ISDA International Swap Dealers Association, Inc. MASTER AGREEMENT dated as of June 19, 2008
Exhibit
10.1
(Multicurreney
— Cross Border)
ISDA
International
Swap Dealers Association, Inc.
MASTER
AGREEMENT
dated as
of June 19, 2008
Wachovia
Bank, National
Association and Wachovia Auto Owner Trust
2008-A
have
entered and/or anticipate entering into one or more transactions (each a
“Transaction”) that are or will be governed by this Master Agreement, which
includes the schedule (the “Schedule”), and the documents and other confirming
evidence (each a “Confirmation”) exchanged between the parties confirming those
Transactions.
Accordingly,
the parties agree as follows:
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1.
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Interpretation
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(a) Definitions. The
terms defined in Section 14 and in the Schedule will have the meanings therein
specified for the purpose of this Master Agreement.
(b) Inconsistency. In
the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of the Schedule and the
other provisions of this Master Agreement, the Schedule will
prevail. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of
any Confirmation and this Master Agreement (including the Schedule), such
Confirmation will prevail for the purpose of the relevant
Transaction.
(c) Single
Agreement. All Transactions are entered into in reliance on
the fact that this Master Agreement and all Confirmations form a single
agreement between the parties (collectively referred to as this “Agreement”),
and the parties would not otherwise enter into any Transactions.
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2.
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Obligations
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(a) General Conditions.
(i) Each
party will make each payment or delivery specified in each Confirmation to be
made by it, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement.
(ii) Payments
under this Agreement will be made on the due date for value on that date in the
place of the account specified in the relevant Confirmation or otherwise
pursuant to this Agreement, in freely transferable funds and in the manner
customary for payments in the required currency. Where settlement is
by delivery (that is, other than by payment), such delivery will be made for
receipt on the due date in the manner customary for the relevant obligation
unless otherwise specified in the relevant Confirmation or elsewhere in this
Agreement.
(iii) Each
obligation of each party under Section 2(a)(i) is subject to (1) the condition
precedent that no Event of Default or Potential Event of Default with respect to
the other party has occurred and is continuing, (2) the condition precedent that
no Early Termination Date in respect of the relevant Transaction has occurred or
been effectively designated and (3) each other applicable condition precedent
specified in this Agreement.
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(b) Change of
Account. Either party may change its account for receiving a
payment or delivery by giving notice to the other party at least five Local
Business Days prior to the scheduled date for the payment or delivery to which
such change applies unless such other party gives timely notice of a reasonable
objection to such change.
(c) Netting. If
on any date amounts would otherwise be payable:
(i) in
the same currency; and
(ii) in
respect of the same Transaction,
by each
party to the other, then, on such date, each party’s obligation to make payment
of any such amount will be automatically satisfied and discharged and, if the
aggregate amount that would otherwise have been payable by one party exceeds the
aggregate amount that would otherwise have been payable by the other party,
replaced by an obligation upon the party by whom the larger aggregate amount
would have been payable to pay to the other party the excess of the larger
aggregate amount over the smaller aggregate amount.
The
parties may elect in respect of two or more Transactions that a net amount will
be determined in respect of all amounts payable on the same date in the same
currency in respect of such Transactions, regardless of whether such amounts are
payable in respect of the same Transaction. The
election may be made in the Schedule or a Confirmation by specifying that
subparagraph (ii) above will not apply to the Transactions identified as being
subject to the election, together with the starting date (in which case
subparagraph (ii) above will not, or will cease to, apply to such Transactions
from such date). This
election may be made separately for different groups of Transactions and will
apply separately to each pairing of Offices through which the parties make and
receive payments or deliveries.
(d) Deduction or Withholding for
Tax
(i) Gross-Up. All
payments under this Agreement will be made without any deduction or withholding
for or on account of any Tax unless such deduction or withholding is required by
any applicable law, as modified by the practice of any relevant governmental
revenue authority, then in effect. If a party is so required to
deduct or withhold, then that party (“X”) will:
(1) promptly
notify the other party (“Y”) of such requirement;
(2) pay
to the relevant authorities the full amount required to be deducted or withheld
(including the full amount required to be deducted or withheld from any
additional amount paid by X to Y under this Section 2(d)) promptly upon the
earlier of determining that such deduction or withholding is required or
receiving notice that such amount has been assessed against Y;
(3) promptly
forward to Y an official receipt (or a certified copy), or other documentation
reasonably acceptable to Y, evidencing such payment to such authorities;
and
(4) if
such Tax is an Indemnifiable Tax, pay to Y, in addition to the payment to which
Y is otherwise entitled under this Agreement, such additional amount as is
necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by Y (free and clear
of Indemnifiable Taxes, whether assessed against X or Y) will equal the full
amount Y would have received had no such deduction or withholding been
required. However, X will not be required to pay any additional
amount to Y to the extent that it would not be required to be paid but
for:
(A) the
failure by Y to comply with or perform any agreement contained in Section
4(a)(i), 4(a)(iii) or 4(d); or
(B) the
failure of a representation made by Y pursuant to Section 3(f) to be accurate
and true unless such failure would not have occurred but for (I) any action
taken by a taxing authority, or brought in a court of competent jurisdiction, on
or after the date on which a Transaction is entered into (regardless of whether
such action is taken or brought with respect to a party to this Agreement) or
(II) a Change in Tax Law.
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(ii) Liability. If:
—
(1) X
is required by any applicable law, as modified by the practice of any relevant
governmental revenue authority, to make any deduction or withholding in respect
of which X would not be required to pay an additional amount to Y under Section
2(d)(i)(4);
(2) X
does not so deduct or withhold; and
(3) a
liability resulting from such Tax is assessed directly against X,
then,
except to the extent Y has satisfied or then satisfies the liability resulting
from such Tax, Y will promptly pay to X the amount of such liability (including
any related liability for interest, but including any related liability for
penalties only if Y has failed to comply with or perform any agreement contained
in Section 4(a)(i), 4(a)(iii) or 4(d)).
(e) Default Interest; Other
Amounts. Prior to the occurrence or effective designation of
an Early Termination Date in respect of the relevant Transaction, a party that
defaults in the performance of any payment obligation will, to the extent
permitted by law and subject to Section 6(c), be required to pay interest
(before as well as after judgment) on the overdue amount to the other party on
demand in the same currency as such overdue amount, for the period from (and
including) the original due date for payment to (but excluding) the date of
actual payment, at the Default Rate. Such interest will be calculated
on the basis of daily compounding and the actual number of days
elapsed. If, prior to the occurrence or effective designation of an
Early Termination Date in respect of the relevant Transaction, a party defaults
in the performance of any obligation required to be settled by delivery, it will
compensate the other party on demand if and to the extent provided for in the
relevant Confirmation or elsewhere in this Agreement.
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3.
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Representations
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Each
party represents to the other party (which representations will be deemed to be
repeated by each party on each date on which a Transaction is entered into and,
in the case of the representations in Section 3(0, at all times until the
termination of this Agreement) that:
(a) Basic
Representations.
