EXHIBIT 10 (o)
EXECUTIVE COPY
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
among
O&M FUNDING CORP.
as Seller,
▇▇▇▇▇ & MINOR MEDICAL, INC.,
as Servicer,
▇▇▇▇▇ & MINOR, INC.,
as Parent and Guarantor,
RECEIVABLES CAPITAL CORPORATION,
as Issuer
and
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION,
as Administrator
Dated as of December 28, 1995
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I.
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE PURCHASES
Section 1.1. Purchase Facility......................................................................2
Section 1.2. Making Purchases.......................................................................2
Section 1.3. Purchased Interest Computation.........................................................3
Section 1.4. Settlement Procedures..................................................................3
Section 1.5. Fees...................................................................................7
Section 1.6. Payments and Computations, Etc.........................................................7
Section 1.7. Dividing or Combining Portions of the Capital
of the Purchased Interest..............................................................7
Section 1.8. Increased Costs........................................................................8
Section 1.9. Additional Discount on Portions of Purchased
Interest Bearing a Eurodollar Rate.....................................................9
Section 1.10. Requirements of Law....................................................................9
Section 1.11. Inability to Determine Eurodollar Rate................................................10
ARTICLE II.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES;
COVENANTS; TERMINATION EVENTS
Section 2.1. Representations and Warranties; Covenants.............................................11
Section 2.2. Termination Events....................................................................11
ARTICLE III.
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 3.1. Indemnities by the Seller.............................................................11
Section 3.2. Parent's Performance Guaranty.........................................................17
ARTICLE IV.
ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTIONS
Section 4.1. Appointment of Servicer...............................................................19
Section 4.2. Duties of Servicer....................................................................20
Section 4.3. Lock-Box Arrangements.................................................................22
Section 4.4. Enforcement Rights....................................................................23
Section 4.5. Responsibilities of Seller and ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor
Medical, Inc..........................................................................24
Section 4.6. Servicing Fee.........................................................................24
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ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.1. Amendments, Etc.......................................................................24
Section 5.2. Notices, Etc..........................................................................25
Section 5.3. Assignability; Restrictions on Assignability..........................................25
Section 5.4. Costs and Expenses....................................................................26
Section 5.5. No Proceedings; Limitation on Payments................................................26
Section 5.6. Confidentiality.......................................................................27
Section 5.7. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION........................................................27
Section 5.8. Execution in Counterparts.............................................................28
Section 5.9. Survival of Termination...............................................................28
Section 5.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL..................................................................28
Section 5.11. Entire Agreement......................................................................29
Section 5.12. Headings..............................................................................29
Section 5.13. Issuer's Liabilities..................................................................29
Section 5.14. Treatment of Purchased Interest
for Tax Purposes......................................................................29
EXHIBIT I DEFINITIONS
EXHIBIT II CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES
EXHIBIT III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SELLER, SERVICER
EXHIBIT IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ISSUER
EXHIBIT V COVENANTS
EXHIBIT VI TERMINATION EVENTS
SCHEDULE I CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY
SCHEDULE II PERMITTED LIENS
SCHEDULE III TRADE NAMES AND LOCATIONS
ANNEX A FORM OF LOCK-BOX AGREEMENT
ANNEX B FORM OF HUNTON & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ OPINION
ANNEX C FORM OF CORPORATE COUNSEL'S OPINION
ANNEX D OPINION CERTIFICATE
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RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is
entered into as of December 28, 1995 among O&M FUNDING CORP., a Virginia
corporation, as seller (the "Seller"), ▇▇▇▇▇ & MINOR MEDICAL, INC., a Virginia
corporation, as initial servicer (in such capacity, together with its successors
and permitted assigns in such capacity, the "Servicer"), ▇▇▇▇▇ & MINOR, INC., a
Virginia corporation, as parent and guarantor (the "Parent"), RECEIVABLES
CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (together with its successors and
permitted assigns, the "Issuer"), and BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND SAVINGS
ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as Administrator (in such capacity,
together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the "Administrator")
for the Issuer pursuant to an agreement between the Issuer and the
Administrator.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS.
1. Certain terms that are capitalized and used throughout this
Agreement are defined in Exhibit I to this Agreement. References in the Exhibits
hereto to "the Agreement" refer to this Agreement, as amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time.
2. The Seller desires to sell, transfer and assign an undivided
variable percentage interest in a pool of receivables, and the Issuer may, from
time to time, in its sole discretion, acquire such undivided variable percentage
interest, as such percentage interest shall be adjusted from time to time based
upon, in part, reinvestment payments which are made by the Issuer and additional
incremental payments made to the Seller.
3. The Issuer expects generally to fund its purchases and reinvestments
in the Receivables Pool hereinafter through the issuance of Notes. The Issuer
has also entered into one or more Program Support Agreements under which a
Program Support Provider or Providers may purchase Purchased Interests (or
portions thereof), make loans to the Issuer or otherwise provide funds to the
Issuer or for the Issuer's account (which loans or fundings may or may not be
secured by Purchased Interests (or portions thereof) in the event the Issuer
hereunder is unable to fund its purchases or reinvestments pursuant to this
Agreement by the issuance of Notes or otherwise prefers to fund such purchases
or reinvestments under any Program Support Agreement rather than by the issuance
of Notes, or is unable to pay such Notes at maturity from the proceeds of
collections from Pool Receivables in which it holds a Purchased Interest
hereunder).
In consideration of the mutual agreements, provisions and covenants
contained herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE PURCHASES
Section 1.1. Purchase Facility. (a) On the terms and conditions
hereinafter set forth, the Issuer may, in its sole discretion, purchase and make
reinvestments in the Purchased Interest from the Seller from time to time during
the period from the date hereof to the Facility Termination Date. Under no
circumstances shall the Issuer make any such purchase or reinvestment if after
giving effect to such purchase or reinvestment the aggregate outstanding Capital
of the Purchased Interest, together with the aggregate outstanding Capital of
Purchased Interests under the Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement, would exceed
the Purchase Limit. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to be or construed
as a commitment by the Issuer to purchase or reinvest in the Purchased Interest.
Issuer will notify Seller if it decides not to purchase or reinvest under this
Agreement on any day.
(b) The Seller may, upon at least 10 Business Days' notice to the
Administrator, terminate the purchase facility provided in this Section 1 in
whole or, from time to time, irrevocably reduce in part the unused portion of
the Purchase Limit; provided that each partial reduction shall be in the amount
of at least $5,000,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof.
Termination of the purchase facility in whole shall cause the Termination Date
to occur.
Section 1.2. Making Purchases. (a) Each purchase (but not
reinvestments) of the Purchased Interest hereunder shall be made upon the
Seller's irrevocable written notice delivered to the Administrator in accordance
with Section 5.2 (which notice must be received by the Administrator prior to
noon, New York City time) (i) three Business Days prior to the requested
purchase date, in the case of a purchase to be funded at the Alternate Rate and
based on the Eurodollar Rate, (ii) one Business Day prior to the requested
purchase date, in the case of a purchase to be funded at the Alternate Rate and
based on the Base Rate and (iii) two Business Days prior to the requested
purchase date, in the case of a purchase to be funded at the CP Rate, which
notice shall specify (A) the amount requested to be paid to the Seller (such
amount, which shall not be less than $1,000,000, being the "Capital" relating to
the undivided ownership interest then being purchased), (B) the date of such
purchase (which shall be a Business Day) and (C) the desired funding basis for
such purchase (which shall be either the Alternate Rate or the CP Rate) and the
desired duration of the initial Fixed Period(s) for such purchase. The
Administrator shall promptly thereafter notify the
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Seller whether such terms are acceptable to the Issuer and whether the Issuer is
willing to make such a purchase.
(b) On the date of each purchase (but not reinvestment) of undivided
ownership interests with regard to the Purchased Interest hereunder, the Issuer
shall, if it is willing to make such purchase, upon satisfaction of the
applicable conditions set forth in Exhibit II hereto, make available to the
Seller in same day funds, at Crestar Bank, account # 201334771, ABA # ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
an amount equal to the Capital relating to the undivided ownership interest then
being purchased.
(c) Effective on the date of each purchase pursuant to this Section 1.2
and each reinvestment pursuant to Section 1.4, the Seller hereby sells and
assigns to the Issuer an undivided percentage ownership interest in (i) each
Pool Receivable then existing, (ii) all Related Security with respect to such
Pool Receivables, and (iii) Collections with respect to, and other proceeds of,
such Pool Receivables and Related Security.
Section 1.3. Purchased Interest Computation. The Purchased Interest
shall be initially computed on the date of the initial purchase hereunder.
Thereafter until the Termination Date, the Purchased Interest shall be
automatically recomputed (or deemed to be recomputed) on each Business Day other
than a Run-off Day. The Purchased Interest, as computed (or deemed recomputed)
as of the day immediately preceding the Termination Date, shall thereafter
remain constant. The Purchased Interest shall become zero when the Capital
thereof and Discount thereon shall have been paid in full, all the amounts owed
by the Seller hereunder to the Issuer, the Administrator, and any other
Indemnified Party or Affected Person, are paid in full and the Servicer shall
have received the accrued Servicing Fee thereon.
Section 1.4. Settlement Procedures. (a) Collection of the Pool
Receivables shall be administered by the Servicer in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement. The Seller shall provide to the Servicer on a timely basis
all information needed for such administration, including notice of the
occurrence of any Run-off Day and current computations of the Purchased
Interest.
(b) The Servicer shall, on each day on which Collections of Pool
Receivables are received (or deemed received) by the Seller or Servicer:
(i) set aside and hold in trust (and, at the request of the
Administrator, segregate) for the Issuer, out of the percentage of such
Collections represented by the Purchased Interest, first an amount
equal to the Discount accrued through such day for each Portion of
Capital and not previously set aside and second, to the extent funds
are
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available therefor, an amount equal to the Servicing Fee determined in
accordance with Section 4.6 accrued through such day for the Purchased
Interest and not previously set aside; and
(ii) subject to Section 1.4(f), if such day is not a Run-off
Day, remit to the Seller, on behalf of the Issuer, the remainder of the
percentage of such Collections, represented by the Purchased Interest,
to the extent representing a return of Capital; such Collections shall
be automatically reinvested in Pool Receivables, and in the Related
Security and Collections and other proceeds with respect thereto, and
the Purchased Interest shall be automatically recomputed pursuant to
Section 1.3;
(iii) if such day is a Run-off Day, (x) set aside, segregate
and hold in trust for the Issuer the entire remainder of the percentage
of the Collections represented by the Purchased Interest; provided that
if amounts are set aside and held in trust on any Run-off Day and
thereafter, the conditions set forth in Section 2 of Exhibit II are
satisfied or are waived by the Administrator, such previously set aside
amounts shall, to the extent representing a return of Capital, be
reinvested in accordance with the preceding paragraph (ii) on the day
of such subsequent satisfaction or waiver of conditions; and (y)
transfer the Seller's share of the Collections to the Seller;
(iv) during such times as amounts are required to be
reinvested in accordance with the foregoing paragraph (ii) or the
proviso to paragraph (iii), release to the Seller (subject to Section
1.4(f)) for its own account any Collections in excess of (x) such
amounts and (y) the amounts that are required to be set aside pursuant
to paragraph (i) above.
(c) The Servicer shall deposit into the Administration Account (or such
other account designated by the Administrator), on the last day of each
Settlement Period relating to a Portion of Capital (or at such other times as
the Administrator shall require), Collections held for the Issuer pursuant to
Section 1.4(b)(i) or Section 1.4(f) with respect to such Portion of Capital and
the lesser of (x) the amount of Collections then held for the Issuer pursuant to
Section 1.4(b)(iii) and (y) such Portion of Capital.
(d) Upon receipt of funds deposited into the Administration Account
pursuant to Section 1.4(c) with respect to any Portion of Capital, the
Administrator shall cause such funds to be distributed as follows:
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(i) if such distribution occurs on a day that is not a Run-off
Day, first to the Issuer in payment in full of all accrued Discount
with respect to such Portion of Capital and second, if the Servicer has
set aside amounts in respect of the Servicing Fee pursuant to Section
1.4(b)(i), to the Servicer (payable in arrears on the last day of each
calendar month) in payment in full of accrued Servicing Fees so set
aside with respect to such Portion of Capital; and
(ii) if such distribution occurs on a Run-off Day, first to
the Issuer in payment in full of all accrued Discount with respect to
such Portion of Capital, second to the Issuer in payment in full of
such Portion of Capital, third, if the Servicer is not ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor
Medical, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof, to the Servicer in payment in
full of all accrued Servicing Fees with respect to such Portion of
Capital, fourth, if the Capital and accrued Discount with respect to
each Portion of Capital has been reduced to zero, and all accrued
Servicing Fees payable to the Servicer (if other than ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor
Medical, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof) have been paid in full, to the
Issuer, the Administrator and any other Indemnified Party or Affected
Person in payment in full of any other amounts owed thereto by the
Seller hereunder and then to the Servicer (if the Servicer is the
Seller) in payment in full of all accrued Servicing Fees.
After the Capital and Discount and Servicing Fees with respect to the Purchased
Interest, and any other amounts payable by the Seller to the Issuer, the
Administrator or any other Indemnified Party or Affected Person hereunder, have
been paid in full, all additional Collections with respect to the Purchased
Interest shall be paid to the Seller for its own account.
(e) For the purposes of this Section 1.4:
(i) if on any day the Outstanding Balance of any Pool
Receivable is reduced or adjusted as a result of any defective,
rejected, returned, repossessed or foreclosed goods or services, or any
discount or other adjustment made by the Seller, or any setoff or
dispute between the Seller and an Obligor, or any credit memorandum, or
any billing error, but not including reductions or adjustments in
respect of finance charges (any of the foregoing reductions or
adjustments being herein called a "Dilution Adjustment"), the Seller
shall be deemed to have received on such day a Collection of such Pool
Receivable in the amount of such reduction or adjustment;
(ii) if on any day any of the representations or
warranties in paragraphs (g) or (n) of Exhibit III is not
true with respect to any Pool Receivable, the Seller shall
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be deemed to have received on such day a Collection of such
Pool Receivable in full;
(iii) except as provided in paragraph (i) or (ii) of this
Section 1.4(e), or as otherwise required by applicable law or the
relevant Contract, all Collections received from an Obligor of any
Receivable shall be applied to the Receivables of such Obligor in the
order of the age of such Receivables, starting with the oldest such
Receivable, unless such Obligor designates in writing its payment for
application to specific Receivables; and
(iv) if and to the extent the Administrator or the Issuer
shall be required for any reason to pay over to an Obligor (or any
trustee, receiver, custodian or similar official in any Insolvency
Proceeding) any amount received by it hereunder, such amount shall be
deemed not to have been so received but rather to have been retained by
the Seller and, accordingly, the Administrator or the Issuer, as the
case may be, shall have a claim against the Seller for such amount,
payable when and to the extent that any distribution from or on behalf
of such Obligor is made in respect thereof.
(f) Except for reductions in connection with the division or
combination of Portions of Capital pursuant to Section 1.7 hereof or pursuant to
any other Purchase Agreement, if at any time the Seller shall wish to cause the
reduction of a Portion of Capital (but not to commence the liquidation, or
reduction to zero, of the entire Capital of the Purchased Interest), the Seller
may do so as follows:
(i) the Seller shall give the Administrator at least five
Business Days' prior written notice thereof (including the amount of
such proposed reduction and the proposed date on which such reduction
will commence),
(ii) on the proposed date of commencement of such reduction
and on each day thereafter, the Servicer shall cause Collections with
respect to such Portion of Capital not to be reinvested until the
amount thereof not so reinvested shall equal the desired amount of
reduction, and
(iii) the Servicer shall hold such Collections in trust for
the Issuer, for payment to the Administrator on the last day of the
current Settlement Period relating to such Portion of Capital, and the
applicable Portion of Capital shall be deemed reduced in the amount to
be paid to the Administrator only when in fact finally so paid;
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provided that,
A. the amount of any such reduction shall be not less than
$1,000,000 and shall be an integral multiple of $100,000, and the
entire Capital of the Purchased Interest after giving effect to such
reduction shall be not less than $10,000,000 and shall be in an
integral multiple of $1,000,000,
B. the Seller shall choose a reduction amount, and the
date of commencement thereof, so that to the extent
practicable such reduction shall commence and conclude in
the same Fixed Period, and
C. if two or more Portions of Capital shall be outstanding at
the time of any proposed reduction, such proposed reduction shall be
applied, unless the Seller shall otherwise specify in the notice given
pursuant to Section 1.4(f)(i), to the Portion of Capital with the
shortest remaining Fixed Period.
Section 1.5. Fees. The Seller shall pay to the Administrator certain
fees in the amounts and on the dates set forth in a letter dated December 28,
1995 between the Seller and the Administrator, as such letter agreement may be
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Section 1.6. Payments and Computations, Etc. (a) All amounts to be paid
or deposited by the Seller or the Servicer hereunder shall be paid or deposited
no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the day when due in same day
funds to the Administration Account. All amounts received after 1:00 p.m. (New
York City time) will be deemed to have been received on the immediately
succeeding Business Day.
(b) The Seller shall, to the extent permitted by law, pay interest on
any amount not paid or deposited by the Seller (whether as Servicer or
otherwise) when due hereunder, at an interest rate equal to 2.0% per annum above
the Base Rate, payable on demand.
(c) All computations of interest under subsection (b) above and all
computations of Discount, fees, and other amounts hereunder shall be made on the
basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed. Whenever any
payment or deposit to be made hereunder shall be due on a day other than a
Business Day, such payment or deposit shall be made on the next succeeding
Business Day and such extension of time shall be included in the computation of
such payment or deposit.
Section 1.7. Dividing or Combining Portions of the Capital
of the Purchased Interest. The Seller may, on the last day of
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any Fixed Period, either (i) divide the Capital of the Purchased Interest into
two or more portions (each, a "Portion of Capital") equal, in aggregate, to the
Capital of the Purchased Interest, provided that after giving effect to such
division the amount of each such Portion of Capital shall not be less than
$5,000,000, or (ii) combine any two or more Portions of Capital outstanding on
such last day and having Fixed Periods ending on such last day into a single
Portion of Capital equal to the aggregate of the Capital of such Portions of
Capital.
Section 1.8. Increased Costs. (a) If the Administrator, the Issuer, any
Purchaser, any other Program Support Provider or any of their respective
Affiliates (each an "Affected Person") determines that the existence of or
compliance with (i) any law or regulation or any change therein or in the
interpretation or application thereof, in each case adopted, issued or occurring
after the date hereof or (ii) any request, guideline or directive from any
central bank or other Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of
law) issued or occurring after the date of this Agreement affects or would
affect the amount of capital required or expected to be maintained by such
Affected Person (and is not a change by way of imposition or increase of reserve
requirements referred to in Section 1.9) and such Affected Person determines
that the amount of such capital is increased by or based upon the existence of
any commitment to make purchases of or otherwise to maintain the investment in
Pool Receivables related to this Agreement or any related liquidity facility or
credit enhancement facility and other commitments of the same type, then, upon
demand by such Affected Person within 180 days after such determination and from
time to time thereafter (with a copy to the Administrator), the Seller shall
immediately pay to the Administrator, for the account of such Affected Person,
from time to time as specified by such Affected Person, additional amounts
sufficient to compensate such Affected Person in the light of such
circumstances, to the extent that such Affected Person reasonably determines
such increase in capital to be allocable to the existence of any of such
commitments. A certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Seller and the
Administrator by such Affected Person shall be conclusive and binding for all
purposes, absent prima facia error.
(b) If, due to either (i) the introduction of or any change (other than
any change by way of imposition or increase of reserve requirements referred to
in Section 1.9) in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation or (ii)
compliance with any guideline or request from any central bank or other
Governmental Authority (whether or not having the force of law), there shall be
any increase in the cost to any Affected Person of agreeing to purchase or
purchasing, or maintaining the ownership of the Purchased Interest in respect of
which Discount is computed by reference to the Eurodollar Rate (excluding,
however, any increase in the cost to such Affected Person due to the
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imposition of any tax on such Affected Person), then, upon written demand by
such Affected Person no later than 180 days after such Affected Person shall
determine the amount of any increased cost and from time to time thereafter, the
Seller shall promptly pay to such Affected Person, from time to time as
specified, additional amounts reasonably determined by such Affected Person to
be sufficient to compensate such Affected Person for such increased costs. A
certificate as to such amounts submitted to the Seller by such Affected Person
shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent prima facia error.
