisfaction of customary closing conditions.

The material documentation for the Handset Sale Leaseback Tranche 2 includes (i) the First Step Transfer Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of April 28, 2016 (the “ First Step Transfer Agreement (Tranche 2) ”), among the Originators, special purpose bankruptcy remote Cayman Islands limited liability companies that are wholly owned subsidiaries of the Originators (each, a “ Lessee ” and, collectively, the “ Lessees ”) and Sprint Spectrum L.P. (“ Sprint Spectrum ”), (ii) the Second Step Transfer Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of April 28, 2016 (the “ Second Step Transfer Agreement (Tranche 2) ”), among the Lessees and Mobile Leasing, (iii) the Master Lease Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of April 28, 2016 (the “ Master Lease Agreement (Tranche 2) ”), among Mobile Leasing, the Lessees, Sprint Spectrum and Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as Collateral Agent, (iv) the Performance Support Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of April 28, 2016 (the “ Performance Support Agreement (Tranche 2) ”), by Sprint in favor of Mobile Leasing and (v) the Guaranty (Tranche 2), dated as of April 28, 2016 (the “ Guaranty (Tranche 2) ”) by Sprint in favor of Mobile Leasing.

Pursuant to the First Step Transfer Agreement (Tranche 2), each Originator will contribute to its related wholly-owned Lessee (i) on the Closing Date, selected Devices (each, a “ Closing Date Device ” and, collectively, the “ Closing Date Devices ”) and related Customer Leases (a “ Closing Date Customer Lease ” and, collectively, the “ Closing Date Customer Leases ”) and (ii) subject to exercise by the relevant Lessee of its Upgrade Termination Option (as defined below), on each date a Customer exchanges a Device (each, an “ Exchanged Device ”, and collectively, the “ Exchanged Devices ”) for a next generation device (each, an “ Upgraded Device ” and, collectively, the “ Upgraded Devices ”) pursuant to the iPhone ® Forever Program (each such exchange, a “ Customer Upgrade ” and each date a Customer Upgrade occurs, an “ Upgrade Date ”) during the term of a Device Lease (as defined below), the Upgraded Device and the related Customer Lease (an “ Upgraded Customer Lease ” and, collectively, the “ Upgraded Customer Leases ”). The relevant Lessee has an option (the “ Upgrade Termination Option ”) to reverse the contribution of the Upgraded Device at the time it also reverses the sale of any Upgraded Device to Mobile Leasing and the related leaseback (described below). Upon the effective exercise by the Lessee of its Upgrade Termination Option with respect to a Device, the Device Lease for the Exchanged Device will terminate and any sale and leaseback of the Upgraded Device will be deemed not to have occurred.

Simultaneously with the contribution described above, pursuant to the Second Step Transfer Agreement (Tranche 2), (i) on the Closing Date, each Lessee will sell the Closing Date Devices and transfer certain residual rights in the Closing Date Customer Leases to Mobile Leasing in consideration for the payment by Mobile Leasing (as to each Closing Date Device, a “ Related Closing Date Purchase Price ” and, in the aggregate, the “ Closing Date Purchase Price ”) of (a) a cash purchase price of approximately $1.1 billion (the “ Cash Purchase Price ”) payable on the Closing Date, (b) a deferred purchase price of approximately $186.3 million, subject to adjustment, payable July 28, 2018 unless otherwise agreed (the “ Final Settlement Date ”) and (c) a contingent purchase price also payable on the Final Settlement Date and (ii) subject to the exercise by the relevant Lessee of its Upgrade Termination Option, on each Upgrade Date during the term of the Device Lease for a Device, each Lessee will sell the relevant Upgraded Device and transfer certain residual rights in the related Upgraded Customer Lease to Mobile Leasing in consideration for a purchase price (each, a “ Related Upgrade Purchase Price ”) equal to the Related Closing Date Purchase Price that was or would have been payable in respect of the Exchanged Device, subject to certain adjustments (i.e., no additional cash purchase price will be paid for the Upgraded Device). On the Closing Date, each Lessee will distribute the portion of the Cash Purchase Price it received to its parent Originator.

 

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Simultaneously with the sale of the Devices and certain residual rights in the Customer Leases to Mobile Leasing, Mobile Leasing will lease back each Device to the relevant Lessee pursuant to a device lease that will be comprised of the Master Lease Agreement (Tranche 2) and a lease schedule (together, the “ Device Lease ”) in exchange for monthly rental payments (the “ Device Lease Rental Payments ”) to be made by the Lessees to Mobile Leasing. The Lessees have an option to terminate a Device Lease early upon payment of the early termination amounts set forth in the Master Lease Agreement. Unless a Device Lease is terminated early, the Lessees will be obligated to pay the full Device Lease Rental Payments under each Device Lease, regardless of whether Customers make lease payments (collectively, the “ Customer Receivables ”) for the Devices leased to them under the Customer Lease or whether the Customer Lease is still in effect. Pursuant to the Guaranty (Tranche 2), Sprint will guaranty (subject to a cap of 20% of the aggregate Cash Purchase Price) the Lessees’ obligations to make Device Lease Rental Payments to Mobile Leasing and termination payments (“ Termination Payments ”) owed to Mobile Leasing in the event that the Master Lease Agreement (Tranche 2) is terminated early. In addition, pursuant to the Performance Support Agreement (Tranche 2), Sprint will guaranty for the benefit of Mobile Leasing the performance of the covenants, agreements and undertakings of the Originators, the Lessees and Sprint Spectrum under the transaction documents, other than the obligation to make Device Lease Rental Payments and Termination Payments.

All Devices must be returned to Mobile Leasing, subject to purchase rights of the Customers and provided that Lessees have no obligation to return Devices not returned by the Customers to a Sprint entity.

Sprint Spectrum will act as servicer for Mobile Leasing and the Lessees in respect of the Customer Leases and the Devices.

To secure the obligations of the Lessees under the Device Lease, the Lessees will provide a security interest to Mobile Leasing in, among other things, the Customer Leases, Customer Receivables and accounts holding amounts paid in respect of the Customer Receivables. The Handset Sale Leaseback (Tranche 2) agreements contain affirmative and restrictive covenants customary for transactions of this type. Mobile Leasing will be entitled to terminate one or more Device Leases upon certain customary enumerated events of default (each, an “ Event of Default ”), including (i) payment default, (ii) failure to comply with covenants, (iii) breach of representations, (iv) insolvency of Sprint or other affiliates of Sprint, (v) a change of control and (vi) termination of Sprint’s license to provide wireless communication services. Upon the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default and the exercise of remedies by Mobile Leasing, the Lessees will be obligated to pay the Termination Payments.

Brightstar Corp. (“ Brightstar ”) will perform logistics and marketing services with respect to the Devices. Brightstar is a subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp., which is the controlling stockholder of Sprint and a minority owner of Mobile Leasing. In addition, Brightstar or its affiliates separately provide supply chain and inventory management services to Sprint.

The foregoing description of the Handset Sale Leaseback (Tranche 2) is qualified in its entirety by reference to the First Step Transfer Agreement (Tranche 2), the Second Step Transfer Agreement (Tranche 2), the Master Lease Agreement (Tranche 2), the Performance Support Agreement (Tranche 2) and the Guaranty (Tranche 2), which are filed as Exhibits 10.1, 10.2, 10.3, 10.4 and 10.5 hereto, respectively, and incorporated herein by reference.

New Credit Agreement

On April 28, 2016, Sprint Communications, Inc. (“ SCI ”), a direct subsidiary of Sprint, entered into an unsecured credit agreement (the “ New Credit Agreement ”) with Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as administrative agent, arranger and bookrunner. Sprint and certain subsidiaries of SCI guaranty the obligations of SCI under the New Credit Agreement. The New Credit Agreement matures on October 28, 2017 and provides SCI with additional liquidity for general corporate purposes other than for the repayment of existing bank debt. The aggregate amount of the commitments under the New Credit Agreement, as of April 28, 2016, is $2 billion. SCI has the option to increase the aggregate commitments by up to an additional $500 million if certain customary conditions are met.

 

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Loans borrowed under the New Credit Agreement will be required to be repaid, and commitments under the New Credit Agreement will be automatically reduced, in an amount equal to (i) the net cash proceeds from the incurrence by Sprint or certain of its subsidiaries of certain specified indebtedness and other indebtedness issued in either the public or private markets, other than certain ordinary course indebtedness, (ii) the net cash proceeds from any issuance of equity securities or equity-linked securities by Sprint or any of its subsidiaries other than certain intercompany issuances and other customary exceptions, and (iii) a percentage of the net cash proceeds from certain asset sales made by Sprint or certain of its subsidiaries. The commitments under the New Credit Agreement will terminate, and loans borrowed thereunder are required to be repaid, upon a change of control.

The New Credit Agreement contains representations, warranties, covenants and events of default substantially the same as those contained in SCI’s revolving credit facility.

The foregoing description of the New Credit Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the New Credit Agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.6 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant.

The information provided in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.03.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits

The following exhibits are filed with this report:

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

10.1    First Step Transfer Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of April 28, 2016, among the originators from time to time party thereto, the lessees from time to time party thereto and Sprint Spectrum L.P.
10.2    Second Step Transfer Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of April 28, 2016, among the lessees from time to time party thereto and Mobile Leasing Solutions, LLC, acting for itself and on behalf of Series 2 thereof
10.3    Master Lease Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of April 28, 2016, among Mobile Leasing Solutions, LLC, acting for itself and on behalf of Series 2 thereof, the lessees from time to time party thereto, Sprint Spectrum L.P. and Mizuho Bank, ltd., as Collateral Agent
10.4    Performance Support Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of April 28, 2016, by Sprint Corporation in favor of Mobile Leasing Solutions, LLC, acting for itself and on behalf of Series 2 thereof
10.5    Guaranty (Tranche 2), dated as of April 28, 2016, by Sprint Corporation in favor of Mobile Leasing Solutions, LLC, acting for itself and on behalf of Series 2 thereof
10.6    Credit Agreement, dated as of April 28, 2016, among Sprint Communications, Inc., as borrower, Sprint Corporation and certain subsidiaries of Sprint Communications, Inc., as guarantors, and Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as administrative agent, arranger and bookrunner

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

    SPRINT CORPORATION
Date: April 29, 2016     By:  

/s/ Stefan K. Schnopp

     

Stefan K. Schnopp

Assistant Secretary

 

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

No.

  

Description

10.1    First Step Transfer Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of April 28, 2016, among the originators from time to time party thereto, the lessees from time to time party thereto and Sprint Spectrum L.P.
10.2    Second Step Transfer Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of April 28, 2016, among the lessees from time to time party thereto and Mobile Leasing Solutions, LLC, acting for itself and on behalf of Series 2 thereof
10.3    Master Lease Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of April 28, 2016, among Mobile Leasing Solutions, LLC, acting for itself and on behalf of Series 2 thereof, the lessees from time to time party thereto, Sprint Spectrum L.P. and Mizuho Bank, ltd., as Collateral Agent
10.4    Performance Support Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of April 28, 2016, by Sprint Corporation in favor of Mobile Leasing Solutions, LLC, acting for itself and on behalf of Series 2 thereof
10.5    Guaranty (Tranche 2), dated as of April 28, 2016, by Sprint Corporation in favor of Mobile Leasing Solutions, LLC, acting for itself and on behalf of Series 2 thereof
10.6    Credit Agreement, dated as of April 28, 2016, among Sprint Communications, Inc., as borrower, Sprint Corporation and certain subsidiaries of Sprint Communications, Inc., as guarantors, and Mizuho Bank, Ltd., as administrative agent, arranger and bookrunner

 

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Exhibit 10.1

Execution Copy

 

 

 

FIRST STEP TRANSFER AGREEMENT (TRANCHE 2)

dated as of April 28, 2016

among

THE ORIGINATORS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,

as Transferors

THE LESSEES FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,

as Transferees

and

SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P.,

as Servicer

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS AND RELATED MATTERS

     1   

SECTION 1.1

 

Defined Terms

     1   

SECTION 1.2

 

Other Interpretive Matters

     3   

ARTICLE II

 

TRANSFER AND CONTRIBUTION

     3   

SECTION 2.1

 

Transfer and Contribution

     3   

SECTION 2.2

 

Assignment and Assumption of Related Customer Lease Obligations

     3   

SECTION 2.3

 

Distributions

     3   

SECTION 2.4

 

No Recourse

     4   

SECTION 2.5

 

Intention of the Parties

     4   

SECTION 2.6

 

Like-Kind Exchanges

     4   

SECTION 2.7

 

Transfers of Rights in Customer Leases Upon Device Repurchase

     4   

SECTION 2.8

 

Redistribution Upon Upgrade Termination Option Payment

     5   

SECTION 2.9

 

Redistribution Upon Transfer of Title of Original Device

     5   

ARTICLE III

 

ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION

     5   

SECTION 3.1

 

Servicer

     5   

SECTION 3.2

 

Power of Attorney

     5   

SECTION 3.3

 

Actions Evidencing Absolute Assignments

     5   

SECTION 3.4

 

Continuation Statements

     6   

ARTICLE IV

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     6   

SECTION 4.1

 

Mutual Representations and Warranties

     6   

SECTION 4.2

 

Additional Representations and Warranties of the Originators

     7   

SECTION 4.3

 

Breach of Eligibility Representation and Warranty

     10   

ARTICLE V

 

GENERAL COVENANTS

     10   

SECTION 5.1

 

Mutual Covenants

     10   

SECTION 5.2

 

Additional Covenants

     11   

SECTION 5.3

 

Negative Covenants of Each Originator

     12   

ARTICLE VI

 

INDEMNIFICATION

     14   

SECTION 6.1

 

Each Originator’s Indemnity

     14   

SECTION 6.2

 

Contribution

     15   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

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ARTICLE VII

 

MISCELLANEOUS

     16   

SECTION 7.1

 

Amendments, etc

     16   

SECTION 7.2

 

No Waiver; Remedies

     16   

SECTION 7.3

 

Notices, Etc

     16   

SECTION 7.4

 

Binding Effect; Assignment

     16   

SECTION 7.5

 

Survival

     16   

SECTION 7.6

 

Costs and Expenses

     16   

SECTION 7.7

 

Execution in Counterparts; Integration

     17   

SECTION 7.8

 

Governing Law

     17   

SECTION 7.9

 

Waiver of Jury Trial

     17   

SECTION 7.10

 

Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities

     17   

SECTION 7.11

 

Confidentiality

     18   

SECTION 7.12

 

No Proceedings

     18   

SECTION 7.13

 

No Recourse Against Other Parties

     18   

SECTION 7.14

 

Severability

     18   

ANNEX 1

 

UCC Details Schedule

  

ANNEX 2

 

Related Originators; Related Lessees

  

SCHEDULE I

 

Lease Closing Date Devices

  

SCHEDULE II

 

Lease Closing Date Customer Leases

  

SCHEDULE III

 

Related Distribution Amount

  

 

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FIRST STEP TRANSFER AGREEMENT (TRANCHE 2)

This FIRST STEP TRANSFER AGREEMENT (TRANCHE 2), dated as of April 28, 2016 and effective as of the Lease Closing Date (this “ Agreement ”), is among THE PERSONS IDENTIFIED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO AS ORIGINATORS, as transferors (collectively, the “ Originators ” and, each, an “ Originator ”), THE PERSONS IDENTIFIED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO AS LESSEES, as transferees (collectively, the “ Lessees ” and, each, an “ LESSEE ”) and SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P., as servicer (in such capacity, the “ Servicer ”).

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Transaction Documents, the Originators desire to enter into a sale and leaseback transaction whereby (i) each Originator will contribute Devices and Related Customer Leases owned by such Originator to its Related Lessee, (ii) each Lessee will sell the Devices and the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations to MLS and distribute the net cash proceeds of such sale to its Related Originator and (iii) MLS will lease the Devices to the relevant Lessee; and

WHEREAS, the Parties intend that the Transaction Documents create a financing for all U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes, and thus specifically that (i) the Cash Purchase Price paid under the Second Step Transfer Agreement at closing be treated for such purposes as amounts loaned by MLS for which the Devices provide security and (ii) all Rental Payments to MLS under the Device Leases be treated for such purposes as payments on such indebtedness owed to MLS.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND RELATED MATTERS

SECTION 1.1 Defined Terms . In this Agreement, capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein are defined in that certain Appendix A to the Master Lease Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of the date hereof and effective as of the Lease Closing Date (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Master Lease Agreement ”), among the Lessees, Mobile Leasing Solutions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, acting for itself and on behalf of Series 2 thereof (“ MLS ”), the Servicer and Mizuho Bank, Ltd. (the “ Collateral Agent ”). In addition, the following terms used herein have the meanings indicated below:

Agreement ” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble of this Agreement.

Amdocs Sub-Servicing Agreement ” shall have the meaning provided in the Servicing Agreement.

Collateral Agent ” shall have the meaning provided above in this Section 1.1 .

Collections ” shall have the meaning provided in the Servicing Agreement.

 

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Devices ” means the Lease Closing Date Devices, the Upgraded Devices and each wireless mobile device contributed to a Lessee in connection with a Like-Kind Exchange for any of the foregoing Devices.

Lease Closing Date Devices ” means the wireless mobiles device identified on Schedule I hereto.

Lease Closing Date Customer Leases ” means each lease with respect to a Lease Closing Date Device identified on Schedule II hereto.

Lessee ” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble of this Agreement.

Like-Kind Exchange Transfer Date ” means the date a Like-Kind Exchange occurs.

Master Lease Agreement ” shall have the meaning provided above in this Section 1.1 .

MLS ” shall have the meaning provided above in this Section 1.1 .

Non-Lockbox Receivables ” shall have the meaning provided in the Servicing Agreement.

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

Originator ” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble of this Agreement.

Originator Indemnified Party ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.1 of this Agreement.

Patriot Act ” means the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).

Purchase Date ” shall have the meaning provided in the Device Repurchase Agreement.

Related Distribution Amount ” means an amount equal to the amount set forth on Schedule III under the heading “Related Distribution Amount.”

Related Customer Leases ” means the Lease Closing Date Customer Leases and the Upgraded Customer Leases.

Related Lessee ” means, with respect to any Originator, the Lessee identified as such on Annex 2 .

Related Originator ” means, with respect to any Lessee, the Originator identified as such on Annex 2 .

SEC ” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Servicer ” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble of this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 1.2 Other Interpretive Matters . The interpretation of this Agreement, unless otherwise specified, is subject to Section 1.2 of the Master Lease Agreement.

ARTICLE II

TRANSFER AND CONTRIBUTION

SECTION 2.1 Transfer and Contribution . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, (i) on the Lease Closing Date, each Originator, severally and for itself, hereby absolutely assigns by way of capital contribution to its Related Lessee, and each Lessee hereby accepts such capital contribution and acquires from its Related Originator, all of such Related Originator’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Lease Closing Date Devices and the Lease Closing Date Customer Leases, including, without limitation, all Customer Receivables in connection with such Lease Closing Date Customer Leases, all rights to discontinue the leasing program for such Lease Closing Date Devices under the Lease Closing Date Customer Leases and all servicing rights with respect to such Lease Closing Date Devices and such Lease Closing Date Customer Leases and (ii) subject to Section 2.8, on each Upgrade Date occurring during the Term of a Device Lease for a Device, each relevant Originator, severally and for itself, hereby absolutely assigns by way of capital contribution to its Related Lessee, and each Lessee hereby accepts such capital contribution and acquires from its Related Originator, all of such Related Originator’s right, title and interest in, to and under the relevant Upgraded Device and related Upgraded Customer Lease, including, without limitation, all Customer Receivables in connection with such Upgraded Customer Lease, all rights to discontinue the leasing program for such Upgraded Device under the related Upgraded Customer Lease and all servicing rights with respect to such Upgraded Device and the related Upgraded Customer Lease. All Customer Receivables under the Lease Closing Date Customer Leases billed prior to the Cutoff Date shall not be transferred and shall remain the property of the Related Originator. Any Device the Upgrade Date with respect to which occurred after the end of the Term of the Device Lease for such Device shall not be transferred pursuant to this Agreement and shall remain the property of the Related Originator.

SECTION 2.2 Assignment and Assumption of Related Customer Lease Obligations . For the purposes of this Agreement, (x) all contributions of contractual and other rights of Originators in connection with Devices and Customer Leases shall be deemed to be absolute and irrevocable assignments thereof and (y) all acquisitions of contractual obligations by Lessees shall be deemed to be assumptions thereof. Subject to the Lessees’ rights of further assignment under the Transaction Documents, from and after, in the case of the Lease Closing Date Customer Leases, the Lease Closing Date and, in the case of each Upgraded Customer Lease, the Upgrade Date for the related Upgraded Device, as applicable, (i) the Related Lessees shall have assumed the rights and obligations of the Originators under the relevant Related Customer Leases as lessors thereunder and (ii) each Originator shall relinquish its rights (including the right to discontinue the leasing program for the relevant Devices) and be released from its obligations under the relevant Related Customer Leases.

SECTION 2.3 Distributions . Simultaneously with the absolute and irrevocable assignment by each Originator to its Related Lessee of its right, title and interest in each Lease Closing Date Device and Lease Closing Date Customer Lease, each Lessee agrees to distribute

 

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to its Related Originator an amount equal to the Related Distribution Amount. Thereafter, the Lessees agree to distribute to their Related Originators additional amounts of cash proceeds received in accordance with the terms of the Transaction Documents to which any Lessee is a party to the maximum extent permitted by law and such Transaction Documents.

SECTION 2.4 No Recourse . Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, the transfer of the Devices and the Related Customer Leases under this Agreement shall be without recourse to any Originator.

SECTION 2.5 Intention of the Parties. It is the express intent of each of the parties hereto that the transactions hereunder shall constitute absolute and irrevocable assignments (by way of capital contribution) of the Devices and the Related Customer Leases by each Originator to its Related Lessee (such that the Devices and the Related Customer Leases, other than those, if any, subsequently (i) repurchased by the Originators pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents or (ii) distributed to the Originators pursuant to Sections 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 or 2.9, would not be property of any Originator’s estate in the event of any Originator’s bankruptcy). As a protective measure in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the conveyance of the Devices and the Related Customer Leases to the Lessees is recharacterized by any third party as a pledge or other grant of security securing a loan, each Originator does hereby grant to its Related Lessee as of, (x) in the case of the Lease Closing Date Devices and Lease Closing Date Customer Leases, the Lease Closing Date, (y) in the case of each Upgraded Device and Upgraded Customer Lease, the Upgrade Date for the related Upgraded Device and (z) in the case of each Like-Kind Exchange Device, the Like-Kind Exchange Transfer Date for such Like-Kind Exchange Device, a security interest in all of such Originator’s now or hereafter existing right, title and interest in, to and under the Devices and the Related Customer Leases and agrees that this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable Law. Each Originator hereby authorizes its Related Lessee, MLS and the Collateral Agent or their respective designees (i) to file one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto and assignments thereof, relative to all or any of such Originator’s rights in the Devices and Related Customer Leases now existing or hereafter arising in the name of such Originator and (ii) to the extent permitted by the Servicing Agreement, to notify Customers of the assignment of the Devices and the Related Customer Leases pursuant hereto.

SECTION 2.6 Like-Kind Exchanges . At any time that Servicer (on behalf of the Lessee) does a Like-Kind Exchange under the relevant Related Customer Lease and as permitted under the Servicing Agreement, on the Like-Kind Exchange Transfer Date for such Like-Kind Exchange Device, the relevant Lessee’s Related Originator agrees to contribute such Like-Kind Exchange Device to such Lessee. Simultaneously with the contribution of the Like-Kind Exchange Device, the applicable Lessee shall make a distribution to its Related Originator of all of such Lessee’s right, title and interest in and to the original Device.

SECTION 2.7 Transfers of Rights in Customer Leases Upon Device Repurchase . On each Purchase Date, simultaneously with the sale of any Devices by MLS to an Originator pursuant to the Device Repurchase Agreement, the applicable Lessee shall automatically make a distribution to its Related Originator of all of such Lessee’s right, title and interest in and to the Related Customer Lease related to such Device.

 

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SECTION 2.8 Redistribution Upon Upgrade Termination Option Payment . At any time a Device Lease for a Device is terminated pursuant to the exercise by the relevant Lessee of its Upgrade Termination Option with respect to such Device, the contribution in Section 2.1 with respect to the related Upgraded Device and related Upgraded Customer Lease will be deemed not to have occurred. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent the applicable Lessee has any rights, title or interest in the Upgraded Device and the related Upgraded Customer Lease notwithstanding the preceding sentence, such Lessee shall automatically make a distribution to its Related Originator, effective as of the applicable Upgrade Date, of all of such Lessee’s right, title and interest in and to such Upgraded Device and the related Upgraded Customer Lease.

SECTION 2.9 Redistribution Upon Transfer of Title of Device . At any time that MLS transfers title to a Device to the applicable Lessee pursuant to Sections 3.2(b) or 3.2(c) of the Master Lease Agreement, Section 2.14(b) of the Servicing Agreement or Section 2.9 of the Second Step Transfer Agreement, the applicable Lessee shall make a distribution to its Related Originator of all of such Lessee’s right, title and interest in and to such Device and the related Customer Lease (if applicable).

ARTICLE III

ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION

SECTION 3.1 Servicer . Pursuant to the Servicing Agreement, Servicer shall be responsible for the servicing, administration and collection of the Devices and Related Customer Leases for the benefit of each Lessee and MLS (and the Collateral Agent as assignee), subject to the terms set out in (including the rights to terminate Sprint Spectrum as Servicer and appoint a successor Servicer pursuant to) the Servicing Agreement.

SECTION 3.2 Power of Attorney . Each Lessee and each Originator hereby grants to Servicer an irrevocable power of attorney, with full power of substitution, coupled with an interest, to take or cause to be taken in the name of such Lessee or such Originator, as the case may be, any and all steps that are necessary or advisable to endorse, negotiate, enforce, or otherwise realize on any Collections and any checks, instruments, writings, other proceeds of the Devices or Related Customer Leases or other right of any kind held or transmitted by such Lessee or such Originator or transmitted or received by such Lessee or such Originator in connection with any Device or Related Customer Lease.

SECTION 3.3 Actions Evidencing Absolute Assignments . On and following the Lease Closing Date, each Originator shall maintain its accounting records to evidence that as of, (x) in the case of the Lease Closing Date Devices and Lease Closing Date Customer Leases, the Lease Closing Date, (y) in the case of each Upgraded Device and Upgraded Customer Lease, the Upgrade Date for such Upgraded Device (after giving effect to the Customer Upgrade on such Upgrade Date) and (z) in the case of each Like-Kind Exchange Device, the Like-Kind Exchange Transfer Date for such Like-Kind Exchange Device, the relevant Devices and relevant Related Customer Leases (other than Devices and Related Customer Leases deemed not to have been contributed pursuant to Section 2.8) have been absolutely and irrevocably assigned to the Related Lessee in accordance with this Agreement. In addition, each Originator agrees that from time to

 

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time, at its expense, it will promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action that the Lessees, MLS, the Collateral Agent or any of their respective designees may reasonably request in order to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the absolute assignments hereunder, or to enable the Lessees, MLS or the Collateral Agent to exercise or enforce any of their respective rights with respect to the Devices and the Related Customer Leases. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Originator will upon the request of the Lessees, MLS and/or the Collateral Agent 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.

SECTION 3.4 Continuation Statements . Without limiting the generality of Section 3.3 above, each Originator shall authorize and deliver and file or cause to be filed appropriate continuation statements not earlier than six months and not later than one month prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of filing of the financing statements filed in connection with the Lease Closing Date or any other financing statement filed pursuant to this Agreement, if the Final Settlement Date shall not have occurred.

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

SECTION 4.1 Mutual Representations and Warranties . Each Originator represents and warrants to the Lessees, and each Lessee represents and warrants to the Originators, as of the Lease Closing Date as follows:

(a) Organization and Good Standing . It has been duly organized or incorporated in, and is validly existing as a corporation, exempted company, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization or incorporation, with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are presently owned and such business is presently conducted and will be conducted except to the extent that such failure could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Due Qualification . It is duly qualified to do business as a foreign organization in good standing, if applicable, and has obtained all necessary qualifications, licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualifications, licenses or approvals, except where the failure to be in good standing or to hold any such qualifications, licenses and approvals could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Power and Authority; Due Authorization . It (i) has all necessary power and authority to (A) execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party in any capacity and (B) carry out the terms of and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents applicable to it and (ii) has duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership or limited liability company action, as applicable, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

 

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(d) Binding Obligations . This Agreement constitutes, and each other Transaction Document to be signed by such party when duly executed and delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

(e) No Violation . The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the performance by it of the terms hereof and thereof will not (i) violate or result in a default under (A) its articles or certificate of incorporation, memorandum and articles of association, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents, as applicable, or (B) in the context of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents applicable to it, any material indenture, agreement or instrument binding on it, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or instrument except for any Lien that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or arising under the Transaction Documents, or (iii) violate in any material respect any Law applicable to it or any of its properties.

(f) Bulk Sales Act . No transaction contemplated hereby requires compliance by it with any bulk sales act or similar Law.

(g) No Proceedings . There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to its actual knowledge, threatened against or affecting it (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) seeking to prevent the servicing of the Devices and the Related Customer Leases by Servicer or the consummation of the purposes of this Agreement or of any of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party, or (iii) that otherwise involve this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party.

(h) Governmental Approvals . No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required for its due execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except for the filing of the UCC financing statements referred to in such Transaction Documents and filings with the SEC to the extent required by applicable Law.

SECTION 4.2 Additional Representations and Warranties of the Originators . Each Originator represents and warrants to the Lessees (i) as of the Cutoff Date, (ii) as of the

 

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Lease Closing Date, (iii) as of each Upgrade Date, and (iv) as of each Like-Kind Exchange Transfer Date, provided, however, (a) in the case of clause (i), each Originator only makes the representation and warranty in Section 4.2(l) and only in respect of the Lease Closing Date Devices and Lease Closing Date Customer Leases, (b) in the case of clause (ii), each Originator does not make the representation in Section 4.2(l), (c) in the case of clause (iii), each Originator makes the representations and warranties in Sections 4.2(a), (c), (l) and (m) only with respect to the Upgraded Devices and related Upgraded Customer Leases transferred pursuant to Section 2.1 as of the applicable Upgrade Date and makes the representations and warranties in Sections 4.2(d) and (k) and (d) in the case of clause (iv), each Originator only makes the representation and warranty in Section 4.2(l)(i) and only in respect of the Like-Kind Exchange Device transferred as of the applicable Like-Kind Exchange Transfer Date, as follows:

(a) Absolute Assignment . This Agreement constitutes an absolute and irrevocable assignment by way of capital contribution of the Devices and the Related Customer Leases to its Related Lessee.

(b) Use of Proceeds . The use of all funds obtained by it under this Agreement will not conflict with or contravene any of Regulations T, U and X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

(c) Quality of Title . At the time of its assignment to its Related Lessee hereunder, each Device and each Related Customer Lease, is owned by it free and clear of any Liens (other than Permitted Device Liens); when its Related Lessee acquires such Devices and Related Customer Leases hereunder, such Lessee shall have acquired them for fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value, free and clear of any Lien (other than Permitted Device Liens); and no valid effective financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering any Device and any Related Customer Lease is on file in any recording office, except such as may be filed (i) in favor of its Related Lessee in accordance with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document (and assigned to MLS and further assigned to the Collateral Agent) or (ii) in connection with any Permitted Device Lien.

(d) UCC Details . Its true legal name as registered in the sole jurisdiction in which it is organized and the jurisdiction of such organization are specified in Annex 1 and its chief executive office is at the address specified in Annex 1 (or at such other location, notified to Lessees, MLS and Collateral Agent). Except as described in Annex 1 , it has never had any trade names, fictitious names, assumed names or “doing business as” names and is “located” in the jurisdiction specified in Annex 1 for purposes of Section 9-307 of the UCC. It is organized in only a single jurisdiction.

(e) Servicer Collection Account . The names and addresses of all banks or financial institutions with Servicer Collection Accounts (“ Collection Account Banks ”), together with the account numbers of the Servicer Collection Accounts at such Collection Account Banks, are specified in Schedule 3 of the Servicing Agreement (or have been notified to and approved by the Collateral Agent and MLS in accordance with Section 2.10(d) of the Servicing Agreement).

 

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(f) Servicing Programs . No license or approval is required for the Lessees’, the Collateral Agent’s or MLS’s use of any software or other computer program used by such Originator, the Servicer or any Sub-Servicer in the servicing of the Related Customer Leases originated by such Originator, other than under the Amdocs Sub-Servicing Agreement and those which have been obtained and are in full force and effect.

(g) Adverse Change . Since March 31 2016, there has been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to such Originator.

(h) Credit and Collection Policies; Compliance with Law. It has complied with the Credit and Collection Policies in all material respects and such policies have not changed in any material respect since the date of origination. It has complied with all applicable Law except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(i) Investment Company Act . It is not an “investment company” under (and as defined in) the Investment Company Act.

(j) Tax Returns and Payments . It has filed all federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns that are required to be filed by it and has paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by it, except (i) for any such taxes or assessments, if any, that are being appropriately contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided, or (ii) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No tax lien has been filed, and, to its actual knowledge, no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such tax or assessment that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(k) No Sanctions. It is not a Sanctioned Person. To its knowledge after due inquiry, no Customer was a Sanctioned Person at the time of such Originator’s entry into any Related Customer Lease with such Customer. It 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 it 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.

(l) Eligible Devices and Related Customer Leases . Each Device is (i) an Eligible Device and (ii) each Related Customer Lease is an Eligible Lease.

(m) Customer Leases and Upgrade Policy . No Customer has a contractual right under its Related Customer Lease with respect to a Device to have payments under such Related Customer Lease waived at the time of a Customer Upgrade or otherwise, and no Sprint Party (other than the Lessee that is lessor under such Related Customer Lease or the Servicer acting on behalf of such Lessee in accordance with the Servicing Agreement) has the right to waive any payments under such Related Customer Lease.

 

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SECTION 4.3 Breach of Eligibility Representation and Warranty . If on any day there is discovered a breach of any of the representations or warranties of any Originator set forth in Section 4.2(l) with respect to any Device or Related Customer Lease as of the date such representations and warranties are made, then, to the extent the Servicer is required to make a payment in a respect of a Deemed Collection pursuant to Section 2.14(b) of the Servicing Agreement, the Related Originator agrees to make such payment to the Servicer on the same terms as the Servicer is required to make a payment to MLS under Section 2.14(b) of the Servicing Agreement.

ARTICLE V

GENERAL COVENANTS

SECTION 5.1 Mutual Covenants . At all times from the Lease Closing Date to the Final Settlement Date, each Lessee and each Originator shall:

(a) Compliance with Laws, Etc . Comply with all applicable Laws, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Preservation of Existence . Except as expressly permitted by Section 5.3(c ) or (d)  with respect to the Originators or the Master Lease Agreement with respect to the Lessees, preserve and maintain its existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its organization, and qualify and remain qualified in good standing in each jurisdiction where the failure to qualify or preserve and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, privileges and qualification could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Separateness . Not take any actions inconsistent with the terms of Section 6.1 of the Second Step Transfer Agreement or any Lessee’s organizational documents.

(d) Taxes . The transactions contemplated by this Agreement are intended to be treated for sales and use tax purposes as a financing (so that transfers of Devices hereunder are not taxable sales) and if not so treated each transfer contemplated hereunder is intended to be an exempt sale for resale for such purposes as the purchaser or transferee intends to re-sell or lease each Device in the same form or condition in which it was transferred to others in the normal course of the transferee’s business. Each Originator and each Lessee will cooperate to take all steps to timely prepare and secure any exemption certificate, resale certificate or similar documentation requested or required by any jurisdiction for purposes of qualifying for or documenting any such exemption.

 

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SECTION 5.2 Additional Covenants of the Originators . At all times from the Lease Closing Date to the Final Settlement Date, each Originator shall (or shall cause the Servicer to):

(a) Keeping of Records and Books of Account; Delivery . Maintain and implement, or cause to be maintained and implemented, administrative and operating procedures (including an ability to recreate records evidencing the Devices and the Related Customer Leases in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof, backing up on at least a daily basis on a separate backup computer from which electronic file copies can be readily produced and distributed to third parties being agreed to suffice for this purpose), and keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained (or transferred to Servicer), all documents, books, records and other information necessary or advisable for the collection of all Collections in respect of all Devices and the Related Customer Leases.

(b) Location of Records . Keep its chief executive office and principal place of business, and the offices where it keeps its Records (and any original documents relating thereto), at the address of such Originator referred to in Annex 1 or, upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Collateral Agent and MLS, at such other locations in jurisdictions where all action required by Section 5.2(f) shall have been taken and completed.

(c) Credit and Collection Policies . Until such Device or the Related Customer Lease is contributed to its Related Lessee, comply in all material respects with its Credit and Collection Policy in regard to each Device and the Related Customer Lease.

(d) Collections . Except as otherwise permitted under this Agreement, instruct, or cause the Servicer to instruct, all Customers to cause all Collections in respect of Devices and Related Customer Leases to be deposited directly in a Servicer Collection Account covered by an Account Control Agreement. In the event such Originator or any of its Affiliates receives any Collections such Person will promptly (but not later than three (3) Business Days following receipt) deposit such Collections in a Servicer Collection Account covered by an Account Control Agreement, except Non-Lock Box Receivables. The Originators shall cooperate with the Lessees and the Servicer in collecting amounts due from Customers in respect of the Devices and Related Customer Leases. Each Originator hereby grants to the Lessees and the Servicer an irrevocable power of attorney, with full power of substitution, coupled with an interest, to take or cause to be taken in the name of such Originator all steps necessary or advisable to endorse, negotiate or otherwise realize on any Collections and any checks, instruments or other proceeds of the Devices and Related Customer Leases held or transmitted by such Originator or transmitted or received by such Lessee (whether or not from such Originator) in connection with any Device or Related Customer Lease transferred by it hereunder.

(e) PATRIOT ACT Information . Promptly following a request therefor, provide any documentation or other information that any Lessee, MLS or the Collateral Agent reasonably requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under the applicable “know your customer” and anti money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act.

 

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(f) Further Assurance. From time to time, at its expense, promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action that the Lessees, MLS or the Collateral Agent or any of their respective designees may reasonably request, in order to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the assignments and contributions hereunder, or to enable the Lessees, MLS and the Collateral Agent to exercise or enforce any of their respective rights with respect to the Devices and Related Customer Leases. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Originator will upon the request of the Lessees, MLS or the Collateral Agent 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.

(g) Agreed Upon Procedures . Cooperate reasonably with Servicer and the designated accountants for each annual agreed-upon procedures report required pursuant to Section 8.1(i) of the Servicing Agreement.

(h) Location . Each Originator shall at all times maintain its jurisdiction of organization and its chief executive office within a jurisdiction in the United States in which Article Nine of the UCC (2001 or later revision) is in effect.

(i) Tax Matters . Each Originator shall pay all applicable taxes required to be paid by it when due and payable in connection with the transfer hereunder of the Devices and Related Customer Leases, and acknowledges that neither the Collateral Agent nor MLS shall have any responsibility with respect thereto. Each Originator shall pay and discharge, or cause the payment and discharge of, all federal income taxes (and all other material taxes) of such Originator when due and payable, except (i) such as may be paid thereafter without penalty, (ii) such as may be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which an adequate reserve has been established and is maintained in accordance with GAAP or (iii) where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(j) Provision of Wireless Services . Each Originator will or will cause one or more of its Affiliates to provide wireless network services to Customers in accordance with each Related Customer Lease or other agreement, contract or other document (including any purchase order or invoice) related to any rights or obligations of any party under a Related Customer Lease, subject to the Credit and Collection Policy.

SECTION 5.3 Negative Covenants of Each Originator . From the Lease Closing Date until the Final Settlement Date, each Originator shall not:

(a) Liens, Etc . Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein and in the other Transaction Documents, create or suffer to exist any Lien, other than Permitted Device Liens upon or with respect to, any Device or Related Customer Lease or any interest therein (other than Devices and Related Customer Leases, if any, subsequently (i) repurchased by the Originators pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents or (ii) distributed to the Originators pursuant to Sections 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 or 2.9), or any Servicer Collection Account to which any Collections of any of the foregoing are sent,

 

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or any right to receive income or proceeds (other than distributions made to such Originator in accordance with the Transaction Documents or any proceeds of Collections remitted to such Originator hereunder to the extent such Originator owes no other amounts hereunder) from or in respect of any of the foregoing or, prior to the Final Settlement Date, its equity interest in it Related Lessee, if any.

(b) Nondisturbance of Devices or Customer Leases . Claim ownership in or otherwise interfere with a Lessee’s (or the Servicer’s, MLS’ or the Collateral Agent’s) rights in the Devices or any Related Customer Lease, except if such Originator repurchases such Device pursuant to the Device Repurchase Agreement or if such Device or Related Customer Lease is distributed to such Originator pursuant to Sections 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 or 2.9.

(c) Mergers, Sales, Etc . Consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or sell, lease or transfer all or substantially all of its property and assets, or agree to do any of the foregoing, unless (i) no Lease Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result immediately after giving effect thereto, (ii) if such Originator is not the surviving entity or if such Originator sells, leases or transfers all or substantially all of its property and assets, the surviving entity or the Person purchasing or being leased the assets is a Subsidiary of Sprint and agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions applicable to such Originator hereunder, (iii) Sprint reaffirms in a writing, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to MLS and the Collateral Agent, that its obligations under the Performance Support Agreement shall apply to the surviving entity and (iv) each of MLS and the Collateral Agent receives such additional certifications and opinions of counsel as it shall reasonably request.

(d) Change in Organization, Etc . Change its jurisdiction of organization or its name, identity or corporate organization structure or make any other change such that any financing statement filed or other action taken to perfect its Related Lessee’s or MLS’s interests hereunder and under the Second Step Transfer Agreement, as applicable, would become seriously misleading or would otherwise be rendered ineffective, unless such Originator shall have given its Related Lessee, MLS and the Collateral Agent not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of such change and shall have cured such circumstances.

(e) Actions Impairing Quality of Title . Take any action that could reasonably be expected to cause a Related Lessee not to have valid ownership, free and clear of any Lien (other than any Permitted Device Lien), of the Devices and Related Customer Leases transferred under this Agreement (other than Devices and Related Customer Leases, if any, subsequently (i) repurchased by the Originators pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents or (ii) distributed to the Originators pursuant to Sections 2.6, 2.7, 2.8 or 2.9).

(f) Customer Upgrades . Waive payments under or terminate a Related Customer Lease in connection with a Customer Upgrade (or permit any such waiver or termination), during the Term of a Device Lease for such Device unless, simultaneously with the Customer Upgrade, the related Upgraded Device and Upgraded Customer Lease

 

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are contributed in accordance with this Agreement and such Upgraded Device and the Customer-Lease End Rights and Obligations with respect to such Upgraded Customer Lease are transferred to MLS pursuant to the Second Step Transfer Agreement.

(g) Assigned Lease Upgrade Policy Provision . Not amend or otherwise modify (or permit to be amended or otherwise modified) the Assigned Lease Upgrade Policy Provision, for any Device subject to a Customer Lease during the Term of a Device Lease for such Device, including any modification to any portion of the Upgrade Policy that has the effect of modifying the Assigned Lease Upgrade Policy Provision, unless otherwise consented to by MLS and the Collateral Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

ARTICLE VI

INDEMNIFICATION

SECTION 6.1 Each Originator’s Indemnity . Without limiting any other rights that any such Person may have hereunder or under applicable Law, each Originator severally but not jointly, hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless its Related Lessee, such Lessee’s Affiliates and all of their respective successors, transferees, participants and assigns, all Persons referred to in Section 7.4 hereof, and all officers, members, managers, directors, shareholders, employees and agents of any of the foregoing (each an “ Originator Indemnified Party ”), forthwith on demand, from and against any and all damages, losses, claims, liabilities and related costs and expenses, including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and disbursements but excluding Taxes (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as “ Originator Indemnified Amounts ”) awarded against or incurred by any of them arising out of the ownership, assignment or lease, as applicable, of the Devices and the Related Customer Leases pursuant to the Transaction Documents or arising out of or relating to or resulting from the actions or inactions of the Originators; provided , however , notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Article VI , Originator Indemnified Amounts shall be excluded to the extent (w) resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Originator Indemnified Party as determined by a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction, (x) resulting from a claim brought by any Person against an Originator Indemnified Party (other than any Sprint Party) for breach of such Originator Indemnified Party’s (other than any Sprint Party’s) obligations under any Transaction Document as determined by a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction, (y) constituting recourse with respect to the market or residual value of a Device or the value of a Customer Lease or a Customer Receivable by reason of bankruptcy or insolvency, or the financial or credit condition or financial default, of the related Customer or as a result of an Insolvency Event with respect to any Lessee and (z) resulting from a claim that Lessees are not required to indemnify under Article IV of the Master Lease Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, each Originator shall indemnify, subject to the limits set forth in this Section 6.1 , and hold harmless each Originator Indemnified Party for any and all Originator Indemnified Amounts arising out of, relating to or resulting from:

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(ii) any representation or warranty made by any Originator under or in connection with any Transaction Document to which it is a party, or any other information or report delivered by or on behalf of any Originator pursuant hereto, that shall have been untrue, false or incorrect when made or deemed made;

(iii) the failure of any Originator to comply with the terms of any Transaction Document applicable to it or any applicable Law (including with respect to any Device or Related Customer Lease), or the nonconformity of any Device or Related Customer Lease with any such Law;

(iv) the lack of an enforceable ownership interest or a first priority perfected security interest in the Devices or Related Customer Leases transferred, or purported to be transferred, to any Lessee pursuant to this Agreement against all Persons (including any bankruptcy trustee or similar Person);

(v) 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 other applicable Laws with respect to any Device or Related Customer Lease transferred by any Originator, or purported to be transferred by any Originator, to any Lessee pursuant to this Agreement whether at the time of any purchase or acquisition, as applicable, or at any time thereafter;

(vi) any suit or claim related to the Devices or Related Customer Leases transferred, or purported to be transferred, to any Lessee pursuant to this Agreement (including any products liability or environmental liability claim arising out of or in connection with the Devices or Related Customer Leases);

(vii) failure by any Originator to comply with the “bulk sales” or analogous Laws of any jurisdiction; or

(viii) any commingling by such Originator of any funds relating to the Customer Receivables with any of its own funds or the funds of any other Person other than Non-Lockbox Receivables.

SECTION 6.2 Contribution . If for any reason the indemnification provided above in this Article VI is unavailable to an Originator Indemnified Party or is insufficient to hold an Originator Indemnified Party harmless, then each Originator shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Originator Indemnified Party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits received by such Originator Indemnified Party on the one hand and such Originator on the other hand but also the relative fault of such Originator Indemnified Party as well as any other relevant equitable considerations.

 

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ARTICLE VII

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 7.1 Amendments, etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Originator therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Lessee Representative, MLS and the Collateral Agent and (if an amendment) the Originators, and if such amendment or waiver affects the obligations of Sprint, Sprint consents in writing thereto, and then any such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. Each Originator may not amend or otherwise modify any other Transaction Document executed by it without the written consent of the Lessee Representative, MLS and the Collateral Agent, and if such amendment or waiver affects the obligations of Sprint, Sprint consents in writing thereto.

SECTION 7.2 No Waiver; Remedies . No failure on the part of any Lessee or any Originator Indemnified Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by Law.

SECTION 7.3 Notices, Etc. The provisions of Section 21 ( Notices ) of the MLS Intercreditor Agreement shall apply as if fully set forth herein.

SECTION 7.4 Binding Effect; Assignment . Each Originator acknowledges that MLS may rely upon the terms of this Agreement. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Except as provided below, no party may assign its rights and obligations hereunder in whole or in part without the prior written consent of each of the other parties (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). Each Originator acknowledges that Lessees’ rights under this Agreement and rights in the Devices and Related Customer Leases may be sold outright or assigned as collateral to MLS under the Second Step Transfer Agreement and may be further assigned as collateral to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Financing Parties, and the Originators consent to such assignments. The parties hereto agree that MLS and the Collateral Agent (and any assignee of any of them) is each an intended third-party beneficiary of this Agreement and is entitled to enforce the rights of Lessees arising hereunder, including requiring payment of any amounts required to be paid to MLS or any other Originator Indemnified Party to be paid directly to the MLS Collection Account (Tranche 2).

SECTION 7.5 Survival . The rights and remedies with respect to any breach of any representation and warranty made by any Originator or any Lessee pursuant to Article IV , the indemnification provisions of Article VI , and the provisions of Sections 7.4 , 7.5 , 7.6 , 7.8 , 7.9 , 7.10 , 7.11 , 7.12 and 7.14 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 7.6 Costs and Expenses . In addition to its obligations under Article VI , each Originator agrees to pay on demand all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket

 

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costs and expenses incurred by Lessees and any other Originator Indemnified Party in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of any amendment of or consent or waiver under this Agreement (whether or not consummated), or the enforcement of, or any actual or reasonably claimed breach of, this Agreement, including reasonable and documented accountants’, auditors’, consultants’ and attorneys’ fees and expenses to any of such Persons and the fees and charges of any nationally recognized statistical rating agency or any independent accountants, auditors, consultants or other agents incurred in connection with any of the foregoing or in advising such Persons as to their respective rights and remedies under this Agreement in connection with any of the foregoing.

SECTION 7.7 Execution in Counterparts; Integration . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties 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. Executed counterparts may be delivered electronically. This Agreement, together with the other Transaction Documents, contains a final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall constitute the entire understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings.

SECTION 7.8 Governing Law . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF).

SECTION 7.9 Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH ORIGINATOR AND EACH LESSEE HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT OR DOCUMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING FROM ANY BANKING OR OTHER RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT A JURY.

SECTION 7.10 Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities . EACH ORIGINATOR AND EACH LESSEE HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT:

(a) IT IRREVOCABLY (i) SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION, FIRST, OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT, AND SECOND, IF FEDERAL JURISDICTION IS NOT AVAILABLE, OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT, IN EITHER CASE SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, (ii) AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED ONLY IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT AND NOT IN ANY OTHER COURT, AND (iii) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING.

 

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(b) TO THE EXTENT THAT IT HAS OR HEREAFTER MAY ACQUIRE ANY IMMUNITY FROM THE JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER THROUGH SERVICE OR NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID TO EXECUTION, EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY, IT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES SUCH IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT.

SECTION 7.11 Confidentiality . Each party hereto agrees to comply with, and be bound by, the confidentiality provisions of Section 20 ( Confidential Information ) of the MLS Intercreditor Agreement as if fully set forth herein.

SECTION 7.12 No Proceedings . The provisions of Section 24.2 ( No Proceedings Against MLS ) of the MLS Intercreditor Agreement shall apply as if fully set forth herein.

SECTION 7.13 No Recourse Against Other Parties . No recourse under any obligation, covenant or agreement of any Lessee contained in this Agreement shall be had against any stockholder, employee, officer, director, member, manager incorporator or organizer of any Lessee.

SECTION 7.14 Severability . Any provisions of this Agreement which are prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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

 

SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P.
SPRINTCOM, INC.
NORTHERN PCS SERVICES, LLC
SPRINT TELEPHONY PCS, L.P.
AMERICAN PCS COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
PHILLIECO, LLC
TEXAS TELECOMMUNICATIONS, LLC
ALAMOSA WISCONSIN, LLC
AIRGATE PCS, INC.
LOUISIANA UNWIRED, LLC
GEORGIA PCS MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
INDEPENDENT WIRELESS ONE CORPORATION
SOUTHWEST PCS, LLC
ALAMOSA MISSOURI, LLC
WASHINGTON OREGON WIRELESS, LLC
IPCS WIRELESS, INC.
GULF COAST WIRELESS, LLC
HORIZON PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.

