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EXHIBIT 10.5
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TRUST AGREEMENT
(Universal Compression Trust 2000-1)
Dated as of May 25, 2000
between
THE PERSONS LISTED ON SCHEDULE I
HERETO OR THAT MAY BECOME PARTY HERETO,
as Certificate Holders,
and
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,
not in its individual
capacity except as expressly stated
herein, but solely as Trustee
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION................................................................1
SECTION 1.1. Definitions; Rules of Usage................................................................1
ARTICLE II THE TRUST ESTATE..............................................................................1
SECTION 2.1. Appointment, Authorization and Direction to Trustee........................................1
SECTION 2.2. Declaration and Purpose....................................................................2
SECTION 2.3. No Business Trust Formed...................................................................2
SECTION 2.4. Domicile and Resident Agent of the Trust...................................................3
SECTION 2.5. Title of Trust Property....................................................................3
ARTICLE III CERTIFICATES..................................................................................3
SECTION 3.1. Certificates; Procedure for Investment.....................................................3
SECTION 3.2. Scheduled Return of Investment.............................................................3
SECTION 3.3. Equity Return..............................................................................3
SECTION 3.4. Availability Fees..........................................................................3
SECTION 3.5. Payment by Trustee.........................................................................3
SECTION 3.6. Overdue Rate...............................................................................4
SECTION 3.7. Lease Event of Default.....................................................................4
SECTION 3.8. Payment from Trust Estate Only.............................................................4
SECTION 3.9. Registration, Transfers, Exchanges and Cancellation of Certificates.......................4
SECTION 3.10. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Certificate..........................................6
ARTICLE IV COLLECTIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS.................................................................7
SECTION 4.1. Non-Default Payments.......................................................................7
SECTION 4.2. Payments after a Lease Event of Default....................................................7
SECTION 4.3. Application of Certain Other Payments......................................................7
SECTION 4.4. Effect of Sales by Trustee.................................................................8
ARTICLE V CERTAIN PROVISIONS RESPECTING TRUSTEE.........................................................8
SECTION 5.1. Acceptance of Trusts and Duties............................................................8
SECTION 5.2. Limitation of Power........................................................................8
SECTION 5.3. Action Upon Instructions...................................................................8
SECTION 5.4. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.............................................9
SECTION 5.5. Certain Rights of Trustee..................................................................9
SECTION 5.6. NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE EQUIPMENT OR DOCUMENTS.........................11
SECTION 5.7. Status of Moneys Received.................................................................12
SECTION 5.8. Permitted Activities......................................................................12
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SECTION 5.9. Resignation or Removal of Trustee.........................................................12
SECTION 5.10. Estate and Rights of Successor Trustee...................................................13
SECTION 5.11. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee.......................................................13
SECTION 5.12. Co-Trustees..............................................................................13
SECTION 5.13. Doing Business in Other Jurisdictions....................................................13
SECTION 5.14. Creditors................................................................................14
SECTION 5.15. Operations...............................................................................14
ARTICLE VI TERMINATION OF AND AMENDMENTS TO TRUST.......................................................15
SECTION 6.1. Termination...............................................................................15
SECTION 6.2. Distribution of Trust Estate Upon Termination.............................................16
SECTION 6.3. Amendments; Only Written Waivers..........................................................16
SECTION 6.4. Bankruptcy of a Certificate Holder........................................................16
SECTION 6.5. Transfers shall not Terminate Trust Agreement.............................................16
ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS................................................................................16
SECTION 7.1. Compensation..............................................................................16
SECTION 7.2. Notices.................................................................................. 17
SECTION 7.3. Severability..............................................................................17
SECTION 7.4. Tax Reports...............................................................................17
SECTION 7.5. Headings..................................................................................17
SECTION 7.6. Successors and Assigns....................................................................17
SECTION 7.7. Counterparts..............................................................................17
SECTION 7.8. Rights in Trust Agreement.................................................................17
SECTION 7.9. Identification of Trust...................................................................17
SECTION 7.10. Agreement Not to Petition................................................................17
SECTION 7.11. GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL...................18
SCHEDULE 1 CERTIFICATE HOLDERS; COMMITMENTS
EXHIBIT A FORM OF CERTIFICATE
EXHIBIT B FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
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This Trust Agreement (Universal Compression Trust 2000-1)
(this "Trust Agreement") dated as of May 25, 2000 is among each of the Persons
listed on Schedule I hereto together with any permitted successor or assign each
a "Certificate Holder" and collectively, the "Certificate Holders", and
Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, not in its individual
capacity except as expressly provided herein but solely as trustee hereunder,
and any institution that shall act as a successor trustee in accordance with the
terms of Section 5.9 hereof ("Trustee"); and in its individual capacity ("Trust
Company").
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION
SECTION 1.1. Definitions; Rules of Usage. Capitalized terms
used but not otherwise defined in this Trust Agreement shall have the respective
meanings specified in Appendix A to the Participation Agreement, dated as of May
30, 2000, among Universal Compression, Inc. ("Lessee"), Universal Compression
Holdings, Inc. ("Guarantor"), Trustee, Trust Company, the Certificate Holders,
Bankers Trust Company, as Administrative Agent (the "Administrative Agent") and
Bankers Trust Company, as Collateral Agent (the "Collateral Agent") and each of
the financial institutions listed on the signature pages thereto as lenders or
that may thereafter become party thereto as lenders (the "Lenders"), and the
rules of interpretation set forth in such Appendix A shall apply hereto.
ARTICLE II
THE TRUST ESTATE
SECTION 2.1. Appointment, Authorization and Direction to
Trustee. The Certificate Holders hereby request that Trust Company act as
trustee of the trust created hereunder (the "Trust"), appoint Trust Company as
Trustee hereunder and authorize and direct Trustee, subject to confirmation by
the Certificate Holders of the satisfaction or waiver of all appropriate
conditions set forth in the Participation Agreement, to:
(a) enter into, execute and deliver on the Closing Date and
from time to time thereafter the Operative Documents to which Trustee is to
become a party on such respective dates, including the Participation Agreement,
the Lease Agreement, the Lease Agreement Supplements, the Loan Agreement, the
Notes, the Assembly Agency Agreement and the Financing Statements; and
(b) enter into, execute and deliver on the Closing Date the
Certificates in a manner and subject to the terms and conditions provided herein
and in each of the other Operative Documents;
and to do all such things and take all such actions as may be necessary or
convenient to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Operative
Documents and to perform the terms
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and conditions of this Trust Agreement, all as contemplated herein or in the
documents referred to herein.
Each of the Certificate Holders by making its monies available
on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Participation Agreement,
agrees that such act shall constitute, without further act, authorization and
direction by such Certificate Holders, to Trustee to take the actions specified
in this Section 2.1.
SECTION 2.2. Declaration and Purpose.
(a) Trustee hereby declares, undertakes and agrees that it
will and does receive, take and hold all estate, right, title and interest of
the Trust in and to the Trust Estate for the use and benefit of the Certificate
Holders.
(b) The purpose of the Trust is (i) to utilize the proceeds of
the Equity Contributions made available to Trustee by the Certificate Holders
pursuant to Section 4.1 of the Participation Agreement and this Trust Agreement
together with the Loans made available to Trustee by the Lenders pursuant to the
Loan Agreement for the purposes of acquiring the Equipment in accordance with
the terms and subject to the conditions of the Participation Agreement, the
Lease Agreement and the other Operative Documents; (ii) to hold title to the
Equipment and lease the Equipment to Lessee pursuant to the Lease Agreement;
(iii) to preserve the interest of Trustee (as trustee under this Trust
Agreement) in the Trust Estate for the benefit of the Certificate Holders and
engage in activities ancillary and incidental thereto as set forth in the
Operative Documents; (iv) to issue the Certificates to the Certificate Holders
evidencing the Equity Contributions made available to Trustee; (v) to accept the
security including the Lessee Collateral to be provided for the benefit of the
Trustee; (vi) to enter into the Loan Agreement and, in connection therewith,
execute and deliver the Notes; (vii) to exercise all remedies available to
Trustee or the Certificate Holders under the Operative Documents; and (viii) to
enter into any agreements or to perform any action incidental to any of the
foregoing.
(c) The powers of the Trust are limited in accordance with
Section 9.2 of the Participation Agreement.
