Backup Servicer If a Servicer Default shall occur, then the Lender may, by notice to the Servicer, the Borrower and the Backup Servicer, terminate all of the rights and obligations of the Servicer under this Agreement. Upon the delivery to the Servicer of such notice, all authority and power of the Servicer under this Agreement, whether with respect to the Pledged Assets or otherwise, shall pass to and be vested in the Backup Servicer pursuant to and under this Section (unless the Lender shall have appointed a different successor Servicer pursuant to Section 6.01 hereof or the Backup Servicer is unable to act as Servicer and a successor is appointed as provided in the fourth paragraph of this Section 6.13), and, without limitation, the Backup Servicer is hereby authorized and empowered to execute and deliver, on behalf of the Servicer, as attorney-in-fact or otherwise, any and all documents and other instruments, and to do or accomplish all other acts or things necessary or appropriate to effect the purposes of such notice of termination or to perform the duties of the Servicer under this Agreement including, without limitation, to make withdrawals from the Security Deposit Account pursuant to Section 2.05 and any Cash Reserve Account pursuant to Section 2.06. The Servicer agrees to cooperate with the Lender and the Backup Servicer in effecting the termination of the Servicer’s responsibilities and rights hereunder, including, without limitation, providing notification to the Obligors of the assignment of the servicing function, providing notification to the Lender’s Bank of the Backup Servicer’s right to make withdrawals from the Security Deposit Account pursuant to Section 2.05 and any Cash Reserve Account pursuant to Section 2.06, providing the Backup Servicer, at the Servicer’s expense, with all records, in electronic or other form, reasonably requested by the Backup Servicer, in such form as the Backup Servicer may reasonably request and at such times as the Backup Servicer may reasonably request, to enable the Backup Servicer to assume the servicing functions hereunder and the transfer to the Backup Servicer for administration by it of all cash amounts which at the time should be or should have been deposited by the Servicer in the Collection Account or thereafter be received by the Servicer with respect to the Pledged Receivables. Additionally, the Servicer agrees to cooperate in providing, at the Servicer’s expense, the Backup Servicer as successor Servicer, with reasonable access (including at the premises of the Servicer) to Servicer’s employees and any and all books, records or other information reasonably requested by it to enable the Backup Servicer, as successor Servicer, to assume the servicing functions hereunder. Neither the Lender nor the Backup Servicer shall be deemed to have breached any obligation hereunder as a result of a failure to make or delay in making any distribution as and when required hereunder caused by the failure of the Servicer to remit any amounts received by it or to deliver any documents held by it with respect to the Pledged Assets. The Backup Servicer (including as successor Servicer) undertakes to perform only such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Agreement, it being understood by all parties hereto that there are no implied duties or obligations of the Backup Servicer hereunder. The Active Backup Servicer’s Fees and Transition Costs shall be paid out of Collections with respect to any Pledged Receivable as set forth in Section 2.04(c) on and after the date, if any, that the Backup Servicer assumes the responsibilities of the Servicer pursuant to this Section. The Standby Backup Servicer’s Fees and Transition Costs shall be paid out of Collections with respect to any Pledged Receivable as set forth in Section 2.04(c) prior to the date, if any, that the Backup Servicer assumes the responsibilities of the Servicer pursuant to this Section. Any obligations of LEAF Financial under any Transaction Document other than in its capacity as Servicer shall continue in effect notwithstanding LEAF Financial’s termination as Servicer. On and after the time the Servicer receives a notice of termination pursuant to this Section 6.13, the Backup Servicer shall be (and the Backup Servicer hereby agrees to be) the successor in all respects to the Servicer in its capacity as Servicer under this Agreement and the transactions set forth or provided for herein and shall have all the rights and powers and be subject thereafter to all the responsibilities, duties and liabilities relating thereto placed on the Servicer by the terms and provisions hereof; provided, however, that any failure to perform such duties or responsibilities caused by the Servicer’s failure to provide information required by this Section 6.13 shall not be considered a default by the Backup Servicer hereunder; provided, further, however, that the Backup Servicer, as successor Servicer, shall have (i) no liability with respect to any obligation which was required to be performed by the terminated Servicer prior to the date that the Backup Servicer becomes the successor to the Servicer or any claim of a third party based on any alleged action or inaction of the terminated Servicer, (ii) no obligation to perform any repurchase or advancing obligations, if any, of the Servicer, (iii) no obligation to pay any taxes required to be paid by the Servicer (provided that the Backup Servicer shall pay any income taxes for which it is liable), (iv) no obligation to pay any of the fees and expenses of any other party to the transactions contemplated hereby, and (v) no liability or obligation with respect to any Servicer indemnification obligations of any prior Servicer, including the original Servicer. The indemnification obligations of the Backup Servicer, upon becoming a successor Servicer, are expressly limited to those arising on account of its failure to act in good faith and with reasonable care under the circumstances. In addition, the Backup Servicer shall have no liability relating to the representations and warranties of the Servicer contained in Article IV. Notwithstanding the above, the Lender may, or shall, if the Backup Servicer is unable to so act, appoint itself, or appoint any other established servicing institution acceptable to the Lender in its sole discretion, as the successor to the Servicer hereunder in the assumption of all or any part of the responsibilities, duties or liabilities of the Servicer hereunder. Pending appointment of a successor to the Servicer hereunder, and after the Lender notifies the Servicer to discontinue performing servicing functions under this Agreement, the Backup Servicer (or the Lender if there is no Backup Servicer) shall act in such