(i) Status. It is
duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization or incorporation and, if relevant under such laws, in good
standing;
(ii) Powers. It has
the power to execute this Agreement and any other documentation relating to this
Agreement to which it is a party, to deliver this Agreement and any other
documentation relating to this Agreement that it is required by this Agreement
to deliver and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and any
obligations it has under any Credit Support Document to which it is a party and
has taken all necessary action to authorize such execution, delivery and
performance;
(iii) No Violation or
Conflict. Such execution, delivery and performance do not
violate or conflict with any law applicable to it, any provision of its
constitutional documents, any order or judgment of any court or other agency of
government applicable to it or any of its assets or any contractual restriction
binding on or affecting it or any of its assets;
(iv) Consents. All
governmental and other consents that are required to have been obtained by it
with respect to this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it is a
party have been obtained and are in full force and effect and all conditions of
any such consents have been complied with; and
(v) Obligations
Binding. Its obligations under this Agreement and any Credit
Support Document to which it is a party constitute its legal, valid and binding
obligations, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms (subject to
applicable bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium or similar laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to
equitable principles of general application (regardless of whether enforcement
is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law)).
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(b) Absence of Certain
Events. No Event of Default or Potential Event of Default or,
to its knowledge, Termination Event with respect to it has occurred and is
continuing and no such event or circumstance would occur as a result of its
entering into or performing its obligations under this Agreement or any Credit
Support Document to which it is a party.
(c) Absence of
Litigation. There is not pending or, to its knowledge,
threatened against it or any of its Affiliates any action, suit or proceeding at
law or in equity or before any court, tribunal, governmental body, agency or
official or any arbitrator that is likely to affect the legality, validity or
enforceability against it of this Agreement or any Credit Support Document to
which it is a party or its ability to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or such Credit Support Document.
(d) Accuracy of Specified
Information. All applicable information that is furnished in
writing by or on behalf of it to the other party and is identified for the
purpose of this Section 3(d) in the Schedule is, as of the date of the
information, true, accurate and complete in every material respect.
(e) Payer Tax
Representation. Each representation specified in the Schedule
as being made by it for the purpose of this Section 3(e) is accurate and
true.
(f) Payee Tax
Representations. Each representation specified in the Schedule
as being made by it for the purpose of this Section 3(f) is accurate and
true.
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4.
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Agreements
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Each
party agrees with the other that, so long as either party has or may have any
obligation under this Agreement or under any Credit Support Document to which it
is a party:
(a) Furnish Specified
Information. It will deliver to the other party or, in certain
cases under subparagraph (iii) below, to such government or taxing authority as
the other party reasonably directs:
(i) any
forms, documents or certificates relating to taxation specified in the Schedule
or any Confirmation;
(ii) any
other documents specified in the Schedule or any Confirmation; and
(iii) upon
reasonable demand by such other party, any form or document that may be required
or reasonably requested in writing in order to allow such other party or its
Credit Support Provider to make a payment under this Agreement or any applicable
Credit Support Document without any deduction or withholding for or on account
of any Tax or with such deduction or withholding at a reduced rate (so long as
the completion, execution or submission of such form or document would not
materially prejudice the legal or commercial position of the party in receipt of
such demand), with any such form or document to be accurate and completed in a
manner reasonably satisfactory to such other party and to be executed and to be
delivered with any reasonably required certification,
in each
case by the date specified in the Schedule or such Confirmation or, if none is
specified, as soon as reasonably practicable.
(b) Maintain
Authorizations. It will use all reasonable efforts to maintain
in full force and effect all consents of any governmental or other authority
that are required to be obtained by it with respect to this Agreement or any
Credit Support Document to which it is a party and will use all reasonable
efforts to obtain any that may become necessary in the future.
(c) Comply with
Laws. It will comply in all material respects with all
applicable laws and orders to which it may be subject if failure so to comply
would materially impair its ability to perform its obligations under this
Agreement or any Credit Support Document to which it is a party.
(d) Tax
Agreement. It will give notice of any failure of a
representation made by it under Section 3(f) to be accurate and true promptly
upon learning of such failure.
(e) Payment of Stamp
Tax. Subject to Section 11, it will pay any Stamp Tax levied
or imposed upon it or in respect of its execution or performance of this
Agreement by a jurisdiction in which it is incorporated,
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organized,
managed and controlled, or considered to have its seat, or in which a branch or
office through which it is acting for the purpose of this Agreement is located
(“Stamp Tax Jurisdiction”) and will indemnify the other party against any Stamp
Tax levied or imposed upon the other party or in respect of the other party’s
execution or performance of this Agreement by any such Stamp Tax Jurisdiction
which is not also a Stamp Tax Jurisdiction with respect to the other
party.
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5.
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Events
of Default and Termination Events
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(a) Events of
Default. The occurrence at any time with respect to a party
or, if applicable, any Credit Support Provider of such party or any Specified
Entity of such party of any of the following events constitutes an event of
default (an “Event of Default”) with respect to such party:
(i) Failure to Pay or
Deliver. Failure by the party to make, when due, any payment
under this Agreement or delivery under Section 2(a)(i) or 2(e) required to be
made by it if such failure is not remedied on or before the third Local Business
Day after notice of such failure is given to the party;
(ii) Breach of
Agreement. Failure by the party to comply with or perform any
agreement or obligation (other than an obligation to make any payment under this
Agreement or delivery under Section 2(a)(i) or 2(e) or to give notice of a
Termination Event or any agreement or obligation under Section 4(a)(i),
4(a)(iii) or 4(d)) to be complied with or performed by the party in accordance
with this Agreement if such failure is not remedied on or before the thirtieth
day after notice of such failure is given to the party;
(iii) Credit Support
Default.