Section 1.9. Additional Discount on Portions of Purchased Interest
Bearing a Eurodollar Rate. The Seller shall pay to any Affected Person, so long
as such Affected Person shall be required under regulations of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve System to maintain reserves with respect to
liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency Liabilities,
additional Discount on the unpaid Capital of the applicable Portion of Capital
during each Fixed Period in respect of which Discount is computed by reference
to the Eurodollar Rate, for such Fixed Period, at a rate per annum equal at all
times during such Fixed Period to the remainder obtained by subtracting (i) the
Eurodollar Rate for such Fixed Period from (ii) the rate obtained by dividing
such Eurodollar Rate referred to in clause (i) above by that percentage equal to
100% minus the Eurodollar Reserve Percentage for such Fixed Period, payable on
each date on which Discount is payable on the applicable Portion of Capital.
Such additional Discount shall be reasonably determined by the Affected Person
and notified to the Seller through the Administrator within 90 days after any
Discount payment is made with respect to which such additional Discount is
requested. A certificate as to such additional Discount submitted to the Seller
by the Affected Person shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent
prima facia error.
Section 1.10. Requirements of Law. In the event that any Affected
Person determines that the existence of or compliance with (a) any law or
regulation or any change therein or in the interpretation or application
thereof, in each case adopted, issued or occurring after the date hereof or (b)
any request, guideline or directive from any central bank or other Governmental
Authority (whether or not having the force of law) issued or occurring after the
date of this Agreement:
(i) does or shall impose, modify or hold applicable any
reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement
against assets held by, or deposits or other liabilities in or for the
account of, purchases, advances or loans by, or other credit extended
by, or any other acquisition of funds by, any office of such Affected
Person which
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are not otherwise included in the determination of the
Eurodollar Rate or the Base Rate hereunder; or
(ii) does or shall impose on such Affected Person any
other condition;
and the result of any of the foregoing is (x) to increase the cost to such
Affected Person of acting as Administrator, or of agreeing to purchase or
purchasing or maintaining the ownership of undivided ownership interests with
regard to the Purchased Interest (or interests therein) or any Portion of
Capital in respect of which Discount is computed by reference to the Eurodollar
Rate or the Base Rate except to the extent such increase in cost is due to the
imposition of any tax on such Affected Person or (y) to reduce any amount
receivable hereunder (whether directly or indirectly) funded or maintained by
reference to the Eurodollar Rate or the Base Rate except to the extent that such
reduced amount receivable is due to the imposition of any tax on such Affected
Person, then, in any such case, upon written demand by such Affected Person no
later than 180 days after such Affected Person shall determine the amount of any
such increased cost or reduced amount, and from time to time thereafter, the
Seller shall promptly pay such Affected Person any additional amounts necessary
to compensate such Affected Person for such increased cost or reduced amount
receivable. All such amounts shall be payable as incurred. A written certificate
delivered by such Affected Person to the Seller certifying, in reasonably
specific detail, the basis for, calculation of, and amount of such increased
costs or reduced amount receivable shall be conclusive in the absence of prima
facia error; provided, however, that no Affected Person shall be required to
disclose any confidential or tax planning information in any such certificate.
Section 1.11. Inability to Determine Eurodollar Rate. In the event that
the Administrator shall have determined prior to the first day of any Fixed
Period (which determination shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties
hereto) by reason of circumstances affecting the interbank Eurodollar market,
either (a) dollar deposits in the relevant amounts and for the relevant Fixed
Period are not available, (b) adequate and reasonable means do not exist for
ascertaining the Eurodollar Rate for such Fixed Period or (c) the Eurodollar
Rate determined pursuant hereto does not accurately reflect the cost to the
Issuer (as conclusively determined by the Administrator) of maintaining any
Portion of Capital during such Fixed Period, the Administrator shall promptly
give telephonic notice of such determination, confirmed in writing, to the
Seller prior to the first day of such Fixed Period. Upon delivery of such notice
(a) no Portion of Capital shall be funded thereafter at the Alternate Rate
determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, unless and until the
Administrator shall have given notice to the Seller that the
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circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist, and (b) with
respect to any outstanding Portions of Capital then funded at the Alternate Rate
determined by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, such Alternate Rate shall
automatically be converted to the Alternate Rate determined by reference to the
Base Rate at the respective last days of the then current Fixed Periods relating
to such Portions of Capital.
ARTICLE II.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES;
COVENANTS; TERMINATION EVENTS
Section 2.1. Representations and Warranties; Covenants. (a) The Seller
and the Parent hereby jointly and severally make the representations and
warranties set forth in Exhibit III, and hereby jointly and severally agree that
the covenants set forth in Exhibit V will be performed and observed.
(b) The Issuer hereby makes the representations and warranties set
forth in Exhibit IV hereto.
Section 2.2. Termination Events. If any of the Termination Events set
forth in Exhibit VI hereto shall occur, the Administrator may, by notice to the
Seller, declare the Facility Termination Date to have occurred (in which case
the Facility Termination Date shall be deemed to have occurred); provided that,
automatically upon the occurrence of any event (without any requirement for the
passage of time or the giving of notice) described in subsection (g) of Exhibit
VI, the Facility Termination Date shall occur; provided, further, that, in the
case of a Termination Event described in subsection (j) of Exhibit VI, the
Facility Termination Date shall be deemed to have occurred on the Business Day
following the date of such notice unless such Termination Event is cured during
the intervening period. Upon any such declaration, occurrence or deemed
occurrence of the Facility Termination Date, the Issuer and the Administrator
shall have, in addition to the rights and remedies which they may have under
this Agreement, all other rights and remedies provided after default under the
UCC and under other applicable law, which rights and remedies shall be
cumulative.
ARTICLE III.
INDEMNIFICATION; PERFORMANCE GUARANTY
Section 3.1. Indemnities by the Seller. (a) Without limiting any other
rights that any Securitization Party (each, an "Indemnified Party") may have
hereunder or under applicable law, the Seller and the Parent hereby jointly and
severally agree to
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indemnify each Indemnified Party from and against any and all claims, damages,
expenses, losses and liabilities (including Attorney Costs) (all of the
foregoing being collectively referred to as "Indemnified Amounts") arising out
of or resulting from this Agreement (whether directly or indirectly) or the use
of proceeds of purchases or reinvestments or the ownership of the Purchased
Interest, or any interest therein, or in respect of any Receivable or any
Contract, excluding, however, (b) Indemnified Amounts to the extent resulting
from gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Indemnified
Party, (c) recourse (except as otherwise specifically provided in this
Agreement) for uncollectible Receivables, or (d) any taxes imposed on such
Indemnified Party. Without limiting or being limited by the foregoing, and
subject to the exclusions set forth in the preceding sentence, the Seller shall
pay to each Indemnified Party (within three Business Days after written demand
for such indemnification) any and all amounts necessary to indemnify such
Indemnified Party from and against any and all Indemnified Amounts relating to
or resulting from any of the following:
(i) the failure of any Receivable included in the calculation
of the Net Receivables Pool Balance as an Eligible Receivable to be an
Eligible Receivable, the failure of any information contained in a
Seller Report to be true and correct, or the failure of any other
information provided to the Issuer or the Administrator with respect to
Receivables or this Agreement to be true and correct;
(ii) the failure of any representation or warranty or
statement made or deemed made by the Seller (or any of its officers),
as Servicer or otherwise, under or in connection with this Agreement to
have been true and correct in all respects when made;
(iii) the failure by the Seller, as Servicer or otherwise, to
comply with any applicable law, rule or regulation with respect to any
Pool Receivable or the related Contract; or the failure of any Pool
Receivable or the related Contract to conform to any such applicable
law, rule or regulation;
(iv) the failure to vest in the Issuer a valid and enforceable
perfected undivided percentage ownership interest, to the extent of the
Purchased Interest, in the Receivables in, or purporting to be in, the
Receivables Pool and the Related Security and Collections with respect
thereto, in each case, free and clear of any Adverse Claim;
(v) the failure to have filed, or any delay in filing,
financing statements or other similar instruments or documents under
the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction or other applicable laws with
respect to any Receivables in, or
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purporting to be in, the Receivables Pool and the Related Security and
Collections in respect thereof, whether at the time of any purchase or
reinvestment or at any subsequent time;
(vi) any dispute, claim, offset or defense or claim of billing
error, (other than discharge in bankruptcy of the Obligor) of the
Obligor to the payment of any Receivable in, or purporting to be in,
the Receivables Pool (including, without limitation, a defense based on
such Receivable or the related Contract not being a legal, valid and
binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it in accordance
with its terms), or any other claim resulting from the sale of the
goods or services related to such Receivable or the furnishing, failure
to furnish, or agreement to accept returns of, such goods or services
or relating to collection activities with respect to such Receivable
(if such collection activities were performed by the Seller or any of
its Affiliates acting as Servicer or by any agent or independent
contractor retained by the Seller or any of its Affiliates);
(vii) any failure of the Seller, as Servicer or otherwise, to
perform its duties or obligations in accordance with the provisions
hereof or to perform its duties or obligations under the Contracts;
(viii) any breach of warranty, products liability or other
claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding arising out of or in
connection with merchandise, insurance or services which are the
subject of any Contract;
(ix) the commingling of any portion of Collections of
Pool Receivables relating to the Purchased Interest at any
time with other funds;
(x) any investigation, litigation or proceeding related to
this Agreement or the use of proceeds of purchases or reinvestments or
the ownership of the Purchased Interest or in respect of any
Receivable, Related Security or Contract; or
(xi) any reduction in Capital as a result of the distribution
of Collections pursuant to Section 1.4(d), in the event that all or a
portion of such distributions shall thereafter be rescinded or
otherwise must be returned for any reason.
(e) Taxes. (i) Any and all payments made hereunder to an Affected
Person shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all
current or future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings,
and all liabilities
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with respect thereto excluding: (A) taxes imposed on or measured by all or part
of the gross or net income (but not including any such tax in the nature of a
withholding tax) of such Affected Person by the jurisdiction under the laws of
which such Affected Person is organized or has its applicable lending office or
any political subdivision of any thereof and (B) taxes that would not have been
imposed if the only connection between such Affected Person and the jurisdiction
imposing such taxes was the activities of such Affected Person pursuant to or in
respect of this Agreement (including entering into, lending money or extending
credit pursuant to, receiving payments under, or enforcing this Agreement) (all
such excluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, changes, withholding and
liabilities collectively or individually referred to herein as "Excluded Taxes"
and all such nonexcluded taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges,
withholdings, and liabilities collectively or individually referred to herein as
"Taxes"). If the Seller shall be required to deduct any Taxes from or in respect
of any sum payable hereunder to any Affected Person: (A) the sum payable shall
be increased by the amount (an "additional amount") necessary so that after
making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional
sums payable under this Section 3.1(b)) such Affected Person shall receive an
amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made,
(B) the Seller shall make such deductions and (C) the Seller shall pay the full
amount deducted to the relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with
applicable law.
(ii) In addition, the Seller agrees to pay to the relevant
Governmental Authority in accordance with applicable law all taxes,
levies, imposts, deductions, charges, assessments or fees of any kind
(including but not limited to any current or future stamp or
documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes, charges, or
similar levies, but excluding any Excluded Taxes) imposed upon any
Affected Person as a result of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement or that arise from any payment made hereunder or from the
execution, delivery, or registration of or otherwise similarly with
respect to, this Agreement ("Other Taxes").
(iii) The Seller and the Parent hereby jointly and severally
agree to indemnify each Affected Person from and against the full
amount of Taxes and Other Taxes arising out of this Agreement (whether
directly or indirectly) imposed upon or paid by such Person and any
liability (including penalties, interest, and expenses (including
Attorney Costs)) arising with respect thereto, whether or not such
Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted by the relevant
Governmental Authority. A certificate as to the amount of such amounts
prepared by an Affected Person, absent manifest error, shall be final,
conclusive, and
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binding for all purposes. Such indemnification shall be made within 30
days after the date the Affected Person makes a timely written demand
therefor or the time at which such amount is payable after a timely
written demand therefor has been made, whichever is earlier. A written
demand will be considered "timely" for purposes of the preceding
sentence only if it is received by the Seller and the Parent no later
than 180 days after the earlier of (A) the date on which such Affected
Person makes such payment of Taxes or Other Taxes or liability arising
therefrom or with respect thereto and (B) the date on which the
relevant Governmental Authority or other party makes written demand
upon such Affected Person for payment of such Taxes or Other Taxes or
liability arising therefrom or with respect thereto.
(iv) As soon as practicable after the date of any payment of
Taxes or Other Taxes by the Seller to a Governmental Authority
hereunder, the Seller will deliver to the relevant Affected Person the
original or a certified copy of a receipt issued by such Governmental
Authority evidencing payment thereof.
(v) Without prejudice to the survival of any other agreement
contained herein, the agreements and obligations contained in this
Section 3.1(b) shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
(vi) Each Program Support Provider that is granted a
participating interest in the Purchased Interest and is organized under
the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States, any State
thereof, or the District of Columbia (each a "Non-U.S. Purchaser")
shall deliver to the Seller or to the Administrator: (A) two copies of
either United States Internal Revenue Service Form 1001 or Form 4224
(whichever is applicable), or (B) in the case of a Non-U.S. Purchaser
claiming an 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 Form W-8 (or any subsequent versions thereof or successors
thereto) and a certificate representing that such Non-U.S. Purchaser is
not a bank for purposes of Section 881(c) of the Code, in either case
properly completed and duly executed by such Non-U.S. Purchaser
claiming complete exemption from U.S. federal withholding tax on
payments by the Seller under this Agreement. Such forms shall be
delivered by each Non-U.S. Purchaser before the date it receives its
first payment with respect to a Purchased Interest, and before the date
it receives its first payment with respect to a Purchased Interest
occurring after the date, if any, that such Non-U.S. Purchaser changes
its applicable lending office by designating a different lending office
(a "New Lending Office"). In addition, each Non-U.S. Purchaser shall
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deliver such forms promptly after (or, if reasonably practicable, prior
to) the obsolescence or invalidity of any form previously delivered by
such Non-U.S. Purchaser. Notwithstanding any other provision of this
Section 3.1(b)(vi), a Non-U.S. Purchaser shall not be required to
deliver any form pursuant to this Section 3.1(b)(vi) that such Non-U.S.
Purchaser is not legally able to deliver. Each Program Support Provider
(other than any exempt person as described in applicable Treasury
Regulations) that is granted a participating interest in the Purchased
Interest and is organized under the laws of the United States or any
state thereof or the District of Columbia shall deliver to the Seller
an original copy of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or applicable
successor form) properly completed and duly executed by such Program
Support Provider.
(vii) The Seller and the Parent shall not be required to
indemnify any Non-U.S. Purchaser, or to pay any additional amounts to
any Non-U.S. Purchaser, in respect of United States federal withholding
tax (or any withholding tax imposed by a state that applies only when
such United States federal withholding tax is imposed) pursuant to this
Section 3.1(b) to the extent that: (A) the obligation to withhold
amounts with respect to United States federal withholding tax existed
on the date such Non-U.S. Purchaser was granted a participating
interest in the Purchased Interest or, with respect to payments to a
New Lending Office, the date such Non-U.S. Purchaser designated such
New Lending Office; provided, however, that this clause (A) shall not
apply to any Non-U.S. Purchaser or New Lending Office that is granted,
assigned, or transferred a participating interest in the Purchased
Interest at the request of the Seller and provided further, however,
that this clause (A) shall not apply to any Non-U.S. Purchaser or New
Lending Office that is assigned an interest in the Purchased Interest
by a Program Support Provider to the extent that the indemnity payment
or additional amounts such Non-U.S. Purchaser or New Lending Office
would be entitled to receive (without regard to this clause (A)) do not
exceed the indemnity payment or additional amounts that the Program
Support Provider making the assignment to such Non-U.S. Purchaser or
New Lending Office would have been entitled to receive in the absence
of such assignment; or (B) the obligation to make such indemnification
or to pay such additional amounts would not have arisen but for a
failure by such Non-U.S. Purchaser to comply with the provisions of
paragraph (vi) above (it being understood that the Non-U.S. Purchaser
shall not have failed to comply with the provisions of paragraph (vi)
above if it is legally unable to deliver the forms described therein on
any date after it is granted a participation interest in a Purchased
Interest or designated a New Lending Office).
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(viii) Any Affected Person claiming any indemnity payment or
additional amounts payable pursuant to this Section 3.1(b) shall use
reasonable efforts (consistent with legal and regulatory restrictions)
to file any certificate or document reasonable requested in writing by
the Seller or the Parent or to change the jurisdiction of its
applicable lending office if the making of such a filing or change
would avoid the need for or reduce the amount of any such indemnity
payment or additional amounts that may thereafter accrue and would not,
in the good faith determination of such Affected Person, be otherwise
disadvantageous to such Affected Person.
(ix) Nothing contained in this Section 3.1(b) shall require an
Affected Person to make available any of its tax returns (or any other
information that it deems to be confidential or proprietary).
(x) If any Affected Person receiving an indemnification
payment hereunder with respect to Taxes or Other Taxes or liabilities
arising therefrom shall subsequently receive a refund from any taxing
authority which is specifically attributable to such indemnification
payment, such Person shall promptly pay such refund to the Seller or
the Parent, as the case may be.
Section 3.2. Parent's Performance Guaranty. (a) Parent hereby
unconditionally and irrevocably covenants and agrees that it will cause the
Seller and the Servicer duly and punctually to perform and observe all of the
terms, conditions, covenants, agreements (including, without limitation,
agreements to make payments or deemed Collections) and indemnities of the Seller
and the Servicer under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
strictly in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof and that if for any
reason whatsoever the Seller or the Servicer shall fail to so perform and
observe such terms, conditions, covenants, agreements and indemnities, Parent
will duly and punctually perform and observe the same.
(b) The liabilities and obligations of Parent, in its capacity as a
guarantor under this Section 3.2, shall be absolute and unconditional under all
circumstances and shall be performed by Parent regardless of (i) whether the
Issuer or the Administrator shall have taken any steps to collect from the
Seller or the Servicer any of the amounts payable by such party under this
Agreement or shall otherwise have exercised any of their rights or remedies
under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents against such party or
against any Obligor under any of the Pool Receivables, (ii) the validity,
legality or enforceability of this Agreement or any other Transaction Documents,
or the disaffirmance of any thereof in any event of bankruptcy relating to the
Seller or the Servicer, (iii) any law,
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regulation or decree now or hereafter in effect which might in any manner affect
any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document or any of the rights of Issuer or the Administrator as against the
Seller or the Servicer or as against any Obligor under any of such Pool
Receivables or which might cause or permit to be invoked any alteration in time,
amount, manner of payment or performance of any amount payable by the Seller or
the Servicer to the Issuer or the Administrator under this Agreement, (iv) the
merger or consolidation of the Seller or the Servicer into or with any
corporation or any sale or transfer by such party or all or any part of its
property, (v) the existence or assertion of any Adverse Claim with respect to
any Pool Receivable, or (vi) any other circumstance whatsoever (with or without
notice to or knowledge of Parent) which may or might in any manner or to any
extent vary the risk of Parent, or might otherwise constitute a legal or
equitable discharge of a surety or guarantor, it being the purpose and intent of
Parent that the liabilities and obligations of Parent under this Section 3.2
shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances, and shall
not be discharged except by payment and performance as in this Agreement
provided. The guaranty set forth in this Section 3.2 is a guaranty of payment
and performance and not just of collection.
(c) Without in any way affecting or impairing the liabilities and
obligations of Parent, in its capacity as a guarantor under this Section 3.2,
the Seller, Issuer or the Administrator may at any time and from time to time in
its discretion, without the consent of, or notice to, Parent, and without
releasing or affecting Parent's liability hereunder (i) extend or change the
time, manner, place or terms of this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document, (ii) settle or compromise any of the amounts payable by Seller or
Servicer to the Issuer or the Administrator under this Agreement or subordinate
the same to the claims of others, (iii) retain or obtain a lien upon or security
interest in any property to secure any of the obligations hereunder, (iv) retain
or obtain the primary or secondary obligation of any obligor or obligors, in
addition to Parent, with respect to any of the obligations due hereunder, or (v)
release or fail to perfect any lien upon or security interest in, or impair,
surrender, release or permit any substitution in exchange for, all or any part
of any property securing any of the obligations under this Agreement, it being
understood that nothing contained in this Section 3.2(c) shall give the Issuer
or the Administrator the right to take any of the foregoing actions if not
permitted by the other provisions of this Agreement, by law or otherwise.