SECTION 2.3. No Business Trust Formed. THE TRUST IS NOT A
BUSINESS TRUST. THE SOLE PURPOSE OF THE TRUST IS TO ACQUIRE AND HOLD TITLE TO
THE TRUST ESTATE AND TO COLLECT AND CONSERVE THE VALUE THEREOF, SUBJECT TO THE
RIGHTS AND BENEFITS OF THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN
THE OPERATIVE DOCUMENTS, TRUSTEE MAY NOT TRANSACT BUSINESS OF ANY KIND WITH
RESPECT TO THE TRUST ESTATE, NOR SHALL THIS TRUST AGREEMENT BE DEEMED TO BE, OR
CREATE OR EVIDENCE THE EXISTENCE OF, A CORPORATION DE FACTO OR DE JURE, OR A
MASSACHUSETTS TRUST OR DELAWARE BUSINESS TRUST, OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF BUSINESS
TRUST, ASSOCIATION OR JOINT VENTURE AMONG TRUSTEE, THE CERTIFICATE HOLDERS OR
BETWEEN ANY TWO OF THEM.
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SECTION 2.4. Domicile and Resident Agent of the Trust. The
domicile of the Trust will be located in Wilmington, Delaware. All bank accounts
of Trustee related to its duties hereunder will be located in the State of
Delaware.
SECTION 2.5. Title of Trust Property. Legal title to all the
Trust Estate shall be vested at all times in Trustee. The Certificate Holders
shall have no title to or any other interest in specific property in the Trust
Estate; instead, each of the Certificate Holders shall only have a right to
receive payments hereunder with respect to their respective interests.
ARTICLE III
CERTIFICATES
SECTION 3.1. Certificates; Procedure for Investment. The
investment made by each Certificate Holder in the Trust Estate and its undivided
interest in the Trust shall be evidenced by a certificate executed by Trustee,
which shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (each, a
"Certificate"), each with appropriate insertions, issued by Trustee in the name
of such Certificate Holder and in an amount equal to the Certificate Holder
Commitment of such Certificate Holder. Each Certificate shall (i) be dated the
date of issuance thereof, and (ii) subject to Section 5.1 of the Participation
Agreement, bear yield on the allocable, unpaid Certificate Holder Amount from
time to time outstanding at the Applicable Equity Rates.
SECTION 3.2. Scheduled Return of Investment. Subject to the
other Operative Documents, each Certificate Holder shall be entitled to receive
on the Casualty Loss Value Payment Date of an Item of Equipment or on the date
an Item of Equipment is sold by Trustee, its Pro Rata Share of the Equity
Component of such Item of Equipment and on the Termination Date of an Item of
Equipment its Pro Rata Share of any Deficiency then due under the Lease
Agreement net of any amounts due the Lenders.
SECTION 3.3. Equity Return. (a) Each Certificate Holder shall
be entitled during the Term to a return on the aggregate amount of its unrepaid
Equity Contributions (such unpaid amounts, its "Certificate Holder Amount")
calculated at the Applicable Equity Rates, in accordance with the Lease
Agreement and the Participation Agreement.
(b) Equity Return on each Certificate shall be payable in
arrears on each Payment Date.
SECTION 3.4. Availability Fees. Each Certificate Holder (not a
Defaulting Certificate Holder) shall be entitled during the Commitment Period to
an availability fee on the amount of its Certificate Holder Available Commitment
calculated at the Availability Fee Rate in accordance with the Lease Agreement
and Participation Agreement.
SECTION 3.5. Payment by Trustee. Subject to Article IV and the
other Operative Documents, Trustee shall, from the Trust Estate, return to each
Certificate Holder, on a Pro Rata Basis (a) on each Payment Date, the monies
received by Trustee constituting Equity Return (or part thereof) accrued to such
date and Availability Fees (net of any Loan Availability
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Fees accrued to such date), (b) on the Casualty Loss Value Payment of an Item of
Equipment or on the date an Item of Equipment is sold by Trustee, the monies
received by Trustee constituting Casualty Loss Value (or part thereof) or sale
proceeds of such Item of Equipment and (c) on the Termination Date, the monies
received by Trustee constituting a Lease Payment or a Deficiency payment (or
part thereof). Each payment received by a Certificate Holder in accordance with
clause (b) or (c) above shall reduce its Certificate Holder Amount by the amount
of such payment.
SECTION 3.6. Overdue Rate. If all or a portion of the
Certificate Holder Amount represented by, or accrued Equity Return on, the
Certificates or all or part of a Certificate Holder's Availability Fee, if any,
shall not be paid when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or
otherwise), such overdue amount shall, without limiting the rights of the
Certificate Holders under any Operative Document, bear interest at the Overdue
Rate in effect from time to time, in each case, from the due date until the date
paid (after as well as before judgment).
SECTION 3.7. Lease Event of Default. Upon the occurrence and
continuation of a Lease Event of Default, pursuant to which a termination
payment as set forth in Section 24(d) of the Lease Agreement has become due and
payable, the Certificate Holder Amounts evidenced by the Certificates (with
accrued Equity Return thereon) and all other amounts then owing to the
Certificate Holders by Trustee under this Trust Agreement, the Certificates and
the other Operative Documents shall immediately become due and payable.
SECTION 3.8. Payment from Trust Estate Only. All payments to
be made by Trustee in respect of the Certificates and this Trust Agreement shall
be made only from the income and proceeds from the Trust Estate and only to the
extent that Trustee shall have received sufficient income or proceeds from the
Trust Estate to make such payments in accordance with the terms of Article IV.
The Certificate Holders agree that they will look solely to the income and
proceeds from the Trust Estate to the extent available for distribution to them
as herein provided, and that Trustee is not nor shall it be liable in its
individual capacity to any Certificate Holder for any amount payable hereunder
or under the Certificates except as provided in Section 5.5(h) hereof.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is expressly understood and agreed that
nothing in this Section 3.8 shall be deemed to (i) release Trust Company from
liability for its breach of any of its obligations under the Operative
Documents, fraudulent actions or willful misconduct, or (ii) limit or affect the
obligations of the Trust Company in accordance with the express terms of any
Operative Document creating a recourse obligation of the Trust Company.
SECTION 3.9. Registration, Transfers, Exchanges and
Cancellation of Certificates.
(a) The Administrative Agent shall maintain a register of all
Certificates in accordance with Section 11.8 of the Participation Agreement and
any transfer of interests in a Certificate shall be subject to Sections 11.8 and
12.7 of the Participation Agreement. Subject to Section 12.7 of the
Participation Agreement, a Certificate Holder that intends to transfer a
Certificate, or to exchange Certificate(s) for different denominations shall
surrender such Certificate(s) to Trustee, and shall provide notification of such
surrender to the Administrative
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Agent, together with a written request from such Certificate Holder for the
issuance of one or more new Certificates. Such request shall specify the
denomination or denominations of such new Certificate(s) and, in the case of a
surrender for registration of transfer, the name and address of the Person in
whose name such new Certificate(s) are to be registered. Promptly upon receipt
of such documents by Trustee, Trustee shall execute and deliver to such
Certificate Holder new Certificate(s) in the same aggregate original Certificate
Holder Commitment, and dated the same date, as such surrendered Certificate(s).
Such new Certificate(s) shall be in such denomination or denominations and
registered in such name or names as shall be specified in the written request
from such Certificate Holder. Each Certificate so surrendered shall be
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed by the Certificate
Holder of such Certificate or its attorney duly authorized in writing. Upon
request, the Trustee shall advise the transferor and transferee Certificate
Holder of: (i) the Certificate Holder Amount and Equity Return on the
Certificate so surrendered that were paid to any holder thereof at any time
before the delivery of the new Certificate; (ii) Equity Return allocable to such
new Certificate on the basis of the respective original Certificate Holder
Amount thereof; and (iii) the date to which Equity Return on the surrendered
Certificate had been paid to any holder thereof at the time of such delivery.
All Certificates issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of
Certificates shall be valid obligations of Trustee, and shall be entitled to the
same security and benefits under this Trust Agreement as the Certificates
surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange. No transfer of any
Certificate shall be valid unless and until such transfer is registered on the
register maintained by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 11.8 of the
Participation Agreement.
