Exhibit 10.3

 

PAYOFF AND TERMINATION LETTER

August 28, 2020

LML 2018 Warehouse SPV, LLC

c/o Tesla, Inc.

45500 Fremont Blvd.

Fremont, California 94538

Attention: Legal, Finance

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Reference is hereby made to the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of
December 27, 2018 (as amended, restated, supplemented or modified, the
“Agreement”) among LML 2018 Warehouse SPV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (the “Borrower”), Tesla Finance LLC (“TFL”), the Lenders and Group
Agents party thereto, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as paying agent (in
such capacity, the “Paying Agent”) and Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, as
administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative
Agent”).  Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein are used as
defined in the Agreement.

The Borrower hereby notifies the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, on
August 28, 2020 (the “Payoff Date”), it will pay the outstanding principal
amount of the Loans in full, together with all accrued and unpaid interest,
fees, costs, expenses, indemnities and other Secured Obligations owing by the
Borrower to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under the Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents (collectively, the “Obligations”).

The amount required to reduce the Obligations to zero (the “Payoff Amount”) at
or before 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on the Payoff Date is $0.00 in immediately
available funds. The components of the Payoff Amount are described on Schedule I
attached hereto.

Upon receipt of the Payoff Amount, the amounts specified on Schedule I attached
hereto shall be immediately applied to the Obligations in accordance with the
terms of the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.  To the extent any
Transaction Document requires any prior notice as a condition to the payment of
the Obligations (or any part thereof) or the application of the Payoff Amount to
the Obligations, such requirement is hereby waived.

Immediately upon receipt of the Payoff Amount in full as provided above: (a) the
Obligations under the Agreement and the other Transaction Documents shall be
reduced to zero, (b) the Commitments of the Lenders shall terminate and, except
as set forth herein, none of the Borrower, any Lender or the Administrative
Agent shall have any further obligations or liabilities under any Transaction
Document to which it is party and the

 

 

 

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Transaction Documents shall be terminated and cease to be of further force or
effect; provided, that that obligations of the Borrower and any other party to
the Agreement that expressly survive termination of the Agreement or any other
Transaction Document (including, without limitation, the indemnification
provisions of the Agreement) shall survive termination of the Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents and (c) the Agreement and each other Transaction
Document shall terminate and cease to be of further force or effect.

In consideration of the payment in full of the Payoff Amount, each of the
Administrative Agent and each Lender (each a “Secured Party” and collectively,
the “Secured Parties”), upon receipt of the Payoff Amount, hereby agrees that:

(a)all security interests, liens or other rights which each Secured Party may
have on or in the Warehouse SUBI Assets, the Warehouse SUBI Certificate, the
Collections, the Warehouse SUBI Collection Account, the Reserve Account and
other Collateral under the Transaction Documents will be deemed to be terminated
and released and of no further force and effect (including “control” for
purposes of the applicable UCC with respect to any deposit or securities account
that are part of the Collateral);

(b)at the Borrower’s expense, the Borrower (or its designee) is authorized to
file UCC termination statements and other appropriate documents to terminate the
security interests, liens and other rights on or in the Collateral under the
Transaction Documents, and the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the
Borrower all possessory collateral (if any) held by the Administrative Agent in
accordance with the Transaction Documents;

(c)at the Borrower’s expense, the Administrative Agent shall deliver to the
Borrower other appropriate documents reasonably requested in writing by the
Borrower in order to notify the applicable financial institutions of the
termination of the security interest and control of the Administrative Agent in
any deposit or securities accounts that are part of the Collateral and to
otherwise effectuate the release of liens contemplated herein.

The Administrative Agent and the below undersigned Lenders (constituting 100%
beneficial owners of the Obligations), hereby authorize, direct and instruct
each of the Administrative Agent and the Paying Agent to execute and deliver
this Payoff Letter, and to take any and all actions necessary to give effect to
the terms of this Payoff Letter.