Nothing in this Section 3.2(c) shall be deemed to waive any of the rights the
Seller may otherwise have.
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(d) The provisions of this Section 3.2 shall continue to be effective
or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment of any of the
amounts payable by Seller or Servicer, to the Issuer or the Administrator under
this Agreement is rescinded or must otherwise be restored or returned by any of
such Persons, as the case may be, upon any event of bankruptcy involving Seller
or Servicer, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made. Parent,
in its capacity as a guarantor under this Section 3.2, hereby waives (i) notices
of the occurrence of any default hereunder, (ii) any requirement of diligence or
promptness on the part of the Issuer or the Administrator in making demand,
commencing suit or exercising any other right or remedy under this Agreement, or
otherwise, and (iii) any right to require the Issuer or the Administrator to
exercise any right or remedy against Seller or Servicer or the Pool Receivables
prior to enforcing any of their rights against Parent under this Section 3.2.
Parent, in its capacity as a guarantor under this Section 3.2, agrees that, in
the event of an event of bankruptcy with respect to Seller or Servicer
(including Parent), and if such event shall occur at a time when all of the
indemnified amounts and other amounts due from Seller or Servicer under this
Agreement may not then be due and payable, Parent will pay to Issuer or the
Administrator forthwith the full amount which would be payable hereunder by
Parent if all such indemnified amounts and other obligations were then due and
payable.
ARTICLE IV.
ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTIONS
Section 4.1. Appointment of Servicer. (a) The servicing, administering
and collection of the Pool Receivables shall be conducted by the Person so
designated from time to time as Servicer in accordance with this Section 4.1.
Until the Administrator gives notice to the Seller and the Servicer (in
accordance with this Section 4.1) of the designation of a new Servicer, ▇▇▇▇▇ &
Minor Medical, Inc. is hereby designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the
duties and obligations of, the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof. Upon
either (i) ninety (90) days' prior written notice to ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc.
or (ii) the occurrence of a Termination Event, the Administrator may designate
as Servicer any Person (including itself) to succeed ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc.
or any successor Servicer, on the condition in each case that any such Person so
designated shall agree to perform the duties and obligations of the Servicer
pursuant to the terms hereof.
(b) Upon the designation of a successor Servicer as set
forth in Section 4.1(a) hereof, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc. (or
any successor Servicer) agrees that it will terminate its
activities as Servicer hereunder in a manner which the
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Administrator determines will facilitate the transition of the performance of
such activities to the new Servicer, and ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc. shall
cooperate with and assist such new Servicer. Such cooperation shall include
(without limitation) access to and transfer of records and use by the new
Servicer of all licenses, hardware or software necessary or desirable to collect
the Pool Receivables and the Related Security.
(c) ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc. acknowledges that the
Administrator and the Issuer have relied on ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor
Medical, Inc.'s agreement to act as Servicer hereunder in making
their decision to execute and deliver this Agreement.
Accordingly, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc. agrees that it will not
voluntarily resign as Servicer.
(d) The Servicer may delegate its duties and obligations hereunder to
any subservicer (each, a "Sub-Servicer"); provided that, in each such
delegation, (i) such Sub-Servicer shall agree in writing to perform the duties
and obligations of the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof, (ii) the Servicer
shall remain primarily liable to the Issuer for the performance of the duties
and obligations so delegated, (iii) the Seller, the Administrator and the Issuer
shall have the right to look solely to the Servicer for performance and (iv) the
terms of any agreement with any Sub-Servicer shall provide that the
Administrator may terminate such agreement upon the termination of the Servicer
hereunder by giving notice of its desire to terminate such agreement to the
Servicer (and the Servicer shall provide appropriate notice to such
Sub-Servicer).
Section 4.2. Duties of Servicer. (a) The Servicer shall take or cause
to be taken all such action as may be necessary or advisable to collect each
Pool Receivable from time to time, all in accordance with this Agreement and all
applicable laws, rules and regulations, with reasonable care and diligence, and
in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy. The Servicer shall
segregate and hold in trust for the accounts of the Seller and the Issuer the
amount of the Collections to which each is entitled in accordance with Article
II hereto. The Servicer may, in accordance with the Credit and Collection
Policy, extend the maturity of any Pool Receivable (but (x) not beyond sixty
(60) days from the original maturity date of such Pool Receivables and (y) not
more than once for any Pool Receivable) and extend the maturity or adjust the
Outstanding Balance of any Defaulted Receivable as the Servicer may determine to
be appropriate to maximize Collections thereof; provided, however, that (i) such
extension or adjustment shall not alter the status of such Pool Receivable as a
Delinquent Receivable or a Defaulted Receivable or limit the rights of the
Issuer or the Administrator under this Agreement and (ii) if a Termination Event
has occurred and ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc. is still serving as Servicer, ▇▇▇▇▇
& Minor Medical, Inc. may make such extension or adjustment only
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upon the prior written approval of the Administrator. The Servicer may adjust
the Outstanding Balance of any Receivables to account for any Dilution
Adjustment, provided that the appropriate Originator shall have made the
corresponding payment pursuant to Section 1.8 of the Purchase and Sale
Agreement. The Seller shall deliver to the Servicer and the Servicer shall hold
for the benefit of the Seller and the Administrator (for the benefit of the
Issuer and individually) in accordance with their respective interests, all
records and documents (including without limitation computer tapes or disks)
with respect to each Pool Receivable. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein, the Administrator may direct the Servicer (whether the
Servicer is ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc. or any other Person) to commence or
settle any legal action to enforce collection of any Pool Receivable or to
foreclose upon or repossess any Related Security; provided, however, that no
such direction may be given unless either (i) a Termination Event has occurred
or (ii) the Administrator believes in good faith that failure to commence,
settle, or effect such legal action, foreclosure or repossession could adversely
affect Receivables constituting a material portion of the Pool Receivables.
(b) The Servicer shall as soon as practicable following actual receipt
of collected funds turn over to the Seller the collections of any indebtedness
that is not a Pool Receivable, less, in the event that ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor, Inc. or
one of its Affiliates is not the Servicer, all reasonable and appropriate
out-of-pocket costs and expenses of such Servicer of servicing, collecting and
administering such collections; provided, however, the Servicer shall not be
under any obligation to remit any such funds to the Seller unless and until the
Servicer has received from the Seller evidence satisfactory to the Administrator
and the Servicer that the Seller is entitled to such funds hereunder and under
applicable law. The Servicer, if other than ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc. or one
of its Affiliates, shall as soon as practicable upon demand, deliver to the
Seller all records in its possession which evidence or relate to any
indebtedness that is not a Pool Receivable, and copies of records in its
possession which evidence or relate to any indebtedness that is a Pool
Receivable.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Article
IV, the Servicer, if not ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc. or one of its Affiliates,
shall have no obligation to collect, enforce or take any other action described
in this Article IV with respect to any indebtedness that is not a Pool
Receivable other than to deliver to the Seller the collections and documents
with respect to any such indebtedness as described in Section 4.2(b). It is
expressly understood and agreed by the parties that such Servicer's duties in
respect of any indebtedness that is not a Pool Receivable are set forth in this
Section 4.2 in their entirety. Upon delivery by such Servicer of
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funds or records relating to any indebtedness that is not a Pool Receivable to
the Seller, such Servicer shall have discharged in full all of its
responsibilities to make any such delivery.
(d) The Servicer's obligations hereunder shall terminate on the later
of (i) the Facility Termination Date and (ii) the date on which all amounts
required to be paid to the Issuer, the Administrator and any other Indemnified
Party or Affected Person hereunder shall have been paid in full.
After such termination, the Servicer shall promptly deliver to the
Seller all books, records and related materials that the Seller previously
provided to the Servicer in connection with this Agreement.
Section 4.3. Lock-Box Arrangements. Prior to the initial purchase
hereunder, in accordance with Section 1 of Exhibit II, the Seller shall enter
into Lock-Box Agreements with all of the Lock-Box Banks, and deliver original
counterparts thereof to the Administrator. Upon the occurrence of a Termination
Event, the Administrator may at any time thereafter give notice to each Lock-Box
Bank that the Administrator is exercising its rights under the Lock-Box
Agreements to do any or all of the following: (i) to have the exclusive
ownership and control of the Lock-Box Accounts transferred to the Administrator
and to exercise exclusive dominion and control over the funds deposited therein,
(ii) to have the proceeds that are sent to the respective Lock-Box Accounts be
redirected pursuant to its instructions rather than deposited in the applicable
Lock-Box Account, and (iii) to take any or all other actions permitted under the
applicable Lock-Box Agreement. The Seller hereby agrees that if the
Administrator, at any time, takes any action set forth in the preceding
sentence, the Administrator shall have exclusive control of the proceeds
(including Collections) of all Pool Receivables and the Seller hereby further
agrees to take any other action that the Administrator may reasonably request to
transfer such control. Any proceeds of Pool Receivables received by the Seller,
as Servicer or otherwise, thereafter shall be sent immediately to the
Administrator. The parties hereto hereby acknowledge that if at any time the
Administrator takes control of any Lock-Box Account, the Administrator shall not
have any rights to the funds therein in excess of the unpaid amounts due to the
Administrator, the Issuer or any other Person hereunder and the Administrator
shall distribute or cause to be distributed such funds in accordance with
Section 4.2(b) hereof (including the proviso thereto) and Article II hereof (in
each case as if such funds were held by the Servicer thereunder); provided,
however, that the Administrator shall not be under any obligation to remit any
such funds to the Seller or any other Person unless and until the Administrator
has received from the Seller or such Person evidence satisfactory to the
Administrator that the Seller
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or such Person is entitled to such funds hereunder and under
applicable law.
Section 4.4. Enforcement Rights. (a) At any time following
the occurrence of a Termination Event or the designation of a
Servicer (other than ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc. or any of its
Affiliates) pursuant to Section 4.1 hereof:
(i) the Administrator may direct the Obligors that payment of
all amounts payable under any Pool Receivable be made directly to the
Administrator or its designee;
(ii) the Administrator may instruct the Seller to give notice
of the Issuer's interest in Pool Receivables to each Obligor, which
notice shall direct that payments be made directly to the Administrator
or its designee, and upon such instruction from the Administrator the
Seller shall give such notice at the expense of the Seller; provided,
that if the Seller fails to so notify each Obligor, the Administrator
may so notify the Obligors; and
(iii) the Administrator may request the Seller to, and upon
such request the Seller shall, (A) assemble all of the records
necessary or desirable to collect the Pool Receivables and the Related
Security, and transfer or license the use of, to the new Servicer, all
software necessary or desirable to collect the Pool Receivables and the
Related Security, and make the same available to the Administrator or
its designee at a place selected by the Administrator, and (B)
segregate all cash, checks and other instruments received by it from
time to time constituting Collections with respect to the Pool
Receivables in a manner acceptable to the Administrator and, promptly
upon receipt, remit all such cash, checks and instruments, duly
endorsed or with duly executed instruments of transfer, to the
Administrator or its designee.
(b) The Seller hereby authorizes the Administrator, and irrevocably
appoints the Administrator as its attorney-in-fact with full power of
substitution and with full authority in the place and stead of the Seller, which
appointment is coupled with an interest, to take any and all steps in the name
of the Seller and on behalf of the Seller necessary or desirable, in the
determination of the Administrator, to collect any and all amounts or portions
thereof due under any and all Pool Receivables or Related Security, including,
without limitation, endorsing the name of the Seller on checks and other
instruments representing Collections and enforcing such Pool Receivables,
Related Security and the related Contracts. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this subsection (b), none of the powers conferred upon
such attorney-in-fact pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence shall
subject such attorney-
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in-fact to any liability if any action taken by it shall prove to be inadequate
or invalid, nor shall they confer any obligations upon such attorney-in-fact in
any manner whatsoever.
Section 4.5. Responsibilities of Seller and ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc.
(a) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, Seller shall pay when due
any taxes, including, without limitation, any sales taxes payable in connection
with the Pool Receivables and their creation and satisfaction. The Administrator
and the Issuer shall not have any obligation or liability with respect to any
Pool Receivable, any Related Security or any related Contract, nor shall any of
them be obligated to perform any of the obligations of Seller or any Originator
under any of the foregoing.
(b) ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc. hereby irrevocably agrees that if at
any time it shall cease to be the Servicer hereunder, it shall act (if the then
current Servicer so requests) as the data-processing agent of the Servicer and,
in such capacity, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc. shall conduct the data-processing
functions of the administration of the Receivables and the Collections thereon
in substantially the same way that ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc. conducted such
data-processing functions while it acted as the Servicer.
Section 4.6. Servicing Fee. For so long as the Servicer is ▇▇▇▇▇ &
Minor Medical, Inc. or an Affiliate of ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc., the Servicer
shall be paid a fee, through distributions contemplated by Section 1.4(d), equal
to 0.50% per annum of the average outstanding Capital. If the Servicer is not
▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc. or an Affiliate of ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc., then
the Servicer shall be paid a fee as negotiated in good faith by such Servicer
and by the Administrator in the Administrator's sole discretion.
ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 5.1. Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision
of this Agreement or consent to any departure by the Seller or Servicer
therefrom shall be effective unless in a writing signed by the Administrator,
and, in the case of any amendment, by the Seller and the Servicer and then such
amendment, waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance
and for the specific purpose for which given. No failure on the part of the
Issuer or Administrator to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right
hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof
or the exercise of any other right.
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Section 5.2. Notices, Etc. All notices and other communications
hereunder shall, unless otherwise stated herein, be in writing (which shall
include facsimile communication) and sent or delivered, to each party hereto, at
its address set forth under its name on the signature pages hereof or at such
other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the
other parties hereto. Notices and communications by facsimile shall be effective
when sent (and shall be followed by hard copy sent by first class mail), and
notices and communications sent by other means shall be effective when received.
Section 5.3. Assignability; Restrictions on Assignability. (a) This
Agreement and the Issuer's rights and obligations herein (including ownership of
the Purchased Interest) shall be assignable, in whole or in part, by the Issuer
and its successors and assigns subject to the limitations set forth in Section
5.3(f) hereof and with the prior written consent of the Seller; provided;
however, that such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; and provided,
further, however, that no such consent shall be required if the assignment is
made to BofA, any Affiliate of BofA (other than a director or officer of BofA),
any Purchaser or other Program Support Provider or any Person which is (i) in
the business of issuing Notes and (ii) associated with or administered by BofA
or any Affiliate of BofA. Each assignor may, in connection with the assignment,
disclose to the applicable assignee any information relating to the Seller or
the Pool Receivables furnished to such assignor by or on behalf of the Seller,
the Issuer or the Administrator.
(b) The Issuer may at any time grant to one or more banks or other
institutions (each a "Purchaser") party to the Liquidity Asset Purchase
Agreement or to any other Program Support Provider participating interests in
the Purchased Interest subject to the limitations set forth in Section 5.3(f)
hereof. In the event of any such grant by the Issuer of a participating interest
to a Purchaser or other Program Support Provider, the Issuer shall remain
responsible for the performance of its obligations hereunder. The Seller agrees
that each Purchaser or other Program Support Provider shall be entitled to the
benefits of Sections 1.8, 1.9 and 1.10 with respect to its participating
interest subject to the limitations set forth in Section 3.1(b) hereof.
(c) This Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Administrator
hereunder shall be assignable, in whole or in part, by the Administrator and its
successors and assigns.
(d) Except as provided in Section 4.1(d), neither the Seller nor the
Servicer may assign its rights or delegate its obligations hereunder or any
interest herein without the prior written consent of the Administrator.
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(e) Without limiting any other rights that may be available under
applicable law, the rights of the Issuer may be enforced through it or by its
agents.
(f) Neither the Issuer nor the Seller shall allow the Purchased
Interest or any participating interest therein to become (i) traded on an
established securities market (as defined in U.S. Department of the Treasury
(the "Treasury") regulations section 1.7704-1(b) or (ii) readily tradable on a
secondary market or the substantial equivalent thereof (as defined in Treasury
regulations section 1.7704-1(c)). In addition, neither the Purchased Interest
nor any participating interest therein may be issued or sold in a transaction or
transactions that are required to be registered under the Securities Act of 1933
(15 U.S.C. 77a et seq.), and at no time may more than 100 Persons own interests
in the Receivables Pool. In determining the number of Persons that own interests
in the Receivables Pool for purposes of the preceding sentence, any beneficial
owner of an interest in a partnership, grantor trust, or S corporation
("Flow-Through Entity") will be treated as owning an interest in the Receivables
Pool only if substantially all of the value of such beneficial owner's interest
in the Flow-Through Entity is attributable to such Flow-Through Entity's
interest (direct or indirect) in the Receivables Pool. Any assignment or
transfer of the Purchased Interest or any participating interest therein in
violation of the foregoing restrictions will be void ab initio.
Section 5.4. Costs and Expenses. In addition to the rights of
indemnification granted under Section 3.1 hereof, the Seller agrees to pay on
demand all reasonable costs and expenses in connection with the preparation,
execution, delivery and administration (including audit fees and expenses
generated by an internal or external auditor appointed by the Administrator for
the periodic auditing of Pool Receivables) of this Agreement, the Purchase and
Sale Agreement, the Liquidity Asset Purchase Agreement, the Parallel Asset
Purchase Agreement, any asset purchase agreement, reimbursement agreement,
letter of credit or similar agreement relating to the sale or transfer of
interests in Purchased Interests and the other documents and agreements to be
delivered hereunder, including, without limitation, Attorney Costs for the
Administrator, the Issuer and their respective Affiliates and agents with
respect thereto and with respect to advising the Administrator, the Issuer and
their respective Affiliates and agents as to their rights and remedies under
this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, and all costs and expenses,
if any (including Attorney Costs), of the Administrator, the Issuer and their
respective Affiliates and agents, in connection with the enforcement of this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
Section 5.5. No Proceedings; Limitation on Payments. Each
of the Seller, the Servicer, the Parent, the Administrator, each
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assignee of the Purchased Interest or any interest therein and each Person which
enters into a commitment to purchase the Purchased Interest or interests therein
hereby covenants and agrees that it will not institute against, or join any
other Person in instituting against, the Issuer any bankruptcy, reorganization,
arrangement, insolvency or liquidation proceeding, or other proceeding under any
federal or state bankruptcy or similar law, for one year and one day after the
latest maturing Note issued by the Issuer is paid in full.
Section 5.6. Confidentiality. The Seller, the Servicer, the Parent, the
Issuer and the Administrator each agrees to take normal and reasonable
precautions and exercise due care to maintain the confidentiality of this
Agreement, any Program Support Agreement and the other Transaction Documents
(and all drafts thereof), and all information identified as "confidential" or
"secret" by the Seller and provided to the other parties by the Seller under any
Program Support Agreement, this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, and
no such Person nor any of their respective Affiliates shall use any such
information other than in connection with or in enforcement of any Program
Support Agreement, this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, except to
the extent such information (i) was or becomes generally available to the public
other than as a result of disclosure by such Person, or (ii) was or becomes
available on a non-confidential basis from a source other than such Person,
provided that such source is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with
respect thereto; provided, however, that any Person may disclose such
information (A) at the request or pursuant to any requirement of any
Governmental Authority to which such Person is subject or in connection with an
examination of such Person by any such authority; (B) pursuant to subpoena or
other court process; (C) when required to do so in accordance with the
provisions of any applicable requirement of law; (D) to the extent reasonably
required in connection with any litigation or proceeding to which such Person or
its Affiliates may be party; (E) to the extent reasonably required in connection
with the exercise of any remedy hereunder or under any other Transaction
Document; (F) to such Person's independent auditors, legal counsel and other
professional advisors; (G) to any nationally recognized rating agency; (H) to
any assignee or participant of the Issuer, actual or potential, provided that
such Person agrees in writing to keep such information confidential to the same
extent required hereunder; (I) to the extent reasonably required by commercial
paper dealers in connection with the sale of Notes; and (J) as expressly
permitted under the terms of any other document or agreement regarding
confidentiality to which such Person and any of the other parties hereto is
party.