(b) The Trustee shall record in its records the date and
amount of all funds made by a Certificate Holder pursuant to Section 4.1 of the
Participation Agreement and the date and amount of each repayment of any
Certificate Holder Amount to such Certificate Holder; provided, that, failure by
the Trustee to make any such recording or any error therein shall not affect the
obligations of Trustee hereunder or under any Certificate in respect of the
amounts evidenced thereby or the obligations of Lessee under this Agreement or
under the Lease Agreement with respect to the payment of Lease Payments,
Availability Fees and Supplemental Payments; and provided, further, that, in no
event shall the failure of Trustee to make any such endorsement or any error
therein obligate Trustee to pay any amounts in excess of the Certificate Holder
Amount, plus Equity Return on the unpaid Certificate Holder Amount.
(c) Each Certificate surrendered to Trustee pursuant to this
Section 3.9 or Section 3.10 hereof shall be canceled by Trustee, and no
Certificate shall be issued in lieu thereof except as expressly permitted by
this Section 3.9 or Section 3.10 hereof.
(d) Each Certificate delivered to a Certificate Holder
pursuant to this Section 3.9 or Sections 3.1 or 3.10 of this Trust Agreement
shall be issued without registration of such Certificate under the Securities
Act, as amended, or under any state securities or "blue sky" law, and without
qualification of this Trust Agreement under the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as
amended. All Certificates issued hereunder shall bear a legend that shall read
substantially as follows:
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES
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OR "BLUE SKY" LAW, AND MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE
IN VIOLATION OF SUCH ACT OR LAWS.
(e) If the Trust Company shall acquire any of the
Certificates, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption of, or the
satisfaction of, such Certificates unless and until the same shall be delivered
to Trustee for cancellation pursuant to this Trust Agreement.
(f) No service charge shall be made for the issuance of
Certificates pursuant to this Section 3.9 or Sections 3.1 or 3.10 of this Trust
Agreement, but Trustee may require from the Person requesting the transfer of
such Certificates pursuant to this Section 3.9 or Section 3.10 hereof payment of
a sum sufficient to reimburse Trustee for, or to provide sufficient funds for,
the payment of any tax or other governmental charge in connection therewith or
any charges and expenses connected with such tax or other governmental charge
paid or payable by Trustee. Any Certificate Holder transferring its Certificates
shall also pay or cause the transferee to pay the costs and expenses (including
reasonable counsel fees) incurred by Trustee in connection with such transfer.
SECTION 3.10. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen
Certificate.
(a) If any Certificate shall become mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen, Trustee shall, upon the written request of the appropriate
Certificate Holder, execute and deliver in replacement thereof and at no charge
to Certificate Holder, a new Certificate in the same form, evidencing the same
interest and dated the same date as the Certificate so mutilated, destroyed,
lost or stolen. If the Certificate being replaced has become mutilated, such
Certificate shall be surrendered to Trustee and a photocopy thereof shall be
furnished to Lessee by Trustee. If the Certificate being replaced has been
destroyed, lost or stolen, the Certificate Holder requesting a replacement
Certificate shall furnish to Trustee and Lessee such reasonable security or
indemnity as may be required by each of them to save them harmless if
Certificate Holder has not furnished them satisfactory evidence of the
destruction, loss or theft of the Certificate; provided that if the Certificate
being replaced is registered in the name of an original Certificate Holder then
the affidavit of a Responsible Officer of such Certificate Holder in form
reasonably satisfactory to Trustee and Lessee, setting forth the fact of
destruction, loss or theft and of ownership of the Certificate at the time
thereof shall be satisfactory evidence and no security or indemnity shall be
required other than the written agreement of such Person, in form reasonably
satisfactory to Trustee, to indemnify and hold harmless Trustee and Lessee from
all risks resulting from the authentication and delivery of a substitute
Certificate. Each Certificate Holder requesting replacement hereunder shall be
responsible for all stamp taxes relating to such replacement.
(b) Any duplicate Certificate issued pursuant to this Section
3.10 shall constitute complete and indefeasible evidence of ownership of such
Certificate, as if originally issued, whether or not the destroyed, lost or
stolen Certificate shall be found at any time.
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ARTICLE IV
COLLECTIONS AND DISTRIBUTIONS
The following provisions shall govern the receipt,
distribution and application of all income and proceeds from the Trust Estate:
SECTION 4.1. Non-Default Payments. Provided no Lease Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and subject to Section 7 of the
Participation Agreement, moneys received by Trustee constituting Lease Payments
or any end of term payment under Section 28 or 29 of the Lease Agreement,
Availability Fees or Supplemental Payments under the Lease Agreement other than
constituting Casualty Loss Value or proceeds of a sale under Section 28.5 of the
Lease Agreement (including the payment of interest on any such overdue amount),
shall be applied on the date received on a pari passu basis in accordance with
each Certificate Holder's Pro Rata Share:
(i) first, to the payment of Breakage Costs, if any, (ii)
second, to the payment of accrued but unpaid Availability Fees and Equity Return
on the Certificate Holder Amount of such Certificate Holder at the Overdue Rate
if any, to the date of such payment then due hereunder, (iii) third, to the
payment of accrued but unpaid Availability Fees and Equity Return at the
Applicable Equity Rates on the Certificate Holder Amount of such Certificate
Holder, if any, to the date of such repayment then due under the Operative
Documents, (iv) fourth, to the payment of any other amounts then due to such
Certificate Holder under the Operative Documents for accrued Taxes, increased
costs under Section 10 of the Participation Agreement and any other amounts then
due other than the Certificate Holder Amount, (v) fifth, to the payment of the
Certificate Holder Amount and (vi) sixth, the balance, if any, of such moneys
remaining after payment in full of the amounts set forth in clauses (i) through
(v) of this Section 4.1 shall be distributed to Lessee.
SECTION 4.2. Payments after a Lease Event of Default. All
payments received and all amounts held or realized by Trustee (including any
amounts realized by Trustee from the exercise of any remedies) after the
occurrence and during the continuation of any Lease Event of Default, and all
payments or amounts then held or thereafter received by Trustee hereunder or
under the Operative Documents, shall, so long as such Lease Event of Default
continues and shall not have been waived in writing by the Majority Lenders, be
paid on the date received (i) first, to Trustee so much of such payments or
amounts held or realized by Trustee as shall be required to reimburse Trustee
for any expenses not reimbursed by Lessee in connection with the collection or
distribution of such amounts held or realized by Trustee or in connection with
the expenses incurred in enforcing its remedies hereunder and preserving Lessee
Collateral including, without limitation, those expenses contemplated under
Section 12.1 of the Participation Agreement, and (ii) to each Certificate Holder
in accordance with Section 4.1 hereof.
SECTION 4.3. Application of Certain Other Payments. Any
payments received by any Certificate Holder for which provision as to the
application thereof is made in the Operative Documents but not elsewhere in this
Trust Agreement shall be forthwith delivered to
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the Trustee for application in accordance with the purpose for which such
payment was made in accordance with the terms of the Operative Documents.
SECTION 4.4. Effect of Sales by Trustee. Any sale of all or
any part of the Trust Estate by Trustee permitted hereunder and under the other
Operative Documents shall bind the Certificate Holders and shall be effective
for the benefit of the purchasers thereof and their respective successors and
assigns to divest and transfer all right, title and interest vested in Trustee
and the Certificate Holders hereunder in the property so sold, and no purchaser
shall be required to inquire as to compliance by Trustee with any of the terms
hereof or to see to the application of any purchase money therefor.
ARTICLE V
CERTAIN PROVISIONS RESPECTING TRUSTEE
SECTION 5.1. Acceptance of Trusts and Duties. Trust Company
accepts the trusts hereby created and agrees to perform the same as Trustee as
herein expressed and, as such, agrees to receive and disburse all moneys
constituting part of the Trust Estate in accordance with the terms hereof.
SECTION 5.2. Limitation of Power. Trustee shall have no power,
right, duty or authority to manage, control, possess, use, sell, lease, dispose
of or otherwise deal with the Equipment or any other property at any time
constituting a part of the Trust Estate, or otherwise to take or refrain from
taking any action under or in connection with the Operative Documents, except
(a) to execute and deliver the Operative Documents to which Trustee is to be a
party, (b) to exercise and carry out or cause to be exercised and carried out
the rights, duties and obligations of Trustee hereunder and under the Operative
Documents, and (c) to receive, collect and distribute and deal with the sums due
under the Participation Agreement, the Lease Agreement, this Trust Agreement or
other Operative Documents, and the proceeds thereof as provided in the
Participation Agreement, the Lease Agreement, this Trust Agreement or other
Operative Documents (to the extent not payable directly to Certificate Holders
by Lessee under the other Operative Documents). Other than as expressly provided
in this Trust Agreement, Trustee shall not have the authority to make management
decisions relating to the Trust Estate and may take only ministerial actions
without the consent of the Majority Certificate Holders.