(1) Failure
by the party or any Credit Support Provider of such party to comply with or
perform any agreement or obligation to be complied with or performed by it in
accordance with any Credit Support Document if such failure is continuing after
any applicable grace period has elapsed;
(2) the
expiration or termination of such Credit Support Document or the failing or
ceasing of such Credit Support Document to be in full force and effect for the
purpose of this Agreement (in either case other than in accordance with its
terms) prior to the satisfaction of all obligations of such party under each
Transaction to which such Credit Support Document relates without the written
consent of the other party; or
(3) the
party or such Credit Support Provider disaffirms, disclaims, repudiates or
rejects, in whole or in part, or challenges the validity of, such Credit Support
Document;
(iv) Misrepresentation. A
representation (other than a representation under Section 3(e) or (f)) made or
repeated or deemed to have been made or repeated by the party or any Credit
Support Provider of such party in this Agreement or any Credit Support Document
proves to have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or
repeated or deemed to have been made or repeated;
(v) Default under
Specified Transaction. The party, any Credit Support Provider
of such party or any applicable Specified Entity of such party (1) defaults
under a Specified Transaction and, after giving effect to any applicable notice
requirement or grace period, there occurs a liquidation of, an acceleration of
obligations under, or an early termination of, that Specified Transaction, (2)
defaults, after giving effect to any applicable notice requirement or grace
period, in making any payment or delivery due on the last payment, delivery or
exchange date of, or any payment on early termination of, a Specified
Transaction (or such default continues for at least three Local Business Days if
there is no applicable notice requirement or grace period) or (3) disaffirms,
disclaims, repudiates or rejects, in whole or in part, a Specified Transaction
(or such action is taken by any person or entity appointed or empowered to
operate it or act on its behalf);
(vi) Cross
Default. If “Cross Default” is specified in the Schedule as
applying to the party, the occurrence or existence of (1) a default, event of
default or other similar condition or event (however
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described)
in respect of such party, any Credit Support Provider of such party or any
applicable Specified Entity of such party under one or more agreements or
instruments relating to Specified Indebtedness of any of them (individually or
collectively) in an aggregate amount of not less than the applicable Threshold
Amount (as specified in the Schedule) which has resulted in such Specified
Indebtedness becoming, or becoming capable at such time of being declared, due
and payable under such agreements or instruments, before it would otherwise have
been due and payable or (2) a default by such party, such Credit Support
Provider or such Specified Entity (individually or collectively) in making one
or more payments on the due date thereof in an aggregate amount of not less than
the applicable Threshold Amount under such agreements or instruments (after
giving effect to any applicable notice requirement or grace
period);
(vii) Bankruptcy. The
party, any Credit Support Provider of such party or any applicable Specified
Entity of such party: —
(1) is
dissolved (other than pursuant to a consolidation, amalgamation or merger); (2)
becomes insolvent or is unable to pay its debts or fails or admits in writing
its inability generally to pay its debts as they become due; (3) makes a general
assignment, arrangement or composition with or for the benefit of its creditors;
(4) institutes or has instituted against it a proceeding seeking a judgment of
insolvency or bankruptcy or any other relief under any bankruptcy or insolvency
law or other similar law affecting creditors’ rights, or a petition is presented
for its winding-up or liquidation, and, in the case of any such proceeding or
petition instituted or presented against it, such proceeding or petition (A)
results in a judgment of insolvency or bankruptcy or the entry of an order for
relief or the making of an order for its winding-up or liquidation or (B) is not
dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained in each case within 30 days of the
institution or presentation thereof; (5) has a resolution passed for its
winding-up, official management or liquidation (other than pursuant to a
consolidation, amalgamation or merger); (6) seeks or becomes subject to the
appointment of an administrator, provisional liquidator, conservator, receiver,
trustee, custodian or other similar official for it or for all or substantially
all its assets; (7) has a secured party take possession of all or substantially
all its assets or has a distress, execution, attachment, sequestration or other
legal process levied, enforced or sued on or against all or substantially all
its assets and such secured party maintains possession, or any such process is
not dismissed, discharged, stayed or restrained, in each case within 30 days
thereafter; (8) causes or is subject to any event with respect to it which,
under the applicable laws of any jurisdiction, has an analogous effect to any of
the events specified in clauses (1) to (7) (inclusive); or (9) takes any action
in furtherance of, or indicating its consent to, approval of, or acquiescence
in, any of the foregoing acts; or
(viii) Merger Without
Assumption. The party or any Credit Support Provider of such
party consolidates or amalgamates with, or merges with or into, or transfers all
or substantially all its assets to, another entity and, at the time of such
consolidation, amalgamation, merger or transfer: —
(1) the
resulting, surviving or transferee entity fails to assume all the obligations of
such party or such Credit Support Provider under this Agreement or any Credit
Support Document to which it or its predecessor was a party by operation of law
or pursuant to an agreement reasonably satisfactory to the other party to this
Agreement; or
(2) the
benefits of any Credit Support Document fail to extend (without the consent of
the other party) to the performance by such resulting, surviving or transferee
entity of its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) Termination
Events. The occurrence at any time with respect to a party or,
if applicable, any Credit Support Provider of such party or any Specified Entity
of such party of any event specified below constitutes an Illegality if the
event is specified in (i) below, a Tax Event if the event is specified in (ii)
below or a Tax Event Upon Merger if the event is specified in (iii) below, and,
if specified to be applicable, a Credit Event
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Upon
Merger if the event is specified pursuant to (iv) below or an Additional
Termination Event if the event is specified pursuant to (v) below:
(i) Illegality. Due
to the adoption of, or any change in, any applicable law after the date on which
a Transaction is entered into, or due to the promulgation of, or any change in,
the interpretation by any court, tribunal or regulatory authority with competent
jurisdiction of any applicable law after such date, it becomes unlawful (other
than as a result of a breach by the party of Section 4(b)) for such party (which
will be the Affected Party): —
(1) to
perform any absolute or contingent obligation to make a payment or delivery or
to receive a payment or delivery in respect of such Transaction or to comply
with any other material provision of this Agreement relating to such
Transaction; or
(2) to
perform, or for any Credit Support Provider of such party to perform, any
contingent or other obligation which the party (or such Credit Support Provider)
has under any Credit Support Document relating to such Transaction;
(ii) Tax Event. Due
to (x) any action taken by a taxing authority, or brought in a court of
competent jurisdiction, on or after the date on which a Transaction is entered
into (regardless of whether such action is taken or brought with respect to a
party to this Agreement) or (y) a Change in Tax Law, the party (which will be
the Affected Party) will, or there is a substantial likelihood that it will, on
the next succeeding Scheduled Payment Date (1) be required to pay to the other
party an additional amount in respect of an Indemnifiable Tax under Section
2(d)(i)(4) (except in respect of interest under Section 2(e), 6(d)(ii) or 6(e))
or (2) receive a payment from which an amount is required to be deducted or
withheld for or on account of a Tax (except in respect of interest under Section
2(e), 6(d)(ii) or 6(e)) and no additional amount is required to be paid in
respect of such Tax under Section 2(d)(i)(4) (other than by reason of Section
2(d)(i)(4)(A) or (B));
(iii) Tax Event Upon
Merger. The party (the “Burdened Party”) on the next
succeeding Scheduled Payment Date will either (1) be required to pay an
additional amount in respect of an Indemnifiable Tax under Section 2(d)(i)(4)
(except in respect of interest under Section 2(e), 6(d)(ii) or 6(e)) or (2)
receive a payment from which an amount has been deducted or withheld for or on
account of any Indemnifiable Tax in respect of which the other party is not
required to pay an additional amount (other than by reason of Section
2(d)(i)(4)(A) or (B)), in either case as a result of a party consolidating or
amalgamating with, or merging with or into, or transferring all or substantially
all its assets to, another entity (which will be the Affected Party) where such
action does not constitute an event described in Section
5(a)(viii);
(iv) Credit Event Upon
Merger. If “Credit Event Upon Merger” is specified in the
Schedule as applying to the party, such party (“X”), any Credit Support Provider
of X or any applicable Specified Entity of X consolidates or amalgamates with,
or merges with or into, or transfers all or substantially all its assets to,
another entity and such action does not constitute an event described in Section
5(a)(viii) but the creditworthiness of the resulting, surviving or transferee
entity is materially weaker than that of X, such Credit Support Provider or such
Specified Entity, as the case may be, immediately prior to such action (and, in
such event, X or its successor or transferee, as appropriate, will be the
Affected Party); or
(v) Additional Termination
Event. If any “Additional Termination Event” is specified in
the Schedule or any Confirmation as applying, the occurrence of such event (and,
in such event, the Affected Party or Affected Parties shall be as specified for
such Additional Termination Event in the Schedule or such
Confirmation).