Section 5.7. GOVERNING LAW AND JURISDICTION. (a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL
BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK (WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE
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CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF), EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT THE PERFECTION
(OR THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR NON-PERFECTION) OF THE INTERESTS OF THE ISSUER
IN THE POOL RECEIVABLES, RELATED SECURITY, COLLECTIONS AND PROCEEDS THEREOF, IS
GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF A JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY
BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS
AGREEMENT, EACH OF THE ISSUER, THE SELLER, THE SERVICER, THE PARENT AND THE
ADMINISTRATOR CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE
NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH OF THE ISSUER, THE SELLER, THE
SERVICER, THE PARENT AND THE ADMINISTRATOR IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE MAXIMUM
EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF
VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR
HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION
IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DOCUMENT RELATED HERETO. THE ISSUER, THE
SELLER, THE SERVICER, THE PARENT AND THE ADMINISTRATOR EACH WAIVE PERSONAL
SERVICE OF ANY SUMMONS, COMPLAINT OR OTHER PROCESS, WHICH MAY BE MADE BY ANY
OTHER MEANS PERMITTED BY NEW YORK LAW.
Section 5.8. Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed
in any number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to
be an original and all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the
same agreement.
Section 5.9. Survival of Termination. The provisions of Sections 1.8,
1.9, 1.10, 3.1, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7, 5.10 and 5.13 shall survive any termination
of this Agreement.
Section 5.10. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE ISSUER, THE SELLER, THE
SERVICER, THE PARENT AND THE ADMINISTRATOR EACH WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO
A TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF OR
RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, IN ANY
ACTION, PROCEEDING OR OTHER LITIGATION OF ANY TYPE BROUGHT BY ANY OF THE PARTIES
AGAINST ANY OTHER PARTY OR PARTIES, WHETHER WITH RESPECT TO CONTRACT CLAIMS,
TORT CLAIMS, OR OTHERWISE. THE ISSUER, THE SELLER, THE SERVICER, THE PARENT AND
THE ADMINISTRATOR EACH AGREE THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE
TRIED BY A COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING, EACH OF
THE PARTIES HERETO FURTHER AGREES THAT ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY
IS WAIVED BY OPERATION OF THIS SECTION AS TO ANY ACTION, COUNTERCLAIM OR OTHER
PROCEEDING WHICH SEEKS, IN WHOLE OR IN PART, TO CHALLENGE THE VALIDITY OR
ENFORCEABILITY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY PROVISION HEREOF. THIS WAIVER SHALL
APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS TO
THIS AGREEMENT.
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Section 5.11. Entire Agreement. This Agreement embodies the entire
agreement and understanding between the Issuer, the Seller, the Servicer, the
Parent and the Administrator, and supersedes all prior or contemporaneous
agreements and understandings of such Persons, verbal or written, relating to
the subject matter hereof and thereof, except for any prior arrangements made
with respect to the payment by the Issuer of (or any indemnification for) any
fees, costs or expenses payable to or incurred (or to be incurred) by or on
behalf of the Seller, the Servicer and the Administrator.
Section 5.12. Headings. The captions and headings of this Agreement
and in any Exhibit hereto are for convenience of reference only and shall not
affect the interpretation hereof or thereof.
Section 5.13. Issuer's Liabilities. The obligations of the Issuer under
this Agreement are solely the corporate obligations of the Issuer. No recourse
shall be had for any obligation or claim arising out of or based upon this
Agreement against "MLMMI" or against any stockholder, employee, officer,
director or incorporator of the Issuer. For purposes of this paragraph, "MLMMI"
shall mean and include ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ Money Markets, Inc. and all affiliates
thereof and any employee, officer, director, incorporator, shareholder or
beneficial owner of any of them; provided, however, that the Issuer shall not be
considered to be an affiliate of MLMMI; and provided, further, that this Section
5.13 shall not relieve any such Person of any liability it might otherwise have
for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Section 5.14. Treatment of Purchased Interest for Tax Purposes. The
Seller and the Issuer hereby agree to treat the Purchased Interest and any
participating Interest therein as a debt instrument for purposes of federal and
state income tax, franchise tax, and any other federal or state tax measured in
whole or in part by income, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, no Program Support
Provider shall be entitled to any indemnification for any Taxes, Other Taxes or
other liabilities arising therefrom if and to the extent that such Taxes, Other
Taxes or other liabilities arise from such Program Support Provider treating the
Purchased Interest or any participating interest therein as other than a debt
instrument for purposes of federal and state income tax, and any other federal
or state tax measured in whole or in part by income when under applicable law
such interest could be treated as a debt instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date
first above written.
O&M FUNDING CORP.
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Telephone: 804/▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile: 804/965-5403
▇▇▇▇▇ & MINOR MEDICAL, INC.
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Telephone: 804/▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile: 804/965-5403
▇▇▇▇▇ & MINOR, INC.
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Telephone: 804/▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
RECEIVABLES CAPITAL CORPORATION
By:________________________________
Name:
Title:
c/o Merrill ▇▇▇▇▇ & Co., Inc.
World ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Telephone: 212/▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile: 212/449-2234
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with a copy to:
Bank of America National Trust
and Savings Association Asset
Securitization Group
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Telephone: 312/▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile: 312/828-7855
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND
SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as
Administrator
By: _____________________________
Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
Asset Securitization Group
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Telephone: 312/▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Facsimile: 312/828-7855
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EXHIBIT I
DEFINITIONS
As used in the Receivables Purchase Agreement to which this Exchibit I
is attached (including its Exhibits), the following terms shall have the
following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular
and plural forms of the terms defined). Unless otherwise indicated, all Section,
Annex, Exhibit and Schedule references in this Exhibit are to Sections of and
Annexes, Exhibits and Schedules to the Agreement.
"Administration Account" means the special account (account
number ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ABA number 07100039, Attention: Loan Division, Reference: ▇▇▇▇▇
& Minor) of the Issuer maintained at Bank of America Illinois, or such other
account as may be so designated in writing by the Administrator to the Seller
and the Servicer.
"Administrative Agent" has the meaning set forth in the
preamble to the Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement.
"Administrator" has the meaning set forth in the
preamble to the Agreement.
"Adverse Claim" means a lien, security interest or other
charge or encumbrance, or any other type of preferential arrangement, it being
understood that a lien, security interest or other charge or encumbrance, or any
other type of preferential arrangement, in favor of the Issuer shall not
constitute an Adverse Claim.
"Affected Person" has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.8.
"Affiliate" means, as to any Person, any other Person that,
directly or indirectly, is in control of, is controlled by or is under common
control with such Person or is a director or officer of such Person, except that
with respect to the Issuer, Affiliate shall mean the holder(s) of its capital
stock.
"Agent-Related Person" has the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 5.2 of the Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement.
"Alternate Rate" for any Fixed Period for any Portion of
Capital of the Purchased Interest means an interest rate per annum equal to:
(i) the Eurodollar Rate for such Fixed Period plus
(x) 0.50% or (y) on each day when the Alternate Rate has
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been applicable for any portion of the Purchased Interest for more than
ninety (90) days within any twelve-month period, 0.25% plus the
appropriate spread for such date determined by reference to the Pricing
Grid Rate or
(ii) the Base Rate for such Fixed Period;
provided, however, that in the case of
(i) any Fixed Period on or prior to the first day of which the
Administrator shall have been notified by the Issuer or a Purchaser or
other Program Support Provider that the introduction of or any change
in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation makes it unlawful,
or any central bank or other Governmental Authority asserts that it is
unlawful, for the Issuer or such Purchaser or other Program Support
Provider to fund any Portion of Capital based on the Eurodollar Rate
set forth above (and the Issuer or such Purchaser or other Program
Support Provider shall not have subsequently notified the Administrator
that such circumstances no longer exist),
(ii) any Fixed Period of one to (and including)
13 days,
(iii) any Fixed Period as to which the Administrator does not
receive notice, by no later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on (x)
the second Business Day preceding the first day of such Fixed Period
that the Seller desires that the related Portion of Capital be funded
at the CP Rate (or the Seller has given such notice and the
Administrator has notified the Seller that funding the related Portion
of Capital at the CP Rate is unacceptable to the Issuer) or (y) the
third Business Day preceding the first day of such Fixed Period that
the Seller desires that the related Portion of Capital be funded at the
Alternate Rate and based on the Eurodollar Rate, or
(iv) any Fixed Period relating to a Portion of Capital
which is less than $1,000,000,
the "Alternate Rate" for each such Fixed Period shall be an interest rate per
annum equal to the Base Rate in effect on each day of such Fixed Period. The
"Alternate Rate" for any Run-off Day (other than a Run-off Day of the type
described in clause (iii) of the definition of Run-off Day) shall be an interest
rate equal to 2% per annum above the Base Rate in effect on such day.
"Attorney Costs" means and includes all fees and
disbursements of any law firm or other external counsel, the
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allocated cost of internal legal services and all disbursements of internal
counsel.
"Average Maturity" means at any time that period of days equal
to the average maturity of the Pool Receivables calculated by the Servicer in
the then most recent Seller Report; provided that if the Administrator shall
disagree with any such calculation, the Administrator may recalculate such
Average Maturity, and any such recalculation shall be prima facie evidence of
such Average Maturity.
"Bankruptcy Code" means the United States Bankruptcy
Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. (s) 101, et seq.), as amended from
time to time.
"Base Rate" means for any day, a fluctuating interest rate per
annum as shall be in effect from time to time, which rate shall be at all times
equal to the higher of:
(a) the rate of interest in effect for such day as publicly
announced from time to time by BofA in San Francisco, California, as
its "reference rate." It is a rate set by BofA based upon various
factors including BofA's costs and desired return, general economic
conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference point for
pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above, or below such
announced rate; and
(b) 0.50% per annum above the latest Federal Funds Rate.
"BofA" means Bank of America National Trust and Savings
Association, a national banking association.
"Business Day" means any day on which (i) banks are not
authorized or required to close in Chicago, New York City, Richmond or San
Francisco and (ii) if this definition of "Business Day" is utilized in
connection with the Eurodollar Rate, dealings are carried out in the London
interbank market.
"Capital" means with respect to the Receivables Purchase
Agreement and the Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement, the amount paid to the
Seller in respect of the Purchased Interest by the Issuer or by a Parallel
Purchaser pursuant to such Purchase Agreement, or such amount divided or
combined in accordance with Section 1.7 of such Purchase Agreement, in each case
reduced from time to time by Collections distributed and applied on account of
such Capital pursuant to Section 1.4(d) of such Purchase Agreement and increased
from time to time by reinvestments pursuant to Section 1.4(b)(ii) of such
Purchase Agreement; provided, that if such Capital shall have been reduced by
any
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distribution and thereafter all or a portion of such distribution is rescinded
or must otherwise be returned for any reason, such Capital shall be increased by
the amount of such rescinded or returned distribution, as though it had not been
made.
"Change of Control" means any of the following events
or circumstances:
(a) any Person or "group" (within the meaning of Section 13(d)
or 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) shall
either (i) acquire beneficial ownership of more than 20% of any
outstanding class of common stock of the Parent having ordinary voting
power in the election of directors of the Parent or (ii) obtain the
power (whether or not exercised) to elect a majority of the Parent's
directors;
(b) the Parent shall not own, directly or indirectly,
100% of all issued and outstanding capital stock of the
Seller;
(c) the Parent or the Seller shall (i) merge with any
other Person and not be the surviving company or (ii) sell
all or any substantial part of its assets to another Person;
or
(d) the Board of Directors of the Parent shall not consist of
a majority of "Continuing Directors". As used in this definition,
Continuing Directors shall mean the directors of the Parent on the
effective date of this Agreement and each other director of the Parent,
if such other director's nomination for election to the Board of
Directors of the Parent is recommended by a majority of the then
Continuing Directors.
"Collection Delay Period" means 45 days or such other number
of days as the Administrator may from time to time select upon three Business
Days' notice to the Seller.
"Collections" means, with respect to any Pool Receivable, (a)
all funds which are received by any Originator, the Seller, the Servicer or the
Administrator in payment of any amounts owed in respect of such Receivable
(including, without limitation, purchase price, finance charges, interest and
all other charges), or applied to amounts owed in respect of such Receivable
(including, without limitation, insurance payments and net proceeds of the sale
or other disposition of repossessed goods or other collateral or property of the
related Obligor or any other Person directly or indirectly liable for the
payment of such Pool Receivable and available to be applied thereon),
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(b) all amounts deemed to have been received pursuant to Section 1.4(e) and (c)
all other proceeds of such Receivable.
"Columbia Receivables" means all Receivables the Obligor of
which is Columbia Health Care Corporation or any affiliate thereof.
"Contract" means, with respect to any Receivable, any and all
contracts, understandings, instruments, agreements, leases, invoices, notes, or
other writings pursuant to which such Receivable arises or which evidences such
Receivable or under which an Obligor becomes or is obligated to make payment in
respect of such Receivable.
"CP Market Disruption Event" means, at any time for any reason
whatsoever, the Issuer shall be unable or unwilling to raise, or shall be
precluded or prohibited from raising, funds through the issuance of Notes in the
United States' commercial paper market at such time.
"CP Rate" for any Fixed Period for any Portion of Capital of
the Purchased Interest means, to the extent the Issuer funds such Portion of
Capital for such Fixed Period by issuing Notes, a fluctuating rate per annum
equal to the sum of (i) the rate (or if more than one rate, the weighted average
of the rates) at which Notes of the Issuer having a term equal to such Fixed
Period and to be issued to fund such Portion of Capital may be sold by any
placement agent or commercial paper dealer selected by the Administrator on
behalf of the Issuer, as agreed between each such agent or dealer and the
Administrator and notified by the Administrator to the Servicer; provided that
if the rate (or rates) as agreed between any such agent or dealer and the
Administrator with regard to any Fixed Period for such Portion of Capital is a
discount rate (or rates), then such rate shall be the rate (or if more than one
rate, the weighted average of the rates) resulting from converting such discount
rate (or rates) to an interest-bearing equivalent rate per annum, plus (ii)
0.05% of the face amount of such Notes, expressed as a percentage of such face
amount and converted to an interest-bearing equivalent rate per annum.
"Credit and Collection Policy" means those receivables credit
and collection policies and practices of the Originators in effect on the date
of the Agreement and described in Schedule I hereto, as modified in compliance
with the Agreement.
"Damages" means any and all liabilities, losses, costs,
claims, damages, penalties and expenses, including Attorney Costs and costs of
investigation, enforcement or litigation.
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"Debt" means (i) indebtedness for borrowed money, (ii)
obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments,
(iii) obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services,
(iv) obligations as lessee under leases which shall have been or should be, in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, recorded as capital
leases, (v) obligations under direct or indirect guaranties in respect of, and
obligations (contingent or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire, or
otherwise to assure a creditor against loss in respect of, indebtedness or
obligations of others of kinds referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above,
and (vi) liabilities in respect of unfunded vested benefits under plans covered
by Title IV of ERISA.
"Defaulted Receivable" means a Receivable:
(i) as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains
unpaid for at least 91 days from the original due date for
such payment;
(ii) as to which the Obligor thereof or any other
Person obligated thereon or owning any Related Security in
respect thereof has taken any action, or suffered any event to
occur, of the type described in paragraph (g) of Exhibit VI
hereto; or
(iii) which, consistent with the Credit and
Collection Policy, would be written off any Originator's books
as uncollectible.
"Delinquency Ratio" means the ratio (expressed as a percentage
and rounded upwards to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) computed as of each Month End
Date by dividing (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables
that were Delinquent Receivables or Defaulted Receivables on such day by (ii)
the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all Pool Receivables on such day.
"Delinquent Receivable" means a Receivable which is not
a Defaulted Receivable and:
(i) as to which any payment, or part thereof, remains
unpaid for at least 31 days from the original due date for
such payment; or
(ii) which, consistent with the Credit and Collection
Policy, would be classified as delinquent by the Servicer.
"Determination Date" means the last day of each
quarterly fiscal period of the Parent.
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"Dilution Adjustment" has the meaning set forth in
Section 1.4(e).
"Dilution Reserve" means, for the Purchased Interest under the
Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement, on any
date, an amount equal to:
(i) the greater of (x) 3.0% and (y) 3 times the
greatest Six Month Dilution Ratio for any of the 12 or fewer
most recent Month End Dates
times
(ii) Capital.
"Discount" means:
(i) for the Portion of Capital of the Purchased
Interest for any Fixed Period to the extent the Issuer will be
funding such Portion of Capital on the first day of such Fixed
Period through the issuance of Notes,
CPR x C x ED + TF
360
(ii) for the Portion of Capital of the Purchased
Interest for any Fixed Period to the extent the Issuer will
not be funding such Portion of Capital on the first day of
such Fixed Period through the issuance of Notes,
ED
AR x C x 360 + TF
where:
AR = the Alternate Rate for the Portion of Capital
of the Purchased Interest for such Fixed Period
C = the Portion of Capital of the Purchased
Interest during such Fixed Period
CPR = the CP Rate for the Portion of Capital of the
Purchased Interest for such Fixed Period
ED = the actual number of days during such Fixed
Period
TF = the Termination Fee, if any, for the Portion of
Capital of the Purchased Interest for such
Fixed Period;
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provided that no provision of the Receivables Purchase Agreement or the Parallel
Asset Purchase Agreement shall require the payment or permit the collection of
Discount in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law; and provided,
further, that Discount for the Portion of Capital of the Purchased Interest
shall not be considered paid by any distribution to the extent that at any time
all or a portion of such distribution is rescinded or must otherwise be returned
for any reason; and provided, further, that on each day during any period when
the Issuer shall have indicated pursuant to Section 1.1(a) that it will not
purchase or reinvest in the Purchased Interest under the Agreement, Discount
will accrue on each remaining Portion of Capital under this Agreement at the
highest rate then applicable to any portion of Capital under the Parallel Asset
Purchase Agreement.
"Discount Reserve" for the Purchased Interest under the
Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement at any
time means the sum of (i) the Termination Discount at such time for the
Purchased Interest, and (ii) the then accrued and unpaid Discount for the
Purchased Interest.
"Dividend" means in respect of any corporation or any O&M
Party, as the case may be, (i) cash distributions or any other distributions on,
or in respect of, any class of capital stock of such corporation or such O&M
Party, as the case may be, except for distributions made solely in shares of
stock of the same class, and (ii) any and all funds, cash or other payments made
in respect of the redemption, repurchase or acquisition of such stock, unless
such stock shall be redeemed or acquired through the exchange of such stock with
stock of the same class.
"Eligible Agent" means a commercial bank having a combined
capital and surplus of at least $250,000,000 whose short-term debt is rated by
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services not lower than A-1, and at least as highly as
the Notes by each rating agency which then rates the Notes.
"Eligible Assignee" means any commercial bank having a
combined capital and surplus of at least $250,000,000 whose short-term debt is
rated by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services not lower than A-1, and at least as
highly as the Notes by each rating agency which then rates the Notes or (ii) if
a written statement is obtained from each of the rating agencies rating the
Notes that the rating of the Notes will not be downgraded or withdrawn solely as
a result of the assignment of rights and obligations under this Agreement to
such Eligible Institution.