BRIGHT PERSONAL COMMUNICATIONS

           SERVICES, LLC,

ENTERPRISE COMMUNICATIONS, LLC

each an Originator

By:

 

/s/ Janet M. Duncan

Name:

  Janet M. Duncan

Title:

  Vice President and Treasurer

 

  S-1   First Step Transfer Agreement


TEXAS UNWIRED
an Originator
By: Louisiana Unwired LLC, as Partner
  By:  

/s/ Janet M. Duncan

  Name:   Janet M. Duncan
  Title:   Vice President and Treasurer
By: SprintCom, Inc., as Partner
  By:  

/s/ Janet M. Duncan

  Name:   Janet M. Duncan
  Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

 

  S-2   First Step Transfer Agreement


SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P. , as Servicer
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Duncan

Name:   Janet M. Duncan
Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

 

  S-3   First Step Transfer Agreement


For and on behalf of each of:
SLV - I LLC
SLV - II LLC
SLV - III LLC
SLV - IV LLC
SLV - V LLC
SLV - VI LLC
SLV - VII LLC
SLV - VIII LLC
SLV - IX LLC
SLV - X LLC
SLV - XI LLC
SLV - XII LLC
SLV - XIII LLC
SLV - XIV LLC
SLV - XV LLC
SLV - XVI LLC
SLV - XVII LLC
SLV - XVIII LLC
SLV - XIX LLC
SLV - XX LLC
SLV - XXI LLC
SLV - XXII LLC , each a Lessee
By:  

/s/ Stefan K. Schnopp

Name:   Stefan K. Schnopp
Title:   Director

 

  S-4   First Step Transfer Agreement

Exhibit 10.2

EXECUTION COPY

 

 

 

SECOND STEP TRANSFER AGREEMENT (TRANCHE 2)

dated as of April 28, 2016

among

THE LESSEES FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,

as Sellers

and

MOBILE LEASING SOLUTIONS, LLC,

as Buyer

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I

 

DEFINITIONS AND RELATED MATTERS

     2   

SECTION 1.1

 

Defined Terms

     2   

SECTION 1.2

 

Other Interpretive Matters

     10   

ARTICLE II

 

AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL

     10   

SECTION 2.1

 

Purchase and Sale

     10   

SECTION 2.2

 

Assignment and Assumption of Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations

     11   

SECTION 2.3

 

Lease Closing Date Purchase Price

     11   

SECTION 2.4

 

Purchase Price Upgrade Date

     12   

SECTION 2.5

 

No Recourse

     12   

SECTION 2.6

 

Intention of the Parties

     12   

SECTION 2.7

 

Like-Kind Exchanges

     13   

SECTION 2.8

 

Transfer Upon Upgrade Termination Option Payment

     13   

SECTION 2.9

 

Transfer Upon Upgrade Exchange Option

     14   

SECTION 2.10

 

Proceeds from Sale of Exchanged Devices Exchanged Under Upgrade Exchange Option

     14   

ARTICLE III

 

PAYMENT OF DEFERRED PURCHASE PRICE AMOUNT AND CONTINGENT PURCHASE PRICE

     14   

SECTION 3.1

 

Deferred Purchase Price Amount

     14   

SECTION 3.2

 

Contingent Purchase Price

     14   

ARTICLE IV

 

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     15   

SECTION 4.1

 

Mutual Representations and Warranties

     15   

SECTION 4.2

 

Additional Representations and Warranties of the Lessees

     16   

SECTION 4.3

 

Additional Representations and Warranties of the Buyer

     18   

ARTICLE V

 

GENERAL COVENANTS

     18   

SECTION 5.1

 

Mutual Covenants

     18   

SECTION 5.2

 

Additional Covenants of the Lessees

     20   

SECTION 5.3

 

Additional Covenants of the Buyer

     22   

ARTICLE VI

 

CORPORATE SEPARATENESS

     24   

SECTION 6.1

 

Corporate Separateness

     24   

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

         Page  

ARTICLE VII

 

INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT PROVISIONS

     28   

SECTION 7.1

 

Representations and Agreements of the Lessees

     28   

SECTION 7.2

 

Representations and Agreements of the Buyer

     29   

ARTICLE VIII

 

MISCELLANEOUS

     30   

SECTION 8.1

 

Amendments, etc

     30   

SECTION 8.2

 

No Waiver; Remedies

     30   

SECTION 8.3

 

Notices, Etc

     30   

SECTION 8.4

 

Binding Effect; Assignment

     30   

SECTION 8.5

 

Survival

     30   

SECTION 8.6

 

Costs and Expenses

     30   

SECTION 8.7

 

Execution in Counterparts; Integration

     31   

SECTION 8.8

 

Governing Law

     31   

SECTION 8.9

 

Waiver of Jury Trial

     31   

SECTION 8.10

 

Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities

     31   

SECTION 8.11

 

Confidentiality

     32   

SECTION 8.12

 

No Proceedings

     32   

SECTION 8.13

 

Severability

     32   

SECTION 8.14

 

Lessee Representative

     32   

SECTION 8.15

 

Mobile Leasing Solutions as Series LLC

     33   

SECTION 8.16

 

Limited Recourse

     33   

Schedule I

 

Lease Closing Date Devices

  

Schedule II

 

Lease Closing Date Customer Leases

  

Schedule III

 

Cash Purchase Price and Deferred Purchase Price

  

Schedule IV

 

UCC Details

  

Schedule V

 

Special Purpose Bankruptcy Remote Provisions

  

Schedule VI

 

Additional Definitions

  

 

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SECOND STEP TRANSFER AGREEMENT (TRANCHE 2)

This SECOND STEP TRANSFER AGREEMENT (TRANCHE 2), dated as of April 28, 2016 and effective as of the Lease Closing Date (this “ Agreement ”), is among THE PERSONS IDENTIFIED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO AS LESSEES, as sellers (collectively, the “ Lessees ” and, each, a “ Lessee ”), and MOBILE LEASING SOLUTIONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, acting for itself and on behalf of Series 2 thereof, as buyer (the “ Buyer ”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain First Step Transfer Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of the date hereof and effective as of the Lease Closing Date (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ First Step Transfer Agreement ”), among the Originators and the Lessees, the Originators will on the Lease Closing Date and from time to time contribute Devices and Related Customer Leases to the Lessees as further described in the First Step Transfer Agreement;

WHEREAS, each Lessee wishes to sell and the Buyer wishes to purchase the Devices and the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations under the Related Customer Leases pursuant to and in accordance with the terms hereof;

WHEREAS, the Devices and the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations under the Related Customer Leases will be held in the name of Mobile Leasing Solutions on behalf of Series 2;

WHEREAS, the Buyer has agreed to pay to the Lessees the Cash Purchase Price, the Deferred Purchase Price Amount and the Contingent Purchase Price, in each case, in accordance with the terms hereof;

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Master Lease Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of the date hereof and effective as of the Lease Closing Date (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Master Lease Agreement” ), by and among the Lessees, Servicer, the Buyer and Collateral Agent, as supplemented by each Device Lease Schedule agreed as of the Lease Closing Date by the Lessees and the Buyer and, if applicable, amended pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Master Lease Agreement (the Master Lease Agreement, together with each Device Lease Schedule, collectively, the “ Device Leases ” and, each, a “ Device Lease ”), the Buyer will on the Lease Closing Date commence leasing the Lease Closing Date Devices to the relevant Lessee;

WHEREAS, Servicer will service the Devices and Related Customer Leases for Lessees and the Buyer pursuant to the Servicing Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Parties intend that the Transaction Documents create a financing for all U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes, and thus specifically that (i) the Cash Purchase Price paid under this Agreement at closing be treated for such purposes as amounts loaned by the Buyer for which the Devices provide security and (ii) the Rental Payments payable to the Buyer under the Device Leases be treated for such purposes as payments on such indebtedness owed to the Buyer;


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, the terms and conditions contained herein and other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND RELATED MATTERS

SECTION 1.1 Defined Terms . In this Agreement, capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have the meaning provided for such terms in Appendix A to the Master Lease Agreement. In addition, the following terms used herein have the meanings indicated below:

Agreement ” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble of this Agreement.

Available Funds ” shall have the meaning provided in the Servicing Agreement.

Buyer ” shall have the meaning provided in the preamble of this Agreement.

Buyer Obligations ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 7.1(b) of this Agreement.

Buyer Permitted Lien ” means

(a) Liens created under the Transaction Documents;

(b) Liens securing Debt under any Permitted Additional Tranche and “Permitted Liens” as defined in the transaction documents relating to any Permitted Additional Tranche;

(c) Liens for taxes not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Buyer in conformity with GAAP;

(d) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation;

(e) Liens on insurance policies and proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;

(f) Liens on equipment arising from precautionary UCC financing statements regarding operating leases of equipment;

(g) (i) Liens that are contractual or common law rights of set-off relating to (A) the establishment of depository relations in the ordinary course of business with banks not given in connection with the issuance of Debt or (B) pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Buyer to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Buyer and (ii) other Liens securing cash management obligations (that do not constitute Debt) in the ordinary course of business;

 

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(h) Liens of a collecting bank arising under Section 4-208 or Section 4-210 of the UCC on items in the course of collection; or

(i) nonrecourse Liens on and purchase money security interests in immaterial assets of Mobile Leasing Solutions arising in the ordinary course of business.

Cash Purchase Price ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.3(a) of this Agreement.

Collections ” shall have the meaning provided in the Servicing Agreement.

Contingent Device Purchase Price ” means an amount (which may be less than zero) equal to:

(a) the sum of:

(i) the aggregate Device Net Sale Proceeds in respect of all Device disposals on or prior to the Final Settlement Date; plus

(ii) the sum of all Device Dilution Payments on or prior to the Final Settlement Date; plus

(iii) the sum of all Customer Purchase Price Amounts on or prior to the Final Settlement Date; plus

(iv) the aggregate Sprint Net Sale Proceeds in respect of all Device disposals on or prior to the Final Settlement Date; plus

(v) the sum of all Forward Purchase Price Amounts in respect of all Device disposals on or prior to the Final Settlement Date; minus

(b) the sum of:

(i) the aggregate Device Residual Values for each Lease Closing Date Device as of the applicable Expected Sales Date of such Device; plus

(ii) the sum of all Supplemental Fixed Amounts;

provided, any transfers or sale of Devices under Sections 2.8 , 2.9 and, for the avoidance of doubt, 2.10 , shall not be included in the calculation of clause (a) and provided, further, the deductions in clause (b) shall be without duplication of any amounts deducted from the calculation of Deferred Purchase Price Amount.

 

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Contingent Rent Purchase Price ” means an amount (which may be less than zero) equal to

(a) the sum of:

(i) all Excess Rental Payments on or prior to the Final Settlement Date; plus

(ii) all Other Payments on or prior to the Final Settlement Date; plus

(iii) the MLS Collection Account Interest; minus

(b) the sum of:

(i) the sum of all Rental Payments and other amounts due and owing to the Buyer by any Lessee, Servicer or Guarantor as of the Final Settlement Date; plus

(ii) the aggregate additional interest expense incurred by the Buyer in respect of the Facilities as a result of the Buyer not receiving Device Net Sale Proceeds (or Device Dilution Payments, Customer Purchase Price Amounts, Sprint Net Sale Proceeds or Forward Purchase Price Amounts in lieu thereof) for a Device on or prior to the applicable Expected Sales Date of such Device; provided such interest expense with respect to each applicable Device shall be calculated for the period between the Expected Sales Date of such Device and the earlier of the (x) Final Settlement Date and (y) the date on which the Device Net Sale Proceeds (or Device Dilution Payments, Customer Purchase Price Amounts, Sprint Net Sale Proceeds or Forward Purchase Price Amounts in lieu thereof) for such Device are actually received by the Buyer at the rate set forth in the applicable Financing Document on an amount equal to the Device Residual Value of such Device as of the Expected Sales Date; provided, further, this clause (ii) shall exclude additional interest expense with respect to any Device returned to the Buyer (or its Nominated Agent) that satisfies the Device Return Condition for any period after the Device Disposal Period for such Device; provided further, this clause (ii) shall be inapplicable to any Exchanged Device where the related Upgraded Device has been sold to Buyer pursuant to Section 2.1 ; plus

(iii) all unreimbursed costs and fees of the Buyer (or its Nominated Agent) as of the Final Settlement Date to repair and restore Devices that when returned were not in Device Return Condition; provided any such repair cost or expense was incurred by the Buyer (or its Nominated Agent) in accordance with the Transaction Documents;

provided, however, the deductions in (b)(i)-(iii) shall be without duplication of any amounts deducted from the calculation of Deferred Purchase Price Amount.

Contingent Purchase Price ” means the sum of the Contingent Device Purchase Price plus the Contingent Rent Purchase Price; provided, however, in no event shall this amount be less than zero.

Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations ” means, with respect to any Related Customer Lease for a Device, (a) during the Term of a Device Lease for such Device, (i) the

 

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right to receive possession of such Device if returned by the Customer, (ii) the right to receive purchase price payments or payments in lieu of delivery by Customers under such Related Customer Lease, (iii) the obligation to deliver title to such Device to the relevant Customer free and clear of any Adverse Claims arising by and through the Buyer upon payment of the purchase price or payment in lieu of delivery and all other amounts due and owing for such Device under such Related Customer Lease, (iv) the right to terminate such Related Customer Lease in accordance with the early termination provisions thereof if the Sprint Parties discontinue the Sprint Parties’ leasing program for Devices and (v) the right to set the fair market value of such Device under such Related Customer Lease in relation to the Customer’s purchase option in respect of such Device after the Customer Lease Term and (b) at all times after the Term of a Device Lease for such Device, all rights and obligations under such Related Customer Lease other than the right to receive all Customer Receivables attributable to any period during the Term of such Device Lease.

Customer Purchase Price Amounts ” means with respect to any Device, all purchase price payments and payments in lieu of delivery of such Device received by the Buyer, directly or indirectly from the relevant Customers under the applicable Related Customer Lease. For the avoidance of doubt this amount shall not include payments on account of scheduled Customer Receivables.

Debt ” means, at any time, indebtedness of any Person at any time, without duplication, all obligations of such Person for money borrowed or raised, all obligations (other than accounts payable and other similar items arising in the ordinary course of business) of such Person for the deferred payment of the purchase price of property, and all capital lease obligations or other obligations which, in each case, in accordance with GAAP, would be included in determining total liabilities as shown on the liability side of the balance sheet of such Person and all guarantees (whether contingent or otherwise) of such Person guaranteeing the Debt of any other Person, whether directly or indirectly (other than endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business).

Deemed Collections ” shall have the meaning provided in the Servicing Agreement.

Deferred Purchase Price ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.3(b) of this Agreement.

Deferred Purchase Price Amount ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.1 of this Agreement.

Deferred Purchase Price Interest ” shall have the meaning provided in Schedule VI of this Agreement.

Delivery Costs ” shall have the meaning provided in the Device Repurchase Agreement.

Device Dilution Payment ” means with respect to any Device, (i) any payment to the Buyer on account of Dilutions in respect of the Device Residual Value for such Device pursuant to Sections 2.7(b), 2.7(d), 2.7(f) or 2.14(b)(ii) of the Servicing Agreement, Sections 2.9(a)(ii)(3), 2.9(a)(iii)(3) or 2.13(b)(ii)(B) of the Master Lease Agreement, or the exercise by any Lessee of the Upgrade Termination Option and payment of any amounts under clause (a)(iii) of the

 

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definition of Upgrade Termination Option Payment and (ii) any Upgrade Dilution deposited into the Upgrade Reserve Account and distributed to the MLS Collection Account (Tranche 2) or to the Forward Purchaser pursuant to Sections 2.9(c)(i) or 2.9(c)(iii) of the MLS Intercreditor Agreement.

Device Disposal Period ” means, with respect to a Device, the period from the return of the Device to the Buyer (or its Nominated Agent) to the earlier of (a) in the case of a Device (other than a Reparable Device or Incremental Device), 30 days thereafter, in the case of a Reparable Device, 45 days thereafter and in the case of an Incremental Device, 60 days thereafter and (b) the date such Device is disposed of.

Device Handling Fee ” shall have the meaning provided in the Support Services Agreement.

Device Losses ” means with respect to a Device, an amount (which may be less than zero) equal to (a) the sum of (i) the Device Net Sale Proceeds in respect of the disposal of such Device on or prior to the Final Settlement Date, (ii) any Device Dilution Payment in respect of such Device on or prior to the Final Settlement Date, (iii) any Customer Purchase Price Amount in respect of such Device on or prior to the Final Settlement Date, (iv) the Sprint Net Sale Proceeds in respect of the disposal of such Device on or prior to the Final Settlement Date and (v) the Forward Purchase Price Amount in respect of the disposal of such Device on or prior to the Final Settlement Date; minus (b) the sum of (i) the Device Residual Value for such Device as of the applicable Expected Sales Date of such Device plus (ii) the sum of all Rental Payments and other amounts due and owing to the Buyer by any Lessee, Servicer or Guarantor as of the Final Settlement Date in respect of such Device; plus (iii) the aggregate additional interest expense incurred by the Buyer in respect of the Facilities as a result of the Buyer not receiving Device Net Sale Proceeds (or Device Dilution Payments, Customer Purchase Price Amounts, Sprint Net Sale Proceeds or Forward Purchase Price Amounts in lieu thereof) in respect of such Device on or prior to the applicable Expected Sales Date of such Device, provided such interest expense with respect to such Device shall be calculated for the period between the Expected Sales Date of such Device and the earlier of the (x) Final Settlement Date and (y) the date on which the Device Net Sale Proceeds (or Device Dilution Payments, Customer Purchase Price Amounts, Sprint Net Sale Proceeds or Forward Purchase Price Amounts in lieu thereof) for such Device are actually received by the Buyer at the rate set forth in the applicable Financing Document on an amount equal to the Device Residual Value of such Device as of the Expected Sales Date; provided, further, this clause (b)(iii) shall exclude additional interest expense with respect to a Device that is returned to the Buyer (or its Nominated Agent) and satisfies the Device Return Condition for any period after the Device Disposal Period for such Device; plus (iv) all unreimbursed costs and fees of the Buyer (or its Nominated Agent) as of the Final Settlement Date to repair and restore such Device that when returned was not in the Device Return Condition, provided any such repair cost or expense was incurred by the Buyer (or its Nominated Agent) in accordance with the Transaction Documents, provided, however, the deductions in (b)(i)-(iv) shall be without duplication of any amounts deducted from the calculation of Contingent Purchase Price and clause (b)(i) of Section 3.1.

 

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Device Net Sale Proceeds ” means, with respect to a Device sold by the Buyer (or its Nominated Agent) in the secondary market, the Device Sale Proceeds for such Device less the Device Handling Fee payable with respect to such sale.

Device Repayment Purchase Price ” shall have the meaning provided in the Servicing Agreement.

Devices ” means the Lease Closing Date Devices, the Upgraded Devices and each wireless mobile device received by the Buyer in connection with a Like-Kind Exchange for any of the foregoing Devices.

Device Sale Proceeds ” means, with respect to a Device sold by the Buyer (or its Nominated Agent), the gross proceeds of sale of such Device.

Excess Rental Payment ” means (i) with respect to a Customer Lease, all monthly Customer Receivables paid by Customers in respect of any period after the Scheduled Customer Lease Term of such Customer Lease, (ii) with respect to the exercise of any Upgrade Termination Option and without duplication of any amounts in clause (i), all Customer Receivables transferred to the MLS Collection Account (Tranche 2) on account of an Upgraded Customer Lease allocable to the period after the Upgrade Date other than any amounts deducted from the related Upgrade Termination Option Payment pursuant to clause (b) of the definition thereof and (iii) without duplication of any amounts in clauses (i) or (ii), all monthly Customer Receivables, Rent Dilutions and payments under the Sprint Guarantee transferred by Servicer or Guarantor to the MLS Collection Account (Tranche 2) in respect of a Device Lease Payment Date in excess of the Rental Payment due on such Device Lease Payment Date (excluding applied Carryover Amounts).

Facilities ” means the Senior Loans and the Senior Subordinated Loans.

Financing Documents ” means each of the documents evidencing the Facilities.

Forward Purchase Price Amount ” means, with respect to a Device sold by the Buyer (or its Nominated Agent) to Forward Purchaser under the Forward Purchase Agreement, the Fixed Price (as defined in the Forward Purchase Agreement) for such Device as of the Sale Date (as defined in the Forward Purchase Agreement) of such Device less the Originator Charge.

Income Tax ” means any tax imposed on the net income or profits of any Person and any similar Taxes, including any minimum Tax, net worth Tax, capital stock Tax or similar Tax.

Incremental Device ” shall have the meaning provided in the Support Services Agreement.

Independent Director ” means a natural person who (I) is not at the time of initial appointment, or at any time while serving as Independent Director of a Lessee, and has not been at any time during the preceding five (5) years: (a) a stockholder, member, director, manager (with the exception of serving as an independent manager or independent director of any Lessee), officer, employee, partner, attorney or counsel of such Lessee or Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates (other than the other Lessees); (b) a supplier or other Person who

 

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derives any of its purchases or revenues from its activities with such Lessee or Guarantor or any of their respective Affiliates (except in such person’s capacity as an independent manager or independent director of any Lessee); or (c) a member of the immediate family of any such supplier, stockholder, member, director, manager, officer, employee, partner, attorney, counsel or other Person described in clauses (a)  or (b)  above and (II) (1) has prior experience as an independent manager or independent director for a company whose charter documents required the unanimous consent of all independent managers or independent directors thereof before such 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 (2) has at least three years of relevant employment experience.

Investment Company Act ” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Lease Closing Date Devices ” means the wireless mobile device identified on Schedule I hereto.

Lease Closing Date Customer Leases ” means each Customer Lease with respect to a Lease Closing Date Device identified on Schedule II hereto.

Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche ” means, in respect of any Lessee, any transaction or arrangement whereby (i) such Lessee sells (directly or indirectly) mobile wireless devices and rights in customer leases to Mobile Leasing Solutions acting for itself and/or on behalf of any Series (other than Series 2) and leases back (directly or indirectly) such devices from Mobile Leasing Solutions acting for itself and/or on behalf of any Series (other than Series 2) and (ii) Mobile Leasing Solutions acting for itself and/or on behalf of any Series finances such sale pursuant to a Permitted Additional Tranche.

Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche Transaction Documents ” means the documents mutually agreed to by the relevant Lessees and Mobile Leasing Solutions acting for itself and/or on behalf of any Series evidencing a Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche.

Lessee Representative ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.14 of this Agreement.

Like-Kind Exchange Transfer Date ” means the date a Like-Kind Exchange occurs.

MLS Collection Account Interest ” means, as of the Final Settlement Date, the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of interest payments on or credited to the MLS Collection Account (Tranche 2) accrued to such date minus (ii) the aggregate amount of interest payments on or credited to the MLS Collection Account (Tranche 2) paid to the Lessee Representative pursuant to the Waterfall to such date.

Mobile Leasing Solutions ” means Mobile Leasing Solutions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

Net Device Losses ” means, with respect to any Device for which the calculation of Device Losses resulted in an amount less than zero, an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the Deferred Purchase Price with respect to such Device and (ii) the Device Losses with respect to

 

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such Device (assuming the Device Losses are expressed as a positive amount solely for purposes of this clause (ii)). As an example, if Device Losses are -50, for purposes of clause (ii), Device Losses would be expressed as 50.

OFAC ” shall have the meaning provided in the First Step Transfer Agreement.

Originator Charge ” shall have the meaning provided in the Support Services Agreement.

Originator Device Fee ” shall have the meaning provided in the Device Repurchase Agreement.

Other Payments ” means the sum of all Collections received by the Buyer, directly or indirectly, from Customers under the Related Customer Leases (other than scheduled Customer Receivables and Customer Purchase Price Amounts).

PATRIOT Act ” shall have the meaning provided in the First Step Transfer Agreement.

Permitted Additional Tranches ” means any transaction entered into by Mobile Leasing Solutions acting for itself and/or on behalf of any Series (other than Series 2) constituting non-recourse secured debt of Mobile Leasing Solutions and/or such Series secured by mobile wireless devices and customer leases of such Series (whether held by such Series directly or held in the name of Mobile Leasing Solutions on behalf of such Series) arising from a mobile telephony operator’s cellular telephony business and which may also be secured by the membership interests in such Series and/or other assets of such Series (whether held by such Series directly or held in the name of Mobile Leasing Solutions on behalf of such Series), which collateral does not constitute collateral securing any other financing of Mobile Leasing Solutions (acting on behalf of itself or any Series) and in respect of which the Persons providing such financing in connection with such transaction and their agents have entered into intercreditor arrangements containing the Required Intercreditor Provision limiting the rights of such Persons and their agents to the specific collateral securing such non-recourse debt.

Purchase Price ” means the Lease Closing Date Purchase Price as adjusted pursuant to Section 2.4.

Qualified Purchaser ” means a “qualified purchaser” within the meaning of Section 2(a)(51) of the Investment Company Act.

Related Customer Leases ” means the Lease Closing Date Customer Leases and the Upgraded Customer Leases.

Related Originator ” shall have the meaning provided in the First Step Transfer Agreement.

Related Lease Closing Date Purchase Price ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.3 of this Agreement.

Related Upgrade Purchase Price ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.4 of this Agreement.

 

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Rent Dilution ” means a Dilution in respect of a scheduled Customer Receivable.

Rent Payment Shortfall ” means, as of any date of determination, the sum of all accrued and unpaid Rental Payments as of such date.

Required Intercreditor Provision ” shall have the meaning provided in the MLS Intercreditor Agreement.

Senior Loan Lenders ” shall have the meaning provided in the Servicing Agreement.

Servicer Report ” shall have the meaning provided in the Servicing Agreement.

Sprint Net Sale Proceeds ” means, with respect to (i) a Device sold by the Buyer (or its Nominated Agent) to any Originator under the Device Repurchase Agreement, the Device Sale Proceeds for such Device less the Originator Device Fee less, to the extent not included in the Originator Device Fee, Delivery Costs and sales and transfer Taxes (not including any Income Taxes), if any, payable with respect to such transfer incurred in connection with such sale, (ii) a Device for which any Lessee has made payment under Section 2.11(c) of the Master Lease Agreement, the amount paid under Section 2.11(c)(ii) of the Master Lease Agreement or (iii) a Device for which the Servicer has made payment under Section 5.2 of the Servicing Agreement, without duplication of any amounts in clause (ii), the amount paid under Section 5.2(ii) of the Servicing Agreement.

Supplemental Fixed Amount ” shall have the meaning provided in the Forward Purchase Agreement.

Support Services Agreement ” shall have the meaning provided in the Servicing Agreement.

Transfer ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 7.1(b) of this Agreement.

Upgrade Exchange Option Transfer Date ” shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.9 of this Agreement.

SECTION 1.2 Other Interpretive Matters . The interpretation of this Agreement, unless otherwise specified, is subject to Section 1.2 of the Master Lease Agreement.

ARTICLE II

AGREEMENT TO PURCHASE AND SELL

SECTION 2.1 Purchase and Sale . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, (i) on the Lease Closing Date, each Lessee, severally and for itself, hereby sells to the Buyer, and, in consideration of the payment of the Lease Closing Date Purchase Price in accordance with Section 2.3, the Buyer hereby purchases from the relevant Lessee, all of such Lessee’s right, title and interest in, to and under (a) each Lease Closing Date Device and (b) the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations under each Lease Closing Date Customer Lease and (ii) subject to Section 2.8, on each Upgrade Date occurring during the Term

 

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of a Device Lease for a Device, each Lessee, severally and for itself, hereby sells to the Buyer, and, in consideration of the payment of the Related Upgrade Purchase Price in accordance with Section 2.4, the Buyer hereby purchases from the relevant Lessee, all of such Lessee’s right, title and interest in, to and under (a) each Upgraded Device subject to a Customer Upgrade on such Upgrade Date and (b) the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations under each Upgraded Customer Lease related to such Upgraded Devices. For the avoidance of doubt, any Device the Upgrade Date with respect to which occurred after the end of the Term of a Device Lease for such Device shall not be transferred pursuant to this Agreement.

SECTION 2.2 Assignment and Assumption of Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations . For the purposes of this Agreement, (x) all sales of contractual and other rights of Lessees in connection with Devices and Related Customer Leases shall be deemed to be absolute and irrevocable assignments thereof and (y) all purchases of contractual obligations by the Buyer shall be deemed to be assumptions thereof. From and after the Lease Closing Date (i) the Buyer shall have assumed the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations under the Lease Closing Date Customer Leases and (ii) each Lessee shall have relinquished its rights and be released from its obligations under the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations under the Lease Closing Date Customer Leases. From and after any Upgrade Date for an Upgraded Device (i) the Buyer shall have assumed the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations under the Upgraded Customer Lease for such Upgraded Device and (ii) each Lessee shall have relinquished its rights and be released from its obligations under the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations under such Upgraded Customer Lease. For the avoidance of doubt, in the case of each Lease Closing Date Customer Lease, from and after the Lease Closing Date, and, in the case of any Upgraded Device, from and after the Upgrade Date for such Upgraded Device, until the Term of a Device Lease for such Device has terminated or expired, the relevant Lessee shall be the lessor of record of the Device under the Related Customer Lease and own the right to receive all scheduled Customer Receivables in connection with such Related Customer Lease. Furthermore, for the avoidance of doubt, except for the obligations assigned to the Buyer herein, nothing herein shall relieve the relevant Lessee (or the Servicer on its behalf) from performing its obligations under the relevant Customer Leases.

SECTION 2.3 Lease Closing Date Purchase Price . The purchase price for the Lease Closing Date Devices and the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations under the Lease Closing Date Customer Leases sold by each Lessee to the Buyer on the Lease Closing Date (each, a “ Related Lease Closing Date Purchase Price ” and, in the aggregate, the “ Lease Closing Date Purchase Price ”) shall be payable by the Buyer as follows:

(a) first, on the Lease Closing Date, the Buyer shall pay to the Lessee Representative, on behalf of the Lessees, a portion of the Related Lease Closing Date Purchase Price in cash (in immediately available funds) in the amount set forth on Schedule III under the heading “Cash Purchase Price” (the “ Cash Purchase Price ”);

(b) second, a portion of such Related Lease Closing Date Purchase Price in the amount set forth on Schedule III under the heading “Deferred Purchase Price” shall be deferred (the “ Deferred Purchase Price ”) and paid to the Lessee Representative, on behalf of the Lessees, in accordance with Section 3.1; and

 

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(c) third, the remaining portion of such Related Lease Closing Date Purchase Price shall be deferred and paid to the Lessee Representative, on behalf of the Lessees, on the Final Settlement Date in accordance with Section 3.2 as the Contingent Purchase Price.

SECTION 2.4 Purchase Price Upgrade Date . The consideration for any Upgraded Device and the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations under the related Upgraded Customer Lease sold by the relevant Lessee to the Buyer on the applicable Upgrade Date (each, a “ Related Upgrade Purchase Price ”) shall consist of (a) a purchase price equal to the Related Lease Closing Date Purchase Price (or, if the Exchanged Device was originally an Upgraded Device, the Related Upgrade Purchase Price) that was or would have been payable in respect of the Exchanged Device without giving effect to any Upgrade Exchange and (b) delivery to the Lessee of the Exchanged Device (or net sale proceeds thereof) subject to the conditions set forth in Sections 2.9 and 2.10; provided, however, the Contingent Purchase Price calculation for net disposal proceeds shall be made using the net disposal proceeds relating to the Upgraded Device and not the Exchanged Device and the calculation of Excess Rental Payments in the Contingent Purchase Price Calculation shall account for Customer Receivables paid in respect of the Upgraded Customer Lease related to such Upgraded Device. Any amount paid or payable by the Buyer in respect of the Exchanged Device shall be deemed paid or payable by the Buyer in respect of such Upgraded Device except the Contingent Purchase Price shall be adjusted as described above. Nothing in this Section 2.4 shall operate as to require the Buyer to pay any additional amounts of Cash Purchase Price or Deferred Purchase Price on account of the Upgraded Device that would not otherwise have been payable by the Buyer under the Transaction Documents with respect to the Exchanged Device. For the avoidance of doubt, at the time of any Upgrade Exchange, any amounts of the Related Lease Closing Date Purchase Price (or, if the Exchanged Device was an Upgraded Device, the Related Upgrade Purchase Price) previously paid in respect of the Exchanged Device will be deemed to have been paid in respect of the Related Upgrade Purchase Price of the Upgraded Device.

SECTION 2.5 No Recourse . Except as specifically provided in this Agreement, the purchase and sale of the Devices and the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations under this Agreement shall be without recourse to any Lessee.

SECTION 2.6 Intention of the Parties. It is the express intent of each of the parties hereto that each purchase and sale hereunder shall (except for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes) each severally constitute a true sale and absolute assignment of the Devices and the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations by each Lessee to the Buyer (such that the Devices and the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations, other than those, if any, subsequently transferred pursuant to Section 2.8, repurchased by the Lessees pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents or exchanged pursuant to a Like-Kind Exchange, would not be property of any Lessee’s estate in any Insolvency Event relating to any Lessee). As a protective measure in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the conveyance of the Devices and the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations to the Buyer is recharacterized by any third party as a pledge securing a loan, each Lessee does hereby grant to Mobile Leasing Solutions for the benefit of Series 2 as of, (x) in the case of the Lease Closing Date Devices and Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations in respect of the Lease Closing Date Customer Leases, the Lease Closing Date, (y) in the case of each Upgraded Device and Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations with respect to each Upgraded Customer Lease, the Upgrade Date

 

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for the related Upgraded Device and (z) in the case of each Like-Kind Exchange Device, the Like-Kind Exchange Transfer Date for such Like-Kind Exchange Device, a security interest in all of such Lessee’s now or hereafter existing right, title and interest in, to and under the Devices and the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations and agrees that this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable law. Each Lessee hereby authorizes the Buyer, or its respective designees (i) to file one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto and assignments thereof, relative to all or any of the Devices and the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations now existing or hereafter arising in the name of such Lessee and (ii) to the extent permitted by Law and the Servicing Agreement, to notify Customers of the assignment of the Devices and related Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations pursuant hereto.

SECTION 2.7 Like-Kind Exchanges . At any time that Servicer (on behalf of the Lessee) does a Like-Kind Exchange under the relevant Customer Lease and as permitted under the Servicing Agreement, the Lessee shall be deemed to have sold to the Buyer the Device subject to the Like-Kind Exchange (“ Like-Kind Exchange Device ”) on the Like-Kind Exchange Transfer Date for such Like-Kind Exchange Device in exchange for the Related Lease Closing Date Purchase Price or, in the case of an Upgraded Device, the Related Upgrade Purchase Price, as applicable, for such Device that was or would have been payable in respect of the original Device, provided, however, the Contingent Purchase Price calculation for net disposal proceeds shall be made using the net disposal proceeds relating to the Like-Kind Exchange Device and not the original Device. Any amount payable by the Buyer in respect of the original Device shall instead be payable by the Buyer in respect of such Like-Kind Exchange Device except the Contingent Purchase Price shall be adjusted as described above. Nothing in this Section 2.7 shall operate as to require the Buyer to pay any additional amounts of Cash Purchase Price or Deferred Purchase Price on account of the Like-Kind Exchange Device that would not otherwise have been payable by the Buyer under the Transaction Documents with respect to the original Device. For the avoidance of doubt, at the time of any Like-Kind Exchange, any amounts of the Related Lease Closing Date Purchase Price (or, if the original Device was an Upgraded Device, the Related Upgrade Purchase Price) previously paid in respect of the original Device will be deemed to have been paid in respect of the Related Upgrade Purchase Price of the Like-Kind Exchange Device.

SECTION 2.8 Transfer Upon Upgrade Termination Option Payment . At any time a Device Lease for a Device is terminated pursuant to the exercise by the relevant Lessee of its Upgrade Termination Option with respect to such Device in accordance with Section 2.13(b)(ii) of the Master Lease Agreement, the transfer in Section 2.1 with respect to the related Upgraded Device will be deemed not to have occurred. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent the Buyer has any rights, title or interest in the Upgraded Device and the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations in respect of the related Upgraded Customer Lease notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the Buyer shall transfer to the relevant Lessee, effective as of the Upgrade Date for such Device, all of the Buyer’s right, title and interest in and to such Upgraded Device and such Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations. In connection with any exercise by a Lessee of its Upgrade Termination Option, the Buyer shall have the rights and obligations that it would otherwise have had with respect to the Exchanged Device without giving effect to any Upgrade Exchange.

 

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SECTION 2.9 Transfer Upon Upgrade Exchange Option . Following any Upgrade Exchange of a Device during the Term of the Device Lease for such Device and if (i) the relevant Lessee has not elected the Upgrade Termination Option with respect to the Upgraded Device within the Upgrade Termination Option Period or, during the Upgrade Termination Option Period, has notified the Buyer that it waives its right to elect the Upgrade Termination Option with respect to such Upgraded Device (which notice and waiver shall be irrevocable) and (ii) the Servicer has paid to the Buyer any Upgrade Dilution with respect to such Upgrade Exchange by the Upgrade Dilution Payment Date, if applicable, in accordance with Section 2.13(b)(i) of the Master Lease Agreement (the date conditions (i) and (ii) are satisfied, the “ Upgrade Exchange Option Transfer Date ”), the Buyer shall be deemed to have transferred to the relevant Lessee on the Upgrade Exchange Option Transfer Date title to the Exchanged Device subject to the Upgrade Exchange.

SECTION 2.10 Proceeds from Sale of Exchanged Devices Exchanged Under Upgrade Exchange Option . Following any Upgrade Exchange of a Device during the Term of the Device Lease for such Device for which (i) the relevant Lessee does not elect the Upgrade Termination Option with respect to the Upgraded Device within the Upgrade Termination Option Period or, during the Upgrade Termination Option Period, has notified the Buyer that it waives its right to elect the Upgrade Termination Option with respect to such Upgraded Device (which notice and waiver shall be irrevocable) and (ii) the Servicer fails to pay the Upgrade Dilution with respect to the Upgrade Exchange by the Upgrade Dilution Payment Date, if applicable, the Buyer shall sell the Exchanged Device subject to the Upgrade Exchange and apply the Device Net Sale Proceeds or Forward Purchase Price Amount, as applicable, first, in satisfaction of any unpaid Upgrade Dilution with respect to the Upgrade Exchange and, second, any remainder, to the Lessee Representative (on behalf of the relevant Lessee).

ARTICLE III

PAYMENT OF DEFERRED PURCHASE PRICE

AMOUNT AND CONTINGENT PURCHASE PRICE

SECTION 3.1 Deferred Purchase Price Amount . The Buyer shall pay the Lessee Representative, on behalf of the Lessees, on any Settlement Date in accordance with the Waterfall, an aggregate amount (which shall not be less than zero) (the “ Deferred Purchase Price Amount ”) equal to (I)(a) the sum of (i) the aggregate Deferred Purchase Price plus (ii) the remainder of (x) the aggregate amount of Deferred Purchase Price Interest accrued to such date minus (y) the aggregate amount of Deferred Purchase Price Interest paid to the Lessees to such date minus (b) the sum of (i) the aggregate amount of Rent Payment Shortfalls to such date without duplication of any amounts deducted from the calculation of Contingent Rent Purchase Price and Net Device Losses plus (ii) the sum of all Supplemental Fixed Amounts plus (iii) the aggregate Net Device Losses to such date; provided, however, in determining the aggregate Net Device Losses the calculation shall exclude each Exchanged Device where the related Upgraded Device is sold to the Buyer pursuant to Section 2.1 minus (II) the aggregate amount paid to such date pursuant to clause (I).

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the Contingent Purchase Price. In the event the Buyer does not have sufficient Available Funds to pay the Contingent Purchase Price solely as a result of (i) Marketing Services Provider’s failure to timely pay to the Buyer the Device Net Sale Proceeds in accordance with the Support Services Agreement or in respect of Marketing Services Provider’s collection of Device Net Sale Proceeds occurring after the Final Settlement Date and/or (ii) Forward Purchaser’s failure to timely pay to the Buyer all amounts due and owing under the Forward Purchase Agreement (the “ Insufficient Amount ”), the Lessees hereby agree that the Contingent Purchase Price shall be reduced by the Insufficient Amount (so long as the Contingent Purchase Price shall not be less than zero after giving effect to such reduction) and the Buyer shall transfer any claim it has to the Insufficient Amount to the Lessee Representative and agrees to cooperate with Lessee Representative in connection with pursuing any claim for the Insufficient Amount as reasonably requested by Lessee Representative from time to time.

ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

SECTION 4.1 Mutual Representations and Warranties . Each Lessee represents and warrants to the Buyer, and the Buyer represents and warrants to the Lessees, as of the Lease Closing Date, as follows:

(a) Power and Authority; Due Authorization . It (i) has all necessary power and authority to (A) execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party in any capacity and (B) carry out the terms of and perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents applicable to it and (ii) has duly authorized by all necessary corporate or limited liability company action, as applicable, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

(b) Binding Obligations . This Agreement constitutes, and each other Transaction Document to be signed by such party when duly executed and delivered by it will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

(c) No Violation . The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the performance by it of the terms hereof and thereof will not (i) violate or result in a default under (A) its articles or certificate of incorporation, memorandum and articles of association, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, or other organizational documents, as applicable, or (B) any material indenture or other material agreement or instrument binding on it, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or instrument except for any Lien that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or arising under the Transaction Documents, or (iii) violate in any material respect any Law applicable to it or any of its properties.

 

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(d) Bulk Sales Act . No transaction contemplated hereby requires compliance by it with any bulk sales act or similar Law.

(e) No Proceedings . There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to its Knowledge, threatened against or affecting it (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the other Transaction Documents, or (iii) that otherwise involve this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party.

(f) Governmental Approvals . No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required for its due execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, except, as applicable, for the filing of UCC financing statements required under the Transaction Documents and filings with the Securities Exchange Commission to the extent required by applicable Law.

SECTION 4.2 Additional Representations and Warranties of the Lessees . Each Lessee represents and warrants to the Buyer (i) as of the Cutoff Date, (ii) as of the Lease Closing Date, (iii) as of each Upgrade Date, and (iv) as of each Like-Kind Exchange Transfer Date, provided, however, (a) in the case of clause (i), each Lessee only makes the representation and warranty in Section 4.2(k) and only in respect of the Lease Closing Date Devices and Lease Closing Date Customer Leases, (b) in the case of clause (ii), each Lessee does not make the representation in Section 4.2(k), (c) in the case of clause (iii), each Lessee makes the representations and warranties in Section 4.2(c), (e), (k) and (l) only with respect to the Upgraded Devices and related Upgraded Customer Leases transferred pursuant to Section 2.1 as of the applicable Upgrade Date and makes the representations and warranties in Sections 4.2(f) and (j) and (d) in the case of clause (iv), each Lessee only makes the representation and warranty in Section 4.2(k)(i) and only in respect of the Like-Kind Exchange Device transferred as of the applicable Like-Kind Exchange Transfer Date, as follows:

(a) Organization and Good Standing . It has been duly organized or incorporated in, and is validly existing as a corporation, exempted company or limited liability company, as applicable, in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization or incorporation (where applicable), with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are presently owned and such business is presently conducted and will be conducted, except to the extent that such failure could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Due Qualification . It is duly qualified to do business as a foreign organization in good standing, if applicable, and has obtained all necessary qualifications, licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its property or the conduct of its business requires such qualifications, licenses or approvals, except where the failure to be in good standing or to hold any such qualifications, licenses and approvals could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(c) Valid Sale . This Agreement constitutes an absolute and irrevocable valid sale of the Devices and the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations to the Buyer.

(d) Use of Proceeds . The use of all funds obtained by it under this Agreement will not conflict with or contravene any of Regulations T, U and X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System.

(e) Quality of Title . At the time of its sale to the Buyer hereunder, each Device and the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations in respect of each Related Customer Lease, is owned by it free and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than Permitted Device Liens); when the Buyer purchases such Devices and Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations, the Buyer shall have acquired them for fair consideration and reasonably equivalent value, free and clear of any Adverse Claims (other than Permitted Device Liens) and no valid effective financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering any Device and any Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations is on file in any recording office, except such as may be filed (i) in favor of the relevant Lessee in accordance with the First Step Transfer Agreement or any other Transaction Document (and assigned to Mobile Leasing Solutions for the benefit of Series 2 and further assigned to the Collateral Agent) or (ii) in connection with any Permitted Device Lien.

(f) UCC Details . Its true legal name as registered in the sole jurisdiction in which it is organized and the jurisdiction of such organization are specified in Schedule IV and its chief executive office is at the address specified in Schedule IV (or at such other location notified to the Buyer and Collateral Agent). Except as described in Schedule IV , it has never had any trade names, fictitious names, assumed names or “doing business as” names and is “located” in the jurisdiction specified in Schedule IV for purposes of Section 9-307 of the UCC. It is organized in only a single jurisdiction.

(g) Adverse Change . Since the date of their formation, there has been no change in the financial condition, business or prospects of the Lessees, taken as a whole, that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(h) Investment Company Act . It is not an “investment company” under (and as defined in) the Investment Company Act.

(i) Tax Returns and Payments . It has filed all federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns that are required to be filed by it and has paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by it, except (i) for any such taxes or assessments, if any, that are being appropriately contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided or (ii) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No tax lien has been filed, and, to its Knowledge, no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such tax or assessment that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(j) No Sanctions . It is not a Sanctioned Person. To its knowledge after due inquiry, no Customer was a Sanctioned Person at the time of the relevant Originator’s entry into any Related Customer Lease with such Customer. It and its Affiliates: (i) have less than 15% of

 

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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 it nor any of its Affiliates 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.

(k) Eligible Devices and Related Customer Leases . (i) Each Device is an Eligible Device and (ii) each Related Customer Lease is an Eligible Lease.

(l) Customer Leases and Upgrade Policy . No Customer has a contractual right under its Related Customer Lease with respect to a Device to have payments under such Related Customer Lease waived at the time of a Customer Upgrade or otherwise, and no Sprint Party (other than the Lessee that is lessor under such Related Customer Lease or the Servicer acting on behalf of such Lessee in accordance with the Servicing Agreement) has the right to waive any payments under such Related Customer Lease.

SECTION 4.3 Additional Representations and Warranties of the Buyer . The Buyer represents and warrants to the Lessees as of Lease Closing Date and, in the case of Section 4.3(c), as of each Upgrade Date as follows:

(a) Organization and Good Standing . (i) Mobile Leasing Solutions is a limited liability company duly constituted, validly existing as a limited liability company and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) Series 2 is a series of Mobile Leasing Solutions duly constituted and validly existing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization and (iii) the Buyer has the limited liability company power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are presently owned and such business is presently conducted and will be conducted, except to the extent that such failure could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Due Qualification . Mobile Leasing Solutions is duly qualified to do business as a foreign organization in good standing, if applicable, and has obtained all necessary qualifications, licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the ownership or lease of its property or the conduct of its business requires such qualifications, licenses or approvals, except where the failure to be in good standing or to hold any such qualifications, licenses and approvals could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Investment Company Act . It is not an “investment company” under (and as defined in) the Investment Company Act.

ARTICLE V

GENERAL COVENANTS

SECTION 5.1 Mutual Covenants . At all times from the Lease Closing Date to the Final Settlement Date, each Lessee and the Buyer shall:

(a) Compliance with Laws, etc . Comply with all applicable Laws, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b) Preservation of Existence . Except as expressly permitted by Sections 5.2(h) or 5.2(i) with respect to the Lessees, preserve and maintain its existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its organization, and qualify and remain qualified in good standing in each jurisdiction where the failure to qualify or preserve and maintain such existence, rights, franchises, privileges and qualification could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Tax .

(i) Agree for all U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes, (x) to treat the Cash Purchase Price paid hereunder as amounts loaned by the Buyer for which the Devices transferred hereunder provide security, and to treat the Rental Payments payable to the Buyer under the Device Leases as payments on such indebtedness owed to the Buyer, (y) to treat any proceeds from any sale of a Device and any Excess Rental Payments as income of the Lessees, with the Buyer retaining the related cash only to secure payment of amounts due under such indebtedness and (z) not to treat the Buyer as the owner of the Devices, unless, after the Lease Closing Date, a Change in Law occurs and, as confirmed by an Opinion of Counsel and after consultation in good faith with the other Parties and their respective tax advisors, there is no substantial authority, within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code, for such treatment, or there is a Final Determination of such treatment.

(ii) The Parties acknowledge that the Buyer has entered into the Tax Services Agreement with the Servicer and Sprint, which will govern responsibility for filing any Tax Returns and paying any Taxes that are due with respect to any payment made or any transfer of Devices or Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations hereunder. All payments made, or deemed made, pursuant to this Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction for, any Taxes except to the extent required by applicable Law. The Parties do not expect payments made pursuant to this Agreement to be subject to withholding or other deduction of Taxes. Prior to withholding any Taxes from any payment hereunder, the Buyer and the Lessee Representative shall consult in good faith as to the withholding to be made; and

(iii) The transactions contemplated by this Agreement are intended to be treated for sales and use tax purposes as a financing (so that transfers of Devices hereunder are not taxable sales) and if not so treated each transfer of the Devices contemplated hereunder is intended to be an exempt sale for resale for such purposes as the purchaser or transferee intends to re-sell or lease each Device in the same form or condition in which it was purchased to others in the normal course of the purchaser or transferee’s business. The Parties will cooperate to take all steps to timely prepare and secure any exemption certificate, resale certificate or similar documentation requested or required by any jurisdiction for purposes of qualifying for or documenting any such exemption.

 

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SECTION 5.2 Additional Covenants of the Lessees . At all times from the Lease Closing Date to the Final Settlement Date, each Lessee shall:

(a) Evidence of Purchase . Maintain its records (other than accounting records) to evidence that as of (x) in the case of the Lease Closing Date Devices and Lease Closing Date Customer Leases, the Lease Closing Date, (y) in the case of each Upgraded Device and Upgraded Customer Lease, the Upgrade Date for such Upgraded Device (after giving effect to the Upgrade Exchange on such Upgrade Date) and (z) in the case of each Like-Kind Exchange Device, the date the Like-Kind Exchange for such Like-Kind Exchange Device occurs, the relevant Devices and relevant Related Customer Leases (other than Devices and Related Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations deemed not to have been sold by a Lessee pursuant to Section 2.8 in connection with such Lessee’s exercise of its Upgrade Termination Option) have been irrevocably transferred to the Buyer as in accordance with this Agreement.

(b) Keeping of Records and Books of Account; Delivery . Maintain and implement, or cause to be maintained and implemented, administrative and operating procedures (including an ability to recreate records evidencing the Devices and the Related Customer Leases in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof, backing up on at least a daily basis on a separate backup computer from which electronic file copies can be readily produced and distributed to third parties being agreed to suffice for this purpose), and keep and maintain, or cause to be kept and maintained (or transferred to Servicer), all documents, books, records and other information necessary or advisable for the collection of all Collections in respect of all Devices and the Related Customer Leases.

(c) Location of Records . Keep its chief executive office and principal place of business at the address of such Lessee referred to in Schedule IV or, upon thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Collateral Agent and the Buyer, at such other locations in jurisdictions where all action required under the Master Lease Agreement shall have been taken and completed.

(d) PATRIOT ACT Information . Promptly following a request therefor, provide any documentation or other information that the Buyer or any of its assignees under the Transaction Documents reasonably requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under the applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act.

(e) Continuation Statements . Authorize and deliver and file or cause to be filed appropriate continuation statements not earlier than six months and not later than one month prior to the fifth anniversary of the date of filing of the financing statements filed in connection with the Lease Closing Date or any other financing statement filed pursuant to this Agreement, in each case naming such Lessee as debtor, if the Final Settlement Date shall not have occurred.

(f) Further Assurances. From time to time, at its expense, promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action that the Buyer or any of its assignees under the Transaction Documents may reasonably request in order to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the purchases, sales and assignments and security interests hereunder, or to enable the Buyer or any such assignee to exercise or enforce any of their

 

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respective rights with respect to the Devices and the Related Customer Leases. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Lessee will upon the request of the Buyer or any of its assignees under the Transaction Documents 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.

(g) Tax Matters . Pay and discharge, or cause the payment and discharge of, all federal income taxes (and all other material taxes) of such Lessee when due and payable, except (x) such as may be paid thereafter without penalty, (y) such as may be contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which an adequate reserve has been established and is maintained in accordance with GAAP or (z) where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(h) Mergers, Sales, etc . Not consolidate or merge with or into any other Person or sell, lease or transfer all or substantially any portion of its property and assets, or agree to do any of the foregoing, unless (i) the Buyer shall have received 30 days’ prior notice thereof, (ii) no Lease Event of Default or Lease Default has occurred and is continuing or would result immediately after giving effect thereto, (iii) the Buyer shall have consented in writing thereto, if the resulting entity following such merger, consolidation or other restructuring is any Person other than a Lessee, (iv) Guarantor reaffirms in a writing, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Buyer, that its obligations under the Sprint Guarantee and the Performance Support Agreement shall apply to the surviving entity and (v) the Buyer receives such additional certifications and opinions of counsel as it shall reasonably request.

(i) Change in Organization, etc . Not change its jurisdiction of organization or incorporation or its name, identity or corporate organization structure or make any other change such that (i) any financing statement filed or other action taken to perfect the Buyer’s interests hereunder would become seriously misleading or would otherwise be rendered ineffective unless such Lessee shall have given the Buyer and the Collateral Agent not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of such change or (ii) it would no longer be a special purpose entity or would result in a violation of its corporate separateness covenants in Section 6.1.

(j) Customer Upgrades . Not terminate or waive any payments under a Related Customer Lease in connection with a Customer Upgrade during the Term of a Device Lease for a Device unless, simultaneously with the Customer Upgrade, the Upgraded Device and Upgraded Customer Lease are contributed in accordance with the First Step Transfer Agreement, and the Upgraded Device and the Customer-Lease End Rights and Obligations with respect to the Upgraded Customer Lease are transferred to the Buyer pursuant to this Agreement.

(k) Assigned Lease Upgrade Policy Provision . Not amend or otherwise modify (or permit to be amended or otherwise modified) the Assigned Lease Upgrade Policy Provision, for any Device subject to a Customer Lease during the Term of a Device Lease for such Device, including any modification to any portion of the Upgrade Policy that has the effect of modifying the Assigned Lease Upgrade Policy Provision unless otherwise consented to by Buyer and Collateral Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

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SECTION 5.3 Additional Covenants of the Buyer . At all times from the Lease Closing Date to the Final Settlement Date, the Buyer shall:

(a) Notices . Promptly (but in any event within three (3) Business Day after obtaining Knowledge thereof) notify the Lessee Representative of the existence of any Default or Event of Default (or the equivalent thereof) under and as defined in the applicable Financing Documents describing with particularity the nature of such event.

(b) Books and Records . Maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with tax-based accounting consistently applied will be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Buyer.

(c) Inspection Rights . Permit representatives and independent contractors of the Lessees, at their own expense, to visit and inspect any of its offices, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its officers having direct knowledge or responsibility of the subject matter in order to confirm the Buyer’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement, provided, however, that such visits, inspections or examinations will be made at a reasonable time during normal business hours with due regard for, and minimal disruption of, the business of the Buyer, and will not (a) occur more frequently than once in any 12-month period and (b) be made without five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 5.3(c) shall permit any representative or independent contractor of any Lessee to make any such visits, inspections or examinations in respect of the corporate, financial and operating records or the affairs, finances and accounts of any Series of Mobile Leasing Solutions other than Series 2 thereof.