(c) Event of Default and
Illegality. If an event or circumstance which would otherwise
constitute or give rise to an Event of Default also constitutes an Illegality,
it will be treated as an Illegality and will not constitute an Event of
Default.
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6.
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Early
Termination
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(a) Right to Terminate Following Event
of Default. If at any time an Event of Default with respect to
a party (the “Defaulting Party”) has occurred and is then continuing, the other
party (the “Non-defaulting Party”) may, by not more than 20 days notice to the
Defaulting Party specifying the relevant Event of Default, designate a day not
earlier than the day such notice is effective as an Early Termination Date in
respect of all outstanding Transactions. If, however, “Automatic
Early Termination” is specified in the Schedule as applying to a party, then an
Early Termination Date in respect of all outstanding Transactions will occur
immediately upon the occurrence with respect to such party of an Event of
Default specified in Section 5(a)(vii)(1), (3), (5), (6) or, to the extent
analogous thereto, (8), and as of the time immediately preceding the institution
of the relevant proceeding or the presentation of the relevant petition upon the
occurrence with respect to such party of an Event of Default specified in
Section 5(a)(vii)(4) or, to the extent analogous thereto, (8).
(b) Right to Terminate Following
Termination Event.
(i) Notice. If a
Termination Event occurs, an Affected Party will, promptly upon becoming aware
of it, notify the other party, specifying the nature of that Termination Event
and each Affected Transaction and will also give such other information about
that Termination Event as the other party may reasonably require.
(ii) Transfer to Avoid
Termination Event. If either an Illegality under Section
5(b)(i)(1) or a Tax Event occurs and there is only one Affected Party, or if a
Tax Event Upon Merger occurs and the Burdened Party is the Affected Party, the
Affected Party will, as a condition to its right to designate an Early
Termination Date under Section 6(b)(iv), use all reasonable efforts (which will
not require such party to incur a loss, excluding immaterial, incidental
expenses) to transfer within 20 days after it gives notice under Section 6(b)(i)
all its rights and obligations under this Agreement in respect of the Affected
Transactions to another of its Offices or Affiliates so that such Termination
Event ceases to exist.
If the
Affected Party is not able to make such a transfer it will give notice to the
other party to that effect within such 20 day period, whereupon the other party
may effect such a transfer within 30 days after the notice is given under
Section 6(b)(i).
Any such
transfer by a party under this Section 6(b)(ii) will be subject to and
conditional upon the prior written consent of the other party, which consent
will not be withheld if such other party’s policies in effect at such time would
permit it to enter into transactions with the transferee on the terms
proposed.
(iii) Two Affected
Parties. If an Illegality under Section 5(b)(i)(1) or a Tax
Event occurs and there are two Affected Parties, each party will use all
reasonable efforts to reach agreement within 30 days after notice thereof is
given under Section 6(b)(i) on action to avoid that Termination
Event.
(iv) Right to
Terminate. If: —
(1) a
transfer under Section 6(b)(ii) or an agreement under Section 6(b)(iii), as the
case may be, has not been effected with respect to all Affected Transactions
within 30 days after an Affected Party gives notice under Section 6(b)(i);
or
(2) an
Illegality under Section 5(b)(i)(2), a Credit Event Upon Merger or an Additional
Termination Event occurs, or a Tax Event Upon Merger occurs and the Burdened
Party is not the Affected Party,
either
party in the case of an Illegality, the Burdened Party in the case of a Tax
Event Upon Merger, any Affected Party in the case of a Tax Event or an
Additional Termination Event if there is more than one Affected Party, or the
party which is not the Affected Party in the case of a Credit Event Upon Merger
or an Additional Termination Event if there is only one Affected Party may, by
not more than 20 days notice to the other party and provided that the relevant
Termination Event is then
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continuing,
designate a day not earlier than the day such notice is effective as an Early
Termination Date in respect of all Affected Transactions.
(c) Effect of
Designation.
(i) If
notice designating an Early Termination Date is given under Section 6(a) or (b),
the Early Termination Date will occur on the date so designated, whether or not
the relevant Event of Default or Termination Event is then
continuing.
(ii) Upon
the occurrence or effective designation of an Early Termination Date, no further
payments or deliveries under Section 2(a)(i) or 2(e) in respect of the
Terminated Transactions will be required to be made, but without prejudice to
the other provisions of this Agreement. The amount, if any, payable
in respect of an Early Termination Date shall be determined pursuant to Section
6(e).
(d) Calculations.
(i) Statement. On
or as soon as reasonably practicable following the occurrence of an Early
Termination Date, each party will make the calculations on its part, if any,
contemplated by Section 6(e) and will provide to the other party a statement (1)
showing, in reasonable detail, such calculations (including all relevant
quotations and specifying any amount payable under Section 6(e)) and (2) giving
details of the relevant account to which any amount payable to it is to be
paid. In the absence of written confirmation from the source of a
quotation obtained in determining a Market Quotation, the records of the party
obtaining such quotation will be conclusive evidence of the existence and
accuracy of such quotation.
(ii) Payment Date. An
amount calculated as being due in respect of any Early Termination Date under
Section 6(e) will be payable on the day that notice of the amount payable is
effective (in the’ case of an Early Termination Date which is designated or
occurs as a result of an Event of Default) and on the day which is two Local
Business Days after the day on which notice of the amount payable is effective
(in the case of an Early Termination Date which is designated as a result of a
Termination Event). Such amount will be paid together with (to the
extent permitted under applicable law) interest thereon (before as well as after
judgment) in the Termination Currency, from (and including) the relevant Early
Termination Date to (but excluding) the date such amount is paid, at the
Applicable Rate. Such interest will be calculated on the basis of
daily compounding and the actual number of days elapsed.
(e) Payments on Early
Termination. If an Early Termination Date occurs; the
following provisions shall apply based on the parties’ election in the Schedule
of a payment measure, either “Market Quotation” or “Loss”, and a payment method,
either the “First Method” or the “Second Method”. If the parties fail
to designate a payment measure or payment method in the Schedule, it will be
deemed that “Market Quotation” or the “Second Method”, as the case may be, shall
apply. The amount, if any, payable in respect of an Early Termination
Date and determined pursuant to this Section will be subject to any
Set-off.