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"Eligible Receivables" means, at any time, Receivables:
(i) each Obligor of which is (a) not an Affiliate of any
Originator or the Seller (b) not subject to any action of the type
described in paragraph (g) of Exhibit VI and (c) not an Excluded
Obligor;
(ii) the Obligor of which is a United States resident or a
resident of such other jurisdiction as has been approved in writing by
the Administrator, or which are fully guaranteed by a United States
resident;
(iii) which are not Excluded Receivables;
(iv) which are denominated and payable only in U.S.
dollars in the United States;
(v) which have a stated maturity and which stated maturity
is not more than sixty (60) days after the original billing date
thereof;
(vi) which arise in the ordinary course of an
Originator's business;
(vii) which arise under a Contract which is in full force and
effect and which is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the
related Obligor, enforceable against such Obligor in accordance with
its terms;
(viii) which conform with all applicable laws, rulings
and regulations in effect;
(ix) which are not the subject of any asserted dispute
(whether or not in writing), offset, hold back defense, Adverse Claim
or other claim and which does not arise from the sale of inventory
which is subject to any Adverse Claim, provided that the partial
payment of an invoice shall not be considered a dispute;
(x) which comply with the requirements of the
Credit and Collection Policy;
(xi) which arise from the completion of the sale and
delivery of goods or services performed, and must not represent an
invoice in advance of such completion;
(xii) which are not subject to any contingent performance
requirements of the applicable Originator unless such requirements are
guaranteed or insured by third parties acceptable to the Administrator;
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(xiii) which do not require the consent of the related
Obligor to be sold or assigned;
(xiv) which have not been modified or restructured since
their creation, except as permitted pursuant to Section 4.2 of the
Agreement;
(xv) (A) to which the applicable Originator has good and
marketable title immediately prior to the sale thereof to the Seller,
and as to which the Seller has good and marketable title, and (B)
which, immediately prior to the applicable Originator's sale thereof to
the Seller, were freely assignable by the applicable Originator and
which are freely assignable by the Seller;
(xvi) for which the Issuer shall have a valid, perfected and
enforceable undivided percentage ownership interest, to the extent of
the Purchased Interest, therein and in the Related Security and
Collections with respect thereto, in each case free and clear of any
Adverse Claim; provided that for the purposes of determining
eligibility of Receivables, such ownership interest need be perfected
only in the Related Security of the type described in clause (ii) of
the definition of Related Security and clause (iii) of the definition
of Related Security to the extent that such perfection can be achieved
by filing financing statements pursuant to the UCC;
(xvii) which constitute accounts as defined in the
UCC, and which are not evidenced by instruments or chattel
paper;
(xviii) which are not Delinquent Receivables at the time of
their inclusion in the Receivables Pool (excluding Receivables
transferred as part of the initial sale hereunder);
(xix) which are not Defaulted Receivables;
(xx) for which the applicable Originator has
established no offset arrangements with the related Obligor;
(xxi) for which the Defaulted Receivables of the related
Obligor do not exceed 50% of all such Obligor's Receivables, or such
other percentage not less than 25% as the Administrator shall approve
in its sole discretion;
(xxii) which represents the amount in excess of the
outstanding credits granted by the applicable Originator to the related
Obligor and security, collateral or other deposits placed by the
related Obligor with the applicable
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Originator or any Affiliate of the applicable Originator
granted by the applicable Originator to the related Obligor;
(xxiii) which do not include amounts payable for
finance charges.
"ERISA" means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended from time to time, and any successor statute of similar import,
together with the regulations there- under, in each case as in effect from time
to time. References to sections of ERISA also refer to any successor sections.
"Eurodollar Rate" means, for any Fixed Period, an interest
rate per annum (rounded upward to the nearest 1/16th of 1%) determined pursuant
to the following formula:
Eurodollar Rate = LIBOR
1.00 - Eurodollar Reserve Percentage
Where,
"Eurodollar Reserve Percentage" means, for any Fixed
Period, the maximum reserve percentage (expressed as a decimal, rounded
upward to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) in effect on the date LIBOR for
such Fixed Period is determined under regulations issued from time to
time by the Federal Reserve Board for determining the maximum reserve
requirement (including any emergency, supplemental or other marginal
reserve requirement) with respect to Eurocurrency funding (currently
referred to as "Eurocurrency liabilities") having a term comparable to
such Fixed Period; and
"LIBOR" means the rate of interest per annum
determined by the Liquidity Agent to be the arithmetic mean (rounded
upward to the nearest 1/16th of 1%) of the rates of interest per annum
notified to the Liquidity Agent by each Reference Bank as the rate of
interest at which dollar deposits in the approximate amount of the
Capital associated with such Fixed Period would be offered to major
banks in the London interbank market at their request at or about 11:00
a.m. (London time) on the second Business Day prior to the commencement
of such Fixed Period.
"Excluded Obligor" means an Obligor, so designated in writing
as such by the Administrator to the Servicer, from time to time, it being
understood that from time to time the Administrator may revoke its designation
of one or more Obligors as Excluded Obligors by written notice to the Servicer.
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"Excluded Receivables" means all Receivables originated
by the Detroit and Bridgeton Distribution Centers of ▇▇▇▇▇ &
Minor Medical, Inc. and all Columbia Receivables.
"Facility Termination Date" means the earliest to occur of (a)
December 24, 1996, (b) the Purchase Termination Date, as defined in the
Liquidity Asset Purchase Agreement, which on the date of the Agreement is
December 24, 1996, or such later date designated as the Purchase Termination
Date from time to time pursuant to the Liquidity Asset Purchase Agreement (it
being understood that the Administrator shall notify the Servicer of the
designation of such later date, provided that failure to provide such notice
shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Servicer or the
rights of the Administrator, the Issuer, or any other party to the Liquidity
Asset Purchase Agreement), (c) the date of termination of the commitment under
any other Program Support Agreement, (d) the date determined pursuant to Section
2.2 and (e) the date the Purchase Limit reduces to zero pursuant to Section
1.1(b).
"Federal Funds Rate" means, for any period, the per annum rate
set forth in the weekly statistical release designated as H.15(519), or any
successor publication, published by the Federal Reserve Board (including any
such successor, "H.15(519)") for such day opposite the caption "Federal Funds
(Effective)". If on any relevant day such rate is not yet published in
H.15(519), the rate for such day will be the rate set forth in the daily
statistical release designated as the Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations for U.S.
Government Securities, or any successor publication, published by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York (including any such successor, the "Composite 3:30 p.m.
Quotation") for such day under the caption "Federal Funds Effective Rate". If on
any relevant day the appropriate rate for such previous day is not yet published
in either H.15(519) or the Composite 3:30 p.m. Quotations, the rate for such day
will be the arithmetic mean as determined by the Administrator of the rates for
the last transaction in overnight Federal funds arranged prior to 9:00 a.m. (New
York time) on that day by each of three leading brokers of Federal funds
transactions in New York City selected by the Administrator.
"Federal Reserve Board" means the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System, or any entity succeeding to any of its principal
functions.
"Final Payout Date" means the date following the Facility
Termination Date on which no Capital or Discount in respect of the Purchased
Interest shall be outstanding and all other amounts (excluding contingent
obligations under indemnities and the like as to which no present payment
obligation exists) payable by any O&M Parties or the Servicer to the Issuer, the
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Purchaser, the Administrator or any other Securitization Party or Affected
Person under the Transaction Documents shall have been paid in full.
"Fixed Period" means with respect to each Portion of
Capital:
(a) initially the period commencing on the date of a purchase
pursuant to Section 1.2 and ending such number of days as the Seller
shall select, subject to the approval of the Administrator pursuant to
Section 1.2, up to 90 days after such date; and
(b) thereafter each period commencing on the last day of the
immediately preceding Fixed Period for any Portion of Capital of the
Purchased Interest and ending such number of days (not to exceed 90
days) as the Seller shall select, subject to the approval of the
Administrator pursuant to Section 1.2, on notice by the Seller received
by the Administrator (including notice by telephone, confirmed in
writing) not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such last
day, except that if the Administrator shall not have received such
notice or approved such period on or before 11:00 a.m. (New York City
time) on such last day, such period shall be one day; provided that
(i) any Fixed Period in respect of which Discount is
computed by reference to the Alternate Rate shall be a period
from one to and including 90 days, or a period of one, two or
three months, as the Seller may select as provided above;
(ii) any Fixed Period (other than of one day) which
would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business Day shall
be extended to the next succeeding Business Day; provided,
however, if Discount in respect of such Fixed Period is
computed by reference to the Eurodollar Rate, and such Fixed
Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business
Day, and there is no subsequent Business Day in the same
calendar month as such day, such Fixed Period shall end on the
next preceding Business Day;
(iii) in the case of any Fixed Period of one day, (A)
if such Fixed Period is the initial Fixed Period for a
purchase pursuant to Section 1.2, such Fixed Period shall be
the day of purchase of the Purchased Interest; (B) any
subsequently occurring Fixed Period which is one day shall, if
the immediately preceding Fixed Period is more than one day,
be the last day of such immediately preceding Fixed Period,
and, if the
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immediately preceding Fixed Period is one day, be the day next
following such immediately preceding Fixed Period; and (C) if
such Fixed Period occurs on a day immediately preceding a day
which is not a Business Day, such Fixed Period shall be
extended to the next succeeding Business Day;
(iv) in the case of any Fixed Period for any Portion
of Capital of the Purchased Interest which commences before
the Termination Date and would otherwise end on a date
occurring after the Termination Date, such Fixed Period shall
end on such Termination Date and the duration of each Fixed
Period which commences on or after the Termination Date shall
be of such duration as shall be selected by the Administrator;
(v) any Fixed Period in respect of which Discount is
computed by reference to the CP Rate may be terminated at the
election of, and upon notice thereof to the Seller by, the
Administrator any time upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of any CP Market Disruption Event; and
(vi) if at any time after the occurrence and during
the continuance of any CP Market Disruption Event, the
Administrator elects to terminate any Fixed Period in respect
of which Discount is computed by reference to the CP Rate, the
Portion of Capital allocated to such terminated Fixed Period
shall be allocated to a new Fixed Period to be designated by
the Administrator (but in no event to exceed 5 days) and shall
accrue Discount at the Alternate Rate.
"Generally Accepted Accounting Principles" or "generally
accepted accounting principles" means generally accepted accounting principles
at the time in the United States. Except as otherwise expressly provided, all
references to generally accepted accounting principles shall be applied on a
consistent basis.
"Governmental Authority" means any nation or government, any
state or other political subdivision thereof, any central bank (or similar
monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any body or entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to government, including without limitation any court, and any Person
owned or controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of
the foregoing.
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"Governmental Obligors" means any Obligor which is a
Governmental Authority (other than any state or other political subdivision of
any state or hospital owned by the foregoing.
"Guaranty Obligations" means any obligations (other than
endorsements in the ordinary course of business of negotiable instruments for
deposit or collection) guaranteeing or intended to guarantee any Indebtedness,
leases, dividends or other obligations of any other Person in any manner,
whether direct or indirect, and including without limitation any obligation,
whether or not contingent, (i) to purchase any such Indebtedness or other
obligation or any property constituting security therefore, (ii) to advance or
provide funds or other support for the payment or purchase of such indebtedness
or obligation or to maintain working capital, solvency or other balance sheet
condition of such other Person (including without limitation keep well
agreements and capital maintenance agreements), (iii) to lease or purchase
property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of assuring the owner
of such Indebtedness or obligation, or (iv) to otherwise assure or hold harmless
the owner of such Indebtedness or obligation against loss in respect thereof.
The amount of Guaranty Obligations hereunder shall be deemed to be an amount
equal to the stated or determinable amount of the Indebtedness or obligation in
respect of which such Guaranty Obligation is made or, if not stated or
determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated amount in respect thereof
(assuming such other Person is required to perform thereunder) as determined in
good faith.
"Indebtedness" means without duplication, (i) all indebtedness
for borrowed money, (ii) the deferred purchase price of assets or services which
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles would be shown to be
a liability (on the liability side of a balance sheet), (iii) all Guaranty
Obligations, (iv) the maximum stated amount of all letters of credit issued or
acceptance facilities established for the account of such Person and, without
duplication, all drafts drawn thereunder (other than letters of credit (x)
supporting other Indebtedness of any O&M Party or (y) offset by a like amount of
cash or government securities pledged or held in escrow to secure such letter of
credit and draws thereunder), (v) all Capitalized Lease obligations, (vi) all
Indebtedness of another Person secured by any Lien on any property of any O&M
Party, whether or not such Indebtedness has been assumed, in an amount not to
exceed the fair market value of the property of any O&M Party securing such
Indebtedness, (vii) all obligations under take-or-pay or similar arrangements or
under interest rate, currency, or commodities agreements, and (viii)
indebtedness created or arising under any conditional sale or title retention
agreement; but specifically excluding from the foregoing trade payables and
accrued expenses arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business.
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"Indemnified Amounts" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1.
"Indemnified Party" has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1.
"Initial Purchaser Note" has the meaning set forth in Section
1.6 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
"Insolvency Proceeding" means (a) any case, action or
proceeding before any court or other Governmental Authority relating to
bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, liquidations, receivership, dissolution,
winding-up or relief of debtors, or (b) any general assignment for the benefit
of creditors, composition, marshalling of assets for creditors, or other,
similar arrangement in respect of its creditors generally or any substantial
portion of its creditors; in each case (a) and (b) undertaken under U.S.
Federal, state or foreign law, including the Bankruptcy Code.
"Investment Grade" means (i) with respect to any Person's long
term public senior debt securities, a rating of at least BBB- by Standard &
Poor's Ratings Services or Baa3 by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc. or, if such
Person's long-term public senior debt securities are rated by Duff & ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Credit Rating Co., at least BBB- by such rating agency and (ii) with respect to
any Person's short-term public senior debt securities, a rating of at least A-2
by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services or P-2 by ▇▇▇▇▇'▇ Investors Service, Inc.
or, if such Person's short-term public senior debt securities are rated by Duff
& ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Credit Rating Co., at least D-2 by such rating agency; provided, that
in either of the foregoing cases if such Person's public senior debt securities
are rated by more than one of the foregoing rating agencies, then each such
rating agency which rates such securities shall have given them a rating at
least equal to the categories specified above;
"Issuer" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to
the Agreement.
"LIBOR" means the rate of interest per annum determined by the
Liquidity Agent to be the arithmetic mean (rounded upward to the nearest 1/16th
of 1%) of the rates of interest per annum notified to the Liquidity Agent by
each Reference Bank as the rate of interest at which dollar deposits in the
approximate amount of the Capital associated with such Fixed Period would be
offered to major banks in the London interbank market at their request at or
about 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the second Business Day prior to the
commencement of such Fixed Period.
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"Lien" means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment
deposit arrangement, security interest, encumbrance, lien (statutory or
otherwise) or charge of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the
foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any
financing or similar statement or notice filed under the Uniform Commercial Code
as adopted and in effect in the relevant jurisdiction or other similar recording
or notice statute, and any lease in the nature thereof) securing or purporting
to secure any Indebtedness.
"Liquidity Agent" means BofA in its capacity as
Liquidity Agent pursuant to the Liquidity Asset Purchase
Agreement.
"Liquidity Asset Purchase Agreement" means that certain
Liquidity Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of December 28, 1995 among BofA as
Purchaser, Liquidity Agent and Administrator, the other Purchasers from time to
time parties thereto and the Issuer, as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time.
"Lock-Box Account" means an account maintained at a bank or
other financial institution for the purpose of receiving or holding Collections,
either directly from Obligors, from any Originators or Seller or otherwise.
"Lock-Box Agreement" means an agreement, in substantially the
applicable form set forth in Annex B, between the Seller and each Lock-Box Bank.
"Lock-Box Bank" means any of the banks or other financial
institutions holding one or more Lock-Box Accounts.
"Loss Reserve" for the Purchased Interest under the
Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement on any
date means an amount equal to the greater of
(x) Capital times the greatest of the following: (i) five
times the highest Six Month Default Ratio for any of the twelve most
recent Month End Dates, (ii) 10 times the highest Six Month
Loss-to-Liquidation Ratio for any of the twelve most recent Month End
Dates, (iii) 2 times the highest Normal or Special Concentration
Percentage for any Obligor that is Investment Grade and (iv) 4 times
the highest Normal or Special Concentration Percentage for any Obligor
that is not Investment Grade and (vi) 10%;
and
(y) $3,000,000.
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"Majority Parallel Purchasers" means, at any time, Parallel
Purchasers with Percentages under the Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement that are
more than 66-2/3% in the aggregate.
"Maximum Parallel Purchase" means, with respect to each
Parallel Purchaser and the Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement, the maximum amount
of Capital which such Parallel Purchaser is obligated to pay in respect of the
Purchased Interest acquired by the Parallel Purchasers under such Parallel Asset
Purchase Agreement, as set forth below its signature to such Parallel Asset
Purchase Agreement or in the Assignment pursuant to which it became a Parallel
Purchaser thereunder, as such amount may be modified
(w) in connection with any subsequent Assignment
pursuant to Section 6.3 of the Parallel Asset Purchase
Agreement,
(x) in connection with a change in the Purchase Limit
applicable to such Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement pursuant to
Section 6.1 of the Parallel Asset Purchase
Agreement,
(y) as provided in Section 1.1(a) of the Parallel Asset
Purchase Agreement to reflect the aggregate outstanding Capital of the
Purchased Interest under the Agreement to which the Seller under such
Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement is a party, or
(z) in connection with a termination of such Purchaser's
Purchase Commitment pursuant to Section 1.1(b) of the Parallel Asset
Purchase Agreement.
"Month End Date" means the last day of a calendar
month.
"Net Receivables Pool Balance" means at any time the
Outstanding Balance of Eligible Receivables then in the Receivables Pool reduced
by the sum of (i) the Outstanding Balance of such Eligible Receivables that have
become Defaulted Receivables and (ii) the aggregate amount by which the
Outstanding Balance of Eligible Receivables of each Obligor then in the
Receivables Pool exceeds the product of (A) the Normal Concentration Percentage
or Special Concentration Percentage, as the case may be, for such Obligor
multiplied by (B) the Outstanding Balance of the Eligible Receivables then in
the Receivables Pool.
"Normal Concentration Percentage" means at any time 2.0% (i)
for any Obligor except a Governmental Obligor or (ii) for all Governmental
Obligors taken as a whole.
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"Notes" means short-term promissory notes issued or to be
issued by the Issuer to fund its investments in accounts receivable or other
financial assets.
"O&M Credit Agreement" means that Credit Agreement, dated as
of April 29, 1994, among the Parent (formerly O & M Holding, Inc.), as borrower,
certain of the subsidiaries of the Parent, as guarantors, the banks identified
therein, NationsBank N.A. (Carolinas), as Agent, as agent, Chemical Bank and
Crestar Bank, as co-agents, and NationsBank N.A. (Carolinas), as Administrative
Agent, as amended from time to time.
"O&M Party" means the Parent or any of its Subsidiaries
(including the Seller).
"Obligor" means, with respect to any Receivable, the Person
obligated to make payments pursuant to the Contract relating to such Receivable.
"Originator" shall have the meaning set forth in the
Introduction to the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
"Originator Note" shall have the meaning set forth in Section
1.7 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
"Outstanding Balance" of any Receivable at any time means the
then outstanding principal balance thereof.
"Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement" means the Parallel Asset
Purchase Agreement dated as of December 28, 1995 among O&M Funding Corp., as
Seller, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc., as Servicer, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor, Inc., certain
financial institutions, as the Parallel Purchasers, and BofA, as Administrative
Agent, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in
accordance with its terms.
"Parallel Purchase Termination Date", with respect to each
Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement, has the meaning set forth in Section 6.6 of
such Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement.
"Parallel Purchaser", with respect to each Parallel Asset
Purchase Agreement, has the meaning set forth in the preamble to such Parallel
Asset Purchase Agreement.
"Parent" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to
the Agreement.
"PBGC" means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation and any
entity succeeding to any or all of its functions under ERISA.
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"Pension Plan" means a "pension plan", as such term is defined
in section 3(2) of ERISA, which is subject to title IV of ERISA (other than a
multiemployer plan as defined in section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA), and to which any
Originator or the Seller or any corporation, trade or business that is, along
with such Originator or the Seller, a member of a controlled group of
corporations or a controlled group of trades or businesses, as described in
sections 414(b) and 414(c), respectively, of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended or section 4001 of ERISA may have any liability, including any
liability by reason of having been a substantial employer within the meaning of
section 4063 of ERISA at any time during the preceding five years, or by reason
of being deemed to be a contributing sponsor under section 4069 of ERISA.