SECTION 5.3. Action Upon Instructions. Subject to the terms of
Sections 5.4, 5.5 and 8.1 of this Trust Agreement and subject to and only in
accordance with the provisions of the Operative Documents, upon the written
instructions at any time and from time to time of the Majority Certificate
Holders, the Trustee shall take such of the following actions as may be
specified in such instructions:
(a) give such notice or direction or exercise such right or
power under the Lease Agreement, as shall be specified in such instructions;
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(b) approve as satisfactory to it all matters required by the
terms of any Operative Document to be satisfactory to Trustee;
(c) after the expiration of the Term, unless Lessee shall have
purchased all Items of Equipment in accordance with the Lease Agreement, convey
all of Trustee's right, title and interest in and to the Equipment for such
amount, on such terms and to such purchaser or purchasers as shall be designated
in such instructions, or otherwise lease or dispose of the Equipment, on such
terms as shall be designated in such instructions; and
(d) any other action as specified in writing.
SECTION 5.4. Certain Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee.
Trustee undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties
as are specifically set forth herein and in the other Operative Documents, and
no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Trust Agreement
against Trustee. Trustee agrees that it shall not, nor shall it have a duty to,
manage, control, use, sell, maintain, insure, register, lease, operate, modify,
dispose of or otherwise deal with the Equipment or any other part of the Trust
Estate in any manner whatsoever, except as required by the terms of the
Operative Documents and as otherwise provided herein.
SECTION 5.5. Certain Rights of Trustee. Except as otherwise
provided in Section 5.4 of this Trust Agreement:
(a) Trustee may rely and shall be protected in acting or
refraining from acting upon any signature, resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order or other
paper or document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and to have been
signed or presented by the proper party or parties;
(b) any request, direction or authorization by any party
hereto or to any other Operative Document shall be sufficiently evidenced by a
request, direction or authorization in writing, delivered to Trustee and signed
in the name of such party by the president, any vice president, the treasurer or
the secretary of such party, as the case may be, and any resolution of the Board
of Directors or committee thereof of such party shall be sufficiently evidenced
by a copy of such resolution certified by the secretary or an assistant
secretary of such party, as the case may be, to have been duly adopted and to be
in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to
Trustee;
(c) whenever in the administration of this Trust Agreement
Trustee shall deem it desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to
taking, suffering or omitting any action hereunder, Trustee may in good faith
rely upon a certificate in writing, delivered to Trustee and signed by the
president, any vice president, any assistant vice president, any managing
director, the treasurer, any assistant treasurer, the secretary or any assistant
secretary of a Certificate Holder;
(d) Trustee may exercise its powers and perform its duties by
or through such attorneys, agents and servants as it shall appoint; and it shall
be entitled to the advice of counsel
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and shall be protected by the advice of such counsel in anything done or omitted
to be done in accordance with such advice (provided that such advice pertains to
such matters as Trustee may reasonably presume to be within the scope of such
counsel's area of expertise);
(e) Trustee shall not be under any obligation to exercise any
of the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement at the request or
direction of the Majority Certificate Holders, unless Trustee shall have
received reasonable security or indemnity against the costs, expenses (including
reasonable fees and expenses of its legal counsel) and liabilities which may be
incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction;
(f) provided no Responsible Officer has Actual Knowledge of
the inaccuracy thereof, Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation
into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement,
instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent or other paper
or document, but Trustee, in its discretion, may make such further inquiry or
investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if Trustee
shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be
entitled to examine the books and records of Lessee related to the Equipment to
reasonably determine whether Lessee is in compliance with the terms and
conditions of the Lease Agreement and to examine the Equipment by agent or
attorney, all upon the terms and conditions contained in the Participation
Agreement, the Lease Agreement and the other Operative Documents;
(g) without limiting the generality of Section 5.4 hereof,
Trustee shall not have any duty (i) to see to any recording or filing of the
Operative Documents or any Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or to
see to the continuation or maintenance of any such recording or filing, (ii) to
see to any insurance on the Equipment or to effect or maintain any such
insurance, whether or not Lessee shall be in default with respect thereto, other
than to promptly forward to the Certificate Holders copies of all certificates,
reports and other written information which it receives from Lessee pursuant to
the requirements of the Lease Agreement, the Participation Agreement and other
Operative Documents (unless the Certificate Holders are to receive such
certificates, reports and other written information directly from Lessee or the
Administrative Agent), (iii) subject to Section 6.1(f) of the Participation
Agreement to see to the payment or discharge of any tax, assessment or other
governmental charge or any Lien owing with respect to, assessed or levied
against any part of the Trust Estate, (iv) to confirm or verify any financial
statements of Lessee, or (v) to inspect the Equipment or ascertain or inquire as
to the performance or observance of any of Lessee's covenants under the
Operative Documents;
(h) no provision hereof shall be construed to relieve Trust
Company in its individual capacity or Trustee of liability for its gross
negligence or willful misconduct or its negligence in the receiving, handling or
disbursing of funds actually received by it in accordance with the terms of the
Operative Documents, it being understood that, without limiting the foregoing:
(i) Trust Company shall not be liable for any error of
judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer of Trustee, unless
it shall be proved that Trust Company was grossly negligent;
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(ii) Trust Company shall not be liable with respect to any
action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance
with the direction of the Majority Certificate Holders pursuant to the
express provisions hereof;
(iii) no provision hereof shall require Trust Company to
expend or risk its own funds in the performance of any of its duties
hereunder or under any of the other Operative Documents, or in the
exercise of any of its rights or powers;
(iv) Trust Company shall not be personally responsible for the
due execution hereof by any Certificate Holders;
(v) except as expressly provided in this Trust Agreement, in
accepting the Trust created hereby, Trustee acts solely as trustee and
not in its individual capacity, and all persons having any claim
against Trustee by reason of the transactions contemplated by this
Trust Agreement shall, other than as expressly provided in this Trust
Agreement and the other Operative Documents, look solely to the Trust
Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof; and
(vi) Trust Company shall be liable for (A) any taxes on, with
respect to or measured by any amounts paid to it as compensation for
services or otherwise under the Operative Documents, (B) acts or
omissions not related to the transactions contemplated by the Operative
Documents, and (C) the inaccuracy of representations and warranties
made by Trust Company in the Participation Agreement, the Lease
Agreement or any certificate or document delivered pursuant thereto.
(i) Trustee shall not be required to take any action hereunder
or under the Operative Documents, nor shall any other provision of this Trust
Agreement or any Operative Document be deemed to impose a duty on Trustee to
take any action, if Trustee shall determine, or shall have been advised by
counsel, that such action is likely to result in personal liability or is
contrary to Applicable Law or the Operative Documents; and
(j) whether or not therein expressly so provided, every
provision of this Trust Agreement relating to the conduct or affecting the
liability of or affording protection to Trust Company or Trustee shall be
subject to the provisions of this Section 5.5.
SECTION 5.6. NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES AS TO THE
EQUIPMENT OR DOCUMENTS. NEITHER TRUSTEE NOR TRUST COMPANY IS A BUILDER,
DEVELOPER OR MANUFACTURER OF THE EQUIPMENT OR A DEALER IN SIMILAR SITES AND
NEITHER OF THEM HAS INSPECTED THE EQUIPMENT PRIOR TO DELIVERY TO AND ACCEPTANCE
BY LESSEE. NEITHER TRUSTEE NOR TRUST COMPANY HAS MADE NOR DOES EITHER OF THEM
MAKE (A) ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS TO ANY
ENVIRONMENTAL MATTER OR CONDITION, VALUE, DESIGN, OPERATION, CONDITION, QUALITY,
DURABILITY, SUITABILITY, MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR USE OR FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ABSENCE OF LATENT OR OTHER DEFECTS WHETHER OR NOT
DISCOVERABLE, ABSENCE OF
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ANY INFRINGEMENT OF ANY PATENT, TRADEMARK OR COPYRIGHT, OR ANY OTHER WARRANTY
WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO THE EQUIPMENT, OR AS TO TITLE
THERETO, OR (B) ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY AS TO THE VALIDITY, LEGALITY OR
ENFORCEABILITY OF THE OPERATIVE DOCUMENTS (OTHER THAN AS TO THIS TRUST AGREEMENT
AGAINST TRUST COMPANY), OR AS TO THE CORRECTNESS OF ANY STATEMENT CONTAINED IN
ANY THEREOF, EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN SECTIONS 2.4, 2.5, 2.6, 2.7, 6.1 AND 6.2 OF
THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT.