(i) Events of
Default. If the Early Termination Date results from an Event
of Default: —
(1) First Method and Market
Quotation. If the First Method and Market Quotation apply, the
Defaulting Party will pay to the Non-defaulting Party the excess, if a positive
number, of (A) the sum of the Settlement Amount (determined by the
Non-defaulting Party) in respect of the Terminated Transactions and the
Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to the
Non-defaulting Party over (B) the Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid
Amounts owing to the Defaulting Party.
(2) First Method and Loss. If the First
Method and Loss apply, the Defaulting Party will pay to the Non-defaulting
Party, if a positive number, the Non-defaulting Party’s Loss in respect of this
Agreement.
(3) Second Method and Market
Quotation. If the Second Method and Market Quotation apply, an
amount will be payable equal to (A) the sum of the Settlement Amount (determined
by the
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Non-defaulting
Party) in respect of the Terminated Transactions and the Termination Currency
Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to the Non-defaulting Party less (B) the
Termination Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to the Defaulting
Party. If that amount is a positive number, the Defaulting Party will
pay it to the Non-defaulting Party; if it is a negative number, the
Non-defaulting Party will pay the absolute value of that amount to the
Defaulting Party.
(4) Second Method and Loss. If the
Second Method and Loss apply, an amount will be payable equal to the
Non-defaulting Patty’s Loss in respect of this Agreement. If that
amount is a positive number, the Defaulting Party will pay it to the
Non-defaulting Party; if it is a negative number, the Non-defaulting Party will
pay the absolute value of that amount to the Defaulting Party.
(ii) Termination Events: If the
Early Termination Date results from a Termination Event: —
(1) One Affected Party. If there is one
Affected Party, the amount payable will be determined in accordance with Section
6(e)(i)(3), if Market Quotation applies, or Section 6(e)(i)(4), if Loss applies,
except that, in either case, references to the Defaulting Party and to the
Non-defaulting Party will be deemed to be references to the Affected Party and
the party which is not the Affected Party, respectively, and, if Loss applies
and fewer than all the Transactions are being terminated, Loss shall be
calculated in respect of all Terminated Transactions.
(2) Two Affected Parties. If there are
two Affected Parties: —
(A) if
Market Quotation applies, each party will determine a Settlement Amount in
respect of the Terminated Transactions, and an amount will be payable equal to
(I) the sum of (a) one-half of the difference between the Settlement Amount of
the party with the higher Settlement Amount (“X”) and the Settlement Amount of
the party with the lower Settlement Amount (“Y”) and (b) the Termination
Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to X less (II) the Termination
Currency Equivalent of the Unpaid Amounts owing to Y; and
(B) if
Loss applies, each party will determine its Loss in respect of this Agreement
(or, if fewer than all the Transactions are being terminated, in respect of all
Terminated Transactions) and an amount will be payable equal to one-half of the
difference between the Loss of the party with the higher Loss (“X”) and the Loss
of the party with the lower Loss (“Y”)
If the
amount payable is a positive number, Y will pay it to X; if it is a negative
number, X will pay the absolute value of that amount to Y.
(iii) Adjustment for
Bankruptcy. In circumstances where an Early Termination Date
occurs because “Automatic Early Termination” applies in respect of a party, the
amount determined under this Section 6(e) will be subject to such adjustments as
are appropriate and permitted by law to reflect any payments or deliveries made
by one party to the other under this Agreement (and retained by such other
party) during the period from the relevant Early Termination Date to the date
for payment determined under Section 6(d)(ii).
(iv) Pre-Estimate. The
parties agree that if Market Quotation applies an amount recoverable under this
Section 6(e) is a reasonable pre-estimate of loss and not a
penalty. Such amount is payable for the loss of bargain and the loss
of protection against future risks and except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement neither party will be entitled to recover any additional damages as a
consequence of such losses.
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Transfer
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Subject
to Section 6(b)(ii), neither this Agreement nor any interest or obligation in or
under this Agreement may be transferred (whether by way of security or
otherwise) by either party without the prior written consent of the other party,
except that: —
(a) a
party may make such a transfer of this Agreement pursuant to a consolidation or
amalgamation with, or merger with or into, or transfer of all or substantially
all its assets to, another entity (but without prejudice to any other right or
remedy under this Agreement); and
(b) a
party may make such a transfer of all or any part of its interest in any amount
payable to it from a Defaulting Party under Section 6(e).
Any
purported transfer that is not in compliance with this Section will be
void.
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Contractual
Currency
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(a) Payment in the Contractual
Currency. Each payment under this Agreement will be made in
the relevant currency specified in this Agreement for that payment (the
“Contractual Currency”). To the extent permitted by applicable law,
any obligation to make payments under this Agreement in the Contractual Currency
will not be discharged or satisfied by any tender in any currency other than the
Contractual Currency, except to the extent such tender results in the actual
receipt by the party to which payment is owed, acting in a reasonable manner and
in good faith in converting the currency so tendered into the Contractual
Currency, of the full amount in the Contractual Currency of all amounts payable
in respect of this Agreement. If for any reason the amount in the
Contractual Currency so received falls short of the amount in the Contractual
Currency payable in respect of this Agreement, the party required to make the
payment will, to the extent permitted by applicable law, immediately pay such
additional amount in the Contractual Currency as may be necessary to compensate
for the shortfall. If for any reason the amount in the Contractual
Currency so received exceeds the amount in the Contractual Currency payable in
respect of this Agreement, the party receiving the payment will refund promptly
the amount of such excess.
(b) Judgments. To
the extent permitted by applicable law, if any judgment or order expressed in a
currency other than the Contractual Currency is rendered (i) for the payment of
any amount owing in respect of this Agreement, (ii) for the payment of any
amount relating to any early termination in respect of this Agreement or (iii)
in respect of a judgment or order of another court for the payment of any amount
described in (i) or (ii) above, the party seeking recovery, after recovery in
full of the aggregate amount to which such party is entitled pursuant to the
judgment or order, will be entitled to receive immediately from the other party
the amount of any shortfall of the Contractual Currency received by such party
as a consequence of sums paid in such other currency and will refund promptly to
the other party any excess of the Contractual Currency received by such party as
a consequence of sums paid in such other currency if such shortfall or such
excess arises or results from any variation between the rate of exchange at
which the Contractual Currency is converted into the currency of the judgment or
order for the purposes of such judgment or order and the rate of exchange at
which such party is able, acting in a reasonable manner and in good faith in
converting the currency received into the Contractual Currency, to purchase the
Contractual Currency with the amount of the currency of the judgment or order
actually received by such party. The term “rate of exchange”
includes, without limitation, any premiums and costs of exchange payable in
connection with the purchase of or conversion into the Contractual
Currency.
(c) Separate
Indemnities. To the extent permitted by applicable law, these
indemnities constitute separate and independent obligations from the other
obligations in this Agreement, will be enforceable as separate and independent
causes of action, will apply notwithstanding any indulgence granted by the party
to which any payment is owed and will not be affected by judgment being obtained
or claim or proof being made for any other sums payable in respect of this
Agreement.