capacity as hereinabove provided. In connection with such appointment and assumption, the Lender may make such arrangements for the compensation of such successor out of payments on Pledged Receivables as it and such successor shall agree; provided, however, that, except as provided herein, no such compensation shall be in excess of that permitted the Servicer hereunder, unless (i) agreed to by the Lender and (ii) such compensation shall be on commercially competitive terms and rates. The Borrower, the Lender and such successor shall take such action, consistent with this Agreement, as shall be necessary to effectuate any such succession. The parties hereto agree that in no event will the Backup Servicer be liable for any special, indirect or consequential damages. The Backup Servicer hereby agrees that it shall, and shall take all actions necessary so that it shall at all times be ready to, assume all the rights and powers and all of the responsibilities, obligations and duties of the Servicer hereunder, within ten (10) Business Days of receiving from the Lender a notice requesting the Backup Servicer to do so. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, absent specific knowledge by any Lyon Financial Services, Inc. account representative assigned to this transaction from time to time, or written notice detailing specific Errors (as defined below) or other deficiencies, Lyon Financial Services, Inc., as successor Servicer, is authorized to accept and rely on all accounting records (including computer records) and work product of the prior Servicer hereunder relating to the Contracts (collectively, the “Predecessor Servicer Work Product”) without any audit or other examination thereof, and Lyon Financial Services, Inc. shall have no duty, responsibility, obligation or liability for the acts and omissions of the prior Servicer. If any error, inaccuracy, commission or incorrect or nonstandard practice or procedure (collectively, “Errors”) exists in any Predecessor Servicer Work Product and such Errors cause Lyon Financial Services, Inc. to make or continue any errors (collectively, “Continued Errors”), Lyon Financial Services, Inc. shall have no liability for such Continued Errors; provided, however, that Lyon Financial Services, Inc. agrees to use its best efforts to prevent Continued Errors. In the event that Lyon Financial Services, Inc. becomes aware of Errors or Continued Errors, Lyon Financial Services, Inc. shall, with the prior consent of the Lender, use commercially reasonable efforts to reconstruct and reconcile any affected data to correct such Errors and Continued Errors and to prevent future Continued Errors. Lyon Financial Services, Inc. shall be entitled to recover its costs thereby expended as Servicer Advances in accordance with Section 2.04(c) hereof. Within four (4) Business Days after each Remittance Date, provided that the Backup Servicer shall have received the information specified in Section 6.10(d) within the time specified therein, the Backup Servicer shall compare the information on the computer tape or diskette (or other means of electronic transmission acceptable to the Backup Servicer) most recently delivered to the Backup Servicer by the Servicer pursuant to Section 6.10(d) with respect to such Remittance Date to the corresponding Monthly Remittance Report delivered to the Backup Servicer by the Servicer pursuant to Section 6.10(d) and shall:
(a) confirm that such Monthly Remittance Report is complete on its face;
(b) confirm the distributions to be made on such Remittance Date pursuant to Section 2.04(c) hereof to the extent the Backup Servicer is able to do so given the information provided to it by the Servicer (it being hereby agreed that the Backup Servicer shall promptly notify the Servicer and the Lender if such information is insufficient and that the Servicer shall promptly provide to the Backup Servicer any additional information required by the Backup Servicer);
(c) confirm the mathematical computations of information in such Monthly Remittance Report; and
(d) confirm such other information as the Backup Servicer and the Lender may agree. In the event of any discrepancy between the information set forth in subparagraphs (b) or (c) above as calculated by the Servicer and that determined or calculated by the Backup Servicer, the Backup Servicer shall promptly report such discrepancy to the Servicer and the Lender. In the event of a discrepancy as described in the preceding sentence, the Servicer and the Backup Servicer shall attempt to reconcile such discrepancy within five (5) Business Days after reporting such discrepancy, but in the absence of a reconciliation, distributions on the related Remittance Date shall be made consistent with the information calculated by the Servicer, the Servicer and the Backup Servicer shall attempt to reconcile such discrepancy prior to the next Remittance Date, and the Servicer shall promptly report to the Lender regarding the progress, if any, which shall have been made in reconciling such discrepancy. If the Backup Servicer and the Servicer are unable to reconcile such discrepancy with respect to such Monthly Remittance Report by the next Remittance Date that falls in April, July, October or January, the Servicer shall cause independent accountants acceptable to the Lender, at the Servicer’s expense, to examine such Monthly Remittance Report and attempt to reconcile such discrepancy at the earliest possible date (and the Servicer shall promptly provide the Lender with a report regarding such event). The effect, if any, of such reconciliation shall be reflected in the Monthly Remittance Report for the next succeeding Remittance Date. The provisions of this paragraph shall be referred to herein as the “Discrepancy Procedure”. Other than as specifically set forth in this Agreement, the Backup Servicer shall have no obligation to supervise, verify, monitor or administer the performance of the Servicer and shall have no liability for any action taken or omitted by the Servicer. The Backup Servicer may allow a subservicer to perform any and all of its duties and responsibilities hereunder, including but not limited to its duties as successor Servicer hereunder, should the Backup Servicer become the successor Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement; provided, however, that the Backup Servicer shall remain liable for the performance of all of its duties and obligations hereunder to the same extent as if no such subservicing had occurred. In no event shall the Backup Servicer (either prior to or after its appointment hereunder as Servicer) be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including without limitation, acts of terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God.