SECTION 5.7. Status of Moneys Received. All moneys received by
Trustee under or pursuant to any provision of this Trust Agreement shall
constitute trust funds for the purpose for which they were paid or are held, but
need not be segregated in any manner from any other moneys and may be deposited
by Trustee under such conditions as may be prescribed or permitted by Applicable
Laws for trust funds, or, may be invested at the direction of the Majority
Certificate Holders.
SECTION 5.8. Permitted Activities. Trust Company or any
corporation in or with which Trust Company may be interested or affiliated or
any officer or director of any such corporation may acquire and hold
Certificates hereunder (subject to the restrictions of Section 12.7 of the
Participation Agreement), and have commercial relations and otherwise deal with
Lessee or with any other corporation having relations with Lessee to the full
extent permitted by Applicable Law.
SECTION 5.9. Resignation or Removal of Trustee. Trustee or any
successor thereto may resign at any time without cause by giving at least sixty
(60) days' prior written notice to each Certificate Holder, the Administrative
Agent and Lessee, and the Majority Certificate Holders may at any time remove
Trustee without cause by an instrument in writing delivered to Trustee, Lessee,
each Certificate Holder and the Administrative Agent, such resignation or
removal to be effective on the date on which a successor trustee is appointed
hereunder. The Majority Certificate Holders may, at any time upon 30 days' prior
written notice to Trust Company, the Administrative Agent and Lessee by an
instrument in writing, appoint a successor trustee, provided, however, that a
successor trustee shall be a bank, trust company or association organized under
the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof, shall have a
combined capital and surplus of at least $500,000,000, and shall have agreed to
act as Trustee, and provided further that any successor trustee shall be subject
to approval by Lessee, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or
delayed (except that, if a Lease Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, Lessee shall have no right to approve a successor trustee). If the
Majority Certificate Holders shall not have so appointed a successor trustee
within thirty (30) days after the giving of notice of such resignation or
removal, Trustee may apply to any court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a
successor trustee to act until such time, if any, as a successor or successors
shall have been appointed by the Majority Certificate Holders as above provided.
Any successor trustee so appointed by such court shall immediately and without
further act be superseded by a successor trustee appointed by the Majority
Certificate Holders within one (1) year from the date of the appointment by such
court. In the event such a successor trustee shall be appointed, a ▇▇▇▇ of Sale
evidencing the transfer of the interest in the Equipment to and a written
instrument evidencing the assumption of the obligations under the
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Loan Agreement by the successor trustee as Trustee, along with any additional
documentation required (including Financing Statements) shall be executed. Such
documents shall be held by the successor trustee and shall be provided to the
other parties to the Operative Documents upon request.
SECTION 5.10. Estate and Rights of Successor Trustee. Any
successor trustee shall execute and deliver to the predecessor Trustee an
instrument accepting such appointment, and thereupon each successor trustee,
without further act, shall become vested with all the estates, properties,
rights, powers, duties, trusts and obligations of the predecessor trustee in the
trusts hereunder with like effect as if originally named as Trustee herein, but
nevertheless upon the written request of such successor trustee, such
predecessor trustee shall execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such
successor trustee, upon the trusts herein expressed, all the estates,
properties, rights, powers and trusts of such predecessor trustee, and such
predecessor trustee shall duly assign, transfer, deliver and pay over to such
successor trustee any property or moneys then held by such predecessor trustee
upon the trusts herein expressed.
SECTION 5.11. Merger or Consolidation of Trustee. Any
corporation into which Trustee may be merged or with which it may be
consolidated, or any corporation resulting from any merger or consolidation to
which Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation to which substantially all of
the corporate trust business of Trustee may be transferred, shall be a successor
trustee under this Trust Agreement without further act. In the event such a
successor trustee shall be formed, a ▇▇▇▇ of Sale evidencing the transfer of the
interest in the Equipment to and a written instrument evidencing the assumption
of the obligations under the Loan and Security Agreement by such successor
trustee, as Trustee, along with any additional documentation required (including
Financing Statements). Such documents shall be held by the successor trustee and
shall be provided to Lessee upon request.
SECTION 5.12. Co-Trustees. At any time, for the purpose of
meeting any legal requirements of any jurisdiction in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Trust Agreement, Trustee shall have the power,
and shall execute and deliver all instruments, to appoint one or more Persons
approved by the Majority Certificate Holders, to act as co-trustee, or
co-trustees, jointly with Trustee, or separate trustee or separate trustees, of
all or any part of the Trust Estate, and to vest in such Person or Persons, in
such capacity, such title to the Trust Estate or any part thereof, and such
rights, powers, duties, trusts or obligations as the Majority Certificate
Holders and Trustee may consider necessary or desirable. The Administrative
Agent and Lessee hereby agree that any employee of the Trust Company shall be
acceptable, without any further consent hereunder, as Co-Trustee. If the
Majority Certificate Holders shall not have joined in such appointment within
fifteen (15) days after the receipt by them of a request to do so, Trustee alone
shall have power to make such appointment. Trustee shall not be liable for any
act or omission of any co-trustee or separate trustee appointed under this
Section 5.12.
SECTION 5.13. Doing Business in Other Jurisdictions.
Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, Trustee shall not be
required to take any action in any jurisdiction, other than in the State of
Delaware and other than in any other jurisdiction in which Trustee is authorized
to do business, if solely as a result of such action, even after the appointment
of a co-trustee pursuant to Section 5.12 hereof, (i) the taking of such action
would
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require the consent, approval, authorization or order of or the giving of notice
to, or the registration with or the taking of any other action in respect of,
any Governmental Authority of any jurisdiction, other than the State of Delaware
or any other jurisdiction in which Trustee is authorized to do business; (ii)
Trustee would incur any fee, tax or other governmental charge under the laws of
any jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof in existence on the date
hereof, other than the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction in which
Trustee is authorized to do business; or (iii) Trustee would become subject to
personal jurisdiction in any jurisdiction, other than the State of Delaware or
any other jurisdiction in which Trustee is authorized to do business, for causes
of action arising from acts unrelated to the consummation of the transactions
contemplated by the Operative Documents by Trustee; provided, that if pursuant
to this Section 5.13 Trustee shall not be required to take an action, Trustee
shall promptly appoint an additional trustee pursuant to Section 5.12 hereof to
proceed with such action.
SECTION 5.14. Creditors. No creditor of any Certificate Holder
shall have any claim against the Trust Estate for obligations of such
Certificate Holder.
SECTION 5.15. Operations. The operations of Trustee will be
conducted in accordance with the following standards:
(a) Trustee will act solely in its own name or through any
co-trustee or other agents selected in accordance with this Trust Agreement;
(b) Trustee's funds and assets, including all bank accounts,
shall at all times be maintained separately from those of the Certificate
Holders or any Affiliate of any Certificate Holder;
(c) Trustee shall maintain complete and correct books and
records of account and shall prepare, or cause to be prepared, financial
statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
separately stating Trustee's income, assets and liabilities and disclosing in
each case that such items are separate from those of any of the Certificate
Holders or any of their Affiliates, which financial statements are and will be
subject to audit by independent accountants; to the extent such statements are
consolidated with the financial statements of any of the Certificate Holders,
such consolidated statements will contain notations noting the separate legal
existence and the separate financial condition of Trustee;
(d) Trustee shall conduct its business at its office and will
use stationery and other business forms of Trustee and not those of the
Certificate Holders or any of their Affiliates, and will use its best efforts to
avoid the appearance (A) of conducting business on behalf of the Certificate
Holders or any Affiliate thereof or (B) that the assets in the Trust Estate are
available to pay the creditors of the Certificate Holders or any Affiliate
thereof;
(e) Trustee's on-going fees and expenses shall be paid by
Lessee pursuant to Section 12.1 of the Participation Agreement;
(f) Trustee shall not hold itself out as being liable for the
debts of the Certificate Holders or any Affiliate thereof;
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(g) Trustee shall not engage in any transaction with the
Certificate Holders or any Affiliate thereof, except as required by, provided in
or permitted by, this Trust Agreement or the Operative Documents;
(h) the Certificate Holders shall exercise their discretion
hereunder in an arm's-length manner;
(i) to the extent any consultant, independent contractor or
agent of Trustee is also an employee, consultant, independent contractor or
agent of the Certificate Holders, Trustee and the Certificate Holders shall
allocate among themselves on a reasonable basis the services and attendant
salaries of shared employees, consultants, independent contractor and agents;
(j) all legal formalities of Trustee will be observed and
maintained;
(k) Trustee shall not guarantee any indebtedness of the
Certificate Holders; and
(l) Trustee shall not institute proceedings to have itself
adjudicated as bankrupt or insolvent, or consent to or acquiesce in the
institution of bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it, or seek or
consent to or acquiesce in the entry of any order for relief or the appointment
of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or for any substantial
part of its property, or seek 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 make any general assignment for the benefit of its creditors.
