Exhibit 10.3
EXECUTIVE COPY
AMENDMENT AGREEMENT NO. 2
     AMENDMENT AGREEMENT NO. 2, dated as of April 22, 2008 (this “Agreement”),
among LEAF III A SPE, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Borrower”),
LEAF FINANCIAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“LEAF Financial”), as
servicer (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the
“Servicer”), LEAF FUNDING, INC., a Delaware corporation (“LEAF Funding”), LEAF
EQUIPMENT LEASING INCOME FUND III, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (“LEAF
III”), the Required Lenders and MERRILL LYNCH BANK USA, a Utah industrial bank
(“MLBUSA”), as administrative agent (together with its permitted successors in
such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”).
WITNESSETH:
     WHEREAS, capitalized terms used herein shall have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Definitions and Rules of Construction attached as Appendix A to
the Purchase and Sale Agreement, dated as of July 2, 2007, between LEAF Funding
and LEAF III, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified as of the date
hereof;
     WHEREAS, the parties hereto intend to amend the Definitions and Rules of
Construction attached to the Purchase and Sale Agreement as Appendix A (the
“Definitions”) on the terms and subject to the satisfaction of the conditions
set forth herein.
     NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the mutual
covenants and agreements contained herein, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
     SECTION 1. Amendment.
     (a) As of the Effective Date, certain of the Definitions are hereby amended
as follows:
     (i) The definition of “Advance Rate” is hereby amended in its entirety to
read as follows:
“Advance Rate” means, as of any date of determination, (a) if the aggregate
amount of the Contract Values of all Purchased Contracts as of such date is less
than $50,000,000, a percentage equal to the lowest of the following: (i) 90%;
(ii) a percentage equal to (x) 100%, less (y) an amount (expressed as a
percentage) equal to (A) $2,000,000, divided by (B) the aggregate amount of the
Net Contract Values of all Purchased Contracts as of such date; and (iii) a
percentage equal to (x) 100%, less (y) an amount (expressed as a percentage)
equal to (A) the aggregate amount of the Contract Values of all Purchased
Contracts as of such date of the three (3) largest Obligors, divided by (B) the
aggregate amount of the Net Contract Values of all Purchased Contracts as of
such date; and (b) if the aggregate amount of the Contract Values of all
Purchased Contracts as of such date is greater than or equal to $50,000,000,
90%.

 

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     (ii) The definition of “Contract Value” is hereby amended in its entirety
to read as follows:
“Contract Value” means (i) with respect to any Contract that is 61 days or less
delinquent, as of any date of determination, the present value of the remaining
scheduled payments of such Contract, excluding any residual payment, discounted
at the Discount Rate and (ii) with respect to any Contract that is more than
61 days delinquent, as of any date of determination, an amount equal to zero;
provided, however, that any Contract that is more than 61 days delinquent and
which subsequently is no longer delinquent without first having (x) the related
obligor be subject to an Insolvency Event, (y) been charged off by the Servicer
in accordance with the Policy and Procedures, or (z) become 121 or more days
delinquent, and is still a Contract comprising part of the Collateral, shall
have a Contract Value as provided in clause (i) hereof.
     (iii) The definition of “Funded Rate” is hereby amended in its entirety to
read as follows:
“Funded Rate” means as of any date of determination, a rate equal to the sum of
the (a) Hedged Swap Rate as of such date and (b) the Alternate Fee Rate.
     (iv) Clause (m) of the definition of “Servicer Default” is hereby amended
in its entirety to read as follows:
(m) Either (x) as of the last day of each fiscal quarter beginning with the
fiscal quarter ending September 30, 2007, LEAF III shall have failed to maintain
minimum “partners capital” (as reflected in its financial statements, but
excluding any mark-to-market gain or loss on any swap or other hedge
transaction, “Partners Capital”) of no less than 75.00% of Partners Capital
reported on the corresponding financial statements as of the immediately
preceding calendar quarter, or (y) as of September 30, 2008 or any later
calendar quarter, LEAF III shall have failed to maintain minimum Partners
Capital of no less than 75.00% of Partners Capital as reported in its June 30,
2008 financial statements; or
     (v) Clause (n) of the definition of “Servicer Default” is hereby amended in
its entirety to read as follows:
(n) LEAF III, together with Borrower, shall have as of the last day of each
fiscal quarter thereof a ratio of Debt (as reflected in its financial
statements, excluding any applicable cash then on deposit in the Master DDA) as
of such date to Partners Capital as of such date (in each case determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP) in excess of 8.5 to 1.0. For further
clarification, when calculating this ratio, the Borrower and LEAF III shall also
include other entities sponsored by LEAF III or the Borrower which are not
required to be consolidated under GAAP.

