AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT 10.10b
CERTAIN INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS NOT MATERIAL AND WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE HARM TO THE REGISTRANT IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED.
[**] INDICATES THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN REDACTED.
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AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 1 to NINTH AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of November 5, 2021, is entered into among AFC FUNDING CORPORATION, an Indiana corporation (the “Seller”), AUTOMOTIVE FINANCE CORPORATION, an Indiana corporation (the “Servicer”), the Purchasers and Purchaser Agents signatories hereto, and BANK OF MONTREAL, as the agent (the “Agent”).
R E C I T A L S
A. The Seller, the Servicer, the Purchasers, the Purchaser Agents, and the Agent are parties to that certain Ninth Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of September 29, 2020 (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified prior to the date hereof, the “Agreement”).
B. Pursuant to and in accordance with Section 6.1 of the Agreement, the Seller, the Servicer, the Purchasers, the Purchaser Agents and the Agent desire to amend the Agreement as hereinafter set forth.
NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
1.Certain Defined Terms. Capitalized terms which are used herein without definition and that are defined in the Agreement shall have the same meanings herein as in the Agreement.
2.Amendment to Agreement. The Agreement is hereby amended as follows:
2.1. The definition of “Required Enhancement Percentage” in Exhibit I to the Agreement is revised in its entirety to read as follows:
“Required Enhancement Percentage” means [**] or such other percentage agreed by the Seller and all of the Purchaser Agents; provided, that any reductions to the Required Enhancement Percentage are subject to confirmation of the then–current rating of the Facility from any Rating Agency rating the Facility.
3.Representations and Warranties. Each of the Seller and the Servicer hereby represents and warrants to the Agent, the Purchasers and the Purchaser Agents as follows:
(a)Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of such Person contained in Exhibit III and Exhibit VII to the Agreement are true and correct as of the date hereof (unless stated to relate solely to an earlier date, in which case such representations and warranties were true and correct as of such earlier date).
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(b)Enforceability. The execution and delivery by such Person of this Amendment, and the performance of its obligations under this Amendment and the Agreement, as amended hereby, are within its corporate powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on its part. This Amendment and the Agreement, as amended hereby, are its valid and legally binding obligations, enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(c)Termination Event. No Termination Event or Unmatured Termination Event has occurred and is continuing.
4.Effectiveness. This Amendment shall become effective upon the receipt by (i) the Agent of each of the counterparts of this Amendment executed by each of the parties hereto and (ii) the Agent of written confirmation by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ that this Amendment shall not cause the rating on the Agreement to be downgraded or withdrawn.
5.Effect of Amendment. Except as expressly amended and modified by this Amendment, all provisions of the Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. After this Amendment becomes effective, all references in the Agreement (or in any other Transaction Document) to “the Receivables Purchase Agreement,” “this Agreement,” “hereof,” “herein” or words of similar effect, in each case referring to the Agreement, shall be deemed to be references to the Agreement as amended by this Amendment. This Amendment shall not be deemed to expressly or impliedly waive, amend or supplement any provision of the Agreement other than as set forth herein.
6.Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties on separate counterparts, and each counterpart shall be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Amendment by telecopy, emailed pdf. or any other electronic means that reproduces an image of the actual executed signature page shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in or relating to any document to be signed in connection with this Amendment and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be deemed to include Electronic Signatures, deliveries or the keeping of records in electronic form, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act; provided that nothing herein shall require the Agent to accept electronic signatures in any form or format without its prior written consent. “Electronic Signature” means an electronic sound, symbol, or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record.
7.Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Indiana without reference to conflict of laws principles.
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8.Section Headings. The various headings of this Amendment are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Amendment or the Agreement or any provision hereof or thereof.
9.Reaffirmation of Performance Guaranty. By signing below, KAR Auction Services, Inc. reaffirms its obligations under the Performance Guaranty after giving effect to this Amendment.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first above written.
AFC FUNDING CORPORATION, as Seller
By: /s/ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President of Finance; Treasurer
AUTOMOTIVE FINANCE CORPORATION,
as Servicer
By: /s/ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President of Finance; Treasurer
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FAIRWAY FINANCE COMPANY, LLC, as a Purchaser
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
BMO CAPITAL MARKETS CORP., as Purchaser
Agent for Fairway Finance Company, LLC and Bank of Montreal
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Managing Director
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BANK OF MONTREAL, as Agent
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director
BANK OF MONTREAL, as Purchaser
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Director
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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA, as Purchaser Agent for Thunder Bay Funding, LLC
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
THUNDER BAY FUNDING, LLC, as a Purchaser
By: Royal Bank of Canada,
its attorney-in-fact
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Authorized Signatory
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Purchaser and Purchaser Agent for itself
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President
TRUIST BANK, successor by merger to SunTrust Bank, as Purchaser and as Purchaser Agent for itself
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Vice President
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FIFTH THIRD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Purchaser and as Purchaser Agent for itself
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Managing Director
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK N.A., as Purchaser Agent for Chariot Funding LLC
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
CHARIOT FUNDING LLC, as a Purchaser
By: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., its attorney-in-
fact
By: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., its attorney-in-
fact
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
Acknowledged and Agreed:
as provider of the Performance Guaranty
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Name: ▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Executive Vice President and
Chief Financial Officer
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