(d) Enforcement of Support Services Agreement . Promptly enforce the obligations of Marketing Services Provider under the Support Services Agreement to cause the resale of Devices in accordance with the Support Services Agreement and the deposit of proceeds in respect thereof, in accordance with the terms of such agreement and the other Transaction Documents.

(e) Replacement of Logistics Services Provider and/or Marketing Services Provider . If a termination event has occurred and is continuing under Section 10.1 of the Support Services Agreement, upon one (1) Business Day prior written notice of any Sprint Party to the Buyer requesting termination of the Support Services Agreement, deliver written notice to the Logistics Services Provider and Marketing Services Provider terminating the Support Services Agreement.

(f) Fair Market Value under Customer Leases for Devices . Promptly (and in no event later than one (1) Business Day) after request by any Sprint Party, provide such Sprint Party with the fair market value in relation to a Customer’s purchase option of a Device under a Related Customer Lease for any period after the relevant Customer Lease Term, provided, however, the Buyer’s determination of the fair market value of such Device shall be the higher of (x) the Secondary Market Value of such Device on the basis that such Device is a Grade B Device and (y) the fair market value of such Device determined by the relevant Sprint Party acting reasonably provided in writing by a Sprint Party to the Buyer at the time of or prior to any Sprint Party’s request under this Section 5.3(f).

 

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(g) Customer Upgrades after Term of a Device Lease . At any time any Sprint Party performs a Customer Upgrade of a Device after the Term of the Device Lease for such Device, on the Upgrade Date, automatically authorize the Servicer in accordance with Section 2.7(f) of the Servicing Agreement to terminate the Related Customer Lease with respect to the Exchanged Device and waive all remaining Customer Receivables with respect to such Customer Lease.

(h) [Reserved].

(i) [Reserved].

(j) [Reserved].

(k) Special Purpose Entity/Bankruptcy Remoteness . Comply with the special purpose entity and bankruptcy remoteness provisions set forth in Schedule V.

(l) Indebtedness Covenant . Except for Debt incurred in respect of the Transaction, not create, incur, assume, guarantee, permit to exist or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable for or in respect of any Debt or other obligation or purchase any asset (whether or not pursued for gain or other pecuniary advantage), except in accordance with or as permitted by the Transaction Documents.

(m) Liens . Not create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than Buyer Permitted Liens.

(n) Application of Collections . Not declare or make or permit any other Person to declare or make, directly or indirectly, any payment or distribution of cash constituting Collections or Rental Payments other than in accordance with the Waterfall or Section 2.9 of the MLS Intercreditor Agreement.

(o) Amendment or Waiver of Transaction Documents . Not cause, consent to, or permit, any termination, modification, amendment, variance or waiver of timely compliance with any term or condition of any of the Transaction Documents (other than the Sprint Transaction Documents) without (i) first providing five (5) Business Days’ prior notice to the Lessee Representative along with a copy of or the terms of the proposed modification, amendment, variance or waiver and (ii) in the case of any modification, amendment, variance or waiver that would reasonably be expected to be materially adverse to any Sprint Party (provided, that any modification or amendment intended to facilitate a Permitted Additional Tranche shall not be deemed to be materially adverse to any Sprint Party solely because such Permitted Additional Tranche is intended to provide financing to a mobile telephony carrier other than a Sprint Party) first obtaining the prior written consent of the Lessee Representative; provided, however, the Buyer shall promptly provide the Lessee Representative with a copy of any such modification, amendment, variance or waiver.

(p) Actions Under Related Customer Leases . Not take enforcement actions or exercise remedies or take any other action under the Related Customer Leases other than through the Servicer.

 

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(q) Information . Provide and cause Marketing Services Provider to provide (i) to the Servicer all data and other information necessary to permit the Servicer to prepare and deliver each Servicer Report in accordance with and at the times required under the Servicing Agreement and (ii) such other data and information reasonably available to such parties and reasonably requested by any Sprint Party in connection with performing its obligations under the Transaction Documents; provided, however, MLS shall have no obligation to provide any data or information from Marketing Services Provider that MLS does not receive from Marketing Services Provider or is not permitted to be provided to a Sprint Party by Marketing Services Provider.

(r) Further Assurances . From time to time, at the expense of the Lessees, promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action that the Lessee Representative may reasonably request, in order to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the purchases, sales and assignments and security interests hereunder or under the other Transaction Documents, or to enable the Lessees or any Affiliate thereof to exercise or enforce any of their respective rights hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Buyer will upon the request of the Lessee Representative authorize and file such financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto or assignments thereof, and such other instruments or notices, and take such other actions, as may be necessary or appropriate to perfect and protect any Liens granted by the Buyer to the Lessees.

ARTICLE VI

CORPORATE SEPARATENESS

SECTION 6.1 Corporate Separateness . Each Lessee hereby acknowledges that the Buyer is entering into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents in reliance upon each Lessee’s identity as a legal entity separate from Guarantor, the Servicer, the Originators and their respective Affiliates. In addition to and consistent with the other covenants set forth herein, each Lessee shall take such actions as shall be required in order that:

(a) Special Purpose Entity . Each Lessee will be a special purpose limited liability company whose primary activities are restricted in its memorandum and articles of association to: (i) acquiring, owning, holding or selling interests in (x) the Devices and Related Customer Leases in accordance with the Transaction Documents and (y) any wireless mobile devices and related customer leases in accordance with any Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche Transaction Documents, (ii) granting security interests in (x) the Devices, the Related Customer Leases and any of its other assets in respect of which a security interest is required to be granted by it under the Transaction Documents and (y) any wireless mobile devices, related customer leases and any of its other assets in respect of which a security interest is required to be granted by it under any Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche Transaction Documents, (iii) entering into and exercising its rights and performing its obligations under (x) the Related Customer Leases and the other Transaction Documents and (y) any customer lease subject to a Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche to which it is a party and any other Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche Transaction Document to which it is a party, (iv) acting as (x) lessor under Related Customer Leases and any

 

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other customer leases subject to any Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche to which it is a party and (y) lessee under the Device Leases and any other device leases subject to any Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche to which it is a party, (v) receiving amounts due to it under the Transaction Documents and any Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche Transaction Document and declaring and paying dividends and distributions to its Related Originator from such amounts, (vi) paying amounts due by it under the Transaction Documents and any Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche Transaction Document and (vii) conducting such other activities as it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out the primary activities described above or as otherwise contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche Transaction Document.

(b) Commingling . Except as otherwise expressly permitted by the Originator Intercreditor Agreement, no Lessee shall commingle any of its assets or funds with those of any of its Affiliates (other than any other Lessee);

(c) Independent Director . At least one member of each Lessee’s board of directors shall be an Independent Director and the memorandum and articles of association of such Lessee shall provide: (i) for the same definition of “Independent Director” as used herein, (ii) that such Lessee’s board of directors shall not approve, or take any other action to cause the filing of, a voluntary bankruptcy petition with respect to such Lessee unless the Independent Director shall approve the taking of such action in writing before the taking of such action and (iii) that the provisions required by clauses (i)  and (ii)  of this sentence cannot be amended (x) except in accordance with this Agreement and (y) without the prior written consent of the Independent Director and the Buyer;

(d) Corporate Formalities . Each Lessee will strictly observe corporate formalities in its dealings with the Servicer, the Originators and any Affiliates thereof (other than any other Lessee). Except as permitted under the Transaction Documents or any Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche Transaction Document, the Lessees shall not maintain joint bank accounts or other depository accounts to which the Servicer, the Originators and any Affiliates (other than any other Lessee) thereof has independent access, other than the Servicer’s right to access such accounts in accordance with the Transaction Documents or any Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche Transaction Document. Each Lessee shall procure that its Related Originator maintain such Lessee’s memorandum and articles of association and other organizational documents in conformity with this Agreement;

(e) Conduct of Business . Each Lessee 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, intercompany transaction accounts;

(f) No Other Business or Debt . No Lessee shall engage in any business or activity except as set forth in the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or any Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche Transaction Document to which it is a party nor incur any indebtedness or liability other than as expressly permitted by the Transaction Documents to which it is a party or any Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche Transaction Document to which it is a party.

 

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

(h) Operating Expenses . Each Lessee’s operating expenses will not be borne by the Servicer, any Originator or any of their Affiliates (other than any other Lessee), except to the extent paid from capital contributions from its equity holders or as expressly contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche Transaction Document.

(i) Disclosure of Transactions . All financial statements of the Servicer, the Originators, and any of their Affiliates that are consolidated to include any Lessee will disclose that (i) such Lessee’s sole business consists of the purchase or acceptance through capital contributions of wireless mobile devices and related customer leases from its Related Originator, the subsequent retransfer to the Buyer of or granting of a security interest to Mobile Leasing Solutions for the benefit of Series 2 in such devices and certain rights and obligations under the related customer leases, the subsequent lease back of such devices from the Buyer, and performing its obligations under (x) the Related Customer Leases and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (y) any other customer lease subject to a Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche to which it is a party and Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche Transaction Document to which it is a party, (ii) such Lessee is a separate legal entity with its own separate creditors who will be entitled, upon its liquidation, to be satisfied out of the Lessee’s assets prior to any assets or value in the Lessee becoming available to the Lessee’s equity holders and (iii) the assets of the Lessee are not available to pay creditors of the Servicer, any Originator or any Affiliate thereof (other than any other Lessee);

(j) Arm’s-Length Relationships . Each Lessee shall maintain an arm’s-length relationship with the Servicer, each Originator, and its other Affiliates (other than the other Lessees). Except as expressly contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche Transaction Document, no Lessee, on the one hand, or the Servicer, any Originator, or any of its other Affiliates, on the other hand, will be or will hold itself out to be responsible for the debts of the other (other than any other Lessee) or the decisions or actions respecting the daily business and affairs of the other. Each Lessee, the Servicer, any Originators, and the Lessee’s other 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 dealings with any other entity (other than among the Lessee);

(k) Allocation of Overhead . To the extent that any Lessee, on the one hand, and the Servicer, 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 such Lessee shall bear its fair share of such expenses, which may be paid through the Servicing Fee or otherwise;

 

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(l) Identification . Each Lessee shall at all times hold itself out to the public under such Lessee’s own name as a legal entity separate and distinct from its equity holders, members, managers, the Servicer, any Originator or any Affiliate thereof (other than any other Lessee);

(m) Capital . Each Lessee shall maintain adequate capital in light of its contemplated business operations;

(n) Additional Agreements . Each Lessee also agrees that:

(i) no Lessee shall issue any security of any kind except certificates evidencing equity interests issued to its Related Originator in connection with its formation, or incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become directly or indirectly liable for or in respect of any obligation other than (i) such Lessee’s liability for obligations under the Transaction Documents and any Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche Transaction Document to which it is a party, (ii) as otherwise expressly permitted or contemplated by the Transaction Documents or any Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche Transaction Document to which it is a party and (iii) ordinary course operating expenses;

(ii) no Lessee shall sell, pledge or dispose of any of its assets, except as permitted by, or as provided in, the Transaction Documents or any Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche Transaction Document to which it is a party;

(iii) no Lessee shall purchase any asset (or make any investment, by share purchase, loan or otherwise) except as specifically permitted by, or as provided in, the Transaction Documents or any Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche Transaction Document to which it is a party;

(iv) no Lessee shall make any payment, directly or indirectly, to, or for the account or benefit of, any owner of any security interest or equity interest in such Lessee or any Affiliate of any such owner (except, in each case, as expressly permitted by, or as provided in, the Transaction Documents or any Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche Transaction Document to which it is a party);

(v) no Lessee shall make, declare or otherwise commence or become obligated in respect of, any dividend, stock or other security redemption or purchase from, or any distribution or other payment to, or for the account or benefit of, any owner of any equity interest in such Lessee or any Affiliate of any such owner other than from funds received by it under Transaction Documents or Lessee Permitted Additional Tranche Transaction Documents to which it is a party and so long as, in any case, the result would not directly or indirectly cause such Lessee to be considered insolvent;

(vi) No Lessee shall have any employees; and

(vii) Each Lessee will provide for not less than ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Buyer of any removal, replacement or appointment of any director that is currently serving or is proposed to be appointed as an Independent Director of such Lessee, such notice to include the identity of the proposed replacement Independent Director, together with a certification that such replacement satisfies the requirements for an Independent Director set forth in this Agreement and the memorandum and articles of association of such Lessee.

 

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ARTICLE VII

INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT PROVISIONS

SECTION 7.1 Representations and Agreements of the Lessees . Each Lessee makes the representations and warranties in Section 7.1(a), (c), (d), (e) and (f) to the Buyer as of the Lease Closing Date and as of each Upgrade Date and makes the agreements in Section 7.1(b) and (f) from the Lease Closing Date to the Final Settlement Date.

(a) Assuming the correctness of the representations and agreements of the Buyer in Section 7.2, each Lessee represents that it is a Qualified Purchaser.

(b) Each Lessee understands and agrees that, if in the future it decides to sell, transfer, assign, pledge or otherwise dispose of in whole or in part (each, a “ Transfer ”) its interest in the Deferred Purchase Price Amount or the Contingent Purchase Price (collectively, the “ Buyer Obligations ”), such Lessee will only Transfer such Buyer Obligations to a Qualified Purchaser (it being understood and agreed that any subsequent Transfers of such Buyer Obligations shall only be made to a Qualified Purchaser).

(c) Each Lessee is acquiring the Buyer Obligations for its own account, for investment purposes only and not with a view to distribute or resell such Buyer Obligations in whole or in part.

(d) Each Lessee was offered the Buyer Obligations through private negotiations, not through any general solicitation or general advertising, or through any solicitation by a person not previously known to such Lessee in connection with investments generally.

(e) Each Lessee has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Buyer Obligations and is able to bear such risks, and has obtained, in its judgment, sufficient information from the Buyer or its authorized representatives to evaluate the merits and risks of such investment. Each Lessee has evaluated the risks of investing in the Buyer Obligations and has determined that the Buyer Obligations is a suitable investment for it. Each Lessee can afford a complete loss of the investment in the Buyer Obligations and can afford to hold the investment in the Buyer Obligations for an indefinite period of time.

(f) Assuming the correctness of the representations and agreements of the Buyer in Section 7.2, if any Lessee would be an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act but for the exceptions provided by section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) thereof, then it hereby: (i) represents and warrants that it has obtained the consent to its treatment as a Qualified Purchaser from the appropriate beneficial owners of its securities in accordance with the requirements of Section 2(a)(51)(C) of, and Rule 2a51-2 promulgated under, the Investment Company Act; (ii) consents to the treatment of the Buyer as a Qualified Purchaser; and (iii) represents and warrants that it has obtained the consent to such treatment from the appropriate beneficial owners of its securities in accordance with the requirements of Section 2(a)(51)(C) of, and Rule 2a51-2 promulgated under, the Investment Company Act.

 

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SECTION 7.2 Representations and Agreements of the Buyer . The Buyer makes the representations and warranties in Section 7.2(a), (c), (d), (e) and (f) to the Lessees as of the Lease Closing Date and as of each Upgrade Date and makes the agreements in Section 7.2(b) and (f) from the Lease Closing Date to the Final Settlement Date.

(a) Assuming the correctness of the representations and agreements of the Lessees in Section 7.1, the Buyer represents that it is a Qualified Purchaser.

(b) The Buyer understands and agrees that, if in the future it decides to Transfer any Device Lease, the Buyer will only Transfer such Device Lease to a Qualified Purchaser (it being understood and agreed that any subsequent Transfers of such Device Lease shall only be made to a Qualified Purchaser).

(c) The Buyer is acquiring the Device Leases for its own account, for investment purposes only and not with a view to distribute or resell such Device Leases in whole or in part.

(d) The Buyer was offered the Device Leases through private negotiations, not through any general solicitation or general advertising, or through any solicitation by a person not previously known to the Buyer in connection with investments generally.

(e) The Buyer has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters that the Buyer is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Device Leases and is able to bear such risks, and has obtained, in the Buyer’s judgment, sufficient information from the Lessees or their authorized representatives to evaluate the merits and risks of such investment. The Buyer has evaluated the risks of investing in the Device Leases and has determined that the Device Leases are a suitable investment for the Buyer. The Buyer can afford a complete loss of the investment in the Device Leases and can afford to hold the investment in the Device Leases for an indefinite period of time.

(f) Assuming the correctness of the representations and agreements of the Lessees in Section 7.1 and that the Senior Loan Lenders and the Senior Subordinated Loan Creditors have obtained and given the consents described in this Section 7.2(f) to the extent applicable to such Senior Loan Lenders and such Senior Subordinated Loan Creditors for purposes of this Section 7.2(f), if the Buyer would be an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act but for the exceptions provided by section 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) thereof, then the Buyer hereby: (i) represents and warrants that it has obtained the consent to its treatment as a Qualified Purchaser from the appropriate beneficial owners of its securities in accordance with the requirements of Section 2(a)(51)(C) of, and Rule 2a51-2 promulgated under, the Investment Company Act; (ii) consents to the treatment of the Lessees as Qualified Purchasers; and (iii) represents and warrants that it has obtained the consent to such treatment from the appropriate beneficial owners of its securities in accordance with the requirements of Section 2(a)(51)(C) of, and Rule 2a51-2 promulgated under, the Investment Company Act.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 8.1 Amendments, etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Lessee therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the Buyer and the Lessee Representative and, if such amendment or waiver affects the obligations of Guarantor or any of its Affiliates (other than the Lessees), Guarantor consents in writing thereto, and then any such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

SECTION 8.2 No Waiver; Remedies . No failure on the part of the Buyer or any Lessee to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by Law.

SECTION 8.3 Notices, Etc. The provisions of Section 21 of the MLS Intercreditor Agreement shall apply as if fully set forth herein.

SECTION 8.4 Binding Effect; Assignment . This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Each Lessee acknowledges that the Buyer’s rights under this Agreement may be assigned as collateral to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Finance Parties, and Lessees consent to such assignment; provided that such assignment shall neither release the Buyer from the performance of its obligations under this Agreement nor impair any Lessee’s rights under this Agreement. The parties hereto agree that the Collateral Agent (and any of its assignees) is an intended third-party beneficiary of this Agreement and is entitled to enforce the rights of the Buyer arising hereunder.

SECTION 8.5 Survival . The rights and remedies with respect to any breach of any representation and warranty made by any Lessee or the Buyer pursuant to Article IV and the provisions of Sections 8.4 , 8.5 , 8.6 , 8.8 , 8.9 , 8.10 , 8.11 , 8.12 and 8.14 shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

SECTION 8.6 Costs and Expenses . Each party agrees to pay on demand all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the other party in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution and delivery of any amendment of or consent or waiver under this Agreement (whether or not consummated) requested by such party, or the enforcement of, or any actual or reasonably claimed breach of, this Agreement, including reasonable and documented accountants’, auditors’, consultants’ and attorneys’ fees and expenses to any of such Persons and the reasonable and documented fees and charges of any independent accountants, auditors, consultants or other agents incurred in connection with any of the foregoing or in advising such Persons as to their respective rights and remedies under this Agreement in connection with any of the foregoing.

 

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SECTION 8.7 Execution in Counterparts; Integration . This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties 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. Executed counterparts may be delivered electronically. This Agreement, together with the other Transaction Documents, contains a final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall constitute the entire understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings.

SECTION 8.8 Governing Law . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF).

SECTION 8.9 Waiver of Jury Trial . EACH LESSEE AND THE BUYER HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT OR DOCUMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR ARISING FROM ANY BANKING OR OTHER RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT A JURY.

SECTION 8.10 Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities . EACH LESSEE AND THE BUYER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT:

(a) IT IRREVOCABLY (i) SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION, FIRST, OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT, AND SECOND, IF FEDERAL JURISDICTION IS NOT AVAILABLE, OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT, IN EITHER CASE SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, (ii) AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED ONLY IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT AND NOT IN ANY OTHER COURT, AND (iii) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING.

(b) TO THE EXTENT THAT IT HAS OR HEREAFTER MAY ACQUIRE ANY IMMUNITY FROM THE JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER THROUGH SERVICE OR NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID TO EXECUTION, EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY, IT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES SUCH IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT.

 

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SECTION 8.11 Confidentiality . Each party hereto agrees to comply with, and be bound by, the confidentiality provisions of Section 20 of the MLS Intercreditor Agreement as if they were set forth herein.

SECTION 8.12 No Proceedings . The provisions of Section 24.2 of the MLS Intercreditor Agreement shall apply as if fully set forth herein.

SECTION 8.13 Severability . Any provisions of this Agreement that are prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

SECTION 8.14 Lessee Representative .

(a) Each Lessee hereby irrevocably appoints and constitutes SLV-III LLC (“ Lessee Representative ”) as its agent and attorney-in-fact to (i) provide all notices and instructions to be given by the Lessees or any thereof under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (and any notice or instruction provided by Lessee Representative shall be deemed to be given by the applicable Lessee and shall bind such Lessee), (ii) receive notices and instructions to be given to the Lessees or any thereof under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (and any notice or instruction provided to the Lessee Representative shall be deemed to have been given to the applicable Lessee), (iii) make payments required to be paid by the Lessees or any thereof under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (and any payment made by Lessee Representative shall be deemed to be paid by the applicable Lessee), (iv) receive payments and disbursements to be made to the Lessees or any thereof under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (and any payment made to Lessee Representative shall be deemed to be paid to the applicable Lessee), (v) grant any security interest required to be granted by any Lessee under the Transaction Documents, including any security interest in the Servicer Collection Accounts, and execute and deliver any deposit account control agreement with respect to any such security interest granted by a Lessee in the Servicer Collection Accounts or other deposit accounts in the name of any Lessee, (vi) take any such action on behalf of the Lessees as the Lessee Representative deems appropriate to effectuate the sale and leaseback arrangements contemplated under the Transaction Documents and to exercise such other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents (and any action by Lessee Representative shall be deemed to be made by the applicable Lessee and shall bind such Lessee) and (vii) execute and deliver any amendments, consents, waivers or other instruments related to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents on behalf of the other Lessees (and any such amendment, consent, waiver or other instrument shall be binding upon and enforceable against each other Lessee to the same extent as if made directly by such Lessee).

(b) Lessee Representative hereby accepts the appointment by the Lessees to act as the agent and attorney-in-fact of the Lessees pursuant to this Section 8.14. Lessee Representative shall ensure that the disbursement of any payments to any Lessee paid to or for the account of Lessee Representative shall be paid to or for the account of such Lessee.

 

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(c) No resignation or termination of the appointment of Lessee Representative as agent as aforesaid shall be effective, except after ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Buyer. If Lessee Representative resigns under this Agreement, the Lessees shall be entitled to appoint a successor Lessee Representative (which shall be a Lessee). Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor Lessee Representative hereunder, such successor Lessee Representative shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Lessee Representative and the term “Lessee Representative” shall mean such successor Lessee Representative and the retiring or terminated Lessee Representative’s appointment, powers and duties as Lessee Representative shall be terminated.

SECTION 8.15 Mobile Leasing Solutions as Series LLC . Each Party hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that Mobile Leasing Solutions is a series limited liability company, and that accordingly the obligations and liabilities of the Buyer hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents are and will be enforceable against the Buyer solely to the extent of the Series 2 Assets, and not against any other assets of Mobile Leasing Solutions or against any other Series of Mobile Leasing Solutions or any assets of any such other Series (whether held directly by such other Series or by Mobile Leasing Solutions on behalf of such other Series).

SECTION 8.16 Limited Recourse . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the obligations and liabilities of the Buyer under each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party are solely the obligations and liabilities of the Buyer and shall be payable solely to the extent of the Series 2 Pledged Assets, and the proceeds of the realization thereof from whatever means, applied in accordance with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. If the Series 2 Pledged Assets and the proceeds of the realization thereof from whatever means, including pursuant to the enforcement of the MLS Security Documents, applied in accordance with the MLS Intercreditor Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, are insufficient to discharge in full the obligations and liabilities of the Buyer under the MLS Intercreditor Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the rights of the Sprint Parties to receive any further amounts in respect of such obligations and liabilities shall be extinguished and none of the Sprint Parties may take any further action to recover such amounts. For the avoidance of doubt, no recourse shall be had to the assets of Mobile Leasing Solutions or the assets of any Series of Mobile Leasing Solutions other than the Series 2 Pledged Assets to satisfy the obligations and liabilities of the Buyer under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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

 

For and on behalf of each of:
SLV - I LLC
SLV - II LLC
SLV - III LLC
SLV - IV LLC
SLV - V LLC
SLV - VI LLC
SLV - VII LLC
SLV - VIII LLC
SLV - IX LLC
SLV - X LLC
SLV - XI LLC
SLV - XII LLC
SLV - XIII LLC
SLV - XIV LLC
SLV - XV LLC
SLV - XVI LLC
SLV - XVII LLC
SLV - XVIII LLC
SLV - XIX LLC
SLV - XX LLC
SLV - XXI LLC
SLV - XXII LLC , each a Lessee
By:  

/s/ Stefan K. Schnopp

Name:   Stefan K. Schnopp
Title:   Director
SLV- III LLC , as Lessee Representative
By:  

/s/ Stefan K. Schnopp

Name:   Stefan K. Schnopp
Title:   Director


MOBILE LEASING SOLUTIONS, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company, acting for itself and on behalf of Series 2 thereof, as Buyer
By:  

/s/ Jeff Krisel

Name:   Jeff Krisel
Title:   President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary

Exhibit 10.3

Execution Version

MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT (TRANCHE 2)

Dated as of April 28, 2016

among

MOBILE LEASING SOLUTIONS, LLC,

as Lessor

and

LESSEES FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,

as Lessee

and

SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P.

as Servicer

and

MIZUHO BANK, LTD.

as Collateral Agent

COUNTERPART NO. [                      ] OF 5 SERIALLY NUMBERED MANUALLY EXECUTED COUNTERPARTS. TO

THE EXTENT (IF ANY) THAT THIS DOCUMENT CONSTITUTES CHATTEL PAPER UNDER THE

UNIFORM COMMERCIAL CODE, NO SECURITY INTEREST IN THIS DOCUMENT MAY BE CREATED

THROUGH THE TRANSFER AND POSSESSION OF ANY COUNTERPART OTHER THAN COUNTERPART

NO. 1.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

         Page  

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

     1   

SECTION 1.1

 

Defined Terms.

     1   

SECTION 1.2

 

Interpretation.

     1   

ARTICLE II DEVICE LEASES

     3   

SECTION 2.1

 

Agreement to Lease

     3   

SECTION 2.2

 

Deemed Delivery

     3   

SECTION 2.3

 

Ownership of the Devices

     4   

SECTION 2.4

 

Subleasing

     4   

SECTION 2.5

 

Software and Other Rights

     5   

SECTION 2.6

 

Approved Devices

     5   

SECTION 2.7

 

Term

     6   

SECTION 2.8

 

Rent and Other Payments

     6   

SECTION 2.9

 

Termination of a Device Lease

     8   

SECTION 2.10

 

Title Transfer

     10   

SECTION 2.11

 

Returned Devices

     10   

SECTION 2.12

 

Non-Return Remedies

     11   

SECTION 2.13

 

Like-Kind and Upgrade Exchanges

     11   

SECTION 2.14

 

Updates to Devices Subject to Device Leases

     13   

SECTION 2.15

 

Quiet Enjoyment

     13   

ARTICLE III LEASE EVENTS OF DEFAULT

     14   

SECTION 3.1

 

Lease Events of Default

     14   

SECTION 3.2

 

Remedies

     15   

ARTICLE IV INDEMNITIES

     16   

SECTION 4.1

 

Indemnities

     16   

ARTICLE V CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

     18   

ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     19   

SECTION 6.1

 

Organization and Good Standing

     19   

SECTION 6.2

 

Due Qualification

     19   

SECTION 6.3

 

Power and Authority; Due Authorization

     19   

SECTION 6.4

 

Binding Obligations

     19   

SECTION 6.5

 

No Violation

     19   

SECTION 6.6

 

No Proceedings

     20   

SECTION 6.7

 

Licenses and approvals

     20   

SECTION 6.8

 

Software licenses

     20   

 

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ARTICLE VII COVENANTS

     20   

SECTION 7.1

 

Affirmative Covenants

     20   

SECTION 7.2

 

Negative Covenants

     23   

ARTICLE VIII EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

     24   

SECTION 8.1

 

Exclusion of Liability

     24   

SECTION 8.2

 

Acknowledgments

     24   

ARTICLE IX COLLATERAL

     25   

SECTION 9.1

 

Granting Clause

     25   

SECTION 9.2

 

Granting Clause to Collateral Agent.

     25   

SECTION 9.3

 

UCC Financing Statements

     25   

SECTION 9.4

 

No Assumption of Liability

     26   

SECTION 9.5

 

Further Assurances

     26   

SECTION 9.6

 

Power of Attorney

     26   

ARTICLE X TAXES

     26   

SECTION 10.1

 

Consistency of Treatment.

     26   

SECTION 10.2

 

Taxes.

     27   

SECTION 10.3

 

Payments.

     27   

SECTION 10.4

 

Gross Up.

     27   

SECTION 10.5

 

Non-Duplication.

     27   

ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS

     27   

SECTION 11.1

 

Amendments, etc.

     27   

SECTION 11.2

 

No Waiver

     28   

SECTION 11.3

 

Notices

     28   

SECTION 11.4

 

Data File

     28   

SECTION 11.5

 

Binding Effect

     28   

SECTION 11.6

 

Third Party Rights

     28   

SECTION 11.7

 

Execution in Counterparts; Integration

     28   

SECTION 11.8

 

Governing Law

     28   

SECTION 11.9

 

Waiver of Jury Trial

     29   

SECTION 11.10

 

Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities

     29   

SECTION 11.11

 

No Proceedings

     29   

SECTION 11.12

 

Severability

     29   

SECTION 11.13

 

Mobile Leasing Solutions as Series LLC

     30   

SECTION 11.14

 

Limited Recourse

     30   

 

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Appendix A

    

Definitions

Schedule 1

    

Device Lease Schedule

Schedule 2

    

Device Residual Values

Schedule 3

    

Schedule Of Approved Devices

Schedule 4

    

Forms Of Customer Leases

Schedule 5

    

Additional Information

Schedule 6

    

Repair Costs

 

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MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT (TRANCHE 2)

This MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT (TRANCHE 2), dated as of April 28, 2016 and effective as of the Lease Closing Date, (this “ Agreement ”) is among MOBILE LEASING SOLUTIONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, acting for itself and on behalf of Series 2 thereof (“ Lessor ”), THE PERSONS IDENTIFIED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO AS LESSEES (collectively, “ Lessees ” and, each, a “ Lessee ”), SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P . , a Delaware limited partnership (“ Sprint Spectrum ” or “ Servicer ”), and MIZUHO BANK, LTD. , as collateral agent for the Finance Parties (“ Collateral Agent ”).

W I T N E S S E T H:

WHEREAS, the parties hereto are entering into this Agreement for the purpose of establishing the terms and conditions by which Lessor will lease Devices from time to time to the relevant Lessee;

WHEREAS, the Devices and the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations under the Related Customer Leases will be held in the name of Mobile Leasing Solutions on behalf of Series 2; and

WHEREAS, the leasing of the Devices shall be governed by the terms and conditions in this Agreement, as well as the terms and conditions set forth in the relevant Device Lease Schedule and any related documentation.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises contained in this Agreement, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

SECTION 1.1 Defined Terms . Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined in this Agreement are used as defined in (or by reference in) Appendix A ( Definitions ).

SECTION 1.2 Interpretation . For purposes of this Agreement and the other Sprint Transaction Documents, unless the context otherwise requires:

(a) accounting terms not otherwise defined herein, and accounting terms partly defined herein to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under, and shall be construed in accordance with, GAAP;

(b) 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) the words “hereof”, “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import used in this Agreement or in any other Sprint Transaction Document refer to this Agreement (or the certificate or other document in which they are used) as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement (or such certificate or document);

 

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(d) references to any clause, section, schedule or exhibit are references to clauses, sections, schedules and exhibits in or to this 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;

(e) the term “including” means “including without limitation”;

(f) references to any Law refer to that Law as amended from time to time and include any successor Law;

(g) references to any agreement or other document refer to that agreement or other document as from time to time amended or supplemented, or as the terms of such agreement are waived or modified, in each case in accordance with the terms of such agreement or document;

(h) references to any Party include that Party’s successors and permitted assigns;

(i) headings in this Agreement or in any other Sprint Transaction Document are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect the meaning or interpretation of any provision thereof;

(j) unless otherwise specifically provided with respect to any computation of a period of time, in the computation of a period of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”, the words “to” and “until” each means “to but excluding”, and the word “within” means “from and excluding a specified date and to and including a later specified date”;

(k) a reference to assets includes present and future properties, undertakings, revenues, rights and benefits of every description;

(l) a reference to an authorization includes an approval, authorization, consent, exemption, filing, license, notarization, registration and resolution;

(m) a reference to a disposal of any asset, undertaking or business includes a sale, lease, license, transfer, loan or other disposal by a person of that asset, undertaking or business (whether by a voluntary or involuntary single transaction or series of transactions);

(n) unless otherwise defined, capitalized terms defined in this Agreement in the singular form shall have a corresponding meaning when used in the plural form, and vice versa; and

(o) “$”, “USD” and “dollars” denote the lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

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ARTICLE II

DEVICE LEASES

SECTION 2.1 Agreement to Lease

(a) Agreement to Lease . Upon satisfaction of all conditions precedent set out in Article V ( Conditions Precedent ) and the transfer of title to the Devices from Lessees to Lessor pursuant to the Second Step Transfer Agreement, Lessor hereby agrees to lease such Devices to Lessees and Lessees hereby agree to lease such Devices from Lessor, from time to time, on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Device Lease Schedule with respect to the relevant Devices being leased (this Agreement together with a Device Lease Schedule, each a “ Device Lease ” and, collectively, the “ Device Leases ”). This Agreement is intended to be incorporated by reference into each Device Lease Schedule agreed to from time to time as particular Devices are leased by Lessor to the relevant Lessee. Each Device Lease is intended to be a separate instrument of lease. As to Devices leased pursuant to any such individual Device Lease, the terms of the applicable Device Lease Schedule shall control over the terms of this Agreement in the event of conflict. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges of Lessor and the relevant Lessee under each Device Lease shall be interpreted separately and apart from any other Device Lease.

(b) Acceptance of each Device Lease . Entry into each Device Lease is subject to the relevant Lessee and Lessor agreeing to a Device Lease Schedule. The relevant Lessee agrees to initially provide or cause to be provided to Lessor the information required by each Device Lease Schedule, and to provide or cause to be provided any updated information required pursuant to Section 2.13(b)(iii), in each case, to the extent such information is available to such Lessee. Lessor agrees to evaluate the information provided by the relevant Lessee, work with the relevant Lessee to reconcile any discrepancies and provide or cause to be provided any additional information required for each Device Lease Schedule, in each case, as promptly as possible.

(c) Intention of the Parties . It is the express intent of each of the parties hereto that each Device Lease constitute a true lease and not a sale of the Devices. As a protective measure in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the lease of the Devices to Lessees is recharacterized by any third party as a sale, then solely in that event and for the expressly limited purposes thereof, each Lessee does hereby grant to Mobile Leasing Solutions for the benefit of Series 2 a security interest in all of such Lessee’s now or hereafter existing right, title and interest to, and under the Devices and agrees that this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement under applicable Law. Each Lessee hereby authorizes Lessor or its respective designee to file one or more financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto and assignments thereof, relative to all or any of such Lessee’s rights in the Devices now existing or hereafter arising in the name of such Lessee.

SECTION 2.2 Deemed Delivery

(a) Upon the relevant Lessee and Lessor agreeing to a Device Lease on the Lease Closing Date, Lessor shall be deemed to have delivered the relevant Device under such Device Lease to the relevant Lessee and the relevant Lessee will be deemed to have accepted such

 

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Device. On each Upgrade Date occurring during the Term of a Device Lease for a Device, Lessor shall be deemed to have delivered the relevant Upgraded Device under such Device Lease to the relevant Lessee and the relevant Lessee will be deemed to have accepted such Upgraded Device.

(b) Each Lessee accepts the leasing of the Devices by it and receives the Devices on an “as-is where-is” basis.

SECTION 2.3 Ownership of the Devices

(a) Ownership . At all times during the Term of each Device Lease, full legal title to the Device subject to such Device Lease will remain vested in Lessor to the exclusion of Lessees, notwithstanding the possession and use thereof by Lessees or any Customers. At all times during each Upgrade Holding Period, if any, full legal title to the relevant Exchanged Device will remain vested in Lessor to the exclusion of Lessees, notwithstanding the termination of the Exchanged Customer Lease with respect to such Exchanged Device. Lessees and Servicer each agree that at all times (x) during the Term of each Device Lease for each Device and (y) during each Upgrade Holding Period, if any, with respect to an Exchanged Device, it shall not (i) imply or represent that any Person other than Lessor owns the Devices, (ii) sell or dispose of or directly or indirectly attempt to sell or dispose of the Devices in any way other than to a Customer pursuant to a Customer Lease, (iii) part with possession of the Devices without the prior written consent of Lessor other than pursuant to Section 2.4 (Subleasing) or as otherwise contemplated herein, or (iv) place on the Devices any plates, stickers or marks that are inconsistent with the ownership of the Devices by Lessor. For the avoidance of doubt, and without limiting the obligations of Servicer under the Servicing Agreement, Lessees shall have no obligation with respect to a Customer’s use or stewardship of a Device.

(b) Liens . At all times during the Term of each Device Lease, Lessees and Servicer shall not directly or indirectly give or allow another Person to give any interest in or Lien over the Device subject to such Device Lease or over such Device Lease, other than Permitted Device Liens. At all times during the Upgrade Holding Period, if any, with respect to each Exchanged Device, Lessees and Servicer shall not directly or indirectly give or allow another Person to give any interest in or Lien over such Exchanged Device, other than Permitted Device Liens. Lessees shall promptly, at their own cost and expense, take such action as may be necessary to duly discharge or eliminate any such Liens (other than Permitted Device Liens) upon obtaining Knowledge thereof.

SECTION 2.4 Subleasing

(a) Lessor acknowledges that the relevant Lessee is subleasing each Device subject to a Device Lease to a Customer. The relevant Lessee agrees to ensure that:

(i) at such time that a Customer Lease is in effect, the Customer is legally and contractually bound by the terms of such Customer Lease with respect to a relevant Device;

 

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(ii) no Customer Lease prevents such Lessee from complying with its obligations under a Device Lease to which it is a party or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party;

(iii) neither such Lessee, nor any Customer Lease, shall directly or indirectly give any impression or confirmation or otherwise provide that the relevant Customer shall be or may become the legal and beneficial owner of any Device at any time other than if the Customer exercises any option to purchase the Device under such Customer Lease as permitted thereby;

(iv) such Lessee shall not represent or assert that any Customer has any contractual right to complete a Customer Upgrade or to have such Customer’s payment obligations under a Customer Lease waived in connection with a Customer Upgrade;

(v) such Lessee has all material licenses and authorizations necessary in connection with such Lessee’s subleasing of the Devices to the Customers pursuant to the Customer Leases; and

(vi) the Customer Leases will be administered in accordance with this Agreement and the Servicing Agreement.

SECTION 2.5 Software and Other Rights

(a) The Devices may contain software in which none of the parties hereto have ownership or other proprietary rights. Where required by a software owner or manufacturer, the relevant Lessee will enter into a license or other agreement for the use of the software. Any such agreement will be separate and distinct from each Device Lease, and Lessor will have no rights or obligations thereunder unless otherwise agreed by it in writing. To the extent that Lessor is the owner or has rights in software related to the Devices and such rights are transferable by Lessor, Lessor hereby grants to Lessees such rights that Lessor has (if any) to use such software during the Term of the applicable Device Lease. No separate license fee is payable by Lessees to Lessor in relation to such software. Lessee acknowledges that Lessor has made no representation or warranty to Lessees as to Lessor’s title to or ability to grant rights to Lessees for any software available on any Device.

SECTION 2.6 Approved Devices

(a) Lessor and Lessees acknowledge and agree that a full list of Approved Devices as at the date hereof is set out on Schedule 3 ( Schedule of Approved Devices ) to this Agreement (“ Schedule of Approved Devices ”).

(b) Lessor and Lessees acknowledge and agree that on each launch date of a Next Generation Device, the Schedule of Approved Devices shall be deemed automatically amended to add such Next Generation Device. Lessor and Lessees may make such other amendments to the Schedule of Approved Devices as agreed by Lessor, Lessees and Collateral Agent, in each case, acting reasonably.

 

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(c) Following any amendment (or deemed amendment) of the Schedule of Approved Devices in accordance with Section 2.6(b) ( Approved Devices ), at the request of any Lessee, Lessor shall provide Lessees with a new Schedule of Approved Devices (in the form set out in Schedule 3 ( Schedule of Approved Devices )). The Approved Devices following such amendment (or deemed amendment) shall be the Devices listed on such new Schedule of Approved Devices and such new Schedule of Approved Devices shall replace all previous schedules, provided, however, any amendment of the Schedule of Approved Devices shall not adversely affect any Device Leases which are in place prior to such amendment of the Schedule of Approved Devices.

SECTION 2.7 Term

(a) The term (the “ Term ”) of each Device Lease shall commence on the relevant Device Lease Commencement Date and, subject to paragraph (b) below, end on the Device Lease Expiration Date, which shall be set for each Device Lease as a date no earlier than the date on which the aggregate Rental Payments to be made under such Device Lease through such date will be greater than or equal to the sum of (i) all scheduled Customer Receivables under such Device Lease during the Scheduled Customer Lease Term and (ii) the Device Residual Value of the Device subject to such Device Lease as of its Expected Sales Date.

(b) Each Device leased under a Device Lease shall be leased for the Term of such Device Lease, subject to termination of the Device Lease with respect to a particular Device in accordance with Section 2.9 ( Termination of a Device Lease ).

SECTION 2.8 Rent and Other Payments

(a) Rent . Lessees will pay or cause to be paid to Lessor or its Nominated Agent (by paying into the MLS Collection Account (Tranche 2), or any other bank account as notified by Lessor) on each Device Lease Payment Date, throughout the Term of each Device Lease, the Rental Payments for each Device subject to a Device Lease. Rental Payments for each Device subject to a Device Lease are payable for each calendar month (or the relevant portion thereof) on the Device Lease Payment Date until the Device Lease for such Device terminates. The Lessor will deliver an invoice to Lessees in the amount of the Rental Payments due for each month on the 5 th Business Day of such month beginning May 6, 2016. Once paid, each Rental Payment is not refundable for any reason unless such Rental Payment has been paid in error or when not actually due and payable. Each transfer of Available Funds into the MLS Collection Account (Tranche 2) during the calendar month of the applicable Device Lease Payment Date (or, in the case of the first Device Lease Payment Date, during the period from the Lease Closing Date through such Device Lease Payment Date) (other than any transfer of Available Funds by Sprint in respect of Rental Payments due on a preceding Device Lease Payment Date pursuant to the Sprint Guarantee or otherwise) and any Carryover Amount with respect to such Device Lease Payment Date shall be applied as follows:

(i) first, (A) all such Available Funds attributable to Customer Rentals in payment of amounts invoiced to the relevant Customer prior to, or during, the calendar month immediately preceding such Device Lease Payment Date and (B) any Carryover Amount with respect to such Device Lease Payment Date shall be applied in satisfaction

 

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of Lessees’ obligation to make a scheduled Rental Payment on such Device Lease Payment Date (the excess of the amounts described in clauses (A) and (B) over the amount of the scheduled Rental Payment due on such Device Lease Payment Date, the “ Excess Amount ”);

(ii) second, (A) all such Available Funds attributable to Customer Rentals in payment of amounts invoiced to the relevant Customer during the calendar month in which such Device Lease Payment Date occurs, or in payment of amounts that were scheduled to be invoiced during a future calendar month, shall be applied in satisfaction of Lessees’ obligations to make a scheduled Rental Payment on the Device Lease Payment Date in the calendar month following the calendar month during which such amounts are or would have been invoiced to the relevant Customer, and (B) the Excess Amount shall be applied in satisfaction of Lessees’ obligations to make a scheduled Rental Payment on each succeeding Device Lease Payment Date in an aggregate amount equal to the Excess Amount applied consecutively to each succeeding Device Lease Payment Date (the portion of such Available Funds and any Excess Amount to be applied in respect of the Rental Payment due on a subsequent Device Lease Payment Date, the “ Carryover Amount ” with respect to such subsequent Device Lease Payment Date); and

(iii) third, all remaining Available Funds shall be applied in satisfaction of any other payment due and owing or elected to be paid under any Sprint Transaction Document by any Sprint Party that is payable to the MLS Collection Account (Tranche 2), including under Section 2.9, to the extent of the amount paid into the MLS Collection Account (Tranche 2) during the relevant period.

Promptly following each Device Lease Payment Date, to the extent that there were insufficient Available Funds (after giving effect to application thereof in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence) available to be applied to satisfy the scheduled Rental Payment on such Device Lease Payment Date, the Lessor shall make a demand under the Sprint Guarantee in the amount of such shortfall.

(b) [Reserved]

(c) Electronic Fund Transfers . Lessees shall take all necessary actions so that all payments under each Device Lease will be made by electronic funds transfer.

(d) Obligations Absolute . During the Term of each Device Lease, Lessees’ obligation to make the Rental Payments and other payments due under such Device Lease is absolute and unconditional and is not affected or reduced by:

(i) any Lessee or any Customer being unable to use the relevant Devices;

(ii) the failure by any Customer (x) to make any payment under a Customer Lease or otherwise or (y) to return a Device to the relevant Lessee or Lessor;

(iii) the relevant Devices being damaged, lost, stolen or not in the possession of any Lessee or any Customer, or not working at any time;

 

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(iv) any set-off, counterclaim or other right any Lessee has or claims to have against Lessor or another Person;

(v) Lessor’s title to or ability to grant rights to use software being defective for any reason, or the unavailability of any required software to any Lessees or any Customer;

(vi) the failure of the Servicer, any Lessee or any other party to perform its obligations with respect to a Customer Upgrade, including the failure to obtain any rights under a replacement Customer Lease for an Upgraded Device; or

(vii) any waiver of payment under or termination of an Exchanged Customer Lease in breach of any Sprint Transaction Document.

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any Device Lease to the contrary, no Lessee shall be impaired in the exercise of any right it may have to assert and sue upon any claim it may have against Lessor in a separate action.

SECTION 2.9 Termination of a Device Lease . The Device Lease with respect to a Device will be terminated upon the occurrence of any of the following:

(a) Servicer Termination of the Customer Lease . Servicer may at its option, if requested by the relevant Lessee prior to the Device Lease Expiration Date, terminate a Customer Lease with respect to a Device on the below terms and, upon such termination of the relevant Customer Lease, the Device Lease with respect to such Device will be terminated:

(i) Return Device Satisfying the Device Return Condition but Customer has not paid all Customer Receivables . If at any time during the Term of the Device Lease for such Device, (A) the relevant Customer returns such Device satisfying the Device Return Condition but has not paid all amounts due and owing under the related Customer Lease, such Device is delivered to Lessor (or its Nominated Agent) and (B) payment is made by the Servicer to Lessor of (1) all previously accrued and unpaid Rental Payments, if any, plus (2) the Rental Payments that would have accrued under the Device Lease during the remainder of the Scheduled Device Lease Term, if any.

(ii) Return Device Not Satisfying the Device Return Condition. If the relevant Customer returns such Device not satisfying the Device Return Condition, (A) such Device is delivered to Lessor (or its Nominated Agent) and (B) payment is made by the Servicer to Lessor of the sum of (1) all previously accrued and unpaid Rental Payments, if any, plus (2) the Rental Payments that would have accrued under the Device Lease during the remainder of the Scheduled Device Lease Term, if any, plus (3) the Device Residual Value for such Device as of the Expected Sales Date.

(iii) Non-Returned Device. If the Customer has not returned such Device (other than as a result of an exercise by the Customer of its purchase option or by making a payment in lieu of delivery of the Device), payment is made by the Servicer to Lessor of the sum of (1) all previously accrued and unpaid Rental Payments, if any, plus (2) the Rental Payments that would have accrued during the remainder of the Scheduled Device Lease Term, if any, plus (3) the Device Residual Value for such Device as of the Expected Sales Date.

 

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(b) Termination of the Customer Lease By Customer Performance . If the Customer Lease terminates in accordance with its terms under the following scenarios:

(i) if the relevant Customer returns such Device satisfying the Device Return Condition prior to the last day of the Customer Lease Term of the related Customer Lease, (A) such Device is delivered to Lessor (or its Nominated Agent) and (B) payment is made to Lessor of the sum of (1) all previously accrued and unpaid Rental Payments, if any, plus (2) the Rental Payments that would have accrued during the remainder of the Scheduled Device Lease Term, if any;

(ii) if the relevant Customer returns such Device satisfying the Device Return Condition on or at any time after the last day of the Customer Lease Term, (A) such Device is delivered to Lessor (or its Nominated Agent) and (B) payment is made to Lessor of all previously accrued and unpaid Rental Payments, if any;

(iii) if prior to the last day of the Customer Lease Term the Customer has made a payment in lieu of delivery of such Device, payment is made to Lessor of the sum of (A) all previously accrued and unpaid Rental Payments, if any, plus (B) the Rental Payments that would have accrued during the remainder of the Scheduled Device Lease Term, if any, plus (C) the required purchase price payment under the Customer Lease;

(iv) if on the last day of the Customer Lease Term of the related Customer Lease the Customer exercises a purchase option in relation to such Device under the Customer Lease, payment to Lessor of the purchase option price under the Customer Lease plus all previously accrued and unpaid Rental Payments, if any; or

(v) if at any time after the last day of the Customer Lease Term of the related Customer Lease the Customer exercises a purchase option in relation to such Device under the Customer Lease, payment to Lessor of the purchase option price as of the purchase option exercise date plus all previously accrued and unpaid Rental Payments, if any.

(c) Originator Repurchase Event . If the relevant Originator purchases a Rent Shortfall Returned Device in accordance with the Device Repurchase Agreement.

(d) Upgrade Termination Option . If the relevant Lessee exercises the Upgrade Termination Option in respect of any Device and pays the applicable Upgrade Termination Option Payment in accordance with Section 2.13(b)(ii).

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to the contrary, no termination or deemed termination of a Customer Lease pursuant to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document shall impair the relevant Lessee from the exercise of any right it may have to assert and sue upon any claim it may have against a Customer. For the avoidance of doubt, after the termination of a Device Lease with respect to a Device in accordance with this Section 2.9, all Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations under the

 

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relevant Customer Lease shall hereby pass from Lessor to the relevant Lessee on an as-is basis without any warranty whatsoever from Lessor and any amount received by any Sprint Party from the relevant Customer or any other Person on account of the related Customer Lease for such Device shall be the property of such Sprint Party and may be retained by such Sprint Party.

SECTION 2.10 Title Transfer . Upon a Customer Lease termination under Section 2.9(b)(iii), (iv) or (v) ( Termination of the Customer Lease by Customer Performance ) Lessor shall transfer to the relevant Customer title to the relevant Device free and clear of all Liens (including any rights of the relevant Lessee therein which such Lessee agrees to automatically and concurrently release) by and through Lessor.

SECTION 2.11 Returned Device s

(a) Returned Devices . At all times during the Term of each Device Lease, Lessees covenant and agree to return or cause the return of each Device (including each Exchanged Device and each Device exchanged for a Like-Kind Exchange Device) to the Device Return Address of Lessor (or its Nominated Agent) within the Required Return Period to the extent it has received such Device from the relevant Customer. For the avoidance of doubt, Lessees’ obligation under this Section 2.11 ( Returned Devices ) is not in any way conditional upon returned Devices satisfying the Device Return Condition.

(b) Procedure for Returned Devices . Upon the return of a Device by the relevant Customer during the Term, the relevant Lessee will or will cause Servicer to:

(i) at Lessor’s expense (which includes all transport, insurance and related costs within its jurisdiction), ship such Device within the Required Return Period to the Device Return Address of Lessor (or its Nominated Agent);

(ii) ensure that such Device is packed in a manner normally used for the transportation of similar Devices;

(iii) use commercially reasonable efforts to procure that the Device contains no network block, barring or password protection and in particular, Lessee shall ensure that the Devices will be unlocked by Servicer for use on any wireless network;

(iv) use commercially reasonable efforts to procure that the Customer disables the “Find My iPhone” feature at the time of the Customer’s return of such Device and, if the Customer does not disable the “Find my iPhone” feature, carry out the Non-Return Remedies in respect of that Customer (other than a Protected Customer) and such Device shall be treated as a Non-Returned Device for the purposes of this Transaction;

(v) provide the PUK for each Device to Lessor; and

(vi) pay, or reimburse the Lessor for, any shipping costs and expenses incurred pursuant to Section 2.11(b)(i) ( Procedure for Returned Devices ) above within 5 Business Days of shipping such Devices.

 

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(c) Lessee Failure to Return . If any Lessee (or its Nominated Agent) fails to return to Lessor (or its Nominated Agent), by the earlier of (x) the Final Settlement Date and (y) the later of the end of the applicable Required Return Period and the applicable Device Lease Expiration Date, any Device returned to any Sprint Party by a Customer, the relevant Lessee shall pay to Lessor the sum of (i) if such Device is not returned as a result of any Sprint Party’s willful misconduct or gross negligence, an amount equal to the Originator Device Fee (as defined in the Device Repurchase Agreement) and (ii) the higher of (A) the Device Residual Value for such Device as of the Expected Sales Date, or (B) the Secondary Market Value for such Device, or if such Device is an Upgraded Device, the Secondary Market Value for the Related Original Device, as of the Expected Sales Date on the basis that such Device is a Grade B Device, no later than the earlier of (1) the Final Settlement Date and (2) 5 Business Days after Lessee having Knowledge of such failure to return unless Servicer has already paid such amount.