 

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     (vi) The definition of “Static Pool Loss Ratio” is hereby amended in its
entirety to read as follows:
“Static Pool Loss Ratio” means, with respect to a Quarterly Origination Period,
as of any date of determination, an amount, expressed as a percentage, equal to
(i) the Cumulative Losses with respect to Contracts originated during such
Quarterly Origination Period divided by (ii) the original Contract Value of
Contracts originated during such Quarterly Origination Period, in each case,
regardless of whether such Contract still comprises part of the Collateral.
     SECTION 2. Conditions Precedent to the Effectiveness of this Agreement.
This Agreement shall become effective as of the date hereof (the “Effective
Date”) provided that each of the following conditions precedent shall have been
satisfied, or waived by the Required Lenders, on or before such date:
     (a) The Required Lenders shall have received this Agreement, executed and
delivered by a duly Authorized Officer of each party hereto.
     (b) As of the date hereof, the representations and warranties made herein
by LEAF Funding, LEAF Financial, LEAF III and Borrower shall be true and correct
in all material respects on and as of such date as if made on and as of such
date (except to the extent such representation or warranty expressly relates to
an earlier date, in which case such representation or warranty shall be true and
correct in all material respects as of such earlier date).
     (c) No Potential Termination Event or Termination Event shall have occurred
and be continuing or shall occur as a result of this Agreement.
     SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties. To induce the Required Lenders
to enter into this Agreement, each of LEAF Funding, LEAF Financial, LEAF III and
Borrower hereby represent and warrant to the Required Lenders as follows:
     (a) Its execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement have been
duly and validly authorized by all necessary action on the part of it.
     (b) No Potential Termination Event or Termination Event has occurred and is
continuing or shall occur as a result of this Agreement.
     SECTION 4. Reference to and Effect on the Transaction Documents. As of the
Effective Date, any reference in any Transaction Document to the Definitions and
Rules of Construction attached to the Purchase and Sale Agreement as Appendix A
shall be to such Definitions and Rules of Construction as amended hereby.
     SECTION 5. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed by one or more of
the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including
by facsimile transmission of signature pages hereto), and all of said
counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same
instrument.

 

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     SECTION 6. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is
prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction,
be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without
invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
     SECTION 7. GOVERNING LAW AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be
executed by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date
first above written.

            LEAF III A SPE, LLC, as Borrower
      By:   /s/ Miles Herman         Name:   Miles Herman        Title:  
President, COO        LEAF FINANCIAL CORPORATION, as Servicer
      By:   /s/ Miles Herman         Name:   Miles Herman        Title:  
President, COO        LEAF FUNDING, INC.
      By:   /s/ Miles Herman         Name:   Miles Herman        Title:  
President, COO        LEAF EQUIPMENT LEASING INCOME FUND III, L.P.
      By:   LEAF Asset Management, LLC, its General Partner               By:  
/s/ Miles Herman         Name:   Miles Herman        Title:   President, COO   

 

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            ZANE FUNDING, LLC, as a CP Rate Lender
     and as Required Lender
      By:   /s/ John M. DeMilt         Name:   John M. DeMilt        Title:  
Vice President        MERRILL LYNCH BANK USA, as the
     Administrative Agent
      By:   /s/ Aeneas P. Griffin         Name:   Aeneas P. Griffin       
Title:   Director