(d) Evidence of
Loss. For the purpose of this Section 8, it will be sufficient
for a party to demonstrate that it would have suffered a loss had an actual
exchange or purchase been made.
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(a) Entire
Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and
understanding of the parties with respect to its subject matter and supersedes
all oral communication and prior writings with respect thereto.
(b) Amendments. No
amendment, modification or waiver in respect of this Agreement will be effective
unless in writing (including a writing evidenced by a facsimile transmission)
and executed by each of the parties or confirmed by an exchange of telexes or
electronic messages on an electronic messaging system.
(c) Survival of
Obligations. Without prejudice to Sections 2(a)(iii) and
6(c)(ii), the obligations of the parties under this Agreement will survive the
termination of any Transaction.
(d) Remedies
Cumulative. Except as provided in this Agreement, the rights,
powers, remedies and privileges provided in this Agreement are cumulative and
not exclusive of any rights, powers, remedies and privileges provided by
law.
(e) Counterparts and
Confirmations.
(i) This
Agreement (and each amendment, modification and waiver in respect of it) may be
executed and delivered in counterparts (including by facsimile transmission),
each of which will be deemed an original.
(ii) The
parties intend that they are legally bound by the terms of each Transaction from
the moment they agree to those terms (whether orally or otherwise). A
Confirmation shall he entered into as soon as practicable and may be executed
and delivered in counterparts (including by facsimile transmission) or be
created by an exchange of telexes or by an exchange of electronic messages on an
electronic messaging system, which in each case will be sufficient for all
purposes to evidence a binding supplement to this Agreement. The
parties will specify therein or through another effective means that any such
counterpart, telex or electronic message constitutes a
Confirmation.
(f) No Waiver of
Rights. A failure or delay in exercising any right, power or
privilege in respect of this Agreement will not be presumed to operate as a
waiver, and a single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege will
not be presumed to preclude any subsequent or further exercise, of that right,
power or privilege or the exercise of any other right, power or
privilege.
(g) Headings. The
headings used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are
not to affect the construction of or to be taken into consideration in
interpreting this Agreement.
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Offices;
Multibranch Parties
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(a) If
Section 10(a) is specified in the Schedule as applying, each party that enters
into a Transaction through an Office other than its head or home office
represents to the other party that, notwithstanding the place of booking office
or jurisdiction of incorporation or organization of such party, the obligations
of such party are the same as if it had entered into the Transaction through its
head or home office. This representation will be deemed to be
repeated by such party on each date on which a Transaction is entered
into.
(b) Neither
party may change the Office through which it makes and receives payments or
deliveries for the purpose of a Transaction without the prior written consent of
the other party.
(c) If
a party is specified as a Multibranch Party in the Schedule, such Multibranch
Party may make and receive payments or deliveries under any Transaction through
any Office listed in the Schedule, and the Office through which it makes and
receives payments or deliveries with respect to a Transaction will be specified
in the relevant Confirmation.
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Expenses
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A
Defaulting Party will, on demand, indemnify and hold harmless the other party
for and against all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses, including legal fees and
Stamp Tax, incurred by such other party by reason of the enforcement and
protection of its rights under this Agreement or any Credit Support
Document
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to which
the Defaulting Party is a party or by reason of the early termination of any
Transaction, including, but not limited to, costs of collection.
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Notices
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(a) Effectiveness. Any
notice or other communication in respect of this Agreement may be given in any
manner set forth below (except that a notice or other communication under
Section 5 or 6 may not be given by facsimile transmission or electronic
messaging system) to the address or number or in accordance with the electronic
messaging system details provided (see the Schedule) and will be deemed
effective as indicated:
(i) if
in writing and delivered in person or by courier, on the date it is
delivered;
(ii) if
sent by telex, on the date the recipient’s answerback is received;
(iii) if
sent by facsimile transmission, on the date that transmission is received by a
responsible employee of the recipient in legible form (it being agreed that the
burden of proving receipt will be on the sender and will not be met by a
transmission report generated by the sender’s facsimile machine);
(iv) if
sent by certified or registered mail (airmail, if overseas) or the equivalent
(return receipt requested), on the date that mail is delivered or its delivery
is attempted; or
(v) if
sent by electronic messaging system, on the date that electronic message is
received,
unless
the date of that delivery (or attempted delivery) or that receipt, as
applicable, is not a Local Business Day or that communication is delivered (or
attempted) or received, as applicable, after the close of business on a Local
Business Day, in which case that communication shall be deemed given and
effective on the first following day that is a Local Business Day.
(b) Change of
Addresses. Either party may by notice to the other change the
address, telex or facsimile number or electronic messaging system details at
which notices or other communications are to be given to it.
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Governing
Law and Jurisdiction
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(a) Governing
Law. This Agreement will be governed by and construed in
accordance with the law specified in the Schedule.
(b) Jurisdiction. With
respect to any suit, action or proceedings relating to this Agreement
(“Proceedings”), each party irrevocably:
(i) submits
to the jurisdiction of the English courts, if this Agreement is expressed to be
governed by English law, or to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of
the State of New York and the United States District Court located in the
Borough of Manhattan in New York City, if this Agreement is expressed to be
governed by the laws of the State of New York; and
(ii) waives
any objection which it may have at any time to the laying of venue of any
Proceedings brought in any such court, waives any claim that such Proceedings
have been brought in an inconvenient forum and further waives the right to
object, with respect to such Proceedings, that such court does not have any
jurisdiction over such party.
Nothing
in this Agreement precludes either party from bringing Proceedings in any other
jurisdiction (outside, if this Agreement is expressed to be governed by English
law, the Contracting States, as defined in Section 1(3) of the Civil
Jurisdiction and Judgments ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ or any modification, extension or
re-enactment thereof for the time being in force) nor will the bringing of
Proceedings in any one or more jurisdictions preclude the bringing of
Proceedings in any other jurisdiction.
(c) Service of
Process. Each party irrevocably appoints the Process Agent (if
any) specified opposite its name in the Schedule to receive, for it and on its
behalf, service of process in any Proceedings. If for
any
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any party’s Process Agent is unable to act as such, such party will promptly
notify the other party and within 30 days appoint a substitute process agent
acceptable to the other party. The parties irrevocably consent to
service of process given in the manner provided for notices in Section
12. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of either party
to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
(d) Waiver of
Immunities. Each party irrevocably waives, to the fullest
extent permitted by applicable law, with respect to itself and its revenues and
assets (irrespective of their use or intended use), all immunity on the grounds
of sovereignty or other similar grounds from (i) suit, (ii) jurisdiction of any
court, (iii) relief by way of injunction, order for specific performance or for
recovery of property, (iv) attachment of its assets (whether before or after
judgment) and (v) execution or enforcement of any judgment to which it or its
revenues or assets might otherwise be entitled in any Proceedings in the courts
of any jurisdiction and irrevocably agrees, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, that it will not claim any such immunity in any
Proceedings.