SECTION 2.12 Non-Return Remedies

If a Customer (other than a Protected Customer) is in breach of a payment or a delivery obligation under its Customer Lease which has not been remedied by the Customer, Servicer, any Lessee or any other Person (other than the Guarantor) by the Non-Return Remedies Commencement Date:

(a) Servicer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to collect, without incurring any obligation to the extent that (notwithstanding its commercially reasonable efforts) it does not collect, the Customer’s payment under the Customer Lease (and all further payments made by the Customer thereunder, including the Customer’s payment for or in respect of the Device) and shall remit any such Customer payments it does collect (i) to the extent such amount has not been previously remitted to Lessor as a regularly scheduled Rental Payment or another payment due and owing to Lessor under this Agreement, to Lessor and (ii) otherwise to the relevant Lessee; and

(b) neither Servicer nor any other Sprint Party will provide any new or incremental device, accessory, network service (or other asset or service) which it is not already providing (or already obligated to provide, or will be obligated to provide with the passage of time and/or a payment or performance by Customer which Servicer or other Sprint Party is obligated to accept) as of the date of such breach under contract (including pursuant to applicable terms and conditions) to such Customer (by sale, lease or otherwise) until such breach is remedied (the “ Non-Return Remedies ”),

provided that paragraphs (a) and (b) above shall not apply if Servicer terminates the Customer Lease in accordance with Section 2.7 ( Right to Terminate Customer Leases ) of the Servicing Agreement.

SECTION 2.13 Like-Kind and Upgrade Exchanges .

(a) Like-Kind Exchanges . If at any time during the Term of a Device Lease, the Servicer performs a Like-Kind Exchange, the Like-Kind Exchange Device shall be automatically substituted for the original Device and such Like-Kind Exchange Device shall be subject to the relevant Device Lease to the same extent and on the same terms as the original Device, including

 

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the Rental Payments, which shall be the same as the Rental Payments that would otherwise have been due with respect to the original Device. Lessor agrees that, upon consummation of the Like-Kind Exchange, title to the original Device free and clear of all Liens by and through Lessor shall pass automatically from Lessor to Lessee on an as-is basis without any warranty whatsoever from Lessor.

(b) Upgrade Exchanges .

(i) Subject to Section 2.13(b)(ii), if at any time during the Term of a Device Lease a Customer Upgrade occurs and title to the Upgraded Device is sold or transferred to Lessor under Section 2.1 of the Second Step Transfer Agreement, (x) on and from the Upgrade Date, the Upgraded Device shall be automatically substituted for the related Exchanged Device and such Upgraded Device shall be subject to the relevant Device Lease to the same extent and on the same terms as the related Exchanged Device, including (1) the Rental Payments for the Upgraded Device, which shall be equal to the Rental Payments that would otherwise have been due with respect to the related Exchanged Device, (2) the Device Lease Expiration Date of the Device Lease for the Upgraded Device, which shall be the same as the Device Lease Expiration Date of the Device Lease for the Exchanged Device and (3) the Device Residual Value, the Expected Sales Date and the Scheduled Customer Lease Term for the Upgraded Device, which, in each case, shall be the same as the Device Residual Value, Expected Sales Date and Scheduled Customer Lease Term, respectively, for the Exchanged Device; provided, however, the Customer Lease Term for the Upgraded Device shall be the Customer Lease Term for the Upgraded Customer Lease and not the Exchanged Customer Lease and (y) Servicer shall pay by the Business Day prior to the first Scheduled Monthly Reporting Date occurring at least one full calendar month following the related Upgrade Exchange (the “ Upgrade Dilution Payment Date ”), the Upgrade Dilution, if any, in accordance with Section 2.14 of the Servicing Agreement. In the event that Servicer does not pay to Lessor the Upgrade Dilution by the Upgrade Dilution Payment Date, Lessor shall sell the Exchanged Device in accordance with Section 2.10 of the Second Step Transfer Agreement and apply the proceeds of such sale in accordance with Section 2.10 of the Second Step Transfer Agreement. Lessor agrees that, following any Upgrade Exchange (1) for which the relevant Lessee does not elect the Upgrade Termination Option with respect to the Upgraded Device within the Upgrade Termination Option Period or, during the Upgrade Termination Option Period, has irrevocably notified the Buyer that it waives its right to elect the Upgrade Termination Option with respect to such Upgraded Device and (2) for which the Upgrade Dilution, if any, is paid pursuant to this Section 2.13(b)(i), (x) title to the Exchanged Device free and clear of all Liens by and through Lessor shall pass automatically from Lessor to the relevant Lessee on an as-is basis without any warranty whatsoever from Lessor in accordance with Section 2.9 of the Second Step Transfer Agreement and (y) if such Exchanged Device was initially an Upgraded Device and the Servicer deposited amounts into the Upgrade Reserve Account (Tranche 2) in accordance with Section 2.14(d) of the Servicing Agreement in respect of such Exchanged Device, such amounts shall be paid to the Lessee Representative in accordance with Section 2.9(c)(iv) of the MLS Intercreditor Agreement.

 

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(ii) By the Business Day prior to the first Scheduled Monthly Reporting Date occurring at least one full calendar month after the occurrence of the relevant Upgrade Exchange (the “ Upgrade Termination Option Period ”), the applicable Lessee has the option (the “ Upgrade Termination Option ”) to terminate the relevant Device Lease by (A) notifying Lessor in writing that it is exercising the Upgrade Termination Option with respect to such Exchanged Device, provided, such notice may be in the form of a list of Customer Leases, specifying, as applicable, the relevant customer lease number or IMEI number, that will be early terminated by the relevant Lessee under Section 2.9, this Section 2.13(b)(ii) or otherwise during the relevant period, (B) if the relevant Customer has returned such Device, returning such Exchanged Device to Lessor in accordance with the terms hereof and (C) Servicer paying Lessor the Upgrade Termination Option Payment. Upon effective exercise by Lessee of the Upgrade Termination Option in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence, the Device Lease with respect to the Exchanged Device shall terminate effective as of the Upgrade Date and the Upgrade Exchange with respect to the Upgraded Device shall be deemed not to have occurred and from and after the Upgrade Date no amounts shall be payable by any Sprint Party in connection with the Upgraded Device, the Exchanged Device, the Device Lease with respect to the Exchanged Device or the Upgrade Exchange, including any Rental Payments or any Upgrade Dilution (without prejudice to any indemnity or other obligations that survive termination of any Device Lease).

(iii) In connection with a Lease Upgrade, the relevant Lessee shall provide Lessor with the following information:

(A) a description of the Upgraded Devices;

(B) the Customer Lease Term for such Upgraded Device; and

(C) the Customer Receivables due under the relevant Upgraded Customer Lease.

SECTION 2.14 Updates to Devices Subject to Device Leases and Data File . The Devices subject to the relevant Device Lease shall be deemed to be automatically amended without further action upon a Like-Kind-Exchange, an Upgrade Exchange or the termination of any Device Lease with respect to any Device. Upon an Upgrade Exchange, (i) the relevant Device Lease Schedule shall be deemed to be automatically amended to reflect the terms of the Upgraded Device and Upgraded Customer Lease in accordance with Section 2.13(b)(i) and (ii) Lessor and Lessee shall cooperate to update the Data File to reflect the terms of the Upgraded Device and Upgraded Customer Lease. Upon the request of any Lessee or Lessor, Servicer shall provide a status report reflecting the Devices then leased pursuant to any Device Lease. Upon the request of Collateral Agent, Servicer or any Lessee, Lessor shall provide updated Device Lease Schedules and an updated Data File.

SECTION 2.15 Quiet Enjoyment

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interest in the Devices by, through or under Lessor shall disturb Lessees’ quiet enjoyment of the Devices and the Customer Leases under such Device Lease. Collateral Agent covenants that during the Term of a Device Lease, so long as no Lease Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Collateral Agent shall not disturb Lessees’ quiet enjoyment of the Devices and the Customer Leases under such Device Lease

ARTICLE III

LEASE EVENTS OF DEFAULT

SECTION 3.1 Lease Events of Default

A Lease Event of Default occurs if:

(a) (i) any Lessee (or the Servicer on its behalf) fails to pay to the MLS Collection Account (Tranche 2) all Customer Receivables received and permitted to be paid to the MLS Collection Account (Tranche 2) by such Lessee in satisfaction of any Rental Payment obligation on the due date thereof or (ii) any Lessee (or the Guarantor on its behalf) fails to make any Rental Payment on or before the Business Day prior to the Scheduled Monthly Reporting Date immediately following the due date thereof;

(b) any Lessee (or the Guarantor on its behalf) fails to pay any other amount (other than as set forth in Section 3.1(a) ( Lease Events of Default )) due and payable under this Agreement or a Device Lease unless such breach is remedied within 10 Business Days following the date of receipt of a written notice from Lessor specifying the breach;

(c) any Lessee breaches Section 2.3(b) ( Liens) , Section 2.12 ( Non-Return Remedies ), Section 2.13(b) ( Upgrade Exchanges ), Section 4.1(a) ( Indemnities ), Section 6.7 ( Licenses and approvals ), Section 7.1(i) ( Notification of Default ), Section 7.2(b) ( No Modification of Customer Leases ), or Section 7.2(c) ( Change in Credit and Collection Policy, Upgrade Policy or Business ) of this Agreement, and such breach is not remedied within 10 Business Days of the date of receipt of written notice from Lessor specifying the breach;

(d) any Lessee breaches any other representation, warranty, covenant or other provision of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document in any material respect (other than as specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) above), and such breach is not remedied within 10 Business Days of the date of receipt of written notice from Lessor specifying the breach;

(e) any Originator breaches any provision of any Transaction Document to which it is a party in any material respect and such breach is not remedied within 10 Business Days of the date of receipt of written notice from Lessor specifying the breach;

(f) [reserved];

(g) a Servicer Replacement Event occurs;

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(i) the occurrence of an Insolvency Event with respect to a Sprint Party;

(j) the Guarantor fails to pay any amount due and payable under the Sprint Guarantee, or the Sprint Guarantee is terminated or ceases to be in full force and effect for any reason (other than termination in accordance with its terms) before the Final Settlement Date, unless such breach is remedied within 5 Business Days of the date of receipt of a written notice from Lessor specifying the breach;

(k) a Change of Control has occurred; or

(l) the Performance Support Provider fails to perform any of its obligations under the Performance Support Agreement, or the Performance Support Agreement is terminated or ceases to be in full force and effect for any reason before the Final Settlement Date, unless such breach is remedied within 5 Business Days of the date of receipt of a written notice from Lessor specifying the breach.

SECTION 3.2 Remedies

(a) Upon the occurrence and continuance of a Lease Event of Default, Lessor may terminate this Agreement and/or any one or more (including all) of the Device Leases (or any portion thereof) by providing written notice of termination to the relevant Lessees. Lessor shall be deemed to have given each Lessee a notice terminating all relevant Device Leases immediately upon the occurrence of an Insolvency Event with respect to any Lessee or the Guarantor. For the avoidance of doubt, the occurrence of a Lease Event of Default under a Device Lease will trigger a Lease Event of Default under all Device Leases entered into under this Agreement (regardless of the identity of the Lessee under a particular Device Lease and whether a Lease Event of Default has occurred under a particular Device Lease) unless otherwise waived by Lessor.

(b) If this Agreement or any Device Lease hereunder (or any portion thereof) has been terminated pursuant to paragraph (a) above:

(i) in relation to the occurrence of the Lease Event of Default under Section 3.1(d) ( Lease Events of Default ) above then Lessees shall pay only the Present Value Device Lease Amount for the relevant Devices within 5 Business Days of receipt of an invoice from Lessor. Upon payment of the Present Value Device Lease Amount, title free and clear of all Liens arising by and through Lessor to the relevant Devices (and all Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations) shall hereby pass from Lessor to the relevant Lessee on an as-is basis without any warranty whatsoever from Lessor and no further Rental Payments shall be payable by the relevant Lessee in respect of such Devices and the Device Leases for such Devices shall terminate;

(ii) subject to Section 3.2(c) ( Remedies ), in relation to the occurrence of any Lease Events of Defaults (other than the Lease Event of Default under Section 3.1(d) ( Lease Events of Default )) prior to the end of the Term, then Lessees must pay the Device Lease Early Termination Amount for the relevant Devices to Lessor within 5 Business Days of receipt of an invoice from Lessor. Upon payment of the Device Lease Early Termination Amount, title free and clear of all Liens by and through Lessor to the

 

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relevant Devices (and all Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations) shall hereby pass from Lessor to the relevant Lessee on an as-is basis without any warranty whatsoever from Lessor and no further Rental Payments shall be payable by the relevant Lessee in respect of such Devices and the Device Leases for such Devices shall terminate.

(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, upon the occurrence and continuance of any Lease Event of Default which does not satisfy the below criteria, the sole remedy shall be that Lessees pay the Present Value Device Lease Amount for the relevant Devices within 5 Business Days of receipt of an invoice from Lessor:

(i) the default covenant provision is customary in financing arrangements;

(ii) the occurrence of the Lease Event of Default is objectively determinable (for example, subjective acceleration clauses would not satisfy this condition);

(iii) predefined criteria, related solely to any Sprint Party and their operations, have been established for the determination of the Lease Event of Default; and

(iv) it is reasonable to assume, based on the facts and circumstances that exist at Device Lease inception, that the Lease Event of Default will not occur. In applying this condition, it is expected that any Person making such determination would consider recent trends in Lessees’ operations.

Upon payment of the Present Value Device Lease Amount in accordance with this Section 3.2(c) ( Remedies ), title free and clear of all Liens by and through Lessor to the relevant Devices (and all Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations) shall hereby pass from Lessor to the relevant Lessee on an as-is basis without any warranty whatsoever from Lessor and no further Rental Payments shall be payable by the relevant Lessee in respect of such Devices and the Device Leases for such Devices shall terminate.

ARTICLE IV

INDEMNITIES

SECTION 4.1 Indemnities

(a) Lessees hereby indemnify Lessor and the Series 2 Members (each a “ Lessee Indemnitee ”) and hold any Lessee Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, charges, Lessee Covered Taxes, penalties, levies and related expenses (including the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of counsel for Lessor), including, on account of funds borrowed, contracted for or used to fund any amount payable by a Lessee Indemnitee in connection with the purchase or the lease of any Devices subject to a Device Lease or proceedings related thereto (the “ Liabilities ”) incurred by any Lessee Indemnitee, without duplication of any other amount paid, as a result of:

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(ii) the Devices being lost, stolen, damaged, or destroyed by, or confiscated from, in each case, any Lessee;

(iii) the sublease of any Devices to a Customer;

(iv) any information provided by or on behalf of a Sprint Party or any Affiliate for inclusion in a Device Lease Schedule being incorrect;

(v) a Device Lease terminating in relation to some or all of the Devices before the end of the Term of that Device Lease, except as otherwise expressly contemplated under this Agreement;

(vi) any failure by a Lessee to comply with its obligations in the Transaction Documents to which it is a party; or

(vii) any Lease Event of Default other than (x) a Lease Event of Default under Section 3.1(d) ( Lease Events of Default ) or (y) a Lease Event of Default that does not satisfy the criteria in Section 3.2(c) ( Lease Events of Default );

provided, however, Lessee’s indemnity will not extend to (x) any Liability to the extent determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence, fraud or willful misconduct of any Lessee Indemnitee, or (y) any Liability arising as a result of a Device being a Non-Returned Device; provided that for purposes of clause (x) above, no Lessee Indemnitee shall have a duty to (1) undertake an independent investigation into facts not disclosed to Lessor because of gaps in Servicer’s information tracking and (2) know and comply with consumer leasing regulations (or industry custom) in connection with the Devices and Customer Leases.

(b) Indemnity Continuing . Lessees’ indemnity is a continuing obligation, separate and independent from Lessee’s other obligations. Lessees’ indemnity continues after a Device Lease ends or is terminated and it is not necessary for Lessor to incur an expense or cost or make a payment before it enforces a right of indemnity.

(c) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc.  To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, the parties hereto shall not assert, and each party hereto hereby waives, any claim against any other party hereto, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential (including lost profits) or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (save for claims in connection with breaches of confidentiality).

 

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ARTICLE V

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

The purchase from, and lease to Lessees, of the Lease Closing Date Devices on the Lease Closing Date, shall be subject to the satisfaction of, or the waiver in writing by (i) Lessor of, each of the conditions precedent set forth below and (ii) Lessees of, the conditions in clauses (i) and (k) below:

(a) Lessee has provided the Agreed Schedule Information with respect to all Lease Closing Date Devices subject to the Device Leases;

(b) the Device Lease Schedules contain with respect to each Lease Closing Date Device to be leased, the information set out in Schedule 1 ( Device Lease Schedule );

(c) all Lease Closing Date Devices that are to be subject to such Device Lease are Approved Devices;

(d) at the time of its contribution under the First Step Transfer Agreement, each Originator is the owner of unencumbered legal and beneficial title to each Lease Closing Date Device that is to be subject to such Device Lease (other than the rights of Customers under the Customer Leases);

(e) as of the Cutoff Date, the Lease Closing Date Devices were Eligible Devices and the Customer Leases were Eligible Leases;

(f) the representations and warranties of each Sprint Party set forth in Article VI or in any other Transaction Document are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Lease Closing Date with the same effect as though made on and as of such date, except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, in which case, such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct as of such earlier date;

(g) no Lease Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

(h) all documents (including Customer Leases) required to be in effect with respect to the relevant Devices, are duly executed by each party other than Lessor;

(i) all Transaction Documents have been executed and delivered to Lessor and Lessees;

(j) receipt of evidence that all Agreed Start-Up Costs have been paid or will be paid simultaneously with the consummation of the Transaction;

(k) receipt by Lessor and Lessees of the Data File which contains all information for each Device Lease Schedule to which each Lessee and Lessor agree; and

(l) Lessees shall have obtained any approvals, legal opinions, filings or other documents reasonably requested by Lessor.

Lessees acknowledge and agree that this Agreement is not a committed facility and that Lessor is not obligated to purchase or lease any Devices to Lessee or enter into any Device Lease.

 

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ARTICLE VI

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Lessee represents and warrants to Lessor that, as of the Lease Closing Date (with reference to the circumstances existing on each such date):

SECTION 6.1 Organization and Good Standing

It has been duly organized or incorporated in, and is validly existing as a corporation, exempted company, partnership or limited liability company, as applicable, in good standing under, the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization or incorporation, with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are presently owned and such business is presently conducted and will be conducted, except to the extent that such failure could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 6.2 Due Qualification

It is duly qualified to do business as a foreign organization in good standing, if applicable, and has obtained all necessary qualifications, licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business (including its obligations under this Agreement) requires such qualifications, licenses or approvals, except where the failure to be in good standing or to hold any such qualifications, licenses and approvals could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 6.3 Power and Authority; Due Authorization

It (i) has all necessary power and authority to (A) execute and deliver this Agreement and (B) carry out the terms of and perform its obligations under this Agreement, and (ii) has duly authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership or limited liability company action, as applicable, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement.

SECTION 6.4 Binding Obligations

This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable against such party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

SECTION 6.5 No Violation

The due execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement shall not (i) violate or result in a default under, (A) its articles or certificate of incorporation, memorandum and articles of association, by-laws, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational documents, as applicable, or (B) in the context of

 

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the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, any material indenture, agreement or instrument binding on it, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or instrument, except for any Lien that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or that arises under the Transaction Documents, or (iii) violate in any material respect any Law applicable to it or any of its properties.

SECTION 6.6 No Proceedings

There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or governmental authority pending against or, to its Knowledge, threatened against or affecting it (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) seeking to prevent the consummation of the purposes of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby or (iii) that involve this Agreement.

SECTION 6.7 Licenses and approvals

No license, authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required for its due execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, in each case, that has not been made or obtained other than registrations and notifications that are permitted to be obtained after the Lease Closing Date, which Servicer shall obtain or cause to be obtained within the statutorily prescribed timeframe.

SECTION 6.8 Software licenses

The execution and performance of the First Step Transfer Agreement and the Second Step Transfer Agreement do not infringe any licenses or other agreements for the use of the software connected to the Devices.

ARTICLE VII

COVENANTS

At all times from the Lease Closing Date to the Final Settlement Date, unless Lessor shall otherwise consent in writing:

SECTION 7.1 Affirmative Covenants

(a) Reporting Requirements . Each Lessee will furnish to Lessor promptly following a request therefor, any documentation Lessor reasonably requests relating to such Lessee, the transactions contemplated hereby or the Lessee Collateral in order to comply with its obligations under the Transaction Documents, protect Lessor’s interest as contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or to comply with applicable Law; provided, Lessees shall not be required to furnish any information to the extent that any Lessee has determined in good faith it is prohibited from furnishing such other information by any Law or a Contractual Obligation or because such information is Relevant Personal Data subject to Section 7.1(h)

 

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( Personal Data ) (it being understood and agreed that this Section 7.1(a) ( Reporting Requirements ) shall not be applied to augment the periodic reporting obligations of Sprint under Section 4(e) of the Performance Support Agreement).

(b) Change in Accountants . Promptly after the occurrence thereof, the relevant Lessee shall provide the Lessor notice of any change in the accountants of such Lessee.

(c) Preservation of Existence . Except as expressly permitted by Sections 5.2(h) or 5.2(i) of the Second Step Transfer Agreement, each Lessee shall (i) do all things necessary to remain duly organized, validly existing and qualified in good standing in its jurisdiction of organization, except where the failure to qualify or be in good standing could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) maintain all requisite authority to conduct its business in each jurisdiction in which its business is conducted, except where the failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) Compliance with Laws, Etc. Each Lessee shall comply with all applicable Laws, regulations and standards of all jurisdictions applicable to each party’s performance under this Agreement (including, without limitation, consumer protection requirements, the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and international anti-money laundering laws applicable to it) except where the failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Lessees shall also comply with all applicable international export laws and sanctions regulations applicable to it with respect to the export of the Devices except where the failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(e) Keeping of Records and Books of Account . Lessees shall (and shall cause Servicer to) maintain and implement administrative and operating procedures (including an ability to recreate records evidencing Customer Receivables and any related contract in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain, all documents, books, computer tapes, disks, Records and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection and administration of all Customer Receivables (including records adequate to permit the daily identification of each new Customer Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each existing Customer Receivable). Lessees shall give Lessor prompt notice of any material change in its administrative and operating procedures referred to in the previous sentence.

(f) Furnishing of Information . Subject to any limitation in Section 7.1(h) ( Personal Data ), Lessees shall furnish or cause to be furnished to Lessor from time to time such information with respect to the Customer Receivables and other Lessee Collateral as Lessor may reasonably request (it being understood and agreed that this Section 7.1(f) ( Furnishing of Information ) shall not be applied to augment or duplicate the reporting obligations of Servicer under the Servicing Agreement).

(g) Inspection of Records . Upon reasonable advance notice by Lessor to Lessees, Lessees shall, at any time and from time to time during regular business hours, as requested by Lessor permit Lessor, or its agents or representatives, at the expense of Lessees (provided that unless a Lease Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Lessees shall not be

 

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responsible for the expense of any such inspections other than one inspection per year by Lessor) (i) to examine and make copies of and take abstracts from all books, records and documents (including computer tapes and disks) reasonably related to Lessee Collateral, including any related Customer Leases, and (ii) to visit the offices and properties of Lessees for the purpose of examining such materials described in clause (i), and to discuss matters reasonably related to the Customer Leases and Device Leases or Lessees’ performance hereunder, and under the other Transaction Documents to which any Lessee is a party, with any of the officers, directors, relevant employees or independent public accountants of the relevant Lessee having Knowledge of such matters. Subject to Section 20 ( Confidential Information ) of the MLS Intercreditor Agreement, Lessor and such agents and representatives shall be bound to treat any information received pursuant to this paragraph (g) as confidential.

(h) Personal Data . Notwithstanding anything in any Transaction Document to the contrary, each Lessee shall ensure that no Relevant Personal Data is transmitted or delivered to, or otherwise received by, Lessor if such transmission, delivery or receipt would result in the violation by such Person of any Applicable Data Protection Laws or any Contractual Obligation; provided that, upon the request of Lessor at any time after a Lease Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, the relevant Lessee shall, in each case, at its own expense, co-operate, assist and otherwise take all necessary actions as may be required to ensure that all Relevant Personal Data is transferred to Lessor (or such other Person as Lessor may direct) in accordance with all applicable Law and any Contractual Obligations, including entering into any further deeds or documents which may be required to comply with any such legislation or regulations relating to data protection.

(i) Notification of Default. Lessees shall furnish to Lessor and Collateral Agent as soon as possible and in any event within two (2) Business Days after any Lessee obtains Knowledge of (A) the occurrence of any Lease Event of Default or Lease Default, a statement by an appropriate officer of the relevant Lessee setting forth details of such Lease Event of Default or Lease Default and the action which it proposes to take with respect thereto, which information shall be updated promptly from time to time; (B) any litigation, investigation, proceeding or fact or circumstance that may exist at any time between it and any Person that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect or any litigation or proceeding to which it is a party relating to any Transaction Document, notice of such litigation, investigation, proceeding, fact or circumstance; and (C) the existence of a Material Adverse Effect, notice of such Material Adverse Effect.

(j) Audit. In relation to the administration of Devices and the Device Leases, each Lessee shall upon reasonable advance notice provide access to its databases to Deloitte or another independent accounting firm selected by Lessor not more than twice per calendar year, on a confidential basis, at the expense of Lessor, to confirm compliance in all material respects of certain procedures with respect to certain documents and records relating to the administration of Device, Customer and Customer Lease information, including without limitation the following:

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(ii) access to database to confirm, among others, the name and contact details of the Customers, control compliance with underwriting standards, and compliance with relevant policies and laws, and

(iii) access to database to confirm the existence and details of the Customer Leases.

SECTION 7.2 Negative Covenants

At all times from the Lease Closing Date to the Final Settlement Date, unless Lessor (and, with respect to Section 7.2(c)(ii), the Collateral Agent) shall otherwise consent in writing:

(a) No Modification of a Device . Lessees will not modify, alter or change the Devices in any Lessee’s possession, and will not permit the Devices in any Lessee’s possession to be modified, altered or changed; provided, however, none of the Lessees shall be responsible for any modifications, alterations or changes made by Customers or for any repairs made by a third-party maintenance provider on behalf of any Customer; provided, further, this Section 7.2(a) shall not restrict Like-Kind Exchanges or Customer Upgrades.

(b) No Modification of Customer Leases . Lessees shall not amend, waive or otherwise modify any term or condition of any Customer Lease, other than for the avoidance of doubt, any amendments, waivers and modifications made by Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Agreement or this Agreement and any amendments, waivers or modifications made by Lessees in accordance with Section 5.2(j) of the Second Step Transfer Agreement.

(c) Change in Credit and Collection Policy, Upgrade Policy or Business . Lessees shall not (i) make or consent to any change or amendment to the Credit and Collection Policy, other than for the avoidance of doubt, any changes or amendments made by Servicer in accordance with the Servicing Agreement, (ii) amend or otherwise modify (or permit to be amended or otherwise modified) the Assigned Lease Upgrade Policy Provision for any Device subject to a Customer Lease during the Term of a Device Lease for such Device, including any modification to any portion of the Upgrade Policy that has the effect of modifying the Assigned Lease Upgrade Policy Provision (provided that Lessor’s and Collateral Agent’s consent to any such waiver or modification shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed) or (iii) make any change in the character of their business.

(d) Dilution. No Lessee shall take any action or omit to take any action that is within the relevant Lessee’s control that would cause a Dilution (if taken by Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or any of their agents or representatives); provided that this Section 7.2(d) ( Dilution ) shall not limit Servicer’s ability to take actions and pay Dilutions under Section 2.9 ( Termination of a Device Lease ) or Section 2.13(b) ( Upgrade Exchanges ) or under the Servicing Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY; ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

SECTION 8.1 Exclusion of Liability

(a) To the full extent permitted by any applicable Law, each party excludes all express or implied terms, conditions and warranties other than those set out herein and in each Device Lease.

(b) Except as expressly provided for under the Transaction Documents, Lessor shall have no liability for:

(i) replacing the relevant Devices with the same or similar Devices, or paying the cost of replacing the relevant Devices, such obligation to remain at all times with the relevant Lessee under the relevant Customer Lease; or

(ii) repairing the relevant Devices or paying for their repair, such obligation to remain at all times with the relevant Lessee in accordance with the relevant Customer Lease.

(c) If the supplier or manufacturer of Devices has given Lessor warranties for those Devices then, to the full extent permitted by Law, the relevant Lessee or Servicer may during the Term make any claim on the supplier or manufacturer that Lessor could have made.

(d) Lessees shall not be liable for any default or other underperformance by any Customer under its Customer Lease.

SECTION 8.2 Acknowledgments . Each Lessee acknowledges that:

(a) it has not relied on Lessor’s skill or judgment in deciding to enter into any Device Lease;

(b) it has taken its own advice as to the taxation, accounting and financial consequences of entering into any Device Lease, and has not relied on Lessor in relation to any of these matters;

(c) it does not enter into any Device Lease as trustee of any trust or settlement;

(d) it alone is responsible for examining the Devices before accepting them and for satisfying itself of, among other things:

(i) their compliance with their description;

(ii) their condition, suitability and fitness for Lessee’s purposes; and

(iii) the validity of any supplier’s, manufacturer’s or dealer’s warranties or guarantees and entitlements to patents or other intellectual property rights;

(e) except for any representation, warranty or undertaking that may be implied by Law, Lessor has not made any representation, warranty or undertaking about the condition or quality of any Devices, their suitability or fitness for purpose, or their safety; and

 

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(f) Lessor may (but is not obliged to) do anything which should have been done by a Lessee under a Device Lease but which Lessor reasonably considers the relevant Lessee has not done properly.

ARTICLE IX

COLLATERAL

SECTION 9.1 Granting Clause to Lessor . In order to secure the prompt and full payment and performance as and when due of any and all obligations and indebtedness of Lessees to Lessor under this Agreement, now existing or hereafter created, each Lessee hereby collaterally assigns to Mobile Leasing Solutions for the benefit of Series 2, and grants to Mobile Leasing Solutions for the benefit of Series 2 a security interest, in, all of such Lessee’s right, title and interest in, to and under all of the following personal property, whether now owned by or owing to, or hereafter acquired by or arising in favor of such Lessee, and regardless of where located, in each case, solely to the extent relating to the Devices and the Customer Leases (all of which will be collectively referred to as the “ Lessee Collateral ”), including:

(1) all Accounts;

(2) all Chattel Paper;

(3) all Documents;

(4) all Deposit Accounts (including the Servicer Collection Accounts);

(5) all Commercial Tort Claims (now or hereafter arising);

(6) all Customer Leases;

(7) the Transfer Agreements; and

(8) all accessions to, substitutions for and replacements, proceeds, insurance proceeds and products of the foregoing, together with all books and records, customer lists, credit files, computer files, programs, printouts and other computer materials and records related thereto.

SECTION 9.2 Granting Clause to Collateral Agent. Additionally, (i) each Lessee hereby grants to Collateral Agent a security interest, solely to the extent relating to the Devices and the Customer Leases, in all of such Lessee’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Servicer Collection Accounts and all proceeds of the foregoing and (ii) the Lessee Representative hereby grants to Collateral Agent a security interest in all of such Lessee Representative’s right, title and interest in, to and under the Lessee Representative Account (Tranche 2) and the Upgrade Reserve Account (Tranche 2) and all proceeds of the foregoing.

SECTION 9.3 UCC Financing Statements . Each Lessee authorizes Lessor to file, transmit, or communicate, as applicable, from time to time, Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, along with amendments and modifications thereto, in all filing offices reasonably selected by Lessor, listing the applicable Lessee as the debtor and Mobile Leasing Solutions for

 

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the benefit of Series 2 as the secured party, and describing the collateral covered thereby in such manner as Lessor may elect, in each case without such Lessee’s signature. Each Lessee also hereby ratifies its authorization for Lessor to have filed in any filing office any financing statements filed prior to the date hereof.

SECTION 9.4 No Assumption of Liability . The Lien on Lessee Collateral granted hereunder is given as security only and shall not subject Lessor to, or in any way modify, any obligation or liability of Lessees relating to any Lessee Collateral.

SECTION 9.5 Further Assurances . Promptly upon request, but not later than three Business Days thereafter, each Lessee shall deliver such instruments, assignments, or other documents or agreements, and shall take such actions, as Lessor reasonably deems appropriate under applicable Law to evidence or perfect its Lien on any Lessee Collateral, or otherwise to give effect to the intent of this Agreement.

SECTION 9.6 Power of Attorney . In addition to all of the powers granted to Lessor in this Article IX, each Lessee hereby appoints and constitutes Lessor as such Lessee’s attorney-in-fact to sign such Lessee’s name on any documents, instruments and other items consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the other Sprint Transaction Documents which Lessor may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof (but Lessor shall not be obligated to and shall have no liability to any Lessee or any third party for failure to so do or take action), and, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Lease Event of Default, (i) to convey any item of Lessee Collateral to any purchaser thereof and (ii) to make any payment or take any act necessary or desirable to protect, collect or preserve any Lessee Collateral. Lessor’s authority hereunder shall include, without limitation, the authority to execute and give receipt for any certificate of ownership or any document, to transfer title to any item of Lessee Collateral and to take any other actions arising from or incident to the powers granted to Lessor under this Agreement. This power of attorney is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.

ARTICLE X

TAXES

SECTION 10.1 Consistency of Treatment. Lessor, Servicer, and Lessees acknowledge and agree, for all U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes, the parties intend (i) to treat the Cash Purchase Price under the Second Step Transfer Agreement at closing as amounts loaned by Lessor for which the Devices provide security, and to treat the Rental Payments payable to Lessor under the Device Leases created by this Agreement and each Device Lease Schedule as payments on such indebtedness owed to the Lessor, and (ii) not to treat such Device Leases as “true leases” or treat the Lessor as the owner of the Devices. The Lessor, Servicer, and Lessees agree not to take any position on any federal, state or local income tax return or filing that is inconsistent with the previous sentence unless, after the Lease Closing Date, a Change in Law occurs and, as confirmed by an Opinion of Counsel and after consultation in good faith with Lessor, Servicer and Lessees and their respective tax advisors, there is no substantial authority, within the meaning of Section 6662 of the Code, for such treatment, or there is a Final Determination of such treatment.

 

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SECTION 10.2 Taxes . The Lessees will be responsible for Taxes with respect to the Device Leases as provided in the Tax Services Agreement.

SECTION 10.3 Payments . All payments made, or deemed made, pursuant to this Agreement shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction for, any Taxes except to the extent required by applicable law. Prior to withholding any Taxes other than Lessee Covered Taxes from any payment hereunder, Lessee(s) and/or Servicer shall consult with Lessor in good faith as to the withholding to be made.

SECTION 10.4 Gross Up. If a withholding or deduction of Lessee Covered Taxes is required by law, with respect to any payment made to Lessor under a Device Lease during the Term of such Device Lease, Servicer and/or relevant Lessee(s) shall:

(a) withhold or deduct the required amount from the covered payment;

(b) pay (or procure the payment of) directly to the relevant authority the full amount required to be so withheld or deducted;

(c) promptly forward to the recipient, with a copy to Lessor, an official receipt or other documentation reasonably satisfactory to Lessor evidencing such payment to such authority; and

(d) pay (or procure the payment of) to Lessor such additional amount or amounts as is necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by Lessor will equal the full amount Lessor would have received had no such withholding or deduction of Lessee Covered Taxes been required.

SECTION 10.5 Non-Duplication . The parties acknowledge that Lessor (and the Series 2 Members) have entered into the Tax Services Agreement with Servicer and Sprint and that such agreement addresses matters covered by this Agreement, and, specifically, provides an indemnity to Lessor for Lessee Covered Taxes. The Parties agree that indemnities calculated in respect of the Tax Services Agreement shall take into account any gross-up made under Section 10.4 ( Gross Up ) to the extent required to avoid duplication.

ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 11.1 Amendments, etc.

No amendment or other modification of any provision of this Agreement shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the parties hereto and, if such amendment or other modification has the effect of changing Section 2.11(c)(i) of this Agreement, this Section 11.1, Section 11.6 or Schedule 6 to this Agreement, consented to by Brightstar (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed). No waiver of an obligation of any party hereto shall be effective unless in writing and signed by the other parties hereto.

 

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SECTION 11.2 No Waiver

No failure on the part of any party hereto to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by Law.

SECTION 11.3 Notices

Section 21 ( Notices ) of the MLS Intercreditor Agreement is incorporated into this Agreement by way of reference.

SECTION 11.4 Data File

The parties agree that the Data File to be delivered on or about the Lease Closing Date shall become an integral part of this Agreement on the Lease Closing Date.

SECTION 11.5 Binding Effect

The parties to this Agreement may not assign any rights under this Agreement, except with the consent of the other parties to this Agreement except Lessor may collaterally assign its rights under this Agreement for the benefit of the Finance Parties.

SECTION 11.6 Third Party Rights

This Agreement shall, to the extent provided herein, inure to the benefit of the Finance Parties. Each party hereto acknowledges that Lessor’s rights under this Agreement may be assigned to Collateral Agent and consents to such assignment and to the exercise of those rights directly by Collateral Agent. Each party hereto acknowledges that Brightstar is an express third party beneficiary of Section 2.11(c)(i) of this Agreement, Section 11.1, this Section 11.6 and Schedule 6 to this Agreement.

SECTION 11.7 Execution in Counterparts; Integration

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and by the different parties 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. Executed counterparts may be delivered electronically. This Agreement, together with the other Transaction Documents, contains a final and complete integration of all prior expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and shall constitute the entire understanding among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof, superseding all prior oral or written understandings with respect hereto.

SECTION 11.8 Governing Law

THIS AGREEMENT AND THE DEVICE LEASES SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF).

 

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SECTION 11.9 Waiver of Jury Trial

EACH PARTY HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, THE DEVICE LEASES, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR UNDER ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT OR DOCUMENT DELIVERED OR WHICH MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH OR THEREWITH OR ARISING FROM ANY RELATIONSHIP EXISTING IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT A JURY.

SECTION 11.10 Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Immunities

EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT:

(a) IT IRREVOCABLY (i) SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION, FIRST, OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT, AND SECOND, IF FEDERAL JURISDICTION IS NOT AVAILABLE, OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT, IN EITHER CASE SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, (ii) AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED ONLY IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT AND NOT IN ANY OTHER COURT, AND (iii) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING.

(b) TO THE EXTENT THAT IT HAS OR HEREAFTER MAY ACQUIRE ANY IMMUNITY FROM THE JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER THROUGH SERVICE OR NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID TO EXECUTION, EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY, IT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES SUCH IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT.

SECTION 11.11 No Proceedings

The provisions of Section 24.2 ( No Proceedings against MLS ) of the MLS Intercreditor Agreement shall apply as if fully set forth herein.

SECTION 11.12 Severability

Any provisions of this Agreement which are prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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SECTION 11.13 Mobile Leasing Solutions as Series LLC

Each Party hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that Mobile Leasing Solutions is a series limited liability company, and that accordingly the obligations and liabilities of Lessor hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents are and will be enforceable against Lessor solely to the extent of the Series 2 Assets, and not against any other assets of Mobile Leasing Solutions or against any other Series of Mobile Leasing Solutions or any assets of any such other Series (whether held directly by such Series or by Mobile Leasing Solutions on behalf of such other Series).

SECTION 11.14 Limited Recourse .

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the obligations and liabilities of Lessor under each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party are solely the obligations and liabilities of Lessor and shall be payable solely to the extent of the Series 2 Pledged Assets, and the proceeds of the realization thereof from whatever means, applied in accordance with the MLS Intercreditor Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. If the Series 2 Pledged Assets and the proceeds of the realization thereof from whatever means, including pursuant to the enforcement of the MLS Security Documents, applied in accordance with the MLS Intercreditor Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, are insufficient to discharge in full the obligations and liabilities of Lessor under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the rights of the other Parties to receive any further amounts in respect of such obligations and liabilities shall be extinguished and none of the other Parties may take any further action to recover such amounts. For the avoidance of doubt, no recourse shall be had to the assets of Mobile Leasing Solutions or the assets of any Series of Mobile Leasing Solutions other than the Series 2 Pledged Assets to satisfy the obligations and liabilities of Lessor under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

 

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SIGNATURE PAGE (MASTER LEASE AGREEMENT)

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed and delivered by their proper and duly authorized signatories as of the day and year first above written.

 

For and on behalf of:

 

SLV - I LLC

SLV - II LLC

SLV - III LLC

SLV - IV LLC

SLV - V LLC

SLV - VI LLC

SLV - VII LLC

SLV - VIII LLC

SLV - IX LLC

SLV - X LLC

SLV - XI LLC

SLV - XII LLC

SLV - XIII LLC

SLV - XIV LLC

SLV - XV LLC

SLV - XVI LLC

SLV - XVII LLC

SLV - XVIII LLC

SLV - XIX LLC

SLV - XX LLC

SLV - XXI LLC

SLV - XXII LLC , each a Lessee

By:

 

/s/ Stefan K. Schnopp

Name:

 

Stefan K. Schnopp

Title:

 

Director

This is Counterpart No. 1 of a total of 5 counterparts. Only Counterpart No. 1 shall be considered chattel paper for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code and a security interest may be perfected only by Counterpart No.1.

 

[S-1 Signature Page to the Master Lease Agreement]


MOBILE LEASING SOLUTIONS, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company, acting for itself and on behalf of Series 2 thereof, as Lessor

By:  

/s/ Jeff Krisel

Name:   Jeff Krisel
Title:   President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary

This is Counterpart No. 1 of a total of 5 counterparts. Only Counterpart No. 1 shall be considered chattel paper for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code and a security interest may be perfected only by Counterpart No.1.

 

[S-2 Signature Page to the Master Lease Agreement]


SPRINT SPECTRUM L.P.

as Servicer

By:  

/s/ Janet M. Duncan

Name:   Janet M. Duncan
Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

This is Counterpart No. 1 of a total of 5 counterparts. Only Counterpart No. 1 shall be considered chattel paper for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code and a security interest may be perfected only by Counterpart No. 1.

 

[S-3 Signature Page to the Master Lease Agreement]


 

MIZUHO BANK, LTD.

as Collateral Agent

By:  

/s/ Richard A. Burke

Name:  

Richard A. Burke

Title:  

Managing Director

This is Counterpart No. 1 of a total of 5 counterparts. Only Counterpart No. 1 shall be considered chattel paper for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code and a security interest may be perfected only by Counterpart No. 1.

 

[S-4 Signature Page to the Master Lease Agreement]


 

SLV - III LLC , as Lessee Representative
By:  

/s/ Stefan K. Schnopp

Name:   Stefan K. Schnopp
Title:   Director

This is Counterpart No. 1 of a total of 5 counterparts. Only Counterpart No. 1 shall be considered chattel paper for purposes of the Uniform Commercial Code and a security interest may be perfected only by Counterpart No. 1.

 

[S-5 Signature Page to the Master Lease Agreement]


APPENDIX A

DEFINITIONS

1934 Act ” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934;

Account Bank ” has the meaning given to that term in the Servicing Agreement;

Account Control Agreement ” has the meaning given to that term in the Servicing Agreement;

Actual Repair Costs ” means the amounts specified in Schedule 6 ( Repair Costs ) or any updated amounts provided by the Lessee Representative from time to time reflecting the actual repair costs generally charged by Sprint for repairs of the Eligible Devices;

Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified; provided, however, for purposes of the Sprint Transaction Documents, neither Brightstar nor any of its Subsidiaries shall be considered Affiliates of any Sprint Party;

Agreed Schedule Information ” means, with respect to a Device Lease:

 

(a) a description of the Device to be subject to such Device Lease;

 

(b) the Device Lease Commencement Date;

 

(c) the Scheduled Customer Lease Term and the Customer Lease Term;

 

(d) whether the related Customer Lease is subject to the iPhone Forever Program;

 

(e) the Device Lease Expiration Date;

 

(f) the Device Lease Payment Dates;

 

(g) the Rental Payments due under the Device Lease; and

 

(h) the Device Residual Values for the Device subject to the Device Lease.

Agreed Start-Up Costs ” means all costs and expenses which Lessor is responsible to pay in the amount agreed between the Lessor and the relevant provider of services and consented to by the Lessees;

Agreement ” has the meaning given to that term in the preamble of this Agreement;

Applicable Data Protection Law ” means all relevant provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 and any other applicable data protection legislation, guidelines and industry standards (to the extent applicable) in the jurisdictions from which and to which the relevant Services are to be performed;


Approved Devices means each of the devices listed on the Schedule of Approved Devices as the same may be updated and amended (or deemed updated or amended) from time to time in accordance with Section 2.6 ( Approved Devices ) of this Agreement;

Assigned Lease Upgrade Policy Provision ” has the meaning given to that term in the Servicing Agreement;

Available Funds ” has the meaning given to that term in the Servicing Agreement;

Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United States Code;

Brightstar ” means Brightstar Corp., a Delaware corporation;

Business Day ” means a day other than Saturday or Sunday on which commercial banks in New York City, New York are not authorized or required to be closed for business;

Carryover Amount ” has the meaning given to that term under Section 2.8 ( Rent and Other Payments ) of this Agreement;

Cash Purchase Price ” has the meaning given to that term in the Second Step Transfer Agreement;

Change in Law ” means any amendment to or change in the Tax laws (or any regulations or rulings thereunder) of a jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof, or any amendment or change in the administrative or judicial interpretation of such laws, which becomes legally effective with respect to the relevant documents or transactions, and which occurs or is announced after the date of this Agreement. For the purpose of this definition “change” includes the introduction of a new law or interpretation, but does not include as of any date a proposal that is not effective;

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

 

(a) SoftBank ceases to own (directly or indirectly) more than 50% of the Voting Securities of Sprint;

 

(b) the occurrence of any of the following: (i) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of Sprint’s and its Subsidiaries’ properties or assets, taken as a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the 1934 Act) other than to one or more Permitted Holders or (ii) the adoption of any plan relating to Sprint’s liquidation or dissolution;

 

(c) Sprint shall cease to own (directly) 100% of the Voting Securities of SCI;

 

(d) SCI shall cease to own (directly or indirectly) 100% of the Voting Securities of Sprint Spectrum and each Originator; or


(e) Sprint shall cease to own (directly or indirectly) 100% of the Voting Securities of Lessees;

Collateral Agent ” has the meaning given to that term in the preamble of this Agreement;

Contractual Obligation ” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound which has been entered into in good faith;

Control means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise, and “ Controlling ” and “ Controlled ” have meanings correlative thereto ;

Credit and Collection Policy ” has the meaning given to that term in the Servicing Agreement;

Customer means the “lessee” of a Device under a Customer Lease and an obligor on a related Customer Receivable;

Customer Lease means a contract originally entered into between an Originator and a Customer, (i) in substantially the form attached as Schedule 4 of this Agreement or (ii) solely with respect to an Upgraded Customer Lease, in substantially such other form as Servicer provides Lessor; provided that, without the prior written consent of Lessor (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed), such other form of lease shall not vary from the form attached as Schedule 4 of this Agreement in any manner that could have a material adverse effect on Lessor, its creditors or the Series 2 Members;

Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations ” has the meaning given to that term in the Second Step Transfer Agreement;

Customer Lease Term ” means, with respect to any Customer Lease, the period beginning at the time such Customer Lease and the associated Device are contributed by an Originator to a Lessee and ending on the last day of the relevant Customer’s obligatory monthly rental payment obligations under such Customer Lease as set forth in the relevant Device Lease Schedule;

Customer Receivable ” means all rental and other payment obligations of a Customer under the relevant Customer Lease attributable to any date on or after the Cutoff Date (excluding any amounts billed prior to the Cutoff Date); provided that, for purposes of determining whether such Customer Receivable is a Defaulted Customer Receivable or Delinquent Receivable or whether the relevant Customer Lease is an Eligible Lease, “Customer Receivable” shall mean all rental and other payment obligations of a Customer under the relevant Customer Lease attributable to any date during the term of such Customer Lease;


Customer Rentals ” means all Customer rental payments under the relevant Customer Lease (and Rent Dilutions in respect thereof) transferred by Servicer to the MLS Collection Account (Tranche 2);

Customer Upgrade ” means any exchange of a Device for a Next Generation Device pursuant to the iPhone Forever Program;

Cutoff Date ” means February 29, 2016;

Data File ” means the Adobe Acrobat pdf-file in read-only format with file name “Device Lease ScheduleTranche2.pdf” on a CD ROM identified and agreed to by Lessees and Lessor on the Lease Closing Date as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with Section 2.14 ( Updates to Devices Subject to Device Leases and Data File) of this Agreement;

Defaulted Customer Receivable ” means any Customer Receivable, or any part thereof, which is written off or remains unpaid for more than sixty (60) days or for which any Lessee or Servicer has any Knowledge that the Customer thereon is subject to an Insolvency Event;

Defaulted Device Return ” means (a) the failure by a Customer to timely return a Device pursuant to the terms of the Customer Lease on or prior to the Required Return Date therefor and such Customer’s Customer Lease represents a Defaulted Customer Receivable; or (b) the return of a Device by a Customer not in the Device Return Condition;

Delinquent Receivables ” means any Customer Receivable that is considered in collections pursuant to the Credit and Collections Policy, provided, that upon such Customer Receivable being written off in accordance with the Credit and Collections Policy, such Customer Receivable shall not be considered a Delinquent Receivable;

Device ” means a mobile wireless handset that is subject to a Device Lease at the time such handset is initially acquired by Lessor;

Device Lease ” has the meaning given to that term under Section 2.1(a) ( Agreement to Lease ) of this Agreement;

Device Lease Commencement Date ” means with respect to a Device Lease, the commencement date of such Device Lease as specified in the relevant Device Lease Schedule;

Device Lease Early Termination Amount ” means with respect to a Device under a Device Lease that has been terminated prior to the end of the Term, an amount equal to the sum of (a) any previously unpaid Rental Payments, (b) the Rental Payments that would have accrued under such Device Lease during the remainder of the Scheduled Customer Lease Term, if any, plus (b) the Device Residual Value of such Device as of the Expected Sales Date of such Device;


Device Lease Expiration Date means with respect to a Device Lease, the scheduled expiration date of such Device Lease as set forth in the relevant Device Lease Schedule;

Device Lease Payment Date ” means the last Business Day of a calendar month (commencing May 31, 2016) unless otherwise provided in the Device Lease Schedules;

Device Lease Schedule ” means a schedule substantially in the form of Schedule 1 to this Agreement and initially included in the Data File, as the same may be amended from time to time in accordance with Section 2.14 ( Updates to Devices Subject to Device Lease and Data File ) of this Agreement;

Device Repurchase Agreement ” means the Device Repurchase Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of the date hereof and effective as of the Lease Closing Date, between the Originators and Lessor;

Device Residual Value ” means the device residual value as set forth in Schedule 2 (Device Residual Values);

Device Return Address means the following address:

 

(a) Mobile Leasing Solutions, LLC, Dept 5001, 1950 USG Drive, Libertyville, IL 60048; or

 

(b) any other address in the continental United States that Lessor designates by written notice to Lessees and Servicer;

Device Return Condition ” means with respect to a Device, the return conditions described below:

 

(a) such Device is fully functional with no technical problems, with only reasonable wear and tear due to normal use.

 

(b) Functional Criteria

 

  (i) such Device must be in a standard “working” condition, able to charge and power on and perform all core functions;

 

  (ii) such Device has no activation locks (i.e. not network or iCloud locked);

 

  (iii) Customer data must be cleared;

 

  (iv) such Device’s LCD display must be functional with no visible damage; and

 

  (v) such Device’s external ports and buttons are free from damage, and are fully functional.


(c) Cosmetic Criteria

 

  (i) such Device may have scratches on the front glass; provided that each scratch is reasonably consistent with normal use and are less than 50mm in length and 2mm in width, but no cracks on the front glass;

 

  (ii) such Device may have unlimited scratches on housing; provided that each scratch is reasonably consistent with normal use and are less than 80mm in length and 2mm in width;

 

  (iii) such Device housing may have reasonable dents associated with normal wear, but no cracks;

 

  (iv) such Device does not have any missing parts that would render it unfit to function; and

 

  (v) such Device’s external liquid indicators may be tripped but there must be no visible water damage or corrosion.