"Permitted Liens" means (i) Liens described on Schedule II
attached hereto; (ii) Liens for taxes not yet delinquent or Liens for taxes
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate
reserves determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
have been established (and as to which the property subject to such lien is not
yet subject to foreclosure, sale or loss on account thereof); (iii) Liens in
respect of property imposed by law arising in the ordinary course of business
such as materialmen's, mechanics', warehousemen's and other like Liens provided
that such Liens secure only amounts not more than 30 days past due or are being
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves
determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles have been
established (and as to which the property subject to such lien is not yet
subject to foreclosure, sale or loss on account thereof); (iv) pledges or
deposits made to secure payment of worker's compensation insurance, unemployment
insurance, pensions or social security programs; (v) Liens arising from good
faith deposits in connection with or to secure performance of tenders, statutory
obligations, surety and appeal bonds, bids, leases, government contracts,
performance and return-of-money bonds and other similar obligations incurred in
the ordinary course of business (other than obligations in respect of the
payment of borrowed money); (vi) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions
(including zoning restrictions), minor defects or irregularities in title and
other similar charges or encumbrances not, in any material respect, impairing
the use of such property for its intended purposes or interfering with the
ordinary conduct of business of the O&M Parties taken as a whole, (vii) Liens
regarding operating or financing leases permitted by the O&M Credit Agreement;
(viii) leases or subleases granted to others in the ordinary course of business
not interfering in any material respect with the business or operations of the
borrower or its Subsidiaries; (ix) purchase money Liens securing purchase money
indebtedness to the extent permitted under the O&M Credit Agreement; (x) Liens
in
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favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure
payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods; and (xi)
any judgment lien which does not create an event of default under the O&M Credit
Agreement or a Termination Event hereunder.
"Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation
(including a business trust), joint stock company, trust, unincorporated
association, joint venture, limited liability company or other entity, or a
government or any political subdivision or agency thereof.
"Pool Receivable" means a Receivable in the Receivables
Pool.
"Portion of Capital" has the meaning set forth in Section 1.7.
In addition, at any time when the Capital of the Purchased Interest is not
divided into two or more portions, "Portion of Capital" means 100% of the
Capital of the Purchased Interest.
"Pricing Grid Rate" means, at any time for any Fixed
Period:
(i) a rate per annum equal to the "Applicable Margin" which
would then apply to "Eurodollar Loans", (as such terms are defined in
the O&M Credit Agreement); and
(ii) if the terms set forth in clause (i) of this definition
are no longer used in the O&M Credit Agreement, the highest applicable
margin above the Eurodollar Rate that the Parent is or would be charged
for a borrowing under the O&M Credit Agreement on such day; or
(iii) if the O&M Credit Agreement is no longer in effect, the
highest applicable margin above the Eurodollar Rate that the Parent is
or would be charged for a borrowing under any revolving committed
credit facility or agreement then in effect on such day; or
(iv) if the O&M Credit Agreement is no longer in effect and
there is no other revolving committed credit facility or agreement then
in effect, the applicable margin as set forth in clause (i) of this
definition, pursuant to the O&M Credit Agreement as in effect on the
day immediately prior to the termination thereof.
For purposes of clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) of this definition, if
the Alternate Rate at such time is calculated with reference to the Interbank
Rate, and the applicable credit agreement contains provisions for calculating
interest based on a
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"eurodollar," "LIBOR," "IBOR," or similar rate index, then the applicable margin
shall be the margin calculated under such credit agreement by reference to such
"eurodollar," "LIBOR," "IBOR," or similar rate index. In all other
circumstances, the applicable margin will be the margin calculated under such
credit agreement by reference to the highest interest rate index available to
the Parent under the applicable credit agreement.
"Program Support Agreement" means and includes the Liquidity
Asset Purchase Agreement and any other agreement entered into by any Program
Support Provider providing for the issuance of one or more letters of credit for
the account of the Issuer, the issuance of one or more surety bonds for which
the Issuer is obligated to reimburse the applicable Program Support Provider for
any drawings thereunder, the sale by the Issuer to any Program Support Provider
of the Purchased Interest (or portions thereof) and/or the making of loans
and/or other extensions of credit to the Issuer in connection with the Issuer's
securitization program, together with any letter of credit, surety bond or other
instrument issued thereunder (but excluding any discretionary advance facility
provided by the Administrator).
"Program Support Provider" means and includes any Purchaser
and any other or additional Person (other than any customer of the Issuer) now
or hereafter extending credit or having a commitment to extend credit to or for
the account of, or to make purchases from, the Issuer or issuing a letter of
credit, surety bond or other instrument to support any obligations arising under
or in connection with the Issuer's securitization program.
"Purchase and Sale Agreement" means the Purchase and Sale
Agreement dated as of December 28, 1995 between ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc. as
an Originator and as Servicer, the other Originators which may from time to time
be party thereto, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor, Inc., as Parent and Guarantor, and O&M Funding
Corp. as the Initial Purchaser, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified in accordance with its terms.
"Purchase and Sale Termination Date" means the date determined
in accordance with Section 2.3 of the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
"Purchase and Sale Termination Event" has the meaning set
forth in Exhibit IV to the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
"Purchase Agreement" means the Agreement, the Purchase and
Sale Agreement or the Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement, and "Purchase
Agreements" means the Agreement, the Purchase and Sale Agreement, and the
Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement.
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"Purchase Limit" means the lesser of (i) $75,000,000, as such
amount may be reduced pursuant to Section 1.1(b) and (ii) (A) the aggregate of
the Maximum Liquidity Purchase (as defined in the Liquidity Asset Purchase
Agreement) of the Purchasers under the Liquidity Asset Purchase Agreement less
(B) the aggregate of the Discount of the existing Fixed Periods (for the
entirety of such Fixed Periods), as such amount may be reduced pursuant to
Section 1.1(b). References to the unused portion of the Purchase Limit shall
mean, at any time, the Purchase Limit minus the then outstanding Capital of the
Purchased Interest under the Agreement.
"Purchased Interest" means, with respect to the Receivables
Purchase Agreement and the Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement, at any time, the
undivided percentage ownership interest in (i) each and every Pool Receivable
now existing or hereafter arising, other than any Pool Receivable that arises on
or after the Facility Termination Date, (ii) all Related Security with respect
to such Pool Receivables, and (iii) all Collections with respect to, and other
proceeds of, such Pool Receivables and Related Security. Such undivided
percentage interest shall be computed as
C + DCR + LR + DLR + SFR
NRB
where:
C = the Capital of the Purchased Interest at the
time of computation under the applicable
Purchase Agreement.
DCR = the Discount Reserve of the Purchased Interest
under the applicable Purchase Agreement at the
time of computation.
LR = the Loss Reserve of the Purchased Interest
under the applicable Purchase Agreement at the
time of computation.
DLR = the Dilution Reserve of the Purchased Interest
under the applicable Purchase Agreement at the
time of computation.
SFR = the Servicing Fee Reserve of the Purchased
Interest under the applicable Purchase Agreement
at the time of computation.
NRB = the Net Receivables Pool Balance at the time
of computation.
The Purchased Interest shall be determined from time to time pursuant to the
provisions of Section 1.3 and shall be computed
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separately for the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Parallel Asset
Purchase Agreement.
"Purchaser" has the meaning set forth in Section
5.3(b).
"Rate Variance Factor" means a number greater than one that
reflects the potential variance in selected interest rates over a period of time
designated by the Administrator, as specified by the Administrator from time to
time, notified to the Seller and set forth in the Seller Report in accordance
with the provisions thereof; provided that the "Rate Variance Factor" may be
changed from time to time upon at least five days' prior notice to the Servicer.
The initial Rate Variance Factor shall be 1.25.
"Receivable" means any indebtedness and other obligations owed
to any Originator or any rights of any Originator to payment from or on behalf
of an Obligor whether constituting an account, chattel paper, instrument or
general intangible, arising in connection with the sale or lease of goods or the
rendering of services by any Originator, and includes, without limitation, the
obligation to pay any finance charges, fees and other charges with respect
thereto. Indebtedness and other obligations arising from any one transaction,
including, without limitation, indebtedness and other obligations represented by
an individual invoice or agreement, shall constitute a Receivable separate from
a Receivable consisting of the indebtedness and other obligations arising from
any other transaction.
"Receivables Pool" means at any time all of the then
outstanding Receivables excluding the Excluded Receivables.
"Reference Bank" means BofA.
"Related Security" means with respect to any
Receivable:
(i) all of any Originator's interest in any goods
(including returned goods), and documentation or title
evidencing the shipment or storage of any goods (including
returned goods), relating to any sale giving rise to such
Receivable;
(ii) all other security interests or liens and
property subject thereto from time to time purporting to
secure payment of such Receivable, whether pursuant to the
Contract related to such Receivable or otherwise, together
with all UCC financing statements or similar filings signed by
an Obligor relating thereto; and
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(iii) all guaranties, indemnities, insurance and
other agreements (including the related Contract) or
arrangements of whatever character from time to time
supporting or securing payment of such Receivable or otherwise
relating to such Receivable whether pursuant to the Contract
related to such Receivable or otherwise.
"Restricted Payments" has the meaning given thereto in
paragraph (m) of Exhibit V.
"Run-off Day" means (i) each day on which the conditions set
forth in Section 2 of Exhibit II are not satisfied, (ii) each day which occurs
on or after the Termination Date, and (iii) each day as to which the Issuer has
indicated to the Seller pursuant to Section 1.1(a) that it will not reinvest in
the Purchased Interest hereunder.
"Securitization Parties" means the Issuer, the Administrator,
any Purchaser, any Parallel Purchaser, the Administrative Agent, any Program
Support Provider, their respective Affiliates, employees, agents and
representatives, and the respective successors, transferees and assigns of any
of the foregoing.
"Seller" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to
the Agreement.
"Seller Report" means a report, in substantially the form of
Annex A hereto, furnished by the Servicer to the Administrator pursuant to the
Agreement.
"Servicer" has the meaning set forth in the preamble to
the Agreement.
"Servicing Fee" shall mean the fee referred to in
Section 4.6.
"Servicing Fee Reserve" for the Purchased Interest under the
Receivables Purchase Agreement and the Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement at any
time means the sum of (i) the unpaid Servicing Fee relating to the Purchased
Interest accrued to such time, plus (ii) an amount equal to (a) the Capital of
the Purchased Interest at the time of computation multiplied by (b) the product
of (x) the percentage per annum at which the Servicing Fee is accruing on such
date and (y) a fraction having the sum of the Average Maturity plus the
Collection Delay Period (each as in effect at such date) as its numerator and
360 as its denominator.
"Settlement Period" for each Portion of Capital means each
period commencing on the first day and ending on the last day of each Fixed
Period for such Portion of Capital and, on and
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after the Termination Date, such period (including, without limitation, a period
of one day) as shall be selected from time to time by the Administrator or, in
the absence of any such selection, each period of 30 days from the last day of
the immediately preceding Settlement Period.
"Sub-Servicer" has the meaning set forth in
Section 4.1.
"Six Month Default Ratio" means the ratio (expressed as a
percentage and rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) computed as of each Month End
Date by dividing (i) the amount of Pool Receivables that became Defaulted
Receivables during the six month period ending on such Month End Date by (ii)
the aggregate amount of Pool Receivables invoiced by the Originators during the
six month period ending on the Month End Date which occurred four months before
such Month End Date.
"Six Month Dilution Ratio" means the ratio (expressed as a
percentage and rounded to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) computed as of each Month End
Date by dividing (i) the aggregate reduction attributable to Dilution
Adjustments in each case occurring during the six month period ending on such
Month End Date by (ii) the aggregate amount of Pool Receivables invoiced by the
Originators during the six month period ending on the Month End Date which
occurred one month before such Month End Date.
"Six Month Loss-to-Liquidation Ratio" means the ratio
(expressed as a percentage and rounded to the nearest 1/100th of 1%) computed as
of each Month End Date by dividing (i) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of all
Pool Receivables written off by the Seller, or which should have been written
off by the Seller in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, during
the six month period ending on such Month End Date by (ii) the aggregate amount
of Collections of Pool Receivables actually received during such six month
period.
"Solvent" means, as to any Person at any time, that (a) the
fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the amount of such
Person's liabilities (including disputed, contingent and unliquidated
liabilities) as such value is established and liabilities evaluated for purposes
of Section 101(32) of the Bankruptcy Code and, in the alternative, for purposes
of Sections 55-80 and 55-81 of the Virginia Code Annotated; (b) the present fair
saleable value of the property of such Person is not less than the amount that
will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as
they become absolute and matured; (c) such Person is able to realize upon its
property and pay its debts and other liabilities (including disputed, contingent
and unliquidated liabilities) as they mature in the normal course of business;
(d) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur
debts or liabilities beyond such Person's ability to pay as such
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debts and liabilities mature; and (e) such Person is not engaged in business or
a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for
which such Person's property would constitute unreasonably small capital.
"Special Concentration Percentage" means, for any Obligor,
such percentage as has been so designated in writing as such by the
Administrator at its sole discretion to the Seller, from time to time, with
respect to an Obligor, it being understood that the Administrator may (i) lower
such percentage from time to time at its sole discretion by written notice to
the Seller and (ii) raise such percentage only with the written consent of the
Seller.
"Subsidiary" means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation of which more than 50% of the outstanding capital stock having
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors of such
corporation (irrespective of whether at the time capital stock of any other
class or classes of such corporation shall or might have voting power upon the
occurrence of any contingency) is at the time directly or indirectly owned by
such Person, by such Person and one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person,
or by one or more other Subsidiaries of such Person.
"Supplement" means a Supplement executed by the Parent or any
Subsidiary of the Parent in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrator
and the Administrative Agent under the Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement,
pursuant to which the Parent or a Subsidiary of the Parent shall become an
Originator under the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
"Tangible Net Worth" means total stockholders' equity minus
goodwill, patents, trade names, trade marks, copyrights, franchises,
organizational expense, deferred assets other than prepaid insurance and prepaid
taxes and such other assets as are properly classified as "intangible assets",
for any corporation as determined in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles.
"Termination Date" means the earlier of (i) the Business Day
which the Seller or the Administrator so designates by notice to the other at
least 10 Business Days in advance and (ii) the Facility Termination Date.
"Termination Discount" means, for the Purchased Interest on
any date, an amount equal to the Rate Variance Factor on such date multiplied by
the product of (i) the Capital of the Purchased Interest on such date and (ii)
the product of (a) the Base Rate for the Purchased Interest for a 30-day Fixed
Period deemed to commence on such date and (b) a fraction having as its
numerator the sum of the Average Maturity plus the Collection
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Delay Period (each as in effect at such date) and 360 as its denominator.
"Termination Event" has the meaning specified in
Exhibit VI.
"Termination Fee" means, for any Fixed Period during which a
Run-off Day occurs, the amount, if any, by which (i) the additional Discount
(calculated without taking into account any Termination Fee or any shortened
duration of such Fixed Period pursuant to clause (iv) of the definition thereof)
which would have accrued during such Fixed Period on the reductions of Capital
of the Purchased Interest relating to such Fixed Period had such reductions
remained as Capital, exceeds (ii) the income, if any, received by the Issuer
from the Issuer investing the proceeds of such reductions of Capital, as
determined by the Administrator, which determination shall be binding and
conclusive for all purposes, absent manifest error.
"Transaction Documents" means the Agreement, the Purchase and
Sale Agreement, the Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement, the Lock-Box Agreements,
the Liquidity Asset Purchase Agreement and all other certificates, instruments,
UCC financing statements, reports, notices, agreements and documents executed or
delivered under or in connection with the Agreement, in each case as the same
may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with the Agreement.
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time
in effect in the applicable jurisdiction.
"Unmatured Termination Event" means, with respect to any
Purchase Agreement, an event which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time,
or both, would constitute a Termination Event under such Purchase Agreement.
Other Terms. All accounting terms not specifically defined herein shall
be construed in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. All
terms used in Article 9 of the UCC in the State of New York, and not
specifically defined herein, are used herein as defined in such Article 9.
Unless the context otherwise requires, "or" means "and/or", and "including" (and
with correlative meaning "include" and "includes") means including without
limiting the generality of any description preceding such term.
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EXHIBIT II
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES
1. Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase. The initial
purchase under the Agreement is subject to the conditions precedent that the
Administrator shall have received on or before the date of such purchase the
following, each in form and substance (including the date thereof) satisfactory
to the Administrator:
(a) A duly executed counterpart of this Agreement.
(b) A duly executed counterpart of the Purchase and
Sale Agreement.
(c) A duly executed counterpart copy of the Parallel
Asset Purchase Agreement.
(d) Certified copies of (i) the resolutions of the Board of
Directors of each of the Seller, the Servicer and the Parent authorizing the
execution, delivery, and performance by the Seller, the Servicer and the Parent,
respectively, of the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents, (ii) all
documents evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental
approvals, if any, with respect to the Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents and (iii) the certificate of incorporation and by-laws of each of the
Seller, the Servicer and the Parent
(e) A certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of
each of the Seller, the Servicer and the Parent certifying the names and true
signatures of the officers of the Seller, the Servicer and the Parent,
respectively, authorized to sign the Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents. Until the Administrator receives a subsequent incumbency certificate
from the Seller, the Servicer or the Parent in form and substance satisfactory
to the Administrator, the Administrator shall be entitled to rely on the last
such certificate delivered to it.
(f) Signed copies of proper financing statements, in a form
suitable for filing under the UCC of all jurisdictions that the Administrator
may deem necessary or desirable in order to perfect the interests of the Issuer
contemplated by the Agreement.
(g) Signed copies of proper financing statements, if any, in a
form suitable for filing under the UCC of all jurisdictions that the
Administrator may deem necessary to release all security interests and other
rights of any Person in the Receivables, Contracts or Related Security
previously granted by the Seller.
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(h) Completed UCC requests for information, dated on or before
the date of such initial purchase, listing the financing statements referred to
in subsection (d) above and all other effective financing statements filed in
the jurisdictions referred to in subsection (f) above that name the Seller as
debtor, together with copies of such other financing statements (none of which
shall cover any Receivables, Contracts or Related Security), and similar search
reports with respect to federal tax liens and liens of the Pension Benefit
Guaranty Corporation in such jurisdictions as the Administrator may request,
showing no such liens on any of the Receivables, Contracts or Related Security.
(i) A favorable opinion of Hunton & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, counsel for the
Seller, the Servicer and the Parent, substantially in the form of Annex B hereto
and as to such other matters as the Administrator may reasonably request.
(j) A favorable opinion of Drew St. ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, Esq.,
Senior Vice President, Corporate Counsel and Secretary of the
Parent, substantially in the form of Annex C hereto and as to
such other matters as the Administrator may reasonably request.
(k) Satisfactory results of a review and audit of the
Originators' collection, operating and reporting systems, Credit and Collection
Policy, historical receivables data and accounts, including satisfactory results
of a review of the Originators' operating location(s) and satisfactory review
and approval of the Eligible Receivables in existence on the date of the initial
purchase under the Agreement.
(l) Seller Report representing the performance of the
portfolio purchased through the Agreement for the month prior to closing.
(m) Evidence of payment by ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc. and the
Seller of all accrued and unpaid fees (including those contemplated by the
letter agreement referred to in Section 1.5), costs and expenses to the extent
then due and payable on the date thereof, together with Attorney Costs of the
Administrator to the extent invoiced prior to or on such date, plus such
additional amounts of Attorney Costs as shall constitute the Administrator's
reasonable estimate of Attorney Costs incurred or to be incurred by it through
the closing proceedings (provided that such estimate shall not thereafter
preclude final settling of accounts between the Seller and the Administrator);
including any such costs, fees and expenses arising under or referenced in
Section 5.4.
(n) A letter agreement between the Seller and the
Administrator contemplated by Section 1.5.
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(o) Good standing certificates with respect to each of
the Seller, the Servicer and the Parent issued by the Secretary
of the State Corporation Commission of Virginia.
(p) Such other approvals, opinions or documents as the
Administrator or Purchasers may reasonably request.
2. Conditions Precedent to All Purchases and
Reinvestments. Each purchase (including the initial purchase)
and each reinvestment shall be subject to the further conditions
precedent that:
(a) in the case of each purchase, the Servicer shall have
delivered to the Administrator on or prior to such purchase, in form and
substance satisfactory to the Administrator, a completed Seller Report with
respect to the immediately preceding calendar month, dated within three (3)
Business Days prior to the date of such purchase and such additional information
as may reasonably be requested by the Administrator including, without
limitation, a listing of Obligors and their respective portions of the Pool
Receivables at any time;
(b) on the date of such purchase or reinvestment the following
statements shall be true (and acceptance of the proceeds of such purchase or
reinvestment shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Seller and the
Parent that such statements are then true):
(i) the representations and warranties contained in
Exhibit III are true and correct on and as of the date of such purchase
or reinvestment as though made on and as of such date; and
(ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or
would result from such purchase or reinvestment, that constitutes a
Termination Event or that would constitute a Termination Event but for
the requirement that notice be given or time elapse or both; and
(c) the Administrator shall have received such other
approvals, opinions or documents as it may reasonably request.