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Definitions
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As used
in this Agreement:
“Additional
Termination Event” has the meaning specified in Section
5(b).
“Affected
Party” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
“Affected
Transactions” means (a) with respect to any Termination Event consisting
of an Illegality, Tax Event or Tax Event Upon Merger, all Transactions affected
by the occurrence of such Termination Event and (b) with respect to any other
Termination Event, all Transactions.
“Affiliate”
means, subject to the Schedule, in relation to any person, any entity
controlled, directly or indirectly, by the person, any entity that controls,
directly or indirectly, the person or any entity directly or indirectly under
common control with the person. For
this purpose, “control” of any entity or person means ownership of a majority of
the voting power of the entity or person.
“Applicable
Rate” means:
(a) in
respect of obligations payable or deliverable (or which would have been but for
Section 2(a)(iii)) by a Defaulting Party, the Default Rate;
(b) in
respect of an obligation to pay an amount under Section 6(e) of either party
from and after the date (determined in accordance with Section 6(d)(ii)) on
which that amount is payable, the Default Rate;
(c) in
respect of all other obligations payable or deliverable (or which would have
been but for Section 2(a)(iii)) by a Non-defaulting Party, the Non-default Rate;
and
(d) in
all other cases, the Termination Rate.
“Burdened
Party” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
“Change in Tax
Law” means the enactment, promulgation, execution or ratification of, or
any change in or amendment to, any law (or in the application or official
interpretation of any law) that occurs on or after the date on which the
relevant Transaction is entered into.
“consent”
includes a consent, approval, action, authorization, exemption, notice, filing,
registration or exchange control consent.
“Credit Event Upon
Merger” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
“Credit Support
Document” means any agreement or instrument that is specified as such in
this Agreement.
“Credit Support
Provider” has the meaning specified in the Schedule.
“Default
Rate” means a rate per annum equal to the cost (without proof or evidence
of any actual cost) to the relevant payee (as certified by it) if it were to
fund or of funding the relevant amount plus 1% per annum.
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“Defaulting
Party” has the meaning specified in Section 6(a).
“Early Termination
Date” means the date determined in accordance with Section 6(a) or
6(b)(iv).
“Event of
Default” has the meaning specified in Section 5(a) and, if applicable, in
the Schedule.
“Illegality”
has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
“Indemnifiable
Tax” means any Tax other than a Tax that would not be imposed in respect
of a payment under this Agreement but for a present or former connection between
the jurisdiction of the government or taxation authority imposing such Tax and
the recipient of such payment or a person related to such recipient (including,
without limitation, a connection arising from such recipient or related person
being or having been a citizen or resident of such jurisdiction, or being or
having been organized, present or engaged in a trade or business in such
jurisdiction, or having or having had a permanent establishment or fixed place
of business in such jurisdiction, but excluding a connection arising solely from
such recipient or related person having executed, delivered, performed its
obligations or received a payment under, or enforced, this Agreement or a Credit
Support Document).
“law”
includes any treaty, law, rule or regulation (as modified, in the case of tax
matters, by the practice of any relevant governmental revenue authority) and
“lawful”
and “unlawful”
will be construed accordingly.
“Local Business
Day” means, subject to the Schedule, a day on which commercial banks are
open for business (including dealings in foreign exchange and foreign currency
deposits) (a) in relation to any obligation under Section 2(a)(i), in the
place(s) specified in the relevant Confirmation or, if not so specified, as
otherwise agreed by the parties in writing or determined pursuant to provisions
contained, or incorporated by reference, in this Agreement, (b) in relation to
any other payment, in the place where the relevant account is located and, if
different, in the principal financial centre, if any, of the currency of such
payment, (c) in relation to any notice or other communication, including notice
contemplated under Section 5(a)(i), in the city specified in the address for
notice provided by the recipient and, in the case of a notice contemplated by
Section 2(b), in the place where the relevant new account is to be located and
(d) in relation to Section 5(a)(v)(2), in the relevant locations for performance
with respect to such Specified Transaction.
“Loss”
means, with respect to this Agreement or one or more Terminated Transactions, as
the case may be, and a party, the Termination Currency Equivalent of an amount
that party reasonably determines in good faith to be its total losses and costs
(or gain, in which case expressed as a negative number) in connection with this
Agreement or that Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions, as
the case may be, including any loss of bargain, cost of funding or,-at
the-election of-such-party-but-without duplication, loss or cost incurred as a
result of its terminating, liquidating, obtaining or reestablishing any hedge or
related trading position (or any gain resulting from any of them). Loss
includes losses and costs (or gains) in respect of any payment or delivery
required to have been made (assuming satisfaction of each applicable condition
precedent) on or before the relevant Early Termination Date and not made,
except, so as to avoid duplication, if Section 6(e)(i)(1) or (3) or
6(e)(ii)(2)(A) applies. Loss
does not include a party’s legal fees and out-of-pocket expenses referred to
under Section 11 A party will determine its Loss as of the relevant Early
Termination Date; or, if that is not reasonably practicable, as of the earliest
date thereafter as is reasonably practicable. A
party may (but need not) determine its Loss by reference to quotations of
relevant rates or prices from one or more leading dealers in the relevant
markets.
“Market
Quotation” means, with respect to one or more Terminated Transactions and
a party making the determination; an amount determined on the basis of
quotations from Reference Market-makers. Each
quotation will be for an amount, if any, that would be paid to such party
(expressed as a negative number) or by such party (expressed as a positive
number) in consideration of an agreement between such party (taking into account
any existing Credit Support Document with respect to the obligations of such
party) and the quoting Reference Market-maker to enter into a transaction (the
“Replacement Transaction”) that would have the effect of preserving for such
party the economic equivalent of any payment or delivery (whether the underlying
obligation was absolute or contingent and assuming the satisfaction of each
applicable condition precedent) by the parties under Section 2(a)(i) in respect
of such Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions that would,
but for the occurrence of the relevant Early Termination Date, have
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been
required after that date. For
this purpose, Unpaid Amounts in respect of the Terminated Transaction or group
of Terminated Transactions are to be excluded but, without limitation, any
payment or delivery that would, but for the relevant Early Termination Date,
have been required (assuming satisfaction of each applicable condition
precedent) after that Early Termination Date is to be included. The
Replacement Transaction would be subject to such documentation as such party and
the Reference Market-maker may, in good faith, agree. The
party making the determination (or its agent) will request each Reference
Market-maker to provide its quotation to the extent reasonably practicable as of
the same day and time (without regard to different time zones) on or as soon as
reasonably practicable after the relevant Early Termination Date. The
day and time as of which those quotations are to be obtained will be selected in
good faith by the party obliged to make a determination under Section 6(e), and,
if each party is so obliged, after consultation with the other. If
more than three quotations are provided, the Market Quotation will be the
arithmetic mean of the quotations, without regard to the quotations having the
highest and lowest values. If
exactly three such quotations are provided, the Market Quotation will be the
quotation remaining after disregarding the highest and lowest quotations. For
this purpose, if more than one quotation has the same highest value or lowest
value, then one of such quotations shall be disregarded. If
fewer than three quotations are provided, it will be deemed that the Market
Quotation in respect of such Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated
Transactions cannot be determined.