Dilution ” means (i) an Upgrade Dilution or (ii) a reduction in the Unpaid Balance attributable to any modification of any Customer Lease by Servicer (or any Sub-Servicer or any agent or representative of either thereof) after the contribution thereof to the relevant Lessee, including as a result of any non cash items including credits, rebates, billing errors, cash discounts, volume discounts, allowances, disputes, set offs, counterclaims, charge-backs, returned or repossessed goods, sales and marketing discounts, warranties, any unapplied credit memos and other adjustments that are made in respect of a Customer Lease and shall include, but not be limited to, circumstances in which Servicer (or any Sub-Servicer or any agent or representative of either thereof):

 

(a) specifies (including by posting to its website) a purchase option price for a Device less than the fair market value notified by Lessor in writing to any Sprint Party upon request in accordance with Section 5.3(f) ( Fair Market Value under Customer Leases for Devices ) of the Second Step Transfer Agreement;

 

(b) other than in connection with an Upgrade Exchange effected in accordance with the Transaction Documents, forgives or reduces prior to the expiry of the Scheduled Customer Lease Term, any monthly Customer Receivable, retrospectively or prospectively, in the monthly invoice or otherwise, to an amount which is lower than that set out in the Data File;

 

(c) other than in connection with an Upgrade Exchange effected in accordance with the Transaction Documents, reduces, after the expiry of the Scheduled Customer Lease Term, a monthly Customer Receivable to an amount less than the monthly Customer Receivable payable during the Scheduled Customer Lease Term;

 

(d) other than in connection with an Upgrade Exchange effected in accordance with the Transaction Documents, modifies the rental payments, or any other payment amount or obligation of a Customer, or the timing thereof, in a manner that is economically less favorable to Lessor;


(e) charges a customer for repairs in an amount less than the Actual Repair Costs;

 

(f) charges a customer for unreasonable wear and tear in an amount less than the Actual Repair Costs;

 

(g) discontinues the leasing program and forgives the Customer any or all remaining rental payments under any Customer Lease; and

 

(h) agrees to the terms of a return that are less favorable to Lessor than as set out in the returns policy at www.sprint.com/returns (as in existence on the Lease Closing Date);

Eligible Devices ” means any Approved Device;

Eligible Leases ” means, initially as of the Cutoff Date, and thereafter as of any date of determination (unless otherwise specified below), a Customer Lease:

 

(a) (i) which represents the lease of goods initially leased by an Originator and the Customer Receivables in respect of which are billed to the related Customer in the ordinary course of business, (ii) with respect to which (x) all obligations of the Originator in connection with which have been fully performed, and (y) not more than thirty-one (31) days have passed since such Customer Receivable was billed to the related Customer, (iii) the Customer Receivables with respect to which, no portion is in respect of any amount as to which the related Customer is permitted to withhold payment until the occurrence of a specified event or condition, (iv) the Customer Receivables with respect to which, is not owed to any Originator or any Lessee as a bailee or consignee for another Person, and (v) the Customer Receivables with respect to which, is not issued under cash-in-advance or cash-on-account terms;

 

(b) which constitutes either “chattel paper”, “electronic chattel paper” or an “account” as defined in Section 9-102(a) of the UCC;

 

(c) the Customer Receivable with respect to which, is not a Defaulted Customer Receivable or a Delinquent Receivable;

 

(d) under which the Customer is not a Governmental Authority; provided, that any Customer Lease under which the lessee is a Governmental Authority but an employee of such Governmental Authority is personally liable for the Customer Receivables related to such Customer Lease shall be an “Eligible Lease”;

 

(e) the transfer of which pursuant to the Transfer Agreements does not violate or contravene any Law or any related Transaction Document;

 

(f) which is denominated and payable only in U.S. Dollars in the United States to any Sprint Party;

 

(g)

that (i) is in full force and effect and constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the related Customer to pay lease payments and other amounts to a


  Sprint Party enforceable against such Customer in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar laws relating to and limiting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or in law), (ii) is not subject to any dispute, offset, netting, litigation, counterclaim or defense whatsoever (including defenses arising out of violations of usury Laws) (other than potential discharge in a bankruptcy of the related Customer), (iii) is not subject to any Lien (other than Permitted Device Liens), and (iv) the Unpaid Balance of which is not subject to reduction, cancellation, setoff, special refunds or credits for any reason, including without limitation as a result of defective or rejected goods (other than in connection with an Upgrade Exchange effected in accordance with the Transaction Documents);

 

(h) that does not contravene any Law applicable thereto (including Laws relating to usury, consumer protection, truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting, equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy) in any respect which could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the validity, collectability or enforceability of the related Customer Receivable or would or could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and with respect to which the origination thereof did not violate any such Law in any such respect;

 

(i) which (i) was originated by the applicable Originator in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) satisfies the requirements of the Credit and Collections Policy in all material respects and (iii) has been acquired by the applicable Lessee from its Related Originator pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the First Step Transfer Agreement;

 

(j) the Customer under which is not (i) the Lessor or any of the Members, or (ii) Sprint, any Originator, the Servicer or a Subsidiary of any of them or identified on Sprint’s or the Servicer’s records as an employee of Sprint, the Servicer of any of their respective Subsidiaries;

 

(k) the Customer under which is not a Sanctioned Person;

 

(l) the Customer under which is required to make payments no less frequently than monthly under such Customer Lease;

 

(m) the Customer under which is either (i) a Customer of an Originator or any of its Affiliates (prior to the transfer of the Customer Lease or, in the case of a Customer Lease that is an Upgraded Customer Lease, prior to the transfer of the Related Original Customer Lease, to the relevant Lessee) that is a Prime Customer, or (ii) a Customer of an Originator or any of its Affiliates (prior to the transfer of the Customer Lease or, in the case of a Customer Lease that is an Upgraded Customer Lease, prior to the transfer of the Related Original Customer Lease, to the relevant Lessee) that is a Near Prime Customer;


(n) which (i) satisfies the definition of “Customer Lease” and (ii) relates to an Eligible Device which is compatible with market technology and service platforms;

 

(o) the Customer under which is an active paying subscriber of Sprint’s or any of its Affiliates’ wireless services;

 

(p) (A) except if such Customer Lease is an Upgraded Customer Lease, that has been outstanding beyond the date that is one payment after the origination date of such Customer Lease or (B) except if such Customer Lease is an Upgraded Customer Lease, the Customer under which has been an active paying subscriber of Sprint’s or any of its Affiliates’ wireless services for a minimum of thirteen (13) months immediately before the origination date of such Customer Lease;

 

(q) except if such Customer Lease is an Upgraded Customer Lease, which has aged past any return period or term of any guarantee provided by Sprint, the Originators or the Servicer to a Customer, which return period or guarantee provides the Customer with the option to cancel a Customer Lease;

 

(r) all sales taxes to be paid in connection with the origination of such Customer Receivable have been fully paid or will be scheduled to be fully paid upon payment of installments on such Customer Lease to the extent required by applicable Laws;

 

(s) the Customer Receivable with respect to which, as of any date of determination, is not a Non Lock-Box Receivable (as defined in the Servicing Agreement) comprising any part of any amount in excess of 6.00% of the Unpaid Balance of all Eligible Leases;

 

(t) which, as of any date of determination when aggregated with all other Customer Leases no Customer’s aggregate Unpaid Balance for all such Customer’s Customer Leases exceeds 1.00% of the aggregate balance of the Unpaid Balance of all Eligible Leases, provided , that in the case of a Customer having one or more Affiliate Customers, all such Customers shall be considered a single Customer;

 

(u) which, if originated under the “iPhone for Life” program, has an initial term of twenty-four (24) or thirty (30) months;

 

(v) which, if originated under the “iPhone Forever” program (i) prior to January 8, 2016, has an initial term of twenty-one (21) or twenty-two (22) months, or (ii) on or after January 8, 2016 but prior to the Cutoff Date has an initial term of eighteen (18) months; and

 

(w) with respect to any Customer Lease under which the Customer has been a subscriber of wireless telephony services from Sprint or any of its Affiliates for less than twelve (12) consecutive monthly billing cycles, was not originated through online or telephone sales origination channels.


Excess Amount ” has the meaning given to that term under Section 2.8(a)(i) of this Agreement;

Exchanged Customer Lease ” means the Customer Lease with respect to an Exchanged Device;

Exchanged Device ” means a Device exchanged by a Customer for an Upgraded Device in connection with a Customer Upgrade;

Expected Sales Date ” means, with respect to a Device, the expected sales date of such Device as of the commencement of the Device Lease, in each case, as specified in the relevant Device Lease Schedule;

Final Determination ” means the final resolution of liability for any Lessee Covered Tax, for any issue and for any taxable period, by or as a result of (i) IRS Form 870-AD (or any similar or successor IRS form) or a comparable form under any state, local or foreign law on the date of acceptance by or on behalf of the relevant Tax Authority, except that a Form 870-AD or comparable form that reserves the right of the taxpayer to file a claim for refund and/or the right of the Tax Authority to assert a further deficiency shall not constitute a Final Determination with respect to the item or items so reserved, (ii) a final decision, judgment, decree or other order by any court of competent jurisdiction that can no longer be appealed or reheard (except that a decision of a U.S. Court of Appeals or highest state court shall be considered final notwithstanding the possibility of an application for a writ of certiorari can be made to the U.S. Supreme Court, unless such a writ has been applied for and granted), (iii) a closing agreement or similar agreement entered into with a Tax Authority in connection with an administrative or judicial proceeding, (iv) an allowance of a refund or credit in respect of an overpayment of Tax, but only after the expiration of all periods of limitations during which such refund or credit may be recovered by the jurisdiction imposing the Tax, (v) any other final resolution, including by reason of the expiration of the applicable period of limitations or the execution of a pre-filing agreement with the applicable Tax Authority, or (vi) the occurrence of any event which the Servicer and Lessor agree in writing is a Final Determination;

Final Settlement Date ” means, initially July 28, 2018, or if such date is not a Business Day, the immediately following Business Day; provided that, if the MLS Series A-2 Member Amount and the MLS Series B-2 Member Amount are not paid in full on such date (or a subsequent Final Settlement Date) (for the avoidance of doubt, after giving effect to the application of the proceeds of all purchases made under the Device Repurchase Agreement on or prior to such date), the “Final Settlement Date” shall automatically be extended to, and shall be deemed to be, the next succeeding Settlement Date; provided further that, if the Lessees, Lessor, the Senior Agent (to the extent any Senior Loans are outstanding) and each Senior Subordinated Loan Creditor (to the extent any Senior Subordinated Loans are outstanding) agree on an earlier date than any such Final Settlement Date, such earlier date shall be the “Final Settlement Date”;

Finance Parties ” has the meaning given to that term in the Servicing Agreement;


First Step Transfer Agreement ” means the First Step Transfer Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of the date hereof and effective as of the Lease Closing Date among Lessees and each other Person party thereto as an Originator;

Fixed Price ” means, with respect to any Exchanged Device, the “Fixed Price” applicable to such Exchanged Device under the Forward Purchase Agreement (without giving effect to the exchange of such Exchanged Device in connection with a Customer Upgrade);

Forward Purchase Agreement ” means the Forward Purchase Agreement (Tranche 2), dated on or about the Lease Closing Date, between Lessor, as seller and the Forward Purchaser;

Forward Purchaser ” means Hon Hai Precision Ind. Co., Ltd. as purchaser;

GAAP ” means, generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America;

Governmental Authority ” means any federal, state, regional or local government or political subdivision thereof and any Person exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government;

Grade A ” means with respect to a Device, such Device is like new.

Grade B ” means with respect to a Device, such Device is fully functional with no technical problems, but does not satisfy Grade A.

Guarantor ” means Sprint;

Incremental Rate has the meaning given to that term in Schedule 5 ( Additional Information );

Insolvency Event ” shall be deemed to have occurred with respect to a Person if either:

(a) (i) a case or other proceeding shall be commenced, without the application or consent of such Person, in any court, seeking the liquidation, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution, winding up, or composition or readjustment of debts of such Person, the appointment of a trustee, receiver, custodian, liquidator, assignee, sequestrator (or other similar official) for such Person or all or substantially all of its assets, or any similar action with respect to such Person under any Law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding up or composition or adjustment of debts, and such case or proceeding shall continue unstayed or undismissed for a period of sixty (60) days; or (ii) an order for relief in respect of such Person shall be entered in an involuntary case under federal bankruptcy laws or other similar Laws now or hereafter in effect; or

(b) such Person (i) shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution or other similar Law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) shall consent to the appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, custodian, sequestrator (or other


similar official) for, such Person or for any substantial part of its property, or (iii) shall make any general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail to, or admit in writing its inability to, pay its debts generally as they become due, or, if a corporation or similar entity, its board of directors (or any board or Person holding similar rights to control the activities of such Person) shall vote to implement any of the foregoing;

iPhone Forever Program ” means the program offered by Sprint and its Affiliates pursuant to which a Customer may, subject to Sprint’s Upgrade Policy as of any applicable date of determination, elect to trade in the Device subject to such Customer’s Customer Lease for a Next Generation Device;

Knowledge ” means, with respect to any Person (other than an individual) as to any event or circumstance, the actual knowledge of a Responsible Officer of such Person (without independent investigation or inquiry and without imputing to such Responsible Officer the knowledge of any third party) or receipt by such Person of written notice of such event or circumstance;

Laws ” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law;

Lease Closing Date ” means the date on which all conditions precedent pursuant to Article V ( Conditions precedent ) have been satisfied or waived;

Lease Closing Date Customer Leases ” has the meaning given to that term under the Second Step Transfer Agreement;

Lease Closing Date Devices ” has the meaning given to that term under the Second Step Transfer Agreement;

Lease Default ” means an event or circumstance which, after the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would become a Lease Event of Default;

Lease Event of Default ” has the meaning given to that term under Section 3.1 ( Lease Events of Default ) of this Agreement;

Lessee ” has the meaning given to that term in the preamble of this Agreement;

Lessee Collateral ” has the meaning given to that term under Section 9.1 ( Granting Clause to Lessee ) of this Agreement;

Lessee Covered Taxes ” has the meaning given that term under the Tax Services Agreement;


Lessee Indemnitee has the meaning given to that term under Section 4.1(a) ( Indemnities ) of this Agreement;

Lessee Representative ” has the meaning given to that term under the Second Step Transfer Agreement;

Lessee Representative Account (Tranche 2) ” has the meaning given to that term under the Servicing Agreement;

“Lessor” has the meaning given to that term in the preamble of this Agreement;

Lessor s Liens ” means (a) any Lien arising out of a voluntary or involuntary transfer by Lessor of any of its rights, title or interest in the Devices or the Device Leases (other than (i) this Lease or any Transaction Document, (ii) any transfer to any Sprint Party, as a result of a Lease Event of Default or in connection with the exercise by the relevant Sprint Party of any rights or options under the Transaction Documents or (iii) any Lien arising by, through or under any Lessee) or (b) any Lien of any Person arising by, through or under Lessor, not based upon or relating to the Transaction Documents or the transactions contemplated thereby;

Liabilities ” has the meaning given to that term under Section 4.1(a) ( Indemnities ) of this Agreement;

Lien ” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, security interest, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever, including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing;

Like-Kind Exchange ” means, with respect to a Customer Lease, an exchange of a Device pursuant to which the replacement Device is a Type of Device that is currently an Approved Device that satisfies the Device Return Condition, is the same Type (or a Type with a higher Device Residual Value) as the exchanged Device, and with respect to which the scheduled Customer Receivables under the modified Customer Lease are not less in amount, frequency and number than under the Customer Lease immediately prior to such modification;

Like-Kind Exchange Device means a replacement Device subject to a Like-Kind Exchange;

Logistics Services Provider ” has the meaning given to that term under the Servicing Agreement;

Material Adverse Effect ” means, with respect to any event or circumstance, a material adverse effect on:

 

(a)

if a particular Person is specified, (i) the ability of such Person to perform its obligations under any Transaction Document to which it is a party or (ii) if a


  particular Person is not specified, the ability of any Originator, Servicer, any Lessee or Sprint to perform its obligations under the Transaction Document to which it is a party;

 

(b) (i) the validity or enforceability of any Sprint Transaction Document or (ii) the value, validity, enforceability or collectability of any material portion of Lessee Collateral; or

 

(c) the status, existence, perfection, priority, enforceability or other rights and remedies of Collateral Agent or Lessor associated in respect of its interest in Lessee Collateral;

Members ” has the meaning given to that term in the MLS LLC Agreement;

MLS Collection Account (Tranche 2) ” means the account notified by the Lessor in writing to Servicer, Lessees and Collateral Agent;

MLS Intercreditor Agreement ” means the Intercreditor Agreement (Tranche 2) dated on or about the Lease Closing Date among the Lessee Representative, the Senior Agent, the Senior Subordinated Loan Creditors, Lessor and the other parties thereto;

MLS LLC Agreement ” means the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Mobile Leasing Solutions, dated on or about the date hereof, between the Members;

MLS Security Documents ” has the meaning set forth in the MLS Intercreditor Agreement;

MLS Series A-2 Member Amount ” has the meaning set forth in the MLS Intercreditor Agreement;

MLS Series B-2 Member Amount ” has the meaning set forth in the MLS Intercreditor Agreement;

Mobile Leasing Solutions ” means Mobile Leasing Solutions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company;

Near Prime Customer ” means any Customer under a Customer Lease that was not a Prime Customer as of the date of origination of the relevant Lease Closing Date Customer Lease or, in the case of a Customer Lease that is an Upgraded Customer Lease, as of the date of origination of the Related Original Customer Lease, and which as of the date of origination of the relevant Lease Closing Date Customer Lease or, in the case of a Customer Lease that is an Upgraded Customer Lease, as of the date of origination of the Related Original Customer Lease (i) had a credit class designation of “Q2”, “H1”, “S5” or “T4”, or any equivalent credit class as set forth in the Credit and Collection Policies, and (ii) required a down payment of less than 35% of the device manufacturer’s suggested retail price, by the internal scoring system of the Servicer or an Originator;


Next Generation Device ” means (i) with respect to a Lease Closing Date Device, any new model (other than an entry model (i.e., with a “C” or “SE” designation)) of Apple iPhone launched after the Lease Closing Date and (ii) with respect to an Upgraded Device, any new model (other than an entry model (i.e., with a “C” or “SE” designation)) of Apple iPhone launched after the relevant Upgrade Date.

Nominated Agent ” means, with respect to a Party, a Person appointed to act as that Party’s agent with respect to that Party’s obligations and rights under the Transaction Documents;

Non-Return Remedies ” has the meaning given to that term under Section 2.12(b) ( Non-Return Remedies ) of this Agreement;

Non-Return Remedies Commencement Date ” means:

 

(a) in relation to a non-payment of any amount due under a Customer Lease, the date on which Servicer suspends service to the relevant Customer in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policies;

 

(b) in relation to Device that is Non-Returned Device pursuant to Section (a) of the definition of Defaulted Device Returns, the Required Return Date therefor; and

 

(c) in relation to a Device that, at the time of its return did not satisfy the Device Return Condition, the date on which the Device was returned to a Sprint Party;

Non-Returned Device ” means any Device that is subject to a Defaulted Device Return;

Opinion of Counsel ” means the written opinion of a nationally or internationally recognized counsel that is selected by a Party to decide questions of law raised by Transaction Documents;

Originators ” has the meaning given to that term under the First Step Transfer Agreement;

Party ” and “ Parties ” means, with respect to any Transaction Document, each party to the relevant agreement;

Performance Support Agreement ” means the Performance Support Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of the date hereof and effective as of the Lease Closing Date, between Sprint and Lessor;

Performance Support Provider ” means Sprint;

Permitted Device Liens ” means

 

(a) Liens arising pursuant to any Transaction Document;

 

(b) Liens of Customers under the Customer Leases;

 

(c) Lessor’s Liens;


(d) Liens for taxes not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and inchoate materialmen’s, mechanic’s, workmen’s, repairmen’s, employee’s, or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business of Lessee for sums not yet due or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained in conformity with GAAP; and

 

(e) any customary rights of setoff, revocation, refund or chargeback and, as applicable, statutory or common law liens, in each case, of any Account Bank under the applicable Account Control Agreement.

Permitted Holder ” means SoftBank and its Affiliates;

Person ” means a natural individual, partnership, sole proprietorship, limited liability company, corporation (including a business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or any other entity of whatever nature;

Present Value Device Lease Amount ” means an amount equal to the sum of (a) all previously accrued and unpaid Rental Payments, if any, plus (b) the remaining Rental Payments that would have accrued during the remainder of the Scheduled Customer Lease Term, if any, discounted to present value at the Incremental Rate;

Prime Customer ” means any Customer that was categorized as “Prime” by the internal scoring system of the Servicer or an Originator as of the date of origination of the relevant Lease Closing Date Customer Lease or, in the case of a Customer Lease that is an Upgraded Customer Lease, as of the date of origination of the Related Original Customer Lease, or had graduated to such status as of the Cutoff Date;

Protected Customers ” means any current or former Customer that (i) is or has been subject to protections under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (the “ SCRA ”), but only with respect to, and to the extent of, Customer Receivables that are subject to the protections of the SCRA, or (ii) is a debtor in a bankruptcy proceeding, to the extent that the automatic stay applies to such debtor’s Customer Receivables under Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code;

PUK ” means personal identification number unlock key;

Records ” means all contracts (including the Customer Lease), if any, and other documents, purchase orders, invoices, agreements, books, records and any other media, materials or devices for the storage of information (including tapes, disks, punch cards, computer programs and databases and related property) maintained by Servicer or Lessees with respect to the Customer Receivables;

Related Original Customer Lease ” means, in respect of any Upgraded Customer Lease of an Upgraded Device, the Lease Closing Date Customer Lease of the Related Original Device with respect to such Upgraded Device;


Related Original Device ” means, in respect of any Upgraded Device, the respective corresponding Lease Closing Date Device leased by Lessor to the relevant Lessee on the Lease Closing Date without taking into account any Customer Upgrades;

Related Originator ” has the meaning given to that term under Annex 2 ( Related Originators; Related Lessees ) of the First Step Transfer Agreement;

Relevant Personal Data ” has the meaning given to that term under Section 8.1(l) of the Servicing Agreement;

Rent Dilution ” means a Dilution in respect of a scheduled Customer Receivable;

Rent Shortfall Returned Device ” means a Returned Device in respect of which the Customer has not paid all accrued and unpaid Customer Receivables with respect to such Device during the Scheduled Customer Lease Term;

Rental Payment ” means, with respect to each Device Lease, the rental payments specified in the relevant Device Lease Schedule;

Reparable Device ” has the meaning given to that term under the Device Repurchase Agreement;

Required Return Date ” means the date a Customer is required to return a Device, which is promptly following the termination of a Customer Lease and in any event not later than 30 calendar days following the termination of the Customer Lease;

Required Return Period ” means to the extent a Sprint Party has received a Device from a Customer, the period ending 30 days after the earlier of (a) the last day of the Customer Lease Term for such Device, and (b) the actual receipt by a Sprint Party of such Device;

Responsible Officer ” means, as applicable, (i) an authorized officer of Lessor, or (ii) an authorized officer of any Sprint Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of Lessor or any Sprint Party, as applicable, will be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, limited liability company, partnership and/or other action on the part of Lessor or such Sprint Party, as applicable, and such Responsible Officer will be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of Lessor or such Sprint Party, as applicable;

Returned Device ” has the meaning given to that term under Section 2.3(a) of the Device Repurchase Agreement;

Sanctions ” means economic or financial sanctions or trade embargoes imposed, administered or enforced from time to time by any Sanctions Authority;

Sanctions Authorities ” has the meaning given to it in the definition of Sanctioned Person;


Sanctioned Country ” means, at any time, a country which is itself the subject or target of any country-wide Sanctions;

Sanctioned Person ” means, at any time:

 

(a) any person listed in any Sanctions-related list of designated persons maintained by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Department of the Treasury or the U.S. Department of State (“ Sanctions Authorities ”);

 

(a) any person operating, organized or resident in a Sanctioned Country; or

 

(b) any person owned or controlled by any such person or persons.

Scheduled Customer Lease Term ” means, (i) with respect to any Lease Closing Date Customer Lease, the period beginning at the time such Lease Closing Date Customer Lease and the associated Lease Closing Date Device are contributed by an Originator to a Lessee and ending on the last day of the relevant Customer’s obligatory monthly rental payment obligations under such Lease Closing Date Customer Lease as set forth in the relevant Device Lease Schedule and (ii) with respect to any Upgraded Customer Lease, the period beginning at the time the Related Original Customer Lease and the associated Related Original Device were contributed by an Originator to a Lessee and ending on the last day of the relevant Customer’s obligatory monthly rental payment obligations under the Related Original Customer Lease (without giving effect to any waivers thereunder in connection with a Customer Upgrade) as set forth in the relevant Device Lease Schedule;

Scheduled Device Lease Term ” means, with respect to any Device Lease, the period commencing on the Device Lease Commencement Date and ending on the last day of the Scheduled Customer Lease Term;

Scheduled Monthly Reporting Date ” has the meaning given to that term under the Servicing Agreement;

Schedule of Approved Devices ” has the meaning given to that term under Section 2.6(a) ( Approved Devices ) of this Agreement;

SCI ” means Sprint Communications, Inc;

Second Step Transfer Agreement ” means the Second Step Transfer Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of the date hereof and effective as of the Lease Closing Date, between Lessees and Lessor;

Secondary Market Value ” has the meaning given to that term under the Device Repurchase Agreement;

Senior Agent has the meaning given to that term under the Servicing Agreement;

Senior Loan Agreement ” has the meaning given to that term under the Servicing Agreement;


Senior Loan ” has the meaning given to that term under the Servicing Agreement;

Senior Subordinated Loan ” has the meaning given to that term under the Servicing Agreement;

Senior Subordinated Loan Creditors ” has the meaning given to that term under the Servicing Agreement;

Series ” has the meaning given to that term under the MLS LLC Agreement;

Series 2 ” means Series 2 of Mobile Leasing Solutions;

Series 2 Assets ” means the assets of Series 2, whether held by Series 2 directly or held in the name of Mobile Leasing Solutions on behalf of Series 2;

Series 2 Members ” means the Members, in their respective capacities as holders of Series 2 Units (as defined in the MLS LLC Agreement) of Mobile Leasing Solutions;

Series 2 Pledged Assets ” means the Series 2 Assets that are subject to the MLS Security Documents;

Servicer ” has the meaning given to that term under the Servicing Agreement;

Servicer Collection Accounts ” has the meaning given to that term under the Servicing Agreement;

Servicer Replacement Event ” has the meaning given to it under Section 3.1 of the Servicing Agreement;

Servicing Agreement ” means the Servicing Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of the date hereof and effective as of the Lease Closing Date, among Lessor, Servicer, Lessees and Collateral Agent;

Settlement Date ” has the meaning given to that term in the MLS Intercreditor Agreement;

SoftBank ” means SoftBank Corp.;

Sprint ” means Sprint Corporation, a Delaware corporation;

Sprint Guarantee ” means the Guaranty (Tranche 2), dated as of the date hereof and effective as of the Lease Closing Date, by Sprint in favor of Lessor;

Sprint Party ” means Sprint, each Originator, Servicer, each Lessee, and each other Subsidiary of Sprint party to a Transaction Document;

Sprint Spectrum ” has the meaning given to that term in the preamble of this Agreement;


Sprint Transaction Documents ” has the meaning given to that term under the Servicing Agreement;

Sub-Servicer ” has the meaning given to that term under the Servicing Agreement;

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person (the “ parent ”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent;

Tax Authority ” has the meaning given to that term under the Tax Services Agreement;

Taxes ” means all income, gross receipts, rental, franchise, excise, stamp, occupational, capital, value added, sales, use, ad valorem (real and personal), property (real and personal) and taxes, fees, levies, imposts, charges or withholdings of any nature whatsoever, together with any assessments, penalties, fines, additions to tax and interest thereon, howsoever imposed, by any Governmental Authority or other taxing authority in the United States or by any foreign government, foreign governmental subdivision or other foreign or international taxing authority;

Tax Services Agreement ” has the meaning given to that term under the Servicing Agreement;

Term ” has the meaning given to that term under Section 2.7 ( Term ) of this Agreement;

Transaction ” means, collectively, the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents;

Transaction Documents ” has the meaning given to that term under the Servicing Agreement;

Transfer Agreements ” means the First Step Transfer Agreement and the Second Step Transfer Agreement;

Type ” means, with respect to a Device, the make, model, memory and color of such Device;

Uniform Commercial Code ” or “ UCC ” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation), as in effect from time to time in any applicable jurisdiction;

Unpaid Balance ” means, with respect to any Customer Lease at any time, all remaining Customer Receivables payable by a Customer under such Customer Lease at and after such time;

Upgrade Date ” means the date of a Customer Upgrade;


Upgrade Dilution ” means, in connection with each Upgrade Exchange, the sum of (a) if the Upgraded Customer Lease subject to such Upgrade Exchange provides for a lower Customer Receivable or fewer Customer Receivable payment dates than the related Exchanged Customer Lease, an amount equal to the difference between the amount payable by the Customer under the Exchanged Customer Lease and the amount payable by the Customer under the Upgraded Customer Lease for the period between the Upgrade Date and the last day of the Term of the Device Lease for the Upgraded Device and (b) if the Fixed Price as of the Expected Sales Date of the Exchanged Device subject to such Upgrade Exchange exceeds the expected fair market value of the related Upgraded Device as of such Expected Sales Date as determined by Brightstar in accordance with its customary valuation procedures on or promptly following the Upgrade Date, an amount equal to such excess;

Upgrade Dilution Payment Date” has the meaning given to that term under Section 2.13(b)(i);

Upgrade Exchange ” means, with respect to a Device Lease, an exchange of the Device subject to such Device Lease with an Upgraded Device pursuant to Section 2.13(b);

Upgrade Exchange Option Transfer Date ” has the meaning given to that term in the Second Step Transfer Agreement;

Upgrade Holding Period ” means, for any Exchanged Device, the period from the relevant Upgrade Date for such Exchanged Device to the Upgrade Exchange Option Transfer Date for such Exchanged Device;

Upgrade Policy ” has the meaning given to that term in the Servicing Agreement;

Upgrade Reserve Account (Tranche 2) ” means the account at Bank of America (4427295795) in the name of the Lessee Representative subject to an Account Control Agreement;

Upgrade Termination Option ” has the meaning given to that term under Section 2.13(b)(ii);

Upgrade Termination Option Payment ” means, in respect of an Upgrade Exchange, an amount equal to (a) the sum of (i) all previously accrued and unpaid Rental Payments with respect to the relevant Exchanged Device due and owing as of the relevant Upgrade Date, if any, plus (ii) the Rental Payments that would have accrued during the remainder of the Scheduled Customer Lease Term for such Exchanged Device, if any, plus (iii) if the relevant Customer returns such Exchanged Device not satisfying the Device Return Condition or does not return such Exchanged Device, the Device Residual Value as of the Expected Sales Date for such Exchanged Device, minus (b) any Customer Receivables transferred to the MLS Collection Account (Tranche 2) on account of the relevant Upgraded Device attributable to any period after the relevant Upgrade Date;

Upgraded Customer Lease ” means a Customer Lease with respect to an Upgraded Device;


Upgraded Device ” means the Device leased by a Customer pursuant to a Customer Lease entered into in connection with a Customer Upgrade;

Voting Securities ” means, with respect to any Person, the stock or other ownership or equity interests, of whatever class or classes, the holders of which ordinarily have the power to vote for the election of the members of the board of directors, managers, trustees or other voting members of the governing body of such Person (other than stock or other ownership or equity interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency); and

Waterfall ” has the meaning given to that term under the Servicing Agreement.

Exhibit 10.4

Execution Copy

PERFORMANCE SUPPORT AGREEMENT (TRANCHE 2)

THIS PERFORMANCE SUPPORT AGREEMENT (TRANCHE 2) dated as of April 28, 2016 and effective as of the Lease Closing Date (this “ Agreement ”), is between SPRINT CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ Performance Support Provider ”) and MOBILE LEASING SOLUTIONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, acting for itself and on behalf of Series 2 thereof (“ Performance Beneficiary ”).

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain First Step Transfer Agreement (Tranche 2) dated as of the date hereof and effective as of the Lease Closing Date (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ First Step Transfer Agreement ”), among the Originators, as transferees, and the Lessees, as transferors and Servicer, the Originators will on the Lease Closing Date and from time to time contribute Devices and related Customer Leases to the Lessees as further described in the First Step Transfer Agreement;

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Second Step Transfer Agreement (Tranche 2) dated as of the date hereof and effective as of the Lease Closing Date (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Second Step Transfer Agreement ”), among the Lessees, as sellers, and Performance Beneficiary, as buyer, (i) the Lessees will on Lease Closing Date and from time to time sell Devices and the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations (as defined in the Second Step Transfer Agreement) under the related Customer Leases to Performance Beneficiary as further described in the Second Step Transfer Agreement and (ii) the Performance Beneficiary has agreed to pay to the Lessees the Purchase Price (as defined in the Second Step Transfer Agreement), all as further described in the Second Step Transfer Agreement;

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Master Lease Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of the date hereof and effective as of the Lease Closing Date (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Master Lease Agreement ”; capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Master Lease Agreement), by and among the Lessees, Servicer, Performance Beneficiary and Collateral Agent, as supplemented by each Device Lease Schedule agreed as of the Lease Closing Date by the Lessees and Performance Beneficiary and, if applicable, amended pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Master Lease Agreement (the Master Lease Agreement together with each Device Lease Schedule, collectively, the “ Device Leases ” and, each, a “ Device Lease ”), Performance Beneficiary will on the Lease Closing Date commence leasing the Lease Closing Date Devices to Lessees;

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Servicing Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of the date hereof and effective as of the Lease Closing Date (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Servicing Agreement ”), by and among the Lessees, Servicer, Performance Beneficiary and Collateral Agent, Servicer will service the Devices and related Customer Leases for Lessees and Performance Beneficiary as further described in the Servicing Agreement;


WHEREAS, the Parties intend that the Transaction Documents create a financing for all U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes, and thus specifically that (i) the Cash Purchase Price paid under the Second Step Transfer Agreement at closing be treated for such purposes as amounts loaned by Performance Beneficiary for which the Devices provide security and (ii) the Rental Payments payable to Performance Beneficiary under the Device Leases be treated for such purposes as payments on such indebtedness owed to Performance Beneficiary;

WHEREAS, Performance Support Provider is the direct or indirect parent of each of the Originators, the Lessees and Servicer (each, a “ Covered Entity ” and, collectively, the “ Covered Entities ”) and will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the sale and leaseback arrangements contemplated by the First Step Transfer Agreement, the Second Step Transfer Agreement, the Device Leases and the other Sprint Transaction Documents; and

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to Performance Beneficiary entering into the Second Step Transfer Agreement and the Device Leases that Performance Support Provider shall have executed and delivered this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, the terms and conditions contained herein and other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Undertaking . Performance Support Provider hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably assures and undertakes for the benefit of Performance Beneficiary the due and punctual performance and observance by the Covered Entities of all their respective covenants, agreements, undertakings, indemnities and other obligations (including, in each case, those related to the breach by any Covered Entity of its respective representations and warranties), whether monetary or non-monetary and regardless of the capacity in which incurred (including all of its payment, repurchase, indemnity and similar obligations, including in respect of Dilutions), under the Transaction Documents to which any Covered Entity is a party but excluding any covenant, agreement, undertaking, indemnity and other obligation of any Lessee to pay any Rental Payment, Device Lease Early Termination Amount or Present Value Device Lease Amount, whether or not constituting a Guaranteed Obligation under the Sprint Guarantee) (collectively, the “ Performance Support Obligations ”), irrespective of: (a) the validity, binding effect, legality, subordination, disaffirmance, enforceability or amendment, restatement, modification or supplement of, or waiver of compliance with, the Master Lease Agreement, the other Transaction Documents or any documents related hereto or thereto, (b) any change in the existence, formation or ownership of, or the bankruptcy or insolvency of, any Covered Entity, (c) any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, exchange, waiver or release in respect of any Performance Support Obligation (or any collateral security therefor, including the property sold, contributed (or purportedly sold or contributed) or otherwise pledged or transferred by any Originator under the First Step Transfer Agreement or by any Lessee under the Second Step Transfer Agreement) or by any party to this

 

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Agreement, the other Transaction Documents or any related documents, (d) the existence of any claim, set-off, counterclaim or other right that Performance Support Provider or any other Person may have against any Covered Entity or any other Person, (e) any impossibility or impracticability of performance, illegality, force majeure, act of Governmental Authority or other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense available to, or provide a discharge of, Performance Support Provider, (f) any Law affecting any term of any of the Performance Support Obligations, the Device Leases or any other Transaction Document or any rights of Performance Beneficiary with respect thereto or otherwise, (g) the failure by Performance Beneficiary to take any steps to perfect and maintain perfected its interest in any collateral security or (h) any failure to obtain any authorization or approval from or other action by, or to make any notification to or filing with, any Governmental Authority required in connection with the performance of the Performance Support Obligations or otherwise.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Performance Support Provider agrees that if any Covered Entity shall fail in any manner whatsoever to perform or observe any of its Performance Support Obligations when the same shall be required to be performed or observed under any applicable Transaction Document to which it is a party, Performance Support Provider will itself duly and punctually perform or observe or cause to be performed or observed such Performance Support Obligations. Performance Support Provider hereby expressly waives diligence, presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind whatsoever, as well as any requirement that Performance Beneficiary exhaust any right to take any action against any Covered Entity or any other Person (including the filing of any claims in the event of a receivership or bankruptcy of any Covered Entity or any other Person), or with respect to any collateral at any time securing any of the Performance Support Obligations, and hereby consents to any and all extensions of time of the due performance of any or all of the Performance Support Obligations. Performance Support Provider hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees that it shall not exercise or assert, any right to reimbursement from any Lessee or any Originator that it may acquire by way of subrogation or otherwise. Performance Support Provider also hereby expressly waives all other defenses it may have as a guarantor or a surety generally or otherwise based upon suretyship, impairment of collateral or otherwise in connection with the Performance Support Obligations, whether in equity or at law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, it is expressly acknowledged that this Agreement is not a guarantee of the collection of any particular Customer Receivable, and there shall be no recourse to Performance Support Provider for any non-payment or delay in payment of any Customer Receivable solely by reason of the bankruptcy, insolvency or lack of creditworthiness of the related Customer or the uncollectability of any such Customer Receivable or for any Performance Support Obligations the payment of which could otherwise constitute recourse to Performance Support Provider or any Covered Entity for uncollectible Customer Receivables; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, this paragraph shall not relieve Performance Support Provider or any Covered Entity from making any payments required to be made by it pursuant to any Transaction Document to which it is a party with respect to any Deemed Collections (as defined in the Servicing Agreement).

Section 2. Confirmation . Performance Support Provider hereby confirms that the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been arranged among the

 

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Covered Entities and Performance Beneficiary, as applicable, with Performance Support Provider’s full knowledge and consent and any amendment, restatement, modification or supplement of, or waiver of compliance with, the Transaction Documents in accordance with the terms thereof by any of the foregoing shall be deemed to be with Performance Support Provider’s full knowledge and consent. Performance Support Provider hereby confirms that on the date hereof it owns (directly or indirectly) 100% of the equity interests of each Covered Entity. Performance Support Provider agrees to notify Performance Beneficiary in the event that it ceases to own (directly or indirectly) 100% of the equity interests of any Covered Entity.

Section 3. Representations and Warranties . Performance Support Provider represents and warrants to Performance Beneficiary as of the Lease Closing Date, as follows:

(a) Organization and Good Standing . It has been duly organized and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of organization, with power and authority to own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties are presently owned and such business is presently conducted.

(b) Due Qualification . It is duly qualified to do business in good standing, and has obtained all necessary qualifications, licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualifications, licenses or approvals, except where the failure to be in good standing or to hold any such qualifications, licenses and approvals could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Power and Authority; Due Authorization . It (i) has all necessary power and authority to (A) execute and deliver this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (B) carry out the terms of and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and (ii) has duly authorized by all necessary corporate action the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

(d) Binding Obligations . This Agreement constitutes, and each other Transaction Document to be signed by it when duly executed and delivered by it will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of Performance Support Provider, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

(e) No Violation . The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the performance by it of the terms hereof and thereof will not (i) violate or result in a default under (A) its certificate of incorporation or by-laws or (B) in the context of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents applicable to it, any material indenture, agreement or instrument binding on it, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of its properties pursuant to the terms of any such indenture, agreement or instrument except

 

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for any Lien arising pursuant to the Transaction Documents or that could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (iii) violate in any material respect any Law applicable to it or any of its properties.

(f) No Proceedings . There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to its actual knowledge, threatened against it (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) relating to the consummation of the purposes of this Agreement or of any of the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party.

(g) Governmental Approvals . No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required for the due execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby except for filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ SEC ”) to the extent required by Law.

(h) Financial Condition . All financial statements of Performance Support Provider and its consolidated Subsidiaries (including the notes thereto) delivered to Performance Beneficiary pursuant to Section 4 present fairly, in all material respects, the actual financial position and results of operations and cash flows of Performance Support Provider and its consolidated Subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods presented or provided, in each case, in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of all interim balance sheets of Performance Support Provider. Since March 31, 2016, there has been no material adverse change in the business, assets, operations or financial condition of Performance Support Provider and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(i) Accurate Reports . None of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other information (other than forward-looking statements, projections and statements of a general industry nature, as to which it represents only that it acted in good faith and utilized assumptions reasonable at the time made and due care in the preparation of such statement or projection) furnished or to be furnished by or on behalf of it (excluding information received from Customers) in writing (including, without limitation, by electronic delivery) to Performance Beneficiary in connection with this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any amendment hereto or delivered hereunder or thereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) taken together with any information contained in the public filings made by Performance Support Provider with the SEC pursuant to the 1934 Act contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading.

(j) ERISA . No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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As used in this Section 3(j) , the following terms shall have the following meanings:

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

ERISA ” means the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

ERISA Affiliate ” means, with respect to any Person, any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with such Person, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(m) of the Code.

ERISA Event ” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period referred to in Section 4043(a) is waived), (b) any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Sections 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, whether or not waived, (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, (d) the incurrence by Performance Support Provider, the Servicer, any Originator, any Lessee or any ERISA Affiliate thereof of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan, (e) the receipt by Performance Support Provider, the Servicer, any Originator, any Lessee or any ERISA Affiliate thereof from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA, (f) the incurrence by Performance Support Provider, the Servicer, any Originator, any Lessee or any ERISA Affiliate thereof of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or (g) the receipt by Performance Support Provider, the Servicer, any Originator, any Lessee or any ERISA Affiliate thereof of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from Performance Support Provider, the Servicer, any Originator, any Lessee or any ERISA Affiliate thereof of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA, or is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA, or in endangered or critical status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 or Title IV of ERISA).

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

Plan ” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which Performance Support Provider, the Servicer, any Originator, any Lessee or any ERISA Affiliate thereof is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

Withdrawal Liability ” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

 

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(k) Tax Returns and Payments . It has filed all federal income tax returns and all other material tax returns that are required to be filed by it and has paid all taxes due pursuant to such returns or pursuant to any assessment received by it, except (i) for any such taxes or assessments that are being appropriately contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with respect to which adequate reserves in conformity with GAAP have been provided or (ii) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No tax lien has been filed, and, to its actual knowledge, no claim is being asserted, with respect to any such tax or assessment that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(l) Customer Leases . No Customer has a contractual right under its Customer Lease or otherwise, to have payments under such Customer Lease waived at the time of a Customer Upgrade or otherwise and no Sprint Party (other than the Lessee that is lessor under such Customer Lease or the Servicer acting on behalf of such Lessee in accordance with the Servicing Agreement) has the right to waive any payments under such Customer Lease.

Section 4. Covenants . Performance Support Provider covenants and agrees that, from the Lease Closing Date until (i) all the Performance Support Obligations are indefeasibly paid and satisfied in full and (ii) all the Guaranteed Obligations under and as defined in the Sprint Guarantee are indefeasibly paid and satisfied in full, it shall observe and perform the following covenants:

(a) Compliance with Laws. It shall comply with all applicable Laws, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Preservation of Corporate Existence . Except as expressly permitted under Section 4(c), it shall preserve and maintain its existence, rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its organization, and qualify and remain qualified in good standing in all jurisdictions in which its ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such qualifications, except where the failure to be in good standing or to qualify or preserve or maintain such existence, rights, franchises or privileges could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Mergers, Sales, Etc . It shall not consolidate with or merge with or into any other Person or sell, lease or transfer all or substantially all of its property and assets, unless (i) no Lease Default or Lease Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would result immediately after giving effect thereto, (ii) if it is not the surviving entity or if it sells, leases or transfers all or substantially all of its property and assets, the surviving entity or the Person purchasing or being leased the assets agrees to be bound by the terms and provisions applicable to Performance Support Provider hereunder and under the Transaction Documents to which Performance Support Provider is a party, (iii) Performance Support Provider reaffirms in a writing, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Performance Beneficiary, that its obligations under this Agreement and any other Transaction Document to which it is a party shall apply to the surviving entity, and (iv) Performance Beneficiary receives such additional certifications and opinions of counsel as it shall reasonably request.

 

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(d) Other Information . It shall promptly, from time to time, provide such other information, documents, records or reports respecting the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of any Covered Entity as Performance Beneficiary may from time to time reasonably request relating to the Covered Entities and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and any other Transaction Document, in order to protect the interests of Performance Beneficiary and Mobile Leasing Solutions, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ Mobile Leasing Solutions ”), under or as contemplated by this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or to comply with any Law or any regulatory authority; provided that Performance Support Provider shall not be required to furnish such other information to the extent that Performance Support Provider has determined in good faith that it is prohibited from furnishing such other information by any Law or a Contractual Obligation or because such information is Relevant Personal Data subject to Section 7.1(h) of the Master Lease Agreement or Section 8.1(l) of the Servicing Agreement (it being understood and agreed that this Section 4(d) shall not be applied to augment the periodic reporting obligations of Performance Support Provider under this Agreement).

(e) Reporting Requirements . It shall, unless Performance Beneficiary shall otherwise consent in writing, furnish to Performance Beneficiary each of the following:

(i) Quarterly Financial Statements . Within 45 days after the close of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year, its Form 10-Q as filed with the SEC.

(ii) Annual Financial Statements . Within 75 days after the end of each of its fiscal years, the audited consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows of Performance Support Provider and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year and the related audited consolidated balance sheet for Performance Support Provider and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by Deloitte LLP or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit), to the effect that such audited consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of Performance Support Provider and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied.

(iii) Compliance Certificate . Together with the financial statements required hereunder, a compliance certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit A attached hereto signed by an authorized officer of Performance Support Provider and dated the date of such annual financial statement or such quarterly financial statement, as the case may be.

Documents and information required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 4 (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the SEC) may be delivered

 

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electronically, and, if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date on which Performance Support Provider posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, on its website or another relevant website, if any, to which Performance Beneficiary has access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by Performance Beneficiary or any express third-party beneficiary of this Agreement). Any information provided by Performance Support Provider under this Section 4(e) or any other provision of this Agreement shall be subject to the confidentiality provisions set forth in Section 20 of the MLS Intercreditor Agreement or otherwise applicable to such information pursuant to the terms of any other Transaction Document.

(f) Provision of Wireless Services . It will or will cause one or more Affiliates to provide wireless network services to Customers in accordance with each Customer Lease or other agreement, contract or document (including any terms and conditions, purchase order or invoice) related to any rights or obligations of any party under a Customer Lease, subject to the Credit and Collection Policy.

(g) Leasing Program . It will not and will cause its Affiliates not to discontinue the leasing program relating to the Devices or Related Customer Leases or take any corporate action to discontinue such leasing program.

(h) Non-Return Remedies . It will and will cause the Covered Entities and, if applicable, any other Sprint Party, to comply with the Non-Return Remedies.

(i) Fair Market Value Consideration . It will not and will cause each Covered Entity not to publish or disseminate on its website or otherwise the fair market value consideration for any Device purchasable by a Customer pursuant to such Customer’s purchase option in the relevant Customer Lease for any period after the relevant Customer Lease Term other than the fair market value consideration specified by Performance Beneficiary in writing to Performance Support Provider pursuant to Section 5.3(f) of the Second Step Transfer Agreement.

(j) Arm’s Length Relationship . It will and will cause the Covered Entities to maintain an arm’s-length relationship with Performance Beneficiary (for the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto agree that the Transaction Documents and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Sprint Parties, on the one hand, and the Performance Beneficiary, on the other). Performance Support Provider will not and will cause each Covered Entity not to hold itself out as being in any way connected or associated with the business of Performance Beneficiary (other than solely as a result of the transactions and relationships contemplated by the Transaction Documents and except that Servicer may act as agent for Performance Beneficiary in accordance with the Servicing Agreement).

(k) No Modification . It will not and will cause each Covered Entity not to make alterations or modifications to the Devices other than in the ordinary course of business, except that no Sprint Party shall be responsible for any alteration, modification or change made to a Device by a Customer or for any repairs made by a third-party maintenance provider on behalf of a Customer. Performance Support Provider will not and will cause each Covered Entity not to amend, waive or otherwise modify any term or condition of any Customer Lease except in accordance with Section 8.2(a) of the Servicing Agreement.

 

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(l) Upgrades . It will not and will cause each Covered Entity not to terminate or waive any payments under a Customer Lease in connection with a Customer Upgrade during the Term of a Device Lease for a Device unless, simultaneously with the Customer Upgrade, the Upgraded Device and Upgraded Customer Lease are contributed in accordance with the First Step Transfer Agreement, and the Upgraded Device and the Customer-Lease End Rights and Obligations with respect to the Upgraded Customer Lease are transferred to the Performance Beneficiary pursuant to the Second Step Transfer Agreement.

(m) Assigned Lease Upgrade Policy Provision . It will not and will cause each Covered Entity not to amend or modify the Assigned Lease Upgrade Policy Provision for any Device subject to a Customer Lease during the Term of a Device Lease for such Device, including any modification to any portion of the Upgrade Policy that has the effect of modifying the Assigned Lease Upgrade Policy Provision, unless otherwise consented to by Performance Beneficiary and Collateral Agent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

(n) Performance Under Upgrade Policy . It will and will cause the relevant Covered Entity to perform Customer Upgrades during the Term of a Device Lease for a Device in accordance with (and subject to the eligibility criteria set forth in) the Upgrade Policy in effect at the time of origination of the relevant Customer Lease for such Device with such amendments and/or modifications that do not materially impact such eligibility criteria in any material respect.

Section 5. Miscellaneous .

(a) Each of Performance Support Provider and Performance Beneficiary agrees that any payments hereunder will be made to the MLS Collection Account (Tranche 2) on the date when due in electronically transmitted funds.

(b) No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement nor consent to any departure by Performance Support Provider therefrom shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Performance Beneficiary and Performance Support Provider. No failure on the part of Performance Beneficiary 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.

(c) This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. The parties hereto may not assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any rights or obligations hereunder except as permitted under Section 11.5 of the Master Lease Agreement and, in any event, except as permitted under Section 4(c), Performance Support Provider shall not assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its obligations or duties hereunder without the prior written consent of Performance Beneficiary. Performance Support Provider expressly acknowledges that all of Performance Beneficiary’s right, title and interest in, to and under this Agreement shall be assigned as collateral to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Finance Parties, and Performance Support Provider consents to such assignment. The parties hereto agree that the Collateral Agent (and any assignee thereof) is an intended third-party

 

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beneficiary of this Agreement and is entitled to enforce the rights of Performance Beneficiary arising hereunder, including requiring payment of any amounts required to be paid to Performance Beneficiary to be paid directly to the MLS Collection Account (Tranche 2).

(d) THIS AGREEMENT, INCLUDING THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF).

(e) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT OR DOCUMENT DELIVERED OR THAT MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT A JURY.

(f) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT:

(i) IT IRREVOCABLY (A) SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION, FIRST, OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT, AND SECOND, IF FEDERAL JURISDICTION IS NOT AVAILABLE, OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT, IN EITHER CASE SITTING IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, (B) AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED ONLY IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT AND NOT IN ANY OTHER COURT, AND (C) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING.

(ii) TO THE EXTENT THAT IT HAS OR HEREAFTER MAY ACQUIRE ANY IMMUNITY FROM THE JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER THROUGH SERVICE OR NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID TO EXECUTION, EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY, IT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES SUCH IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT.

 

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(g) Performance Support Provider agrees to do all such things and execute all such documents as Performance Beneficiary may reasonably consider necessary or desirable to give full effect to this Agreement and to perfect or preserve the rights and powers of Performance Beneficiary hereunder or with respect hereto.

Section 6. Termination of Agreement .

(a) This Agreement and Performance Support Provider’s obligations hereunder shall remain operative and continue in full force and effect from the Lease Closing Date until such time as (i) all the Performance Support Obligations are indefeasibly paid and satisfied in full and (ii) all the Guaranteed Obligations under and as defined in the Sprint Guarantee are indefeasibly paid and satisfied in full, provided that this Agreement and Performance Support Provider’s obligations hereunder shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment or other satisfaction of any of the Performance Support Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of any Covered Entity as though such payment had not been made or other satisfaction had not occurred. To the fullest extent permitted by Law, no invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability by reason of the bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar Laws or any other Law or order of any Governmental Authority thereof purporting to reduce, amend or otherwise affect the Performance Support Obligations shall impair, affect or be a defense to or claim against the obligations of Performance Support Provider under this Agreement.

(b) This Agreement shall survive the insolvency of any Covered Entity, Performance Beneficiary or any other Person and the commencement of any case or proceeding by or against any Covered Entity or any other Person under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar Law. No automatic stay under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar Law with respect to any Covered Entity or any other Person (other than the Performance Support Provider to the extent required by applicable law) shall postpone the obligations of Performance Support Provider under this Agreement.

Section 7. Set-off . Performance Beneficiary is hereby authorized at any time during the continuance of a Lease Event of Default (in addition to any other rights it may have) to setoff, appropriate and apply (without presentment, demand, protest or other notice, each of which are hereby expressly waived) any indebtedness held or owing by Performance Beneficiary to or for the account of Performance Support Provider against amounts owing by Performance Support Provider hereunder (even if contingent and unmatured).

Section 8. Entire Agreement; Severability; No Party Deemed Drafter . This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents constitute the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the matters set forth herein. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by Law or any other agreement, and this Agreement shall be in addition to any other guaranty of or collateral security for any of the Performance Support Obligations. The provisions of this Agreement are severable, and in any action or proceeding involving any state corporate or limited liability company law, or any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar Law, if the obligations of Performance

 

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Support Provider hereunder would otherwise be held or determined to be avoidable, invalid or unenforceable on account of the amount of Performance Support Provider’s liability under this Agreement, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by Performance Support Provider or Performance Beneficiary, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable as determined in such action or proceeding. Any provisions of this Agreement that are prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that no party hereto shall be deemed to be the drafter of this Agreement.