ARTICLE VI
TERMINATION OF AND AMENDMENTS TO TRUST
SECTION 6.1. Termination. The Trust created and provided for
hereby shall cease and be terminated in any one of the following events,
whichever shall first occur:
(a) if the Certificate Holders shall by notice in writing to
Trustee and Lessee revoke and terminate the Trust on and as of a date stated in
such notice, which date shall not be less than ten (10) nor more than thirty
(30) days from the date of mailing such notice, then on the date specified in
such notice, the Trust created and provided for hereby shall cease and
terminate, provided, however, that this Trust shall not be subject to revocation
or termination by the Certificate Holders prior to the payment in full and
discharge of all indebtedness due and payable under the Loan Agreement, and the
termination of the Operative Documents and the release of the Liens granted
thereby; or
(b) the sale or other final disposition by Trustee of all
property constituting the Trust Estate and the final disposition by Trustee of
all moneys or other property or proceeds constituting part of the Trust Estate
in accordance with the terms hereof and with the other Operative Documents; or
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(c) 110 years after the date hereof.
SECTION 6.2. Distribution of Trust Estate Upon Termination.
Upon any termination of this Trust pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.1 of
this Trust Agreement, Trustee shall convey the Trust Estate to such purchaser or
purchasers thereof or other Person entitled thereto and for such amount and on
such terms as shall be specified in written instructions from the Majority
Certificate Holders delivered to Trustee prior to the date of termination;
provided, that (a) such conveyance is not in contravention of the applicable
provisions of the Operative Documents, (b) if at the time of any termination the
Lease Agreement remains in force and effect, then the Trust Estate shall be,
subject to the Operative Documents, sold as a unit and not in parcels, and (c)
in the event such written instructions are not delivered to Trustee on or before
the date of termination, Trustee shall transfer title to the Trust Estate at the
direction of the Majority Certificate Holders. Upon making such transfer or
sale, Trustee shall be entitled to immediate receipt of any sums due and owing
to Trustee for expenses (including reasonable attorneys' fees and expenses)
incurred pursuant hereto or as compensation for services rendered hereunder and
not theretofore paid, and Trustee shall be discharged and free of any further
liability hereunder, subject to Section 5.5(h) of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 6.3. Amendments; Only Written Waivers. This Trust
Agreement and the terms and provisions herein may only be amended, supplemented,
waived or modified in accordance with Section 12.2 of the Participation
Agreement.
SECTION 6.4. Bankruptcy of a Certificate Holder. The
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar incapacity of any Certificate Holder
shall not (i) operate to terminate this Trust Agreement, (ii) entitle the
Certificate Holder's legal representatives to claim an accounting or to take any
action in any court for a partition or winding up of the Trust Estate or (iii)
otherwise affect the rights, obligations and liabilities of the parties hereto.
SECTION 6.5. Transfers shall not Terminate Trust Agreement. No
transfer, by operation of law or otherwise, of any right, title or interest of
any Certificate Holder in and to the Trust Estate shall operate to terminate
this Trust Agreement or the Trust created hereunder or entitle any successors or
transferees of any Certificate Holder to an accounting or to the transfer of
legal title to any part of the estate.
ARTICLE VII
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 7.1. Compensation. Trustee shall receive reasonable
compensation for its services hereunder from Lessee and shall be reimbursed by
Lessee for Trustee's reasonable fees and expenses (including the disbursements
and reasonable fees of counsel in accordance with Section 12.1 of the
Participation Agreement). Trustee's fees shall be separately agreed upon by
Lessee and Trustee. If a Lease Event of Default exists and Trustee shall be
required pursuant to the provisions of this Trust Agreement to take any action
in connection therewith, the Certificate Holders shall reimburse it for expenses
it may incur in relation to taking such action
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(in accordance with the Operative Documents) (including the disbursements and
reasonable fees of counsel to the extent not reimbursed by Lessee).
SECTION 7.2. Notices. Unless otherwise provided herein, all
notices, requests, demands, consents, instructions or other communications to or
upon the respective parties to this Agreement shall be given in accordance with
Section 12.4 of the Participation Agreement.
SECTION 7.3. Severability. Any provision of this Trust
Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to
such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition on
unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any
such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or
render unenforceable such provisions in any other jurisdiction.
SECTION 7.4. Tax Reports. In the event any tax report or tax
return is required to be made by Trustee with respect to the Trust Estate and
Lessee is not required to prepare and file the same pursuant to the
Participation Agreement or the Lease Agreement, each Certificate Holder will
prepare such tax report or return in respect of its interest in the Trust Estate
and deliver a copy thereof to Trustee. Trustee agrees to forward promptly to
each Certificate Holder any communications with respect to taxes pertaining to
the Trust Estate which are received by Trustee from tax authorities or from
Lessee, along with any other information reasonably requested by a Certificate
Holder as being necessary in order to complete such return.
SECTION 7.5. Headings. The headings of the various Sections
herein are for convenience of reference only and shall not define or limit any
of the terms or provisions hereof.
SECTION 7.6. Successors and Assigns. All covenants and
agreements contained herein shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of,
the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns in
accordance with Section 12.7 of the Participation Agreement.
SECTION 7.7. Counterparts. This instrument may be
simultaneously executed in any number of counterparts, each of which when so
executed shall be deemed to be an original, and such counterparts together shall
constitute and be one and the same instrument.
SECTION 7.8. Rights in Trust Agreement. Except as expressly
provided to the contrary in the Operative Documents, nothing in this Trust
Agreement, whether express or implied, shall be construed to give any Person
other than Trust Company, Trustee, and each Certificate Holder and their
respective successors and assigns, any right, remedy or claim under or in
respect of this Trust Agreement.
SECTION 7.9. Identification of Trust. The Trust created
hereunder may for convenience be referred to as the Universal Compression Trust
(2000-1).
SECTION 7.10. Agreement Not to Petition. Each of Trustee, the
Trust Company, and each Certificate Holder agrees that, until at least 367 days
after the Trust has been terminated in accordance with Article VII, it shall not
file, or join in the filing of, a petition against Trustee under any bankruptcy,
reorganization, arrangement, insolvency, liquidation or other similar law
(including the Bankruptcy Code) (collectively, "Bankruptcy Laws") or
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otherwise join in the commencement of any proceedings against Trustee under any
Bankruptcy Law.
SECTION 7.11. GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION;
VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. (a) THIS TRUST AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND
BE GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE. 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 TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE AND EACH
CERTIFICATE HOLDER HEREBY IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS
PROPERTY, GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID
COURTS. EACH OF TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE AND EACH CERTIFICATE HOLDER FURTHER
IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OUT OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED
COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BY THE MAILING COPIES THEREOF BY
REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO IT AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH IN
SECTION 12.4 OF THE PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT, SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE 30
DAYS AFTER SUCH MAILING. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY
UNDER THIS TRUST AGREEMENT, TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY
LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST ANY OTHER
PARTY HERETO IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
(b) EACH OF TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE AND EACH CERTIFICATE HOLDER
HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO
THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY OF THE AFORESAID ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT
OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS TRUST AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER OPERATIVE DOCUMENT
BROUGHT IN THE COURTS REFERRED TO IN CLAUSE (a) ABOVE AND HEREBY FURTHER
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY SUCH COURT THAT ANY
SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN
INCONVENIENT FORUM.