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EXHIBIT III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
OF
SELLER, SERVICER AND THE PARENT
The Seller, the Servicer and the Parent each jointly and
severally make the following representations and warranties:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. It is a corporation duly
incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the
Commonwealth of Virginia, and is duly qualified to do business, and is in good
standing, as a foreign corporation in every jurisdiction where the nature of its
business requires it to be so qualified.
(b) Due Qualification; No Conflicts. The execution, delivery
and performance by it of the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to
which it is a party, including, in the case of the Seller, the Seller's use of
the proceeds of purchases and reinvestments, (i) are within its corporate
powers, (ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, (iii)
do not contravene or result in a default under or conflict with (1) its charter
or by-laws, (2) any law, rule or regulation applicable to it, (3) any
contractual restriction binding on or affecting it or its property or (4) any
order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or
its property, and (iv) do not result in or require the creation of any Adverse
Claim upon or with respect to any of its properties. The Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents to which it is a party have been duly executed and
delivered by it.
(c) Consents. No authorization or approval or other action by,
and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is
required for the due execution, delivery and performance by it of the Agreement
or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party other than (i) the
filing of financing statements against ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc. and the
Seller in the State Corporation Commission of Virginia and (ii) comparable
filings with respect to all other Originators in the jurisdiction provided in
their respective Supplement to perfect the Initial Purchaser's interest in the
Pool Receivables under the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
(d) Binding Obligations. Each of the Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents to which it is a party (and which on its face purports to
create an obligation) constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of it
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms except as enforceability may
be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditor's rights generally and by general
principles of equity regardless of
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whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in
equity or at law.
(e) Financial Statements.
(i) The consolidated and consolidating balance sheet
of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 1994,
and the related consolidated and consolidating statements of
income and retained earnings of the Parent and its
Subsidiaries for the fiscal year then ended, copies of which
have been furnished to the Administrator, fairly present the
financial condition of the Parent and its Subsidiaries as at
such date and the results of the operations of the Seller and
its Subsidiaries for the period ended on such date, all in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied, and since December 31, 1994 there has
been no material adverse change in the business, operations,
property or financial or other condition or operations of the
Seller or the Parent or any of their Subsidiaries taken as a
whole (except as reflected in the unaudited financial
statements of Parent as of September 30, 1995), the ability of
the Seller or the Parent to perform its obligations under the
Agreement or the other Transaction Documents or the
collectibility of the Pool Receivables, or which affects the
legality, validity or enforceability of the Purchase and Sale
Agreement or the other Transaction Documents.
(ii) The unaudited condensed balance sheet of the
Originators as of December 31, 1994, and the related condensed
statements of income of the Originators for the fiscal year
ended December 31, 1994, heretofore furnished to the
Administrator, are the financial statements of the Originators
routinely prepared for internal use.
(f) No Proceedings. There is no pending or threatened action
or proceeding affecting either (x) the Seller and its Subsidiaries taken as a
whole or (y) the Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, which is before
any Governmental Authority or arbitrator and which would reasonably be expected
to materially adversely affect the business, operations, property, financial or
other condition or operations of either (x) the Seller and its Subsidiaries
taken as a whole or (y) the Parent and its Subsidiaries taken as a whole, or
their ability to perform its obligations under the Agreement or the other
Transaction Documents or the collectibility of the Receivables, or which affects
or purports to affect the legality, validity or enforceability of the Agreement
or the other Transaction Documents.
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(g) Quality of Title; Valid Sale; Etc. The Seller is the legal
and beneficial owner of the Pool Receivables and Related Security free and clear
of any Adverse Claim; upon each purchase or reinvestment, the Issuer shall
acquire a valid and enforceable perfected undivided percentage ownership
interest, to the extent of the Purchased Interest, in each Pool Receivable then
existing or thereafter arising and in the Related Security and Collections and
other proceeds, with respect thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim. No
effective financing statement or other instrument similar in effect covering any
Contract or any Pool Receivable or the Related Security or Collections with
respect thereto or any Lock-Box Account is on file in any recording office,
except those filed in favor of the Issuer relating to the Agreement.
(h) Accuracy of Information. Each Seller Report (if prepared
by the Seller or one of its Affiliates, or to the extent that information
contained therein is supplied by the Seller or an Affiliate), information,
exhibit, financial statement, document, book, record or report furnished or to
be furnished at any time by or on behalf of the Seller to the Administrator in
connection with the Agreement is or will be accurate in all material respects as
of its date or (except as otherwise disclosed to the Administrator at such time)
as of the date so furnished, and no such item contains or will contain any
untrue statement of a material fact or omits or will omit to state a material
fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in the light
of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.
(i) Principal Place of Business. The principal place of
business and chief executive office (as such terms are used in the UCC) of the
Seller and the office where the Seller keeps its records concerning the
Receivables are located at the address referred to in Schedule III (or at such
other addresses designated in accordance with such paragraph (b) of Exhibit V).
(j) Lock-Box Banks, Accounts. The names and addresses of all
the Lock-Box Banks, together with the account numbers of the Lock-Box Accounts
of the Seller at such Lock-Box Banks, are specified in Schedule IV to the
Agreement (or at such other Lock- Box Banks and/or with such other Lock-Box
Accounts as have been notified to the Administrator in accordance with the
Agreement) and all Lock-Box Accounts are subject to Lock-Box Agreements.
(k) No Violation. It is not in violation of any order of any
court, arbitrator or Governmental Authority which violation would reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on its business, operations, property
or financial or other condition.
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(l) Ownership of Issuer. Neither it nor any of its
Affiliates has any direct or indirect ownership or other
financial interest in the Issuer.
(m) Proceeds. No proceeds of any purchase or reinvestment will
be used for any purpose that violates any applicable law, rule or regulation,
including, without limitation, Regulations G or U of the Federal Reserve Board.
(n) Eligible Receivables. Each Pool Receivable included as an
Eligible Receivable in the calculation of the Net Receivables Pool Balance, is
an Eligible Receivable.
(o) No Purchase and Sale Termination Events. No event has
occurred and is continuing, or would result from a purchase in respect of, or
reinvestment in respect of the Purchased Interest or from the application of the
proceeds therefrom, which constitutes a Termination Event.
(p) Maintenance of Books and Records. The Seller has accounted
for each sale of undivided percentage ownership interests in Receivables in its
books and financial statements as a sale, consistent with Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles.
(q) Credit and Collection Policy. The Seller has complied in
all material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy with regard to each
Receivable.
(r) Compliance with Transaction Documents. It has complied
with all of the terms, covenants and agreements contained in the Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents and applicable to it.
(s) Corporate Name. The Seller's complete corporate name is
set forth in the preamble to the Agreement, and the Seller does not use and has
not during the last six years used any other corporate name, trade name, doing
business name or fictitious name, except as set forth on Schedule III and except
for names first used after the date of the Agreement and set forth in a notice
delivered to the Administrator pursuant to paragraph (l)(vi) of Exhibit V.
(t) No Labor Disputes. There are no strikes, lockouts or other
labor disputes against it or any of its subsidiaries, or, to the best of its
knowledge, threatened against or affecting it or any of its subsidiaries, and no
significant unfair labor practice complaint is pending against it or any of its
subsidiaries or, to the best knowledge of it, threatened against any of them by
or before any Governmental Authority that would have a material adverse effect
on its business, operations, property or financial or other condition.
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(u) Pension Plans. During the preceding twelve months, no
steps have been taken to terminate any Pension Plan of the Seller, the Servicer
or the Parent which was not fully funded, unless adequate reserves have been set
aside for the funding thereof, and no contribution failure has occurred with
respect to any Pension Plan sufficient to give rise to a lien under section
302(f) of ERISA. No condition exists or event or transaction has occurred with
respect to any Pension Plan which could result in the incurrence by the Seller,
the Servicer or the Parent of any material liability, fine or penalty.
(v) Investment Company Act. It is not, and is not controlled
by, an "investment company" registered or required to be registered under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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EXHIBIT IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ISSUER
The Issuer represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Organization and Good Standing. The Issuer is a
corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware, and is duly qualified to do business, and is in
good standing, as a foreign corporation in every jurisdiction where the nature
of its business requires it to be so qualified.
(b) Due Qualification; No Conflicts. The execution, delivery
and performance by the Issuer of the Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents to which it is a party, including the Issuer's use of the proceeds of
purchases and reinvestments, (i) are within the Issuer's corporate powers, (ii)
have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action, (iii) do not
contravene or result in a default under or conflict with (1) the Issuer's
charter or by-laws, (2) any law, rule or regulation applicable to the Issuer,
(3) any contractual restriction binding on or affecting the Issuer or its
property or (4) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding
on or affecting the Issuer or its property, and (iv) do not result in or require
the creation of any Adverse Claim upon or with respect to any of its properties.
The Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party have
been duly executed and delivered by the Issuer.
(c) Consents. No authorization or approval or other action by,
and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental Authority or other Person is
required for the due execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer of the
Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which it is a party.
(d) Binding Obligations. Each of the Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents to which it is a party constitutes the legal, valid and
binding obligation of the Issuer enforceable against the Issuer in accordance
with its terms except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditor's rights generally and by general principles of equity regardless of
whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at law.
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EXHIBIT V
COVENANTS
Covenants of the Seller and the Parent. Until the latest of the
Facility Termination Date, the date on which no Capital of or Discount in
respect of the Purchased Interest shall be outstanding or the date all other
amounts owed by the Seller under the Agreement to the Issuer, the Administrator
and any other Indemnified Party or Affected Person shall be paid in full, each
of the Seller and the Parent, jointly and severally, agree that obligations set
forth in this Exhibit V shall be performed and observed.
(a) Compliance with Laws, Etc. The Seller shall comply in all
material respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations and orders, and
preserve and maintain its corporate existence, rights, franchises,
qualifications, and privileges except to the extent that the failure so to
comply with such laws, rules and regulations or the failure so to preserve and
maintain such existence, rights, franchises, qualifications, and privileges
would not materially adversely affect the collect- ibility of the Receivables or
the enforceability of any related Contract or the ability of the Seller to
perform its obligations under any related Contract or under the Agreement.
(b) Offices, Records and Books of Account; Etc. The Seller
(i) shall keep its principal place of business and chief executive office (as
such terms are used in the UCC) and the office where it keeps its records
concerning the Receivables at the address of the Seller set forth on Schedule
III attached hereto or, upon at least 60 days' prior written notice of a
proposed change to the Administrator, at any other locations in jurisdictions
where all actions reasonably requested by the Administrator to protect and
perfect the interest of the Issuer in the Receivables and related items have
been taken and completed and (ii) shall provide the Administrator with at least
60 days' written notice prior to making any change in the Seller's name or
making any other change in the Seller's identity or corporate structure
(including a merger) which could render any UCC financing statement filed in
connection with this Agreement "seriously misleading" as such term is used in
the UCC; each notice to the Administrator pursuant to this sentence shall set
forth the applicable change and the effective date thereof. The Seller also will
maintain and implement administrative and operating procedures (including,
without limitation, an ability to recreate records evidencing Receivables and
related Contracts in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and
keep and maintain all documents, books, records, computer tapes and disks and
other information reasonably necessary or advisable
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for the collection of all Receivables (including, without limitation, records
adequate to permit the daily identification of each Receivable and all
Collections of and adjustments to each existing Receivable).
(c) Performance and Compliance with Contracts and Credit and
Collection Policy. The Seller shall, at its expense, timely and fully perform
and comply with all material provisions, covenants and other promises required
to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the Receivables, and timely
and fully comply in all material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy
with regard to each Receivable and the related Contract.
(d) Ownership Interest, Etc. The Seller shall, at its expense,
take all action necessary or desirable to establish and maintain a valid and
enforceable and perfected undivided ownership interest, to the extent of the
Purchased Interest, in the Pool Receivables and the Related Security and
Collections and other proceeds with respect thereto, free and clear of any
Adverse Claim, in favor of the Issuer, including, without limitation, taking
such action to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the interest of the
Issuer under the Agreement as the Issuer, through the Administrator, may
request.
(e) Sales, Liens, Etc. The Seller shall not sell, assign (by
operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or create or suffer to
exist any Adverse Claim upon or with respect to, any or all of its right, title
or interest in, to or under the Seller's undivided interest in any Receivable,
Related Security, or Collections, or upon or with respect to any account to
which any Collections of any Receivables are sent, or assign any right to
receive income in respect of any items contemplated by this paragraph (e).
(f) Extension or Amendment of Receivables. Except as provided
in Section 4.2(a) the Agreement, the Seller shall not extend the maturity or
adjust the Outstanding Balance or otherwise modify the terms of any Pool
Receivable. The Seller will not amend, modify or waive any term or condition of
any related Contract in a way which would adversely affect the collectibility of
any Receivables.
(g) Change in Business or Credit and Collection Policy. Without the
written consent of the Administrator, the Seller shall not make (i) any material
change in the character of its business or in the Credit and Collection Policy,
or (ii) any change at all in the Credit and Collection Policy that would
adversely affect the collectibility of the Receivables Pool or the
enforceability of any related Contract or the ability of the Seller to perform
its obligations under any related Contract or under the Agreement.
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(h) Audits. The Seller shall, from time to time during regular business
hours as requested by the Administrator, permit the Administrator, or its agents
or representatives, (i) to examine and make copies of and make abstracts from
all books, records and documents (including, without limitation, computer tapes
and disks) in the possession or under the control of the Seller relating to
Receivables and the Related Security, provided that copies of the related
Contracts may only be made if the Servicer is not the Seller or if a Termination
Event has occurred and (ii) to visit the offices and properties of the Seller
for the purpose of examining such materials described in clause (i) above, and
to discuss matters relating to Receivables and the Related Security or the
Seller's performance hereunder or under the Contracts with any of the officers,
employees, agents or contractors of the Seller having knowledge of such matters.
(i) Lock-Box Agreements; Change in Lock-Box Banks,
Lock-Box Accounts and Payment Instructions to Obligors.
(i) By January 31, 1996, the Seller shall have
delivered to the Administrator copies of executed Lock-Box Agreements
with the Lock-Box Banks in form and substance satisfactory to the
Administrator.
(ii) The Seller shall not add or terminate any bank
as a Lock-Box Bank or any account as a Lock-Box Account from those
listed in Schedule IV to the Agreement, or make any change in its
instructions to Obligors regarding payments to be made to the Seller or
payments to be made to any Lock-Box Account (or related post office
box), unless the Administrator shall have consented thereto in writing
and the Administrator shall have received copies of all agreements and
documents (including without limitation Lock-Box Agreements) that it
may request in connection therewith.
(j) Deposits to Lock-Box. The Seller shall (i) instruct all
Obligors (other than Obligors which customarily make direct payment to the
Company for deposit in one of the Lock-Box Accounts designated on Schedule IV as
a "Deposit Account", provided that the Company complies with Clause (ii) of this
subsection (j)) to make payments of all Receivables to one or more Lock-Box
Accounts or to post office boxes to which only Lock-Box Banks have access (and
shall instruct the Lock-Box Banks to cause all items and amounts relating to
such Receivables received in such post office boxes to be removed and deposited
into a Lock-Box Account on a daily basis), and (ii) deposit, or cause to be
deposited, any Collections of Pool Receivables received by it into Lock-Box
Accounts not later than one Business Day after receipt thereof. Each Lock-Box
Account shall at all times be subject to a Lock-Box Agreement. The Seller will
not deposit or otherwise credit, or cause or permit to be so
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deposited or credited, to any Lock-Box Account cash or cash proceeds other than
Collections of Pool Receivables. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Columbia
Receivables may be commingled except that the Company will, at the
Administrator's request, establish a separate account and cause Columbia
Receivables to be paid by the Obligors into such separate account to avoid such
commingling.
(k) Marking of Records. At its expense, the Seller shall ▇▇▇▇
its master data processing records relating to Pool Receivables and related
Contracts, including with a legend evidencing that the undivided percentage
ownership interests with regard to the Purchased Interest related to such
Receivables and related Contracts have been sold in accordance with the
Agreement.
(l) Reporting Requirements. The Seller will provide to the
Administrator (in multiple copies, if requested by the Administrator) the
following:
(i) as soon as available and in any event within 45
days after the end of the first three quarters of each fiscal year of
the Parent, the consolidated and consolidating balance sheet of the
Parent and its Subsidiaries as of the end of such quarter and the
consolidated and consolidating statement of income and retained
earnings of the Parent and its Subsidiaries for the period commencing
at the end of the previous fiscal year and ending with the end of such
quarter, certified by the chief financial officer or Treasurer of the
Parent;
(ii) as soon as available and in any event within 90
days after the end of each fiscal year of the Parent, a copy of the
annual report for such year for the Parent and its Subsidiaries,
containing financial statements for such year audited by KPMG Peat
Marwick or other independent certified public accountants acceptable to
the Administrator;
(iii) as soon as available and in any event not later
than 10th Day of each Calendar Month, a Seller Report as of the
previous Month End Date; and within five Business Days of a request by
the Administrator for a Seller Report as of a date other than a Month
End Date, such Seller Report;
(iv) as soon as possible and in any event within five
days after the occurrence of each Termination Event or event which,
with the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a
Termination Event, a statement of the chief financial officer or
Treasurer of the Parent
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setting forth details of such Termination Event or event and the action
that the Seller has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto;
(v) promptly after the sending or filing thereof,
copies of all reports that the Seller or the Parent sends to any of its
security holders, and copies of all reports and registration statements
that the Seller or the Parent or any of their Subsidiaries files with
the Securities and Exchange Commission or any national securities
exchange;
(vi) promptly after the filing or receiving thereof,
copies of all reports and notices that the Seller, the Parent or any of
their Affiliates files under ERISA with the Internal Revenue Service or
the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or the U.S. Department of
Labor or that the Seller, the Parent or any of their Affiliates
receives from any of the foregoing or from any multiemployer plan
(within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA) to which the
Seller, the Parent or any of their Affiliates is or was, within the
preceding five years, a contributing employer, in each case in respect
of the assessment of withdrawal liability or an event or condition
which could, in the aggregate, result in the imposition of liability on
the Seller, the Parent and/or any such Affiliate in excess of $500,000;
(vii) at least thirty days prior to any change in the
Seller's name or any other change requiring the amendment of UCC
financing statements, a notice setting forth such changes and the
effective date thereof;
(viii) such other information respecting the
Receivables or the condition or operations, financial or otherwise, of
the Seller, the Parent or any of their Affiliates as the Administrator
may from time to time reasonably request;
(ix) promptly after the Seller or the Parent obtains
knowledge thereof, notice of any (a) litigation, investigation or
proceeding which may exist at any time between any O&M Party and any
Governmental Authority which, if not cured or if adversely determined,
as the case may be, would have a material adverse effect on the
business, operations, property or financial or other condition of the
Seller or the Parent; or (b) litigation or proceeding adversely
affecting any O&M Party in which the amount involved is $5,000,000 or
more and not covered by insurance or in which injunctive or similar
relief is sought or (c) litigation or proceeding relating to any
Transaction Document; and
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(x) promptly after the occurrence thereof, notice of
a material adverse change in the business, operations, property or
financial or other condition of the Seller or the Parent affecting any
O&M Party.
(m) General Restriction.
(i) The Seller shall not (A) pay or declare any
Dividend, (B) lend or advance any funds, including in respect
of any Originator Note, or (C) repay any loans or advances to,
for or from any Originator or any other Affiliated Party
(including making any payment pursuant to any Initial
Purchaser Note) except in accordance with clause (o) of this
Exhibit V and this clause (m). Actions of the type described
in the preceding sentence are herein collectively called
"Restricted Payments".
(ii) Types of Permitted Payments. Subject to the
limitations set forth in clause (o) below, the Seller may make
Restricted Payments so long as such Restricted Payments are
made only to an Originator and only in one or more of the
following ways:
(A) the Seller may make cash payments on any
Initial Purchaser Note in accordance with its terms; and
(B) if no amounts are then outstanding under
any Initial Purchaser Note, the Seller may
(1) make demand loans to ▇▇▇▇▇ &
Minor Medical, Inc., so long as each such
loan is evidenced by an Originator Note; and
(2) declare and pay Dividends to any
shareholder (provided, that payment of such
Dividends must comply with Virginia law; and
provided, further, that Dividends may not be
paid more frequently than once every month).