Section 9. Expenses . Performance Support Provider agrees to pay on demand:

(a) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Performance Beneficiary in connection with any amendment, restatement or supplement of, or consent or waivers under, this Agreement or any enforcement of, or any actual or reasonably claimed breach of, or claim under, this Agreement, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel incurred in connection therewith and all accountants’, attorneys’, auditors’, consultants’ and other agents’ fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing or in advising such Persons as to their respective rights and remedies under this Agreement; and

(b) all stamp and other similar Taxes and fees payable or determined to be payable in connection with the execution and delivery, and, if applicable, filing and recording, of this Agreement, and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Performance Beneficiary against any liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or omission to pay such Taxes and fees;

provided , however , that so long as no Lease Default or Lease Event of Default has occurred and remains continuing, Performance Support Provider’s obligation under this Section 9 to pay the reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by Performance Beneficiary shall be limited to paying the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of one law firm selected by Performance Beneficiary in its sole discretion; provided , further , however , that, for the avoidance of doubt, such limitation shall not apply to any reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by Performance Beneficiary during the continuance of a Lease Default or Lease Event of Default even if such event subsequently ceases to be continuing.

Section 10. Indemnities by Performance Support Provider . Without limiting any other rights that Performance Beneficiary may have hereunder or under applicable Law, Performance Support Provider agrees to indemnify and hold harmless each Lessee Indemnitee forthwith and on demand from and against any and all damages, losses, claims, liabilities and related costs and expenses (including all filing fees, if any), including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and disbursements (all of the foregoing being collectively referred to as “ Indemnified Amounts ”) incurred by any of them and arising out of, relating to or resulting

 

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from (but not including amounts that are expressly excluded from Performance Support Obligations): (a) any breach by Performance Support Provider (in any capacity) of any of its obligations or duties under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document; (b) the untruth or inaccuracy of any representation or warranty made by Performance Support Provider (in any capacity) hereunder or under any other Transaction Document; (c) the failure of any information provided to any such Lessee Indemnitee by, or on behalf of, Performance Support Provider (in any capacity) to be true and correct; (d) any negligence or willful misconduct of Performance Support Provider (in any capacity) arising out of, relating to, in connection with, or affecting any transaction contemplated by the Transaction Documents; or (e) the failure by Performance Support Provider (in any capacity) to comply with any applicable Law, rule or regulation with respect to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the Performance Support Obligations or otherwise; provided, however, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 10 , excluding Indemnified Amounts solely to the extent (x) resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Lessee Indemnitee as determined by a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction, (y) resulting from a claim brought by Performance Support Provider or any Covered Entity against a Lessee Indemnitee for breach of such Lessee Indemnitee’s obligations under any Transaction Document as determined by a final non-appealable judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction or (z) constituting recourse with respect to a Customer Receivable by reason of bankruptcy or insolvency, or the financial or credit condition or financial default, of the related Customer.

Section 11. Addresses for Notices . The provisions of Section 21 (Notices) of the MLS Intercreditor Agreement shall apply as if fully set forth herein.

Section 12. Mobile Leasing Solutions as Series LLC . Each Party hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that Mobile Leasing Solutions is a series limited liability company, and that accordingly the obligations and liabilities of Performance Beneficiary hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents are and will be enforceable against Performance Beneficiary solely to the extent of the assets of Series 2 (whether held by Series 2 directly or held in the name of Mobile Leasing Solutions on behalf of Series 2) (the “ Series 2 Assets ”), and not against any other assets of Mobile Leasing Solutions or against any other Series of Mobile Leasing Solutions or any assets of any such other Series (whether held directly by such other Series or by Mobile Leasing Solutions on behalf of such other Series).

 

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Section 13. Limited Recourse . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the obligations and liabilities of Performance Beneficiary under each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party are solely the obligations and liabilities of Performance Beneficiary and shall be payable solely to the extent of the Series 2 Assets that are subject to the MLS Security Documents (the “ Series 2 Pledged Assets ”), and the proceeds of the realization thereof from whatever means, applied in accordance with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents. If the Series 2 Pledged Assets and the proceeds of the realization thereof from whatever means, including pursuant to the enforcement of the MLS Security Documents, applied in accordance with the MLS Intercreditor Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, are insufficient to discharge in full the obligations and liabilities of Performance Beneficiary under the MLS Intercreditor Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the rights of the Sprint Parties to receive any further amounts in respect of such obligations and liabilities shall be extinguished and none of the Sprint Parties may take any further action to recover such amounts. For the avoidance of doubt, no recourse shall be had to the assets of Mobile Leasing Solutions or the assets of any Series of Mobile Leasing Solutions other than the Series 2 Pledged Assets to satisfy the obligations and liabilities of Performance Beneficiary under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

SPRINT CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Duncan

Name:   Janet M. Duncan
Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

MOBILE LEASING SOLUTIONS, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company, acting for itself and on behalf of Series 2 thereof

By:  

/s/ Jeff Krisel

Name:   Jeff Krisel
Title:   President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary

Exhibit 10.5

Execution Copy

GUARANTY (TRANCHE 2)

THIS GUARANTY (TRANCHE 2) dated as of April 28, 2016 and effective as of the Lease Closing Date (this “ Guaranty ”), is between SPRINT CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ Guarantor ”) and MOBILE LEASING SOLUTIONS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, acting for itself and on behalf of Series 2 thereof (“ Guaranty Beneficiary ”).

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain First Step Transfer Agreement (Tranche 2) dated as of the date hereof and effective as of the Lease Closing Date (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ First Step Transfer Agreement ”), among the Originators, as transferors, and the Lessees, as transferees, and Servicer, the Originators will on the Lease Closing Date and from time to time contribute Devices and related Customer Leases to the Lessees as further described in the First Step Transfer Agreement;

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Second Step Transfer Agreement (Tranche 2) dated as of the date hereof and effective as of the Lease Closing Date (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Second Step Transfer Agreement ”), among the Lessees, as sellers, and Guaranty Beneficiary, as buyer, (i) the Lessees will on the Lease Closing Date and from time to time sell Devices and the Customer Lease-End Rights and Obligations (as defined in the Second Step Transfer Agreement) under the related Customer Leases to Guaranty Beneficiary as further described in the Second Step Transfer Agreement and (ii) the Guaranty Beneficiary has agreed to pay to the Lessees the Purchase Price (as defined in the Second Step Transfer Agreement), all as further described in the Second Step Transfer Agreement;

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Master Lease Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of the date hereof and effective as of the Lease Closing Date (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Master Lease Agreement ”; capitalized terms used herein and not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Master Lease Agreement), by and among the Lessees, Servicer, Guaranty Beneficiary and Collateral Agent, as supplemented by each Device Lease Schedule (the Master Lease Agreement, together with each Device Lease Schedule agreed as of the Lease Closing Date by the Lessees and Performance Beneficiary and, if applicable, amended pursuant to Section 2.14 of the Master Lease Agreement, collectively, the “ Device Leases ” and, each, a “ Device Lease ”), Guaranty Beneficiary will on the Lease Closing Date commence leasing the Lease Closing Date Devices to Lessees;

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Servicing Agreement (Tranche 2), dated as of the date hereof and effective as of the Lease Closing Date (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Servicing Agreement ”), by and among the Lessees, Servicer, Guaranty Beneficiary and Collateral Agent, Servicer will service the Devices and related Customer Leases for Lessees and Guaranty Beneficiary as further described in the Servicing Agreement;


WHEREAS, the Parties intend that the Transaction Documents create a financing for all U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes, and thus specifically that (i) the Cash Purchase Price paid under the Second Step Transfer Agreement at closing be treated for such purposes as amounts loaned by Guaranty Beneficiary for which the Devices provide security and (ii) Rental Payments payable to Guaranty Beneficiary under the Device Leases be treated for such purposes as payments on such indebtedness owed to Guaranty Beneficiary;

WHEREAS, Guarantor is the direct or indirect parent of each of the Lessees and will receive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the sale and leaseback arrangements contemplated by the First Step Transfer Agreement, the Second Step Transfer Agreement, the Device Leases and the other Sprint Transaction Documents; and

WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to Guaranty Beneficiary entering into the Second Step Transfer Agreement and the Device Leases that Guarantor shall have executed and delivered this Guaranty.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, the terms and conditions contained herein and other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

Section 1. Guaranty . Guarantor hereby absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees, for the benefit of Guaranty Beneficiary, the due and punctual payment by the Lessees of (i) the Rental Payments to the extent constituting a Rent Payment Shortfall (as defined in the Second Step Transfer Agreement), if any, due and payable under each Device Lease, and (ii) any Device Lease Early Termination Amount or Present Value Device Lease Amount due and payable under the Master Lease Agreement and provided further that in no event shall Guarantor’s aggregate liability under this Guaranty under clauses (i) and (ii) above exceed an amount equal to 20% of the Cash Purchase Price (collectively, as limited, the “ Guaranteed Obligations ”), in each case, irrespective of: (a) the validity, binding effect, legality, subordination, disaffirmance, enforceability or amendment, restatement, modification or supplement of, or waiver of compliance with, the Master Lease Agreement, the Device Leases, any other Transaction Document or any documents related hereto or thereto, (b) any change in the existence, formation or ownership of, or the bankruptcy or insolvency of, any Lessee or any other Sprint Party, (c) any extension, renewal, settlement, compromise, exchange, waiver or release in respect of any Guaranteed Obligation (or any collateral security therefor, including the property sold, contributed (or purportedly sold or contributed) or otherwise pledged or transferred by any Originator under the First Step Transfer Agreement or by any Lessee under the Second Step Transfer Agreement) or by any party to this Guaranty, the Device Leases, any other Transaction Document or any related documents, (d) the existence of any claim, set-off, counterclaim or other right that Guarantor or any other Person may have against any Lessee or any other Person, (e) any impossibility or impracticability of performance, illegality, force majeure, act of Governmental Authority or other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense available to, or provide a discharge of, Guarantor, (f) any Law affecting any term of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, the Device Leases or any other

 

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Transaction Document or any rights of Guaranty Beneficiary with respect thereto or otherwise, (g) the failure by Guaranty Beneficiary to take any steps to perfect and maintain perfected its interest in any collateral security or (h) any failure to obtain any authorization or approval from, or other action by, or to make any notification to or filing with, any Governmental Authority required in connection with the performance of the Guaranteed Obligations or otherwise. This Guaranty is a guaranty of payment and not merely of collection.

Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Guarantor agrees that if any Lessee shall fail in any manner whatsoever to pay any of its Guaranteed Obligations when the same shall be required to be paid under the Device Leases or the Second Step Transfer Agreement, then Guarantor will itself pay within two Business Days following demand such Guaranteed Obligations. Guarantor hereby expressly waives diligence, presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind whatsoever, as well as any requirement that Guaranty Beneficiary exhaust any right to take any action against any Lessee or any other Person (including the filing of any claims in the event of a receivership or bankruptcy of any Lessee or any other Person), or with respect to any collateral at any time securing any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and hereby consents to any and all extensions of time of the due performance of any or all of the Guaranteed Obligations. Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees that it shall not exercise or assert, any right to reimbursement from any Lessee or any Originator that it may acquire by way of subrogation or otherwise. Guarantor also hereby expressly waives all other defenses it may have as a guarantor or a surety generally or otherwise based upon suretyship, impairment of collateral or otherwise in connection with the Guaranteed Obligations, whether in equity or at law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, it is expressly acknowledged that this Guaranty is not a guarantee of the performance by any Customer of its obligations under its Customer Lease, and there shall be no recourse to Guarantor for any non-payment or non-performance or delay in payment or performance of any Customer Lease solely by reason of the bankruptcy, insolvency or lack of creditworthiness of the related Customer or the uncollectability of the obligations under such Customer Lease or for any Guaranteed Obligations the payment of which could otherwise constitute recourse to Guarantor or any Lessee for uncollectible obligations under Customer Leases, in each case above, except to the extent that the guarantee of any Rent Payment Shortfall constituting Guaranteed Obligations indirectly constitutes such recourse.

Section 2. Confirmation . Guarantor hereby confirms that the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents have been arranged among the Lessees, the Originators and Guaranty Beneficiary, as applicable, with Guarantor’s full knowledge and consent and any amendment, restatement, modification or supplement of, or waiver of compliance with, the Transaction Documents in accordance with the terms thereof by any of the foregoing shall be deemed to be with Guarantor’s full knowledge and consent. Guarantor hereby confirms that on the date hereof it owns (directly or indirectly) 100% of the equity interests of each Lessee. Guarantor agrees to notify Guaranty Beneficiary in the event that it ceases to own (directly or indirectly) 100% of the equity interests of any Lessee.

 

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Section 3. Miscellaneous .

(a) Each of Guarantor and Guaranty Beneficiary agrees that any payments hereunder will be made to the MLS Collection Account (Tranche 2) on the date when due in electronically transmitted funds.

(b) No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Guaranty nor consent to any departure by Guarantor therefrom shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by Guaranty Beneficiary and Guarantor. No failure on the part of Guaranty Beneficiary 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.

(c) This Guaranty shall bind and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. The parties hereto may not assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any rights or obligations hereunder except as permitted under Section 11.5 of the Master Lease Agreement, and, in any event, except as permitted under Section 4(c) of the Performance Support Agreement, Guarantor shall not assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its obligations or duties hereunder without the prior written consent of Guaranty Beneficiary. Guarantor expressly acknowledges that all of Guaranty Beneficiary’s right, title and interest in, to and under this Guaranty shall be assigned as collateral to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Finance Parties, and Guarantor consents to such assignment. The parties hereto agree that the Collateral Agent (and any assignee thereof) is an intended third-party beneficiary of this Guaranty and is entitled to enforce the rights of Guaranty Beneficiary arising hereunder, including requiring payment of any amounts required to be paid to Guaranty Beneficiary to be paid directly to the MLS Collection Account (Tranche 2).

(d) THIS GUARANTY, INCLUDING THE RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF THE PARTIES HERETO, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, BUT WITHOUT REGARD TO ANY OTHER CONFLICT OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF).

(e) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE OR DEFEND ANY RIGHTS UNDER THIS GUARANTY, ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT OR ANY AMENDMENT, INSTRUMENT OR DOCUMENT DELIVERED OR THAT MAY IN THE FUTURE BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH AND AGREES THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE TRIED BEFORE A COURT AND NOT A JURY.

 

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(f) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT:

(i) IT IRREVOCABLY (i) SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION, FIRST, OF ANY UNITED STATES FEDERAL COURT, AND SECOND, IF FEDERAL JURISDICTION IS NOT AVAILABLE, OF ANY NEW YORK STATE COURT, IN EITHER CASE SITTING IN NEW YORK, NEW YORK IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GUARANTY AND ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT, (ii) AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED ONLY IN SUCH NEW YORK STATE OR FEDERAL COURT AND NOT IN ANY OTHER COURT, AND (iii) WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT IT MAY EFFECTIVELY DO SO, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING.

(ii) TO THE EXTENT THAT IT HAS OR HEREAFTER MAY ACQUIRE ANY IMMUNITY FROM THE JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER THROUGH SERVICE OR NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID TO EXECUTION, EXECUTION OR OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY, IT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES SUCH IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS GUARANTY.

(g) Guarantor agrees to do all such things and execute all such documents as Guaranty Beneficiary may reasonably consider necessary or desirable to give full effect to this Guaranty and to perfect or preserve the rights and powers of Guaranty Beneficiary hereunder or with respect hereto.

Section 4. Termination of Guaranty .

(a) This Guaranty and Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall remain operative and continue in full force and effect from the Lease Closing Date until such time as all the Guaranteed Obligations are duly performed and indefeasibly paid and satisfied in full, provided that this Guaranty and Guarantor’s obligations hereunder shall continue to be effective or shall be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment or other satisfaction of any of the Guaranteed Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned upon the bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of any Lessee as though such payment had not been made or other satisfaction had not occurred. To the fullest extent permitted by Law, no invalidity, irregularity or unenforceability by reason of the bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar Laws or any other Law or order of any Governmental Authority thereof purporting to reduce, amend or otherwise affect the Guaranteed Obligations shall impair, affect or be a defense to or claim against the obligations of Guarantor under this Guaranty.

(b) This Guaranty shall survive the insolvency of any Lessee, Guaranty Beneficiary or any other Person and the commencement of any case or proceeding by or against any Lessee

 

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or any other Person under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar Law. No automatic stay under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar Law with respect to any Lessee or any other Person (other than Guarantor to the extent required by applicable law) shall postpone the obligations of Guarantor under this Guaranty.

Section 5. Set-off . Guaranty Beneficiary is hereby authorized at any time during the continuance of a Lease Event of Default (in addition to any other rights it may have) to setoff, appropriate and apply (without presentment, demand, protest or other notice, each of which are hereby expressly waived) any indebtedness held or owing by Guaranty Beneficiary to or for the account of Guarantor against amounts owing by Guarantor hereunder (even if contingent and unmatured).

Section 6. Entire Agreement; Severability; No Party Deemed Drafter . This Guaranty and the other Transaction Documents constitute the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the matters set forth herein. The rights and remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by Law or any other agreement, and this Guaranty shall be in addition to any other guaranty of or collateral security for any of the Guaranteed Obligations. The provisions of this Guaranty are severable, and in any action or proceeding involving any state corporate or limited liability company law, or any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar Law, if the obligations of Guarantor hereunder would otherwise be held or determined to be avoidable, invalid or unenforceable on account of the amount of Guarantor’s liability under this Guaranty, then, notwithstanding any other provision of this Guaranty to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by Guarantor or Guaranty Beneficiary, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable as determined in such action or proceeding. Any provisions of this Guaranty that are prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees that no party hereto shall be deemed to be the drafter of this Guaranty.

Section 7. Expenses . Guarantor agrees to pay on demand:

(a) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by Guaranty Beneficiary in connection with any amendment, restatement or supplement of, or consent or waiver under, this Guaranty, or any enforcement of, or any actual or reasonably claimed breach of, or claim under, this Guaranty, including the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel incurred in connection therewith and all accountants’, attorneys’, auditors’, consultants’ and other agents’ fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing or in advising such Persons as to their respective rights and remedies under this Guaranty; and

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Guaranty, and agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Guaranty Beneficiary against any liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay in paying or omission to pay such Taxes and fees; provided , however , that so long as no Lease Default or Lease Event of Default has occurred and remains continuing, Guarantor’s obligation under this Section 7 to pay the reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by Guaranty Beneficiary shall be limited to paying the reasonable and documented fees and expenses of one law firm selected by Guaranty Beneficiary in its sole discretion; provided , further , however , that, for the avoidance of doubt, such limitation shall not apply to any reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and expenses incurred by Guaranty Beneficiary during the continuance of a Lease Default or Lease Event of Default even if such event subsequently ceases to be continuing.

Section 8. Addresses for Notices . The provisions of Section 21 (Notices) of the MLS Intercreditor Agreement shall apply as if fully set forth herein.

Section 9. Mobile Leasing Solutions as Series LLC . Each Party hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that Mobile Leasing Solutions is a series limited liability company, and that accordingly the obligations and liabilities of Guaranty Beneficiary hereunder and under the other Transaction Documents are and will be enforceable against Guaranty Beneficiary solely to the extent of the assets of Series 2 (whether held by Series 2 directly or held in the name of Mobile Leasing Solutions on behalf of Series 2) (the “ Series 2 Assets ”), and not against any other assets of Mobile Leasing Solutions or against any other Series of Mobile Leasing Solutions or any assets of any such other Series (whether held directly by such other Series or by Mobile Leasing Solutions on behalf of such other Series).

Section 10. Limited Recourse . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document, the obligations and liabilities of Guaranty Beneficiary under each of the Transaction Documents to which it is a party are solely the obligations and liabilities of Guaranty Beneficiary and shall be payable solely to the extent of the Series 2 Assets that are subject to the MLS Security Documents (the “ Series 2 Pledged Assets ”), and the proceeds of the realization thereof from whatever means, applied in accordance with this Guaranty and the other Transaction Documents. If the Series 2 Pledged Assets and the proceeds of the realization thereof from whatever means, including pursuant to the enforcement of the MLS Security Documents, applied in accordance with the MLS Intercreditor Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, are insufficient to discharge in full the obligations and liabilities of Guaranty Beneficiary under the MLS Intercreditor Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, the rights of the Sprint Parties to receive any further amounts in respect of such obligations and liabilities shall be extinguished and none of the Sprint Parties may take any further action to recover such amounts. For the avoidance of doubt, no recourse shall be had to the assets of Mobile Leasing Solutions or the assets of any Series of Mobile Leasing Solutions other than the Series 2 Pledged Assets to satisfy the obligations and liabilities of Guaranty Beneficiary under this Guaranty or any other Transaction Document.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have executed this Guaranty as of the date first written above.

 

 

SPRINT CORPORATION
as Guarantor
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Duncan

Name:   Janet M. Duncan
Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

MOBILE LEASING SOLUTIONS, LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company,

acting for itself and on behalf of Series 2 thereof, as Guaranty Beneficiary

By:  

/s/ Jeff Krisel

Name:   Jeff Krisel
Title:   President, Chief Executive Officer and Secretary

Exhibit 10.6

CREDIT AGREEMENT

dated as of

April 28, 2016

 

 

SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. ,

as Borrower

 

 

MIZUHO BANK, LTD. ,

as Arranger

 

 

MIZUHO BANK, LTD. ,

as Bookrunner

 

 

MIZUHO BANK, LTD. ,

as Administrative Agent


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page  

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS

     1   

SECTION 1.01

 

Defined Terms

     1   

SECTION 1.02

 

[Reserved]

     17   

SECTION 1.03

 

Terms Generally

     17   

SECTION 1.04

 

Accounting Terms: GAAP

     17   

SECTION 1.05

 

Appointment of the Borrower as Obligor Representative

     17   

SECTION 1.06

 

Treatment of Hedging Agreements

     17   

ARTICLE II THE CREDITS

     18   

SECTION 2.01

 

Commitments

     18   

SECTION 2.02

 

Loans and Borrowings

     18   

SECTION 2.03

 

Requests for Borrowings

     18   

SECTION 2.04

 

[Reserved]

     19   

SECTION 2.05

 

[Reserved]

     19   

SECTION 2.06

 

Funding of Borrowings

     19   

SECTION 2.07

 

[Reserved].

     19   

SECTION 2.08

 

Termination, Reduction and Incremental Facilities

     19   

SECTION 2.09

 

Repayment of Loans: Evidence of Debt

     21   

SECTION 2.10

 

Prepayment of Loans

     22   

SECTION 2.11

 

Fees

     24   

SECTION 2.12

 

Interest

     24   

SECTION 2.13

 

[Reserved]

     25   

SECTION 2.14

 

Increased Costs

     25   

SECTION 2.15

 

Break Funding Payments

     26   

SECTION 2.16

 

Taxes

     26   

SECTION 2.17

 

Payments Generally: Pro Rata Treatment: Sharing of Set-Offs

     29   

SECTION 2.18

 

Mitigation Obligations: Replacement of Lenders

     30   

SECTION 2.19

 

Defaulting Lenders

     31   

SECTION 2.20

 

Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions

     32   

ARTICLE III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     32   

SECTION 3.01

 

Organization: Powers

     32   

 

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SECTION 3.02

 

Authorization; Enforceability

     32   

SECTION 3.03

 

Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts

     33   

SECTION 3.04

 

Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change

     33   

SECTION 3.05

 

Properties

     34   

SECTION 3.06

 

Litigation and Environmental Matters

     34   

SECTION 3.07

 

Compliance with Laws and Agreements

     34   

SECTION 3.08

 

Investment Company Status

     34   

SECTION 3.09

 

Taxes

     34   

SECTION 3.10

 

ERISA

     35   

SECTION 3.11

 

Disclosure

     35   

SECTION 3.12

 

Subsidiaries

     35   

ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS

     35   

SECTION 4.01

 

Effective Date

     35   

SECTION 4.02

 

Each Extension of Credit

     36   

ARTICLE V AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

     37   

SECTION 5.01

 

Financial Statements and Other Information

     37   

SECTION 5.02

 

Notices of Material Events

     39   

SECTION 5.03

 

Existence

     39   

SECTION 5.04

 

Payment of Obligations

     39   

SECTION 5.05

 

Maintenance of Properties; Insurance

     39   

SECTION 5.06

 

Books and Records; Inspection Rights

     40   

SECTION 5.07

 

Compliance with Laws

     40   

SECTION 5.08

 

Use of Proceeds

     40   

SECTION 5.09

 

Certain Obligations with respect to Subsidiaries

     40   

SECTION 5.10

 

Equal and Ratable Lien

     41   

SECTION 5.11

 

Additional Guarantees and Security

     41   

ARTICLE VI NEGATIVE COVENANTS

     41   

SECTION 6.01

 

Indebtedness

     41   

SECTION 6.02

 

Liens

     43   

SECTION 6.03

 

Fundamental Changes

     44   

SECTION 6.04

 

Transactions with Affiliates

     45   

SECTION 6.05

 

Financial Covenants

     45   

SECTION 6.06

 

Restricted Payments

     46   

SECTION 6.07

 

Intercompany Indebtedness

     47   

 

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ARTICLE VII EVENTS OF DEFAULT

     47   

ARTICLE VIII THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

     49   

ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS

     51   

SECTION 9.01

 

Notices

     51   

SECTION 9.02

 

Waivers: Amendments

     52   

SECTION 9.03

 

Expenses: Indemnity: Damage Waiver

     54   

SECTION 9.04

 

Successors and Assigns

     55   

SECTION 9.05

 

Survival

     58   

SECTION 9.06

 

Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness

     58   

SECTION 9.07

 

Severability

     58   

SECTION 9.08

 

Right of Setoff

     59   

SECTION 9.09

 

Governing Law: Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process

     59   

SECTION 9.10

 

WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

     59   

SECTION 9.11

 

Headings

     60   

SECTION 9.12

 

Confidentiality

     60   

SECTION 9.13

 

USA PATRIOT Act

     60   

SECTION 9.14

 

Guarantee

     61   

SECTION 9.15

 

Original Issue Discount Legend

     65   

 

SCHEDULES:

Schedule 2.01

    

Commitments

Schedule 3.06

    

Disclosed Matters

Schedule 3.12

    

Subsidiaries

Schedule 6.01

    

Existing Indebtedness

Schedule 6.02

    

Existing Liens

 

EXHIBITS:

Exhibit A

   

Form of Assignment and Assumption

Exhibit B

   

Form of Joinder Agreement

Exhibit C

   

Form of Subordination Agreement

Exhibit D

   

Form of Foreign Lender Exemption Statement

Exhibit E

   

Form of Borrowing Request

Exhibit F

   

Form of Certificate pursuant to Section 5.01(b)

Exhibit G

   

Form of Certificate pursuant to Section 5.01(c)

 

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CREDIT AGREEMENT dated as of April 28. 2016 among SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC. (the “ Borrower ”), the LENDERS party hereto and MIZUHO BANK, LTD., as Administrative Agent.

The Borrower has requested that the Lenders extend credit to them in an aggregate amount up to but not exceeding $2,000,000,000 (which amount may, subject to terms and conditions hereunder, be increased pursuant to Incremental Facilities (as defined below)) to provide funds for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. The Lenders are willing to extend such credit upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement and, accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01 Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

Accession Agreement ” means an Accession Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the Subordination Agreement.

Acquired Entity ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.09(a).

Account ” means an “account” (as such term is defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York).

Administrative Agent ” means Mizuho Bank Ltd., in its capacity as Administrative Agent for the Lenders hereunder.

Administrative Questionnaire ” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

Affiliate ” means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified.

Applicable Percentage ” means with respect to any Lender in respect of any indemnity claim under Section 9.03(c) arising out of an action or omission of the Administrative Agent under this Agreement, the percentage of the total Commitments hereunder represented by the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Commitment. If the Commitments hereunder have terminated or expired, the Applicable Percentages shall be determined based upon the percentage of the total Loans represented by the aggregate amount of such Lender’s Loans hereunder. For purposes of Section 2.19, when a Defaulting Lender shall exist, “Applicable Percentage” shall mean the percentage of the total Commitments (disregarding any Defaulting Lender’s Commitment) represented by such Lender’s Commitment.

Applicable Rate ” means (a) in the case of any Loan, 4.00% per annum; provided that from and after December 29, 2016 (inclusive), 5.00 % per annum and from and after March 29, 2017 (inclusive) 7.00 % per annum, and (b) in the case of the commitment fee payable under Section 2.11(a), 2.00% per annum.

 

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Approved Fund ” means, with respect to any Lender that is a fund that invests in commercial loans, any other fund that invests in commercial loans and is managed or advised by the same investment advisor as such Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor.

Arranger ” means Mizuho Bank, Ltd.

Asset Sale ” means any Disposition of any property or assets by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to any other Person that is not the Borrower or a Subsidiary after the Effective Date; provided that “Asset Sale” shall not include (i) any Disposition (or series of related Dispositions) of assets having a fair market value of less than $20,000,000, (ii) Dispositions in connection with Sale and Leaseback Transactions, (iii) Dispositions in connection with Permitted Securitizations, (iv) Dispositions of used, obsolete, worn-out or surplus assets or inventory in the ordinary course of business, (v) Dispositions of cash and cash equivalents, (vi) the sale or discounting of overdue Accounts in the ordinary course of business, (vii) licenses or sublicenses of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business or to settle pending or threatened litigation so long as such licenses or sublicenses of Intellectual Property could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect and (viii) leases and sub-leases of real property so long as such leases or sub-leases of real property could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Assignment and Assumption ” means an assignment and assumption entered into by a Lender and an assignee (with the consent of any party whose consent is required by Section 9.04), and accepted by the Administrative Agent, in the form of Exhibit A or any other form approved by the Administrative Agent.

Assuming Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(d)(i).

Availability Period ” means the period from and including the Effective Date to but excluding the earlier of (a) the date falling one week prior to the 18 month anniversary of the Effective Date and (b) the date on which all Commitments have been reduced to zero.

Bail-In Action ” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable EEA Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an EEA Financial Institution.

Bail-In Legislation ” means, with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

Bankruptcy Event ” means, with respect to any Lender or Parent of a Lender, such Lender or Parent (as the case may be) becomes the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, or has had a receiver, conservator, trustee, administrator, assignee for the benefit of creditors or similar Person charged with reorganization or liquidation of its business or custodian, appointed for it, or has taken any action in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of or acquiescence in any such proceeding or appointment, provided that a Bankruptcy Event shall not result solely by virtue of the ownership, or the acquisition of any ownership interest in such Lender or Parent of such Lender by a Governmental Authority or instrumentality thereof, provided, further, that such ownership or interest by a Governmental Authority does not result in or provide such Lender or Parent 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 Government Authority to reject, repudiate, disavow or disaffirm any contracts or agreements made by such Lender or Parent.

 

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Base Rate ” means the LIBOR.

Beneficial Owner ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Rule 13d-3 and Rule 13d-5 under the Exchange Act. The terms “Beneficially Owns” shall have a corresponding meaning.

Board ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States of America.

Borrower ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this Agreement.

Borrowing ” means any Loan made or to be made under this Agreement.

Borrowing Request ” means a request by the Borrower for a Borrowing in accordance with Section 2.03 and substantially in the form as attached as Exhibit E hereto.

Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City, London or Tokyo are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

Capital Lease Obligations ” of any Person means the obligations of such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP, and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof determined in accordance with GAAP.

Change of Control ” means the occurrence of any of the following: (a) the direct or indirect sale, transfer, conveyance or other disposition (other than by way of merger or consolidation), in one or a series of related transactions, of all or substantially all of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries’ properties or assets, taken as a whole, to any “person” (as that term is used in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act) other than one or more Permitted Holders; (b) the adoption of a plan relating to the Borrower’s liquidation or dissolution; or (c) any “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act) other than one or more Permitted Holders becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of more than 50% of the voting power of the Borrower’s Voting Securities; provided that a transaction in which the Borrower becomes a Subsidiary of another person shall not constitute a Change of Control if (a) the Borrower’s stockholders immediately prior to such transaction Beneficially Own, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, 50% or more of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Securities of such other Person of whom the Borrower is a Subsidiary immediately following such transaction and (b) immediately following such transaction no person (as defined above) other than such other person, Beneficially Owns, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of the voting power of the Borrower’s Voting Securities.

Change in Law ” means (a) the adoption of any law, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by any Lender (or, for purposes of Section 2.14(b), by any lending office of such Lender or by such Lender’s holding company, if any) with any request, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) of any Governmental Authority made or issued after the date of this Agreement; provided that (i) all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or by United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, and (ii) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented.

 

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

Commitments ” means, with respect to each Lender, the commitment of such Lender to make Loans hereunder, as such commitment may be (a) reduced from time to time pursuant to Sections 2.08 and 2.10 and (b) reduced or increased from time to time pursuant to assignments by or to such Lender pursuant to Section 9.04. The amount of each Lender’s Commitment as of the Effective Date is set forth on Schedule 2.01, or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender shall have assumed its Commitment, as applicable. The aggregate amount of the Commitments as of the Effective Date is $2,000,000,000. For the avoidance of doubt, the Commitments of each Lender shall be reduced by the amount of its participation in the Loans made pursuant hereto. Commitments so reduced shall not be reinstated upon the repayment or prepayment of such Loans.

Commodity Exchange Act ” means the Commodity Exchange Act (7 U.S.C. § 1 et seq.), as amended from time to time, and any successor statute.

Control ” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

Credit Party ” means the Administrative Agent or any other Lender.

Current Net Cash Proceeds ” has the meaning assigned to such term in sub-clause (y) of Section 2.10(b)(ii).

Declining Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.18(c).

Default ” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

Defaulting Lender ” means any Lender that has (a) failed, on the date required to be funded or paid, to (i) fund any portion of its Loans or (ii) pay over to any Credit Party any other amount required to be paid by it hereunder, unless, in the case of clause (i) above, such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent in writing that such failure is the result of such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding (specifically identified and with supporting facts) has not been satisfied, or, in the case of clause (ii), such amount is the subject of a good faith dispute; (b) notified the Borrower or any Credit Party in writing, or has made a public statement, to the effect that it does not intend or expect to comply with any of its funding obligations under this Agreement (unless such writing or public statement states that such position is based on such Lender’s good faith determination that a condition precedent to funding a loan under this Agreement cannot be met) or generally under other agreements in which it commits to extend credit, (c) failed, within three Business Days after request by a Credit Party, acting in good faith, to provide a certification in writing from an authorized officer of such Lender in the jurisdiction of such Lender’s lending office that it will comply with its obligations to fund prospective Loans under this Agreement, provided that such Lender shall cease to be a Defaulting Lender pursuant to this clause (c) upon such Credit Party’s receipt of such certification, or (d) become the subject of a Bankruptcy Event or of a Bail-In Action.

Disclosed Matters ” means the actions, suits and proceedings and the environmental matters disclosed in Schedule 3.06.

 

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Disposition ” means, with respect to any property or assets, any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance, transfer or disposition thereof.

Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary other than a Foreign Subsidiary.

EEA Financial Institution ” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent;

EEA Member Country ” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

EEA Resolution Authority ” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

EBITDA ” means, for any period, net income (or net loss) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (before discontinued operations for such period and exclusive of, without duplication, (x) the income or loss resulting from extraordinary or non-recurring items, (y) the income or loss of any Person accounted for on the equity method and (z) non-cash, one-time charges) plus, without duplication and to the extent already deducted (and not added back) in determining net income (or net loss), the sum of (a) interest expense, (b) income tax expense, (c) depreciation expense, (d) amortization expense and (e) cash severance charges, in each case in accordance with GAAP for such period.

EDC Credit Agreement ” means the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 21, 2010 between the Borrower, as borrower, and Export Development Canada, as lender, as amended to the date hereof, as the same may be further amended, supplemented or modified hereafter, or replaced or refinanced.

EDC Indebtedness ” means the Indebtedness of the Borrower under the EDC Credit Agreement.

Effective Date ” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 4.01 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02).

Environmental Laws ” means all laws, rules, regulations, codes, ordinances, orders, decrees, judgments, injunctions or binding agreements issued, promulgated or entered into by any Governmental Authority, concerning the environment, preservation or reclamation of natural resources, the management, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Material or to health and safety matters with respect to any Hazardous Material, including FCC rules concerning human exposure to RF Emissions.

Environmental Liability ” means, for any Person, any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of such Person resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials or RF Emissions, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials or RF Emissions, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other binding arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

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Equity Interests ” means shares of capital stock (whether common or preferred), partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company (whether common or preferred), beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or acquire any such equity interest.

Equity Rights ” means, with respect to any Person, any subscriptions, options, warrants, commitments, preemptive rights or agreements of any kind (including any shareholders’ or voting trust agreements) for the issuance, sale, registration or voting of, or securities convertible into, any additional shares of capital stock of any class, or partnership or other ownership interests of any type in, such Person.

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

ERISA Affiliate ” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that, together with the Borrower, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(b) or (c) of the Code or, solely for purposes of Section 302 of ERISA and Section 412 of the Code, is treated as a single employer under Section 414(m) of the Code.

ERISA Event ” means (a) any “reportable event”, as defined in Section 4043(c) of ERISA or the regulations issued thereunder with respect to a Plan (other than an event for which the 30-day notice period referred to in Section 4043(a) is waived), (b) any failure by any Plan to satisfy the minimum funding standards (within the meaning of Sections 412 or 430 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA) applicable to such Plan, whether or not waived, (c) the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Plan, (d) the incurrence by any Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to the termination of any Plan, (e) the receipt by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or a plan administrator of any notice relating to an intention to terminate any Plan or Plans or to appoint a trustee to administer any Plan under Section 4042 of ERISA, (f) the incurrence by any Borrower or any of its ERISA Affiliates of any liability with respect to the withdrawal or partial withdrawal from any Plan or Multiemployer Plan, or (g) the receipt by any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from any Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate of any notice, concerning the imposition of Withdrawal Liability or a determination that a Multiemployer Plan is, or is expected to be, insolvent within the meaning of Section 4245 of ERISA, or is in reorganization within the meaning of Section 4241 of ERISA, or in endangered or critical status (within the meaning of Section 432 of the Code or Section 305 or Title IV of ERISA).

Event of Default ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Article VII.

Excess Disposition Proceeds ” has the meaning assigned to such term in sub-clause (y) of Section 2.10(b)(ii).

Excess Funding Guarantor ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14(f).

Excess Guarantor Payment ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14(f).

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

 

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Excluded Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower (other than an Obligor), as to which no holder or holders of any Indebtedness of any of the Obligors (other than Indebtedness hereunder) shall have the right (upon notice, lapse of time or both), which right shall not have been waived, to declare a default in respect of such Indebtedness of such Obligor, or to cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its final scheduled maturity, by reason of the occurrence of a default with respect to any Indebtedness of such Subsidiary.

Excluded Swap Obligation ” means, with respect to any Subsidiary Guarantor, any Swap Obligation if, and to the extent that, all or a portion of the Guarantee of such Subsidiary Guarantor of, or the grant by such Subsidiary Guarantor of a security interest to secure, such Swap Obligation (or any Guarantee thereof) is or becomes illegal under the Commodity Exchange Act or any rule, regulation or order of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (or the application or official interpretation of any thereof). If a Swap Obligation arises under a master agreement governing more than one Swap, such exclusion shall apply only to the portion of such Swap Obligation that is attributable to Swaps for which such Guarantee or security interest is or becomes illegal.

Excluded Taxes ” means, with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any other recipient of any payment to be made by or on account of any obligation of any Obligor hereunder, (a) income or franchise taxes imposed on (or measured by) its net income by the United States of America, or by the jurisdiction under the laws of which such recipient is organized or in which its principal office is located or, in the case of any Lender, in which its applicable lending office is located, (b) any branch profits taxes imposed by the United States of America or any similar tax imposed by any other jurisdiction in which any Obligor is located, (c) in the case of a Foreign Lender (other than an assignee pursuant to a request by the Borrower under Section 2.18(b)), any withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to such Foreign Lender at the time such Foreign Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office), except to the extent that such Foreign Lender’s assignor (if any) was entitled, at the time of such assignment or designation, to receive additional amounts from any Obligor with respect to such withholding tax pursuant to Section 2.16(a), (d) any withholding tax that is attributable to a recipient’s failure or inability to comply with Section 2.16(f) and (e) any United States federal withholding taxes imposed pursuant to FATCA.

Existing RCF Agreement ” means the Credit Agreement dated as of February 28, 2013 between the Borrower (f.k.a. Sprit Nextel Corporation), as borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and the other lenders and agents parties thereto, as amended to the date hereof, as the same may be further amended, supplemented or modified hereafter, or replaced or refinanced.

Existing RCF Indebtedness ” means the Indebtedness of the Borrower under the Existing RCF Agreement.

Existing WiMax Indebtedness ” means the Indebtedness of the WiMax Joint Venture Entities outstanding from time to time.

FATCA ” means Section 1471 through 1474 of the Code, as of the date of this Agreement (or any amended or successor version that is substantially comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with), any current or future regulations or official interpretations thereof and any agreements entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Code, any intergovernmental agreement entered into in connection with the implementation of such Section of the Code and any fiscal or regulatory legislation or rules adopted pursuant to such intergovernmental agreement.

FCC ” means the Federal Communications Commission or any United States Governmental Authority substituted therefor.

 

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Federal Funds Effective Rate ” means, for any day, the weighted average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds brokers, as published on the next succeeding Business Day by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day that is a Business Day, the average (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for such day for such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

Financial Officer ” means, with respect to the Borrower, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer, controller or assistant controller of the Borrower.

Foreign Lender ” means any Lender that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than that in which the Borrower is located. For purposes of this definition, the United States of America, each State thereof and the District of Columbia shall be deemed to constitute a single jurisdiction.

Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than any state of the United States of America or the District of Columbia.

GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America.

Governmental Authority ” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or 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.

Guarantee ” of or by any Person (the “ guarantor ”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness; provided , that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business.

Guaranteed Parties ” means, collectively, the Lenders (including as a counterparty (either such Lender or an Affiliate thereof) to any Hedging Agreement with any Obligor) and the Administrative Agent.

Guarantors ” means each Subsidiary Guarantor and the New Parent Guarantor.

Hazardous Materials ” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

 

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Hedging Agreement ” means any interest rate protection agreement, foreign currency exchange agreement, commodity price protection agreement or other interest or currency exchange rate or commodity price hedging arrangement.

Incremental Agreement ” means an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, pursuant to which an Assuming Lender or Increasing Lender undertakes, effective as of the applicable Incremental Date, to provide a Commitment (or an increase to an existing Commitment, in the case of an Increasing Lender), as applicable, duly executed by such Assuming Lender or Increasing Lender, as applicable, and the Borrower and approved by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in accordance with Section 2.08.

Incremental Date ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(d)(i) of this Agreement.

Incremental Facilities ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(d)(i) of this Agreement.

Increasing Lender ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.08(d)(i).

Indebtedness ” of any Person means, without duplication, (a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money (whether by loan, the issuance and sale of debt securities or the sale of property to another Person subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to repurchase such property from such Person), (b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments, (c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person, (d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding accounts payable incurred in the ordinary course of business), (e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed, (f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others, (g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person, (h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty, and (i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances, provided that, to the extent outstanding on the Effective Date and identified in Schedule 6.01, all amounts paid or received by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries pursuant to a Tower Transaction, whether in the form of sale proceeds, capital lease payments, maintenance charges, prepaid rent or otherwise (and however characterized on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower) shall not constitute Indebtedness. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor.

Indemnified Taxes ” means all Taxes, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable hereto, other than (a) Excluded Taxes and Other Taxes and (b) amounts constituting penalties or interest imposed with respect to Excluded Taxes or Other Taxes.

Intellectual Property ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.05(b).

Intercompany Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of the Borrower owing to any of its Subsidiaries and of any Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or any other Subsidiary.

Interest Payment Date ” means the last day of each Interest Period.

 

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Interest Period ” means with respect to any Borrowing, (a) initially, the period commencing on the date of such Borrowing and ending on the 29th day of the earliest March, June, September or December thereafter and (b) subsequently, the period commencing the last day of the preceding Interest Period and ending on the 29th day of the month falling three months thereafter; provided , that if any Interest Period would end on a day other than a Business Day, such Interest Period shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the immediately preceding Business Day. Notwithstanding the foregoing if any Interest Period for any Borrowing would otherwise end after the Maturity Date, such Interest Period shall end on the Maturity Date.

Joinder Agreement ” means a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B by an entity that, pursuant to Section 5.09, is required to become a “Subsidiary Guarantor” under this Agreement.

Lenders ” means (a) the Persons listed on Schedule 2.01, (b) any Person that shall have become a party hereto as an “Assuming Lender” hereunder with a commitment to make Incremental Loans hereunder pursuant to Section 2.08(d) and (c) any other Person that shall have become a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption, other than any such Person that ceases to be a party hereto pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

LIBOR ” means, for any Interest Period, the Screen Rate at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two London Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period. For Interest Periods shorter than three months, “LIBOR” shall be the rate (rounded to the same number of decimal places as the two relevant Screen Rates) which results from interpolating on a linear basis between (a) the Screen Rate for the longest period (for which a Screen Rate is available) which is shorter than the relevant Interest Period and (b) the Screen Rate for the shortest period (for which a Screen Rate is available) which is longer than the relevant Interest Period, in each case as determined at approximately 11:00 a.m., London time, two London Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest Period. In the event that such rate is not available at such time for any reason, then “LIBOR” for such Interest Period shall be the rate reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent. If the rate determined above in each case is less than zero, LIBOR shall be deemed to be zero.

Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset.

Loan Documents ” means, collectively, this Agreement, any fee letter in relation thereto, the Subordination Agreement, any Joinder Agreement, any Accession Agreement, and any amendment, waiver, supplement or other modification to any of the foregoing.

Loan Party ” means the Borrower and the Guarantors.

Loans ” means any loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower pursuant to this Agreement, or the principal amount outstanding for the time being of such loans. For the avoidance of doubt, Loans shall include Incremental Loans.

London Business Day ” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in London are authorized or required by law to remain closed.

 

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Material Adverse Effect ” means a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, operations, property or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the ability of the Borrower to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents or (c) the rights of or benefits available to the Lenders under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

Material Indebtedness ” means (a) the Existing RCF Indebtedness, (b) the EDC Indebtedness and (c) Indebtedness (other than the Loans) or obligations in respect of one or more Hedging Agreements, of the Borrower (or of any Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than an Excluded Subsidiary) in an aggregate principal amount exceeding $225,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “principal amount” of the obligations of any Person in respect of any Hedging Agreement at any time shall be the maximum aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that such Person would be required to pay if such Hedging Agreement were terminated at such time.

Maturity Date ” means the 18 month anniversary of the Effective Date, provided, however, if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the immediately preceding Business Day.

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

Net Cash Proceeds ” means, with respect to any Asset Sale or any Recovery Event, the proceeds thereof (other than proceeds received by a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary that is prohibited from transferring such proceeds to an Obligor pursuant to restrictions imposed by (i) any applicable law or (ii) the terms of any agreement to which such Person is a party on the Effective Date or, if such Person is an Acquired Entity, on the date on which such Person becomes a Subsidiary) in the form of cash and cash equivalents (including any such proceeds received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or purchase price adjustment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received), net of attorneys’ fees, accountants’ fees, investment banking fees, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of Indebtedness secured by a Lien expressly permitted hereunder on any asset that is the subject of such Asset Sale or Recovery Event and other fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith and net of taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be payable as a result thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or deductions and any tax sharing arrangements).

Net Cash Proceeds Statement ” has the meaning assigned to such term in sub-clause (y) of Section 2.10(b)(ii).

New Parent Guarantor ” means Sprint Corporation, a Delaware corporation, the direct parent of the Borrower.

Non-Guarantor Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Subsidiary Guarantor.

Obligations ” means, collectively, (i) the principal of and interest on the Loans and all fees, indemnification payments and other amounts whatsoever, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, now or hereafter from time to time owing to any Guaranteed Party by the Borrower under this Agreement and any other Loan Document and from time to time owing to any Guaranteed Party by any Loan Party under any of the Loan Documents, and all other obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents (including the obligations of the Guarantors under Section 9.14) and (ii) at the election of the Obligor Representative, all obligations of the Obligors to any Guaranteed Party (or any Affiliate thereof) under any Hedging Agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for

 

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speculative purposes (excluding, with respect to any Guarantor at any time, any Excluded Swap Obligations with respect to such Guarantor at such time), in each case including all interest and expenses accrued or incurred subsequent to the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings with respect to any Loan Party, whether or not such interest or expenses are allowed as a claim in such proceeding.

Obligor Representative ” means the Borrower, in its capacity as Obligor Representative pursuant to Section 1.05.

Obligors ” means, collectively, the Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors, provided, however, solely for the purposes of Sections 1.05, 2.12(d), 2.16, 2.17, 2.18, and Sections 9.03(d), 9.04(e)(i), 9.05, 9.08, 9.09(b), 9.13 and 9.14 of this Agreement (and the definitions of “Excluded Taxes”, “Guaranteed Parties” and “Transactions”), the term “Obligors” shall include the New Parent Guarantor.

Other Taxes ” means any and all present or future stamp or documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges or similar levies arising from any payment made hereunder or from the execution, delivery or enforcement of, or otherwise with respect to, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable hereto, provided that there shall be excluded from “Other Taxes” all Excluded Taxes.

Parent ” means, with respect to any Lender, the Person as to which such Lender is, directly or indirectly, a subsidiary.

Participant ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(e)(i).

Participant Register ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04(e)(i).

PBGC ” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation referred to and defined in ERISA and any successor entity performing similar functions.

Permitted Encumbrances ” means:

(a) Liens imposed by law for taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies that are not yet due or are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;

(b) carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, landlord’s, lessor’s, materialmen’s, repairmen’s and other Liens imposed by law, arising in the ordinary course of business that (i) secure obligations that are not overdue by more than 60 days or (ii) are being contested in compliance with Section 5.04;

(c) pledges and deposits made in the ordinary course of business in compliance with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security laws or regulations or to secure public or statutory obligations;

(d) pledges and deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(e) easements, zoning restrictions, rights-of-way and similar encumbrances on real property imposed by law or arising in the ordinary course of business that do not secure any monetary obligations and do not materially detract from the value of the affected property or interfere with the ordinary conduct of business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries;

 

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(f) subleases of property with respect to which the Borrower or its Subsidiary is the primary lessee, to the extent such subleases arise in the ordinary course of business and do not interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole);

(g) licenses and sublicenses of Intellectual Property, to the extent such licenses and sublicenses either exist as of the Effective Date or thereafter arise in the ordinary course of business and are consistent in all material respects with prior practice; and

(h) precautionary Uniform Commercial Code filings made with respect to equipment or vehicles leased to the Borrower in the ordinary course of business under operating leases (i.e. leases not giving rise to Capital Lease Obligations);

provided that the term “Permitted Encumbrances” shall not include any Lien securing Indebtedness.

Permitted Holder ” means SOFTBANK GROUP CORP., a Japanese kabushiki kaisha , and its Affiliates, successors and assigns.

Permitted Securitization ” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which such Person may sell or convey Accounts to any Receivables Entity, provided that (i) there shall be no recourse under any such securitization to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings and (ii) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing either immediately before or after giving effect to such securitization.

Person ” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

Plan ” means any employee pension benefit plan (other than a Multiemployer Plan) subject to the provisions of Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA, and in respect of which the Borrower or any ERISA Affiliate is (or, if such plan were terminated, would under Section 4069 of ERISA be deemed to be) an “employer” as defined in Section 3(5) of ERISA.

Pro Rata Guarantor Share ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.14(f).

Projections ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.01(d).

Qualified ECP Guarantor ” means, in respect of any Swap Obligation, each Guarantor that, at the time the relevant Guarantee or grant of the relevant security interest becomes effective with respect to such Swap Obligation, has total assets exceeding $10,000,000 or such other person as constitutes an “eligible contract participant” under the Commodity Exchange Act or any regulations promulgated thereunder and can cause another person to qualify as an “eligible contract participant” with respect to such Swap Obligation at such time by entering into a keepwell under Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Receivables Entity ” means a special purpose Person that engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of Accounts pursuant to a Permitted Securitization.

 

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Recovery Event ” means any settlement of or payment in respect of any property or casualty insurance claim or any condemnation proceeding arising after the Effective Date relating to any asset of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that “Recovery Event” shall not include (i) the proceeds of business interruption insurance and (ii) any Recovery Event (or series of related Recovery Events) with respect to assets having a fair market value of less than $20,000,000.

Register ” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 9.04.

Related Parties ” means, with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the respective directors, trustees, officers, employees, agents and advisors of such Person and such Person’s Affiliates.

Relevant Indebtedness ” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate principal amount as of such date of (i) Commitments then in effect, (ii) the outstanding principal balance of any Loans, (iii) Indebtedness outstanding under the EDC Credit Agreement, (iv) all Existing RCF Indebtedness (assuming all relevant commitments to lend thereunder are fully drawn), (v) the Existing WiMax Indebtedness then outstanding and (vi) any other Indebtedness (assuming all relevant commitments to lend are fully drawn) incurred after the Effective Date pursuant to Section 6.01(p) then outstanding.

Required Lenders ” means Lenders having outstanding Loans (if any) and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Loans and unused Commitments at such time.

Restricted Payment ” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests.

Revolving Facility Lender ” means a Lender under the Existing RCF Agreement.