(c) EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS TRUST AGREEMENT HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR
COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER OPERATIVE
DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
SECTION 7.12. The Certificate Holders to Indemnify the Trust
Company. The Certificate Holders hereby agree, whether or not any of the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, to assume liability for,
and to indemnify, protect, save and keep harmless the Trust Company and its
successors, assigns, legal representatives, agents and servants from
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and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties,
taxes (excluding any taxes payable by the Trust Company on or measured by any
compensation received by the Trust Company for its services hereunder), claims,
actions, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements (including reasonable legal
fees and expenses, and including any liability of an owner, any strict liability
and any liability without fault) of any kind and nature whatsoever which may be
imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Trust Company (but only if and
to the extent the Trust Company is not indemnified therefor by the Lessee under
the Lease or under the Participation Agreement or by any other Person within a
reasonable time after demand therefor) in any way relating to or arising out of
this Trust Agreement or any of the other Operative Documents or the enforcement
of any of the terms of any thereof, or in any way relating to or arising out of
the manufacture, purchase, acceptance, nonacceptance, rejection, ownership,
delivery, lease, possession, use, operation, conditions, sale, return or other
disposition of the Equipment (including latent and other defects, whether or not
discoverable, and any claim for patent, trademark or copyright infringement), or
in any way relating to or arising out of the administration of the Trust Estate
or the action or inaction of the Trustee or the Trust Company, except (a) in the
case of willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of the Trustee or the
Trust Company in the performance or nonperformance of its duties hereunder or
(b) those claims resulting from the inaccuracy of any representation or warranty
of the Trust Company (or from the failure of the Trust Company in its individual
capacity to perform any of its covenants) expressly set forth in any of the
Operative Documents or (c) in the case of the failure to use ordinary care on
the part of the Owner Trustee or the Trust Company in the handling of monies
actually received by it in accordance with the terms hereof or (d) those arising
or resulting from any of the matters described in Section 9.2(c) of the
Participation Agreement or (e) as otherwise excluded by the terms of Section
10.2 of the Participation Agreement from the Lessee's obligations to indemnify
the Trust Company (disregarding for purposes of this Section 7.12, clauses
(iii), (viii) (except as otherwise provided in clause (f) below), and (x) of
Section 10.2 of the Participation Agreement) or as otherwise excluded from the
Lessee's obligations to indemnify the Trust Company pursuant to the general tax
indemnity of Section 10.3.1 of the Participation Agreement by Section 10.3.2 of
the Participation Agreement (disregarding for purposes of this Section 7.12
clauses (c) and (e) of such Section 10.3.2 or (f) for taxes based on or measured
by the compensation received by the Trust Company for acting as the Trustee, for
any franchise Taxes payable by the Trust Company or for Taxes resulting from the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Trust Company. The Indemnitees
contained in this Section 7.12 extend to the Trust Company and shall not be
construed as indemnities of the Collateral or the Trust Estate (except to the
extent, if any, that the Trust Company has been reimbursed by the Collateral or
the Trust Estate for amounts covered by the indemnities contained in this
Section 7.12. In addition, if necessary, the Trust Company shall be entitled to
indemnification from the Trust Estate, subject to the Lien of the Participation
Agreement for any liability, obligation, loss, damage, penalty, tax, claims,
action, suit, cost, expense or disbursement indemnified against pursuant to this
Section 7.12 to the extent not reimbursed by Lessee, Certificate Holders or
others, but without releasing any of them from their respective agreements of
reimbursement; and to secure the same, the Trust Company shall have a Lien on
the Trust Estate, subject to the Lien of the Participation Agreement, which
shall be prior to any interest therein of the Certificate Holders. The payor of
any indemnity under this Section 7.12 shall be subrogated to any right of the
Person indemnified in respect of the manner as to which such
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indemnity was paid. The indemnities contained in this Section 7.12 shall survive
the termination of this Trust Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trust
Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇.
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇.
Title: Financial Services Officer
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Certificate Holders
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇.
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇.
Title: Director
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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SCHEDULE I
CERTIFICATE HOLDERS; COMMITMENTS
Aggregate Certificate Holder Commitment $6,000,000
Certificate Holder Certificate Holder Commitment
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1. Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch $6,000,000
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF MASTER CERTIFICATE
THIS CERTIFICATE HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES
ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR "BLUE SKY" LAW, AND MAY NOT
BE TRANSFERRED, SOLD OR OFFERED FOR SALE IN VIOLATION OF SUCH ACT OR LAWS.
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CERTIFICATE
Evidencing an interest in the Trust
Estate, as defined below.
Number [ ] Dated ____________, 2000
Certificate Holder Amount: $_________
THIS CERTIFIES THAT __________________________________ (the
"Certificate Holder") is the registered owner of a
___________________________________ Dollars ($_________) Certificate, or, if
less the aggregate unpaid Certificate Holder Amount, evidencing an interest in
the Trust Estate created pursuant to (and defined in) that certain Trust
Agreement, dated ___________, 2000, (the "Trust Agreement") among the Persons
listed on Schedule I thereto, as Certificate Holders and Wilmington Trust
Company a Delaware banking corporation, as Trustee, which creates the trust
identified above. To the extent not otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms
used herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Participation
Agreement (as defined in the Trust Agreement), unless the context otherwise
requires. This Certificate is being delivered pursuant to, is entitled to the
benefits of, and is subject to the terms, provisions and conditions of, the
Trust Agreement, to which Trust Agreement the holder of this Certificate by
virtue of its acceptance hereof assents and by which such holder is bound.
This Certificate entitles the registered owner hereof to the
payment of a sum equal to the aggregate unpaid Certificate Holder Amount hereof,
together with the Equity Return on said Certificate Holder Amount remaining
unpaid from time to time from the date of this Certificate until payment hereof
is made or duly provided. All payments of the Certificate Holder Amount hereof
and Equity Return thereon shall be due and payable in such amounts and at the
times provided in the Trust Agreement.
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Exhibit A
Page 2
Interest on any overdue Certificate Holder Amount and to the
extent permitted by Applicable Law, Equity Return thereon shall be paid from the
due date thereof at the Overdue Rate.
All payments of Certificate Holder Amount and other amounts
hereunder to be made by Trustee shall be made only from the income and proceeds
from the Trust Estate and only to the extent that Trustee shall have sufficient
income or proceeds from the Trust Estate to make such payments in accordance
with the terms of Articles III and IV of the Trust Agreement. Each holder
hereof, by its acceptance of this Certificate, agrees: (i) that it will look
solely to the income and proceeds from the Trust Estate to the extent available
for distribution to the holder hereof; and (ii) that in any action or proceeding
brought on this Certificate or on the indebtedness evidenced hereby, no
deficiency or other monetary judgment shall be sought or obtained against
Trustee by reason of the ownership of this Certificate, except as is necessary
to enforce the rights and remedies of such holder under the Trust Agreement and
the other Operative Documents (including, but not by way of limitation,
foreclosure by the Lenders on the Lessor Collateral or other collateral
security), in which event any such judgment shall be enforceable against Trustee
only to the extent of the interest of Trustee in the Trust Estate and any such
judgment shall not be enforceable by execution or by a Lien on any of the assets
of Trustee or Trust Company other than the interest of Trustee in the Trust
Estate.
All Certificate Holder Amounts of and Equity Return on this
Certificate shall be payable in immediately available funds as provided in
Article IV of the Trust Agreement.
There shall be maintained a register for the purpose of
registering transfers and exchanges of Certificates, at the offices of the
Administrative Agent, or at the office of any successor trustee.
Each holder of this Certificate, by its acceptance hereof,
agrees that each payment received by such holder hereunder on account of the
Certificate Holder Amount of or Equity Return on this Certificate shall be
applied in the manner set forth in Article IV of the Trust Agreement.
This Certificate is one of the Certificates referred to in the
Trust Agreement that have been delivered pursuant to the terms of the Trust
Agreement. Reference is hereby made to the Trust Agreement and the other
Operative Documents for a statement of: (i) the rights of the holder of, and the
nature and extent of the security for, this Certificate; (ii) the rights of the
holders of, and the nature and extent of the security for, the other
Certificates; and (iii) the terms, rights and conditions of the trusts created
by the Trust Agreement.
This Certificate is not subject to prepayment except as
provided in the Trust Agreement, the Lease Agreement and the Participation
Agreement.
This Certificate is a registered Certificate and is
transferable only as provided in the Trust Agreement and only upon surrender of
this Certificate for registration and transfer duly accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer duly executed by the registered holder hereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing. Prior to due registration of transfer of
this Certificate,
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Exhibit A
Page 3
Trustee may treat the Person in whose name this Certificate is registered as the
owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payments of the Certificate Holder
Amount and Equity Return hereunder and under the Trust Agreement and for all
other purposes whatsoever, whether or not this Certificate be overdue, and
Trustee shall not be affected by notice to the contrary.