“Non-default
Rate” means a rate per annum equal to the cost (without proof or evidence
of any actual cost) to the Non-defaulting Party (as certified by it) if it were
to fund the relevant amount.
“Non-defaulting
Party” has the meaning specified in Section 6(a).
“Office”
means a branch or office of a party, which may be such party’s head or home
office.
“Potential Event
of Default” means any event which, with the giving of notice or the lapse
of time or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
“Reference
Market-makers” means four leading dealers in the relevant market selected
by the party determining a Market Quotation in good faith (a) from among dealers
of the highest credit standing which satisfy all the criteria that such party
applies generally at the time in deciding whether to offer or to make an
extension of credit and (b) to the extent practicable, from among such dealers
having an office in the same city.
“Relevant
Jurisdiction” means, with respect to a party, the jurisdictions (a) in
which the party is incorporated, organized, managed and controlled or considered
to have its seat, (b) where an Office through which the party is acting for
purposes of this Agreement is located, (c) in which the party executes this
Agreement and (d) in relation to any payment, from or through which such payment
is made.
“Scheduled Payment
Date” means a date on which a payment or delivery is to be made under
Section 2(a)(i) with respect to a Transaction.
“Set-off”
means set-off, offset, combination of accounts, right of retention or
withholding or similar right or requirement to which the payer of an amount
under Section 6 is entitled or subject (whether arising under this Agreement,
another contract, applicable law or otherwise) that is exercised by, or imposed
on, such payer,
“Settlement
Amount” means, with respect to a party and any Early Termination Date,
the sum of: —
(a) the
Termination Currency Equivalent of the Market Quotations (whether positive or
negative) for each Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions
for which a Market Quotation is determined; and
(b) such
party’s Loss (whether positive or negative and without reference to any Unpaid
Amounts) for each Terminated Transaction or group of Terminated Transactions for
which a Market Quotation cannot be determined or would not (in the reasonable
belief of the party making the determination) produce a commercially reasonable
result.
“Specified
Entity” has the meanings specified in the Schedule.
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“Specified
Indebtedness” means, subject to the Schedule, any obligation (whether
present or future, contingent or otherwise, as principal or surety or otherwise)
in respect of borrowed money.
“Specified
Transaction” means, subject to the Schedule, (a) any transaction
(including an agreement with respect thereto) now existing or hereafter entered
into between one party to this Agreement (or any Credit Support Provider of such
party or any applicable Specified Entity of such party) and the other party to
this Agreement (or any Credit Support Provider of such other party or any
applicable Specified Entity of such other party) which is a rate swap
transaction, basis swap, forward rate transaction, commodity swap, commodity
option, equity or equity index swap, equity or equity index option, bond option,
interest rate option, foreign exchange transaction, cap transaction, floor
transaction, collar transaction, currency swap transaction, cross-currency rate
swap transaction, currency option or any other similar transaction (including
any option with respect to any of these transactions), (b) any combination of
these transactions and (c) any other transaction identified as a Specified
Transaction in this Agreement or the relevant confirmation.
“Stamp Tax”
means any stamp, registration, documentation or similar tax.
“Tax” means
any present or future tax, levy, impost, duty, charge, assessment or fee of any
nature (including interest, penalties and additions thereto) that is imposed by
any government or other taxing authority in respect of any payment under this
Agreement other than a stamp, registration, documentation or similar
tax.
“Tax Event”
has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
“Tax Event Upon
Merger” has the meaning specified in Section 5(b).
“Terminated
Transactions” means with respect to any Early Termination Date (a) if
resulting from a Termination Event, all Affected Transactions and (b) if
resulting from an Event of Default, all Transactions (in either case) in effect
immediately before the effectiveness of the notice designating that Early
Termination Date (or, if “Automatic Early Termination” applies, immediately
before that Early Termination Date).
“Termination
Currency” has the meaning specified in the Schedule.
“Termination
Currency Equivalent” means, in respect of any amount denominated in the
Termination Currency, such Termination Currency amount and, in respect of any
amount denominated in a currency other than the Termination Currency (the “Other
Currency”), the amount in the Termination Currency determined by the party
making the relevant determination as being required to purchase such amount of
such Other Currency as at the relevant Early Termination Date, or, if the
relevant Market Quotation or Loss (as the case may be), is determined as of a
later date, that later date, with the Termination Currency at the rate equal to
the spot exchange rate of the foreign exchange agent (selected as provided
below) for the purchase of such Other Currency with the Termination Currency at
or about 11:00 a.m. (in the city in which such foreign exchange agent is
located) on such date as would be customary for the determination of such a rate
for the purchase of such Other Currency for value on the relevant Early
Termination Date or that later date. The
foreign exchange agent will, if only one party is obliged to make a
determination under Section 6(e), be selected in good faith by that party and
otherwise will be agreed by the parties.
“Termination
Event” means an Illegality, a Tax Event or a Tax Event Upon Merger or, if
specified to be applicable, a Credit Event Upon Merger or an Additional
Termination Event.
“Termination
Rate” means a rate per annum equal to the arithmetic mean of the cost
(without proof or evidence of any actual cost) to each party (as certified by
such party) if it were to fund or of funding such amounts.
“Unpaid
Amounts” owing to any party means, with respect to an Early Termination
Date, the aggregate of (a) in respect of all Terminated Transactions, the
amounts that became payable (or that would have become payable but for Section
2(a)(iii)) to such party under Section 2(a)(i) on or prior to such Early
Termination Date and which remain unpaid as at such Early Termination Date and
(b) in respect of each Terminated Transaction, for each obligation under Section
2(a)(i) which was (or would have been but for Section 2(a)(iii)) required to be
settled by delivery to such party on or prior to such Early Termination Date and
which has not been so settled as at such Early Termination Date, an amount equal
to the fair market
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value of
that which was (or would have been) required to be delivered as of the
originally scheduled date for delivery, in each case together with (to the
extent permitted under applicable law) interest, in the currency of such
amounts, from (and including) the date such amounts or obligations were or would
have been required to have been paid or performed to (but excluding) such Early
Termination Date, at the Applicable Rate. Such
amounts of interest will be calculated on the basis of daily compounding and the
actual number of days elapsed. The
fair market value of any obligation referred to in clause (b) above shall be
reasonably determined by the party obliged to make the determination under
Section 6(e) or, if each party is so obliged, it shall be the average of the
Termination Currency Equivalents of the fair market values reasonably determined
by both parties.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have executed this document on the respective dates
specified below with effect from the date specified on the first page of this
document,
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WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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WACHOVIA
AUTO OWNER TRUST 2008-A
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(Name
of Party)
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BY: WILMINGTON
TRUST COMPANY, not in its individual capacity but solely in its capacity
as Owner Trustee
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Title:
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Title:
Financial Services Director
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