RF Emissions ” means radio frequency emissions governed by FCC rules.

Sale and Leaseback Transaction ” means any transaction or arrangement by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, with any Person whereby such Borrower or such Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property, real or personal, used or useful in the business of the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof rents or leases such property or other property intended to be used for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred.

SCC ” means Sprint Capital Corporation.

Screen Rate ” means the rate appearing on the LIBOR01 Page published by Reuters (or on any successor or substitute page, or service providing quotations of interest rates applicable to dollar deposits in the London interbank market comparable to those currently provided on such page, as determined by the Administrative Agent from time to time), as the rate for U.S. dollar deposits with a maturity comparable to such Interest Period.

 

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Significant Subsidiary ” means (a) any Subsidiary that has consolidated assets or revenues greater than or equal to 5% of the total consolidated assets or revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries determined as of the end of (or, with respect to such revenues, for the period of four fiscal quarters ending with) the fiscal quarter or fiscal year most recently ended for which financial statements are available and (b) each Subsidiary that directly or indirectly owns or controls any other Significant Subsidiary.

Special Counsel ” means Baker & McKenzie, in its capacity as special counsel to the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers.

Standard Securitization Undertakings ” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any Permitted Securitization that are customary in non-recourse securitization transactions of comparable receivables.

Subordinated Indebtedness ” means Indebtedness of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is subordinated in whole or in part to the Obligations.

Subordination Agreement ” means the Subordination Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Borrower and each of its Subsidiaries from time to time substantially in the form of Exhibit C.

Subordination Terms ” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Subordination Agreement.

Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person (the “ parent ”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which securities or other ownership interests representing more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent. It is understood that unless otherwise noted herein, each reference to “Subsidiary” shall be a reference to a Subsidiary of the Borrower.

Subsidiary Guarantor ” means each Person identified under the caption “SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS” on the signature pages hereto and each Person that becomes a “Subsidiary Guarantor” after the Effective Date pursuant to Section 5.09 but excluding any Person that is released from its guarantee obligations pursuant to Section 9.02 from the date of such release.

Swap ” means any agreement, contract, or transaction that constitutes a “swap” within the meaning of section 1a(47) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

Swap Obligation ” means, with respect to any Guarantor, any obligation to pay or perform under any Swap.

Take-Out Financing ” means the financing transaction contemplated by the Borrower which has been identified to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prior to the Effective Date.

Taxes ” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges or withholdings imposed by any Governmental Authority.

 

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Total Indebtedness ” means, as of any day, the aggregate principal face amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, determined on a consolidated basis without duplication in accordance with GAAP.

Total Indebtedness Ratio ” means, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a) Total Indebtedness to (b) EBITDA for the period of four quarters ending on such day.

Total Interest Coverage Ratio ” means, as of the last day of any fiscal quarter, the ratio of (a) EBITDA for the period of four quarters ending on such day to (b) Total Interest Expense for such four-quarter period.

Total Interest Expense ” means, for any period, interest expense of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, minus interest income received by the Borrower or any Subsidiary in such period.

Tower Transaction ” means a sale, lease or other disposition or transfer of wireless telecommunications towers and the real property and other assets associated with such towers, and the leasing by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries of space on such towers.

Transactions ” means, with respect to the Obligors, the execution, delivery and performance by the each Obligor of the Loan Documents to which it is a party, and, with respect to the Borrower, the borrowing of Loans and the use of the proceeds thereof.

U.S. dollars ” or “ $ ” refers to lawful money of the United States of America.

Voting Securities ” of any Person means the stock or other ownership or equity interests, of whatever class or classes, the holders of which ordinarily have the power to vote for the election of the members of the board of directors, managers, trustees or other voting members of the governing body of such Person (other than stock or other ownership or equity interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency).

WiMax Agreement ” means the Equityholders’ Agreement, dated November 28, 2008, among Clearwire Corporation, Sprint HoldCo, LLC, Eagle River Holdings, LLC, Intel Capital Wireless Investment Corporation 2009A, Intel Capital Wireless Investment Corporation 2008B, Intel Capital Wireless Investment Corporation 2008C, Intel Capital Corporation, Intel Capital (Cayman) Corporation, Middlefield Ventures, Inc., Comcast Wireless Investment I, Inc., Comcast Wireless Investment II, Inc., Comcast Wireless Investment III, Inc., Comcast Wireless Investment IV, Inc., Comcast Wireless Investment V, Inc., Google Inc., TWC Wireless Holdings I LLC, TWC Wireless Holdings II LLC, TWC Wireless Holdings III LLC, BHN Spectrum Investments, LLC.

WiMax Joint Venture Entities ” means each of Clearwire Corporation, Clearwire Communications LLC and any of their respective subsidiaries.

Withdrawal Liability ” means liability to a Multiemployer Plan as a result of a complete or partial withdrawal from such Multiemployer Plan, as such terms are defined in Part I of Subtitle E of Title IV of ERISA.

Write-Down and Conversion Powers ” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country.

 

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SECTION 1.02 [Reserved] .

SECTION 1.03 Terms Generally . The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include”, “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (c) the words “herein”, “hereof’ and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.

SECTION 1.04 Accounting Terms: GAAP . 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; provided that, if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the date hereof in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any election under Statement of Financial Accounting Standards 159 (or any other Financial Accounting Standard having a similar result or effect) to value any Indebtedness or other liabilities of the Borrower or any Subsidiary at “fair value”, as defined therein.

SECTION 1.05 Appointment of the Borrower as Obligor Representative . For purposes of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, each Obligor (i) authorizes the Borrower to make such requests, give such notices or furnish such certificates to the Administrative Agent or any Lender as may be required or permitted by this Agreement and any other Loan Document for the benefit of such Obligor and (ii) authorizes the Administrative Agent and each Lender to treat such requests, notices, certificates or consents given or made by the Borrower to have been made, given or furnished by the applicable Obligor for purposes of this Agreement and any other Loan Document. The Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be entitled to rely on each such request, notice, certificate or consent made, given or furnished by the Obligor Representative pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement or any other Loan Document as being made or furnished on behalf of, and with the effect of irrevocably binding, such Obligor. Each warranty, covenant, agreement and undertaking made on its behalf by the Obligor Representative shall be deemed for all purposes to have been made by each Obligor and shall be binding upon and enforceable against each Obligor to the same extent as if the same had been made directly by each Obligor.

SECTION 1.06 Treatment of Hedging Agreements . For purposes hereof, it is understood that any obligations of the Borrower to a Person arising under a Hedging Agreement entered

 

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into at the time such Person (or an Affiliate thereof) is a “Lender” party to this Agreement shall nevertheless continue to constitute Obligations for purposes hereof (but only to the extent designated as “Obligations” by the Obligor Representative pursuant to the definition of such term), notwithstanding that such Person (or its Affiliate) may have assigned all of its Loans and other interests in this Agreement and, therefore, at the time a claim is to be made in respect of such obligations, such Person (or its Affiliate) is no longer a “Lender” party to this Agreement, provided that neither such Person nor any such Affiliate shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement (and such obligations shall not be Obligations hereunder) unless, at or prior to the time it ceased to be a Lender hereunder, it shall have notified the Administrative Agent in writing of the existence of such agreement.

ARTICLE II

THE CREDITS

SECTION 2.01 Commitments . Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender agrees to make Loans to the Borrower from time to time during the Availability Period in an aggregate principal amount that will not result in such Lender’s Loans exceeding such Lender’s Commitment. Within the foregoing limits and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Borrower may borrow and prepay, but may not reborrow, Loans. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no more than one Borrowing may be made in the same month.

SECTION 2.02 Loans and Borrowings .

(a) Obligation of Lenders . Each Loan shall be made ratably in accordance with the Lenders’ respective Commitments. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan required to be made by it shall not relieve any other Lender of its obligations hereunder; provided that the Commitments of the Lenders are several and no Lender shall be responsible for any other Lender’s failure to make Loans as required.

(b) [Reserved].

(c) Minimum Amounts . Each Borrowing shall be in an aggregate amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000; provided that any Borrowing of Loans may be in an aggregate amount that is equal to the entire unused balance of the total Commitments.

SECTION 2.03 Requests for Borrowings . To request a Borrowing, the Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of such request by providing a Borrowing Request via facsimile or e-mail not later than 11:00 a.m., Tokyo time, four Business Days before the date of the proposed Borrowing . Each such Borrowing Request shall be irrevocable and shall be in a form approved by the Administrative Agent and signed by the Borrower. Such Borrowing Request shall specify the following information in compliance with Section 2.02:

(i) the aggregate amount of such Borrowing;

(ii) the date of such Borrowing, which shall be a Business Day; and

(iii) the location and number of the account to which funds are to be disbursed, which shall comply with the requirements of Section 2.06.

Promptly following receipt of a Borrowing Request in accordance with this Section 2.03, the Administrative Agent shall advise each Lender of the details thereof and of the amount of such Lender’s Loan to be made as part of the requested Borrowing.

 

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SECTION 2.04 [Reserved] .

SECTION 2.05 [Reserved] .

SECTION 2.06 Funding of Borrowings .

(a) Funding by Lenders . Each Lender shall make each Loan to be made by it hereunder on the proposed date thereof by wire transfer of immediately available funds by 11:00 a.m., Tokyo time, to the account of the Administrative Agent most recently designated by it for such purposes by notice to the Lenders. The Administrative Agent will make such Loans available to the Borrower by promptly crediting the amounts so received, in like funds, to an account of the Borrower designated by the Borrower in the applicable Borrowing Request.

(b) Presumption by Administrative Agent. Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from a Lender prior to the proposed date of any Borrowing that such Lender will not make available to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s share of such Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may assume that such Lender has made such share available on such date in accordance with paragraph (a) of this Section 2.06 and may, in reliance upon such assumption, make available to the Borrower a corresponding amount. In such event, if a Lender has not in fact made its share of the applicable Borrowing available to the Administrative Agent, then the applicable Lender and the Borrower severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent forthwith on demand such corresponding amount with interest thereon, for each day from and including the date such amount is made available to the Borrower to but excluding the date of payment to the Administrative Agent, at the Federal Funds Effective Rate. If such Lender pays such amount to the Administrative Agent, then such amount shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in such Borrowing.

SECTION 2.07 [Reserved].

SECTION 2.08 Termination, Reduction and Incremental Facilities .

(a) Termination of Commitments . Unless previously terminated, the Commitments shall terminate at the close of business on the last day of the Availability Period.

(b) Voluntary Termination or Reduction . The Borrower may at any time terminate, or from time to time reduce, the Commitments; provided that each reduction of the Commitments shall be in an amount that is an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000.

(c) Notice of Termination or Reduction . The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent of any election to terminate or reduce Commitments under paragraph (b) of this Section 2.08 by not later than 11:00 a.m. Tokyo time at least five Business Days prior to the effective date of such termination or reduction, specifying such election and the effective date thereof. Promptly following receipt of any notice, the Administrative Agent shall advise the Lenders of the contents thereof. Each notice delivered by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.08 shall be irrevocable; provided that a notice of termination of Commitments delivered by the Borrower may state that such notice is conditioned upon the effectiveness of other credit facilities, in which case such notice may be revoked by the Borrower (by notice to the Administrative Agent on or prior to the specified effective date) if such condition is not satisfied.

 

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(d) Increase of Commitments .

(i) Request for Incremental Facilities . As of the Effective Date, the Borrower has requested that the Arranger arrange for an additional amount up to $500,000,000 in Commitments from existing Lenders or other lending entities (any such increase in Commitments, an “Incremental Facility” and any term loans thereunder, “Incremental Loans”), (x) by having an existing Lender (each an “Increasing Lender”) agree to increase its then existing Commitment and/or (y) by adding as a new Lender hereunder (each an “Assuming Lender”) any Person which shall agree to provide a Commitment hereunder, in each case with the consent of the Administrative Agent. For avoidance of doubt, no existing Lender shall be required to agree to provide or participate in any Incremental Facility. The Arranger shall use commercially reasonable efforts to notify the Borrower via the Administrative Agent of any potential Increasing Lenders or Assuming Lenders promptly after the identification thereof, specifying the amount of the relevant Incremental Facility, the Assuming Lenders or Increasing Lenders providing such Incremental Facility and the date on which such increase is to be effective (the “Incremental Date”); provided that:

(A) the Arranger shall provide the Administrative Agent with notice not less than 5 Business Days prior to the Incremental Date;

(B) the minimum amount of the increase in Commitments on any Incremental Date shall be $100,000,000 (and integral multiples of $25,000,000 in excess thereof);

(C) immediately after giving effect to any Incremental Facility, the sum of the aggregate amount of increases in the Commitments since the Effective Date shall not exceed $500,000,000;

(D) no Default shall have occurred and be continuing on such Incremental Date or shall result from the proposed Incremental Facility;

(E) the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the Incremental Date as if made on and as of such date (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as of such specific date);

(F) the Borrower shall be in pro forma compliance with the financial covenants set forth in Section 6.05 on and as of the Incremental Date; and

(G) in the case of any Incremental Facility, the maturity date shall be the Maturity Date, and the commitment termination date thereof shall be the last day of the Availability Period and such Incremental Facility shall not require any scheduled commitment reductions prior to the last day of the Availability Period.

(ii) Effectiveness of Incremental Facilities . Each Assuming Lender, if any, shall become a Lender hereunder as of the Incremental Date, and the Commitment of each Increasing Lender and Assuming Lender shall be increased or effective, if and as applicable, on the Incremental Date, provided that:

(A) the Administrative Agent shall have received on or prior to 1:00 p.m., Tokyo time, on such Incremental Date a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower stating that each of the applicable conditions to such Incremental Facilities set forth in this Section 2.08(d) has been satisfied; and

 

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(B) with respect to each Assuming Lender and each Increasing Lender, the Administrative Agent shall have received, on or prior to 1:00 p.m., Tokyo time, on such Incremental Date, an executed Incremental Agreement.

(iii) Recordation into Register . Upon its receipt of an agreement referred to in clause (ii)(B) above executed by an Assuming Lender or Increasing Lender, as applicable, together with the certificate referred to in clause (ii)(A) above, the Administrative Agent shall, if such agreement has been completed, (x) accept such agreement, (y) record the information contained therein in the Register and (z) give prompt notice thereof to the Borrower.

(iv) Adjustments of Borrowings upon Effectiveness of Incremental Facilities . If any Loans shall be outstanding as of the relevant Incremental Date, the existing Lenders shall transfer Loans held by them to the Increasing Lenders and Assuming Lenders, as applicable, in such amounts as may be necessary so that after giving effect to such transfers, the Loans shall be held by the Lenders pro rata in accordance with the respective original amounts of their Commitments (as modified hereby).

SECTION 2.09 Repayment of Loans: Evidence of Debt .

(a) Loans . The Borrower hereby unconditionally promises to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender the then unpaid principal amount of such Lender’s Loans in full on the Maturity Date.

(b) [Reserved].

(c) [Reserved] .

(d) Maintenance of Loan Accounts by Lenders . Each Lender shall maintain in accordance with its usual practice an account or accounts evidencing the indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from each Loan held by such Lender, including the amounts of principal and interest payable and paid to such Lender from time to time hereunder.

(e) Maintenance of Loan Accounts by Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent shall maintain accounts in which it shall record (i) the amount of each Loan outstanding hereunder and the Interest Period applicable thereto, (ii) the amount of any principal or interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to each Lender hereunder and (iii) the amount of any sum received by the Administrative Agent hereunder for the account of the Lenders and each Lender’s share thereof.

(f) Effect of Loan Accounts . The entries made in the accounts maintained pursuant to paragraph (d) or (e) of this Section 2.09 (and in the Register maintained pursuant to Section 9.04) shall be prima facie evidence of the existence and amounts of the obligations recorded therein, provided that the failure of any Lender or the Administrative Agent to maintain such accounts or any error therein shall not in any manner affect the obligation of the Borrower to repay the Loans in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

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SECTION 2.10 Prepayment of Loans .

(a) Optional Prepayment . The Borrower shall have the right at any time and from time to time to prepay any Borrowing in whole or in part, subject to prior notice in accordance with paragraph (c) of this Section 2.10. Loans may be prepaid by the Borrower in aggregate amounts that are an integral multiple of $1,000,000 and not less than $10,000,000.

(b) Mandatory Prepayments . The Borrower shall prepay the Loans hereunder and the Commitments shall be subject to automatic reduction, as follows:

(i) [Reserved] .

(ii) All Loans, etc . The Borrower shall prepay the Loans hereunder and the Commitments shall be subject to automatic permanent reduction, as follows:

(w) Change in Control . Upon the occurrence of any Change of Control, unless the Required Lenders shall elect otherwise, the Borrower shall prepay the Loans hereunder in full plus any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and the Commitments hereunder shall be automatically terminated.

(x) Additional Financing . The Borrower shall prepay the Loans hereunder in an amount equal to:

(A) 100% of the net cash proceeds of the Take-Out Financing;

(B) 100% of the net cash proceeds of any Indebtedness issued to third parties in a public or private placement of debt securities or incurrence of Indebtedness for borrowed money in a private or public placement, other than (i) intercompany indebtedness, (ii) ordinary course purchase money indebtedness (including inventory financing), letter of credit facilities, overdraft protection, factoring arrangements, hedging and cash management or capital lease obligations, (iii) ordinary course borrowings under the Borrower’s Existing RCF (it being understood that any Incremental Term Loans or any increase in the Revolving Credit Commitments (in excess of the amounts provided for in clause (iv) below) pursuant to Section 2.08(d) of the Borrower’s Existing RCF would not constitute ordinary course borrowings), Permitted Securitizations and other existing financings, (iv) an amendment, amendment and restatement or increase in commitments under the Existing RCF or the EDC Credit Agreement; provided that after giving effect to such amendment, amendment and restatement or increase, the aggregate commitments under each such facility shall not exceed 110% of the respective original amounts of the commitments thereunder as at March 31, 2016, (v) issuances of commercial paper, including asset-backed commercial paper, (vi) bilateral working capital facilities entered into in the ordinary course and consistent with past practice, (vii) sale and leaseback transactions with respect to equipment, real property, towers and mobile devices (including any contemplated network equipment transaction and any transaction with Mobile Leasing Solutions, LLC); (viii) financings permitted under Section 6.01(h) or 6.01(o) hereof; and (ix) the financing of the acquisition of inventory permitted pursuant to Section 6.01(f) hereof; or

(C) 100% of the net cash proceeds received from any issuance of equity securities or equity-linked securities (in a public offering or private placement) (including any form of preferred stock) by the New Parent Guarantor

 

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or any of its Subsidiaries, except for (i) intercompany issuances of equity and (ii) equity securities issued pursuant to, or upon the exercise of options or similar rights granted pursuant to, equity based incentive plans or arrangements, employee stock purchase plans or dividend reinvestment plans,

in each case whether received by the New Parent Guarantor, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries. The Borrower shall ensure that all amounts required to be prepaid under this sub-clause (x) shall, by no later than 10 a.m. New York time on the Business Day immediately following the receipt of the proceeds therefrom, be remitted to the Administrative Agent.

(y) Asset Sales . Together with each delivery of financial statements pursuant to Section 5.01(a) or 5.01(b), the Borrower shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a statement (a “ Net Cash Proceeds Statement ”) setting forth in reasonable detail the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds received by the New Parent Guarantor, the Borrower or any of their respective Subsidiaries during the last fiscal quarter covered by such financial statements (the “ Current Net Cash Proceeds ”). If the aggregate amount of the Current Net Cash Proceeds when taken together with the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds received in prior fiscal quarters from and after the quarter ended March 31, 2013, as to which a prepayment of the Indebtedness hereunder has not yet been made under this paragraph (other than as a result of the requirement to only use 37.5% of Excess Disposition Proceeds to make prepayments) shall exceed $500,000,000 in the aggregate (such excess amount, the “ Excess Disposition Proceeds ”) then, on the date seven Business Days after the delivery of the applicable Net Cash Proceeds Statement (or if such Net Cash Proceeds Statement shall not be delivered in conformity with the terms hereof, seven Business Days after the date such Net Cash Proceeds Statement was required to be delivered), the Borrower shall apply (a) an amount equal to 37.5% of such Excess Disposition Proceeds and (b) an amount equal to 100% of any Excess Disposition Proceeds which remain after the application thereof in mandatory prepayment required under any other existing facilities (including the Existing RCF Agreement and the EDC Credit Agreement), in each case towards the prepayment of the Loans and the reduction of the Commitments as set forth in sub-clause (z) of this paragraph.

(z) Application . In the event any proceeds required to be applied in mandatory prepayment pursuant to sub-clauses (x) and (y) of this paragraph remain after the outstanding Loans have been paid in full, the outstanding Commitments of the Lenders shall be automatically cancelled in an amount equal to such remaining proceeds.

(c) Notification of Prepayments . The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of (i) any prepayment under paragraph (a) of this Section 2.10 not later than 11:00 a.m., Tokyo time, seven Business Days before the date of prepayment, which notice shall be irrevocable and (ii) any prepayment under paragraph (b) of this Section 2.10 not later than 11:00 a.m., Tokyo time, seven Business Days before the date of prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the prepayment date and the principal amount of the Borrowing or portion thereof to be prepaid; provided that, if a notice of prepayment is given in connection with a conditional notice of termination of Commitments as contemplated by Section 2.08, then such notice of prepayment may be revoked if such notice of termination is revoked in accordance with Section 2.08.

(d) Prepayments Accompanied by Interest and Break Funding Payment . Prepayments shall be accompanied by accrued interest to the extent required by Section 2.12 (plus any amounts owing pursuant to Section 2.15). Each Lender (other than the Administrative Agent) shall notify the Administrative Agent of the amounts pursuant to Section 2.15 to be paid under this paragraph (d) no later than three Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment.

 

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(e) No Redrawing or Reinstatement . Loans prepaid or Commitments utilized or cancelled hereunder may not be redrawn or reinstated.

SECTION 2.11 Fees .

(a) Commitment Fee . The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent for the account of each Lender a commitment fee, which shall accrue at the a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Rate, on the daily average unused amount of the Commitment of such Lender during the period from and including the Effective Date to and including the date on which such Commitment terminates. Accrued commitment fees shall be payable in arrears on (i) the 29th day of each March, June, September and December (unless such day is not a Business Day, in which case such day shall be the next succeeding Business Day unless such next succeeding Business Day would fall in the next calendar month, in which case such day shall be the immediately preceding Business Day) for each period from and including the date on which the immediately preceding payment date in relation to the commitment fee falls (or, if there is no such date, the Effective Date) to but excluding the payment date pursuant to this paragraph and (ii) on the date on which the Commitments terminate for the period from and including the date on which the immediately preceding payment date in relation to the commitment fee falls (or, if there is no such date, the Effective Date) to and including the date on which the Commitments terminate, commencing on the first such date to occur after the date hereof. All commitment fees shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed.

(b) [Reserved] .

(c) Agency Fees . The Borrower agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent, for its own respective account, fees payable in the amounts and at the times separately agreed upon in writing upon between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

(d) Payment of Fees . All fees payable hereunder shall be paid on the dates due, in immediately available funds, to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Lenders entitled thereto. Fees paid shall not be refundable under any circumstances, absent manifest error in the determination thereof.

SECTION 2.12 Interest .

(a) Loans . The Loans shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

(b) [Reserved] .

(c) [Reserved] .

(d) Default Interest . Notwithstanding the foregoing, if any principal of or interest on any Loan or any fee or other amount payable by the Obligors hereunder is not paid when due, whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration, by mandatory prepayment or otherwise, such overdue amount shall bear interest, after as well as before judgment, at a rate per annum equal to 2.00% plus the rate otherwise applicable to Loans as provided in Section 2.12(a) above.

 

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(e) Payment of Interest . Accrued interest on each Loan shall be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date for such Loan; provided that (i) interest accrued pursuant to paragraph (d) of this Section 2.12 shall be payable on demand and (ii) in the event of any repayment or prepayment of any Loan, accrued interest on the principal amount repaid or prepaid shall be payable on the date of such repayment or prepayment.

(f) Computation . All interest hereunder shall be computed on the basis of a year of 360 days and shall be payable for the actual number of days elapsed (including the first day but excluding the last day). The Base Rate shall be determined by the Administrative Agent, and such determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

SECTION 2.13 [Reserved] .

SECTION 2.14 Increased Costs .

(a) Increased Costs Generally. If any Change in Law shall:

(i) impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve, special deposit or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended by, any Lender ; or

(ii) impose on any Lender or the London interbank market any other condition affecting this Agreement or Loans made by such Lender; or

(iii) shall subject any Credit Party to any Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes indemnifiable under Section 2.16(c) and (B) Excluded Taxes) on its loans, loan principal, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto;

and the result of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such Lender (or, in the case of (ii) to such Lender) of making or maintaining any Loan (or of maintaining its obligation to make any such Loan) or to increase the cost to such Lender or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Lender hereunder (whether of principal, interest or otherwise), then the Borrower will pay to such Lender, as the case may be, such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender, as the case may be, for such additional costs incurred or reduction suffered.

(b) Capital Requirements . If any Lender reasonably determines that any Change in Law regarding capital requirements has or would have the effect of reducing the rate of return on such Lender’s capital or on the capital of such Lender’s holding company, if any, as a consequence of this Agreement or the Loans made by such Lender to a level below that which such Lender or such Lender’s holding company could have achieved but for such Change in Law (taking into consideration such Lender’s policies and the policies of such Lender’s holding company with respect to capital adequacy), then from time to time the Borrower will pay to such Lender such additional amount or amounts as will compensate such Lender or such Lender’s holding company, for any such reduction suffered.

(c) Certificates from Lenders . A certificate of a Lender setting forth the amount or amounts necessary to compensate such Lender or its holding company, as the case may be, as specified in paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 2.14 shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive so long as it reflects a reasonable basis for the calculation of the amounts set forth therein and does not contain any manifest error. The Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

 

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(d) Delay in Requests . Failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation; provided that the Borrower shall not be required to compensate a Lender pursuant to this Section 2.14 for any increased costs or reductions incurred more than six months prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and of such Lender’s intention to claim compensation therefor; provided further that, if the Change in Law giving rise to such increased costs or reductions is retroactive, then the six-month period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof.

SECTION 2.15 Break Funding Payments . In the event of (a) the payment of any principal of any Loan other than on the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto (including as a result of an Event of Default), (b) the failure to borrow or prepay any Loan on the date specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto (regardless of whether such notice is permitted to be revocable and is revoked in accordance herewith) or (c) the assignment of any Loan other than on the last day of the Interest Period applicable thereto as a result of a request by the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.18, then, in any such event, the Borrower shall compensate each Lender for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event.

The loss to any Lender attributable to any such event shall be deemed to include an amount determined by such Lender to be equal to the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of interest that such Lender would pay for a deposit equal to the principal amount of such Loan for the period from the date of such payment, failure or assignment to the last day of the then current Interest Period for such Loan (or, in the case of a failure to borrow, the duration of the Interest Period that would have resulted from such borrowing) if the interest rate payable on such deposit were equal to LIBOR for such Interest Period, over (ii) the amount of interest that such Lender would earn on such principal amount for such period if such Lender were to invest such principal amount for such period at the interest rate that would be bid by such Lender (or an affiliate of such Lender) for U.S. dollar deposits from other banks in the eurodollar market at the commencement of such period. A certificate of any Lender setting forth any amount or amounts that such Lender is entitled to receive pursuant to this Section 2.15 shall be delivered to the Borrower and shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Unless otherwise provided herein, the Borrower shall pay such Lender the amount shown as due on any such certificate within 10 days after receipt thereof.

SECTION 2.16 Taxes .

(a) Payments Free of Taxes . Any and all payments by or on account of any obligation of the Obligors hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction for any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (except to the extent that, after request by the Obligor Representative, the respective Lender or Administrative Agent shall have failed to deliver the documents referred to in paragraph (f) of this Section 2.16); provided that if the Obligors shall be required to deduct any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes from such payments, then (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 2.16) the Administrative Agent or Lender (as the case may be) receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Obligors shall make such deductions and (iii) the Obligors shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

(b) Other Taxes . In addition the Obligors shall pay, or at the option of the Administrative Agent reimburse it for the payment of, any Other Taxes to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law.

 

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(c) Indemnification by Obligors . The Obligors shall indemnify the Administrative Agent and each Lender within 30 days after written demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes (including Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 2.16) paid by the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be (and any penalties, interest and reasonable expenses, other than penalties, interest and expenses to the extent solely attributable to the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, respectively, arising therefrom or with respect thereto during the period prior to the Obligors making the payment demanded under this paragraph (c)), whether or not such Indemnified Taxes or Other 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 the Obligor Representative by a Lender or by the Administrative Agent on its own behalf or on behalf of a Lender, shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(d) Indemnification of the Administrative Agent . Each Lender shall indemnify the Administrative Agent within 10 days after the demand thereof, for the full amount of any Excluded Taxes attributable to such Lender that are payable or paid by the Administrative Agent, and together with all interest, penalties, reasonable costs and expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Excluded 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 Lender by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.

(e) Receipt for Payments . As soon as practicable after any payment of Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes by the Obligors to a Governmental Authority, the Obligor Representative shall deliver to the Administrative 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 Administrative Agent.

(f) Forms Requirements .

(i) Each Foreign Lender (or assignee or Participant, as applicable) shall deliver to the Obligor Representative and the Administrative Agent (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Lender from which the related participation shall have been purchased) two copies of either U.S. Internal Revenue Service (“ IRS ”) Form W-8BEN, Form W-8BEN-E, Form W-8ECI, Form W-8EXP, or Form W-8IMY or successor thereto (together with any applicable underlying IRS forms), or, in the case of a Foreign Lender claiming exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax under Section 871(h) or 881(c) of the Code with respect to payments of “portfolio interest”, a statement substantially in the form of Exhibit D and the applicable IRS Form W-8, or any subsequent versions of any applicable Form W-8 or successors thereto, properly completed and duly executed by such Foreign Lender claiming complete exemption from, or a reduced rate of, U.S. federal withholding tax on payments under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. In the case of a Foreign Lender claiming the benefits of an income tax treaty to which the United States is a party (x) with respect to payments of interest under any Loan Document, such Form W-8 shall establish 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 Loan Document, such Form W-8 shall establish an exemption from, or reduction of, U.S. federal withholding Tax pursuant to the “business profits” or “other income” article of such tax treaty. Any such forms (and any other forms or documentation prescribed by law and reasonably requested by the Obligor Representative or the Administrative Agent to determine the amount of Tax (if any) required by law to be withheld) shall be delivered by each Foreign Lender on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of any Participant, on or before the date such Participant purchases the related participation) and from time to time

 

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thereafter upon the request of the Obligor Representative or the Administrative Agent and at the time or times prescribed by applicable law. In addition, each Foreign Lender shall deliver such forms promptly upon the expiration, inaccuracy, obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by such Foreign Lender. Each Foreign Lender shall promptly notify the Obligor Representative and the Administrative Agent at any time it determines that it is no longer in a position to legally provide any previously delivered certificate to the Obligor Representative (or any other form of certification adopted by the U.S. taxing authorities for such purpose). Notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph, a Foreign Lender shall not be required to deliver any form pursuant to this paragraph that such Foreign Lender is not legally able to deliver.

(ii) Any Lender that is entitled to an exemption from or reduction of non-U.S. withholding tax under the law of the jurisdiction in which the Obligors are located, or any treaty to which such jurisdiction is a party, with respect to payments under this Agreement shall deliver to the Obligor Representative (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), at the time or times prescribed by applicable law or reasonably requested by the Obligor Representative, such properly completed and executed documentation prescribed by applicable law as will permit such payments to be made without withholding or at a reduced rate; provided that such Lender is legally entitled to complete, execute and deliver such documentation and in such Lender’s judgment such completion, execution or submission would not materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of such Lender.

(iii) FATCA . If a payment made to a Lender under any Loan Document would be subject to U.S. Federal withholding Tax imposed by FATCA if such Lender 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 Lender shall deliver to the Obligor Representative and the Administrative Agent at the time or times prescribed by law and at such time or times reasonably requested by the Obligor Representative or the Administrative Agent 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 Obligor Representative or the Administrative Agent as may be necessary for the Obligor Representative and the Administrative Agent to comply with their obligations under FATCA and to determine that such Lender has complied with such Lender’s obligations under FATCA or to determine the amount to deduct and withhold from such payment. Solely for purposes of this clause (f)(iii), “FATCA” shall include any amendments made to FATCA after the date of this Agreement.

(iv) Each Lender that is a U.S. Person shall deliver to the Obligor Representative and the Administrative Agent on or before the date it becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of any Participant, on or before the date such Participant purchases the related participation) and from time to time thereafter upon the request of the Obligor Representative or the Administrative Agent and at the time or times prescribed by applicable law, two duly and accurately completed copies of IRS Form W-9 certifying that such Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding tax.

(v) [ Reserved ].

(g) Treatment of Certain Refunds . If the Administrative Agent or a Lender determines, in its reasonable discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which it has been indemnified by any Obligor or with respect to which any Obligor has paid additional amounts pursuant to this Section, it shall pay to such Obligor an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by such Obligor

 

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under this Section 2.16 with respect to the Indemnified Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all out-of-pocket expenses of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund), provided that such Obligor, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or such Lender, agree to repay the amount paid over to such Obligor (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) to the Administrative Agent or such Lender in the event the Administrative Agent or such Lender is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. This paragraph shall not be construed to require the Administrative Agent or any Lender to make available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its taxes that it deems confidential) to the Borrower or any other Person.

(h) Applicable Law. For purposes of this Section 2.16, the term “applicable law” includes FATCA.

SECTION 2.17 Payments Generally: Pro Rata Treatment: Sharing of Set-Offs .

(a) Payments by Obligors . The Obligors shall make each payment required to be made by it hereunder (whether of principal, interest or fees, or under Section 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16, or otherwise) or under any other Loan Document prior to 11:00 a.m., Tokyo time, on the date when due, in immediately available funds, without set-off or counterclaim. Any amounts received after such time on any date may, in the discretion of the Administrative Agent, be deemed to have been received on the next succeeding Business Day for purposes of calculating interest thereon. All such payments shall be made to the Administrative Agent at such of its offices in Tokyo as shall be notified to the relevant parties from time to time, except that payments pursuant to Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03 shall be made directly to the Persons entitled thereto. The Administrative Agent shall distribute any such payments received by it for the account of any other Person to the appropriate recipient promptly following receipt thereof, and the Obligors shall have no liability in the event timely or correct distribution of such payments is not so made. If any payment hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be due on a day that is not a Business Day, the date for payment shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day, and, in the case of any payment accruing interest, interest thereon shall be payable for the period of such extension. All payments hereunder shall be made in U.S. dollars.

(b) Application if Payments Insufficient . If at any time insufficient funds are received by and available to the Administrative Agent to pay fully all amounts of principal, interest and fees then due hereunder, such funds shall be applied (i) first, to pay interest and fees then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of interest and fees then due to such parties, and (ii) second, to pay principal then due hereunder, ratably among the parties entitled thereto in accordance with the amounts of principal then due to such parties.

(c) Pro Rata Treatment . Except to the extent otherwise provided herein, (i) each Borrowing from the Lenders under Section 2.01 hereof shall be made from the relevant Lenders, each payment of commitment fees under Section 2.11 hereof in respect of Commitments shall be made for account of the relevant Lenders, and each termination or reduction of the amount of the Commitments under Section 2.08 hereof shall be applied to the respective Commitments of the relevant Lenders, pro rata according to the amounts of their respective Commitments; (ii) Loans shall be allocated pro rata among the relevant Lenders according to the amounts of their Commitments (in the case of the making of Loans); (iii) each payment or prepayment by the Borrower of principal of Loans shall be made for account of the relevant Lenders pro rata in accordance with the respective unpaid principal amounts of the Loans held by them; and (iv) each payment by the Borrower of interest on Loans shall be made for account of the relevant Lenders pro rata in accordance with the amounts of interest on such Loans then due and payable to the respective Lenders. I n computing any amount under this Section 2.17(c), fractional

 

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amounts shall be treated such that (i) for an amount to be distributed to any Lender which is not the Administrative Agent (the “ Non-Agent Lender ”), any amount less than one cent shall be rounded down and (ii) for an amount to be distributed to a Lender who is the Administrative Agent (the “Agent Lender”), such amount shall be the difference between the total amount to be distributed and the aggregate amount to be distributed to the Non-Agent Lenders (if there is no Agent Lender, the reference to the Agent Lender shall be read to reference the Lender having the largest outstanding amount of Commitment and Loans).

(d) Sharing of Payments by Lenders . If, at any time after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default hereunder, any Lender shall, by exercising any right of set-off or counterclaim or otherwise (including through voluntary prepayment by the Borrower), obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on any of its Loans resulting in such Lender receiving payment of a greater proportion of the aggregate principal amount of its Loans and accrued interest thereon than the proportion of such amounts received by any other Lender, then the Lender receiving such greater proportion shall purchase (for cash at face value) participations in the Loans of the other Lenders to the extent necessary so that the benefit of such payments shall be shared by all the Lenders ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective Loans; provided that (i) if any such participations are purchased and all or any portion of the payment giving rise thereto is recovered, such participations shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such recovery, without interest, and (ii) the provisions of this paragraph shall not be construed to apply to any payment obtained by a Lender as consideration for the assignment of or sale of a participation in any of its Loans to any assignee or participant, other than to the Borrower or any Subsidiary or Affiliate thereof (as to which the provisions of this paragraph shall apply). The Obligors consent to the foregoing and agree, to the extent it may effectively do so under applicable law, that any Lender acquiring a participation pursuant to the foregoing arrangements may exercise against the Obligors’ rights of set-off and counterclaim with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were a direct creditor of the Obligors in the amount of such participation.

(e) Calculation . Any amount due and payable by the Obligors hereunder or under any other Loan Documents (including, but not limited to, any interest, fee, cost or expense) less than one cent shall be rounded down.

(f) [Reserved] .

SECTION 2.18 Mitigation Obligations: Replacement of Lenders .

(a) Designation of Different Lending Office . If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, or if the Obligors are required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16, then such Lender shall, if requested by the Obligor Representative, use reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for funding or booking its Loans hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Lender, such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.14 or 2.16, as the case may be, in the future and (ii) would not subject such Lender to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not cause such Lender and its lending office(s) to suffer any economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage; provided , that nothing in this Section shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of the Obligors or the rights or obligations of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.14 or 2.16. The Obligors hereby agree to pay all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by any Lender in connection with any such designation or assignment.

 

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(b) Replacement of Lenders — Increased Costs. Etc. If any Lender requests compensation under Section 2.14, or if the Obligors are required to pay any additional amount to any Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender pursuant to Section 2.16, or if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender and the Administrative Agent given by the Obligor Representative, require such Lender to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all its interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to an assignee that shall assume such obligations (which assignee may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consents shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, (ii) such Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Obligors (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 2.14 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 2.16, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments; provided, further, that until such time as such replacement shall be consummated, the Obligor shall pay all additional amounts (if any) required pursuant to Section 2.14 or 2.16, as the case may be. A Lender shall not be required to make any such assignment and delegation if, prior thereto, as a result of a waiver by such Lender or otherwise, the circumstances entitling the Borrower to require such assignment and delegation cease to apply. No assignment pursuant to this Section 2.18(b) shall be deemed to impair any claim that the Borrower may have against any Lender that defaults in its obligation to fund Loans hereunder.

(c) Replacement of Lenders — Amendments . If, in connection with a request by the Borrower to obtain the consent of the Lenders to a waiver, amendment or modification of any of the provisions of this Agreement that requires the consent of all of the Lenders or all affected Lenders under Section 9.02, one or more Lenders (the “ Declining Lenders ”) having Loans and unused Commitments representing not more than 50% of the sum of the total Loans and unused Commitments at such time have declined to agree to such request, then the Borrower may, at its sole expense and effort, upon notice to such Lender(s) and the Administrative Agent given by the Borrower, require all (but not less than all) of such Declining Lenders to assign and delegate, without recourse (in accordance with and subject to the restrictions contained in Section 9.04), all their interests, rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more assignees that shall assume such obligations (any of which assignees may be another Lender, if a Lender accepts such assignment); provided that (i) the Borrower shall have received the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, which consents shall not unreasonably be withheld or delayed, (ii) each such Declining Lender shall have received payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal of its Loans, accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it hereunder and under any other Loan Document, from the assignee (to the extent of such outstanding principal and accrued interest and fees) or the Obligors (in the case of all other amounts) and (iii) the Obligors shall have paid to each of the Lenders compensation in an amount equivalent (taking into account the total Commitments of such other Lenders) to any compensation required to induce the assignees to take such assignment from the Declining Lenders.

SECTION 2.19 Defaulting Lenders . Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, if any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, then the following provisions shall apply for so long as such Lender is a Defaulting Lender:

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(b) the Commitment of such Defaulting Lender shall not be included in determining whether all Lenders or the Required Lenders have taken or may take any action hereunder (including any consent to any amendment or waiver pursuant to Section 9.02); provided , that this clause (b) shall not apply in the case of a waiver, amendment or modification requiring the consent of all Lenders or each Lender affected thereby (other than with respect to Section 9.02(b)(iii)).

SECTION 2.20 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Loan Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any EEA Financial Institution arising under any Loan Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by:

(a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any party hereto that is an EEA Financial Institution; and

(b) the effects of any Bail-in Action on any such liability, including, if applicable:

(i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability;

(ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; or

(iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent, as to itself and each of its Subsidiaries, that:

SECTION 3.01 Organization: Powers . The Borrower is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Kansas. The New Parent Guarantor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. Each Obligor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization, except where the failure to be in good standing or to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. Each Obligor has all requisite power and authority under its respective organizational documents to carry on its business as now conducted and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, is qualified to do business in, and is in good standing in, every jurisdiction where such qualification is required.

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corporate and, if required, stockholder or other action on the part of such Obligor. Each Loan Document to which any Obligor is a party has been duly executed and delivered by such Obligor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity, regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.

SECTION 3.03 Governmental Approvals; No Conflicts . The Transactions (a) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or any other action by, any Governmental Authority, (b) will not violate any applicable law, policy or regulation or the charter, by-laws or other organizational documents of any Obligor or any order of any Governmental Authority, (c) will not violate or result in a default under any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon the Borrower, or any of its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by the Borrower, (d) will not violate or result in a default under any material indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon any Subsidiary Guarantor, or any of its assets, or give rise to a right thereunder to require any payment to be made by any Subsidiary Guarantor, and (e) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset of the Obligors.

SECTION 3.04 Financial Condition; No Material Adverse Change .

(a) Financial Statements . The Borrower has heretofore delivered to the Lenders the following financial statements:

(i) the audited consolidated balance sheet and statements of comprehensive loss, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the New Parent Guarantor and its Subsidiaries as of and for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015, reported on by Deloitte & Touche LLP, independent public accounts; and

(ii) the unaudited interim consolidated balance sheet and statements of comprehensive loss, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows of the New Parent Guarantor, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries as of and for the three-, six- and nine-month periods ended June 30, 2015, September 30, 2015 and December 31, 2015, respectively, certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower, prepared on an actual basis.

Such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the actual financial position and results of operations and cash flows of the New Parent Guarantor, the Borrower and their respective Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in each case in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of all interim balance sheets of the New Parent Guarantor. Concurrently with such delivery the Borrower has delivered a reconciliation setting forth in reasonable detail the differences between such information as it relates to the New Parent Guarantor (and as applicable its Subsidiaries) on the one hand and the Borrower (and as applicable its Subsidiaries) on the other hand.

(b) No Material Adverse Change . Since March 31, 2015, there has been no material adverse change in the business, assets, operations or financial condition of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(c) No Material Undisclosed Liabilities . The Borrower does not have on the Effective Date any contingent liabilities, liabilities for taxes, unusual forward or long-term commitments or unrealized or anticipated losses from any unfavorable commitments in each case that are material, except as referred to or reflected or provided for in the audited financial statements as at March 31, 2015 referred to above and the footnotes thereto and unaudited financial statements for the nine-month period ended December 31, 2015.

 

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SECTION 3.05 Properties .

(a) Title Generally . The Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors have good title to, or valid leasehold or other property interests in, all of their real and personal property, except for defects in title that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Intellectual Property . The Borrower and its Subsidiaries own, or are licensed to use, all of their trademarks, trade names, copyrights, patents and other intellectual property (collectively, “ Intellectual Property ”), except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, and the use thereof by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries does not infringe upon the rights of any other Person, except for any such infringements that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.06 Litigation and Environmental Matters .

(a) Litigation Generally . There are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority pending against or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (i) as to which there is a reasonable possibility of an adverse determination and that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect (other than the Disclosed Matters) or (ii) that involve any of the Loan Documents or the Transactions.

(b) Environmental Matters . Except for the Disclosed Matters and except with respect to any other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has failed to comply with any Environmental Law or any obligation to obtain, maintain or comply with any permit, license or other approval required under any Environmental Law, (ii) is subject to any Environmental Liability, or (iii) has received written, or to the knowledge of the Borrower, oral notice of any claim with respect to any unsatisfied Environmental Liability or has received any ongoing inquiry, allegation, notice or other communication from any Governmental Authority concerning its compliance with any Environmental Law.

SECTION 3.07 Compliance with Laws and Agreements . The Borrower and its Subsidiaries and their respective ERISA affiliates are in compliance with all laws, regulations, policies and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property and all indentures, agreements and other instruments binding upon it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.08 Investment Company Status . Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is an “investment company” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

SECTION 3.09 Taxes . The Borrower and its Subsidiaries have timely filed or caused to be filed all Tax returns and reports required to have been filed and have paid or caused to be paid all Taxes shown thereon to be due, except (a) Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which the Borrower has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP or (b) to the extent that the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

 

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SECTION 3.10 ERISA . No ERISA Event has occurred or is reasonably expected to occur that, when taken together with all other such ERISA Events for which liability is reasonably expected to occur, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 3.11 Disclosure . None of the reports, financial statements, certificates or other information (other than forward-looking statements, projections and statements of a general industry nature, as to which no representation or warranty is made) furnished by or on behalf of any Obligor to the Administrative Agent or any Lender in connection with the negotiation of this Agreement or any amendment hereto or delivered hereunder or thereunder (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) taken together with any information contained in the public filings made by the Borrower with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading.

SECTION 3.12 Subsidiaries . As of the Effective Date, set forth in Schedule 3.12 is a complete and correct list of all of the Subsidiaries together with, for each such Subsidiary, (i) the full and correct legal name, (ii) the type of organization, (iii) the jurisdiction of organization, (iv) if applicable, whether it is a Subsidiary Guarantor on the Effective Date and (v) each Person holding ownership interests in such Subsidiary and the percentage of ownership of such Subsidiary and voting rights with respect thereto represented by such ownership interest.

ARTICLE IV

CONDITIONS

SECTION 4.01 Effective Date . The effectiveness of this Agreement and of the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder is subject to the conditions precedent that each of the following conditions shall have been satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 9.02):

(a) Counterparts of Agreement . The Administrative Agent (or Special Counsel) shall have received from the Borrower, from each Lender and from Mizuho Bank Ltd., as Administrative Agent, either (i) a counterpart of this Agreement and the fee letter(s) in relation thereto, in each case, signed on behalf of such party or (ii) written evidence satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (which may include telecopy transmission of a signed signature page of this Agreement) that such party has signed a counterpart of this Agreement and the fee letter(s) in relation thereto.

(b) Opinion of Counsel to the Borrower . The Administrative Agent (or Special Counsel) shall have received favorable written opinions (addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders and dated the Effective Date) of Jones Day and Polsinelli LLP, each as counsel to the Borrower, the New Parent Guarantor and the Subsidiary Guarantors, covering such matters relating to the Borrower, the New Parent Guarantor and certain of the Subsidiary Guarantors, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or the Transactions as the Administrative Agent shall request (and the Borrower hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinions).

(c) Corporate Matters . The Administrative Agent (or Special Counsel) shall have received such documents and certificates as the Administrative Agent or Special Counsel may reasonably request relating to the organization, existence and good standing of the Borrower and each Guarantor and the authorization of the Transactions, all in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

 

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(d) Financial Officer Certificate; Solvency Certificate . The Administrative Agent (or Special Counsel) shall have received (i) a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the President, a Vice President or a Financial Officer of the Borrower, confirming compliance with the conditions set forth in paragraphs (a) and (b) of Section 4.02 and (ii) a solvency certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed by the chief financial officer (or other senior financial officer reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) of the Borrower, documenting the solvency of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, immediately after giving effect to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby.

(e) Know Your Customer Documents. The Administrative Agent (or Special Counsel) shall have received for each Lender all documentation and other information required by the Governmental Authority under applicable “know your customer” or anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including, without limitation, the Patriot Act.

(f) Intercompany Indebtedness . The Administrative Agent shall have received the Subordination Agreement, duly executed and delivered by each Obligor.

(g) Fees and Expenses . The Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Arrangers shall have received all fees and other amounts invoiced and due and payable on or prior to the Effective Date, including, to the extent invoiced, reimbursement or payment of all out-of-pocket expenses required to be reimbursed or paid by the Borrower hereunder.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations of the Lenders to make Loans hereunder shall not become effective unless each of the foregoing conditions is satisfied (or waived pursuant to Section 9.02) at or prior to 9:00 p.m., New York City time, on May 31, 2016 (and, in the event such conditions are not so satisfied or waived, the Commitments shall terminate at such time).

SECTION 4.02 Each Extension of Credit . The obligation of each Lender to make a Loan on the occasion of any Borrowing is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions:

(a) Representations and Warranties . The representations and warranties of the Borrower as to itself and each other Obligor set forth in this Agreement shall be true and correct on and as of the date of such Borrowing, both before and after giving effect thereto and to the use of the proceeds thereof (or, if any such representation or warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, such representation or warranty shall be true and correct as of such specific date).

(b) No Defaults . At the time of and immediately after giving effect to such Borrowing, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(c) Minimum Cash . At the time of and immediately prior to giving effect to such Borrowing, the Borrower shall have unrestricted cash on hand, combined with any then available undrawn commitments under term loans, delayed draw term loans or revolving loans (including, but not limited to, the Existing RCF Agreement, but not including this Agreement) in an aggregate amount of not less than $500,000,000.

 

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Each Borrowing Request shall be deemed to constitute a representation and warranty by the Borrower (both as of the date of such Borrowing Request and as of the date of the related Borrowing) as to the matters specified in paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) of this Section 4.02.

ARTICLE V

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

Until the Commitments have expired or been terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder shall have been paid in full, the Borrower covenants and agrees with the Lenders that:

SECTION 5.01 Financial Statements and Other Information . The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly furnish to the Lenders):

(a) within 75 days after the end of each fiscal year, the audited consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal year, and the related audited consolidated balance sheet for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the corresponding figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by Deloitte & Touche LLP, or other independent public accountants of recognized national standing (without a “going concern” or like qualification or exception and without any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit), to the effect that such audited consolidated financial statements present fairly in all material respects the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;

(b) within 45 days after the end of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year:

(i) the unaudited interim consolidated statements of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for such fiscal quarter (the “ current fiscal quarter ”) and for the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year,

(ii) the unaudited interim consolidated statements of changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the then elapsed portion of the fiscal year, and

(iii) the unaudited interim consolidated balance sheet for the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter,

setting forth in each case in comparative form (and substantially in the form as attached as Exhibit F) the figures for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all certified by a Financial Officer of the Borrower as presenting fairly, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in each case in accordance with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes in the case of all interim balance sheets of the Borrower;

 

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(c) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) or (b) above, a certificate of a Financial Officer of the Borrower in substantially the form attached as Exhibit G):

(i) certifying as to whether a Default has occurred and, if a Default has occurred, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto;

(ii) setting forth reasonably detailed calculations demonstrating compliance with Sections 6.01(o), 6.01(p), 6.02(l) and 6.05; and

(iii) stating whether any change in GAAP or in the application thereof has occurred since the later of the date of the financial statements as at March 31, 2015 referred to in Section 3.04 and the date of the last certificate delivered pursuant to this clause (c) and, if any such change has occurred, specifying the effect of such change on the financial statements accompanying such certificate;

(d) concurrently with any delivery of financial statements under clause (a) above, financial projections in a form substantially similar to the financial projections most recently delivered to the Administrative Agent prior to the Effective Date (collectively, the “ Projections ”), which Projections shall in each case be accompanied by a certificate of a Financial Officer stating that such Projections were prepared in good faith and based upon assumptions that were believed to be reasonable at the time such Projections were prepared;

(e) promptly after the same become publicly available, furnish all periodic and other reports, proxy statements and other materials filed by any Obligor with the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any or all of the functions of said Commission or distributed by such Obligor to the holders of its securities; and

(f) promptly following any request therefor, such other information regarding the operations, business affairs and financial condition of any Obligor, or compliance with the terms of this Agreement and other Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender (through the Administrative Agent) may reasonably request.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.01 (to the extent any such documents are included in materials otherwise filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, on the Borrower’s website; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Obligors’ behalf on IntraLinks or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent). Notwithstanding anything contained herein, in every instance (i) the Borrower shall be required to provide paper copies of the certificates required by Section 5.01(c) to the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Borrower shall notify any Lender when documents required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 5.01 have been delivered electronically to the extent that such Lender has requested the Borrower to be notified. Except for such certificates, the Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery or to maintain copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Borrower with any such request for delivery, and each Lender shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

The financial statements and other related deliverable requirements set forth above in Sections 5.01(a), (b) and (d) may be satisfied by delivering the corresponding information with respect to the New Parent Guarantor (and as applicable its Subsidiaries) in lieu of the Borrower (and as applicable its Subsidiaries), provided that concurrently with such delivery the Borrower delivers a reconciliation setting forth in reasonable detail the differences between such information as it relates to the New Parent Guarantor (and as applicable its Subsidiaries) on the one hand and the Borrower (and as applicable its Subsidiaries) on the other hand.