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Exhibit A
Page 4
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Trustee has caused this Certificate to be
executed in its corporate name by its duly authorized officer as of the date
hereof.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its
individual capacity, except as set forth
herein, but solely as Trustee
By:
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Name:
Title:
This Certificate is one of the Certificates
referred to in the within-mentioned Trust
Agreement.
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EXHIBIT B
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
Date __________ ___, 20__
Reference is made to the Trust Agreement described in Item 2
of Annex I hereto (as such Trust Agreement may hereafter be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Trust Agreement").
Capitalized terms unless defined herein used herein have the meaning assigned to
them in Appendix A to the Participation Agreement (the "Participation
Agreement") dated as of May 30, 2000, among Universal Compression, Inc.
("Lessee"), Universal Compression Holdings, Inc. ("Guarantor"), Wilmington Trust
Company, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee of Universal
Compression Trust (2000-1) under the Trust Agreement ("Lessor") and in its
individual capacity, but only where so specified ("Trust Company"), Deutsche
Bank AG, New York Branch, and the financial institutions listed on the signature
pages thereto or that may thereafter become party thereto as Certificate Holders
(each a "Certificate Holder" and collectively the "Certificate Holders"),
Bankers Trust Company, (together with its successors and permitted assigns,
"Administrative Agent" and "Collateral Agent") and each of the financial
institutions listed that may hereafter become party thereto as Lenders (the
"Lenders"). _______________ (the "Assignor") and ____________ (the "Assignee")
hereby agree as follows:
1. The Assignor hereby sells and assigns to the Assignee
without recourse and without representation or warranty (other than as expressly
provided herein), and the Assignee hereby purchases and assumes from the
Assignor, that interest in and to all of the Assignor's rights and obligations
under the Trust Agreement and the other Operative Documents as of the date
hereof which represents the percentage interest specified in Item 4 of Annex I
hereto (the "Assigned Share") of all of the outstanding rights and obligations
under the Trust Agreement relating to the Certificate Holder Commitment
including, without limitation, all rights and obligations with respect to the
Assigned Share of the Assignor's Commitment and of any outstanding Equity
Contributions. After giving effect to such sale and assignment, the Assignee's
Commitment will be as set forth in Item 4 of Annex I hereto.
2. The Assignor (i) represents and warrants that it is the
legal and beneficial owner of the interest being assigned by it hereunder and
that such interest is free and clear of any adverse claim; (ii) makes no
representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to any
statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the
Trust Agreement or Certificate or the other Operative Documents or the
execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value
of the Trust Agreement or the other Operative Documents or any other instrument
or document furnished pursuant thereto; and (iii) makes no representation or
warranty and assumes no responsibility with respect to the financial condition
of Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries or the performance or observance by
Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries of any of their obligations under the Trust
Agreement or the other Operative Documents to which they are a party or any
other instrument or document furnished pursuant thereto.
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Exhibit B
Page 2
3. The Assignee (i) confirms that it has received a copy of
the Trust Agreement and the other Operative Documents, together with copies of
the financial statements referred to therein and such other documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and
decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption Agreement; (ii) agrees
that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent,
the Collateral Agent, the Assignor or any other Certificate Holder and based on
such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under
the Trust Agreement or the other Operative Documents; (iii) confirms that it is
an Eligible Transferee under the Participation Agreement; (iv) appoints and
authorizes Trustee to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise
such powers under the Trust Agreement and the other Operative Documents as are
delegated to Trustee by the terms thereof, together with such powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto; [and] (v) agrees that it will perform in
accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the
Trust Agreement and the other Operative Documents are required to be performed
by it as a Certificate Holder (including, without limitation, making Equity
Contributions in accordance with its Commitment and abiding by the
confidentiality provisions in Section 12.9 of the Participation Agreement)[; and
(vi) to the extent legally entitled to do so, attaches the forms described in
Section 12.7(iii) of the Participation Agreement](1).
4. Following the execution of this Assignment and Assumption
Agreement by the Assignor and the Assignee, an executed original hereof
(together with all attachments) will be delivered to the Administrative Agent
and Trustee. The effective date of this Assignment and Assumption Agreement
shall be the date of execution hereof by the Assignor and the Assignee and the
receipt of the consent of the Administrative Agent and Lessee to the extent
required by Section 12.7 of the Participation Agreement and receipt by the
Administrative Agent of the assignment fee referred to in such Section 12.7(iii)
of the Participation Agreement, unless otherwise specified in Item 5 of Annex I
hereto (the "Settlement Date").
5. Upon the delivery of a fully executed original hereof to
the Administrative Agent (including all consents required under Section
12.7(iii) of the Participation Agreement) and Trustee and registration of the
assignment of the Certificate assigned hereunder in accordance with Section 11.8
of the Participation Agreement, as of the Settlement Date, (i) the Assignee
shall be a party to the Trust Agreement and the Participation Agreement and, to
the extent provided in this Assignment and Assumption Agreement, have the rights
and obligations of a Certificate Holder thereunder and under the other Operative
Documents and (ii) the Assignor shall, to the extent provided in this Assignment
and Assumption Agreement, relinquish its rights and be released from its
obligations under the Trust Agreement, the Participation Agreement and the other
Operative Documents.
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(1) Include if the Assignee is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
outside of the United States.
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Exhibit B
Page 3
6. It is agreed that the Assignee shall be entitled to (x) all
Equity Returns on the Assigned Share of the Equity Component at the rates
specified in Item 6 of Annex I and (y) all Availability Fees (net of any Loan
Availability Fees) on the Assigned Share of the Certificate Holder Commitment at
the rate specified in Item 7 of Annex I hereto. It is further agreed that all
payments of principal made on the Assigned Share of the Equity Component which
occur on and after the Settlement Date will be paid directly by Trustee to the
Assignee. Upon the Settlement Date, the Assignee shall pay to the Assignor an
amount specified by the Assignor in writing which represents the Assigned Share
of the principal amount of the Equity Contributions made by the Assignor
pursuant to the Trust Agreement and which are outstanding on the Settlement
Date, net of any closing costs, and which are being assigned hereunder. The
Assignor and the Assignee shall make all appropriate adjustments in payments
under the Trust Agreement for periods prior to the Settlement Date directly
between themselves on the Settlement Date.
7. THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED
BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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Exhibit B
Page 4
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their duly
authorized officers to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption
Agreement, as of the date first above written, such execution also being made on
Annex I hereto.
Accepted this day [NAME OF ASSIGNOR],
of ________ __, ____ as Assignor
By
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Title:
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE],
as Assignee
By
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Title:
[If required under Section 12.5(iii) of the Participation Agreement]
We hereby consent to the above assignment:
Bankers Trust Company Universal Compression, Inc.
as Administrative Agent as Lessee
By By
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(Print Name and Title) (Print Name and Title)
Wilmington Trust Company
as Trustee under that Trust
Agreement dated May 25, 2000
as Lessor
By
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(Print Name and Title)
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Exhibit B
Page 5
ANNEX FOR ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
ANNEX I
1. Borrower: Wilmington Trust Company, as Trustee for
Universal Compression Trust (2000-1)
2. Name and Date of Trust Agreement:
Trust Agreement, dated as of May 25, 2000 between the persons
listed on Schedule I thereto or that may become party thereto,
as Certificate Holders and Wilmington Trust Company, not in
its individual capacity except as expressly stated therein,
but solely as Trustee.
3. Date of Assignment Agreement:
4. Amounts (as of date of item #3 above):
Total Commitment
a. Aggregate Amount $___________
for all Certificate Holders
b. Assigned Share ___________%
c. Amount of $___________
Assigned Share
5. Settlement Date:
6. Rate of Equity Return As set forth in Section 3.3 of the Trust Agreement
to the Assignee:
7. Availability Fee: As set forth in Section 3.4 of the Trust Agreement
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Exhibit B
Page 6
8. Notice:
ASSIGNOR:
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Attention:
Telephone:
Telecopier:
Reference:
ASSIGNEE:
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Attention:
Reference:
Accepted and Agreed:
[NAME OF ASSIGNEE] [NAME OF ASSIGNOR]
as Assignee as Assignor
By By
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(Print Name and Title) (Print Name and Title)