Each party agrees that this Payoff Letter and any other documents to be
delivered in connection herewith may be electronically signed, and that any
electronic signatures appearing on this Payoff Letter or such other documents
are the same as handwritten signatures for the purposes of validity,
enforceability, and admissibility.

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have caused this Payoff Letter to be duly
executed by their respective officers as of the day and year first above
written.

 

LML 2018 WAREHOUSE SPV, LLC,

as Borrower

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Jeffrey Munson

Name:  

 

Jeffrey Munson

Title:

 

President

 

Signature Page to Payoff and Termination Letter

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,

as Paying Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Amy McNulty

Name:  

 

Amy McNulty

Title:

 

Assistant Vice President

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Cynthia Valverde

Name:  

 

Cynthia Valverde

Title:

 

Assistant Vice President

 

Signature Page to Payoff and Termination Letter

 

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DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,

as Administrative Agent, a Group Agent

and a Committed Lender

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Kevin Fagan

Name:  

 

Kevin Fagan

Title:

 

Vice President

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Katherine Bologna

Name:

 

Katherine Bologna

Title:

 

MD

 

Signature Page to Payoff and Termination Letter

 

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CITIBANK, N.A.,

as Group Agent and as a Committed Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Brian Chin

Name:

 

Brian Chin

Title:

 

Vice President

 

CAFCO, LLC,

as a Conduit Lender

 

By:

 

Citibank, N.A.,

 

 

as attorney-in fact

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Brian Chin

Name:

 

Brian Chin

Title:

 

Vice President

 

CHARTA, LLC,

as a Conduit Lender

 

By:

 

Citibank, N.A.,

 

 

as attorney-in fact

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Brian Chin

Name:

 

Brian Chin

Title:

 

Vice President

 

Signature Page to Payoff and Termination Letter

 

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CIESCO, LLC,

as a Conduit Lender

 

 

 

By:

 

Citibank, N.A.,

 

 

as attorney-in fact

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Brian Chin

Name:

 

Brian Chin

Title:

 

Vice President

 

CRC FUNDING, LLC,

as a Conduit Lender

 

By:

 

Citibank, N.A.,

 

 

as attorney-in fact

 

By:

 

/s/ Brian Chin

Name:

 

Brian Chin

Title:

 

Vice President

 

Signature Page to Payoff and Termination Letter

 

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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

as a Group Agent and as a Committed Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Austin Vanassa

Name:

 

Austin Vanassa

Title:

 

Managing Director

 

 

 

Signature Page to Payoff and Termination Letter

 

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CREDIT SUISSE AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,

as a Group Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Kevin Quinn

Name:

 

Kevin Quinn

Title:

 

Vice President

 

By:

 

/s/ Jason Ruchelsman

Name:

 

Jason Ruchelsman

Title:

 

Director

 

 

CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH,

as a Committed Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Kevin Quinn

Name:

 

Kevin Quinn

Title:

 

Authorized Signatory

 

By:

 

/s/ Jason Ruchelsman

Name:

 

Jason Ruchelsman

Title:

 

Authorized Signatory

 

GIFS CAPITAL COMPANY,

as a Conduit Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Carey D. Fear

Name:

 

Carey D. Fear

Title:

 

Manager

 

 

 

Signature Page to Payoff and Termination Letter

 

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BARCLAYS BANK PLC,

as a Group Agent and a Committed Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ David Hufnagel

Name:

 

David Hufnagel

Title:

 

Director

 

SALISBURY RECEIVABLES COMPANY LLC,

as a Conduit Lender

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

Barclays Bank PLC,

 

 

as attorney-in-fact

 

 

By:

 

/s/ David Hufnagel

Name:

 

David Hufnagel

Title:

 

Director

 

 

 

Signature Page to Payoff and Termination Letter

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

Payoff Amount

 

Aggregate outstanding principal:

$0.00

Accrued interest and fees (Unused Fees):

$0.00

Other costs, expenses and Obligations:

$0.00

TOTAL:

$0.00