 

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SECTION 5.02 Notices of Material Events . The Borrower will furnish to the Administrative Agent (which shall promptly notify the Lenders) prompt written notice of the following:

(a) the occurrence of any Default;

(b) the filing or commencement of any action, suit or proceeding by or before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority against or affecting the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that, if adversely determined, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and

(c) the occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any other ERISA Events that have occurred, could reasonably be expected to result in liability of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding $200,000,000.

Each notice delivered under this Section 5.02 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Financial Officer or other executive officer of the Borrower setting forth a reasonable description of the event or development requiring such notice and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto.

SECTION 5.03 Existence . The Borrower will do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution, sale or disposition of assets or other transactions permitted under Section 6.03. The Borrower will cause each of its Subsidiaries to do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve, renew and keep in full force and effect its legal existence and, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the rights, licenses, permits, privileges and franchises material to the conduct of its business; provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit any merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution, sale or disposition of assets or other transactions permitted under Section 6.03.

SECTION 5.04 Payment of Obligations . The Borrower will, and will cause each of the Subsidiary Guarantors to, pay its obligations, including Tax liabilities, that, if not paid, could result in a Material Adverse Effect before the same shall become delinquent or in default, except where (a) the validity or amount thereof is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings, (b) the Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor has set aside on its books adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP and (c) the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.05 Maintenance of Properties; Insurance . The Borrower will (a) keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and (b) maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations. The Borrower will cause each of its Subsidiaries to (a) except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, keep and maintain all property material to the conduct of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted, and (b) maintain, with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance in such amounts and against such risks as are customarily maintained by companies engaged in the same or similar businesses operating in the same or similar locations.

 

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SECTION 5.06 Books and Records; Inspection Rights . The Borrower will keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities. The Borrower will cause each of its Subsidiaries to keep proper books of record and account in which full, true and correct entries are made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business and activities, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, permit any representatives designated by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect its properties, to examine and make extracts from its books and records, and to discuss its affairs, finances and condition with its officers and independent accountants, all at such reasonable times and as often as reasonably requested.

SECTION 5.07 Compliance with Laws . The Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, comply with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any Governmental Authority applicable to it or its property, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

SECTION 5.08 Use of Proceeds .

(a) Loans . The proceeds of the Loans hereunder will be used for general corporate purposes of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries other than the principal repayment of existing bank debt.

(b) Regulations U and X . No part of the proceeds of any Loan will be used, whether directly or indirectly, for any purpose that entails a violation of any of the Regulations of the Board, including Regulations U and X.

SECTION 5.09 Certain Obligations with respect to Subsidiaries .

(a) In the event that (x) the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries shall form or acquire any new Subsidiary that is a Domestic Subsidiary (such acquired Subsidiary, an “ Acquired Entity ”), (y) any Domestic Subsidiary that is not a Guarantor of the Obligations becomes a Guarantor under (and as defined in) the Existing RCF Agreement or (z) any Domestic Subsidiary which is prohibited from guaranteeing the Obligations pursuant to the terms of any agreement to which such Person is a party on the Effective Date is released from the relevant restrictions, in each such case, the Borrower will, and will cause each such Subsidiary to, promptly (and in any event within 30 days or such longer period that the Administrative Agent may approve) take such action to cause any such Subsidiary to:

(i) become a “Subsidiary Guarantor” hereunder pursuant to a Joinder Agreement;

(ii) in the case of a newly-formed Subsidiary or an Acquired Entity, become a party to the Subordination Agreement pursuant to an Accession Agreement; and

(iii) deliver such proof of corporate action, incumbency of officers, opinions of counsel and other documents (A) as is consistent with those delivered by the Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to Section 4 of the Credit Agreement on the Effective Date (unless waived by the Administrative Agent) or (B) as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably request;

provided that an Acquired Entity shall not be required to take any of the foregoing actions to the extent it is prohibited from so doing pursuant to the terms of any agreement to which such Person is a party prior to it becoming an Acquired Entity, provided further that, in the event such Acquired Entity is released from the relevant restrictions, the Borrower will, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to, take such action to cause such Acquired Entity to become a “Subsidiary Guarantor” hereunder in accordance with this Section 5.09.

 

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(b) The Borrower covenants that if the total assets (considering, for purposes of determining the total assets of the Subsidiary Guarantors, all unrestricted cash and cash equivalents held by the Borrower as assets of the Subsidiary Guarantors) or revenues of the Subsidiary Guarantors represent less than 80% of the consolidated total assets or revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (excluding from the calculation of consolidated net assets or revenues for the purposes of this clause (b) of Section 5.09, the assets or revenues of any Acquired Entity to the extent that (but only for so long as) it is prohibited from becoming a Subsidiary Guarantor pursuant to the terms of any agreement to which such Person is a party prior to it becoming an Acquired Entity), determined as of the end of (or, with respect to such revenues, for the period of four fiscal quarters ending with) the fiscal quarter or fiscal year most recently ended for which financial statements are available, the Borrower will cause Domestic Subsidiaries to become Subsidiary Guarantors as necessary to eliminate such deficiency. The Borrower may from time to time cause any Subsidiary to become a Subsidiary Guarantor.

SECTION 5.10 Equal and Ratable Lien . The Borrower and the Subsidiary Guarantors will not incur or permit to subsist any Material Indebtedness subject to a Lien (other than any Lien permitted pursuant to Section 6.02) unless, contemporaneously with the incurrence of such Lien, effective provision is made to secure the Obligations hereunder equally and ratably with such Material Indebtedness secured by such Lien for so long as such Material Indebtedness is so secured.

SECTION 5.11 Additional Guarantees and Security . The Obligor Representative shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, provide the Administrative Agent with notice of any proposed amendments to the Existing RCF, the effect of which would be to provide the Revolving Facility Lenders with (i) more favorable terms with respect to the guarantees provided by the Guarantors or (ii) Liens securing the obligations under the Existing RCF. The Obligor Representative shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a copy of any such amendment, duly signed by all parties thereto, on the effective date of such amendment. Upon receipt by the Administrative Agent of any such amendment, the Loan Parties shall be deemed to have approved a corresponding amendment on similar terms. Upon confirmation by the Administrative Agent, such amendments (excluding any waivers or consents contained therein) shall automatically be incorporated herein, mutatis mutandis (and the Borrower hereby agrees, promptly upon request of the Administrative Agent, to execute such agreements and documents as are reasonably requested to effectuate such amendments to this Agreement).

ARTICLE VI

NEGATIVE COVENANTS

Until the Commitments have expired or terminated and the principal of and interest on each Loan and all fees payable hereunder have been paid in full, the Borrower covenants and agree with the Lenders that:

SECTION 6.01 Indebtedness . The Borrower will not permit any Subsidiary to create, incur, issue, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) Indebtedness hereunder (including, for avoidance of doubt, Incremental Facilities established pursuant to Section 2.08);

 

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(b) Indebtedness existing on the Effective Date and set forth in Schedule 6.01 (and any extensions, renewals or refinancings thereof);

(c) Indebtedness of SCC existing on the Effective Date (which for the avoidance of doubt includes any such Indebtedness of SCC permitted pursuant to paragraph 6.01(b) and listed on Schedule 6.01) and any extensions, renewals or refinancings thereof, provided that any such extensions, renewals or refinancing of such Indebtedness shall be restricted to the Obligors who are obligated on the Indebtedness being extended, renewed or refinanced;

(d) Indebtedness of any Receivables Entity pursuant to a Permitted Securitization and Indebtedness under any Standard Securitization Undertaking;

(e) Indebtedness incurred in connection with Sale and Leaseback Transactions;

(f) Indebtedness incurred after the Effective Date to finance the acquisition, construction or improvement of any fixed or capital assets or inventory, including Capital Lease Obligations, and extensions, renewals and replacements of any such Indebtedness that do not increase the outstanding principal amount thereof; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred concurrently with or within 270 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement;

(g) Intercompany Indebtedness, provided that any Intercompany Indebtedness of an Obligor owing to any Subsidiary of the Borrower which is required to be party to the Subordination Agreement is subordinated to the Obligations in accordance with the Subordination Terms;

(h) Guarantees by any Subsidiary Guarantor or the New Parent Guarantor of the EDC Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount of EDC Indebtedness outstanding on the Effective Date;

(i) Indebtedness comprised of unsecured guarantees that are expressly subordinated to the Obligations hereunder, which guarantees are made by Subsidiary Guarantors in respect of other Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed $6,000,000,000 at any time;

(j) Indebtedness of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the Effective Date, provided that such Indebtedness exists at the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary and is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary;

(k) Guarantees by any Subsidiary Guarantor of the obligations of the Borrower under Hedging Agreements entered into with a Lender or any Affiliate of a Lender in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(l) Guarantees resulting from the endorsement of negotiable instruments in the ordinary course of business;

(m) Indebtedness, if any, in respect of surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds and performance and completion guarantees required in the ordinary course of business or in connection with the enforcement of rights or claims of the Subsidiary Guarantors or their Subsidiaries or in connection with judgments that have not resulted in an Event of Default under clause (k) of Article VII;

 

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(n) Indebtedness constituting reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit issued in the ordinary course of business in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance, other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims and other Indebtedness in respect of bankers’ acceptance, letters of credit, warehouse receipts or similar facilities entered into in the ordinary course of business, provided that upon the drawing of such letters of credit or the incurrence of such Indebtedness, such obligations are reimbursed within five Business Days following such drawing or incurrence;

(o) other Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount that, taken together with the aggregate amount of obligations secured by the Liens permitted under Section 6.02(l) at the time of incurrence thereof (or of any extension, renewal or refinancing thereof) and after giving effect thereto, does not exceed $250,000,000 at any time outstanding; and

(p) other Indebtedness (assuming all relevant commitments to lend are fully drawn) in an aggregate principal amount that does not exceed at any time the greater of (A) $2,000,000,000 (less (i) the aggregate of any increase in the Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined in the Existing RCF Agreement) and outstanding principal balance of any Incremental Term Loans (as defined in the Existing RCF Agreement), in each case, pursuant to Section 2.08(d) of the Existing RCF Agreement in excess of $300,000,000, (ii) the Commitments then in effect and (iii) the outstanding principal balance of any Loans) and (B) $8,000,000,000 less the amount of Relevant Indebtedness outstanding at such time;

provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, if, on a cumulative basis, at any time Subsidiaries with assets or revenue greater than or equal to 5% of the consolidated total assets or revenues of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (determined as of the end of the fiscal year most recently ended for which financial statements are available) have merged with or into, or have been consolidated with or into, SCC, then the amount of any Indebtedness described in clause 6.01(c) above which is then outstanding shall be deemed outstanding under Section 6.01(p).

SECTION 6.02 Liens . The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, except:

(a) Permitted Encumbrances;

(b) Liens existing on the Effective Date and set forth in Schedule 6.02;

(c) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money in an amount not resulting (whether immediately or with the passage of time) in an Event of Default under clause (k) of Article VII;

(d) Liens on the property of any Receivables Entity pursuant to a Permitted Securitization, and the sale of Accounts pursuant to a Permitted Securitization and Liens resulting from the characterization of such sale as secured Indebtedness;

(e) Liens arising in connection with Sale and Leaseback Transactions;

(f) Liens created after the Effective Date on fixed or capital assets or inventory acquired, constructed or improved by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries after the Effective Date and financed with Indebtedness permitted under Section 6.01(f); provided that (i) such Liens

 

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and the Indebtedness secured thereby are incurred prior to or within 270 days after such acquisition or the completion of such construction or improvement and (ii) there are no Liens on any other property or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that secure such Indebtedness;

(g) any Lien existing on any property or asset of any Person that becomes a Subsidiary after the Effective Date prior to the time such Person becomes a Subsidiary; provided that (i) such Lien is not created in contemplation of or in connection with such Person becoming a Subsidiary and (ii) there are no Liens on any other property or assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that secure the Indebtedness of such Person;

(h) Liens arising solely by virtue of any statutory or common law provision relating to banker’s liens, rights of set-off or similar rights and remedies as to deposit or commodity trading or brokerage accounts or other funds maintained with a creditor depository institution, provided that such accounts and funds are not primarily intended by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries to provide collateral to the depository institution or the commodity intermediary;

(i) Liens consisting of or arising under (i) agreements to dispose of any property in a Disposition permitted under Section 6.03 and (ii) earnest money deposits made by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement;

(j) Liens on cash collateral in favor of the Administrative Agent securing LC Exposure of the Revolving Credit Lenders and Issuing Banks under the Existing RCF Agreement (as used in this paragraph (j) all defined terms shall have meanings set forth in the Existing RCF Agreement);

(k) Liens on cash collateral in favor of (A) the counterparty to bi-lateral letters of credit issued in respect of the FCC’s Report and Order to reconfigure the 800 MHz band, or (B) any trustee or paying agent for purposes of satisfying any Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, to the extent securing any such letters of credit with an aggregate face amount, or obligations relating to such Indebtedness with a principal amount, not exceeding $1,200,000,000 in the aggregate; and

(l) additional Liens (including any Liens securing financings permitted by Section 6.01(o)) covering property of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries (or securing obligations in an aggregate amount, at the time of incurrence thereof, that taken together with the Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 6.01(o), does not exceed $250,000,000 at any time outstanding.

SECTION 6.03 Fundamental Changes .

(a) Mergers and Consolidations . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or liquidate or dissolve, except that if at the time thereof and immediately after giving effect thereto no Default shall have occurred and be continuing:

(i) any Person may merge with or into the Borrower in a transaction in which (x) such Borrower is the surviving corporation or (y) the continuing or surviving entity shall have assumed all of the obligations of such Borrower hereunder pursuant to an instrument in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall have delivered such proof of corporate action, incumbency of officers, opinions of counsel and other documents as is consistent with those delivered by the Borrower pursuant to Section 4.01 upon the Effective Date

 

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or as the Administrative Agent shall have requested and the net worth (determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) of the continuing or surviving entity immediately after giving effect thereto shall be greater than or equal to the net worth (so determined) of such Borrower immediately prior to giving effect thereto;

(ii) any Person (other than the Borrower) may merge with or into any Subsidiary of the Borrower in a transaction in which the surviving entity is a Subsidiary of the Borrower, provided that, if any such merger shall be between a Subsidiary Guarantor and a Non-Guarantor Subsidiary, the survivor shall be or become a Subsidiary Guarantor;

(iii) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may liquidate or dissolve if the Borrower determines in good faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Borrower and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders; and

(iv) any Subsidiary (other than the Borrower) may merge into any other Person in order to effect a Disposition permitted by this Agreement.

(b) Disposition of Assets . The Borrower and its Subsidiaries, when taken as a whole, will not, sell, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of their assets (in each case, whether now owned or hereafter acquired).

SECTION 6.04 Transactions with Affiliates . Except as expressly permitted by this Agreement, the Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any cash or other property to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except:

(i) at prices and on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Borrower or Subsidiary than could be obtained on an arm’s-length basis from unrelated third parties or pursuant to agreements in effect on the Effective Date, and

(ii) transactions between or among the Borrower and its Subsidiaries not involving any other Affiliate.

SECTION 6.05 Financial Covenants .

(a) Total Indebtedness Ratio . The Borrower will not permit the Total Indebtedness Ratio as at the last day of any fiscal quarter to exceed the ratio set forth below opposite such fiscal quarter:

 

Fiscal Quarter

  

Total Indebtedness Ratio

June 30, 2016

   6.25 to 1.00

September 30, 2016

   6.25 to 1.00

December 31, 2016

   6.25 to 1.00

March 31, 2017 and each fiscal quarter ending thereafter

   6.00 to 1.00

Solely for the purpose of calculating compliance with the Total Indebtedness Ratio set forth in this Section 6.05(a) (and not for any other purpose under this Agreement), to the extent the Borrower contributes cash (the amount of such cash contributed by the Borrower, the “ Cash Contribution ”) into a segregated reserve account (the “ Reserve Account ”) maintained by a Revolving

 

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Facility Lender, the amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries constituting Total Indebtedness shall be reduced by the amount of such Cash Contribution; provided that immediately after giving pro forma effect to such Cash Contribution the amount of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries’ cash on hand for operations (excluding the Cash Contribution) exceeds $2 billion.

Such Cash Contribution may only be removed from the Reserve Account if the Borrower is in pro forma compliance with the financial covenant in this Section 6.05(a) after giving effect to the removal of such proceeds (and any applicable increase in Total Indebtedness).

(b) Total Interest Coverage Ratio . The Borrower will not permit the Total Interest Coverage Ratio as at the last day of any fiscal quarter to be less than the ratio set forth below opposite such fiscal quarter:

 

Fiscal Quarter

  

Interest Coverage Ratio

June 30, 2016 and each fiscal quarter ending thereafter

   2.00 to 1.00

(c) Amendments to Financial Covenants . Borrower shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent in writing if the Existing RCF Agreement is amended, supplemented, replaced or refinanced and the financial covenants thereunder are, as amended, supplemented, replaced or refinanced more favorable to the lenders than those under the Existing RCF Agreement as of the Effective Date. Upon written confirmation by the Administrative Agent, the financial covenants under sub-clauses (a) and (b) above shall automatically be amended to match the financial covenants under the Existing RCF Agreement as amended, supplemented, replaced or refinanced (and the Borrower hereby agrees, promptly upon request of the Administrative Agent, to execute such agreements and documents to effectuate such amendments to this Agreement).

SECTION 6.06 Restricted Payments . The Borrower will not, nor will it permit any of its Subsidiaries to, declare or make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except that:

(a) any Non-Guarantor Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries;

(b) any Subsidiary of the Borrower may declare and pay dividends to any Obligor;

(c) the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries may declare and pay dividends with respect to its capital stock at any time solely in additional shares of its common stock;

(d) the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments pursuant to and in accordance with (i) stock option plans or other benefit or compensation plans, (ii) agreements existing on the Effective Date and (iii) agreements entered into after the Effective Date, provided that payments under such future agreements do not exceed $5,000,000 in any fiscal year, for directors, management or employees of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

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(f) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make cash payments in lieu of issuing fractional shares in connection with the exercise of Equity Rights convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries;

(g) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing, any Subsidiary that is not wholly-owned may make distributions payable to the other equity holders of such Subsidiary on a pro rata basis;

(h) Restricted Payments resulting from the cashless exercise of stock options;

(i) the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may issue Equity Interests in connection with the exercise of Equity Rights arising under Indebtedness not prohibited hereunder and convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries; and

(j) so long as no Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result therefrom, the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries may make other Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $100,000,000;

provided that, at any time that the Total Indebtedness Ratio is less than 2.50:1, the Borrower and its Subsidiaries may make any Restricted Payments so long as the Total Indebtedness Ratio on a pro forma basis after giving effect to such Restricted Payments remains less than 2.50:1; provided further , that, for avoidance of doubt, any extension, renewal or refinancing of debt securities that are convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock (whether common or preferred), partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company (whether common or preferred), beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests, in each case, of the Borrower or any Subsidiary, shall be permitted under this Section 6.06 so long as such extension, renewal or refinancing is not otherwise prohibited by this Agreement.

SECTION 6.07 Intercompany Indebtedness . The Borrower will not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, purchase, redeem, retire or otherwise acquire for value, or set apart any money for a sinking, defeasance or other analogous fund for the purchase, redemption, retirement or other acquisition of, or make any voluntary payment or prepayment of the principal of or interest on, or any other amount owing in respect of, any Intercompany Indebtedness except in the ordinary course of business and except repayments of Intercompany Indebtedness (x) owing to any Obligor, (y) by any Obligor to any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries to the extent that such Intercompany Indebtedness results from the receipt and application of cash proceeds from Accounts pursuant to the Borrower’s and its Subsidiaries’ ordinary cash management practices and is consistent in all material respects with past practice and (z) of any Foreign Subsidiary owing to any other Foreign Subsidiary.

ARTICLE VII

EVENTS OF DEFAULT

If any of the following events (“ Events of Default ”) shall occur:

(a) the Borrower shall fail to pay any principal of any Loan when and as the same shall become due and payable, whether at the due date thereof or at a date fixed for prepayment thereof or otherwise;

(b) the Borrower shall fail to pay (i) any interest on any Loan, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of three or more Business Days or (ii) any fee or any other amount (other than an amount referred to in

 

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clause (a) or (b)(i) of this Article VII) payable under this Agreement, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of five or more Business Days;

(c) any representation or warranty made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Obligor in or in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof (or in any report, certificate, financial statement or other document furnished pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement, any of the other Loan Documents or any amendment or modification hereof or thereof) shall prove to have been incorrect when made or deemed made in any material respect;

(d) the Borrower shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in Sections 5.03, 5.09 (but solely with respect to the requirements of any Subsidiary that would constitute a Significant Subsidiary for the purposes of clause (a) thereof to deliver a Joinder Agreement, Accession Agreement or proof of corporation action, incumbency opinions or other documents contemplated therein), 5.10, 5.11 or Article VI (other than Section 6.04);

(e) the Borrower or any other Obligor shall fail to observe or perform any covenant, condition or agreement contained in this Agreement (other than those specified in clause (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Article VII, but including Section 5.09(a) with respect to any Subsidiary that would not constitute a Significant Subsidiary) or any other Loan Document, and such failure shall continue unremedied for a period of thirty or more days after notice thereof from the Administrative Agent (given at the request of any Lender) to the Borrower;

(f) the Borrower (or any Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than an Excluded Subsidiary) shall fail to make any payment (whether of principal or interest and regardless of amount) in respect of any Material Indebtedness, when and as the same shall become due and payable, and such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in the agreement or instrument relating to such Material Indebtedness;

(g) any event or condition occurs that results in any Material Indebtedness becoming due prior to its scheduled maturity or that enables or permits (with or without the giving of notice, but without any further lapse of time) the holder or holders of any Material Indebtedness or any trustee or agent on its or their behalf to cause any Material Indebtedness to become due, or to require the prepayment, repurchase, redemption or defeasance thereof, prior to its scheduled maturity;

(h) an involuntary proceeding shall be commenced or an involuntary petition shall be filed seeking (i) liquidation, reorganization or other relief in respect of the Borrower (or any Significant Subsidiary) or its debts, or of a substantial part of its assets, under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect or (ii) the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower (or any Significant Subsidiary) or for a substantial part of its assets, and, in any such case, such proceeding or petition shall continue undismissed for 60 days or an order or decree approving or ordering any of the foregoing shall be entered;

(i) the Borrower (or any Significant Subsidiary) shall (i) voluntarily commence any proceeding or file any petition seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief under any Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law now or hereafter in effect, (ii) consent to the institution of, or fail to contest in a timely and appropriate manner, any

 

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proceeding or petition described in clause (h) of this Article VII, (iii) apply for or consent to the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, sequestrator, conservator or similar official for the Borrower (or any Significant Subsidiary) or for a substantial part of its assets, (iv) file an answer admitting the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any such proceeding, (v) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors or (vi) take any action for the purpose of effecting any of the foregoing;

(j) the Borrower (or any Significant Subsidiary) shall become unable, admit in writing or fail generally to pay its debts as they become due;

(k) one or more judgments for the payment of money in an aggregate amount in excess of $250,000,000 shall be rendered against the Borrower (or any Significant Subsidiary) and the same shall remain undischarged for a period of 60 consecutive days during which execution shall not be effectively stayed, or any action shall be legally taken by a judgment creditor to attach or levy upon any assets of the Borrower (or any Significant Subsidiary) to enforce any such judgment;

(l) an ERISA Event shall have occurred that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or

(m) the Guarantees under Section 9.14 by any Guarantor shall cease to be in full force and effect, or shall be asserted in writing by any Obligor not to be in effect or not to be legal, valid and binding obligations, other than pursuant to a release permitted under Section 9.02;

then, and in every such event (other than an event with respect to any Obligor described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article VII), and at any time thereafter during the continuance of such event, the Administrative Agent may, and at the request of the Required Lenders shall, by notice to the Borrower, take either or both of the following actions, at the same or different times: (i) terminate the Commitments, and thereupon the Commitments shall terminate immediately, and (ii) declare the Loans then outstanding to be due and payable in whole (or in part, in which case any principal not so declared to be due and payable may thereafter be declared to be due and payable), and thereupon the principal of the Loans so declared to be due and payable, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall become due and payable immediately, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower; and in case of any event with respect to any Obligor described in clause (h) or (i) of this Article VII, the Commitments shall automatically terminate and the principal of the Loans then outstanding, together with accrued interest thereon and all fees and other obligations of the Borrower accrued hereunder, shall automatically become due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by the Borrower.

ARTICLE VIII

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

Each of the Lenders hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its agent and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Administrative Agent by the terms of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, together with such actions and powers as are reasonably incidental thereto.

Mizuho Bank, Ltd. shall have the same rights and powers in its capacity as a Lender hereunder as any other Lender and may exercise the same as though Mizuho Bank, Ltd. were not the Administrative Agent, and any bank serving in the capacity of Administrative Agent from time to time and its Affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any kind of business with the Borrower or any Subsidiary or other Affiliate of any thereof as if it were not the Administrative Agent hereunder.

 

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The Administrative Agent shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) the Administrative Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default has occurred and is continuing, (b) the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that the Administrative Agent is required to exercise in writing by the Required Lenders, and (c) except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Loan Documents, the Administrative Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as the Administrative Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity. The Administrative Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it with the consent or at the request of the Required Lenders or in the absence of its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge of any Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Administrative Agent by the Borrower or a Lender, and the Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents or in connection herewith of therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or in any other Loan Document, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any other agreement, instrument or document, or (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article IV or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent.

The Administrative Agent shall not be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection proceedings hereunder or under any other Loan Document.

The Administrative Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed or sent by the proper Person. The Administrative Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to be made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. The Administrative Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Borrower), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

The Administrative Agent may perform any and all of its duties, and exercise its rights and powers, by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all its duties and exercise its rights and powers through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Administrative Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as the Administrative Agent.

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consultation with the Borrower, to appoint a successor Administrative Agent. If no successor shall have been so appointed and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days after such retiring Administrative Agent gives notice of its resignation, then such retiring Administrative Agent may, on behalf of the Lenders, appoint a successor Administrative Agent which shall be a bank with an office in New York or Tokyo, or an Affiliate of any such bank. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as Administrative Agent by a successor, such successor shall succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of such retiring Administrative Agent, and such retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder and under the other Loan Documents. The fees payable by the Borrower to a successor Administrative Agent shall be the same as those payable to its predecessor unless otherwise agreed between the Borrower and such successor. After the Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder, the provisions of this Article VIII and Section 9.03 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Administrative Agent.

Each Lender acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Lender also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, none of the Bookrunner or Arrangers listed on the cover page hereof shall have any duties or responsibilities under this Agreement, except in their capacity, if any, as Lenders hereunder.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 9.01 Notices .

(a) Notices Generally . Unless otherwise provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by telecopy or e-mail, as follows:

(i) if to the Borrower (as Borrower or Obligor Representative), to:

6200 Sprint Parkway

Overland Park, Kansas 66251

Attention: Janet Duncan, Vice President and Treasurer

Telecopy No. 913-523-1911

Email: TreasuryProcessing@sprint.com and Janet.Duncan@sprint.com

Phone: 913-315-1787

with a copy to it at:

6200 Sprint Parkway

Overland Park, Kansas 66251

Attention: General Counsel

Telecopy No. 913-523-9802

 

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(ii) if to the Administrative Agent, to:

1-5-5, Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8176, Japan

Attention: Yuka Otsuki, Rino Fujishiro,Yumi Yoshii and Akiko Koga

Agent Services Division

Telecopy No. 813-3201-0704

Email: yuka.ootsuki@mizuho-bk.co.jp, rino.a.fujishiro@mizuho-bk.co.jp, yumi.yoshii@mizuho-bk.co.jp and akiko.a.koga@mizuho-bk.co.jp

(iii) if to any Lender, to it at its address (or telecopy number) set forth in its Administrative Questionnaire.

(b) Electronic Notification . Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent; provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Article II unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. The Administrative Agent or the Obligor Representative may, in their discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

(c) Modifications to Notice Provisions . Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto (or, in the case of any such change by a Lender, by notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent). All notices and other communications given to any party hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on the date of receipt.

SECTION 9.02 Waivers: Amendments .

(a) No Deemed Waivers; Remedies Cumulative . No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Obligor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 9.02, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time.

(b) Amendments to this Agreement . Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Borrower and the Required Lenders or by the Borrower and the Administrative Agent with the consent of the Required Lenders; provided that no such agreement shall:

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(ii) reduce the principal amount of any Loan or reduce the rate of interest thereon, or reduce any fees payable hereunder, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby;

(iii) postpone the scheduled date of payment of the principal amount of any Loan or any interest thereon, or any fees payable hereunder, or reduce the amount of, waive or excuse any such payment, or postpone the scheduled date of reduction or expiration of any Commitment, without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby;

(iv) change Section 2.17(c) or 2.17(d), without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby; or

(v) change any of the provisions of this Section 9.02 or the percentage set forth in the definition of “Required Lenders” or any other provision hereof specifying the number or percentage of Lenders required to waive, amend or modify any rights hereunder or under any other Loan Document or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder or thereunder, without the written consent of each Lender;

provided further that no such agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.

In connection with any waiver, amendment or other modification to this Agreement, the Administrative Agent shall be permitted to establish a “record date” to determine which Lenders are to be entitled to participate in consenting to such waiver, amendment or modification (it being understood that Persons that become “Lenders” under this Agreement after such “record date” pursuant to an assignment in accordance with Section 9.04 shall not be entitled to participate in such consent), provided that in no event shall such “record date” be a date more than 10 days earlier than the date such waiver, amendment or modification is distributed to the Lenders for execution.

For purposes of this Section, the “scheduled date of payment” of any amount shall refer to the date of payment of such amount specified in this Agreement, and shall not refer to a date or other event specified for the mandatory or optional prepayment of such amount. In addition, whenever a waiver, amendment or modification requires the consent of a Lender “affected” thereby, such waiver, amendment or modification shall, upon consent of such Lender, become effective as to such Lender whether or not it becomes effective as to any other Lender, so long as the Required Lenders consent to such waiver, amendment or modification as provided above.

Except as otherwise provided in this Section 9.02(b) with respect to this Agreement, the Administrative Agent may, with the prior consent of the Required Lenders (but not otherwise), consent to any modification, supplement or waiver under any of the Loan Documents (other than this Agreement); provided that without the prior consent of each Lender, the Administrative Agent shall not release all or substantially all of the Guarantors from their guarantee obligations under Section 9.14; provided further that any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released from its guarantee obligations under Section 9.14 and all other obligations under the Loan Documents if such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a Disposition or other transaction permitted by this Agreement so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, (ii) no such release shall occur if such Subsidiary Guarantor continues to Guarantee the EDC Indebtedness, the Existing RCF Indebtedness or any other Indebtedness of the Borrower unless and until such Subsidiary Guarantor is (or is being simultaneously) released from its Guarantee of the EDC Indebtedness, the Existing RCF Indebtedness and any other Indebtedness of the Borrower and (iii) the Obligor Representative shall have given notice of such Disposition to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent shall promptly take such actions as may be reasonably requested by the Obligor Representative to effect and evidence any release pursuant to the foregoing.

 

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SECTION 9.03 Expenses: Indemnity: Damage Waiver .

(a) Costs and Expenses . The Borrower agrees to pay, or reimburse the Administrative Agent for paying, (i) all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Arrangers and the Administrative Agent and its Affiliates, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of Special Counsel, the preparation of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents or any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated), (ii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent or any Lender, including the fees, charges and disbursements of one counsel acting on behalf of all indemnified persons (and, in the event of any conflict of interest, of additional counsel for all affected indemnified persons and, if necessary, of one local counsel in any relevant jurisdiction) the Administrative Agent or Lender, in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, including its rights under this Section 9.03, or in connection with the Loans made hereunder, including in connection with any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect thereof and (iii) to the extent not already reimbursed pursuant to Section 2.16(b), all transfer, stamp, documentary or other similar taxes, assessments or charges levied by any governmental or revenue authority in respect of this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents or any other document referred to herein or therein. Provided, however, any cost or expense in connection with the remittance of funds shall be borne by the Person who makes such remittance.

(b) Indemnification by Borrower . The Borrower agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Arrangers and each Lender, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “ Indemnitee ”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the performance by the parties hereto and thereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the Transactions or any other transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) any Loan or the use of the proceeds therefrom or (iii) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 9.03(b) shall not apply with respect to Taxes other than any Taxes that represent losses or damages arising from any non-Tax claim.

(c) Reimbursement by Lenders . To the extent that the Borrower fails to pay any amount required to be paid by it to the Administrative Agent under paragraph (a) or (b) of this Section 9.03, each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent such Lender’s Applicable Percentage (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought) of such unpaid amount; provided that the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such. Nothing herein shall be deemed to limit the obligations of the Borrower under paragraph (b) above to reimburse the Lenders for any payment made under this paragraph (c).

 

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(d) Waiver of Consequential Damages, Etc. To the extent permitted by applicable law, none of the Obligors shall assert, and each Obligor hereby waives, any claim against any Indemnitee, on any theory of liability, for special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the Transactions, any Loan or the use of the proceeds thereof.

(e) Payments . All amounts due under this Section 9.03 shall be payable promptly after written demand therefor.

SECTION 9.04 Successors and Assigns .

(a) Assignments Generally . The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that (i) Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender (and any attempted assignment or transfer by the Borrower without such consent shall be null and void) and (ii) no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer its rights or obligations hereunder except in accordance with this Section 9.04. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby including Participants (to the extent provided in paragraph (c) of this Section 9.04) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) Assignments by Lenders .

(i) Assignments Generally . Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments, and the Loans, at the time held by it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:

(A) the Borrower, provided that no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to a Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender that is a bank or another financial institution, an Approved Fund or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, any other assignee; provided , further , that the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to the Administrative Agent within 30 days after having acknowledged receiving notice thereof; and

(B) the Administrative Agent.

(ii) Certain Conditions to Assignments . Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund, or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitments (including Loans) as to which there are no outstanding Commitments, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent and treating related

 

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Approved Funds as one assignee for this purpose) shall not be less than $5,000,000 unless the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consent, provided that no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

(B) each partial assignment shall be made as an assignment of a proportionate part of all the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement;

(C) no assignments may be made to (i) any natural person or (ii) any other Person that the Administrative Agent reasonably determines is maintained primarily for the purpose of holding or managing investments for the benefit of any natural person and/or any immediate family members or heirs thereof, in each case unless otherwise agreed by each of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower in its sole discretion;

(D) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption, together with a processing and recordation fee of $3,500 (or the equivalent thereof in any currency reasonably specified by the Administrative Agent, as determined based on the Administrative Agent’s telegraphic transfer middle (TTM) rate offered for such currency as of 11:00 am Tokyo time on the date falling 3 Business Days prior to the effective date of such assignment); and

(E) the assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire and all applicable tax forms required pursuant to Section 2.16(f).

(iii) Effectiveness of Assignments . Subject to acceptance and recording thereof pursuant to paragraph (c) of this Section 9.04, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption the assignee thereunder shall be a party hereto and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 (subject to the requirements of Section 2.16) and 9.03). Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this Section 9.04 shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with paragraph (e) of this Section 9.04.

(c) Maintenance of Register by Administrative Agent . The Administrative Agent, acting for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at one of its offices a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amount of (and stated interest on) the Loans held by, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “ Register ”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

 

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(d) Acceptance of Assignments by Administrative Agent . Upon its receipt of a duly completed Assignment and Assumption executed by an assigning Lender and an assignee, the assignee’s completed Administrative Questionnaire (unless the assignee shall already be a Lender hereunder), the processing and recordation fee referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section 9.04, any written consent to such assignment required by said paragraph (b) and all applicable tax forms required pursuant to Section 2.16(f), the Administrative Agent shall accept such Assignment and Assumption and record the information contained therein in the Register. No assignment shall be effective for purposes of this Agreement unless it has been recorded in the Register as provided in this paragraph.

(e) Participations .

(i) Participations Generally . Any Lender may, without the consent of the Borrower, or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to one or more banks or other financial institutions (a “ Participant ”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitments and the Loans held by it); provided that (A) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (B) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (C) the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, modification or waiver described in the first proviso to Section 9.02(b) that affects such Participant. Subject to paragraph (e)(ii) of this Section 9.04, the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of, and subject to the limitations and requirements of, Sections 2.14, 2.15 and 2.16 to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 9.04. To the extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 9.08 as though it were a Lender, provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.17(d) as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation, acting solely for tax purposes as a non-fiduciary agent of the Borrower, shall maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “ Participant Register ”); provided , however , that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register to the Borrower or any other Person without such Lender’s prior written consent (including, without, limitation, the identity of any participant or any information relating to such participant’s participating interest) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that a Loan or other obligation is in registered form under Section 5f.103-1(c) of the United States Treasury Regulations. The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive, and such Lender, each Obligor and the Administrative Agent shall treat each person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register pursuant to the terms hereof as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary.

(ii) Limitations on Rights of Participants . A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 2.14, 2.15 or 2.16 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent. A Participant shall not be entitled to the benefits of Section 2.16 unless the Borrower is notified of the participation sold to such Participant and such Participant complies with Section 2.16(f) as though it were a Lender.

 

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(f) Certain Pledges . Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank (or any central bank having jurisdiction over such Lender), and this Section 9.04 shall not apply to any such pledge or assignment of a security interest; provided that no such pledge or assignment of a security interest shall release a Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(g) No Assignments to Borrower or Affiliates . Anything in this Section 9.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, no Lender may assign or participate any interest in any Loan held by it hereunder to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates or Subsidiaries without the prior consent of each Lender.

SECTION 9.05 Survival . All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Obligors herein and in the other Loan Documents, and in the certificates or other instruments delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any such other party or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended hereunder, and shall continue in full force and effect so long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is outstanding and unpaid and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated. The provisions of Section 2.14, 2.15, 2.16 and 9.03 and Article VIII shall survive and remain in full force and effect regardless of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, any assignment or participation pursuant to Section 9.04 (with respect to matters arising prior to such assignment or participation), the repayment of the Loans and the payment of any other obligations under this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the expiration or termination of the Commitments or the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any provision hereof or thereof.

SECTION 9.06 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness . This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Administrative Agent constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Administrative Agent and when the Administrative Agent shall have received counterparts hereof which, when taken together, bear the signatures of each of the other parties hereto, and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.

SECTION 9.07 Severability . Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.

 

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SECTION 9.08 Right of Setoff . If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Lender is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held and other indebtedness at any time owing by such Lender to or for the credit or the account of the Obligors against any of and all the obligations of the Obligors now or hereafter existing under this Agreement held by such Lender, irrespective of whether or not such Lender shall have made any demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be unmatured. The rights of each Lender under this Section 9.08 are in addition to any other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) which such Lender may have.

SECTION 9.09 Governing Law: Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process .

(a) Governing Law . This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

(b) Submission to Jurisdiction . Each party hereto (other than any Lender that is an agency of a Governmental Authority) hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State court (or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court). Each of the parties hereto agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the Administrative Agent, or any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document against any Obligor or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.

(c) Waiver of Venue . Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the other Loan Documents in any court referred to in paragraph (b) of this Section 9.09. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.

(d) Service of Process . Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.

SECTION 9.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL . EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 9.10.

 

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SECTION 9.11 Headings . Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 9.12 Confidentiality . Each of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its and its Affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to any pledgee referred to in Section 9.04(f) or any direct or indirect contractual counterparty in swap agreements (or to such pledgee or contractual counterparty’s professional advisor), so long as such pledgee or contractual counterparty (or such professional advisor) agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 9.12, (c) to the extent requested by any regulatory authority or self-regulatory body, (d) to the extent required by applicable laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (e) to any other party to this Agreement, (f) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or any suit, action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of rights hereunder, (g) subject to the execution and delivery of an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 9.12, to any assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement, (h) to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any similar organization or any nationally recognized rating agency that requires access to information about a Lender’s investment portfolio in connection with ratings issued with respect to such Lender, (i) with the consent of the Obligors or (j) to the extent such Information (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 9.12 or (ii) becomes available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Obligors. Unless specifically prohibited by applicable law or court order, each Lender and the Administrative Agent shall, prior to disclosure thereof, notify the Obligor Representative of any request for disclosure of any Information (A) by any governmental agency or representative thereof (other than any such request in connection with an examination of the financial condition of such Lender by such governmental agency) or (B) pursuant to legal process (including agency subpoenas) and, at the expense of the Obligors, will cooperate with reasonable efforts by the Obligors to seek a protective order or other assurances that confidential treatment will be accorded such Information.

For the purposes of this Section 9.12, “ Information ” means all information received from the Obligor Representative relating to the Obligors or their business, other than any such information that is available to the Administrative Agent or any Lender on a nonconfidential basis prior to disclosure by the Borrower; provided that, in the case of information received from the Obligors after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section 9.12 shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

SECTION 9.13 USA PATRIOT Act . Each Lender hereby notifies the Obligors that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), it may be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Obligors, which information includes the names and addresses of the Obligors and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Obligors in accordance with said Act. The U.S. Federal Tax Identification No. of the Borrower is 48-0457967.

 

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SECTION 9.14 Guarantee .

(a) The Guarantee . The Guarantors hereby unconditionally jointly and severally guarantee, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, to each of the Guaranteed Parties and their respective successors and assigns the prompt performance and payment in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations. The Guarantors hereby further unconditionally jointly and severally agree that (i) if the Borrower shall fail to pay in full when due (whether at stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) any of the Obligations, the Guarantors will promptly pay the same upon receipt of written demand for payment thereof, without any other demand or notice whatsoever, and (ii) in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Obligations, the Obligations will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal. This is a continuing guaranty and is a guaranty of payment and not merely of collection, and shall apply to all Obligations whenever arising.

(b) Acknowledgments, Waivers and Consents . Each Guarantor agrees that its obligations under this Section 9.14 shall, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, be primary, absolute, irrevocable and unconditional under any and all circumstances and shall apply to any and all Obligations now existing or in the future arising. Without limiting the foregoing, each Guarantor agrees that:

(i) Guarantee Absolute . The occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not affect, limit, reduce, discharge or terminate the liability of such Guarantor hereunder, which shall remain primary, absolute, irrevocable and unconditional as described above:

(A) Any modification or amendment (including by way of amendment, extension, renewal or waiver), or any acceleration or other change in the manner or time for payment or performance, of the Obligations, any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument whatsoever relating to the Obligations, or any modification of the Commitments;

(B) any release, termination, waiver, abandonment, lapse, expiration, subordination or enforcement of any other guaranty of or insurance for any of the Obligations, or the non-perfection or release of any collateral for any of the Obligations;

(C) any application by any of the Guaranteed Parties of the proceeds of any other guaranty of or insurance for any of the Obligations to the payment of any of the Obligations;

(D) any settlement, compromise, release, liquidation or enforcement by any of the Guaranteed Parties of any of the Obligations;

(E) the giving by any of the Guaranteed Parties of any consent to the merger or consolidation of, the sale of substantial assets by, or other restructuring or termination of the corporate existence of, any Obligor or any other Person, or to any disposition of any shares by any Obligor or any other Person;

(F) any proceeding by any of the Guaranteed Parties against any Obligor or any other Person or in respect of any collateral for any of the Obligations, or the exercise by any of the Guaranteed Parties of any of their rights, remedies, powers and privileges under the Loan Documents, regardless of whether any of the Guaranteed Parties shall have proceeded against or exhausted any collateral, right, remedy, power or privilege before proceeding to call upon or otherwise enforce this Agreement;

 

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(G) the entering into any other transaction or business dealings with any Obligor, or any other Person; or

(H) any combination of the foregoing.

(ii) Waiver of Defenses . The liability of the Guarantors and the rights, remedies, powers and privileges of the Guaranteed Parties hereunder shall not be affected, limited, reduced, discharged or terminated, and each Guarantor hereby expressly waives to the fullest extent permitted by law any defense now or in the future arising, by reason of:

(A) the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of any of the Obligations, any Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument whatsoever relating to any of the Obligations;

(B) any disability or other defense with respect to any of the Obligations, including the effect of any statute of limitations, that may bar the enforcement thereof or the obligations of such Guarantor relating thereto;

(C) the illegality, invalidity or unenforceability of any other guaranty of or insurance for any of the Obligations or any lack of perfection or continuing perfection or failure of the priority of any Lien on any collateral for any of the Obligations;

(D) the cessation, for any cause whatsoever, of the liability of any Obligor with respect to any of the Obligations (other than, subject to paragraph (c) of this Section 9.14, by reason of the payment thereof);

(E) any failure of any of the Guaranteed Parties to marshal assets, to exhaust any collateral for any of the Obligations, to pursue or exhaust any right, remedy, power or privilege it may have against any Obligor or any other Person, or to take any action whatsoever to mitigate or reduce the liability of any Guarantor under this Agreement, the Guaranteed Parties being under no obligation to take any such action notwithstanding the fact that any of the Obligations may be due and payable and that any Obligor may be in default of its obligations under any Loan Document;

(F) any counterclaim, set-off or other claim which any Obligor has or claims with respect to any of the Obligations;

(G) any failure of any of the Guaranteed Parties to file or enforce a claim in any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other proceeding with respect to any Person;

(H) any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, winding-up or adjustment of debts, or appointment of a custodian, liquidator or the like of it, or similar proceedings commenced by or against any Obligor or any other Person, including any discharge of, or bar, stay or injunction against collecting, any of the Obligations (or any interest on any of the Obligations) in or as a result of any such proceeding;

 

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(I) any action taken by any of the Guaranteed Parties that is authorized by this paragraph (b) or otherwise in this Agreement or by any other provision of any Loan Document, or any omission to take any such action;

(J) any law, regulation, decree or order of any jurisdiction, or any other event, affecting any of the Obligations or any Guaranteed Party’s rights with respect thereto; or

(K) any other circumstance whatsoever that might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor.

(iii) Waiver of Set-off and Counterclaim, Etc . Each Guarantor expressly waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, for the benefit of each of the Guaranteed Parties, any right of set-off and counterclaim with respect to payment of its obligations hereunder, and all diligence, presentment, demand for payment or performance, notice of nonpayment or nonperformance, protest, notice of protest, notice of dishonor and all other notices or demands whatsoever, and any requirement that any of the Guaranteed Parties exhaust any right, remedy, power or privilege or proceed against any Obligor under this Agreement or any other Loan Document or other agreement or instrument referred to herein or therein, or against any other Person, and all notices of acceptance of this Agreement or of the existence, creation, incurring or assumption of new or additional Obligations. Each Guarantor further expressly waives the benefit of any and all statutes of limitation, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

(iv) Other Waivers . Each Guarantor expressly waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, for the benefit of each of the Guaranteed Parties, any right to which it may be entitled:

(A) that the assets of any Obligor first be used, depleted and/or applied in satisfaction of the Obligations prior to any amounts being claimed from or paid by such Guarantor;

(B) to require that any Obligor be sued and all claims against such Obligor be completed prior to an action or proceeding being initiated against such Guarantor; and

(C) to have its obligations hereunder be divided among the Guarantors, such that each Guarantor’s obligation would be less than the full amount claimed.

(c) Reinstatement . The obligations of each Guarantor under this Section 9.14 shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of the Obligors or any other Person in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by any holder of any of the Obligations, whether as a result of any bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization proceeding or otherwise, and the Guarantors jointly and severally agree that they will indemnify the Guaranteed Parties on demand for all out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including out-of-pocket fees of counsel) incurred by them in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or the like under any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar law.

(d) Subrogation . Each Guarantor agrees that, until the final payment in full of all Obligations and the expiration or termination of the Commitments under this Agreement, such Guarantor shall not exercise any right or remedy arising by reason of any performance by such Guarantor of its obligations hereunder, whether by subrogation, reimbursement, contribution or otherwise, against any Obligor or any other Person or any collateral for any of the Obligations.

 

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(e) Remedies . Each Guarantor agrees that, as between such Guarantor and the Guaranteed Parties, the obligations of any Obligor under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided therein (and shall become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided therein) for purposes of paragraph (a) of this Section 9.14, notwithstanding any bar, stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or such obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against such Obligor, and that, in the event of such declaration (or such obligations becoming automatically due and payable), such obligations shall forthwith become due and payable by such Guarantor for purposes of said paragraph (a) of this Section 9.14.

(f) Rights of Contribution . The Guarantors hereby agree, as between themselves, that if any Guarantor shall become an Excess Funding Guarantor (as defined below) by reason of the payment by such Guarantor of any of the Obligations, each other Guarantor shall, on written demand of such Excess Funding Guarantor (but subject to the immediately following sentence), pay to such Excess Funding Guarantor an amount equal to such Guarantor’s Pro Rata Guarantor Share (as defined below and determined, for this purpose, without reference to the properties, debts and liabilities of such Excess Funding Guarantor) of the Excess Guarantor Payment (as defined below) in respect of such Obligations. The payment obligation of a Guarantor to any Excess Funding Guarantor under this paragraph (f) shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment in full of the Obligations and such Excess Funding Guarantor shall not exercise any right or remedy with respect to such excess until payment in full of all of the Obligations.

For purposes of this paragraph (f), (i) “Excess Funding Guarantor” means a Guarantor that has paid an amount in excess of its Pro Rata Guarantor Share of the Obligations, (ii) “Excess Guarantor Payment” means the amount paid by an Excess Funding Guarantor in excess of its Pro Rata Guarantor Share of the Obligations and (iii) “Pro Rata Guarantor Share” means, for any Guarantor, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) of (x) the amount by which the aggregate fair saleable value of all properties of such Guarantor (excluding any shares of stock of any other Guarantor) exceeds the amount of all the debts and liabilities of such Guarantor (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder and any obligations of any other Guarantor that have been Guaranteed by such Guarantor) to (y) the amount by which the aggregate fair saleable value of all properties of all of the Guarantors exceeds the amount of all the debts and liabilities of all of the Guarantors (including contingent, subordinated, unmatured and unliquidated liabilities, but excluding the obligations of the Guarantors under the Loan Documents), determined (A) with respect to any Guarantor that is a party hereto on the date hereof, as of the date hereof, and (B) with respect to any other Guarantor, as of the date such Guarantor becomes a Guarantor hereunder.

(g) General Limitation on Guarantee Obligations . In any action or proceeding involving any state corporate law, or any state or Federal bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other law affecting the rights of creditors generally, if the obligations of any Guarantor under paragraph (a) of this Section 9.14 would otherwise, taking into account the provisions of paragraph (f) of this Section 9.14, be held or determined to be void, invalid or unenforceable, or subordinated to the claims of any other creditors, on account of the amount of its liability under paragraph (a) of this Section 9.14, then, notwithstanding any other provision hereof to the contrary, the amount of such liability shall, without any further action by such Guarantor, any Guaranteed Party or any other Person, be automatically limited and reduced to the highest amount that is valid and enforceable and not subordinated to the claims of other creditors as determined in such action or proceeding.

 

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(h) Keepwell . Each Qualified ECP Guarantor hereby jointly and severally absolutely, unconditionally and irrevocably undertakes to provide such funds or other support as may be needed from time to time by each other Guarantor to honor all of its obligations under this Guarantee in respect of Obligations (provided, however, that each Qualified ECP Guarantor shall only be liable under this Section 9.14 for the maximum amount of such liability that can be hereby incurred without rendering its obligations under this Section 9.14, or otherwise under this Guaranty, voidable under applicable law relating to fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer, and not for any greater amount). The obligations of each Qualified ECP Guarantor under this Section 9.14 shall remain in full force and effect until the termination of the Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than (x) obligations under Hedge Agreements not yet due and payable and (y) contingent indemnification obligations not yet accrued and payable). Each Qualified ECP Guarantor intends that this Section 9.14 constitute, and this Section 9.14 shall be deemed to constitute, a “keepwell, support, or other agreement” for the benefit of each other Obligor for all purposes of Section 1a(18)(A)(v)(II) of the Commodity Exchange Act.

SECTION 9.15 Original Issue Discount Legend . THE LOANS MAY BE ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR UNITED STATES FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY OF THE LOANS MAY BE OBTAINED BY WRITING TO THE BORROWER AT ITS ADDRESS SPECIFIED HEREIN.

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

 

BORROWER:
SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Duncan

Name:   Janet M. Duncan
Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

 

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  NEW PARENT GUARANTOR:
  SPRINT CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Duncan

Name:   Janet M. Duncan
Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

 

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SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS:
TEXAS UNWIRED

By: Louisiana Unwired, LLC,

its Partner

By:  

/s/ Janet M. Duncan

Name:   Janet M. Duncan
Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

By: SprintCom, Inc.,

its Partner

By:  

/s/ Janet M. Duncan

Name:   Janet M. Duncan
Title:   Vice President and Treasurer
C FON CORPORATION
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Duncan

Name:   Janet M. Duncan
Title:   Assistant Treasurer
UNITED TELECOMMUNICATIONS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Duncan

Name:   Janet M. Duncan
Title:   Assistant Treasurer
EACH OF THE OTHER SUBSIDIARY GUARANTORS LISTED ON ANNEX I ATTACHED HERETO
By:  

/s/ Janet M. Duncan

Name:   Janet M. Duncan
Title:   Vice President and Treasurer

 

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MIZUHO BANK, LTD.,

     as Administrative Agent and as Lender

By:  

/s/ Nobuhide Hayashi

Name:   Nobuhide Hayashi
Title:   Representative Director

 

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