(iii) Additional Specific Restrictions. The Seller may
make Restricted Payments only out of Collections paid or
released to the Seller pursuant to Sections 1.4(b)(ii) and
1.4(b)(iv) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement or from other
net income of the Seller. Furthermore, the Seller shall not
pay, make or declare:
(A) any Dividend if, after giving effect thereto, the
Seller's Tangible Net Worth would be less than $7,500,000;
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(B) any Restricted Payment if, after giving
effect thereto, a Termination Event or Unmatured
Termination Event shall have occurred and be
continuing; or
(C) any Restricted Payment if, after giving
effect thereto, the Seller would not be Solvent.
(n) ERISA Matters. Each of the Seller and the Parent shall
notify the Administrator as soon as is practicable and in any event not later
than two Business Days after (i) the institution of any steps by the Seller or
the Parent or any other Person to terminate any Pension Plan which is not fully
funded, unless adequate reserves have been set aside for the funding thereof,
(ii) the failure to make a required contribution to any Pension Plan if such
failure is sufficient to give rise to a lien under section 302(f) of ERISA,
(iii) the taking of any action with respect to a Pension Plan which could result
in the requirement that the Seller or the Parent furnish a bond or other
security to the PBGC or such Pension Plan or (iv) the occurrence of any other
event concerning any Pension Plan which is reasonably likely to result in a
material adverse effect.
(o) Separate Corporate Existence of the Seller. Each of the
Seller and the Parent hereby acknowledges that the Seller, the Issuer and the
Administrator are entering into the transactions contemplated by the Purchase
and Sale Agreement and by the Receivables Purchase Agreement in reliance upon
the Seller's identity as a legal entity separate from its Affiliates. Therefore,
each of the Seller and the Parent shall take all steps to continue the Seller's
identity as such a separate legal entity and to make it apparent to third
Persons that the Seller is an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from
those of its Affiliates and those of any other Person, and not a division of any
of its Affiliates or any other Person. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, each of the Seller and the Parent will, and will cause its Affiliates
to, take such actions as shall be required in order that:
(i) The Seller will be a limited purpose corporation whose
primary activities are restricted in its articles of incorporation to
purchasing Pool Receivables from each Originator (or other Persons
approved in writing by the Administrator), entering into agreements for
the servicing of such Pool Receivables, selling undivided interests in
the Pool Receivables to the Issuer and conducting such other activities
as it deems necessary or appropriate to carry out its primary
activities;
(ii) At least one member of the Seller's Board of Directors
shall be an individual who is not a direct, indirect or beneficial
stockholder, officer, director,
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employee, affiliate, associate, customer or supplier of any
of its Affiliates;
(iii) No director or officer of the Seller shall at
any time serve as a trustee in bankruptcy for any of its
Affiliates;
(iv) Any employee, consultant or agent of the Seller will be
compensated from the Seller's own bank accounts for services provided
to the Seller except as provided in the Receivables Purchase Agreement
in respect of the Servicing Fee. The Seller will engage no agents other
than a Servicer for the Pool Receivables, which Servicer (if an
Affiliate) will be fully compensated for its services to the Seller by
payment of the Servicing Fee;
(v) The Seller may incur indirect or overhead expenses for
items shared between the Seller and any of its Affiliates which are not
reflected in the Servicing Fee, such as legal, auditing and other
professional services, but such expenses will be allocated to the
extent practical on the basis of cost, it being understood that each of
the Originators and the Parent shall jointly and severally pay all
expenses relating to the preparation, negotiation, execution and
delivery of the Transaction Documents, including legal and other fees;
(vi) The Seller's operating expenses will not be paid
by any of its Affiliates;
(vii) The Seller will have its own separate telephone number,
stationery and bank checks signed by it and in its own name and, if it
uses premises leased, owned or occupied by any of its Affiliates, its
portion of such premises will be defined and separately identified and
it will pay such other Affiliates reasonable compensation for the use
of such premises;
(viii) The books and records of the Seller will be
maintained separately from those of its Affiliates;
(ix) The assets of the Seller will be maintained in a manner
that facilitates their identification and segregation from those of its
Affiliates; and the Seller will strictly observe corporate formalities
in its dealings with each of its Affiliates;
(x) The Seller shall not maintain joint bank accounts with any
of its Affiliates or other depository accounts to which any of its
Affiliates (other than O&M Medical (or any of its Affiliates) in its
capacity as the Servicer under the Purchase and Sale Agreement or under
the Receivables Purchase Agreement) has independent access;
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(xi) The Seller shall not, directly or indirectly, be named
and shall not enter into any agreement to be named as a direct or
contingent beneficiary or loss payee on any insurance policy covering
the property of any other Seller Party or any Affiliate of any other
Seller Party unless it pays a proportional share of the premium
relating to any such insurance policy;
(xii) The Seller will maintain arm's-length relationships with
each of its Affiliates. Any of its Affiliates that renders or otherwise
furnishes services or merchandise to the Seller will be compensated by
the Seller at market rates for such services or merchandise; and
(xiii) Neither the Seller, on the one hand, nor any of its
Affiliates, on the other hand, will be or will hold itself out to be
responsible for the debts of the other or the decisions or actions in
respect of the daily business and affairs of the other.
(xiv) Every representation and warranty of the Seller and the
Parent contained in the Officer's Certificates delivered in connection
with the opinion of Hunton & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ pursuant to Section 1(j) of
Exhibit II of this Agreement (the "Certificate"), a true copy of which
Certificate is attached hereto as Annex D, is true and correct in all
material respects as of the date hereof; and each of the Seller and the
Parent shall comply with all of its respective covenants and other
obligations set forth in the Certificate.
(p) Mergers, Acquisitions, Sales, Investments, etc.
The Seller shall not
(i) be a party to any merger or consolidation, or directly or
indirectly purchase or otherwise acquire all or substantially all of
the assets or any stock of any class of, or any partnership or joint
venture interest in, any other Person,
(ii) sell, transfer, convey or lease any of its assets
other than pursuant to this Receivables Purchase Agreement,
or
(iii) make, incur or suffer to exist any investment in, equity
contribution to, loan or advance to, or payment obligation in respect
of the deferred purchase price of property from, any other Person,
except as expressly contemplated by the Purchase and Sale Agreement and
this Receivables Purchase Agreement.
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EXHIBIT VI
TERMINATION EVENTS
Each of the following shall be a "Termination Event":
(a) (i) The Servicer (if ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc. or any of
its Affiliates) shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement
under any Transaction Document to which it is a party and such failure shall
continue for two Business Days or (ii) any Person which is the Servicer shall
fail to make when due any payment or deposit to be made by it under any
Transaction Document to which it is a party and such failure shall continue for
two Business Days; or
(b) The Servicer shall fail (i) to transfer to any successor
Servicer when required any rights, pursuant to the Agreement, which the Servicer
then has, or (ii) to make any payment required under the Agreement; or
(c) Any representation or warranty made or deemed made by the
Seller, the Servicer or the Parent (or any of their respective officers) under
or in connection with the Agreement or any information or report delivered by
the Seller, the Servicer or the Parent pursuant to the Agreement shall prove to
have been incorrect or untrue in any material respect when made or deemed made
or delivered; or
(d) The Seller, the Servicer or the Parent shall fail to
perform or observe any other term, covenant or agreement contained in the
Agreement on its part to be performed or observed and any such failure shall
remain unremedied for 10 days (or, with respect to a failure to deliver the
Seller Report pursuant to the Agreement, such failure shall remain unremedied
for five days); or
(e) Any O&M Party shall fail to pay any principal of or
premium or interest on any of its Debt (including Debt owing pursuant to the O&M
Credit Agreement) which is outstanding in a principal amount of at least
$10,000,000 in the aggregate when the same becomes due and payable (whether by
scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand or otherwise), and
such failure shall continue after the applicable grace period, if any, specified
in the agreement, mortgage, indenture or instrument relating to such Debt; or
any other event shall occur or condition shall exist under any agreement,
mortgage, indenture or instrument relating to any such Debt and shall continue
after the applicable grace period, if any, specified in such agreement,
mortgage, indenture or instrument, if the effect of such event or condition is
to accelerate, or to permit the acceleration of, the
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maturity of such Debt; or any such Debt shall be declared to be due and payable,
or required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled required
prepayment), redeemed, purchased or defeased, or an offer to repay, redeem,
purchase or defease such Debt shall be required to be made, in each case prior
to the stated maturity thereof; or
(f) The Agreement or any purchase or any reinvestment pursuant
to the Agreement shall for any reason (other than pursuant to the terms hereof)
cease to create, or the Purchased Interest shall for any reason cease to be, a
valid and enforceable perfected undivided percentage ownership interest to the
extent of the Purchased Interest in each Pool Receivable and the Related
Security and Collections and other proceeds with respect thereto, free and clear
of any Adverse Claim; or
(g) Any O&M Party shall generally not pay its debts as such
debts become due, or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its debts
generally, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
any proceeding shall be instituted by or against any O&M Party seeking to
adjudicate it a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation, winding up,
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection, relief, or composition of
it or its debts under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or
reorganization or relief of debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief
or the appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other similar official
for it or for any substantial part of its property and, in the case of any such
proceeding instituted against it (but not instituted by it), either such
proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of 30 days, or any
of the actions sought in such proceeding (including, without limitation, the
entry of an order for relief against, or the appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian or other similar official for, it or for any substantial part of its
property) shall occur; or any O&M Party shall take any corporate action to
authorize any of the actions set forth above in this paragraph (g); or
(h) Any event occurs which materially adversely affects the
collectibility of the Eligible Receivables or there shall have occurred any
other event which materially adversely affects the ability of the Servicer to
collect Eligible Receivables; or
(i) As of the last day of any calendar month, either (i) the
Six Month Default Ratio shall exceed 4% or (ii) the Six Month Dilution Ratio
shall exceed 5% or (iii) the Six Month Loss- to-Liquidation Ratio shall exceed
1.0% or (iv) the average of the Delinquency Ratios for the six consecutive Month
End Dates ending with such last day shall exceed 25%; or
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(j) The Purchased Interest shall exceed 100%.
(k) Any O&M Party shall contract, create, incur, assume or permit to
exist any Lien with respect to any of its property of assets of any kind
(whether real or personal, tangible or intangible), whether now owned or after
acquired, except for Permitted Liens.
(l) The Tangible Net Worth of Initial Purchaser shall at any time be
less than $5,000,000.
(m) Any Change of Control shall occur.
(n) A Termination Event of the type described in Exhibit IV to the
Purchase and Sale Agreement shall have occurred.
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SCHEDULE I
CREDIT AND COLLECTION POLICY
SCHEDULE II
PERMITTED LIENS
SCHEDULE III
TRADE NAMES AND LOCATIONS
SCHEDULE IV
LOCK-BOX BANKS AND LOCK-BOX ACCOUNTS
Lock-Box Bank Lock-Box Account
ANNEX A
FORM OF LOCK-BOX AGREEMENT
LOCK-BOX AGREEMENT
December ____, 1995
Address of Lock-Box Bank
Dear __________:
Reference is made to our lock-box account no. _____ (the "Lock Box
Account") and our deposit account no. _____ (together with the Lock Box Account,
the "Accounts") maintained with you. Reference is further made to (i) the
Purchase and Sale Agreement dated as of December 28, 1995 (as the same may be
amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time, the "Purchase and
Sale Agreement") between the Originators party thereto, ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical,
Inc. ("O&M Medical"), as an Originator and as Servicer, and O&M Funding Corp.,
as Initial Purchaser ("O&M Funding") and ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor, Inc. ("O&M"), and (ii)
the Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of December 28, 1995 (as the same
may be amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time, the
"Receivables Purchase Agreement") among O&M Funding, as Seller, O&M Medical, as
Servicer, O&M, Receivables Capital Corporation ("RCC"), as Issuer, and Bank of
America National Trust and Savings Association, as administrator (the
"Administrator"), and (iii) the Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement dated as of
December 28, 1995 (as it may be amended, modified, or otherwise supplemented
from time to time, the "Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement") among O&M Funding,
O&M Medical, O&M, the Parallel Purchasers from time to time parties thereto, and
Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association, as Administrative Agent
for such Parallel Purchasers (in such capacity the "PAPA Agent")
Please be advised that pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement O&M
Medical has sold all of its right, title and interest in (but not its
obligations under) the Accounts, all amounts on deposit therein, all
certificates and instruments, if any, evidencing such Accounts and amounts on
deposit therein and any related agreements between you and O&M Medical to O&M
Funding. In addition:
(i)(a) pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement, O&M
Medical has sold to O&M Funding and may hereafter sell to O&M Funding
all of O&M Medical's right, title and interest in accounts, chattel
paper, instruments or general intangibles (collectively, "Receivables")
with respect to which payments are or may hereafter be made to the
Accounts, (b) pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, O&M
Funding has assigned and/or may hereafter assign to RCC one or more
undivided percentage interests in Receivables with respect to which
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payments are or may hereafter be made to the Accounts, and (c) pursuant
to the Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement, O&M Funding has assigned and
may hereafter assign to the PAPA Agent for the benefit of the Parallel
Purchasers one or more undivided percentage interests in Receivables
with respect to which payment may be made hereafter to the Accounts;
and
(ii)(a) pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement, O&M
Medical has granted a security interest in such Receivables, the
Accounts and related property to O&M Funding, (b) pursuant to the
Receivables Purchase Agreement O&M Funding has granted a security
interest in such Receivables, the Accounts and related property to RCC,
and (c) pursuant to the Parallel Asset Purchase Agreement, O&M Funding
has granted a security interest in such Receivables, the Accounts and
related property to the PAPA Agent for the benefit of the Parallel
Purchasers.
Your execution of this letter agreement is a condition precedent to
continued maintenance of the Accounts with you.
We hereby transfer exclusive ownership and control of the Accounts to
the Administrator on behalf of RCC and the PAPA Agent as their interests may
appear, subject only to the condition subsequent that the Administrator shall
have given you notice of its election to assume such ownership and control,
which notice may be in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A or in any other
form that gives you reasonable notice of such election.
We hereby irrevocably instruct you, at all times from and after the
date of your receipt of notice from the Administrator as described above, to
make all payments to be made by you out of or in connection with the Accounts
directly to the Administrator, at its address set forth below its signature
hereto or as the Administrator otherwise notifies you (at account no. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇,
ABA no. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇) for the account of RCC and the PAPA Agent as their interests
may appear, or otherwise in accordance with the instructions of the
Administrator.
The PAPA Agent hereby agrees with you and the Administrator, that you
are authorized and instructed to accept all instructions with respect to the
Accounts from the Administrator and not the PAPA Agent, irrespective of whether
such instructions conflict with an instruction given to you by the PAPA Agent,
and the PAPA Agent hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrator as the agent of
the PAPA Agent for the purpose of giving you instructions hereunder.
We also hereby notify you that, at all times from and after the date of
your receipt of notice from the Administrator as described above, the
Administrator shall be irrevocably entitled to exercise in our place and stead
any and all rights in respect of or in connection with the Accounts, including,
without limitation,
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(a) the right to specify when payments are to be made out of or in connection
with the Accounts and (b) the right to require preparation of duplicate monthly
bank statements on the Accounts for the Administrator's audit purposes and
mailing of such statements directly to an address specified by the
Administrator.
Notice from the Administrator may be personally served or sent by
Telex, facsimile or U.S. mail, certified return receipt requested, to the
address, Telex or facsimile number set forth under your signature to this letter
agreement (or to such other address, Telex or facsimile number as to which you
shall notify the Administrator in writing). If notice is given by Telex or
facsimile, it will be deemed to have been received when the notice is sent and
the answerback is received (in the case of Telex) or receipt is confirmed by
telephone or other electronic means (in the case of facsimile). All other
notices will be deemed to have been received when actually received or, in the
case of personal delivery, delivered.
By executing this letter agreement, you acknowledge and consent to the
existence of the Administrator's right to ownership and control of the Accounts
and RCC's and the PAPA Agent's security interest in the Accounts, as their
interests may appear, and amounts from time to time on deposit therein and agree
that from the date hereof the Accounts shall be maintained by you for the
benefit of, and amounts from time to time therein held by you as agent for, the
Administrator on the terms provided herein. The Accounts are to be titled "O&M
Funding Corp. and Bank of America National Trust and Savings Association as the
Administrator for Receivables Capital Corporation, and as Administrative Agent
for the Parallel Purchasers, as their interests may appear". Except as otherwise
provided in this letter agreement, payments to the Accounts are to be processed
in accordance with the standard procedures currently in effect. All service
charges and fees with respect to the Accounts shall continue to be payable by us
as under the arrangements currently in effect.
By executing this letter agreement, you irrevocably waive and agree not
to assert, claim or endeavor to exercise, irrevocably bar and estop yourself
from asserting, claiming or exercising, and acknowledge that you have not
heretofore received a notice, writ, order or any form of legal process from any
other person or entity asserting, claiming or exercising, any right of set-off,
banker's lien or other purported form of claim with respect to the Accounts or
any funds from time to time therein. Except for your right to payment of your
service charges and fees and to make deductions for returned items, you shall
have no rights in the Accounts or funds therein. To the extent you may ever have
such rights, you hereby expressly subordinate all such rights to all rights of
the Administrator and the PAPA Agent.
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You may terminate this letter agreement by cancelling the Accounts
maintained with you, which cancellation and termination shall become effective
only upon thirty days' prior written notice thereof from you to the
Administrator. Incoming mail addressed to or wire transfers to the Accounts
received after such cancellation shall be forwarded in accordance with the
Administrator's instructions. This letter agreement may also be terminated upon
written notice to you by the Administrator stating that the Receivables Purchase
Agreement pursuant to which this letter agreement was obtained is no longer in
effect. Except as otherwise provided in this paragraph, this letter agreement
may not be terminated or amended without the prior written consent of the
Administrator. This letter agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, and by the parties hereto on 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.
Please acknowledge your agreement to the terms set forth in this letter
agreement by signing the two copies of this letter agreement enclosed herewith
in the space provided below, sending one such signed copy to the Administrator
at its address provided above and returning the other signed copy to us.
Very truly yours,
▇▇▇▇▇ & MINOR MEDICAL, INC.
By:
Name:
Title:
Acknowledged and agreed to as of the date first written above:
RECEIVABLES CAPITAL CORPORATION
By: Bank of America National Trust
and Savings Association,
as attorney-in-fact
By:
Name:
Title:
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▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ NATIONAL TRUST
AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as Administrator
By:
Name:
Title:
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST
AND SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as PAPA Agent
By:
Name:
Title:
Address for notice:
Asset Securitization Group
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇. ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Telephone: 312/828-5448
Facsimile: 312/828-7855
[Lock Box Bank]
By:
Name:
Title:
Address for notice:
Attention: _____________________
Telex No.: _____________________
(Answerback: ____________________)
Telephone: _____________________
Facsimile: _____________________
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EXHIBIT A to
Lock-Box Agreement
[Letterhead of Bank of America National
Trust and Savings Association]
Address of Lock-Box Bank
Re: ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc.
Lock Box Account No. _____
Deposit Account No. _____
Dear __________:
Reference is made to the letter agreement dated December __, 1995 (the
"Letter Agreement") among ▇▇▇▇▇ & Minor Medical, Inc., Receivables Capital
Corporation ("RCC"), the undersigned, as Administrator and you concerning the
above described accounts (the "Accounts"). We hereby give you notice of our
assumption of ownership and control of the Accounts as provided in the Letter
Agreement.
We hereby instruct you to make all payments to be made by you out of or
in connection with the Accounts directly to the undersigned, at our address set
forth above, to account no. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ for the Accounts of RCC and the PAPA Agent
(as defined in the Letter Agreement) as their interests may appear.
[other instructions]
Very truly yours,
BANK OF AMERICA NATIONAL TRUST AND
SAVINGS ASSOCIATION, as Administrator
By:
Name:
Title:
ANNEX B
FORM OF HUNTON & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ OPINION
ANNEX C
FORM OF CORPORATE COUNSEL'S OPINION
ANNEX D
OPINION CERTIFICATE